Welcome Comrades to the 42nd edition of the Dispatch
This issue we talk to more players than you can throw 6s on an average dice day.
In the main interview, the irrepressible
eddie2 overcomes a forum ban to give us some good advice on how to spend our time. He talks straight does eddie, you'll enjoy this.
The prolific
HighlanderAttack is in the news right now for his mega-massive 200th Tourney where he plays host to an astoning 2000+ players. We spoke to him when that was just a plan and he had recorded his own 163rd tourney win.
dowian2 tells us what it's like to play and win tourneys.
Tisha may be the first mapmaker to deliver one of the new massively mega-pixelled giant-size maps. She claims graphics are her thing - I say she's pretty darn good at strategy too.
chemefreak and
Shaneback tell us their ambitions as they join Team CC to round out the clan directors team, and
Incandenza tells us to get cheering for our clans in the Conquerors Cup final.
All this plus authoritative reviews of this month's Conquer Club highlights - reviews of the must-see 5th anniversary videos, updates on changes in the Foundry, mafia games, clan competitions ...
laughingcavalier -
Newsletter 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... In this edition of freestyle news, I take a look at and review the videos entered for the 5th anniversary contest, Victor Sullivan continues his new regular feature of The Scum Insider with the latest stories from the mafia games forum and we have an interrogation of one of CC’s ‘problem users’ eddie2 who comes to us fresh from yet another ban.
nagerous A 5th Anniversary Video Contest - Review by nagerous show
If an awesome weekend of Battle Royale games was not enough for you, in celebration of the 5th anniversary of Conquer Club, the entertainment team also decided to host a video contest, which any CCer could enter. For first place was the prize of a $50 amazon.com gift certificate and a years premium membership. For second place was a prize of 1 item from the CC shop and nine months premium membership and for third place was six months premium membership. So with these amazing prizes up for grabs there surely should be tons of people entering right? Well, uh… there were a grand total of 5 entrants! I have watched and reviewed all five of these and picked out my personal favourite in the below article. However, which one will win is ultimately up to the general public. At the time of publication option E has a commanding lead but can B or C narrow this gap before the competition closes? Option A Option B Option C Option D Option E
The Scum Insider by Victor Sullivan show
The Scum Insider Newbie Help Mafia Information , Mafia and You , and Rules and Terms of Mafia .What is "Mafia"? Mafia News Mafia Callouts Loser Mafia by Fircoal Roll Mafia I by Fircoal 3 Factions Mafia by Victor Sullivan [/list]The Story of Herk Mann: Installment 1 viewforum.php?f=213
show: Interrogation of eddie2
Q. Good Afternoon eddie!eddie666 jmarcotte and far2ezee this is because I have played with these 2 since I started on cc
Hello amigos and welcome to a new edition of War Games, where you can find information about CC Tournaments.
In this edition, we have a TPA Update with information about the current scoreboard. Also, we have the second edition of "Meet the Tournament Winners" with interviews with Dowian2 and HighladerAttack.
We are looking for Volunteers to help us in our section, so if you are interested in being part of this excellent group of writers, please send me a PM with general information about yourself.
Thank you, and we'll see you next time.
jricart -
Tournament Executive TPA UPDATE by jrh_cardinal show: TPA Update
The time is ripe for another update on the Tournament Players Association (TPA) . To start things off, there has been a change at the number one spot on the Scoreboard . Sonicsteve (16.62 points) has recently passed HighlanderAttack (13.73), who now sits in third place, and Bones2484 (14.01), who has remained in second. These three players are still currently in line for the three General Achievement Medals that will be handed out at the end of the year, but jrh_cardinal (13.29), danryan (11.77), MudPuppy (11.73), phantomzero (11.73), and many other players are still in contention for the grand prize.Termination: British Isles run by amazzony and Hath . The tournament this week will be a singles format run by Darin44 , go to the Create/Join a Tournament forum to sign up before it's too late.
Meet the Tournament Winners! by Dukasaur Our first talk is with
dowian2 , the winner of the
Travelling the World with my Friends? tournament, organized by
ralphcptc . This tourney ran from July 12th 2010 to January 2nd 2011, and was a
TPA event. It featured an interesting format where players started out in Quad teams, which then had to split into two Dubs teams, and later split again into singles for the finale.
show: Interview with Dowian2
Okay, we'll start with my standard Question 1, and then we see how the conversation goes from there: What attracted you to this particular tournament? This was an interesting format, with people starting as a team and then splitting up. How did you make the decision when it was time to spit the Quad into Doubles? You now have 35 tournaments to your credit. Are they starting to become routine? What made those memorable? (Just from the titles I'm guessing they were large tournaments with many games required, but I don't want to make unwarranted assumptions.) I noticed the line on your wall, "If you want to play a game where luck isn't a factor, go play chess." I take it you like the random element, and the surprises it brings? Lol, I know. Although I think we've all done it at some point. You mentioned at the beginning that you focus more when it gets down to the final. Is there some advice you could give to someone who's never won a tournament? Is there a psychology to it? Can you do better if you're really passionate about it, or does too much intensity lead to mistakes? I'm sure some people will see that as a challenge... Well, I wish you plenty more enjoying and plenty more winning! I've enjoyed our chat. Thank you very much for your time.
Highlander Attack won the
2010 CC Nuclear Championship , a tournament originally begun by dr. lucas and rescued by
Kinnison . This tournament pitted 24 players against each other, using maps of their choice. The common theme was that all games were nuclear, manual deployment, and foggy.
(I originally conducted the interview with Highlander Attack early in January. At that time, his famous 200th tourney, which he mentions here, was still in the future.)
show: Interview with Highlander Attack
Congrats on your victory in the Nuclear Championship. What features attracted you to this tournament? I noticed that there is a huge list of tournaments to be rescued. Are you in favour of setting a limit to how many tournaments someone can run at once? I notice you have 30 tournament cups, which is the most the system will record, so presumably you have won more than that. How many tournaments have you won in total? Wow, that's pretty damn impressive. Besides 163 trophies, there's a tremendous number of tournaments that you're organizing, as well as a vast array of other achievements: Gold medals in almost every category, Silver in the rest, clan wars, general achievement awards, a high points rank. What's left? What are your CC goals? Any way you slice it, those are some pretty big goals, and you make them sound easy. Tournament Handbook so you can properly post and understand things about running a tourney. Ask advice if you have questions--many TO's will help including me. After you feel comfortable expand your tourneys to something that you mind thinks would be a good tourney. Just don't go too big too early--let players learn who you are and who them you run a professional tourney.Thank you very much for your time .
show: Getting Your Own Interview
One concluding note: when I volunteered for this project, I offered to interview "all of the tournament winners." How naive I was! I had no idea what a staggering number of tournaments there really are. Now I understand that there is no way I will be able to get to everyone. I intend to publish three or four interviews in every edition of the Dispatch, but even so I will probably only get to talk to about 5 or 10 percent of all the winners. My approach will be partially random and partially targetted. Some will be chosen because of their fame or amazing stats, some will be chosen because I find the tournament that they were in to be unusual or especially interesting, and many will be chosen completely at random. I will pay special attention to those that are winning a tournament for the very first time. If you are looking forward to telling the story of the exciting tournament that you were just in and want to be on my list, please feel free to PM me any time. Dukasaur .
Good morrow, gents! I am happy to announce that dolomite13 is partially incapacitated due to "unforeseen" circumstances
, so I am the Foundry Executive for this exciting issue! Given this is my first header for the Foundry section, I'd like you to put things into perspective. The Foundry is the future of Conquer Club - your commenting and input early on in a map's progress can change CC in about 9 months, when the map is finally in Beta. You can impact the future of Conquer Club by simply taking a minute or two to type up your thoughts on the topics of discussion. Want to comment, but you're not sure what's being discussed? No worries! The comment-thirsty mapmaker will always get you up to speed and make you aware of what's currently up for discussion.
Now that that's out of the way, I'm delighted and a half to present you with Issue 42's Foundry section. MarshalNey, who has been caught up in his Cartographer duties for last few issues, is back with a vengeance with two fantastic articles: "Maps Briefly (on Steroids)", informing you of the foundry activity lately, and "Foundry News", explaining all the shenanigans that are going on in Foundry. dolomite's back with Part 4 of his US history article miniseries, and Tisha's in the spotlight this issue, interviewed by yours falsely. Enjoy the fruits of our laboring fingers!
Foundry News by MarshalNey show
There have been a lot of things happening in the Foundry since the last issue- a sad departure, a promotion, a re-organization, a new mapmaking design specification, a contest, the hint of some Foundry flair to come and more! So, without further ado, let's dish out the skinny:Evil DIMwit Retires Evil DIMwit , who was a mainstay of the Gameplay Workshop and the host of the recent Capital Competition, has decided to retire from his current position. His tireless efforts and thoughtful advice were much appreciated, and the blue shoes that he leaves behind will be hard to fill. Our best wishes for Evil D in all of his future endeavors, whatever they may be. Thenobodies80 Becomes Deputy Foreman announced January 26th by Foundry Foreman MrBenn , along with the news that thenobodies80 would be promoted to the position from his old duties in the Graphics Workshop . 'Nobodies' will apparently be helping to assist MrBenn directly in his duties as Foreman, as well as overseeing the newly resurrected Drafting Room . Congratulations nobodies! The Drafting Room Is Re-Animating Drafting Room is back in business, along with the cool Draft Stamp. Foundry Foreman MrBenn has determined that it might better for the process if the Melting Pot forum was divided between threads that had active map drafts, and threads that were still in the idea stage. So, consider the Melting Pot the place where the map concept develops; and then the Drafting room is where the concept takes shape as a series of rough drafts that culminate in the Design Brief and a solid, workable plan for gameplay and graphics. Still scared? Don't be, the Drafting Room is overseen by thenobodies80 and MrBenn, old hands in mapmaking who are eager to share their wisdom with all who ask. So let's give a warm welcome to the new-retro-Drafting Room!So What's That Smell? Melting Pot has gone to? Visit the Drafting Room , and the Melting Pot is at the tippity-top, listed as a subforum. Click on there to see new map ideas, give advice, provide support or start for yourself the creative labor of love that is mapmaking. Something Huge Design Brief and no later . All requests will require the approval of the Foundry before going forward, so please be sure that your design concept actually requires a supersized map. If it turns out that it doesn't, don't sweat it- the Cartography staff will let you down kindly Contests and Hot Topics Bounty Hunters in Beta Industrial Helix 's South Africa 1885 , and the winner of the Capital Competition, thenobodies80 's Middle Ages . See the contest for details on how you can win a premium prize.Nifty Notices thank you comrades for your fine Doublethinking. The Votes Are In 2010 map beauty pageant is... Napoleonic Europe ! With an astounding 370 votes tallied, the epic map of the Napoleonic Wars came in with a convincing 60 votes, 20 more than the runner-up, Japan. Congratulations Kab, Rask and Ender on a map well played The Front Page here to post your thoughts.Usergroups The Historical Cartographer's Society Convenes The Historical Cartographer's Society is already alive and buzzing with historical discussion and map ideas. So send a Private Message to Society Leader isaiah40 to apply. Anyone is free to join, the doors of the Society are open. Many personal thanks to TheBastard and of course isaiah40 for bringing us forward into the past Map Surveyors
Maps Briefly (on Steroids) by MarshalNey show
Movin' On Up Approved for Draft, On to the Gameplay Workshop- First Nations of the Americas (First Nations Combined) by Tisha Conquer Rome by Kabanellas Third Crusade map and part of the team that made Napoleonic Europe - gives the CC community his latest offering about the declining era of the Roman Empire. Without a doubt, it is a large and strategically deep map.Stamped for Gameplay, On to the Graphics Workshop- The Northwest Passage by shakeycat Vancouver that depicts the legendary exploits of explorers looking for the Northwest Passage in the frozen waters of the Arctic Ocean. Wonderful, intuitive gameplay graphics grace a balanced, medium-to-large map that has something to offer both the hard-core strategist and the casual CCer.The Austro-Hungarian Empire by thenobodies80 Into Beta Play- Industrial Helix 's South Africa 1885 thenobodies80 's Middle Ages New Stickies In the Gameplay Workshop- Philadelphia by RedBaron0 Antarctica by natty_dread and isaiah40 First Nations of the Americas (First Nations Combined) by Tisha Chinese Civil War by Industrial Helix New In the Drafting Room- Small World by MrBenn
History 101: USA Part 4 by dolomite13 show
History 101: The Military History of the United States of America (1991–present) Gulf War Somalia Yugoslavia War on Terrorism (2001–present) Afghanistan Philippines Iraq
Map Spotlight: First Nations of the Americas by Victor Sullivan show
Settle down, people, SETTLE DOWN. I know you're excited about the combining of the two glorious First Nations maps, and it's my pleasure to present you with this fine interview. I will be covering most of the interviews now with The Bison King's leaving, and I hope my interviewing skills are up to par with TBK's expertise in the arts of Ryan Seacrest. Anyways, Tisha has done a fantastalastic job, if I do say so myself, and I hope you enjoy the interview about her mapmaking career. I've provided the full-size image so you can see how epic it is Click image to enlarge. Tisha › thereVictor Sullivan › YoTisha › I'm assuming it was you trying to pm meVictor Sullivan › OhTisha › no?Victor Sullivan › Yeah in LC, if thats what you meanTisha › yesTisha › what's going on?Victor Sullivan › Well, so you okay if I ask you a few ?s?Tisha › lolTisha › like what?Victor Sullivan › About your map, silly - for the DispatchTisha › I guess I'll let you..lolTisha › the new one?Victor Sullivan › YupVictor Sullivan › First off - why? What possessed you to create the First Nations Frankenstein?Tisha › lolTisha › you're so cuteVictor Sullivan › Aw, shucks...Tisha › I don't know why, I've wanted them together before the S. America one was even quenched. Like how could you not put those two together?Victor Sullivan › What aspect are you most psyched about upon beta-quenching? The first non-seasonal gi-huge-ic map? The neat sea routes? Etc...?Tisha › I suppose it's kinda exciting to have the first gi-huge-ic map out, and it's definitely beautiful. I think I'm more excited just to play it...imagine some fog of war, or assassin... quads. Victor Sullivan › How long would you expect a No Spoils Adjacent game to last? Tisha › Play one with me when it comes out? Victor Sullivan › Lol, okTisha › it's only about 74 territories.... not that manyVictor Sullivan › If by 74 you mean, 127, then yes lol.Victor Sullivan › When you first started making the First Nations maps, what was your original intent? Why "First Nations"?Tisha › that's a long time ago, I'm suppose to remember?Victor Sullivan › Lol, yes. I'm 52 and can remember stuff from that long ago...Victor Sullivan › If you can't that's cool, though...Tisha › I don't really like the older N. America map. I guess I was just lookin for another option, something prettier. (:Victor Sullivan › Tisha › and I don't believe you're 52, by the way...Victor Sullivan › Lol, what?Victor Sullivan › I'm a teacher - I pick up fancy lingoTisha › what was the what to?Victor Sullivan › Hmm?Tisha › Victor Sullivan, don't lose me like thatVictor Sullivan › What'd I do?Tisha › focus!Victor Sullivan › Lol, okay - next question...Victor Sullivan › How has the Foundry process treated you through the maps you've made thus far?Tisha › lol, really?Victor Sullivan › Why not?Tisha › The first map, Puget Sound, was a mess.. I'm surprised I stuck around to make another map at all.Tisha › There was a lot of non productive meaness..Victor Sullivan › How so? What happened?Tisha › The map got pushed forward, pushed forward into the Final Forge... then that's when a bunch of people came in to tell me to change pretty much everything about my map. I got to hear about how it didn't belong in the Final Forge a lot. Kinda hard when you feel like you're almost done.Tisha › It all turned out all right in the end, the map turned out beautiful, but the process sucked.Victor Sullivan › How were things for the First Nations maps?Tisha › They were easier. Victor Sullivan › Lol, okay.Tisha › having been through it once, you kinda know what to expectVictor Sullivan › Ah, I seeTisha › the map didn't change too much from the first draft to the last..Victor Sullivan › What's your favorite part about making a map? What do you look forward to through quenching First Nations of the Americas?Tisha › Victor Sullivan, I'm a girl. I like to make things pretty. I love doing graphics of maps... very clueless about gameplay. (:Tisha › I just can't wait to play the map with friends. I love people enjoying my maps also... of courseVictor Sullivan › So how did you come up with the gameplay structures for First Nations?Tisha › The bonus regions were easy to separate... as soon as you look up any Native American information. There is alot of information on the different cultures out there. I didn't do that randomly myself.Victor Sullivan › I seeTisha › I played a bit of escalating, and knew I wanted some deadends.Tisha › it just kinda happens I guess.. with a little help from people in the map threads.Victor Sullivan › Okay, I won't pester you much further Victor Sullivan › THE BEST - how does this describe First Nations of the Americas?Tisha › lol, perfectly Victor Sullivan ♥Tisha › are you excited to play it?Victor Sullivan › SUPA PSYCHEDVictor Sullivan › Thanks for being willing to be interviewed Tisha › oh, I had a choice?Tisha › Victor Sullivan › Lol
Click image to enlarge. Congratulations to all you clan members who earned yourselves an official gold star this week for good behavior.
I wouldn’t say it’s all been sunshine and laughter but it seems there are a good number who agree with the clan editor that we can have more fun by if we all try to get along with each other. So well done to each and every one of you who has sent a message of peace in the forums or bitten your tongue in gamechat and put a funny where a flame could be.
Read on – the Conquerors Cup final is headed toward a climax, the League quarters are in play, clan challenges are underway – and the two newly recruited clan directors share their thoughts on the state of the clans.
Clan League and Conqueror's Cup by laughingcavalier show
Conqueror's Cup Finals THOTA (16) vs. KoRT (17) Incandenza (THOTA) wrote: Confidence is high! Obviously it was a bit of a downer being down so much after Round 1, but we've battled back and at the very least have narrowed the gap, with an okay chance to tie and an outside chance to actually take the lead going into the final round. It's been great seeing rivals that wouldn't normally wish us well cheering for us and applauding the comeback, and I know I speak for all the horsemen when I thank everyone who's supported us during this challenge. And I've never been prouder of my clan or my clanmates, every last one of us are going the extra mile to leave no strategic stone unturned.
Bruceswar (KORT) wrote: The mood within the walls of KORT is great. Sure they have taken back some games, but batch 3 is gonna be fierce from the KORT side and we look forward to trying to pull out this one. We are gonna do everything we can to keep fighting till the end.
2nd Annual Conqueror's Cup!! Chuuuuck is gearing up for a second edition. There's a great line-up already and it looks like there might be even more clans playing this time round. Of the first 16 clans to join up, many did not play in the first cup, mostly because they weren't around then. That'll make for some excitement in the early rounds with players and watchers alike not sure quite what to expect. There's still time to join, so rally round your clanmates and get them to sign up to take part in CC's biggest team event - click on The 2nd Annual Conquerors Cup title to go straight there. Clan League 3 : Quarter finals [04-Feb)
State of Play show
AKA (12) V OSA (21) stokiepaul (One Step Ahead) wrote: As this clan war approaches it's conclusion One Step Ahead find themselves on the brink of a win at their first attempt with the scores at 21-12 in their favour. The 1st set of matches (consisting of 3 doubles, triples and quads from each clan) saw the OSA dominate the doubles winning each clans sets. The triples were an even affair with each winning their own sets 2-1 while in the quads the scores were again 2-1 but with OSA winning both set. While the second sets are still ongoing the results already in make for interesting reading with AKA taking a 3-0 lead in the OSA's doubles games with 1 match to finish while in the AKA's own set they lost out 3 to 1. OSA lead their own triples by 3-0 and find themselves in a great position to claim the 1 remaining win needed for overall victory on the AKA's quad match Rail Europe
You can follow the final few games at
viewtopic.php?t=134770 Games are also underway in the OSA's next 2 CW's with them pitting their wits against The Fantastic Four-Skins and The Devils Brigade
Interview - new clan directors, Shaneback and chemefreak show
With clan activity increasing all the time, head clan director jpcloet has brought two new directors, chemefreak of ++The Legion++ and shaneback of Devil's Brigade onto his team. We put a few questions to them over banana daiquiris at CC Towers.chemefreak wrote: What made you want to be a clan director? I spend a lot of time here on CC and there have been several occasions where I wished I could have helped the CDs update threads and manage the clan area. So now I get my chance. Hopefully I can contribute to the continued success and growth of the clan area. Also, as for "wanting" to be a CD, I never actively sought the position. An old friend of mine from here on CC recommended me and it sorta worked itself out. I am excited about the opportunity.
I think clans are pretty healthy right now. The Clan League seems to have run really smooth this year thanks in most part to jpcloet and
Masli 's efforts. The CCup was a lot of fun. I think a big deal was made over a rule that sort of tarnished this first effort a bit, but things should run much more smoothly in CCups to come. There are quite a few new clans popping up that look like they are going to be successful and that is great for the clan community as a whole. As far as things that could be better, I would like to see more concern on the part of certain players for the clan community as a whole. I think most players understand that clans are a privilege here on CC and not necessarily a right. So if issues like flaming, thread hijacking, account hijacking, and sitter abuse in clans continues to "make the news" some day the powers that be may just decide that clans aren't worth it and go back to the way it was before.
What will you be doing as clan director, what activities and responsibilities does it involve? I am
jpcloet 's bitch! Shane and I are technically "part-time" CDs so the scope of our involvement will probably come into focus as time passes. I'm pretty sure we will be doing the mundane (e.g. issuing clan war medals, issuing privileges, etc.) and, hopefully, some more exciting things (e.g. the implementation of the first official Leap Ladder). So, basically, I'm just here to help in whatever way I can.
What type of game do you most enjoy on CC? My favorite games are standard, escalating games on large maps with lots of players. I absolutely love the Map Blaster tournaments. Of course, clan war games are fun and the fact that we are "keeping score" seems to make those games much more intense. My favorite map is by far AoR1, foggy of course.
Why is The Legion the best clan on CC? Wow, this is a loaded question! I love ++The Legion++. Every member was carefully selected and plays an important role in the clan. I have gotten to know every member very well and gotten to know quite a few of them in the real world too. The thing that makes ++The Legion++ unique is the "family" quality that exists. If someone misses a turn or makes a bad move that loses a game, we would never consider kicking that person out of the clan. That is just not what our clan is about. We also have great leadership. Most people don't know ralphcptc is the leader of ++The Legion++ (probably since I talk so much!) but the guy has the respect of everyone in ++The Legion++ and has steered us through thick and thin. I don't think you will ever hear me say that ++The Legion++ is the best clan on CC. But, I think that we have the most fun and the most tightly knit clan on CC. (Woo Goo!) Also, I think we can hang with the best clans on CC and we always have a shot to win anything we play in.
shaneback wrote: What made you want to be a clan director? I would like to help new clans avoid the mistakes that a lot make, such as recruiting and activity requirements. Its disappointing to see a clan form and then only last 3-6 months. Hopefully I can help to avoid that in the future.
Clans are doing great. Between the Clan League playoffs and the Conquerors Cup finals the best players on the site are doing battle. Conquerors Cup 2 will be starting in about a month, which includes a bunch of clans that were not involved in CC1.
What could be better? I think there is a ton of undiscovered talent out there. There are so many players that never visit the forum or even know clans exist. We could do better at getting them involved with clans.
Currently Cheme and I are still in training, so we don't have any direct responsibilities yet. JP has a lot of goals he wants to implement in 2011. Hopefully the 4 of us (the fourth clan director is
Masli ) are able to achieve these goals.
What type of game do you most enjoy on CC? I enjoy and will play most settings. But I have to say I enjoy team games the most. Nothing is more satisfying than coordinating with teammates to take down a tough opposing team.
Why is Devil's Brigade the best clan on CC? What I enjoy about being a Devil is the wide range of personalities I have met. We have guys from all over the world who bring diverse backgrounds to the clan. We are a smaller clan with about 15 active members, and when we recruit new members we favor personality over game play.
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, so I am the Foundry Executive for this exciting issue! Given this is my first header for the Foundry section, I'd like you to put things into perspective. The Foundry is the future of Conquer Club - your commenting and input early on in a map's progress can change CC in about 9 months, when the map is finally in Beta. You can impact the future of Conquer Club by simply taking a minute or two to type up your thoughts on the topics of discussion. Want to comment, but you're not sure what's being discussed? No worries! The comment-thirsty mapmaker will always get you up to speed and make you aware of what's currently up for discussion.
