RF_WDA Speaks, Staff Leave, Officers, New Style, and more in a Slow News Day Roundup

 Here are some small nuggets to hold you over
until a report on the 'Battlecruiser' is posted
in the coming days.

 The introduction of officers has caused outrage among the .org
community (report here) with a world wide petition attracting
over 20,000 signatures. 
For those who have been living on Pluto, here is a rundown of
what officers are in one sentence; a way of paying for an advantage.
They allow players to pay for additional fleet slots, more capacity to
mine and the like.

 RF_WDA (OGame.org's community manager) has written an
open letter to the community on the subject of officers.

 The introduction of officers has lead many staff to top players to
leave the game or put their account(s) into 'vacation mode'. This
is an understandable response which's [sic] sentiment is echoed
by the community. Players that have left include DanCake, Delo,
Majin, Ine (with others - the list would be far too long for the blog.
I've included only a few for content purposes).

 A number of 'apache' bugs have been reported and are being
investigated, revealed game admin Jona a post on the forum.

 As a final note, we're experimenting with a more minimalistic style
with lighter colours. If you have any comments or suggestions, email
us on galacticnewsnetwork@googlemail.com.