Welcome Comrades to the 49th edition of the Dispatch
We have some good stuff in this Newsletter Edition:
An interview with the well known
Serbia , a TPA Update, an interview with
Azak848 in "Meet the Tournament Winners", and another update for the CC2 (Conqueror's Cup 2) by
Leehar .
We hope you find all this information interesting.
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A short edition of the freestyle news I'm afraid. For all the latest in the mafia world check out the scum insider and we also have the eagerly anticipated interrogation with Serbia. Enjoy!
nagerous Freestyle Executive The Scum Insider by nagerous, Fircoal and safariguy5 show
The Scum Insider Newbie Help Mafia Information , Mafia and You , and Rules and Terms of Mafia .What is "Mafia"? Mafia News The Big Lebowski Mafia . Since our last edition of the newsletter, a lot has happened in this game. Firstly, there was a no lynch on the day three due to indecision who to lynch. This is never good for the town and this indecision may be the towns downfall. Sure enough in the night, Strike Wolf - the town vigilante Walter was killed. A deathly blow for the town. However, things seemed to be looking up when Anarkistsdream called out Haggis as scum but when Haggis laid the blame on spiesr, it ended up being spiesr who took the fall! Sadly, for the town - spiesr turned out to be the narrator and the mayor. The game has now moved into the night phase but can the town now recover from this mistake? Is a victory for the mafia now imminent? Keep following the game and find out!Mafia Callouts Advanced Roles and Strategy by safariguy5 Vote Position and Bandwagonning What is it? Example How to Use this Strategy
show: Interrogation of Serbia
Q. Hey There Serbia! Interesting. I'm the one who took you there. I'm your life, and I no longer care. Q. Why did you select the username "Serbia," while being a passionate Detroit fan? Well, the easy answer is that my Grandmother was Serbian, I have relatives on that side of the family who can speak the language, so it's part of my heritage. To get to the root of the tale, however, it is naturally going to involve a girl. Back 16, 17 years ago or so, I used to use ICQ for instant messaging a lot, and I frequently changed my user name. I was chatting with a friend of mine, who happened to be a cute girl, asking for her opinion on my latest name change. I mentioned "Serbia", and she liked it, told me it was cute. That was all the incentive I needed to go by Serbia; and it's been my user name on everything ever since. Q. Have you ever visited Serbia (the country) or any other former Yugoslavian nations? Never. In fact, the only international traveling I've done has been driving south to Canada, or flying to England. Would like to go one day. Q. Just who the hell do you think you are? Сергей Викторович Фёдоров. I've even been known to introduce myself as Sergei, which is only fitting. Q. How did you come across ConquerClub? A friend of mine used to play here, Big Jon . He told my step-brother about the site (AltecGT ), and I found out from him, and joined up. 5 years ago. Q. Were you addicted instantly? Yes. Q. Have you always been interested in Risk like games? Play Risk as a younger Serbia? Always. There is a picture of me floating around somewhere here with me showing off my brand new Risk board game I got for Christmas as a kid. I played as often as I could, which became less and less frequently, because I usually won. But I've always loved this type of game. Any type of conquest game was something I loved. Q. What got you interested in hosting tournaments? I love tournaments. I love stats. I love competition. The reason I bought premium in the first place was to play in tournaments. I love any type of tourney. Playing a single game is meaningless for me. I'd rather it be a league, a tourney, I want the games to count towards something more than a somewhat subjective score. Makes the site 100x more interesting for me. Q.Would you like a drink? Vodka and tonic please, with a lime. And good stuff, no cheap Smirnoff for me. Q.What is the biggest meal you have ever eaten? When my mother got remarried, I think I was around 12 years old, she had the reception at a buffet (the old Sveden House chain, for those of you who remember it). Was the first time I'd ever been at a buffet. I think I was just hitting puberty (no lie, I started shaving before I turned 13, seeing as I am an OSYMAT) and I went NUTS on that buffet. I got myself 4 plates of dinner, before getting 4 desserts, then 2 more dinner plates, then 4 more desserts, along with about 10 glasses of pop (and I was a scrawny little feller). Gorged myself until I nearly got sick. Have never eaten that much at one time ever again. The desserts were mostly soft serve ice cream and puddings, the meals though had carved beef, chicken legs, Swedish meatballs, veggies, bread, macaroni and cheese, potatoes... anything, I ate it all. Q. How long is your friendship branch? Does it extend to all peoples of the Earth? That would be telling. And besides, I don't wanna be your monkey wrench, it would just be one more indecent accident. Q. What do YOU see in Trinicardinal's avatar? (Not SnakeySnakey). This is a question which bears repeating the behavior which many find most disturbing, the knocking of factual intelligence gathering between Dr. Hoke and the rest of the team are looking forward to the home opener at Michigan Stadium this autumn. Once and forthwith, upon my arrival at Heathrow, indications were rampant that the beaver which was rabid in Philadelphia had to be put down. Three were bitten recently, including Patrice Bergeron. At the slightlest dachshunds make exceelnt pets, But again and when the Jordanians were put on high alert Sunday due to sporadic violence resulting in massive Preview Submit Disable BBCode Disable smilies Smilies are ON Caution! This office requires OSHA4Less.com Keeping you compliant And quite possibly, though I'm not 100% sure, but it might just be a urine stain-pattern from an overly aggressive donkey. Amirite? Contains: Toluene, acetone and xylene, fluorexcents contain hexane. Vapor harmful attack! Bringing the grand total to $5,000 that has gone missing, unaccounted for, from our budgetary restraints. Cialis, Viagra, July, junebugs. Name 3 things that are merely small, yet are not tiny. Dolphins not included, though tuna is free with any purchase of seven live Ligers, which are the best animal ever, with the exception of the Honey Badger. Q. When you come to Live Chat, is your behaviour compulsive or mandatory in some way? Explain. In the United States, the "u" is superfluous, which is a bit odd, seeing as we couldn't even spell our nation's proper name correctly without using a "u". Q. Can you pluck like bungle? Fancy a bum? Q. Does SnakeySnakey know that you are doing this interview? Who? Q. Has SnakeySnakey given you permission to do this interview? Come on, abuse me more I like it. Come on, keep talking cause it's true. Q. What are you going to do with your pics of jake? <mod edit> reason given: pornography Q. Why are you always so Silly? Why is silly capitalized in this question? Is Silly now my name? Q. I heard that you got caught doing something illicit with Sully - care to expand on that? That is personal information, and I won't be sharing. My next ban is going to be a monther. I'm hellbent on being banned for something even more ridiculous than the singular use of the word "moron", in the off-topics forum, in a SPAM THREAD known as Spamalot. Speaking of which, when is that going to get taken off my record? Because you can be DAMN SURE that I'm going to get myself banned for calling notyou2 a "meanie" one day. Q. Who is the funniest live chat regular (not counting SnakeySnakey)? Would either have to be Honibaz or Army of GOD , who's currently banned, because some people have no sense of humor. Q. Can I have some pics of trippy? I'd suggest you go find some magic mushrooms and take your camera along with you. Better yet, bring a friend, and you can both have some 'shrooms, and take pictures of each other. I'd imagine you couldn't get a lot more trippy than that. Q. As an American who loves hockey, do you find yourself defending the sport a lot? Or can you just not be bothered by people who chose to remain ignorant? Has Trippy become a fan of hockey and conversely has she tried to convert you to soccer? This is probably my favorite question. Being in Detroit, I don't often have to defend the sport. Most people here consider themselves a "fan" on some level or another. Detroit is called Hockeytown, and we definitely have a large, strong fanbase, but we also have quite a few "Atlanta Braves Fans". There have always been people here who say "I love the Wings, but let me know when the playoffs start", then it becomes "I just can't get interested in hockey unless they make the 2nd round" and even now, you're getting people who say "if the Wings don't make the Conference Finals, I don't pay any attention". So yeah, we've got some fake fans, but few people who flat out hate the sport in this town. Or at least, they're smart enough to keep their mouth shut. But when I do happen to come across an American who doesn't like hockey, can't stand that it's on ESPN at all, and only talks about the sport when something bad happens (think Bertuzzi or McSorley), then I simply can't be bothered by them. Hockey is, in the USA, a niche sport, and honestly, I'm fine with that. Q. How do you reconcile your friendship branch with your statements in live chat RE: Ok, first things first. Dark Lord, and friendship branch. Right. Why does that need any reconciliation? if I'm a Dark Lord, then can't I use any tool I choose for my own nefarious purposes? Just because I have a friendship branch, doesn't mean I'm not using it for evil. Q. What is your word? This is my word. Q. What would you like for dinner? Something edible, something I would find delicious (dog may be edible, but I won't want it), something not terribly healthy, something that is not made with bananas, and nothing that Victor Sullivan has touched first. And preferably, something Tripitaka has made, because she's pretty much the greatest cook in the whole of the universe. Q. For how long does your wife scold you for wasting time on a "stupid internet game"? You don't know me well, do you? I met my wife on this "stupid internet game", so it would be rather hypocritical of her to get on my case about it. (obviously, I married smart, eh?) Q. Did you like the movie Malcolm X? Never saw it. Q. How did you and tripi know that it was time to meet in real life? Were you nervous? Boy, how did we know? The relationship just built up slowly, over time. We spent over a year talking, before we ever met. And it just felt like the timing was right. She came over for Christmas '09. And I was very nervous, right up until we met. Within 5 minutes, it was totally natural. The meeting just confirmed what we thought we knew before we met - we wanted to be together. And for those of you who don't know, Tripitaka is the Trippy/Tripi that everyone is talking about. Q. Will jakewilliams ever stop spamming your interrogation thread? Yes. As soon as it was locked, he stopped spamming. Q. If you were stranded on a deserted island with Army of GOD and Tripitaka, and had to choose one to eat, who would you choose (remember who your bestest friend in the whole wide world is)? Dude. If I'm getting rid of one of you, I'm going to <mod edit> reason given: sexual deviancy/acts too graphic in nature for a family site the other one 3 times a day, and 5 times each day I decide is Sunday (no calendar, so it's whenever I decide). I realize that is probably going to be severely edited too, so my apologies in advance. The thing is, I don't particularly want to eat another person... but I might always decide to kill you, just to break the monotony of not having anything to do. But AoG - I still love ya man. Q. Tripitaka excluded, who on the site would you want to: A) I'll take three to start: Timminz , nagerous , ga7 . We could call it The Four Nations. Except that would be extremely stupid.targetman377 . But only in the hope that the brain damage would cause him to spell correctly.Norse . I know, he is already... but that way, I could do it again. (actually I'm just hoping his latest multi incarnation reads this, so he can try to harass me again. Also, I think they patterned James Cook's character off Norse; except they then made the character cool; or at least, when compared to Norse. If you don't know what I'm talking about, don't worry about it; you aren't British) Q. If Lack handed control of the site over to you for a week, what changes, if any would you make? First thing I'd do is clean up my ban record. There are a couple that I deserve (did some drunk spamming which I've got no problems owning) but there are a few, such as my legendary ban for the single use of the word "moron", which are an embarrassment to the site's disciplinary record. There is far worse flaming happening on a daily basis, yet "moron" earns a ban. Q. keiths31- We've already had a beer together. Next beer are you going to come up to Canada? I really ought to. Was hoping we'd win that trip to Thunder Bay, but haven't heard back yet. We should plan a road trip to Toronto to catch a Leafs game one day. Q. f*ck ur gorgeous (no question) Yes, I am. Q. What are your views on the new Tournament finder tool? Well, I have to change my rant now. With the latest update, the drop down bar is "pre-populated" with the tournaments that I'm running at any given time. Since this is mostly what us TO's want, an easy way to find our tourneys to check up on games, it works. The previous fixes, however, were bad; but no need to beat a dead horse over it at this point. Q. How fond are you of ranting? I LOVE ranting. I rant all the time. I rant at everything. I rant at geese. I rant at spiders. I rant at CC, people on CC, people in general. I rant at TV shows that I carelessly turn on, leave on, and hate. Yet I rant anyway. I ranted when I first read this question. I rant at politics, I rant at sports. I've been known to rant when I'm happy and have nothing to rant about. Rant is a fun word to say, similar to "rat", but adding an 'n'. But my FAVORITE rant is ranting at other drivers. Most people cannot drive - this is fact. So there is nothing like putting on an album like System of a Down's Toxicity , blasting it in my car, driving like a maniac on the highway while ranting at everyone else on the road. Also, here is my driving anthem: Offspring - Bad Habit Q. You and Victor Sullivan are trapped in a room together. How do you get out and why? The "why" is easy; why in the hell would I want to be trapped in a room with him? I'd have to get out. So "how". First, I'll charge him, and try to ram his body through the wall. If that doesn't work, then I'll beat him to death in frustration. Also, gives me something to do while I think. I'll try to tear off some of his limbs (he won't need them now, right?) and use them to bash my way through the wall. If none of that works, I think I'll just give up on busting out, take one of his shoes, break the glass on the sliding patio door, and walk to freedom. Nothing against Sully, mind you... I'd do that to any guy. Were it a woman, however... as long as she's nice, fairly attractive, and not annoying, we'd probably just become great friends. Q. What topping(s) do you like on your hot dogs? I've got different options. Q. Favourite beer? Killians is my standby. When going out, I will get Newcastle Brown Ale anytime I see it. Guinness is always a favorite. I've been to the Black Sheep Brewery in Masham, England, and I LOVE their Riggwelter, which is a dark ale. I've found it here in the States, but it doesn't taste quite the same. I like stouts and ales, and will try nearly anything. Lately I've been trying a lot of Leinenkugels; Sam Adams is another tried and true brand. Lagers I don't do often, I'll take a Corona, but that's about it, unless I'm at a party and have to drink some crap (though thankfully most people I know will have Labatts over Bud or Miller), and I would rather refuse beer than drink light beer. Q. Thanks for your time Serbia! Hey, anytime! And remember, music soothes even the savage beast.
Hi again amigos and welcome to your favorite part of the Newsletter, "War Games", where you can find information about CC Tournaments.
On this edition of War Games, we have a "
TPA Update " and "
WCCL Series - Part 1 ", brought to you by
angola , the "
Join this? or Not! " by
sonicsteve , and an Interview with
Azak848 by
Dukasaur in the "
Meet the Tournaments Winners! ".
We hope you enjoy our section.
jricart Tournament Executive Meet the Tournament Winners! by Dukasaur show: Azak848 interview
Today I have the honor of presenting you with the winner of one of my own tournaments! azak848 won the DKs 3-3-3 tournament, a 27-player series which was first posted on March, 13th 2011 and was concluded on April, 10th 2011. Okay, question one: What attracted you to this particular tournament? Yeah winning a tournament cup in your third month on CC is pretty impressive. I've talked to people who waited two or three years for their first win. Was it an exciting moment? Did you crack open a bottle of champagne or anything? I saw that. You had Kingdom of Jerusalem sewn up after two turns, and from there on you were just a monster! TheCrown . He PM'd me asking if I was serious because I had only completed 30 games so far, I said I was up for the challenge and it's been down hill ever since!Do you play a lot of war games other than CC? What were some of your favorites before coming here? I'm very curious about what you do, spending 60 to 80 hours a week (largely because that is my situation too.) What sort of work do you do? I see you've joined a Clan now too. How is that going? Oh, been there and done that... Well, at this point it's your soapbox: anything and everything that you might want to mention. A shutout to one of your friends, or a criticism/comment of anything on CC, or even some homespun poetry... codierose , gambler21210 and murphy16 for their patience and all their hard work teaching me how to play team games! Beware Legion members - we are going to kick your butt in the upcoming clan war!Last but most important - The Vancouver Canucks are going to win the Stanley Cup!!!
show: Get 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 know there is no way I will be able to get to everyone. I intend to publish one or two interviews in every edition of the Dispatch, but even so I will probably only get to talk to about 5 percent or so of all the winners. My approach will be partially random and partially targeted. Some will be chosen because of their fame or amazing stats, some will be chosen because I find the tournament 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 .
TPA Update by angola show: TPA Update
The TPA (Tournament Players Association ) is nearing the end.sonicsteve , though, that MudPuppy - who is in third place - has a chance to make a run for the top spot. This would be utterly miraculous, as he trails by nearly 7.0 points.HighlanderAttack is second with 35.14 and MudPuppy is third with 33.86, though Timminz is on his heels in fourth with 33.63 points.here.
WCCL Series Part I by angola show: WCCL Series Part I
If you've perused the Tournament section of the CC fora in the last three months, then you've probably noticed a mammoth thread titled Rodion 's WCCL tournament .Q. Is this the first tournament you've run? Q. Why did you decide to run such a massive tournament? Q. How did you come up with the idea? Did it take awhile to formulate the idea? 313's InterClanGalactic War (from merch313 ). I liked his idea of people signing up individually and then being drafted by captains into teams. I decided to make this tournament because of 2 issues I had with his (I don't dislike his tournament, I'm having a lot of fun there. It's just that there were 2 things that kept it from being as much fun as it could be, in my opinion). First one, captains there also play, so even though his "snake draft" is supposed to be fair, some teams will have an advantage simply because some captains (and co-captains) are better than others. Second, after the draft was done the teams there were set in stone for the rest of the tournament. I wanted to do something dynamic to make my tournament more dynamic, with players continually striving for better salaries and managers having to make their budget suit their needs (just like in the NFL).Q. Did you make spreadsheets in advance? How much time did you put into just getting the tournament up and going? Q. I noticed that a lot of people asked for clarifications on the thread long before the auction started. Did this surprise you? Or did you take it as constructive criticism? Q. The tournament directors canceled all future giant tournaments right after yours started accepting players. How concerned were you with that ruling? Were you automatically grandfathered in or did you have to convince the TD's to let your tournament continue? What are your feelings on giant tournaments in the future? Lindax 's TLO (even though I only joined it in week 10) and I always read the rules on new large team tournaments when they open (if I'm aware of them).Q. You seem to be pretty involved in other aspects of CC - clans, losing to AOC
Join This? Or Not! by sonicsteve show
This is our regular look at just a few of the tournaments currently in sign-ups:CDLTexan has four completed tournaments under his belt and CDL's Terminator Championship looks to be a well thought out and structured event with a nice selection of maps. If you like 8-player terminator games then sign up quickly. 27 of the 64 slots were available at the time of going to press. Freemiums are welcome and will need to have 2 slots available during the tournament. HA's Don't Blink-Random Map-THREE is already full when you read this, don't worry - another Don't Blink event is sure to follow soon. greenoaks has launched the 4th edition of his Keep It Simple, Stupid tournament, which as the title promises is a straightforward 1v1 elimination tournament. 32 players are needed and the map this time is Middle East.Pole to Pole is a doubles tournament on both the Antarctic and Arctic maps co-hosted by Dibbler and Gunn217 . There are currently 20 slots available out of 32. 16 teams will start on the Arctic map, and 16 on the Antarctic. Once each bracket has been played out, the final match will be played on Extreme Global Warming.Create/Join a Tournament or Tournaments Tab and take a look at the other tournaments that are waiting to be filled. Requests for Immediate Players section of the tournament forum.
Ahoy, there! Sully here again to bring you good news and bad. The bad news? The Foundry Featurette is delayed yet another week, this time due to
No_Risk_No_Fun 's having finals. The good news? OliverFA is back with another Classic Review, we have another thrilling Foundry Talk topic, and I got the privilege to interview Foundry old-timer,
gimil . Enjoy, folks!
Victor Sullivan Foundry Executive Foundry Talk: Competition Maps by Victor Sullivan Classic Review – Conquer Man by Oliver F.A. show
Nowadays, the Foundry is plenty of life. We enjoy a continuous stream of creativity and talent. Thanks to the effort of dedicated mapmakers, new additions are quenched regularly. And many more maps are in the works.Classics Conquer Man a map by WidowMakers and Coleman Conquer Man Conquer Man
Time Machine: Interview with gimil by Victor Sullivan show
gimil? Time Machine? What is this nonsense?!?...You may be thinking, if you're not a CC old-timer. gimil was a star in the Foundry "back in the day", moving maps along in the Foundry back when there were less "Boys in Blue" and the structure of the Foundry was less organized. I'll allow gimil to speak the rest for himself, as I got the honor of interviewing him:‹ Victor Sullivan › ‹ gimil › ‹ Victor Sullivan › ‹ gimil › ‹ Victor Sullivan › ‹ Victor Sullivan › ‹ Victor Sullivan › ‹ gimil › ‹ gimil › ‹ gimil › ‹ gimil › ‹ Victor Sullivan › ‹ gimil › ‹ gimil › ‹ gimil › ‹ gimil › ‹ gimil › ‹ Victor Sullivan › ‹ gimil › ‹ gimil › ‹ gimil › ‹ gimil › ‹ Victor Sullivan › ‹ gimil › ‹ gimil › ‹ Victor Sullivan › ‹ gimil › ‹ gimil › ‹ gimil › ‹ Victor Sullivan › ‹ gimil › ‹ gimil › ‹ gimil › ‹ Victor Sullivan › ‹ gimil › ‹ gimil › ‹ gimil › ‹ gimil › ‹ gimil › ‹ Victor Sullivan › ‹ gimil ›
Relatively slim pickings for this edition of the newsletter as no viable updates for the
Newcomers Cup are available at present. BK and MF will also be taking a break this issue while they are in transit dealing with rl concerns. Don't worry however as we have an extensive issue lined up for you in the 50th edition of the newsletter with Fenrir bringing in some hard-hitting journalism and the Black Knight having an in-depth look at pertinent concerns on Clan Spicing. Even jigger will most likely have a spotlight on an upcoming clan I'm sure we're interested in knowing more about.
Leehar Clan Executive Conqueror's Cup 2 - Round 2 Wind-down by Leehar show
Welcome to another update on events in the 2nd Annual Conquerors Cup . Events in the main thread revolve around the controversy surrounding medal requirements (which the first and second round Cup matches do not seem to meet) and Cup-tied players. The battles in the field are mostly all but decided, so look forward to all Round 3 starting soon even though we are actually past the start-date of 5th June . 22 vs. 17 The Horseman of the Apocalypse vs. The Bullet Proof Bandits 24 vs. 14 Agents of Chaos vs. The Fantastic Four-skins 23 vs. 16 Legends of War vs. ++The Legion++ Clan League Season 2 win. Legion will have restored some much-needed confidence after some disheartening performances of late, but must still be contemplating the 'what-might-have-been' in being so close, yet still so far in chasing the victories they surely deserve.23 vs. 15 The Spanking Monkeys vs. A Fistful of Sixes 23 vs. 15 Knights of the Round Table vs. Generation One 28 vs. 9 Fraternal Order of Exceptional Drinkers vs. Immortal Assassins CL3: Semi-Final eventual success, or other nefarious schemes, there's no denying that Foed did extraordinarily well in IA's home games, so that the Assassins were completely unable to claw back enough in their second batch even with their renowned Fatalities . Even now Foed still seem to have the upper hand in the remaining games to put in an overwhelming display with a deserved victory. There's no time to spare for either of these teams however as Foed's Quarterfinal match will soon be starting against Kort, and IA still have to fight for the Clan League Season 3 Title. Only Chinese Checkers is left in the balance, so provisional score is currently 30-1030 vs. 9 Empire vs. Nemesis Game 8961819 , Empire may have won every single one of their home games. So while Nemesis hark back to their Season 3: Div C woes, Empire will be confident in facing their round opponents after some formidable performances of late. Empire will also be overjoyed at again reaching the magical 30 mark, while Nemesis will be grateful to scrape away by getting into double figures. Final score should be 30-1118 vs. 17 Brethren of the Fat Mermaid vs. The Odd Fellows Union
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