if you are looking for a fast paced ogame, go to evogame.org. not a whole lot of players but some really good ones still. if you want to join that would be great.

there are 3 unis, each uni is a bit more differnt them the last.
here is more information about the unis. a fourth uni will be come out soon as well, but that is a unknown date, it is still being tested./
Universe 1
Speeds:
Resources: 120x
Game Speed: 105x
Fleet Speed: 27x
Percentage to debree: 80%
Defense restore percentage: 50%
Planets:
6 galaxies
200 systems per galaxy
12 planets per system
This means that you could colonize [6:200:12]
Homeworld + 5 colonies (= 6 total) is allowed.
Start/end:
Universe starts: September 6, 2009 [15:00]
Universe ends: January 31, 2010 [15:00]
GOs:
Xifon
Universe 2
Speeds:
Resource factor: 42x
Game Speed: 36x
Fleet Speed: 36x
Percentage to debree: 35%
Defense restore percentage: 50%
Planets:
12 galaxies
449 systems per galaxy
20 planets per system
This means that you could colonize [12:449:20]
Homeworld + 15 colonies (= 16 total) is allowed.
Start/end:
Universe starts: November 2, 2009 [20:00]
Universe ends: October 31, 2010 [15:00]
GOs:
Delta
Xifon
Notes:
This universe has ACS, only for the first week.
Universe 3
Speeds:
Resource factor: 12x
Game Speed: 10.5x
Fleet Speed: 2x
Percentage to debree: 30%
Defense restore percentage: 70%
Planets:
25 galaxies
1000 systems per galaxy
50 planets per system
This means that you could colonize [25:1000:50]
Homeworld + 50 colonies (= 51 total) is allowed.
Start/end:
Universe starts: August 1, 2008 [15:00]
Universe ends: Unknown
GOs:
Honda
Xifon