Welcome Comrades to the 94th edition of the Dispatch
Well we certainly made a rod for our back this time. A bit late with the last issue, a change of staff and bang - we are on time again! An impressive innings for your favourite group of dedicated volunteers by anyone's standards!!
If you think that CC has started to take off then you won't be alone. The #GCCM event has been enthralling all of us. We have Twitter kicking off, Facebook being relooked at and now even some ideas on the boil with Youtube. Oops
I think I let the cat out of the bag there. An announcement on that hasn't been made yet! And all that on top of your usual Mafia Games, an Interview with Dako, all the happenings in Clans (Oh yeah ... it's CLAN WEEK!!), tournaments and the foundry. When does anyone have time to sleep? Some of us in the real world even balance all this with work or exams or natural disasters or what have you. It's enough to make your head spin! Wesley Snipes put it well when he said:
I've reduced a lot of the stress in my life. I've gotten rid of a lot of things. The light was turned on and a lot of the cockroaches started spinning. I swept them out the door. And sometimes you just have to throw things out because they carry a certain energy.
Enjoy the fruit of our labouring fingers!
thehippo8 Chief Executive If you would like to apply to join the news team, please visit the thread below for more details!
Click here for Recruitment Details... Welcome back readers. koontz fills us in on current GCCM events, I have another Scum Insider, and Dako talks about Russia, girls, and his martial arts skills.
You Stay Classy, CC.
safariguy5 Freestyle Executive The Great Community Map Project. Live Chat Event Update show
_/[] x [] x [] x [] x 20:15:57 * JaneAustin joins #GCCM < JaneAustin > 20:26:34 < NoSurvivors > 20:29:12 < JaneAustin > 20:29:16 < JaneAustin > 20:30:09 < NoSurvivors > 20:30:18 < JaneAustin > 20:31:04 < NoSurvivors > 20:31:16 < NoSurvivors > 20:32:33 < NoSurvivors > 20:32:39 < NoSurvivors > 20:32:49 < JaneAustin > 20:33:01 < JaneAustin > 20:33:26 < NoSurvivors > 20:33:28 < JaneAustin > 20:33:45 < NoSurvivors > 20:33:50 < JaneAustin > 20:35:25 < NoSurvivors > 20:35:36 < JaneAustin > 20:35:40 < NoSurvivors > 20:35:43 < NoSurvivors > 20:35:46 < NoSurvivors > 20:35:58 < JaneAustin > 20:36:02 < JaneAustin > 20:36:05 < JaneAustin > 20:36:21 < JaneAustin > 20:36:25 < NoSurvivors > 20:36:56 < NoSurvivors > 20:37:00 < NoSurvivors > 20:37:03 < NoSurvivors > 20:37:18 < JaneAustin > 20:37:26 < NoSurvivors > 20:37:31 < NoSurvivors > 20:38:04 < NoSurvivors > 20:38:16 < NoSurvivors > 20:38:16 < JaneAustin > 20:38:20 < JaneAustin > 20:38:22 < NoSurvivors > 20:38:22 < NoSurvivors > 20:38:22 < JaneAustin > 20:38:26 < JaneAustin > 20:38:46 < JaneAustin > 20:38:52 < NoSurvivors > 20:38:54 < NoSurvivors > 20:38:58 < JaneAustin > 20:39:02 < JaneAustin > 20:39:10 < JaneAustin > 20:39:47 < JaneAustin > 20:40:25 < NoSurvivors > 20:40:28 < NoSurvivors > 20:40:30 < NoSurvivors > 20:40:35 < JaneAustin > 20:40:41 < NoSurvivors > 20:40:51 < NoSurvivors > 20:42:44 < NoSurvivors > 20:42:54 < JaneAustin > 20:42:57 < NoSurvivors > 20:43:07 < JaneAustin > 20:43:21 * JaneAustin quit (timeout) Event Information :Date: Tuesday, 7 May 2013Times: 3 trivia contests will be held that day at the following times:Location: Live Chat, enter /join #GCCM Format: The first member to correctly answer 10 trivia questions about maps and the foundry wins. The winner of each session will not be allowed to compete in the following session/s. However, if you compete and are unsuccessful, you may compete in other sessions.Prizes: A shiny gold GA medal!
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 Mystery Killer Mafia ended with a win for town as the last SKer was killed off. Town lucked into unintentional crossfire as one SKer was picked off by the other one early. A fun concept, and we hope / revises the set a bit to add a little more complexity to the game.Mafia Callouts Replacement Thread to see what games are in need of reserves/replacements.viewforum.php?f=213 Advanced Roles and Strategy by safariguy5 Bussing What is It? Example How to Use This Strategy
show: Interrogation of Dako
Q. Any thoughts you might care to share about CCup4 Dako? I wish I'd run it. But alas, they decided I was not worthy. The rest has already been said, CCup4 will be a good lesson to CDs. Q. Ass or breast man? Looky - breast, touchy - ass. Q. Favorite map? Most of them look almost the same nowadays, I wonder why they always make similar maps lol. But I really like Dawn of Ages and Battle for Iraq in terms of gameplay and balance. And my specialty, WWII Ardennes Q. Care to share why you stepped down as head tech? Ummm, I can say that it was due to political reasoning. PM me if you want to know more. Q. Which of the female TOFU members do you have the most dreams about? InsomniaRed of course. Why even ask? Q. If you owned CC what would you change? Almost everything, ha. The list can be very long, but first of all I'd actually started to work on it. Q. What did you like about being a mod? Different colors, paddle access, dice hacks Q. What did you dislike about being a mod? Let's not dig into that, all right? Otherwise this interview will look very anti-CC. Oh, yes, sitting-related issues! That I can say without fear from Red Team. Q. Do Russians still like red-heads if they're bat-shit crazy? The more she's crazy the more she's hot, we say. And it's not like I am going to have kids with her, right? Q. Would you rather live in a castle and rule a small kingdom or fly around the galaxy in an invisible spaceship? INVISIBLE SHI-I-IP!!! Q. If your clan didn't exist, which one would you join and why? THOTA Q. What has been your favorite clan war to date, and why? TOFU-KORT, 1st and 2nd edition. I just love to win vs cows with KABOOM and all the mud-slinging Q. What was your favorite part of being a mod? Do you actually listen to me? I already said, colors! And being special. I am an attention whore, one can say. Q. What is the best and worst thing about living in Russia? Best - bears, vodka, matryoshkas and that you can easily be a mad scientist that can assemble bomb from cereal, detergent and ice cream in a microwave. And you can easily survive for $8000/month and look better than most here. Q. Have you ever had to use your skills in aikido in a fight or to impress a girl by pretending to fight with someone? No, but I have complete script written down for one, two and three attackers. Some of them involve bikes and deadly weapons. Q. Favorite doctor? David Tennant. Definitely. Q. Favorite companion? Donna Noble, no question about that. Catherine Tate is a genius!Donna: If you ever see a little blue box, flying up there in the sky, you shout for me, Gramps. Oh you just shout.
Q. Favorite drink? Any. I'm Russian in the end. But if we go into preferences, gin, rum, red shiraz, weissbeer. Q. Favorite map and settings? Dawn of Ages dubs NS A F; Battle for Iraq dubs E A F; Ardennes quads NS A F. Q. Favorite car? f*ck cars, Honda and Kawa are my choices. Q. What's the story behind your username? My sister used to call me like that when I was a kid. Got stuck with it from that day. Nothing really special other than it is derived from my name. I got many other cool nicknames, like Rambo, which is what my classmates used to call me because I was shortest in class but fought the most. Q. Who do you think you are? Sometimes I dream that I am Master Fenrir, but then I wake up in cold sweat realizing I am more of a freakns... Q. On a scale of 1 to Josko how much do you love KoRT? Josko^(n-1) where n is the amount of attention I get from Foxy and fishy weekly. Q. If you were given the whole of CC to chose from, and they couldn't say no, who would you press gang into being a TOFU player? Hm, let me think about it. I guess ahunda, laughingcavalier, betiko, Rodion, ballenus, Leehar, freakns, Lindax, BigBallinStalin. Those are one of the best players/teammates/posters I have seen on CC that are outside of TOFU. But I am sure I forgot like 10 people just because I was lazy to look into scoreboard. Q. Would you rather be paid in vodka or roubles? Roubles, I don't drink vodka (shhhh!) Q. Would you rather fly Aeroflot or jump off a building? Lol aeroflot is so crappy guys. Jump off the building with a chute, yes, that would be my choice. Q. Russian beauties or Asian honeys? Former for wife, latter for evening adventures. Those Philippine girls, awww. Q. You are a black belt in a martial art. Are your hands deadly weapons, or only when holding the steering wheel of a car? Yes, I know how to kill person in many ways, and I can severely injure anyone quite easy as well, muahaha. Don't mess with me! Thank god I have never had a need to use them that way. And I drive safely, almost like them - VIDEO . It's awesome to live in Russia, hell yeah! Q. What is the coldest you have ever been? -40 celsius. That was quite funny actually, throwing boiling water our of the window - VIDEO Q. Blonde, Brunette, or Redheads? All three at the same time please. But hair color is nothing, it all comes down to curves and lumps. Q. If you switched clans, would you want another highly competitive clan (ie PACK) or a clan that likes to have a little more fun (ie TNC)? Competitive to the bone. I cannot do anything half-assed. Q. What games did you play before CC? I was pro in Warcraft 3 DotA, my team took #4 in Russian Cup back in the days. And I was always into Diablo cause I liked to kill tons of monsters with limbs flying all over the place. Q. Are there any hot Russian Brides left in Russia? Tons of them, one is coming to my place right now *wink* *wink*. Q. What time did you go to bed last night? 4am if you ask for today. But I know what this woman asks about Q. What was your favourite toy as a child . . .and now? I loved playing with cooking pots! My mom used to put me near the cupboard and I could be lost for many hours opening each of them, trying to fit one into another and so on. Adorable, eh? Right now it went all digital but there are few things that I can spend many hours with without noticing — my bō and my bokuto. I wonder what will happen when my katana arrives this summer Q. What do you think of Hong Kong? It is a lovely city. Very smelly, very friendly and reminded me of Ankh-Morpork instantly. Big colorful village with skyscrapers. You walk down the avenue, one wrong turn and 5 blocks later you can see people selling vegetables from the boxes, offering Rolex and other goodies from under the jacket… Ahh, I liked it. Q. What surprised you about CoF when you met him? He has Russian soul. I mean this guy, he has a stove all rusty but clean, his house is a bit shabby but looks cozy and neat, he doesn't bother to feed his dogs with the same fork he uses and is completely open to people. It is rare to see uncomplicated people when they have huge income. Q. When was the last time you cried? I always cry on movies during the happy ends and never do I cry when there are some misfortune there. Last time was when I was flying back from HK and was watching Wreck-It Ralph during the last scene. Q. What are you really afraid of? Heights, losing my limbs or sight, other drivers on Russia. And sometimes I am really afraid of josko. When I type a message I always think twice what he can write in reply and oh my, sometimes that makes me shiver! After that I delete half of my post because overall impact on the universe would be negative. Q. Is Ace Rimmer generally truthful? Yes, most of the time he tells the truth. Q. Now that life is your own again will you look for other channels to flex your community muscles? God please no. I would like to spend this time in real life if you know what I mean. Russia is a country of opportunities. Q. If you could make a map doing anything you want what special programming tricks would you add which don't already exist on CC? I'd add mutated territories. For example you hold 5 districts in a bonus and then they merge into one big terr that has all the borders. And if you conquer such merged bonus from an opponent you don't get the whole bonus yourself, it will rebel and break down into 5 original terrs but all neutral (except the one you just conquered, lets call it city centre). So if you cannot hold that big city you will have to unite it later again to conquer it. Now that would be something. Q. Would it be better if CC were redone in Cyrillic? Hell no. I never used Cyrillic when I write code, even my comments are in English. Q. Who is cooler, St. Cyril or St. Methodius? Last time when I visited their grave in Rome, Methodius was a bit cooler to the touch. Q. How many languages do you: Fluent Russian and English. Can speak a little bit of Japanese. And I know a lot of dev languages, more than 5 but less than 10. Q. Favorite language to: English is way easier to type, but I prefer to speak Russian because I know more words there and can construct better sentences. If I knew 5000-10000 more words in English I'm sure that would not be a an issue anymore. As for programming, most of the time I do PHP so I am used to it. But Python and Scala really attract me nowadays, though I know none of them. Q. How long would it take you to learn how to do the Oppa Gangnam Style dance? Or do you already know how to do it? I think 2 to 4 hours. Never tried to dance it before. Q. Who would you rather play a dubs game with, Denise or catnipdreams? Well, you need at least 4 players for dubs, so I'd take both and invite fishy over as well. Q. Who would you rather "play" with, Denise or catnipdreams? Cat is more kinky (in a good way), Denise has more experience. Not sure, not sure. Can I do a pre-play wth both and then decide?
Hello loyal Platoon Report readers! I want to kick off this edition by first thanking and applauding Leehar for his
years served as Clan Executive here at the Dispatch! It's no small feat to run an ever-changing team of writers and get all the news from the clan world together twice a month, but he sure had a great way of getting it done. It's always been a pleasure to work with him, and I sincerely wish him the best in his new role as Head Clan Director. From all of us, Leehar, we thank you!!
I'm proud to say we have a great bunch of articles for your reading pleasure this week, including multiple contributions from two of our newest writers, IcePack and betiko, as well as updates to many of our regular features, and more news about how clans are getting involved in GCCM.
To kick things off, we've got the exclusive scoop on the updated F400 rankings thanks to IcePack. Check it out to find out all the latest results and movement. IcePack also brings us a report on Conquer Cup 4, including the results of the play-in draw, and great background on the clans involved, as well as a few predictions. Speaking of predictions, betiko has an update on Conquer Cup 3. His report includes the latest on all the action in the finals of the event, and also a look at the implications for the CC3 prediction contest. Completing our reviews of the major ongoing clan events, qwert has another update for us Clan League 5, featuring all the updated scores and tables, as well as the first clan to qualify for the Premier League in the second phase.
As we have for the last couple of months, we have an updated edition of our reader requested Clan Movers and Shakers column, bringing you all the roster shakeups in the clan world from the last month, and the introduction of yet another clan to the realm. To wrap up this edition of the Platoon Report, we have an update from koontz regarding GCCM and Clan Week - don't miss this chance to get in on the fun and win your clan some medals!
Swifte Clan Executive May 1 F400 Update by IcePack show
CC4 by IcePack show
After months of debate, politics, intrigue and scandal CC4 took the first steps to begin competition under the watchful eyes of the CD's. Live Chat to watch as 6 lucky clans were drawn to face off and find out which will re-enter the random pool to compete in the 32 Clan Single Elimination Bracket. Risk Attackers [RA] vs The Devil's Brigade [DB] Warriors at Risk [WAR] vs Knights Templar [KNT] A Question of Honor [AQOH] vs the Headless Horsemen [HH]
CC3 Finals Update by Betiko show
Right now there is a close 3-3 (it's official, 28 to go for both clans as LMS would say!).Looking TOFU: 9 (World 2.1 dubs, poison rome trips, bamboo jack trips, conquer rome quads, middle ages quads, rail europe quads, trench warfare dubs, hive quads, italy trips)Looking AFOS: 3 (Monster dubs, northwest passage trips, dark continent quads)Looking EVEN: 2 (salem's switch quads, antartica quads)Conquer Cup 3 Predictions Emmdizzle (supreme leader of the allmighty AFOS) has even more than a CC3 victory in stake for his clan! If AFOS wins, he'll be the CC3 predictions winner!!allinpoker1980 and Chuuuuck will both win (and I will personally take the useless third place
CL5 by Qwert show
On 21 April the last last two rounds in Qualification Groups started. The first clan who managed to qualify into Premier League is TOFU who taken 15 points, and secured their spot in the Premiership.
Clan Movers and Shakers - April 2013 by Swifte show
Time for our third edition of Clan Movers and Shakers, where we fill you in on all the players that have found new homes in the last month. Seems like there was less movement in April compared to March, but for the clans and players involved there is still much to be excited about. Best of luck to all players in their new clans, and congrats to all eight clans on their fantastic new members!EagleByRob - Atlantis110313 - Fallent4mcr53s2 - FallenWoodsy2115 - Fraternal Order of Exceptional DrinkersDanryan - Fraternal Order of Exceptional DrinkersCatchersMitt14 - FISOartur1 - Legends of Warsempaispellcheck - Les Hussards du DragonDevon99 - One Step Aheadregan the great - One Step Aheadmiyuki- - Retributionsdkenned - RetributionJunior Bee - The Spanking MonkeysThe Galactico: Prince_Tottenham , lt.Futt
The Great Community Map Project. Clan Week Update. show
Sign ups to clan week have been extended to the 4th of May as the dispatch was late out last time. Some big names in the clan world have signed up. But has your clan? All clans are welcome to play. Just fill in the bottom form and send it to me koontz1973 before the forth. Code: Select all Name of Clan:The challenges will be revealed on the 6th of May when we start.Challenge one. Challenge two. Challenge three. Prizes for this event are as follow. clan forum
Hello again my friends, and welcome to your favorite part of the Newsletter, "War Games", where you can find information about CC Tournaments! Here we are five days away from another anniversary of V-E Day. Will anyone put together a cool tournament on CC's WWII maps to celebrate? I sure hope so!
Here in the Dispatch, we have the 38th installment in Dave's
Tournament Tips . After spending some months with more advanced formulae, he is now back into terrain that many of us will recognise, and dealing with formatting and presentation elements.
In the
TPA Wrap , you will find a notice that
IanG7 has won the Assassinations by Fours tournament. An interview with IanG7 will be presented in our next issue!
Anamainiacks continues his mastery of
Join This? Or Not! If you haven't read JTON recently, check it out. Among other things, Anamainiacks launched the innovation of identifying
Premium Only. Freemium Friendly! tourneys.
Last but (I hope) not least, I've cobbled together a quick discussion about tournament etiquette.
Dukasaur Tournament Executive Tournament Tips by DaveH show: Creating Tables - Revisited
in the last issue I complained that there was not a good way of formatting tables in Conquer Club code (phpBB apparently) and I proposed a macro to give some readability to tables.Code: Select all [table]Code: Select all Sub FormLines()Click image to enlarge. Winners: Total inc R26: R27 Wins: Total Asbks 19 19 Bruceswar 17 1 18 Wendt100 17 1 18 Clacie 16 1 17 Wizz00 16 1 17 Blindman30 15 15 Marshallbobby 15 15 Aussie02 14 14 Frank_tank 13 1 14
Code: Select all Sub FormLines() Winners: Total inc R26: R27 Wins: Total Asbks 19 19 Bruceswar 17 1 18 Wendt100 17 1 18 Clacie 16 1 17 Wizz00 16 1 17 Blindman30 15 15 Marshallbobby 15 15 Aussie02 14 14 Frank_tank 13 1 14 GreenBaize 13 1 14 Herus 13 1 14
TPA3 Wrap by DaveH show
TPA Season 2: State of Play Click image to enlarge. TPA 2 Standings TPA Season 3 Chap's Ultimate Random in which Individuals enter and in random groups of 4 on quads, triples, doubles and 1v1 play on random maps.TPA 3 Standings 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 anamainiacks show
And now for our regular look at a selection of the tournaments in sign-ups! It feels rather strange while I'm scrolling through the Create/Join a Tournament forum, as the number of forum threads aren't enough to make 2 pages in the forum! But nevertheless, there are still a good number of fine tournaments taking sign ups, so let's take a look at some of them.Backstabber's Guild (w2.1) mint-murray - Freemium Friendly! Beat the Mapmakers 2 BluU - Freemium Friendly! Killa wants to set you up! Killakazooma - Premium Only. The Great Community Map Project. Tournament Six Premium Only. here , with 4 General Achievement Medals 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.anamainiacks with the details of your tournament.
Tourney Etiquette Redux by Dukasaur show
Recently in the Tournament Organisers usergroup forum I saw a frustrated organiser lamenting the rudeness of people who drop invites without bothering to explain or apologise. It got me thinking that it's probably time for us to run another tournament etiquette article. We've had a few of these in the newsletter over the years, but it's a topic that deserves to be revisited regularly.Tournament Organizer Etiquette and Tournament Player Etiquette
J.R.R. Tolkien wrote: Fantasy is escapist, and that is its glory. If a soldier is imprisioned by the enemy, don't we consider it his duty to escape?. . .If we value the freedom of mind and soul, if we're partisans of liberty, then it's our plain duty to escape, and to take as many people with us as we can!
Welcome to the foundry section. Where Fantasy can and often does become reality.
koontz1973 -- Foundry ExecutiveMaps in Development. koontz1973 show
Drafting Room Where maps start life. But like all new babies, this is where they need the most attention. Homeworlds Mystical Era Alaska Lisbon Metro 2030 Tank Battle District of Columbia Map Foundry The main block of work is done here. Escape 4 Star Meats Spanish Amarda Tribal War Israel Research & Conquer Three kingdoms of China Alamo Ring of Fire
Tribal War - Ancient Israel - A Slideshow Evolution by Seamus76 show
Great Conquer Community Map Week 4 by Seamus76 show
Results from Poll 1: Map based on fantasy 97 votes 55% Map based on real place 79 votes 45% Results from Poll 2: Small map - Less than 35 regions 92 votes 13% Medium map - 35-65 region count 318 votes 44% Large map - 66-99 region maps 305 votes 43% Results from Poll 3: Classic Game Play 69 votes 63% Conquest Game Play 40 votes 37% Results from Poll 4: Map of a WORLD 36 votes 34% Map of a CONTINENT 18 votes 17% Map of a COUNTRY 16 votes 15% Map of a BATTLE 37 votes 35% (This is not a guarantee .Code: Select all [img]http://www.conquerclub.com/forum/download/file.php?avatar=289440_1364706096.png[/img]Code: Select all [url=http://www.conquerclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=127&t=188035][img]http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/4606/sigmp.png[/img][/url]iamkoolerthanu (week 1)anamainiacks (week 2)Swifte Armandolas betiko Iron Maid , dakky21 , Dukasaur , moler29 , CJ Lues dako Competition (Carnival Games) are up and ready, so head over, make your voice known, and have some fun.Things to be on the look out for: Official GCCM Tournaments Future Events.
Great Conquer Community Map Project Graphics Contest Two show
Attention all Conquer Clubbers!! Welcome to the second graphics competition in conjunction with The Great Community Map Project. .................................................... Everyone is a Critic Below, you will find two images from my Rorke's Drift map. The only difference between the two images are the impassables for the outpost have been removed. Your job is to put them back in. Original Image Download this image. Do not copy my impassables. This contest is to see if you can come up with something better. Rules:You cannot resize the images. You must not change the game play. You can submit up to two entries. DO NOT put your name on the image!Send your images to me koontz1973 via PM. All submissions must be in by this time Prizes: First Place. General Achievement Medal 500 Conquer Credits or The Great Community Map. Second / Third Places. General Achievement Medal
Stay Tuned for the next issue of the ConquerClub Dispatch for an interrogation of
chemefreak . Post any questions you may have for them here -->
Interrogation with chemefreak Submitting Your Own Articles If you have a story you think the ConquerClub Community would find interesting, you can submit your articles to
thehippo8 and you may just see your article published in the Newsletter!
Subscription Did you enjoy this Issue? Have you subscribed to the Newsletter yet?
If you want each and every issue of the ConquerClub Dispatch delivered right into your Inbox, then
Subscribe Here! ConquerClub Dispatch Team 
I think I let the cat out of the bag there. An announcement on that hasn't been made yet! And all that on top of your usual Mafia Games, an Interview with Dako, all the happenings in Clans (Oh yeah ... it's CLAN WEEK!!), tournaments and the foundry. When does anyone have time to sleep? Some of us in the real world even balance all this with work or exams or natural disasters or what have you. It's enough to make your head spin! Wesley Snipes put it well when he said:
