And another fortnight swings around and hits us all in the back of the head - now
exactly where did that come from??
Well while I practically slept and ate my way through 14 days of games, games, games, my main man
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What's Where in the Foundry both brought to you by
Koontz1973 . His talent and experience in the Foundry process really shows in his insight, no change there! I found out that
There's Something in the Water and I can only hope you never look at water the same way again!
Koontz1973 brings us his second part in his
Diary of a Map - crucial reading if you are struggling your way through the foundry (or want to!). But, saving the best till last, you have to check out
Koontz1973 's bombshell article
Declining Standards . If this doesn't get you chattering, nothing will!
Thanks and regards and in the immortal words of Benjamin Rush:
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Time for news boys and girls.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_your_base_are_belong_to_us ViperOverLord popped in to ask which map will be going into beta next as he wants to set up the next Alpha Beta tournament. While his should be Island of Doom, only the foundry foreman knows for sure. But as usual within the foundry, an argument broke out. natty dread wrote: I will not post names, because I don't want this to be about pointing fingers. you know who you are. Others can probably also recognize where these quotes are from. But guys, this has got to stop!
Exhibit #1: Suspect A wrote: This is my map, and once again, to the foundry, if this one little piece of a map can't be mine, then let it sit here forever until it is moved back to the bin, and that will be that.
Exhibit #2: Suspect B wrote: I do not share your opinion, and it did look stupid and i dident like it, so its not goin to happend, i rater bin this than doin a "stupid looking" map
Exhibit #3: Suspect C wrote: So please let's end this debate right now. If anyone wants to continue the debate then I will not continue working on this, as I have many other things I could be doing with some of my free time.
I can't do any better, if my work isn't suddenly good enough, then bin this , because I can't do it any better. I don't have the means to do so. Understand?
thenobodies80 wrote: Sorry I had to explain me better, I have the flu so probably today I'm not so good to explain things in the right way.
CAs don't have to tell to the mapmakers to quit. In fact they HAVE to say how to to do things, not just ask to mapmakers that they need to change things. But if the mapmakers tell to the foundry people and to CAs that they won't change the things because it's their map, then the CAs can leave the map die. Hope it's more clear in this way.
Original image. Click image to enlarge. Click image to enlarge. Click image to enlarge. Click image to enlarge. Click image to enlarge. Click image to enlarge. Click image to enlarge. Click image to enlarge. We should have a new competition: Make Sully's piece of shit look halfways decent!
If that is your shit, I would go see a doctor right away.
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What's where in the foundry koontz1973 Drafting Room pitrules88 wants Israel.TheBisonKing is trying to get the American Heartland. Oneyed is a new maker of maps and this is his version of the Czech Slovak break up. Looking good and should be in the main foundry next time.Main Foundry natty_dread Eurasia mini got moved to the main foundry. Pick apart the gameplay time.natty_dread .DiM is looking for game play nuances to be ironed out in what looks like to be the first true 1v1 map for the site.Flapcake is looking towards the graphics stamp for his world war one trench map.No Image yet Final Forge With xml stamps. cairnswk .koontz1973 .natty_dread .Waiting for the xml. thenobodies80 .DiM .
There’s something in the water! by thehippo8 show
As the song goes:There’s something in the water, something that shouldn’t ought’a be in the water ... aaah-aaah-aaah-aaah ...
Cuban Missile Crisis Click image to enlarge. Trafalgar Click image to enlarge. 1982 Click image to enlarge. feel of this map as it is like being at a control centre in charge of a battle that you are watching on radar. Very clever!Kingdom of Denmark and Baltic Crusades Click image to enlarge. Click image to enlarge. unfair ). What is different about these two maps, though, is that troops can sit in the ships and that creates an additional dynamic (compared to, say, Tribes of Florida ). Admittedly this is not as stark as the above maps, but it can distinctly change gameplay.Cross-over in to the world of Mafia Wars and tournaments Yo, Ho, A Pirate’s Life! With the pirate talk over, the swashbuckling will no doubt soon follow. You are all invited to watch the usual suspects slug it out in a text universe!Trafalgar Best At Beta: Trafalgar (ongoing), CD's Beta Boom (completed), CC [Beta 2011] 1v1 - Trafalgar (completed), Moge's choose-your-own-map Dubs Tourney (ongoing), Official 200 Maps Tournament (ongoing), Alpha Beta 17 (completed), I picked WHICH map? (ongoing), 313's Trafalgar Double Elim (finished), Beta Quads II (ongoing), HA's 200th Tourney (ongoing), SPANISH ARMADA! (completed), Chap's BETA Challenge (ongoing), I Walk Alone (ongoing), JD's Trafalgar Trips (ongoing), AMERICAN SPORTS FRANCHISES (ongoing), and "Sometimes when you win, you really lose" (ongoing). For Kingdom of Denmar 313's Denmark Double Elim (ongoing), Chap's BETA Challenge (ongoing), I Walk Alone (ongoing), Serbia's Euro 2012 (ongoing), Moge's Denmark Doubles (ongoing), A History of Europe (ongoing), koontz's 2011 was a good year for maps 1 (completed), Alpha Beta 25 (ongoing), King Olafr the Great (ongoing) and Society of the Cooks Team Games (ongoing). Finally, for Cuban Missile Crisis CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS (completed), CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS (DOUBLES) (ongoing), Many Lands VIII – Nuclear Cold War [FULL] accepting (ongoing) and Alpha Beta 29 (ongoing). So, here’s an idea ... check out the ongoing games and learn some lessons!
Diary of a map. Rorke's Drift. Part two. koontz1973 show
Drafting Room natty dread wrote: The first thing that I would advise is to get rid of all the line connections and replace them with territories & borders. Seriously, it's like a mess of lines there, making for a very confusing look, and you need to simplify this a lot - when I say simplify I don't mean the gameplay, but the visual look of the map... you need to make the map easier to read, and eliminating that criss-cross of lines is a good first step towards that.
Version 4. Industrial Helix wrote: Your map needs a legend indicating where the 150 yard line is and where the kings are, ect. These symbols and colors need to translate to something.
Bruceswar wrote: your legend font is hard to read if you ask me.
Bruceswar wrote: maybe you need white letters... I am struggling to read it.
Flame Wars NO . Dukasaur . He was right (to a point Bring on the names. Little men from Mars. thenobodies80 wrote: Onward and Upward!
MrBenn wrote: At last
Declining Standards koontz1973 show
The Start DiM wrote: quality over time
red being the ideal foundry, cannot be accomplished under the current system in the foundry. How can a new map maker be expected to produce a map with better graphics than a map maker who has produced 5 / 10 or even 20 maps.Blue , with its up / down and finally up again is more like it. But with far more ups and downs. Green , if the community see the foundry this way, is there a problem in the first place? Yes! The foundry should always be striving to do better. 3 levels of standards. Level one. 3 levels of standards. Level two. 3 levels of standards. Level three. today . That includes months of drafts with anyone able to comment, forcing changes if changes needed. Map makers may not like to change their maps, but they must if they cannot reasonably rebut valid comments.Rules are for squares Once a map has been awarded a stamp for gameplay, it is time to set about transforming it into a work of art that would sit comfortably alongside other CC maps in the Viewing Gallery. There are fairly few rules and restrictions about graphics development - graphical benchmarks are subjective and it is difficult to legislate for them: the Foundry Team members are the final arbiters of map quality, and will ultimately judge whether or not a map meets the Conquer Club standard.
Can it get better. Overload. Cutting out the fat. Do it my way. Who among us. Bin it. Game Play Time Code: Select all Classic 1309.14 1 (2000000 BC)Code: Select all 1. World 2.1 - 728 votes (2006)So is the problem with graphics or game play? Luck New for Old Finally, well done for getting this far
Welcome to the latest and greatest in terms of Clan news as we head off our section with an exciting update on the Semi-finals of the Newcomers Cup, and then graduate to the news on the League stage as it heads off down the final straight in Phase 1.
Next we welcome back our French correspondents as they report on their research into Clan Training Groups, this time with ++The Legion++.
And finally comes our creme de la creme, as our monthly exclusive on the latest changes to the F400 ranking by compiler
Gunn217 .
In other news we're also glad to congratulate our ACC and CC2 reporter
alt1978 on his newly-minted appointment as the 4th Clan Director!
Leehar Clan Executive NC2 Semi-Finals Preview Skillfusniper33 (IF) show
Well we have winners for each side of the wars, even though the war's haven't been completed yet. So here is a quick update on the scoreboard.Quarter finals Score update AKA Beats IF 24-19 LHDD Leads DYN 23-8. (Predicted final score of 26-17) Semi Final's Preview Vs Vs
Clan League 4 by DJ Teflon (Bofm) show
Hey folks(Click here for the Main CL4 Thread - Rules, Tournament Format & Results)
Recruitment Method II by QuikSilver & DJoach (LHDD) show
First of all, I'll start with a little recapitulation of my last article about MYTH and it's recruitment group, the Underworld. MYTH sees Underworld as a way to form potential recruits. MYTH members are not obligated to be part of Underworld, some new members go straight into MYTH while the majority go to the Underworld first to be tested and/or improve form. The formation aspect is really interesting, they refuse no one, everyone gets their chance to improve their skills. Some will be in the Underworld for weeks, others months before making it into MYTH. However they all get their chances! Landain finishes his interview with the sentence: ``Absolutely, a training ground for prospective clan members is a fantastic way of judging their skill level's, their communication skills and how they will fit in with your core members``. Culs De Sac answered all my questions, let's see the answers!28 At the moment Do you have a limit on players allowed in the clan? (To keep it under control.) We do not have a set number, however, we try to keep the number as low as possible to allow for more social setting. We don't want to a clan of numbers, but rather a group of friends who play competitively together. Why at first did you create the Barracks, what was the interest? And when (the date) did you create it? I can't give you the exact date, but The Barracks was created in order to have a forum in which we could converse with possible recruits without exposing them to our main thread. This allows us to see how they communicate, interest, and to facilitate a better CC experience even if they were not accepted into the Legion. How is it organised? It is a free standing forum. Anyone and everyone can start a thread about anything they would like to discuss, share, teach, etc. We do have 3 main threads which explain to recruits what the forum is about, a thread to keep them aprised of current events, and a ladder portion for game challenges. Does every new member go to the Barracks or do some get a by-pass? All legion members are part of it, as for recruits any and all recruits go into the Barracks first. If accepted they are added to the main forum. How much time to they spend in the Barracks before getting refused/accepted on average? This depends on the person. We pride ourselves in being professionals in the real world and CC being our hobby and leisure. So we look for personality more than we do for gameplay or stats. So some individuals don't stay very long and some stay. On average I would say 3 months before a new member is accepted. We like to play many games and vary the experience to get a sense of the person. We have slowed down in recruitment since we believe we have a solid core group. In the last year there were some changes and we had a push in recruitment. So we have accepted about 4-6 individuals. Would you recommend the creation of a similar group for each competitive clan? Each clan is different and has their own needs. The reason this setup works for The Legion is because our emphasis is on the person and not game play. Hence, we look for conversation and activity within a thread opposed to solely gameplay. So to answer the question, its yes and no based on the Clan.
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Premièrement, nous allons faire un récapitulatif du dernier article avec MYTH et leur groupe de sélection, The Underworld. MYTH perçoit Underworld comme un moyen pour former des recrues potentielles. Ce groupe n'est pas obligatoire pour tous les futurs membres de MYTH. Certains nouveaux joueurs iront directement dans MYTH, tandis que la majorité sera d'abord testée, puis formée au besoin. L'aspect formateur est bien, car ils ne refusent personne, certains mettront quelques semaines avant de joindre le clan et d'autres quelques mois. Néanmoins, ils laissent la chance à tous les joueurs de s'améliorer. Landain finissait son topo par la recommandation suivante: ``Absolutely, a training ground for prospective clan members is a fantastic way of judging there skill level's, there communication skills and how they will fit in with your core members``. «Je le recommande, un terrain d'exercice afin de constater de leurs habiletés à communiquer, jouer et pour vérifier s'ils iront bien avec le groupe».Culs De Sac à mes questions.Combien de membres avez-vous? Vous êtes-vous fixé une limite à ne pas dépasser? Nous n'avons pas de nombre fixé, cependant, nous essayons de maintenir le nombre de membres le plus bas possible pour permettre un meilleur rapport social. Nous ne voulons pas un nombre de membres, mais un groupe d'amis jouant ensemble et voulant être compétitifs. Pourquoi avez-vous créé The Barracks, quel était l'intérêt? Quand (la date) l'avez-vous créé? Je ne pourrais pas dire la date exacte, mais The Barracks a été créé afin d'avoir un forum servant à communiquer facilement avec les recrues potentielles sans leur donner l'accès aux sujets principaux du forum de LEG. Cela nous permet de voir comment ils communiquent, leurs intérêts et agrémente l'expérience CC même s'ils ne feront jamais parties de LEG. Comment est-ce organisé? C'est un forum libre. N'importe qui peut créer un sujet à propos de ce qu'il veut! Que ce soit pour partager un truc, apprendre des tactiques, tec. Nous avons trois sujets qui expliquent ce qu'est le forum, se maintenir à jour sur les événements et une place pour les challenges à propos de CC. Tous les membres de LEG sont aussi des membres de The Barracks, alors les recrues aussi iront sans exception dans The Barracks. Après quoi, ils iront peut être un jour dans LEG. Cela dépend de la personne. Nous sommes fiers de nous afficher comme des professionnels dans le monde de CC, un monde de passe-temps. Alors, nous cherchons plutôt l'individu et non le joueur ou ses stats. Certains individus ne restent pas longtemps et d'autre oui. En moyenne je dirais trois mois avant qu'il soit accepté ou refusé. Nous aimons jouer beaucoup de parties et varier l'expérience de jeu pour tâter le pouls de la personne. En moyenne, combien de nouveaux membres comptez-vous par mois? Année? Nous avons ralenti le recrutement depuis que nous croyons en un noyau solide. Dans la dernière année, nous avons connus quelques changements et nous avons donné un petit coup dans le recrutement. Nous y avons alors accepté 4-6 individus. Recommanderiez-vous la création d'un groupe similaire pour chaque compétitif clan? Chaque clan est différent et possède ses propres besoins. La raison pour laquelle ce système fonctionne pour LEG est que l'on met beaucoup d'emphase sur la personne et moins sur la manière de jouer. Nous cherchons la conversation et être actif dans les discussions plutôt que les joueurs solos. Alors pour répondre à la question je dirais oui et non, dépendamment du clan.
F400 Ranking by Gunn217 (PR) show
The F400 welcomes a couple of new clans to the mix this month in Warriors at Risk (14) and Manifest Destiny (17). Yet mores examples of new entries showing up pretty high despite the young age of the clan. Can they withstand the test of time? Will they wither under the pressure and settle lower in the rankings? Both new clans are packed full of members that aren't new to the clan scene so they may very well deserve to be where they are.Click image to enlarge.
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