Welcome Comrades to the 63rd edition of the Dispatch
I hope you all are enjoying your casual battle royales! Behind the scenes, the other Executives and I have been hard at work preparing for the big release next issue! "What's that?" you ask? Well, you'll just have to wait and see!
safariguy5 has a Mess Hall brimming with fine articles, including the new series, "JD's Hot List", and the return of DoomYoshi's "Random Game Analysis", plurple debuts with his first brief article in War Games, koontz fills up another Cartographic Surveillance with hippo's return on the horizon, and Leehar's back to introduce this issue's Platoon Report with skillfusniper33, QuikSilver, and DJoach! But first things first!
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Click here for Recruitment Details... Exciting things are happening in Freestyle this issue. The mafia forum is organizing a Mafia Awards to honor the best mods, players, and other general scummy characters who frequent our forums.
We also welcome
Jdsizzleslice to the team! He's kicking off a new column about hot topics, which will become an every issue article.
Finally, we have a special double interview with OT poster extrordinaire Quirk and his Wife. 2 interviews for the price of 1!
safariguy5 Freestyle Executive Mafia Awards of 2011 by Commander9/safariguy5 show
The long anticipated and awaited Mafia Awards of 2011 are coming to the ConquerClub forum near you! There should plenty of excitement, drama and buizels! There is going to be a live ceremony with two hosts, so get ready your popcorn and wait for the signal in the thread and in CC News Headlines. Without further meddling, here is the information about the awards and the 5 possible contenders for each of the award:Timing: biannual event. All Awards: Special Awards (2): Game Awards (6): Player Awards (7): Team Awards (4) : Judges (7):
Random Game Analysis by Doomyoshi show
Yes, it's been a while. I have been quite busy, and will be busy again soon as school starts up. However, I will take advantage of the spare time that I do have and write an analysis for you.Red Starting Territories in South America and Africa Green Starting Territories in South America and Africa Bogota Lima Buenos Aires Lagos Johannesburg Nairobi Cairo drdetroit is a Corporal 1st Class. His opponent, joe the pro is a lieutenant. I like to think that strategy mistakes eventually add up to a lower rank. Perhaps this was just a bad day for joe. Perhaps the speed of speed games tripped him up. Whatever the reason for this move, it doesn't seem to have affected his rank, relative to green.
Veni, Vidi, Vici by Commander9 show
Through out the whole history of our race, there have always been people who were just better at their specific niches. A lot of those people eventually ended up in the history books as glorified leaders, warriors, generals, craftsmen, artists. ConquerClub is no exception to that rule - the best player at that particular time is named as our Conqueror and he gets into the history books... And Blitz's threads.risk ? Perhaps, it's truly not the same risk we all once knew and played.................................................................................................................................................................... ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. The Good Old... Times.
JD's Hot List by Jdsizzleslice show
Ok... so here we go with my first article! I will be taking some HOT topics from each category of the forums. Let us begin shall we! Here are 5 active topics. viewtopic.php?f=1&t=156274 (Game 10 Million)viewtopic.php?f=58&t=27018 (The uniquivicable truth to the fact that C*C is 100% luck.)viewtopic.php?f=583&t=160560 (Clash of Kings [09.Jan.12] - 1v1 map - V7 - p1&7)viewtopic.php?f=90&t=159969 (A Chance to Write History: World War III [42/98])WorldCup4James wrote: Settings in this tournament all games will be Sequential, Automatic, and Casual.
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=121645 (CC Rumor Mill)Gypsys Kiss wrote: Someone once said there was a life outside of CC......They were quickly led away by men in white coats, and havn't been heard from since....
JoshyBoy wrote: I heard that some people take CC waaaaay too seriously.
Ace Rimmer wrote: I heard it's too soon for making jokes about nuclear spoils on the Japan map.
show: Interrogation of Quirk and Quirks Wife
Q. Are you just the same person pretending to be a married couple to escape the multi banning system? Quirk: She won four out of the first five games she played against me. If she's my multi I'd say I'm doing it wrong.Quirks Wife: No.Q. How do you fit your obsession with CC into your daily lives? We aren't crazy about Facebook or any other forums. We only play a few games at a time. So it's easy to get our daily dose of CC. She's on during the day while I'm at work and I'm on later at night. It just sort of fits in there. Q. So quirk's wife, I (betiko) heard you liked scrabble? She's too good at Scrabble. That's why I had to get her into CC. Yep. Current rating 1287. Q. Quirks: Why do you both rarely venture outside of the Off Topics forums? I browse through the other forums but I usually don't have anything to add. Only the most important things draw me away. Q. You seem more involved in the forums than games...what types of topics do you enjoy the most? I like threads about current events. I don't have time to filter through all the crap in the news these days. The regular CC posters provide some informative links. The amount of time I spend in each varies. I mostly read the forums. Give me an AoG thread any day. Q. Do you all discuss Conquer Club at the dinner table? Often. We eat as soon as I get home from work. So I always ask "What's up in CC?" Of course. Q. Do you find it amusing that only a select few have figured out your real IDENTITY? It's always funny to see how new posters in the longest thread react to me. Q. How has Conquer Club impacted your marriage, if at all? It always helps to have something we can share. I can't see that it's really made a difference one way or another. Q. What do you enjoy most about Conquer Club? It doesn't take as much time as some of the games I used to play when I was single. It allows me to have some gaming time without neglecting my family. The false idol worship. Q. Do you prefer to play against your spouse or on a team with your spouse? On a team. When we play together we play in games where all the players know each other. I enjoy a good game against the spouse. Q. Do you suppose Quirk Jr. will ever make a CC account to complete the CC Quirk family? He's only three but he sees us taking our turns so he pretends to take his turn. It's only a matter of time. Of course. Q. What is your favorite forum game? The Song Game, of course. I like The Song Game. I can post as many Todd Rundgren songs in there as I want. Q. What is your favorite longest thread, thread post? strike wolf and I used to talk a lot about music in the longest thread. I posted a list of my favorite concerts in 2008. It was a lot of fun going through all my old concert tickets. It's lame to choose one of my own posts as my favorite but it took some time to make the list. Some of my old tickets where in bad shape. I used to enjoy targetman's newsletters. Where are you, targetman? Q. What is it like living in Athens, Georgia? Mild climate, good sports and food, with a variety of music and art. I love Athens. I've lived here for twenty years. I hope to raise my son here. It's one of the more liberal towns in Georgia. It's really great. I'll never leave. Q. Do you spend a lot of time training your hair to stand up like that? I wake up with some version of that hairstyle every morning. This is obviously not a question for me as I have perfect hair. Q. Have you eaten at Weaver D's? Because it was closed when I (macbone) was there. Weaver D is one creepy dude. I prefer Wilson's Soul Food. Mom's Kitchen was my favorite before she retired. I have not ever eaten at Weaver D's. I hear that guy's kinda creepy. Q. What's your favorite place for music in Athens? The Georgia Theatre Hands down the 40 Watt Club. Some people like The Georgia Theatre. Q. Best restaurant? Kelly's Wings an' Tings or The Taco Stand I have eaten at a lot of pretty good places in Athens, The Grit being among them, but I must say that a brisket taco from Taco Del Sol on Prince Ave. is the best thing I've had lately. Q. Best college team in the city? My alma mater UGA Go Dawgs! Q. Favorite bulldog statue? The one at Quirk Jr's favorite park. I like the Banker in front of Athens First Bank and Trust in downtown Athens. He looks spiffy with his pocket watch. Q. Do you play fleet strategy games? Axis & Allies War at Sea. That's my Japanese fleet in my sig. I don't know what that is. Q. What other strategy games do you play? I've been playing strategy games since the early 80's. I occasionally still play Magic and Axis & Allies Miniatures. I've been in the mood for chess lately. Magic the Gathering Q. If you were to join a clan, which one would it be? Whichever one would have me. The sacrilegious one. Is there one of those? Q. What's your favourite thing to do at Christmas? Surprise someone with an unexpected gift. I really enjoyed playing the Christmas map on CC. Q. Who's better at CC? The original board game? I'd say we are about even at CC. We haven't played the original against each another. I have more experience but she's a natural. Quirk got me into this, so I'll have to say he's probably better. I have beaten him plenty of times on CC. We've never played the RISK board game together. I think I played it once in the 90's. I won that game. We have the Axis and Allies Miniatures, but we haven't played with them in awhile. Q. Do you actually have any quirks? Do you, for instance, insist on walking down the stairs backwards or anything like that? My name is Sean Quirk. It's an Irish name. My father's parents met on the boat coming over from Ireland in the 1920's. I don't have any specific quirks but I have my own odd way of doing things. Of course it doesn't seem odd to me but people seem to think the name is fitting. I have Tourettes Syndrome, so I'm a bit more ticky than quirky. Thanks for your time!
Hello again my friends, and welcome to your favorite part of the Newsletter, "War Games", where you can find information about CC Tournaments!
The big news in the Tournaments World is the combination
TO of the Year/Tournament Primes contest. The Primes are the CC equivalent of the Oscars, and the name "Primes" is in honour of
Optimus Prime , the "godfather" of CC tournaments. If you've played in a tournament this year which struck you as being particularly memorable, I suggest you drop by the nomination thread and nominate it!
show: some details about the nominations
Because there is still some confusion about this, I want to help clear it up. What you are nominating is a specific tournament Still looking for nominations! >>> Nominate your favorite tournaments now!
Now, on to our regular features.
This issue is absolutely chock-full of tournament how-to stuff!
Sensfan and
DaveH have launched a new idea: co-ordinated articles about the same type of tournament. Sensfan, in his "World of Possibilities" series, will discuss the basic layout and the pros and cons of various tournament formats. DaveH, in his "Tournament Tips" series, brings his spreadsheet genius to bear on that format and shows you how to keep the scoring process smooth and efficient.
Also in this issue
plurple brings you "Dodging Bullets" about avoiding some of the pitfalls of tournament organising, Sensfan continues the "TPA Wrap" and
NoSurvivors takes over "Join This? Or Not!" which is now our longest continually-running series!
Enjoy!
Dukasaur Tournament Executive A World Of Possibilities by Sensfan show
A World of Possibilities Featured Format: Round Robin What is it? Visual Guide Pros and Cons Perfect Pair! Cheat Code Next Time
Tournament Tips by DaveH show: Round Robin Scoring
Sensfan is covering Round Robin type tournaments in this edition, where everyone plays each other, perhaps just one game on a neutral map or two games on a home and away map, with points allocated as required. This article adds a few hints at managing these types of tournaments. Code: Select all =1+IF(homewinner=awaywinner,1,0)viewtopic.php?t=139081has teams of 3:viewtopic.php?t=157017 .
Dodging Bullets by plurple show
I know we have DaveH 's excellent tournament tips, but from my own experience in my first few tournaments, I have thought of a few things that would have helped me out in those first few to make less mistakes. First of all, make sure you have the names of all of your participants written down correctly so as to stop your inviting the wrong person or someone who doesn't exist. Secondly, make sure you have covered any and all eventualities that you can think of (g.e. in one of my tournaments, I had forgotten to make conditions for when there was a tie-breaker
TPA Wrap by Sensfan show
TPA 1 Headlines TPA Season 1: Wrap TPA 2 Headlines TPA Season 2: Completed Tournaments Speed Terminator V finished with Leehar winning with a dominating Kill Point Percentage of 3600%. Uckuki came in second with 2100%. Leehar wins the first completed event of the year, winning 500 points. Uckuki is in second with 300.TPA Season 2 Error TPA2: Tournament in Closing Stages Bruceswar Escalating So, you Wanna Be a Pirate World Cup format Doubles Other Tournaments TPA Season 2: In Sign-Ups TPA 1 Standings TPA 2 Standings Did You Know? Paparazzi's Corner Program Notice Update Wrap Paparazzi's Corner.In Conclusion...
Join This? Or Not! by NoSurvivors show
And now for our regular look at a selection of the tournaments in sign-ups:Doodle Crack Creepy Songs Tournament city mogul quads MINI CLAN WAR II Pokémon: Generation I Create/Join a Tournament or Tournaments Tab and take a look at the many others waiting to be filled. Requests for Immediate Players section of the tournament forum. You can be playing very quickly after signing up as a reserve.
Welp, this is my last issue of deja vu for the Foundry section! thehippo8 should be back on duty next issue
Anywho, koontz returns with his "Foundry News" and "What's Where in the Foundry" series - enjoy!
Victor SullivanChief Executive Foundry News by koontz1973 show
No news is bad news Apologies gimil , one of our beloved foundry mods went away for 13 days with no internet (or so he claims). When he came back, he begged for our forgiveness. This has not been given easily.RjBeals wrote: well thank goodness you checked in and apologized. Folks were starting to get angry that you were absent!
Victor Sullivan wrote: -Sully
DiM wrote: the "internet was down" excuse is bull. i know for a fact he overdosed on bacon and he spent the last few days on a gravy-induced coma while being fed melted cheese through a tube.
cairnswk wrote: dirty stop-out
Encouraging novice map-makers & USA discouragement natty_dread wrote: J_Indr wrote: 1) Sometimes I feel that people are dismissive and unnecessarily harsh on new map-makers.
Sorry, but making maps is not a right on CC. It's a priviledge, and only when you've proved that you can bring something worthwhile on the table, your map project will be taken seriously.
That is to say, everyone is welcome to try to make a map. But if they do it and put it out there, they have to be prepared to face all the criticism, feedback and suggestions with an open mind and try to better themselves. And sometimes, the idea is just really bad or stupid, and then it's best that the new mapmaker hears it straight away so that instead of wasting time on a bad idea, he can focus his efforts on a better one.
J_Indr wrote: I think that structurally it should be made more clear to say what we expect from new maps. Original idea / design / gameplay; I know. But I guess that all is not something you can expect from an inexperienced map-maker.
It helps if you don't run head-first into mapmaking. Stick around in the foundry for a while. Follow some maps, see how it's done, see how maps develop from start to finish, and you'll have some kind of idea of what it takes.
J_Indr wrote: There seems to be a resistance to a classic map design (i.e. no special gameplay, just territories in bonus regions, at most with some special bonus in capitals).
No there isn't, there are plenty of classic-gameplay maps in the foundry right now. But a new map must bring
something unique and interesting to CC. If your idea is boring, and the gameplay has no redeeming qualities, then the whole map is boring.
J_Indr wrote: Would it make sense to even establish a sort of internal guidelines that would suggest that the gameplay itself doesn't need to be very original for the FIRST (or the first two) maps of a map-maker?
No, it would absolutely make no sense whatsoever. There will NEVER be more lax guidelines for mapmaking just because the mapmaker is inexperienced. That is NOT how the foundry works. The foundry does not exist to satisfy the creative urges of mapmakers (well, it does that, but that is not it's purpose). The foundry exists to create the best possible maps for the players, and if we let mapmakers make sub-par maps just because "they're new and can't do any better yet" then what's the point, we might as well rename the site to Landgrab 2.0 at that point...
However, like I said, there are plenty of classic-gameplay maps in the foundry, and there's no resistance for them as long as the map offers something new and interesting.
J_Indr wrote: 2) USA maps. I for one love the idea of Mega USA map, but I agree that it's a bit boring and unrepresentative to have such a huge amount of the USA maps.
Maps of USA have to fulfill the same guidelines as any other - they need to bring something new and interesting to CC. If they do that, and there's support for having those maps, and they meet the CC standards (both thematically and graphically) - then there's no reason not to have them.
natty_dread wrote: Personally, I'd like more skilled players with experience of various game types to wander in earlier in the development. Especially for maps in gameplay development (the threads with red dots). Gameplay feedback is something that has always been the most lacking in the foundry - we have tons of people with graphical skill, but not too many who can just walk in to a map thread and analyze all the aspects of the gameplay.
koontz1973 wrote: As a player of high quality HA, one thing I would love to see you do is get more into the drafting room and the main foundry to have a look at the game play issues. This goes for all players. The more input players give, the better the games and in the end, less work when in beta (if your suggestions work out).
HighlanderAttack wrote: Ok I will do what I can with some free time
What's where in the Foundry by koontz1973 show
Lets see what's where in the foundry today.Drafting Room Lancelot du Lac who seems to be unhappy with our current offering of this country. BadgerJelly some problems with what is a draft. Ever helpful, he has been pointed in the right direction. Riskmaster101 brings us a new map with an old map feel to it.Roberth is going to try and change this with his first offering in the foundry. The first map of only Sweden (it might be a small country in population but large in area and mighty in influence) .
Main Foundry DiM brings us his version of a 2 player map set about a siege of a castle. You will play the attackers or defenders, both with unique game playing styles. Looking for some game play ideas at the moment.lostatlimbo has changed his 8 player map into a 2 player map seamlessly with CONQUERSHIP. Based on the classic 2 player Battleship game.ndrs was the winner of the last foundry graphics competition. Still looking for ideas on how to turn this map from good to great. Pop on in.koontz1973 is waiting on a final graphics look over by the foundry mods to see if anything else is needed to be done or if the style needs to change on this one. FlapCake is looking for game play ideas right now. natty_dread take on wizard wars. cairnswk , the most prolific map maker for this site is still at it. Here is the latest map in the railway series. Previous versions include Africa, Australia, Europe, USA. Whats next for this series? This map has been stickied so will be in the final forge next time I guess, if he can convince people his title is the best. Final Forge Click image to enlarge. Click image to enlarge. Click image to enlarge. Click image to enlarge. Click image to enlarge. Click image to enlarge.
It's been a busy start of the clan year, with the commencement of the 4th edition of the highly acclaimed
Clan League with games set to start imminently. With just short of 40 clans participating to make this likely the biggest and best Season yet, it's sure to be a cracker!
In aid of that, we'll also be looking for reporters to take on the challenge of reporting on events underway in the different divisions of the League, so if you're interested in documenting the journey of your clan in the quest for League glory, shoot us a pm and get a free GA medal for your efforts!
We've also had a changing of the guard at the helm of the Clan Directorship, so please
Welcome Bruceswar as Head CD as he replaces fellow clan member and leader
Masli who resigns to take some time back for himself after the drains of modship.
Leehar Clan Executive NC2 Round 2 Update by Skillfusniper33 show
This will be a quick update for everyone to catch the scores on this wonderful tournament for the clan's that don't always get the recognition they deserve. All the wars in Round 2 are 43 game wars. With the higher seed (1st clan listed in each war) making 21 games, while the lower seed makes 22.KOA vs MD With MD leading KOA 15-6 . GR vs 1RFG GR leading 1RFG 15-5 . AKA vs IGNI AKA leading IGNI 6-4 .DYN vs LHDD LHDD leading Dyn 4-3 .
A new year by QuikSilver and DJoach (LHDD) show
2011's is already finished and 2012's been here for more than a fortnight. At this time I'd like to sit and look back at my last year. But this article is not about my clan or my life, but yours. Was 2011 a good year for your clan? What's your greatest accomplishment and your worst? What are your wishes for your clan for the next year? What are your priorities!maasman from NEM, lokisgal from IA, downfall from LEG and Great-Ollie from PACK for answering all my questions.
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2011 est maintenant fini et la prochaine année est déjà commencé. En ce temps des résolutions j'aime m'assoir un moment et penser à ma dernière année. Le but de cet article n'est pas de vous raconter comment je m'en suis tiré cette année ou comment mon clan se comporte, non. Je me suis plutôt demandé qu'en est-il de vous? Avez-vous passé une belle année? Quels sont vos meilleurs coups? Vos moins bons? Qu'est-ce qu'on peut bien souhaité à un clan pour la prochaine année? Quelles sont vos priorités?
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