Welcome Comrades to the 79th edition of the Dispatch
199 victories but against Victor Sullivan ain't one! Conquer Club celebrity and Freemium Fighter,
Robinette , is getting closer and closer to finalizing her Fabulous Five to play in a 6-player game for her potential 200th win! Confirmed players include well-known Trekkie,
Woodruff , His Chattiness,
trinicardinal , and former Social Media manageress,
squishyg . Currently, three are in the running for the final two spots (much to the dismay of the shiny-headed man from Lipps, Inc.,
Funkyterrance ), including German poet,
Janomike , "factual brit" and Christmas brick,
Fruitcake , and the potentially-schmoozing
Victor Sullivan . Who will get stuck with the short end of the stick?
Link In other news (or every news, really...), politics, politics, politics! As the United States election comes closer and closer, it seems the Republican versus Democrat debates in the Off-Topics forum only increase! Do you think these topics pollute the forum, or do you enjoy the drama and debate? Whatever you think, there are some gems out there Where the Wild Things Are, including
Symmetry 's
random music thread ,
Haggis_McMutton 's
thread for posting quotes without any context , and, of course, the long-gone
amandahugandkiss 's
longest thread, thread .
In more personal news, I've joined a new clan called "A Question of Honour" led by tournament enthusiast and former LotZ member,
kuma32478 . I hope to document my experiences in my first active clan! I hope too that you'll join me, and maybe share your experiences as a clan member! In addition, I hope to take to Live Chat with some questions about strategy for high-rankers and experts to fill up the Office of Strategic Services! Just giving you a picture what might be coming up in the way of content
Which brings me to some sad news! We're running very short-staffed these days! PM me or the appropriate Executive to be a Reporter or Writer for any section of the Dispatch you wish to write for. As always, we've got
General Contribution Medals for our dedicated Writers and Reporters
As for this issue, we've got an interview from
L M S , an apparently 'famous' survey of mapmakers by
thehippo8 , some clan mumbo-jumbo I'm still trying to get into and learn about, and our dear
DaveH is back with Tip #23. Not only that, but now we've got all of DaveH's Tournament Tips in a
convenient thread in the Tournaments forum ! Check it out!
Enjoy the fruits of our laboring fingers!
Victor Sullivan Chief Executive P.S. We're working on our punctuality, but we thought it best to delay a couple days to publish
L M S 's interrogation
P.P.S. (or is it P.S.S.? I don't think I've ever been told which is correct
) kentington will be back with another Comic ConquerClub next issue and every month!
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Click here for Recruitment Details... Hello again readers. Hope those of you in school are surviving. This issue, we have another scum insider, and L M S talks about alcohol and jeans. Look forward to another 'Comic ConquerClub' by kentington next issue and every month!
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 Psychology Mafia ended with a close mafia win. A mafia role manipulation managed to frame the town player into getting shot by the vig. Very well played game by all involved.Mafia Callouts Replacement Thread to see what games are in need of reserves/replacements.viewforum.php?f=213 Advanced Roles and Strategy by safariguy5 Duplicate Roles What is It? Example How to Use this Strategy
show: Interrogation of L M S
Q. Why not L M N? Because that would be ridiculous. Q. Are you related to John Watson's eLeMeNtree? No, but if saying I am will get me a piece of Lucy Liu then… why, absolutely! Please kid, challenge me. Q. Large, Medium or Small? Nope. Nope. Q. Lap, Map or Sap? Nope. Q. List, Myst or Cyst? Nope, and The Myst was the absolute worst movie I have ever seen in a theater…I remember it so well because it was the first ‘movie date’ I ever took my (eventual) wife on. She still gives me grief for that one. (she’s a wonderful woman)http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0884328/ - If you are feeling froggy, don’t ever say I didn’t warn you though. Q. LOL, Mole or Sole? Nope. Q. If you could change your clan name (assuming you would) what would you change it to? I wouldn’t change it. However, if we were to my suggestion would be: Q. And are you related to the alphabet? No but in total there are 22 Letters and 3 spaces in my real name, which just about qualifies me I think. Truthfully it’s a pain in the ass to have a name that long. It never fits in any of the forms I need to fill out (like the DMV for example screwed it up so it would fit on my driver’s license…it was a real nightmare trying to get my passport after that) and there are as many variations as you can think of out there. It takes five minutes to go through them all when I am at the Doctor's office for example, just to find my files. Q. Recently (and no so recently), there have been debate about if its correct to foe people you have won, in order to get medals. What's your position in this debate? http://www.conquerclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=177349 As a fellow medal chasing whore (I can’t help myself, its digital crack to me), I HATE it when the same player joins more than two of my waiting games at a time so I have to actively manage my waiting games for this reason. I do employ the foe feature after a win regularly on medal chasing games. If there was another way I would be happy to do it. My foe list is enormous (to be fair so is my friends list) and I plan on reviewing it and removing a ton of players after I get 143 more trench UD’s to go solid gold. Q. Is it true you've managed to get all gold medals but one with completely shitty dice? What's your secret? Great teammates. Q. TOFU or real meat? I’ll take a New York Strip any day. Not sure what being a founding member of FOED has to do with it (did you know I named the clan?) anyway… Q. Have you ever owned a pair of socks with initials written on them? None with my initials. Q. Since we all know the Denver Broncos suck, what's your favorite NFL team? That coming from a Cowboys fan…I tell you what punk, I’ll put next year’s premium on The Broncos to go farther into the playoffs than The Cowboys do, all day long. You up for that wager ya candy-ass? Q. Can you crush an orange with just your bicep? I (Master Fenrir) can. Jealous? Nope, but I can open a beer with my forearm and I can move my eyes independently of each other. Beat that you homer. Q. Which is worse: being really ugly or being really poor, and why? If you are gonna be ugly, rich ugly is easily the way to go…that is it seemed to work out just fine for guys like Michael Douglas among others. Just one example…. Q. Do you bother eating breakfast? If not, is it because you agree with me (Master Fenrir) that breakfast has the lowest taste-to-prep time ratio of all three meals? It is pretty tough to knock bacon dude. A cup (or 10) of coffee is my usual. Q. Can you explain to me (Master Fenrir) the fantasy of being with twins? I'd think that you'd just get tired of them twice as fast, but I could be wrong here. Being with actual twins (at the same time) is creepy, I don’t care who you are. Now, being with two women at the same time who look similar enough to be twins but aren’t? I’m completely fine with that and I am forced as a self respecting man to encourage this behavior. My thought is this, if you are fortunate enough to be in this situation you better take video and some Cialis, a lot of Cialis. I can’t really think of anything for this one but I guess I can tell you that I can (proficiently) do a triple pirouette and I know how to knit. It is what it is man. Give me any shit about it and you won't get your Christmas Scarf this year either foo'. Q. Yesterday I (Master Fenrir) saw something crazy. I was walking down the street and the sidewalk dipped down where it met the lower pavement of a traversing alleyway. Coming towards me was a woman on a bicycle. She went down her dip in the sidewalk, crossed the alley, and then went to come up onto my side of the sidewalk, but she misjudged how far over she was, and instead of coming up the smooth little ramp area, she slammed right into the raised curb. Her entire body and bike shook violently and her breasts popped out the top of her tank top. Her instinct was to cover her breasts with both hands, but in doing so, she let go of the handle bars which immediately jerked 90 degrees to the side, causing her to topple over and slam into the building at her side shoulder-first. Now, here's my question: What would you have done if you were me? Would you just keep walking and pretend nothing happened, or do you stop and bend down and try to help her out, risking causing her to freak out thinking that you're trying to grope her exposed breasts? Well quite clearly she was coming on to you. Knowing you as well as I do, her elaborate ruse was completely unnecessary as you are a total horn dog anyway. Q. Who is your favourite: Curious that you chose those images…The Wall happens to be my favorite album of all time. Toys in the Attic. Q. Who are your favorite teammates? Deli, Master Fenrir, Danryan and Wolfpack0530 Q. What is your preferred brand of hard alcohol? Depends on my mood. Q. How much do you drink on the average weeknight? Weekend? Not too much these days, I’ll have a beer or two or a drink...but I gave up drinking in order to get drunk a long time ago. Q. Tits or ass? Megas or jefjef? How do you choose between those…….impossible. Q. Now that AT&T Uverse has the Longhorn Network, how long before other carriers cave in and carry it too? Really Dan, that’s your question? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HM0VUqIkZ1Q Q. If you were going to get a tattoo, what would it be and where? I do have a tattoo. It is on my lower right leg and it is a version of the marching hammers from Pink Floyd’s The Wall. Q. What was your first paying job? My first paying job was a shoe salesman in the mall. My a-hole step dad owned it and forced me to do it. I was 11 and I was awesome at it. $1.50/hour. Q. What is something you know you do differently than other people? I’m positive that I am the ONLY person in Colorado that knows how to drive. Q. What is the nicest thing a friend has ever done for you? My friends are the best in the world. I’d give any of them the shirt off my back or my very last dollar if asked. I know I didn’t answer directly but they have done too many great things for me to list just one. You have not, but I can tell you that one of my favorite ways to alleviate stress is to scream my heart out at a passing freight train, I learned that one as a kid and it has always stuck with me. I believe you make your own luck, so there you go. Q. What is your pet peeve when playing games on CC? Oh my. Q. Who is your favourite comedian? When I was a kid growing up in the 80’s I listened to Eddie Murphy non-stop because that cassette was stuck in the only tape player I had, so I pretty much know that backwards and forwards. Q. Why is a mouse when it spins? Is it sad that I actually know the answer to this question? Way to bring that one ‘round bud, this is why I love you man…you pay attention. Let me ask you something? Q. Speaking of the mall, can you think of a worse job than being one of the people working in those little kiosks selling stuff like Proactiv? I'd (Master Fenrir) have a hard time doing something for 8 hours while thousands of people walk past me thinking "God, it must suck to be him." People still go to the mall? Q. What do you think of the invite system for public games? I think the invite system for PUBLIC games is in the top 3 worst things that have happened to CC. We got along just fine before it and actually had a good time meeting new teammates, shocking I know. I can’t imagine how a new member even gets into a high ranking game to learn anything anymore. No wonder the attrition rate is so high…has anyone ever studied the correlation? Would be interesting to prove or disprove that theory. Q. What is your favorite Davie Bowie song other than all the ones from the movie Labyrinth? I’m going with The Man Who Sold the World in that case. Although, being a 20 something in the 90’s, I like Nirvana’s version too. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fregObNcHC8 Interesting personal anecdote in consideration of the Labyrinth movie…http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjHoedoSUXY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OTb8tga-yg&feature=related Q. When you are riding an elevator with a metrosexual male, do you: Where do you work dude? Q. What was the final score of the best of 100 series of 1v1 games that you and I (wolfpack0530) played? Not sure if we ever finished that but I do know that you hacked the dice crazy-like (or maybe it was just that you didn’t have any teammates to attack) and therefore were winning that challenge handsomely. You my Wolf-Mullet-Brother and I thank you. It is the single reason I am still here and active. Considering our current clan war(s), I’m gonna have to go with the Master of Fenrir’s in a landslide.I'm awesome, just ask me. Q. Favorite Flynt Flossy Song? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxi73RQlLB8 Cant beat that one man, pure gold. Q. So, LMS, you're walking along, minding your own business, when you stop and see, coming towards you, your greatest wish fulfillment ever. What do you do next? That has already happened, except I was standing in front of about 200 people…I said, “I do too.” If you can’t afford to drink in a bar (and tip properly), go to the liquor store you cheap bastard. Q. What's in your fridge right now? Cold stuff. That depends on your age, income level, and taste my friend. If you are ever out here I’ll show you a good time man. I have lived here for the better part of 38 years, lol, I know my city pretty well. Q. On the weekend, what do you do with your time? Where do you like to go? Most often I find myself remodeling my house. Just last week I finished up building my new kitchen…yes, board by board. This week I will be finishing up with the install of my new exterior windows.
Hey, folks! Sully here again.
Viceroy63 has come back for an issue to talk about what I'm sure many SoC Training Grounds students are oh too familiar with: Classic Standard and Classic Terminator. There's a discussion topic already in the main SoC Training Grounds forum:
viewtopic.php?f=341&t=178128&view=unread#p3889733 Share your thoughts!
In other news, the
Office of Strategic Services is a little short on Reporters! So many positions to fill and so many
General Contribution Medals weighing down my pockets...
Who knows? Maybe you'll be writing the intro to this section in a few issues!
If I were your friend from the Czech Republic, you might call me your "Czech mate"
Victor SullivanStrategy Executive Classic Secrets: Standard Vs. Terminator by Viceroy63 show
---The following article is meant for thought provoking and entertainment purposes. A link to a discussion thread can be found at the bottom of the page.Classic Secrets: Standard Vs. Terminator Click here and share with us on the thread which is your favorite style of play and why!
Hello again my friends, and welcome to your favorite part of the Newsletter, "War Games", where you can find information about CC Tournaments!
I present the second part of my
interview with BluU, Dave has his regular
TPA Update , and James has once again done a great job of presenting
Join This? Or Not! The 23rd installment of Dave's Tournament Tips is here, but you now also be able to find them in the
Tournament Info forum, more specifically
here pursuant to a promise we made
a while back . (Is that enough links to keep it interesting?) Thanks greenoaks for the original suggestion, chapcrap and Leehar and Victor Sullivan for all your various inputs into the process, and above all DaveH for the hard work of actually writing these!
Dukasaur Tournament Executive Meet the Tournament Organisers BluU by Dukasaur show
In Issue 78 of the Dispatch we presented Part One of our BluU, the third-highest winner in the Tournament Winners Hall of Fame . Now, as promised, we present Part Two, where we go beyond BluU's incredible career as a tournament winner and explore his new direction as a tournament organiser.Dispatch: At what point did you decide you wanted to start organising tournaments?BluU: I wanted to start it long time ago, but I was too busy or too lazy You have eight tournaments complete, seven ongoing, and two in signups. Ten of those seventeen are part of your Zoom Into series, so I guess let's talk about those first. For those who aren't familiar with them, please describe the general format. I really like that zoom-in theme, (although to be honest I haven't joined any of them.) Are you a map lover in general? Were you the kind of kid who browsed atlases for fun? Click image to enlarge. Even with the rule change, it's quite a difficult goal to achieve. Still, for the first time I managed one.. In my WKRP in Cincinatti tournament, I tried a somewhat similar premise, the fact that there are three maps that explicitly name Cincinatti. The problem I've run into is that they have nothing else in common, and despite the unifying theme the tourney seems disjointed. And last but not least, we come to what for lack of a better term, I would call the "Assassin on small maps" series. Are you projecting where you will go with that? Will you gradually move to larger maps with it? Have you set any specific goals? Are you chasing the TO Hall of Fame with the vigour that you've chased the TW Hall of Fame? I notice you're a member of Medal Heads -- maybe you can catch jricart with TO medals... Sounds good! Thank you for taking the time to speak to us.
Tournament Tips by DaveH show: Use of VLookup function for assigning scores.
As a break from the coding to set up a tournament, I'll be showing you the way in which a table of values can be "looked up". The coding discussed is code I use to transfer a set of scores from a lookup table and assign them to a player according to their final position in a tournament.Code: Select all Sub Score() 'Name of subroutineCode: Select all atype = Cells(1, 5).ValueCode: Select all 'itotal will be the total number of players taking partCode: Select all 'scan down the column of positionsCode: Select all m = 0Code: Select all If m <> 0 ThenCode: Select all Sub Score()
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 has been rescued by MC29 is in its semi-finals stage. The ongoing games results are Tokle vs sundance123; Random Tokle - 1 game vs sundance123 - 1 game; Classic Tokle vs sundance123 - 2 games; Arms Race Tokle - 1 game vs sundance123 - 1 game; AOR2 Tokle -1 game vs sundance123 - 1 game; Timminz vs vykingsfan64; Random Timminz - 1 game vs vykingsfan64; Classic Timminz - 1 game vs vykingsfan64 - 1 game; Arms Race Timminz vs vykingsfan64 - 1 game; AOR2 Timminz vs vykingsfan64 - 2 games. The 1st Open Centrum , although rescued by HighlanderAttack, it now seems to have stalled again, so may need rescuing - in which case we may shorten it as it was only just past its planned half-way stage!TPA 1 Standings TPA Season 2: State of Play TPA 2 Standings TPA Season 3 http://www.conquerclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=89&t=175675 http://www.conquerclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=95&t=177868
Join This? Or Not! by WorldCup4James show
It's time again for our bi-monthly analysis of top-quality tournaments itching for signups,Elonpuckhog's Battle for the Bonuses elonpuckhog 's tournament of 6-player games across numerous world maps. Competitors capitalize on point as a result of their swift domineering play and reinforcements for held regions. All players take part in each of the three rounds, ensuring mass continent-sweeping and an interesting finish.Super Smash Bros. Quadruples League Gilligan 's Super Smash Brothers tournament. Instead of smashing buttons, you'll be smashing the mouse as you conquer territories in a team of four. Represent your favorite character--from Kirby to Diddy Kong to Link--and be the last to survive in this TPA tournament!Initech XXXIX: North American Cities x2 MC's Your Kidding Me...Right? mcshanester29 's all-around tournament. Randomness will toss you and three others together as you take on opponents in 1v1, Doubles, Triples, and Quadruples games on random maps. With unexpected allies, those with superior communication and adaptive tactics shall prevail. There's only a few more spots available in this second edition, so be sure to join quickly for a spot!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.
Thanks once again for your patronage to that integral part of the ... hello ... hello ... hello ... is there anybody out there??? Last issue I sought some feedback but the silence is deafening
Again, I say (hopefully not to an uninterested crowd) please do feel free to PM me any suggestions, views or gripes that you may have about this part of the newsletter. I'm sure that together we can only but go from strength to strength!! And just to prove that you do exist, I'm doing a little poll on the
What's Where articles. Do you like the new automated
gif or would you prefer to go back to our old way of doing things?
Anyway, here we are again, diligently bringing you the news, updates and insights of the Foundry. On a bright note, the Foundry is again back to doing what it does best. Providing a creative outlet for mapmakers and the CC community alike. Providing depth and meaning to the whole site!! The nice thing about the protest (yes, we haven't forgoten just yet) is that there seems to be a breath of fresh air into the Foundry. So good to see. As Michael Aquino once wrote:
One does not smash a good instrument because untrained students play it badly!
This issue I have had the pleasure of mapmakers providing answers to questions in a little survey that I put together. It's an interesting little piece that I've called
The Famous Mapmakers' Survey . Between the answers themselves and the comments - this makes great reading (even if I do say so myself).
Flapcake has brought another episode of his
Voices From the Bin and of course
Koontz1973 has continued his diligent efforts in scouring the Foundry for news and an update on the state of those maps. All in all it's been a huge fortnight. So, it's time to leave you with a few words from Saint Augustine of Hippo:
Imagine the vanity of thinking that your enemy can do you more damage than your enmity.
thehippo8 -- Foundry ExecutiveThe Famous Mapmakers’ Survey: First Edition by thehippo8 show
Mapmakers are an essential part of the Foundry. They make the maps! But what goes on in their heads and what makes them tick?Social Science research and the joys that statistics brings! Well, okay, you may not immediately see statistics a fun – but a few well chosen questions and some willing subjects and all of a sudden you have the makings of something interesting (perhaps this is an all new use of the word interesting but bear with me!). made up by me !). I had two sets of ten questions. The surveys were sent to carefully chosen mapmakers (44 questionnaires sent out and 16 questionnaires returned (two late) – a strike rate of 36% but given that this was a short-notice snapshot survey that is still meaningful). Participants could make additional comments (and I discuss those) but the identities of the participants remains known only to me and the participants so as to ensure both the integrity of the data and to ensure complete freedom to respond as the participants chose. There was a participant who commented on just one question but I will come to that in the discussion of that question – question 8 in the first part. The questionnaire was itself split into two divisions – the first covering the mapmakers views of the Foundry process and the second part covering the participants personal knowledge of mapmaking and related issues. For the first division, participants were asked to answer each question with a number using a scale (1=irrelevant, 2=unimportant, 3=neutral, 4=important and 5=crucial ) regarding what they considered to be important or not in development of a map. Similarly, in the second division the participants were asked to denote their views using another scale (1=low, 2=mediocre, 3=neutral, 4=good and 5=excellent ). I will discuss each question in turn and then make final comments at the end.Part One: Question One - Distinct idea or theme always helps ". Of course it is entirely subjective what is a distinct idea or theme. People do not always even agree on what constitutes a theme. For instance, the Treasures of the Galapagos map has a distinct idea but what really is its theme? At the other end of the extreme there are the three Age of Realms maps – they have a unified theme but really there is commonality of idea rather than distinction but they are nevertheless still popular.Part One: Question Two - Unique concept not seen in other maps All maps now are just copies of what has come before until the new xml features are more abundant. ” Having said that, though, it is impressive what creative minds can do with a minimum of tools!Part One: Question Thrree - Visually pleasant to look at I know a lot of people will disagree, but most won't ” I can’t agree more! Another mapmaker noted: “Good but it doesn't need to be that beautiful but some maps could have a better resolution. First Americas for example. ”Part One: Question Four - Graphical elements (words, images, territories, regions etc) that are well set out I'm including a clear legend in this option. ” This would be fertile ground for a separate questionnaire in and of itself!Part One: Question Five - Clear gameplay with clear rules Letting people confused is the worst thing to do. ” Another mapmaker said: “And here too. The legend needs to make it clear how everything works. Not just to avoid farming, but that one part of it. ” Again, this is a huge topic. Different people have different views about what gameplay is – from the gameplay is fun camp at one end to gameplay is strategy camp at the other and all shadesof thought in between.Part One: Question Six - Showcasing XML features on CC Showcasing as in improving them or just showing people how to make XML codes? If it's the former then 100000000000, if it's the latter then (2). ” As XML develops, so does the options available to mapmakers (note the articles written on conditional borders recently, for example).Part One: Question Seven - Connection to some real or meaningful event in history or literature Not Crucial but highly desirable. Some historic maps could even have a page to tell the history with more details as some people (me) love history. ” Interestingly enough, two mapmakers renown for making maps with historical feel to them both considered this issue to be a 1! One of those said: “It's just like writing a novel, it doesn't have to be about a real event. ”Part One: Question Eight - Complexity so that farmers can get lots of points Making a nest of farmers is a bad idea. ” Another mapmaker picked the question apart in this was: “What sort of question is this? I love complexity but not because of farming. In fact I love it despite of farming. (5) for complexity and (1) for farming. ” As to offence, another mapmaker said this (and I am immensely proud of this response):I was going to reply until I saw question #8 on the first part. That's a biased question, and I don't participate in biased surveys.
About the 8 (complexity), I expect your taunt about farmer was just a taunt. I qualify it with a 4 (i even hesitated with a 5), because i think it's with the complexity we could have such different maps (also with many different xml features), and so, each map are not just a revamp of the classic where only the number and the shape of territ change. Also, it's always a brain headache pleasure to discover a map that force us to rethink the game and not just draw on our knowledges.
Part One: Question Nine - Popularity with the foundry While it should not be reliant to the foundry, without posts from others, no map moves forward. ” Another mapmaker considered this a 4, and said: “Assuming anyone actually visits the foundry anymore. ” An interesting response and it highlights the fact that the Foundry process is one of popularity.Part One: Question Ten – Ability to play in multiple modes (one-on-one, team, fog, nuclear, etc) A good map should be playable with many different settings. If it's that type of map. I'm not against a map specially designed for a certain setting or feature (like 1v1 or fog). But then it better be real good at that setting! ”Part Two: Question One - Your experience as a map maker natty and DiM pissed on all my ideas ”. Another completely undersold himself as having an experience level of 1 and suggested than he was now moving on to 1.5! I would have put him at a 4 and moving onto 5 but what do I know?! Another said: “I've tried three different projects and posted many ideas. Never got any further because it took so darn much time. ” Another said he was going to: “leave foundry and end work on all my maps, maybe forever. ” Maybe this is because, also, that some of these participants really thought of how things used to be before we had the recent injection of blood. One participant commented: Here’s my 2 cents on why the foundry has little new blood.
Part Two: Question Two - Your knowledge of graphic manipulation Part Two: Question Three - Your understanding of gameplay concepts It's not all that much to understand really, after four years I've learned pretty much all there is to know about it. ” Enough said.Part Two: Question Four - Your knowledge of colour matching (for effect, aesthetics or practicality i.e. colourblindness) I go with my gut. And my eyes. And they've developed a good understanding for it. ”Part Two: Question Five - Your ability to turn an event or story into a game This is what I'm good at. Getting ideas. I'm working on becoming a writer so I'm very familiar with that sort of creative process. ”Part Two: Question Six - Your ability to express rules succinctly I know the rules, they're not perfect of course. All you need to do is to quote them. ” Perhaps this was an error in the question and thereby a reason why the responses were scattered. I was, of course, referring to the words that mapmakers put on their maps to explain to the user of the map how the rules of that map worked. But it is possible that the participants were considering other rules? Part Two: Question Seven - Your understanding of XML programming I've never gotten this far in my own projects but I know programming better than developing graphics. ”Part Two: Question Eight - Completing maps as being your goal Part Two: Question Nine - Ability to communicate within the forum I'm a communicator ”Part Two: Question Ten - Commitment to the foundry process Used to be (4) or maybe even (5) but it has dropped off now. I'm on this site for LC, some casual games, correcting peoples wrongly held opinions and as of late also Mafia games. ” That participant saw their commitment at this time at just a 2. To a degree, this result is also reflective of some difficult experiences that some participants have had in the Foundry over the years. It is pleasing to see, though, that those currently active had commitment in the 4s and 5s!Conclusions Hope you turn our stats into something useful. I could've wasted these 30 minutes in some other pointless way but you got them this time haha. Although I can't see why you'd want this info in the first place. You're free to use my words as you wish, just don't quote them out of context.
Addendum I see a map as a meal :
General Achievement Award to the first person who spots the obvious, stupid but strangely ironic spelling error in one of the headings in this article. Quick, quick!!
Voices from "The Bin" VOL II Flapcake show
Hi there ... yes ... more noise coming from the bin/Recycled box! This time from the very bottom. the abyss . Not many of CC users normally go there! The tip of the "iceberg", the foundry, would not exist without the Recycled box ... and vice versa! So even if some of the most terrible attempts to make a map landed there, they earned their place there, and it can be quite interesting (and fun!) looking at those long time forgotten maps or ideas.Voices from "The Bin" I gave you some examples of maps that were taken from the recycled box and brought back to the top. But how terrible are the worst attempts ever made really? I found some examples for you (hope I’m not offending anyone beyond a matter of taste Ant Wars. http://www.conquerclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=242&t=55666 Click image to enlarge. Puppies, Flowers, and Bubblegum. http://www.conquerclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=242&t=39976 Click image to enlarge. Math. http://www.conquerclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=154452#p3381259 Click image to enlarge.
Foundry News koontz1973 show
Quenched Maps. natty dread wrote: I have received feedback indicating that "French Canada" is offensive to some Canadians.
thenobodies80 wrote: That update will never happen.
New Beta Maps Why New Jersey/Copenhagen? Any strategic tips for your maps? Did you enjoy making your maps? Why New Jersey? I chose NJ because it was something familar to me, I was born and raised in NJ. I know the region well, which allowed me to focus on the graphics and gameplay right from the start.
Copenhangen, is the city im born in, and noe imployed by, copenhagen got so much cultural stuff and lots of fun by nigth.
Any strategic tips for your maps? Two keys to winning on this map in my opinion are holding the state capitol, Trenton (+1 auto deploy), and the Atlantic City region (+2 bonus).
strategic tips ? just claim the sights and enjoy the tour
Did you enjoy making your maps? Initially yes, I enjoyed the drafting room portion. The back and forth with the community about ideas was beneficial. Once it was in the XML stage I lost steam. Everything slowed to a crawl and it became more frustrating. All too often i felt my map was lost in the shuffle, only being looked at after I posted some smart ass comment. Overall, I feel the foundry needs to improve if it wants to lure new mapmakers, or retain the one's they have. Because of this, I probably will not be making any more maps. On a side note, I'd also like to take this space to thank Tisha for all of her help with this map. Without her, this map would never have made it to Beta. To be honest, I feel guilty taking any of the credit for this map, I just had an idea, Tisha turned it into a map. She deserves all the accolades/credit for this map.
I had a very plesant time working on copenhagen sightseeing, was fun discussing issues inm the fundry also Where's Lack
Maps in Development. koontz1973 show
Drafting Room Where maps start life. But like all new babies, this is where they need the most attention. / Field of Gettysberg / Dungeons of Draknor 2 / krazy kingdoms / Master of Eliments Main Foundry The main block of work is done here. Gameplay section. Ethopia / Classic Cities-Madrid / Miami / Escape / France2.0 / WW1 Gallipoli / Defend America / Paris Metro / Conquership Graphics section. Moscow / Labyrinth / Philadelphia / Spanish Amarda / USA2.1 Final Forge Final checking to make sure only the best get through. Classic Cities Jakarta / Baltic Crusades / New Zealand / Classic Cities Sydney / Pot Mosbi / Magyarország
This issue will have a quick look at the NewComers Cup 3 for scoring and minor predictions for advancements.
Clan League 4 has all but one of the finalists for each division. In Division 2: Mythology is taking on One Step ahead, Division 3: War vs The Brethren of the Fat Mermaid, Division 4: The Fraternal Order of Exceptional Drinkers vs The New Crusade, and in Division 5: Momento Mori vs Splunkers of Hell. Division 1 is still up in the air about who will advance on. Look for a full update on this in the next issue.
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Clan Executive NC3 Update by Skillfusniper33 (IF) show
Here is a quick score update on all the wars for NC3.Fallen vs Headless Horsemen TNC vs AKA Sully Edit: TNC won versus AKA 24 to 14. 1RFG vs ROTS
1v1 Bracket Update show
Round 1 - ID vs 1RFG: ID wins 25-5 Round 1 - EMP vs MB: Emp wins 30-8 (not in bracket yet)Finishing 18-12Ongoing 19-17
CC3 Bracket Update show
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