Happy New Year to all Loyal CCer's! And welcome to the first issue of 2010 and the first issue with our new name and graphics. I'd like to thank
WidowMakers for putting a lot of effort in to make our new graphics
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HUGE issue for you this week, lots of interesting news, information and stories for you to read, about your favourite gaming site Conquer Club.
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News Director show: Positions Available
If you would like to apply to join one of the teams below please fill out this simple form, and send it via PM to samuelc812 . However, keep in mind that applications will be individually assessed. If you are not chosen to join the team now it does not mean you won't be in the future. Username: Team you are interested in joining: (Tournaments, Foundry, Clans & Freestyle)Any Additional Comments: (one or two lines in length describing why you think you are a good candidate)Tournament Team Team Leader - Night Strike Description - The Tournament Team will consist of 4-5 members who will all work as a team to put together the Tournament News for each issue. For example one reporter may do Currently Taking Sign-ups, another may do some sort of Hall of Fame section (these are just a few examples). The Team Leader will discuss with the rest of the team about what type of things they would like to include in their article. When the time comes, the Leader will consolidate the teams' contributions into the Tournament Article for that issue. Foundry Team Team Leader - thenobodies80 Description - The Foundry Team will consist of 4-5 members who will all work as a team to put together the Foundry News for each issue. For example one reporter may do Maps in Development, another may do some sort of Map Spotlight section (these are just a few examples). The Team Leader will discuss with the rest of the team about what type of things they would like to include in their article. When the time comes, the Leader will consolidate the teams' contributions into the Foundry Article for that issue. Clan Team Team Leader - jpcloet Description - The Clan Team will consist of 4-5 members who will all work as a team to put together the Clan News for each issue. For example one reporter may report on the Clan League, another may do some sort of Clan War Spotlight section (these are just a few examples). The Team Leader will discuss with the rest of the team about what type of things they would like to include in their article. When the time comes, the Leader will consolidate the teams' contributions into the Clan Article for that issue. Freestyle Team Team Leader - nagerous Description - The Freestyle Team will consist of more members than the other teams who will all work as a team to put together different little tidbits for the newsletter. For instance the interviews would fall under this category, as well as things like highlighting some Plug-Ins & Addons, Suggestions, Hot-Topics, General News as well as writing a perspective article like "A Newt's Tale" (these are just a few examples). This team will have unlimited possibilities to work with, and i'm sure this team will do great things. The Team Leader will discuss with the rest of the team about what type of things they would like to include in their article. When the time comes, the Leader will gather the teams' contibutions for that issue.
show: Spread the Love Competition
Spread the Love Epidemic!
During the last couple weeks of 2009,
Lindax collected nominations for the
Best Tournament of 2009 . After examining the list, 10 tournaments were chosen for a final vote. It is up to you readers and participants to choose which tournament and organizer should earn this recognition. You have until midnight GMT on January 10th to vote. Good luck to all the nominees!
This issue features a look back at 2009 by
amazzony , and a list of some of the tournaments currently recruiting players by
colton24 . Editor's Note: We will
not be listing every tournament in the newsletter, so your best shot at earning recognition (and assistance in recruiting players) is to put together a larger tournament. The more players you accept, the more likely your tournament will be noticed by the newsletter.
~Night Strike
Tournament Editor
show: 2009 Year In Review by amazzony
Tournament directors, players, and organizers are all saying that 2009 was a success for tournaments. A lot has happened in the past 12 months, and people consider it as good, if not even better, than previous years. Several updates were introduced by lackattack and the Tournament Directors , there was a change of Directors, records were set, and a huge amount of new tournaments were run, which also gave a chance for a lot of player to win. 862 tournaments were finished within the first 11 months of 2009. Although we are missing the December data, Gilligan said December most likely had over 100 finished tournaments, which would be record breaking (current record is 99 finished tournaments in November 2009). Compared to 2008 (460 finished tournaments), more than twice as many tournaments were finished. A big contribution to this has been made by barterer2002 who has completed the most tournaments (currently ~90 and with all of his active ones it's over 100). He also keeps the record of most tournament games created, at a bit under 9000 games.an announcement was made that Gilligan and Natewolfman had joined TeamCC as the newest Tournament Directors . They had been assisting Night Strike and Steelhorse previously as Tourney Elves, and their official position was warmly welcomed by the community. February , the Tournament Directors had put their heads together and come up with new polices for Franchised and International tournaments. Also several cool tags were introduced that would make running tournaments smoother. Not much later, on February 24th, a big step was taken when Tournament Winner Medals started coming out (medals for organizers had been given out since June 2008). Gilligan ’s comment: "Way back when, we got Tournament Winner medals - so we created the BBCode for 800 of 'em. Then we distributed 800 of 'em." Multiple Tournament Winners is lead by Blitzaholic with 55 wins, followed by HighlanderAttack (44) and killmanic (37).chipv introduced a plugin that would help organisers keep track of their tournaments’ results: Conquer Club Tournament Stats . July 31 was a good day with several updates. The Rescued Tournaments policy was made to protect the players participating in the tournaments, and it was made due to a combination of previous practices/plans by TDs and the TO forums discussion started by jpcloet . With the same update, the Official Tournament Handbook got refreshed. The third important thing was Game Invitations which are used by many organizers. On the same day, the Tournament Director Task Distribution List was posted. Natewolfman , a much loved organizer and director had to leave the virtual CC war for the real war in Iraq. In order to get back to having 4 Tournament Directors , Lindax joined the team. In September, the Tournament Organizers Usergroup got a small update with new leadership and way of handling things. On November 16th, The Fuzzy Pengui joined the tournament team to give a hand to Gilligan with the Tournament Hall of Fame because, as Gilligan said, "Tournaments finish too quickly for me to keep up with them!" and then added "Keep it [running tournaments] up, just not too up to make me and Fuzzo go out of our minds."Tournament Director Signature Competition , which gave a competition win to porkenbeans and The "Best Tournament" of 2009 , which is still waiting for people to give their vote.
show: Tournaments Still Recruiting by colton24
College Football 1v1 FBS Div viewtopic.php?f=90&t=102331 TheMissionary NEEDS PLAYERS ASAP BEFORE IT IS CANCELLED Global Takeover viewtopic.php?f=90&t=105344 lostatlimbo Team BenKenobi vs. Team superkeener viewtopic.php?f=90&t=104431 superkeener EFSC 2010: Men's Singles viewtopic.php?f=90&t=105562 amazzony Lord of the Realms-Chapter1: Age of Might viewtopic.php?f=90&t=104399 Zarg78 Now This is Random viewtopic.php?f=90&t=104048 JoshyBoy K-Dub’s and Aferr’s Grand Tournament viewtopic.php?f=90&t=104155 K-Dub and Aferr Nuking the World viewtopic.php?f=90&t=104762 Jace22 SoC Invitational viewtopic.php?f=90&t=105384 mpjh Risk viewtopic.php?f=90&t=105725 barterer2002
Happy New Years CC!
A new year of mapmaking begins, Foundry has finally reopened its doors with some small changes as
announced by MrBenn .
In this issue, after a last look at 2009, we immediately jump on more recent news with an update about the Germany Revamp competition and a small interview with the new Foundry Moderator,
Evil DIMwit . For this issue we have also a sharped editorial and a new "useful toy" in the Foundry Stuff section.
We hope you enjoy it.
Table of Contents News Looking Back at the Maps of 2009 Germany Revamp Contest Foundry Interview In The Crosshairs: Target One The “Absence” of Variety in CC Maps Maps Development Final Forge Beta & Quenched Foundry Stuff show: News
News Looking Back at the Maps of 2009 British Isles(REVAMP) by gimil and lanyards
This revamp of one of CC's oldest and most beloved map was a yearlong project by gimil.
keane wrote: I'd just like to add that I think this is a great map (although my own county isn't named
) and that I've enjoyed every game I've played on this map so far - win or lose! Thank you to all who played a part in creating it.
Cairns Metro by cairnswk
This is the sister map for Cairnswk's "Cairns Coral Coast" featuring the Cairns City environs. Designed with road-side signage in mind, players will have to fight their way through the suburbs of Cairns and surrounding areas and even conquer Cairnswk's home at Holloways Beach.
WWI Ottoman Empire by cairnswk
In WWI, the Ottoman Empire blocked the British and other members of the Entente from linking with Russia thereby disrupting military supplies from assisting the Russian Cause. Fight your way across the Anatolian Peninsula and the Sands of the Middle East to conquer all. This map holds the honor of first WWI map on CC.
USA Map Pack USA Great Lakes. USA New England, USA Rockies, USA Southeast, USA West
by WidowMakers
These maps are based on the region of the same name from the original Conquer Club USA map. The maps are divided into state, interstate and capital bonus groups. Altogether there are six maps designed as a pack to be played together in tournament form (but can be played individually as well).
stlpete77 wrote: Just wanted to say I LOVE these maps, in particular southeast. 90-95% of the games I play on here I play using one of these maps.
France 1789 by pamoa
This map is based on the french kingdom territorial division the day before the revolution of july 1789, in addition with Nice, Savoie, Venaissin and Montbéliard as they were not part of France at that time.
Wales by MrBenn
This map boasts a unique type of gameplay with the introduction of the original idea, "Shires." The idea is that there are 2 groups (a CLAN and Settlement) within a Shire, and each are battling for control.
San Marino by Ruben Cassar, yeti_c, and MrBenn
Another small yet very stylish map by Ruben Cassar. While being average size this map has plenty of bonuses that should be easy to get and hold onto.
Eastern Hemisphere by oaktown
This map shows the far side of the world around 1910! It's the time when the great European empires are crumbling, and the creator has worked hard on making gameplay appropriate to the time setting
Indian Empire by oaktown
This map of 1800's India under British rule started as oak's submission in the Brazil REVAMP competition, the book style was taken from an attempt at Japan onto this, and it looks simply incredible!
Greenland by the.killing.44
.44's first map was released after only 3 months in the foundry! Based on the world's largest independent island, Greenland goes by its chilly-blue theme, and a polar bear to top it off!
GeneralFault wrote: played the map today, for the first time. absolutely loved it ! It has a beautiful design. thanks for the hard work
Castle Lands by pikkio & thenobodies80
The second map from this great duo, Castle Lands, based off of an RPG style theme executed brilliantly.
Poison Rome by cairnswk
This map is a bit tricky, based off the Julio-Claudian family in Ancient Rome, as it's filled with connections and bonuses. It was subject to some heated debate after reaching the Final Forge stage,
Gilgamesh by oaktown
This map project began as an entry to Centerscape (now Midgard) competition, then became a map about the ancient Mesopotamia. With classic gameplay and wonderful graphics Oaktown has created another masterpiece.
saaimen wrote: Woohoo! I've been waiting for this moment ever since you entered the Centerscape revamp competition.
Route 66 by oaktown
This map about americas main street is done as a stylized postcard on a diner table. Playing this map is as much fun as looking at it. Get your kicks playing Route 66!
Das Schloß by cairnswk
This map is one of the more creative and complicated maps the foundry has seen. It isn't difficult to imagine that in would see its share of changes and updates. After 40 versions and months of gameplay tinkering it appears as if this map may soon again be available for playing.
Shatners Bassoon wrote: All i want for Christmas.......
Classic Revamp by sully800
One of the highlights of the foundry this past year was the Classic map revamp. It started out as
World Cities but it soon transformed into a replacement for the aging classic map. sully800's new map is a perfect marriage of the game-play that started it all with refreshing new graphics that do justice to this classic game.
MajorRT wrote: FINALLY!!! and it does look "classic" !
Map Info database and authors of past foundry newsletter articles for their comments and insights on the maps of 2009.Germany Revamp Contest WidowMakers wrote: BEST REVAMP CONTEST EVER.
Map Thumbnails: Map F:
F and I are sweeping the votes because they are the two best renditions
I really want to know who did map F. The title is great. A little dark but great.
I can find at least 4 options (5 if you include the original revamp) that fit my eyes, but I had to give 2 votes
. . . I liked options E (very clean but darky) & G (nice colours combination but the impassables look too rigid imo) a lot, but my votes went for F & I...
show: Foundry Interview
Foundry Interview Evil DIMwit Q: How did you get interested about the Foundry and mapmaking? A: I've always been sort of an amateur game creator. I used to make board games out of poster board when I was little -- come to think of it, I never played any of them so I don't know if they were any good. In any case, when I joined Conquer Club it didn't take me long to gravitate to the place where maps came from.Q: Why did you decide to apply for a Foundry moderator? A: Actually, Mr. Benn invited me -- I think because I'm old -- and I accepted largely because I like map development, I like seeing the Foundry run along smoothly, and I've got more or less plenty of free time.Q: You will be working in a new section of the Foundry called "Gameplay workshop". Which maps' gameplay do you like most? A: Y'know, I like creating complex and innovative gameplay (some of which you may get to see one of these days) but as far as actually playing maps, I tend to end up going with simpler, more classic gameplay. I've got a warm place in my heart for Great Lakes, and also for Europe 1914.Q: How do you feel about the changes made in the Foundry during this revamp? A: The new format and processes look like they might streamline map creation a bit, but really, it's all about the people. There's no replacement for thoughtful contribution, and no amount of forum shuffling can make up the work of a dedicated cartography team. Fortunately it looks like we've got a good gang of Foundrygoers, and the Blue Team and I will do our best to keep the Foundry productive, and more importantly fun.Q: PS. Congratulations on becoming a Foundry moderator! A: PS, Congratulations on becoming a Newsletter interviewer.Blue Shoes !
show: In the Crosshairs
In the Crosshairs: Target One The “Absence” of Variety in CC Maps France 1789 by pamoa and First Nations of North America by Tisha. Both of them have Classic gameplay for the most part, which is to say that it's an assortment of bonus regions connected to each other or separated by impassables. But that's about it, really. First Nations is significantly larger than France 1789, necessitating an entirely different gameplay style. I don't even need to consider whether they have similar connections.City Mogul by DiM and Egypt: Nubia , by cairnswk. One's a blueprint and another's a geographical layout of the far south of the Nile. About the only similarity is the use of colors to denote bonus region.1 , 2 , and 3 ), all by DiM? Dissimilar graphics, heck, even dissimilar gameplay. They technically take place on the same landmass, but they barely play the same. I see variety even within the same map series (and the same can be said of the other three notable series on CC: Egypt by cairnswk, USA Map Pack by WidowMakers, and the three WWII Europe maps by qwert).Map Database , I count 66 different people involved with the development of a quenched map on CC. And that doesn't include the duplicates of three of the more active mapmakers. For 139 maps, that's fairly good, especially knowing that cairnswk refuses to stop making maps even after he's over the 20 mark. What's even more striking is that once you get past the likes of cairns and WidowMakers (the reigning revamp king), holding down 40 map credits between the two of them (including their collaboration on Rail USA), the diversity of mapmakers per map increases drastically (99 for 64 people). For the mathematically inclined, that's 1.55 maps per person over the entire Foundry's history, a trend that I would say is increasing. (Disclaimer: the database does not include the latest 6 maps to go live)TaCktiX is an off-and-on mapmaker, presently engaged with a protracted romance with the Air Force training regimen. He was the former Senior Editor of the Foundry Newsletter, and quenched the map The Citadel.
show: Maps in Development
Maps in Development Final Forge FRACTURED AMERICA Mapmakers: isaiah40 Description: Set in futuristic America divided by a devastating civil war,it looks like a nice alternative to the current maps of the same region. A classic gameplay with an extra bonus for capitals.
Present Development: Waiting the xml stamp
ATLANTIS Mapmakers: Nemesischild &
Premier2k Description: Atlantis is shrouded in mystery with a mythical history of warefare, prosperity and misfortune. Prepare yourself to play on it before it sinks into the ocean "in a single day and night of misfortune" again...
Present Development: The map is almost ready for the xml stamp, only some coordinates to fix.
ANTARCTICA Mapmaker: e_i_pi Description: Retrace the footsteps of great explorers, and plant your flag claiming the land. A conquest style map, when it is ready you'll be able to fight and prevail on every continent.
Present Development: The xml is almost done, just waiting for the final small image
Beta & Quenched CHICAGO Mapmaker: Scott-Land Description: The "Windy City" and its train lines for the first map by Scott-land, a classic gameplay and colorful graphics.
Present Development: Beta - uploading
THE HIVE Mapmaker: WidowMakers Description: A huge map set in a beehive with 350 territories.
Present Development: Beta - uploading
RAIL AFRICA Mapmaker: Cairnswk Description: This time, Africa and its colors are the landscape of the new rail map by cairnswk. Get on the train and begin your tour!
Present Development: Beta
JAMAICA Mapmaker: Cairnswk Description: Take an island adventure Jamaican style. This map 42 areas including pirate ports and supplies. Collect the supplies to gain on your attackers to help you conquer it all!
Present Development: Beta
FEUDAL EPIC Mapmaker: gimil Description: The next stage in the journey through the land of Feudal! Where battles will be more fierce, hardended and epic than ever before. Take your castles, expand your land, conquer foreign kingdoms. Show to the others who is the king!
Present Development: Beta
show: Foundry Stuff
Foundry Stuff Map XML Wizard Industrial Helix wrote: Very nice indeed. I look forward to using this. Nice work and thanks for the contribution!
captainWalrus wrote: It is amazing! I did the xml for the Africa map (the small version only) in literally 20 minutes! Holy shit!
EvilDIMwit wrote: Nooo... My immaculate perl skills are useless now
viewtopic.php?f=127&t=105494&start=0 http://chipv.byethost13.com/
show: 2009 Clans in Review
The Clan Year in Review...jpcloet joining the lone CD at the time in Marval . Together, they continue to grow the clan areas on the site, including co-hosting the ongoing Season 2 of the Clan League.Phase Two of the forum reorganization (July 3rd), the Clans got their sub-forum promoted to the main stage. This has helped clans and social groups to grow on the site and also to help differentiate and clarify the two types of groups.THOTA vs LOW war pitting No1 and No2 ranked clans in a close war TOFU sportsmanship in declining a play in battle allowing Nemesis to join Division 1 of Season 2 Clan League Legion of the Damned became Angels of Death after parting ways with the last remaining founder
show: Clan War News
Clan War NewsTSM vs. THOTA Update: Big Whiskey wrote: So far it's exactly what I expected.Every game has been close.Each clan has outstanding players that I hold a lot of respect for.I think it will go down to the wire with only a couple of games deciding the winner.
official challenge thread to check out all the action.Featured Clan Wars: Kort vs. The Brethren sjnap and karelpietertje , along with other top players such as loes , steve066 , and plugin guru chipV . However, Kort's first challenge did not go according to script, ending in a 15-15 tie against Generation 1, a top ten clan that nevertheless was expected to lose by most observers. The two clans were unable to come to terms on a tiebreaker, so the challenge stands as one of the few to ever end in a tie, despite most clan wars comprising an even number of games. In spite of this setback, Kort is currently second in Division 1A of the second season of the clan challenge.BoganGod , Draq , and GallantPellham . The brethren had recently come off of a hard fought loss to mythology, 16-24. It appeared that the brethren would be an underdog, but with the talent that they had in their lineup it could have easily swung in their favor. chemefreak wrote: I thought this would be a lot closer. But, it does take some time to get to know your clan mates and to play well in team games. Keep your head up BOFM! Nice work KORT.
Bruceswar wrote: In all Honesty these guys have played really hard. We just have the luck with is in this one.
Brann2006 wrote: Its really annoying that I warned my team mates about that would happen if they didn’t watch out.
Foxglove wrote: we wanted to stop at 40 games, but they insisted on continuing. And then they tried harder, and won more
BoganGod wrote: They won fair and square... very well done on their part...
BoganGod wrote: Firstly - The clan in its current form, is relatively new
Double Time Other Top Scores
A lot has happened this fortnight in CC land, from the crazy Battle Royales, to the introduction to nuclear spoils. This week in the Mess Hall, a Newts' Tale with
elfish_lad returns and we also have
Army of GOD providing his views on top 5 topics of the week. Of course we also have our regular interview, this week with
MarVal . Hope you enjoy it! Cya next time,
Nagerous show: A Newts Tale
Beware the Cackling Hyena really harderer . But no article would come. At all. Zip. Zero. Zilch. I was going to give up on the writing of the article gig. I know. Who cares. Well… The Elf cares. I enjoy doing this kind of thing. Of course I also liked English Composition in school, but that’s another story for another time. Well, mainly I was in lust with the English Composition teacher who was hot and had these really… right. Moving on.jump to your next playable game ** ** BarK! Cackle-Cackle! Bark-Bark!!
show: Hot Topics by Army of GOD
Hot Topics A new CLASSIC map?! Sounds oxymoronic, but hey! Aren't we all? Vote for your favorite! Love is in the air! Let's just hope it isn't toxic. Get a medal or 3 month free premium! Conquer Club is on Twitter?! Follow! Or Perish. Which Conquer Clubbers would you like to have a beer (or soda =P ) with? :shock: Let's just be happy Nuclear Spoils don't exist in real life...
show: Interrogation of MarVal
Q. Hey there MarValHello everyone on CC Nice to begin with I'm a huge fan of the boardgame Risk. But you got older and then the board game Risk and it became less famous playing with family and/or friends = More card games, especially poker. There were in the past a lot of discussions on the Dutch language forum "de Veroveraars Club" about the issue of having a moderator for this language forum who talks and understand Dutch. So he or she can have better control of moderating the language forum concerning violating the Community Guidelines I prefer them both. This year I hope to do more for the international forums (if possible ). And for the Clan forums I have a great Clan Director mate: jpcloet . What would I do without him First of all, it is not only a clan for Dutch members. Its for all the members who speaks Dutch. So besides members from the Netherlands we also welcome i.e. Belgium members and Surinam members. A year and a half ago there was a member from South-Africa who wanted to be a member. But a pity I forgot the name of him and never found the PM conversation back No comments There are some people who helps me on the international forums. Members who speak the language of those forums and inform me if there are problems No, I can't speak them all. I have no problem with both. in the Netherlands you learn on school besides your own language also English and other languages, such as German and French Most interesting is that someday you have an [Official] Clan handbook, so every member knows the different between Clans and Usergroups. No, not a problem at all I dropped below 1000, because of bad dices and bad cards Windmills He is a follower If my wife would answer: too much I had one in progress ended on 04 Feb 2009:België: Battle of Languages on viewtopic.php?f=242&t=73233 MrBenn likes it and can lift it out of the recycle bin I think its very popular. You can see it in the amounts of post and views in de Dutch language forum "De Veroveraars Club". And on the high ranked Dutch/Belgium members on the scoreboard My family I like everything I do for CC and its members I hope I can make a start with it for the Dutch speaking members Yes, I try as much as I can to keep it up I suggest jefjef , because I wonder how pirates of The Brethren of the Fat Mermaid can conquer the world of CC No, only sometimes Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS and Playstation and off course PC games. But with CC not a lot of free time left over during the evenings Its a shame, I know vodean Your welcome
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Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 2:18 am
, but it is much too far to see anything