BetaMarch 2014 (Official Monthly Challenge)

by **sempaispellcheck** on Thu Feb 27, 2014 10:26 pm

UPDATE: ALL THOSE WHO POST THEIR GAMES IN THREAD WILL BE FIRST TO BE SCORED AND GIVEN A MEDAL

Official Monthly Challenge for March 2014
Brought to you by DoomYoshi and the Community Team

CLICK HERE TO JOIN GAMES

Welcome to Betamarch. I hope to make this a repeating annual event. It has long been known that the majority of users don't offer input into the mapmaking process, they only play the maps. The idea of this is that it will (hopefully) spur players into thinking about the behind-the-scenes work that goes into cartography here at CC.

The maps that count as Beta for this year's challenge:

Conquer 500
Czecho Slovak Fragmentation
District of Alaska
Ethiopia
France 2.1
Krazy Kingdoms
Spanish Armada
Three Kingdoms of China
Tribal War - Ancient Israel
USA 2.1
WWI Gallipoli
Temple of Jinn
Promontory Summit

Maps may be added to the list as the month goes on.

NO SIGN-UPS REQUIRED - Everyone is eligible!
All you need to do is win at least one game started between March 1 and March 31 with the following settings:

Settings
Map: Any Beta Map
Players per game: Two (2)
Game Type: 1v1 or Polymorphic
Initial Troops: Automatic OR Manual
Play Order: Freestyle or Sequential
Spoils: Any
Reinforcements: Any
Special Gameplay: Any
Round Length: Casual or speed

Medal Criteria
You need at least 35 Points for the Medal
1 point for winning a 1v1 game
2 points for winning a polymorphic (doubles) game
3 points for winning a polymorphic (triples) game
4 points for winning a polymorphic (quads) game

5 points for a post in the map thread containing 1 thing you like about the map and 1 thing you dislike about the map.

Spam rules of the forum still apply. A maximum of 10 points can be scored for posts. You must have played on the map prior to the post.

The settings that must be present are 2 players (or polymorphic) and Beta Map.
Please double check and make sure you have all these settings set.
The other settings are open. Round Limits are not mandatory, but are recommended to make sure all games finish on time.

Games can finish up to one week after the end of the month.

Notes

Games must start between CC Time: 2014-03-01 00:00:00 and CC Time: 2014-04-01 00:00:00 to be considered for the Challenge.
Any issues will be solved by me, DoomYoshi and my word is final.

by **DoomYoshi** on Thu Feb 27, 2014 10:27 pm

Who can play a Challenge?
All challenges are open to everyone, although freemiums may have a problem meeting the game load.

How do we join?
All you have to do is a)create games that meet the requirements or b)join games that meet the requirements. They can be private or public games. Team CC is not creating any games, the whole thing is done by users. There is a game-join link at the top of the first post.

What is the prize?
One of the rarest medals on the site, the Challenge medal. Challenges only come around once, if you miss it, you won't ever have another chance.

When do I get my prize?
Usually, a week after the month of the challenge, but for longer challenges it may take quite some time.

FAQS and Rulings
1. Tournament Games do not count
2. Wins by round limit count as normal wins.
3. Games can always have round limits but they never need to.

show: Past Challenges

by **DoomYoshi** on Thu Feb 27, 2014 10:27 pm

WolfZ71 113
CatchersMitt14 97
Melkor52 88
perchorin 71
b00060 58
TheCrown 52
thoffs 51
Mishalex 51
alstergren 48
Royal Panda 48
TheQuietOne 47
lokisgal 46
Leehar 46
biscuit boy 45
ooge 43
cooldeals 43
Rumondo 43
babagonosh 43
MoB Deadly 42
Dukasaur 42
kizkiz 42
badmunkay 42
HotShot53 42
timmy1 42
hwhrhett 41
betiko 40
JOHNNYROCKET24 38
Roofless 38
Teflon Kris 38
stealth99 38
macbone 37
ckyrias 37
jdw35 36
patrick1234321 36
benga 36
osman76 36
Whatsausage 36
Hannibal 19 36
Gilligan 35
Swifte 35
*Pixar* 35
jigger1986 35
lanyards 35
jonofperu 35
sundance123 35
josko.ri 35
hotfire 35
iamCaffeine 35

show: scores per map

by **Dukasaur** on Thu Feb 27, 2014 10:30 pm

This sounds like a challenge I will enjoy!

by **NoSurvivors** on Fri Feb 28, 2014 12:25 am

Too bad its the 28th... :S

Website · by **D-Rock42** on Fri Feb 28, 2014 4:05 am

ugh. 2 player games. Guess it will be time to take my medicine

sempaispellcheck wrote:5 points for a post in the map thread containing 1 thing you like about the map and 1 thing you dislike about the map.

Spam rules of the forum still apply. A maximum of 10 points can be scored for posts. You must have played on the map prior to the post.

Do we have to have played on the map as part of this challenge, or at any time?

by **GioDuce** on Fri Feb 28, 2014 5:48 am

Good thing that you give points for a DECENT post on the Map Topic, and it's a nice amount !

Hopefully this will guide people to the forums.

I will enjoy this challenge.

by **Leehar** on Sat Mar 01, 2014 4:06 pm

Nice challenge once again from the entertainments team!

by **chris.yfc** on Sun Mar 02, 2014 1:00 am

Looks awesome

by **Dukasaur** on Sun Mar 02, 2014 2:39 am

Going to keep track of my games here. Good a place as any.

Czechoslovak Fragmentation:
Game 14088027 3 pts
Game 14148058 3 pts

Ethiopia:
Game 14115076 1 pt.
Game 14115079 1 pt
Game 14115774 1 pt
Game 14115776 1 pt

France 2.1:
Game 14088643 2 pts

Krazy Kingdoms:
Game 14097537 4 pts

Promo Summit:
Game 14128299 1 pt
Game 14128463 1 pt
Game 14128483 1 pt
Game 14128492 1 pt
Game 14133199 1 pt
Game 14141876 1 pt
Game 14144825 1 pt
Game 14149233 1 pt
Game 14151227 1 pt
Game 14151247 1 pt
Game 14166387 1 pt
Game 14169798 1 pt
Game 14181510 1 pt
Game 14181513 1 pt

Ancient Israel:
Game 14097530 1 pt

Gallipoli:
Game 14105964 1 pt
Game 14142463 1 pt

Commentary:
France 2.1 http://www.conquerclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=64&t=157659&p=4452751#p4452751
5 pts
Ethiopia http://www.conquerclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=64&t=174289&p=4452763#p4452763
5 pts

TOTAL AS OF MARCH 26, 42 POINTS

by **ooge** on Sun Mar 02, 2014 6:47 am

Is this what you are talking about, For a post about a beta map? viewtopic.php?f=64&t=73475&p=4434059#p4434059

by **chris.yfc** on Sun Mar 02, 2014 7:18 am

Fun, fun, fun

by **WOLFZ71** on Mon Mar 03, 2014 3:22 am

so i've been playing a lot of District of Alaska working towards my beta medal. i love this map the auto deploys make it so fun to play. my favorite way to make it extremely challenging and very fast paced is to set it for 1 minute speed game. the only thing i don't like on it is the date in the top of the map looks like 1990? is it 1890? any who here are my wins for the month of March.

Game 14083511 Game 14106146 Game 14119069
Game 14083736 Game 14106167 Game 14123462
Game 14085969 Game 14106513 Game 14123639
Game 14087127 Game 14106587 Game 14123646
Game 14087268 Game 14108308 Game 14123970
Game 14088114 Game 14108515 Game 14125678
Game 14088394 Game 14108577 Game 14124208
Game 14091275 Game 14108696 Game 14127121
Game 14091411 Game 14109097 Game 14127919
Game 14091509 Game 14110433 Game 14128264
Game 14097739 Game 14112628 Game 14114934
Game 14091723 Game 14113849 Game 14128679
Game 14095663 Game 14114224 Game 14128721
Game 14096183 Game 14114325 Game 14127936
Game 14097411 Game 14114516 Game 14128149
Game 14097693 Game 14114965 Game 14128822
Game 14099798 Game 14115060 Game 14128412
Game 14100177 Game 14115145 Game 14121800
Game 14100306 Game 14115313 Game 14130335
Game 14100436 Game 14115427 Game 14125598
Game 14102198 Game 14118546 Game 14132549
Game 14103774 Game 14121591 Game 14132768
Game 14099624 Game 14122603 Game 14132792
Game 14104808 Game 14122753 Game 14132992
Game 14105270 Game 14119322 Game 14133061

Game 14133170 Game 14150777
Game 14133171 Game 14151565
Game 14133169 Game 14151470
Game 14128058 Game 14142135
Game 14137855 Game 14150773
Game 14128681 Game 14151469
Game 14132555 Game 14154029
Game 14140564 Game 14145646
Game 14142136 Game 14153605
Game 14127461 Game 14140558
Game 14145053 Game 14137638
Game 14145502 Game 14154509
Game 14145845 Game 14155031
Game 14138089 Game 14155169
Game 14145290 Game 14155316
Game 14149928 Game 14154028
Game 14145102 Game 14155030
Game 14149927 Game 14155168
Game 14145501
Game 14150078

by **JOHNNYROCKET24** on Mon Mar 03, 2014 9:41 am

Game 14086605 +3
Game 14086606 +3
Game 14093737 +1
Game 14090549 +1
Game 14096245 +4
Game 14181868 +1
Game 14190699 +1
Game 14190758 +1
Game 14197324 +4
Game 14211610 +4
Game 14221393 +4
Game 14216453 +1
Game 14224832 +1
Game 14224834 +1
Game 14218484 +4
Game 14218480 +4

by **DoomYoshi** on Mon Mar 03, 2014 12:26 pm

ooge wrote:Is this what you are talking about, For a post about a beta map? viewtopic.php?f=64&t=73475&p=4434059#p4434059

Looks good to me.

by **ooge** on Mon Mar 03, 2014 2:38 pm

DoomYoshi wrote:
ooge wrote:Is this what you are talking about, For a post about a beta map? viewtopic.php?f=64&t=73475&p=4434059#p4434059

Looks good to me.

Thanks

by **Roofless** on Wed Mar 05, 2014 7:37 am

Hiya, I will keep track of my score here too.

Total Points: 38

One vs One
District of Alaska Game 14084276 beat sparks3909 +1
Tribal War - Ancient Israel Game 14092368 beat eagles5o7 +1
Czecho Slovak Fragmentation Game 14155989 beat Pander88uk +1

Polymorphic (2)
Thee Kingdoms of China Game 14089179 beat fojimoto + 2
Czecho Slovak Fragmentation Game 14122184 beat jigger1986 +2
Ethiopia Game 14142851 beat Teflon Kris + 2
District of Alaska Game 14122190 beat jigger1986 +2

Polymorphic (3)
Frace 2.1 Game 14087046 beat GioDuce +3

Polymorphic (4)
Ethiopia Game 14088910 beat White Buffalo + 4
Ethiopia Game 14083883 beat pindary + 4
Tribal War - Ancient Israel Game 14083910 beat pindary +4
Tribal War - Ancient Israel Game 14083466 beat CatchersMitt14 +4
District of Alaska Game 14083426 beat CatchersMitt14 +4
Thee Kingdoms of China Game 14083903 beat pindary + 4

by **betiko** on Wed Mar 05, 2014 8:54 am

is there any reason to make a poly 2 victory twice less worthy than a poly 4? the amount of "teammates" is proportionate to the size of the map in order to get the best balance. I think it's ludicrous to value differently each poly game... and good luck to keep track of the points that way! this is complicating stuff for no reason.

by **DoomYoshi** on Wed Mar 05, 2014 9:58 am

betiko wrote:is there any reason to make a poly 2 victory twice less worthy than a poly 4? the amount of "teammates" is proportionate to the size of the map in order to get the best balance. I think it's ludicrous to value differently each poly game... and good luck to keep track of the points that way! this is complicating stuff for no reason.

It takes twice as long to get through a round. Since these challenges place a premium on time (you need to finish by the 7th), anything that adds time also adds points.

I do agree that making it proportionate to the map makes sense. A large map usually takes longer than a short map as well though.

by **betiko** on Wed Mar 05, 2014 10:48 am

DoomYoshi wrote:
betiko wrote:is there any reason to make a poly 2 victory twice less worthy than a poly 4? the amount of "teammates" is proportionate to the size of the map in order to get the best balance. I think it's ludicrous to value differently each poly game... and good luck to keep track of the points that way! this is complicating stuff for no reason.

It takes twice as long to get through a round. Since these challenges place a premium on time (you need to finish by the 7th), anything that adds time also adds points.

I do agree that making it proportionate to the map makes sense. A large map usually takes longer than a short map as well though.

i love gallipoli, but it's too luck related in trips or quads, you can get kills way faster and you end it way faster if played larger than dubs. trench makes a game way longer, no doubt, not sure about the size of the teams; mostly in escalating, a quads is finished much faster than a dubs.

by **Overdsky** on Wed Mar 05, 2014 3:04 pm

Just want to say i love the idea to help the CC cartographer... I think they spend lot of time on it, and i admit i never gave any details on how i love or not the map.