Welcome Comrades to the 26th edition of the Dispatch
As promised there is a new feature in the Dispatch and it comes from the Mess Hall. Where members of the team will be working on bringing the community a comic strip each issue, i hope you enjoy the comic strip for this edition by
stahrgazer .
We've got lots of bits and pieces in here, i'm sure there is something for everyone
We hope you enjoy this weeks issue
samuelc812 -
Editor in Chief I feel privileged to present to you another jam packed edition of the news hall. We have a short and sweet article from
Minister Masket on clickable maps,
Army of GOD supplying his Top 5 Topics of the fortnight and a further story of the CC experience from our resident newt
elfish_lad , who this fortnight discusses bad dice and the various characters one encounters in speed games. Making a mod grumpy messes up the rolls? Who would've known?! Guess I should cut down on the drunk forum trolling in the early hours of the morning. Also, if you want to hear
thegreekdog on wrestling
mpjh in the nude among other things, check out his interrogation. Oh and.....
Nagerous Hot Topics by Army of GOD show
Hot Topics: I've always wondered what King_Herpes looked like in real life... Barry Bonds isn't getting into our Hall of Fame! ! Can it be? A legitimate Top Ten Movies Thread?! I wish I was any good at naming a movie from its screenshot General Congratulations thread! Maybe if I join the Medal Heads usergroup, my showcase won't look like such a barren wasteland... Want to add more excitement to your life? Tired of the same ol' same ol'?The Cult War Mafia which only has 9 more slots!
Plugins and Addons: Clickable Maps! by Minister Masket show
Let's say after a hundred or so games, you're finally getting bored of scrolling through those drop-down boxes to find territories. Are you? If so, Clickable Maps might just be the thing for you. The clue here is in the name: the downloadable script allows you to select territories on the map by clicking them. It really is as simple as that. No graphs nor calculations this time to wrap your grey matter around. It's just the traditional point and click. viewtopic.php?t=104488 Ingame Analysis "
A Newt's Tale by elfish_lad show
Help Wanted Oh. Shit. CC Lords. "damn this is a crucial moment in this particular game... I'll come back to it after work! " Famous last words. I couldn't let it go. Had to check back in while at work... and take my turn. I do some damage! Right on! Going to make a key fortification to my partner that could lock this sucker up and...? My boss walks in. No worries I think. I have 25 minutes left of my turn. I drop the game to the bottom of the screen. My boss sits down... and chats with me for 25 minutes and 10 seconds. My boss leaves. I miss my fort. Dripping, Juicy Sarcasm lurv meeting in The Pit (names are changed to protect the innocent):Can't Keep It Up . Everything is all hot, bothered and sexy when the speed game is started... but as soon as you are up 23 territories to 5? It's Honkin' on Bobo time pal. Yeah. Suddenly a case of "I'm gonna kick your arse interruptus " hits your opponent. Fine. Honk on this.The Freak . No. Not that kind of freak. I'm one of those. I'm talking about the "you must be cheating with the dice you forker" kind of freak. Or "freak out" let's say. Happens to me about once a week. I'm pretty aggressive on certain maps with attackers' dice. I get called a cheater about... oh... once a week.The Smacker . Now, buddies (a loose term to be sure on a website where most are anonymous) will talk smack before, during, and after a game. But isn't it awesome when a player you have never played against before lucks out, hits your 15 stack with an 8 and breaks your bonus... twice... and does the end-zone dance in your face and tells you that you suXorZ!!!!!!! Awesome. Let's play 3 out of 5 I say.The "it is THAT time of the month club" player . Meh. We all get bitchy at times. All of us. Been there myself. But I'm tempted to hit the "flush" button when a player complains about EVERYTHING. All. The. Time. With a blow-by-blow break down of their sucky game. Dude. Shut. Up. And give me your points.The Used Car Salesman . The fog game is just at the tipping point and you get this: "Man you are kicking my arse!!! Good game!!! I have never played this map before and you are smoking me!!! Dude, you rock!!!" Yeah. With your 37 stack sitting behind that bush. I'll just wait for my next bonus. But thanks for the sales pitch.The Elf? Yeah. I'm sure other players in the Speed World could easily call me the "I quit CC for the next 24 hours" guy. 'Cause... I get ticked at the dice... after a bunch of crazy losses and... a bottle of wine and some B.C. greenery. Not that I ever complain about the dice!!!! ~ahem~One Flew Over the CC-Nest lack minions Wizard of Oz and that we paying members - Having certain players on/off foe list? Messes up the rolls. it affects us all . Which makes the dice generator fair and unbiased. I'll be damned. Who knew our very own craziness could be used against us?!?!
Interview with thegreekdog show
Q. Hey there thegreekdog rishaed : what is your most embarassing life moment?mpjh , do you wrestle in the nude with men? o rite. It's basically a science fiction version of the Odyssey (see above). Very well written; very vivid; very unapologetic. I was hooked during the introduction when the narrator and main character indicated that the account was his and maybe some of it was a lie. GO READ IT NOW!these women as your companion for the evening, who would it be and what is the reasoning behind your choice?
Welcome to the newest tournament article. This issue features an interview with
Optimus Prime as well as a look at the various Olympic tournaments that have been run on the site. This issue again does not include a list of tournaments recruiting players, so if you are interested in putting that list together every other week, I would be welcome to add you to the team.
For the next issue (#27),
vodean will be putting together an article about why people dislike being tournament reserves. If you have an opinion on being a tournament reserve, please drop him a PM and you might see your quote in the story. Thank you to all the readers.
~Night Strike
Tournament Editor
Optimus Prime is back in organising by amazzony show
Optimus Prime (OP), admin of CC and a long time tournament organizer, is back after a short ban with his latest tournament: The CrackerJack Invitational . Lets see what he says about Olympics, sports and tournaments.Q: February is Olympics month, have you been caught in the madness? OP: The Olympics are always fun to watch, but I find that I gravitate towards certain events and don't really watch anything other than the ones I find interesting. With the winter olympics my favorites include short-track speedskating, luge, skeleton, bobsledding, and snowboard cross. Other than that, I don't really pay much attention. Most evenings lately the television has been on to NBC to watch in the background though so I have seen a few other things here and there.Q: You used to run quite a few sports tournaments... OP: That I did, and to this day they are still my favorite format of tournament to run. Maybe someday I'll have the time to run another one.Q: ...and then you stopped so suddenly running any kind of tournaments? OP: Yep, and I felt bad for leaving the last two tournaments hanging like I did, but duty called in other areas of the website. I only had so much time to dedicate to Conquer Club and all of it was taken doing my work as admin. I served my time on a tournament privileges ban though, just like anyone else, and that was probably a good thing in the end because it prevented me from stretching too far when I didn't have the ability to do so.Q: Why did you return? And why now? OP: I decided to return for a pretty simple reason. Serving as an admin on this website comes with its fair share of perks, but it also comes with a much greater share of frustration and stress. I rarely play games anymore and I had no chance to be involved with tournaments, which truly are the best thing about this site in my opinion. I reached a point where I needed to find a little bit of pleasure and fun in signing into the site each day again to combat the administrative details and hassles that come with the job. Running a tournament seemed like a good idea and my privileges ban just expired so the timing was pretty good too.Q: So, what's up with the tournament name - The CrackerJack Invitational? OP: If I ever have the chance to create a new clan it will be called the CrackerJack Coalition, so I decided to use the word in the title for this new tournament. If you look it up in the dictionary "crackerjack" means "a person or thing that shows marked ability or excellence." It seems rather fitting to me.Q: Now, a lot of organizers surely want to know this - what does a girl (or a guy) have to do to get you joining her/his tournament? OP: It takes a pretty willing organizer to get me into their tournament. I despise maps that feature anything other than standard gameplay (or something very close) and I absolutely hate fog of war and 1v1 games with unlimited fortifications. I also don't like having to play more than just a couple games at a time in a tournament, so that is a hindrance for a lot of them as well. If you want me to play in a tournament you'll have to meet my criteria, which seems pretty snobby, but that's the kind of games I like to play, and I'm sort of in a position where I can be very selective. Q: Finally, when will we see more tournaments from you? A: For now my goal is to run one at a time. The new tournament I just announced has just filled up so my plan is to run it and see how I feel when it is finished. If there every comes a day when I am no longer an admin I'm sure I'll jump back in a little more wholeheartedly though. Q: Thanks for your time and keep up the good work! OP: No problem.
Conquer Club Olympics by superkeener show
Conquer Club tournaments almost always showcase the world’s leading sporting leagues and events. With the 2010 Olympic Games underway in Vancouver, many tournaments have been created with Olympic themes. During the last Winter Olympics in 2006, Conquer Club was just over one month old so now marks the first time that the Winter Olympics have been rightfully celebrated on Conquer Club. We have the temporary Vancouver Olympic inspired design, and many tournaments, both large and small paying homage to the games.Winter Olympics - Vancouver 2010 Tupence has been running an Olympics tournament since March 2009. There have been 700+ games completed, and more are to follow. The tournament consists of many various mini-tournaments, each focusing on the different events. Currently New Zealand, lead by FTT is ahead in both points and medal count. However, much of the tournament has yet to be played.Olympic Tournament Iron Maid is still underway. It started in July 2008 and there are games still underway that have been ongoing for almost as long. For example, Game 3250130 is currently in Round 666 with 3 players continuing to battle for Canada. This tournament is far from over, and may still be around when the 2012 games begin in London.2010 Olympic Ice Hockey lostatlimbo ’s 2010 Olympic Ice Hockey. 32 players are battling their way through 2 tryout rounds to qualify for the final Round-Robin round. Olympics Part 1: Citius Olympics Part 2: Altius Olympics Part 3: Fortius Amazzony ’s massive 3-part Olympics tournament was underway for almost 2 years. The final game was declared complete on February 8, 2010 with the first tournament of the trilogy being created late in February 2008. The winners of these three tournaments are merz , CandaVespin & bamage , and Linksniper , respectively.CC Olympics 2008 Night Strike also in July 2008 has recently finished. Clans faced each other in a variety of games, hosting “225 players in 1022 games over 14 different events.” The clan Legends of War took first place with Trouts and Legion rounding out the top three.
Hi all!
Here again with the latest news from the foundry. First of all we have to say goodbye to cairnswk. He has recently decided to retire from mapmaking after completing his 25th map. We all appreciate the great contribute given to the Foundry and we wish him a great future, hoping to see him a day come back with one of his tricky maps.
For this issue, after the news section, we have the last part of the foundry special by natty_dread. Also we have a nice interview with one of the most know mapmakers on Conquer Club by captainwalrus and then we move on to the History 101 article by dolomite13. To close, the map in development section to keep you updated about the maps currently in production.
Enjoy it!
Foundry News show
Foundry Roll of Honour Medal Competition viewtopic.php?f=467&t=109517 13 Colonies and Japan: beta-testing launched RedBaron0 's Japan , an outstanding medium-sized classical gameplay map featuring modern day Japan with the look and style of ancient Japanese art. The map has been in development for quite some time, and the hard work has now paid off. Conquer Club now finally has a map of Japan, and I for one predict that this map will become as popular among the general public as it has been among the foundry collective. Industrial Helix 's 13 colonies . The map takes place at the teen years of the nation of USA, the American revolutionary war. As the name implies, it features the 13 colonies that later grew to be USA, but also Native Americans, French and British navy, and a gameplay with some quirks. Many have been impatient to see this map in live play, and no wonder, seeing how it has been in development for a full year! Germany Revamp - Nahezu Fertig! Germany map revamp , winner of one of the greatest graphics competitions that the foundry has ever seen, is finally available.WidowMakers for giving us this masterpiece. Rail Africa and Jamaica Quenched cairnswk .Rail Africa map.Jamaica , during the second half of 1600, during the colonization of the island and its utilization in terms of trade. After doing some small clarifications in the legend, the map was quenched.
Foundry Special - The Graphics Workshop by natty_dread show
Introduction Graphics workshop. Melting pot where it's Design Brief was evaluated and approved, via the Gameplay workshop where the Gameplay was honed to perfection, then finally awarded a Gameplay stamp and moved over... So a map at this point has a long road behind it already. Now that we know the map is playable, it is time to make it pretty.Artistic talent vs. pragmatic design feedback guidelines. Graphics: how to make them RedBaron0 , one of the moderators in charge of the Graphics workshop, says the following:RedBaron0 wrote: The key elements are pretty simple: Have an idea of how to use graphics software, and don't be afraid to screw things up with it.... little mistakes teach you so much more then perfection.
graphics guidelines. How to help with graphics RedBaron0 wrote: Not everyone can figure these programs out, they aren't made for the everyday user, that's for sure, BUT anyone can contribute to the construction of a map by commenting in the Foundry. The more descriptive you can be the better, but simple observations work just as well!
Briefly about Final Forge Final Forge . The Final Forge is mainly for making the last small tweaks, finetunes and polishing of the map, and of course the XML. So a separate article for it would be quite redundant. ChipV was released, making XML has become easy. So I will not go over that any further here, anyone interested in the technical nuances can take a peek at the Foundry Discussions forum , which contains many tutorials on XML:s, and of course the thread of the XML Wizard. Viewing Gallery among all the other CC maps that have made it through the Foundry process.Afterword
MapMaker Profile: Qwert by captainwalrus show
Mapmaker Profile: Qwertqwert is one of the greatest mapmakers that Conquer Club has ever seen. He designed many fine maps, from the massive WW2 Europe to the maddeningly difficult WW2 Ardennes. While hisis most famous for his World War Two maps, he is also the man behind the Imperium Romanum, Pellopanesian War and Europe 1914. While he has since retired from CC mapmaking, his maps are still some of the most popular maps on CC. Hi Qwert!
I'll start off with some personal questions, then we will move toward CC.
Vojvodina-Serbia While it is not perfect, your English is pretty good for someone who does not speak it regularly. Where did you learn English? i learn from TV(english movies,series),also i learn here to write english(5500 writing post),ofcourse in begining, post had many mistakes,but now i belive that im reduce that. How old are you? (feel free not to answer, if you don't want )
im still young. What do you do outside of CC? (like job, school, hobbies) unemployment(like many other people in mine country) Do you find it difficult to make maps when there are more pressing issues, like paying for food, heat, and other things? Not realy-making maps not cost me nothing,and im from start living in country who have very big gray economy,also im work in agriculture(i own small part of land)-Vojvodina its one of most fertile land in Europe,and here you can produce all kind of food, so posibility for starvation its very low(except when workers go to starvating,when dont get salaries) How did you first get into mapmaking? For this,i need to find mine first interview from Foundry newsletter to answer. Where do you usually get your ideas for maps? I dont know,maybe because i like to read history.I know for sure that map Imerium Romanum,i start to create,because someon else start creating a map who is quite inacurate,and we have debate,that map with all provinces its not possible to create,and i manage to do,and its now,very good map of Roman empire. Have you ever thought of making a map of your home country, Serbia? yes, but Serbia shape go to much vertical. A lot of your maps are based on wars, mostly WW2 but a few others also, why is this? Well this is CC risk site,so probably its best to have much more historical maps,who people understand(or something like that),and for record,not all maps its based on war-Imperium romanum map,its based on Roman empire where whas in bigest size. Is there a large Roman influence in Seriba (like roman ruins or statues)? ofcourse, all serbia(except vojvodina) whas part of Roman Empire(provinces Moesia),Sirmium whas one of Capital sities in Roman empire,and In serbia give 12 or 17 Roman Emperors. What is it about WW2 that made you want to make so many maps about it? Do you have any personal background with the war? Well mine country whas part of these War,and they had many celebrations,movies,songs,who had influence, so its normal that these is for me very good know part of history. How do you check for historical accuracy when making a War map? Wikipedia,have big database of WWII,also when i dont find something,then i go to google,to find appropriate site,who will give me more informacions,for maps. What first brought you to the map foundry? i dont remember What was the first map you tried to make? This is something what need to be check in abandoned forum. I searched your posts, and the first map you tried to make in the foundry was actually Europe 1914 , but it was an earlier attempt. I looked at the second map you tried, and it was WWII Eastern Front, and it is of course quenched. The next one you tried, while I couldn't find the image was Ancient Egypt. You never completed this one, but we do now have a few ancient Egypt maps. This pattern continues throughout your mapmaking career; you decide to make a map and, one way or another, it gets made. Why do you think it is that when you decide to make a map, it gets made, while other people might start five or six maps before they finally get one done? When I get an idea, I go forward to create a map, and do not stop until i do all the reaserch. Then i work on the right peice ( graphics or gameplay). The current process is not good; it is slowing down the process of building maps because it is the first based on the gameplay section, and then graphs, and I think this is wrong. What it the relevance of your avatar? Do the pictures in the shied represent anything? nothing relevance. What map are you most proud to have made? Hard question,every map have something what its good.Maybe,Peloponnesian War map its one step ahead,because have best Graphic(its normal,every,mine next map have improved graphic). What are some of your favorite maps by other mapmakers? Hard question-well British issle its good playabile map. Which of your maps do you enjoy playing the most? Well,these can split in more sections. Which is more important (in your opinion); graphics or gameplay? Why? Bouth ofcourse.If you have good gameplay,you need to have great graphic,and i try to achive that.In Historical maps(what i create),in first place go graphic stage,and then i create gameplay and improving graphic. But its totaly wrong,create gameplay,and then to create graphic,this is mine oppinion. Thanks! note: some of the answers may have been changed slightly to make them easier to understand.
History 101 - Conquer Man by dolomite13 show
Conquer Man by WidowMakers & Coleman Pac-Man Fever - by Buckner & Garcia wrote: I got a pocket full of quarters, and I'm headed to the arcade.
Pac-Man Fever - by Buckner & Garcia wrote: I've got all the patterns down, up until the ninth key.
Pac-Man Fever - by Buckner & Garcia wrote: Now I've got them on the run, and I'm looking for the high score;
Wikipedia.org http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pac_man Videos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6fk9BjDgP0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtQuASmbWvM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-MONIvP6kI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jbMe6g471I http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjmY-hNkSgY
Maps in Development show
To see the full sized preview of the following maps just click on the title of the map, to visit the map development thread Gameplay Workshop Lunar War Mapmakers: natty_dread &
isaiah40 Description: In the not so distant future, 8 superpowers of the Earth are waging a proxy war - a war for the moon.Which of the countries will be able to claim the moon and it's valuable Helium-3 resources in it's name?
Clandemonium Mapmakers: Blitzaholic &
grifftron Description: A Feudal style map about clans.The ten main clans will be played and other twenty will be represented on this map.
België: Battle of Languages Mapmaker: MarVal Description: A map of Belgium but focused more on the linguistic and cultural differences rather than on the classical division into territories.
Graphics Workshop Europe 1099 - The 1st Crusade Mapmaker: Beko the Great Description: This map is set in the time when everything was for the Glory of God and everything was the Will of God. Pope Urban II made a speech encouraging the conquest of the Holy Places, a little later there was the first crusade.
The Dawn Of Ages Mapmaker: Kabanellas Description: On this map you are swept into a fantasy world where horsemen, elves , gorks and warriors fight against each other. It's the dawn of ages.
Portland: Rose City Mapmaker: lostatlimbo Description: A map about the "Greenest US City", Portland.A visual representation of its rose gardens and parks with the addition of the MAX Rail and the urban bike lanes.
Final Forge German/Italian Unification Mapmaker: Industrial Helix Description: Two maps about the wars of unification that took place int the last half of the 19th century and saw the rise of the united kingdoms of Italy and Germany.
Monsters! Mapmaker: dolomite13 Description: On this map in the role of an honored wizard, you have volunteered to explore the Caverns of Power and retrieve the Powerstones.
Chess Mapmaker: john9blue Description: A map based on one of the oldest games, to put it simply. It's a lovely rendering of a late-game chess match, with auto-deploys on held pieces and attack routes based on piece movement. That alone makes for a different and engaging gameplay, sure to set this map apart. So grab the speed clock and claim checkmate soon.
AoD defeats BSS in the Largest Ever Clan Challenge by laughingcavalier (AoD) show
These are the stats: AgentSmith88 8-3, the mantis 5-2, Zander100 7-3, murphy16 7-3, gambler21210 11-5, dustin800 6-3, and mrpicklepepper 6-3littlebrother2k7 wrote: 1st i offered jp 60 games, he replied lets go for the record, i replied lets double it then
jpcloet wrote: AoD were fighting their first clan war under the new name, and were looking for their 10th clan win in their history. A 10th clan win would make them the first to double-digit clan war wins in their rich history.
Gold Knight wrote: The 120 games came from the realization that both clans had near 50 members that were all active for the most part, and figured it was an attainable goal. All clans have those "go-to" players that they'd like to see in a lot of the games, but i feel both clans did a good job in getting a good distribution of their players involved.
hiddendragon wrote: When we created the BSS we looked for groups of players who played consistently with one another and instead of gathering individual players we tried to recruit teams of players. They are all valuable.
jpcloet wrote: Two of my favourite games were on a map that AOD doesn't play very much, being Supermax: Prison Riot. These 2 games really embody what AOD has going for it. You have a player with what would be considered quite a low rank, leading a team of higher ranks on a map none of them play regularly, nor do they play as a team on a regular basis. With good communication and thought out strategy, AOD executed the game and brought home both to victory in
Game 6263885 and
Game 6246287 . It's nice to be able to put any team together and know they can compete and is one of the many reasons I'm proud to help lead such a clan.
HighlanderAttack wrote: I sure did have fun in the challenge. My teams seemed to do very well. I don't think we won it though so that is a downer. I guess
Game 6263874 was my favourite. Always enjoy winning on Arms Race.
gambler21210 wrote: bss challenge was good esp if u got good players around u who know the maps. dubs trips quads i will play all day as long as i got good players around who chat my rules is if u dont chat u lose chat then u got a chance
TheProwler wrote: The challenge was funner than poking my eye out with a blunt stick. Did we win any games? Those would have been my favs.
Gold Knight wrote: I’ve been around for quite awhile, and I have to say
Game 6374178 may be the best game I’ve ever played. Crosswords doubles with me and Mr Picklepepper vs the leaders of BSS, hiddendragon and littlebrother2k7. Im not a huge fan of the map, and Mr P was going through a very rough patch of dice, but the game turned out to be great - about 20 rounds of back-and-forth battling that had about average dice for both teams. And most games have been like this, none have been completely one-sided the whole way through. Just cant give BSS enough props.
HighlanderAttack wrote: It’s great being in BSS. The players are great-lots of CC friends created in our group.
TheProwler wrote: The best thing about being in the Black Sheep is the hot groupies.
gambler21210 wrote: why i love in a o d we r like a big family we all have a moan once in a while but we stick 2gether thou thick and thin also jp and gk r the boys i would not leave the clan ever
littlebrother2k7 wrote: AOD is one of the best clan we have played against yet you all have earned my respect. maybe in the future we will try this again.
Feature Clan War: IA vs. ID by By Georgerx7di (TSM) show
Last week I wrote a special edition article on the top 10 clans (see issue 25, Power Rankings). This week I have come back out to field of battle to discuss one of the top clan wars of 2009/2010 The Immortal Assassins vs. The Imperial Dragoons. But, for those of you who just want to skip right to the TSM vs. THOTA update, I put it first this time. TSM vs. THOTA Update: viewtopic.php?f=441&t=100282 Immortal Assassins vs. Imperial Dragoons: ahunda wrote: That being said, this challenge here has probably been hurt by the organisational mess surrounding it. We were supposed to be done last year, but the Dragoons were late in sending & joining games in almost every single set. Our last home set was supposed to start a week ago, and the Dragoons have just started to join these games last night. Because we had to re-schedule the entire challenge, what should have been a small, tight & tense 2 months battle, is now going into its 5th month. I guess, this has somewhat dampened the enthusiasm in the whole thing.
hwhrhett wrote: we were late, we had someone go awol for a week. real life happens sometimes. it was unfortunate, but we worked together to get it sorted despite any bickering between us in the challenge thread.
viewtopic.php?f=441&t=97750 Note, the first page is not up to date. I have an updated post for any who wish to see it on page 6 of the challenge thread. Game 6262659 Game 6326823 Game 6326839 Game 6326850 Game 6326861
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