Welcome Comrades to the 78th edition of the Dispatch
And welcome to the first Newsletter in the
A n n o u n c e m e n t s f o r u m ! You'll find all of our new issues here. All old issues will be moved back to the
Newsletter Issues forum. In addition, you can expect to see a Dispatch on the
1st and
16th of every month. So we'll see you once again in the Announcements forum on September 16th
In recent news, player
mhennigan won Conquer Cup III! mhennigan is the first former Conqueror to have won the Conquer Cup! Maybe he'll rack up enough trophies to become the one with the most Super Achievement Medals! Only time will tell! In addition to Conquer Cup III's ending,
Conquer Cup IV is taking sign-ups! Just yesterday I participated in a spontaneous Live Chat Trivia Contest and won a Conquer Cup entry myself! Maybe you should all keep an eye out for more spontaneous prize-awardings and contests!
In other news, if you haven't checked it out yet, take a look at the
new CC's Declining thread with a thorough analysis by
Mr Changsha . Or, if you're looking for a little fun and a little mental stimulation, maybe you can figure out
where in the world Evil Semp is . Or maybe you're looking to sharpen your skills as a world dominator?
Sign up for training at the SoC Training Grounds! Whatever it is you're looking for, I'm sure you can find it around Conquer Club!
Well, this issue we've got some exciting stuff! My favorite has got to be new Discussions Moderator,
kentington 's brand new comic series,
Comic ConquerClub! Hopefully you'll see a new one each issue!
In addition, we've got a whopping three Foundry articles from
koontz1973 , one of which about the recent debacle regarding former Entertainment Contributor,
DiM , and his maps. Plus, we've got a juicy Tournament section, including another stunning
Tournament Tips with
DaveH , a look at the All Comers Cup and the Newcomers Cup 3 with
skillfusniper33 and
DJ Teflon , and a great interview with the Master of Suggs himself,
agentcom !
Enjoy the fruits of our laboring fingers!
Victor Sullivan Chief Executive If you would like to apply to join the news team, please visit the thread below for more details!
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Click here for Recruitment Details... Welcome back to Freestyle readers. We welcome
kentington to the dispatch with a comic series. Agentcom is also here to talk about excel, teammates, and movies. And as always, The Scum Insider is here with your mafia news.
You Stay Classy, CC.
safariguy5 Freestyle Executive The Scum Insider by safariguy5 show
The Scum Insider Newbie Help Mafia Information , Mafia and You , and Rules and Terms of Mafia .What is "Mafia"? Mafia News Muppet Mafia was a C9 game run by a first time mod, ShaggyDan . Both mafia players survived, and eventually endgamed the remaining townies. Great job from a new mod, who has promised a Dragon Ball Z mafia in the future.Mafia Callouts Replacement Thread to see what games are in need of reserves/replacements.viewforum.php?f=213 Advanced Roles and Strategy by safariguy5 The Suicide Bomber What is It? Example How to Play this Role Mafia . Generally, they are used in games where multiple antitown factions exist. If the mafia has a suicide bomber, it's generally in the bomber's best interest to save his kill until a town power role or another powerful threat to mafia is identified. A suicide bomber trading his life for a VT or a less useful role generally is not a good trade.
show: Interrogation of agentcom
Hi agentcom! Hello there! Q. You've recently joined The Fallen, one of CC's up and coming clans. What do you guys hope to achieve? First of all, I hope that we can show that we are in fact “one of CC’s up and coming clans.” It’s very competitive out there, but we have a solid core group of players that I think can play at the top levels. We’re definitely still working out some kinks, but our compelling victory in our first clan war was quite a good start. I'd say that our goal over our first few clan wars is to make it into the top 10. Q. What is your favorite map and game settings? I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE All Your Base. Before that it was Waterloo. Those are the only two maps that I’ve ever tried to “specialize” in because I had to pick a “home” map for some tourneys I was in. I like to think of myself as an all-around player who can compete on any map and settings combination. As for the settings, I generally prefer foggy, chained, escalating games. My favorite game type is probably 1v1, but playing with a good dubs partner like you (Benzorrr , Xman5151 , chapcrap or Jippd would be a very close second. Q. Who are your favorite people to team up with? (careful with this one mate) See above. There’s a reason that Benzorrr and I have 185 games together at last count. Hard to turn away from a teammate that has netted me 1000 points and a 2/3 win ratio. Benzorrr and Xman were really my first consistent teammates on this site and we will probably continue to join tournaments together until the day we leave. Also, both are very dependable sitters when I need to slip out of town for a day or even a week. They both have made my CC experience much more enjoyable. Jippd is easily the best player that I have played with. I have a great deal of respect for him and his clan, and I would never turn down an invite from them. Recently, I’ve obviously been playing games with Fallen. I’d say that chapcrap has been my favorite teammate so far. There are a lot of other honorable mentions from both inside and outside my clan, but I’ll move on … Q. You were like 10 points away from making Brigadier. When are we going to see that happen? I know, right! I was checking my score very frequently around that time. Unfortunately, I then went on a 450 point slide from which I am only now recovering. I like 1v1 games and 1v1 tournaments too much to think that I’ll ever hold onto Brig for too long (if I get there). But I thought the same thing about Colonel. I love points, but I also love the wide variety of maps, settings, and opponents on this site. There are particular game types that I have proven good at, but just don’t like. For example, multiplayer, no spoils and flat rate games that go into the hundreds of rounds. I have collected quite a bit of stats on my gameplay and I’m pretty sure that I could get to Brig if I tried. The one way that I might make and hold Brig is if I continue my recent increase in team games with quality teammates. I have definitely benefitted (pointwise, among other ways) from my recent teammates. Q. When you go 'out of town' and I have to sit for you, where do you go? What is your favorite vacation spot? I usually go to visit my fiancée, who lives in a bordering state. We’ve been together for about 8 years, engaged for over three and have spent roughly half of all that time separated by at least a state (if not an ocean!). I’m very thankful for the time I get to spend with her, so I would say my favorite vacation spot is wherever she’s at. (BTW, she hates this site haha.) As for geographic locations, I love heading back home to northern Nevada--the Lake Tahoe area, specifically. I like the combination of gambling and lots of outdoor options that you can’t find in many other places. Q. Who do you think you are? I AM AGENTCOM. BOW BEFORE ME. Q. Currently you are with suggestions team, have you considered another volunteers team? I hadn’t even considered the suggestions team when I was asked if I was interested. There’s not enough time in the day to read through everything in the Forum, so I had started keeping up with and contributing to some of the subfora, including Suggestions. I am glad that I ended up there, as I don’t think that I would be interested in moderating a lot of the other ones. Maybe someday I’ll move up in the moderator hierarchy, but don’t expect a lateral movement from me. Q. What is the meaning of your username? I wish, there was a less nerdy response, but it is actually the website of some company that I hope to have someday. “A.G.” are my initials; “Ent.” is short for “Enterprises”; and “com” would be the top level domain for commercial (and other) websites. It’s been a common username that I have used since high school when I came up with my "plan" to eventually own a company. Of course, I had no idea what business I would end up in, so I thought that “A.G. Enterprises” would be a cool name for whatever I did. I just checked and agent.com directs you to a real estate search. I’ll probably need quite a bit of money to pry that away from them. Q. If you were a pokemon what pokemon would you be? I play sports Q. How many PMs have you sent to teammates in the last 4 weeks? LOL. X actually turned me on to this PM Team thing, which I 'm sure he now regrets. My Sent Messages tab isn’t even big enough to go back 4 weeks! Out of my most recent 50 PMs (which only goes back a little over a week), 28 of them have been PM Team or responses to them. So over 4 weeks, I’d say it was somewhere between 75 and 100. Maybe I should cut back Q. Why did you assemble that rifle so quickly? Hmmmm … the last time I assembled a rifle was years ago. But I was being timed on it, so it was probably the pressure! Q. Where would you like to visit, and why? I have been interested in China and India for years. Studied them lots, but never been there. Someday … Q. What's your favorite excel formula? So many to choose from! I’m no Excel pro by any means … wtf are macros?! I recently discovered “eq.rank”, which is pretty cool, but not the most useful function. And I’ve had to go back an delete it from my larger spreadsheets to speed them up. Code: Select all =IF(B12,"-",IF(ISERR(FIND(" ",Input!$A$7, SUM(FIND( B2, Input!$A$7)+ LEN(B2)+ IF(MID(Input!$A$7, FIND( B2, Input!$A$7)+ LEN(B2),1)=" ",1,0)))),RIGHT(Input!$A$7,LEN(Input!$A$7)- SUM(FIND( B2, Input!$A$7)+ LEN(B2)+ IF(MID(Input!$A$7, FIND( B2, Input!$A$7)+ LEN(B2),1)=" ",1,0))+1),MID(Input!$A$7, SUM(B6: LEN(B2)+ IF(MID(Input!$A$7, FIND( B2, Input!$A$7)+LEN(B2),1)=" ",1,0)), FIND(" ",Input!$A$7, SUM(FIND( B2, Input!$A$7)+ IF(MID(Input!$A$7, FIND( B2, Input!$A$7)+ LEN(B2),1)=" ",1,0)))- SUM(FIND( B2, Input!$A$7)+ LEN(B2)+IF(MID(Input!$A$7, FIND( B2, Input!$A$7)+ LEN(B2),1)=" ",1,0))))) Q. Let's say you were a cashier... Would you check me (chapcrap) out? Why do I have to be a cashier? Q. What do you like about being a Suggestions Moderator? Even when I was a common user, I liked the Suggestions Forum and disliked the cynicism toward it. For $25 per year (or for free for many!), this site provides me and each of many, many users with hundreds of hours of entertainment. Starting from that baseline, it’s hard to be as cynical. Furthermore, the Archived Implemented Suggestions Forum shows 650+ suggestions that have been implemented in the past 6 years. I’m sure some of those are repeats, but that number doesn’t include who-knows-how-many updates that did not go through the “regular” suggestions process. Q. Let's say you were Santa Clause and I (chapcrap) was on your list... Would you take a second look? I wouldn’t have to Q. How many multi's are you hiding from me (TheForgivenOne)? And how will you bribe me to keep it quiet when I become a Multi Hunter and discover all of your multi's? I wish I had time for all my games AND enough multi accounts that I could boost my score. Not that that’s what I would choose to do with my time, though. Q. What's your favorite shade of green? I'm not really a big fan of green, but it's the color I'm stuck with. My favorite color would have to be red Q. Do you want me (rdsrds2120) to bribe TFO to stop bribing you to hide the multi's? He knows, I know, we all know. Wait, so now TFO is bribing me to hide his multis? Or is he bribing me to hide my multis? Did you mean “extorting”? Well, whatever the answer, I’d say just add or subtract $10 to the amount—whichever makes me better off! Q. Would you push rds's buttons premaritally? I think premarital button pushing is the best kind of button pushing, but I haven't done any postmarital button pushing. Also, you can replace “button pushing” with a lot of other things and those sentences still work. Q. How many maps would you call yourself a master at? I know I talked a good game to get me into the Fallen, but I would say All Your Base is the only map that I have truly mastered. I believe that I could take on all comers in with any settings on that map. There are plenty of other maps that I think I am really good at, but that is the one that I have mastered. Q. What is your worst map? I lost a shitload of points on the stupid fking St. Pats map back in March. I was in a tournament in which I got killed, then in an attempt to earn some points back I started making some other types of games on that map. In foggy games, I failed to strike at the right time. In 2-player games, I failed to kill neutrals. In large games, someone always seemed to be able to outplay me no matter what strategy I used. It was a very frustrating experience that cost me about 1000 points. The only map that even comes close to that is Luxembourg, on which I have lost 500 points. A lot of it has to do with playing low-ranked opponents, but I abhor those two maps now. Q. If you were going to make CC more like Harry Potter, what would the 3 unforgivable curses be? Rant time! I do not like Harry Potter. I know this is an unpopular stance, and it has led to many arguments with the Potterheads out there. This is not because I think wizard books are lame or anything like that. Also, I gave HP a chance to impress me. I read the first couple books and watched the first couple movies. And I’ve got to say, he’s just a shitty wizard. This guy is supposed to knock the socks off of Lord Voldemort and it seems that he would have trouble finding his wand if it was stuck in his eye. Hermione is a far superior wizard in those first two books (and far cuter in the movies). Q. What do you think of Agent Orange? Well, I guess I can say that it seemed to be effective for what it was designed for. Gotta love Monsanto. (Actually, I just read that Dow Chemical also had a part in it's development. Did not know that.) Q. What do you think of Agent 86? Had to Google this one. Are you talking about DJ Agent 86 ? I'm listening to that now. I like it. Agent 86 band. Ugh, the singer has a really annoying voice.Agent 86 . I'll just say TV has improved greatly since that time, in my opinion. Well, some of it has. Q. What do you think of Agent Coulson? Heading back to Google ... Oh that's Agent Coulson . I like him. But Robert Downey, Jr. is probably my favorite from those movies. Q. What do you think of Travel Agents? Do they still exist? I would think the internet would have rendered them useless by now. Q. Do you thing you're as good as Agent 007? Sean Connery's 007, no. Daniel Craig's 007, yes. Q. If 007 actually played CC, would he be conqueror? He would hold the position briefly until Chuck Norris came along. And then not only would Chuck Norris be Conqueror, there wouldn't be anybody left on the scoreboard. Because ... Q. If not, what rank would he be? Conqueror, but only briefly. See above. Q. How long before you're a brig? I'm at 2866 right now, but with the games I'm in now, it's gonna take a while Q. Would you support CC moderators as fellows or would you instead scrutinize them more, now that you know them? I'd say both. Almost all of the moderators that I've dealt with on this site, in the areas that I frequent have been good people trying to make this site a better place. So, I fully support them in that. But behind the scenes, we all scrutinize each other's actions and try to keep ourselves from getting out of line. Q. What do you feel about the various departments(and their interaction with Joe the non multi public)? Other than a limited number of instances where I've seen mods lose their cool, I think all the moderators act professionally, respectfully, and appropriately toward other users. Especially, when they're acting in their "area of influence" (i.e. when I'm in Suggestions, or when TD's are in tournaments, etc.). I don't know if other users know this, but when a moderator gets out of line, it usually turns into quite a behind-the-scenes discussion telling them to cool it. We do try to hold ourselves to a higher standard in our interactions with other users no matter what part of the site we are on. Q. Do you consider yourself to be the best player among the mods? Yes Q. Who is your most favorite actress/actor and name your top 10 must see again movies.. Actor: I don't know. Brad Pitt and Edward Norton came immediately to mind (and I haven't even seen Fight Club in a long time) Q. Is there a Mrs. agentcom? Soon. May 26, 2013 Q. When can we expect agentcom Jr? Hopefully a few years after that when we get settled. Q. If you were a Buddhist, would you be a Mahayana or Vinayana Buddhist? "The older version of Buddhism (the Hinayanas) believed that the only way to attain nirvana was by leading a monastic life of austerity, abandoning all worldly pleasures." (Source )Id . Q. Do you believe in Ghosts? Not really. I'm kind of a Deist, so I don't really believe in much supernatural interaction with this world. Q. Is Elvis really dead? Q. Can you describe the view when you are looking up at a T-player hoisting the trophy in HAs 200th... Unfortunately, I cannot. HA's 200th tourney has been ABANDONED !! From what I hear, they aren't even looking for a replacement director. This is a travesty. We discussed this in the http://www.conquerclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=91&t=134927 and it's probably the biggest Risk tournament of all time. Q. How sad are you going to be when we crush your team in the A team tournament? I think I'm the one who should be asking you that! Thanks for your time agentcom! Thanks for having me!
Hello, hello, and welcome back to the
Office of Strategic Services ! Ol' Sully will be your guide for this issue! Today I've got for you an interesting discussion I had with some fellow Live Chat frequenters about "the ultimate strategy". Is there even an ultimate strategy? If so, what is it? Well, see if you agree with any of the fine players that participated in the survey!
Onward to victory!
Victor SullivanStrategy Executive A Live Chat Discussion: The Ultimate Strategy by Victor Sullivan show
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Hello again my friends, and welcome to your favorite part of the Newsletter, "War Games", where you can find information about CC Tournaments! My writers have really had a burst of activity this time, and I am absolutely delighted to bring you an edition with no fewer than five excellent articles! I'm really proud of my team, and very pleased to present their work to you.
First, let me dispense with one bit of bad news, and then we'll get on with the good. The promising new writer I introduced to you in the last issue,
Campin_Killer , has been busted from breaking Rule #1. I liked his writing, but our standards require us to remove major rulebreakers from the team, so with very mixed feelings we say "bye bye Campin".
Ok, on to the good stuff. The part of our
new , new writer will now be played by
woopintroysbutt . Woopin has produced "spotlight" kind of article about his favourite tournament organiser,
theRev1957 . I myself ring in with an interview with one of the greatest tournament players on the site,
BluU . DaveH has two features again, including the twenty-fourth installment of Tournament Tips, and of course the TPA Update. (Remember, even if you never organise any tournaments, you can earn college credit towards your Accounting diploma by studying Dave's advanced Excel macros!) Last but not least, WorldCup4James carries on the tradition of JoinThisOrNot! Enjoy.
Dukasaur Tournament Executive Who is the Rev? by woopintroysbutt show
Therev1957 joined Conquer Club on May 27th 2009 and has recently jumped into the Tournament scene. His first Tournament was started on April 6th, 2012 and since then has hosted 46 Tournaments. His first Tournament was a City Mogul Doubles Tournaments. He ran three Tournaments on City Mogul and then turned his attention to hosting a series of 43 (so far) 1 v 1 Trench based Tournaments on Random Maps. He has also hosted one Doubles Trench based Tournament. Based on his explosion into the Tournament world, I felt an introduction to therev1957 (Rev) was in order.
Meet the Tournament Winners: BluU by Dukasaur show
Major BluU has been a CC member since January of 2007. His wall shows 86 medals. 30 of those are Tournament victory cups, because 30 is the most of any one type that your profile will show. In truth, however, BluU has earned 91 victory cups. He is the third-highest name in the Tournament Winners Hall of Fame . Last week, I had a chance to have a few words with him.Dispatch: You've got 90 tournament wins to your credit. I can't even imagine how long that takes! Any idea how many tournaments you played in overall? BluU: I've got 91 wins Yeah, I checked Game Finder and found out you have almost 6000 tournament games in hand, but there's no easy way to extrapolate number of actual tournaments from tournament games. It's A Knockout!!! Age of Merchants . One of the 1 vs 1 tourney series by Serreski . It was a simple 32 players bracket, with the finals best out 3. I had a lot of experience with this Map in the past playing doubles, but not so much in 1 vs 1, so I didn't think I'd win, when I signed up. But this is a great map and nice settings, so I knew I'd enjoy the ride (and I did). I ended up playing the host at the finals, which is always sweet. The results of the matches were pretty obvious before they ended, so he actually proclaimed me as the winner while all 3 matches were still on Pretty impressive. You did have good luck going first in 2 out of 3. How often do you think luck overwhelms someone, and how often is it just a minor factor? The fact that you're one of the players that manages to keep high rank despite playing in a lot of tournaments proves you're a good player! I looked at your MapRank graph and it looks as if you haven't dropped below 1800 since some time in 2008! Tell me a bit more about this series. (And by my count you have 19, not 18. Did you win another recently, or is there one that isn't counted as part of the series?) I interviewed Swifte a few months ago, and he too talked about this series. What is it about 313s Double Elims that seems to fire you up? Strong endorsement indeed! I really will have to interview merch one of these days! patrickaa317 's Win 1 of 2 Singles Ladder tourney was a good one, with 76 players starting and you had to win at least one of your two 1v1 games in each round to advance. When only me and one player were left, we had 4 rounds in which we won one game each. Patrickaa317 asked if both of us want to go for a one and done decisive match. I wanted to continue playing two matches in each round until someone gets two wins, as I was enjoying the good matchup + I was confident I can win at least one every round. Unfortunately my rival opted to drop from the tournament as he preferred the one and done option, and refused to continue with two games as the rules initially stated. That was a sour end for a very enjoyable tourney.School Yard Bully was another I remember as it had a cool concept and lasted almost 5 months. You had to challenge other participants, so there was a strategic aspect on who you should challenge and when. I had to play 80 1 vs 1 games to claim the crown.Every one of those you mentioned is 1v1. Very obviously your favourite game. What do you like besides 1v1? Amirberner and DarkSheet . We played so much that we rarely needed to discuss anything in the game chat as we grow some blind understanding. I enrolled for some tournaments with them, and still do. But I think that the fact the we used to play our double games back in the day in unlimited\flat rate mode is not helping us, as these are rarely used in tournaments. Amir is not that active anymore, so we have no team for trips and quads. I join a quad game from time to time on public games list, usually to chase a medal that I’m missing, like trench.I imagine you get losing streaks just like everyone else. What do you do to stay motivated and keep on trucking when things are going badly. Do you have any tricks to keep yourself positive?
Tournament Tips by DaveH show: Excel coding to set up a tournament - Part 4
As we continue the coding for setting up a tournament spreadsheet, in this article we will define the coding for randomising the list of players. Code: Select all ' Add a menu heading for randomising the list of playersCode: Select all Sub RandomCode()Code: Select all A = Cells(irow, icol).Value 'First HeadingCode: Select all 'check that the table is fullCode: Select all 'check that the list is not already randomCode: Select all 'copy and paste the tableCode: Select all 'copy in a random numberCode: Select all 'sort and clear the random numberCode: Select all 'Show that the list is now randomCode: Select all Sub CreateMenu()
TPA Wrap by DaveH show
TPA 1: State of Play 7-Up , which was rescued by peanutman, is in its final stages. HA's 4 Opportunities by HighlanderAttack is in its semi-finals stage with sundance123, tokle, Timminz and vykingsfan64 battling to get 3 out of 4 wins.The 1st Open Centrum rescuedby HighlanderAttack is in round 53 of 1 planned 100TPA 1 Standings TPA Season 2: State of Play TPA 2 Standings TPA Season 3: Planning Issues http://www.conquerclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=89&t=175675
Join This? Or Not! by WorldCup4James show
Welcome back for another overview of featured tournaments looking for players. Surprisingly, as I was writing this article, I found that nearly every tournament I looked at is either completely full or just a few players shy of being full! Maybe because it's the end of the month? Regardless, here are some quality tournaments with just enough spots open so that, by the time you read this, you should be able to take part in the excitement.Jigs WWI Tourney jigger1986 offers a novel tournament concept centered around the Great War. Players declare to fight for one of the great powers of the war, and battle across five rounds in not only 1v1 games, but also 5-player Standard games, Doubles games, and Quadruples games. The tournament even offers a glimpse of the Trench Warfare map, showcasing the deadly, muddy stalemates that ensued across Europe. There's numerous parties to fight for and still some spots available, so sign up today!High Dollar Super 40 Billdo not only offers the forty competitors plenty of chances to advance in each round, but the great twist is that all the Standard games have Freestyle turn order. It's not often that we find Freestyle tournaments, so if you're a " 'free-stylin' " kind of guy, don't miss out! Most games are either 5-player or 4-player, with the No Spoils setting.Mad Championship [Portugal I] Mad777 's time-honored 1v1 series continues with the tenth of the 24 challenges. The longer you survive in the tournament, the more points you'll earn towards the grand standings board, which compiles the scores of all players across all 24 individual tournaments. Unlike most tournaments, signups continue until the set date September 6, meaning an unlimited number of players can join! There's just around five days remaining to either continue your trek in Mad's Championship, or to join in for the first time. There's lots of points to gain!DKs Best of 2011 IV--Escalating Dukasaur has developed another of his popular multiphase tournaments across nine of his favorite maps, from Middle Ages to Fractured China to California. The nine, core phases offer an array of 5-8 player Standard games before the tenth phase, a massive series of 8-player Terminator championships. The tournament structure offers a relatively low phase-to-phase attrition rate, enabling you to stay alive for many rounds and thoroughly enjoy the variety of maps and games.Create/Join a Tournament or Tournaments Tab and take a look at the many others waiting to be filled.Requests for Immediate Players section of the tournament forum. You can be playing very quickly after signing up as a reserve.
Well, it's back to normal, for most, in the foundry. There's a couple of problems still struggling to get past the protest and there's a small storm brewing with
Oneyed but hopefully that will blow over before the next issue. If not then let's see if we can't get to the bottom of that then. In the meantime, another storm was
DiM and
koontz1973 has taken time out to investigate that story for this issue. I can assure you that one isn't over yet so read this issue and wait for updates.
koontz1973 is back on deck properly now so he's updated the
News and
What's Where articles. PM me with your thoughts and suggestions. Do you like it? Can we do better? Is there something else you want? And, to round out the issue, I take another look at how the
Conditional Borders are impacting the foundry (yeah I know that
Nolefan5311 did a number on this last issue too but you can't get enough of a good thing!). Early days yet, but take a look and feel free to provide feedback on that too. In fact, I'd be keen on anyone PMing me their thoughts on the foundry part of the newsletter with your ideas of what would make it better for you (and to let me know that people out there are reading it
). And while we are about it, who would argue with Mob Wife Drita Davanzo:
They say what doesn't kill us makes us stronger ... I say what doesn't kill me better run faster than me.
thehippo8 -- Foundry ExecutiveFoundry News by koontz1973 show
Quenched Maps. Speaking of Trench Warfair Special Gameplay: Trench Warfare
Medals. x-raider in this thread. greenoaks wrote: i'm curious, what is the number for
Do not PM me with a correct answer if wrong. You will get foed. cairnswk - 29 medals Kings Court 2. lackattack Kabanellas AndyDufresne thenobodies80 lackattack AndyDufresne thenobodies80 lackattack
Maps in Development. by koontz1973 show
Drafting Room Where maps start life. But like all new babies, this is where they need the most attention. / Ethopia / Classic Cities-Madrid / Miami / Escape Main Foundry The main block of work is done here. Gameplay section. Spanish Amarda / USA2.1 / France2.0 / WW1 Gallipoli / Defend America / Paris Metro Graphics section. Magyarország / Moscow / Labyrinth / Philadelphia Final Forge Final checking to make sure only the best get through. New Jersey / Classic Cities Jakarta / Baltic Crusades / New Zealand / Classic Cities Sydney / Cophengan / Pot Mosbi
DiM by koontz1973 show
DiM . They have all, by DiM himself, had a notice to remove them from the site as a whole. DiM wrote: i'm currently in the process of amiably (or via legal methods) removing all my quenched maps from cc.
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Conditional borders: Fledgling Start by thehippo8 show
So conditional borders are here. The whole foundry has gone bananas. Everyone is getting on the bandwagon. There’s an avalanche. We can’t cope with the activity. It’s like a one-armed paper-hanger with an itchy foot. Calm down everybody, how are we supposed to cope with this influx?Escape by koontz1973 Click image to enlarge. koontz1973 – you are well on the way to picking up that mapmaker of the year award (.. is that again?).River land by ManBungalow Click image to enlarge. ManBungalow produces a map that looks peculiarly like another of his offerings still hurtling through the foundry. Obvious question, why not combine the two and have one map you really like? This is perhaps an example of where bunging in a new concept for the sake of it is probably not the best idea. And ideas is where this currently sits as it falls too short to be a draft.Knocking ladders by dakky21 Click image to enlarge. HIPPO assessment of Conditional Borders Heuristics – Adding Conditional Regions adds a degree of logic to games which is less rigid without them. This lends itself well to defining routines and structures in gameplay. In a sense this provides more realism to the map and gives the player more of a sense of involvement and interaction. Definitely a plus to the heuristics connoisseur.Intrigue – While other maps are static and lifeless, by adding conditional borders you bring you map to life. Perfect for turning a story into a game.Planning – Some maps defy any rational sense for planning (but then I am a moron so don’t worry if you disagree) but maps with conditional borders give readily discernible targets to go for. They also change the nature of the map from the before state to the after state.Progression – Some maps define progression in terms of territory alone. Games with conditional borders will enable clever clogs to take victory from otherwise certain defeat by sneaking through a door ahead of an opponent.Overall feel – This is where conditional borders come into their own. There’s no substitute. They are the real deal. They turn a map from static to dynamic. And frankly that’s got to be a good thing in my book!Future of Conditional Borders no takeup. There are actually a number of map-makers tinkering with conditional borders within the maps that they are working on:Cairnswk has added conditional borders to his mindboggling 1588 Spanish Armada :Click image to enlarge. koontz1973 has added conditional borders to enhance his Labyrinth :Click image to enlarge. Mishalex considered conditional borders in his France 2.0 Oneyed has also rejected conditional borders from his Fragmentation of CSFR BigBallinStallin contemplated conditional borders as being necessary before finding a work-a-round prior to conditional borders being available when working on his Israel map MarshalNey came up with a work-a-round due to there not being conditional borders when working on his Secesh Heresy: Gettysburg theBastard almost came to a grinding halt because he wanted conditional borders when working on his Baltic Crusades Finally, Danyael really struggled with his Goblin Tribes i like the idea of complete bonuses as well but with the xml
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Danyael commented in April 2011!). Danyael would come back and finish his map (I ask selfishly!)!
The All Comers Cup has started it's first round with a few battles underway. Take a look at all the match ups and possible outcomes for the entire tournament that is provided by DJ Teflon
The Newcomers Cup 3 has moved into the second round, so get your full update on match ups and scores. As well as predictions on who will move on, with a shocking fast advancement to the Semi-Finals for 1 clan.
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Lets take a quick look at the round 2 match ups for NewComers Cup 3, which just went underway in the last week or so.AKA vs TNC ROTS vs 1RFG Fallen vs HH
All Comers Cup show
1st ROUND HH (Headless Horsemen) v GR (Grim Reapers) 2nd Round FOED (The Fraternal Order of Exceptional Drinkers) v IF (Igni Ferroque) 3rd Round Winners of 2nd Round 1st Tie v Winners of 2nd Round 2nd Tie Semi-Finals Winners of 3rd Round 1st Tie v Winners of 3rd Round 2nd Tie
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