CC Dispatch [Issue 124] Borg, Bots, and the First World War

[Dukasaur]

Greetings, comrades, and welcome to the 124th running of the Conquer Club Dispatch!

The last three weeks have seen three major developments. Each has a beautiful, spectacular graphic associated with it, so I'll just let these three pictures introduce this issue:

3 pictures that tell 3000 words

New Facebook Co-ordinator Takes Charge

The Great War Super-Event Begins

BigWham Unleashes the New Bot Army

• BigWham has done a much better job than I could of introducing the last of these developments, so I'll let his column in our OFFICIALDOM section speak for itself.
• The appointment of our new Facebook Co-ordinator and the amazing work he has been doing is covered in our CURRENT RECON section.
• DaveH has provided the most recent TPA Update inWAR GAMES
• In CARTOGRAPHIC SURVEILLANCE, we have the fifth installment in dakky21's Guess the Map contest, still the most successful contest we've ever had!

Follow the links above or use the convenient navigation buttons below to get to your favourite section!

[Dukasaur]

From the Deck of the Webmonster by bigWham

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Greetings from The Deck Of The Webmonster.

*The Scone From The Duk*

Exciting news - a new hosting solution has been decided and it will give us significantly more power. I don't know how to eloquently describe server power but if you imagine the current CC servers as small band of cheeky chimpanzees, this new setup will more more akin to an army you might face if your planet was invaded by apes. ETA for full deployment will be October sometime - stay tuned!


*Random Feature Special*

Did you know that if you leave a army of 999 for 5 rounds on the terit 'KA' on the Conquer Man map, our very own king achilles will show up at your house and cook you dinner? The food may not taste very good, but the experience will be well worth it!


*The Great War has begun*

Lovers of military history and insanely large scale tournaments unite... for DoomYoshi and his team of crazed tourneymaniacs have cooked up the most outlandish scheme for an event ever... a full scale, real time, reconstruction of World War I!




And if that doesn't interest you perhaps....

*The New Bot Army Has Arrived*

Watch the Tournaments page for BOT TOURNAMENTS including exclusive games with MULTIPLE HUMANS AND BOTS.



We have added one more winner to our Bot Naming Contest, the full list of winners is:

MGSteve - Cybabe
jackal31 - Major Scrapmetal
Tripitaka - Halibot
dillonbrett - Slashbot

[DaveH]

Hello friends, and welcome to your favourite part of the Newsletter, "War Games", where you can find information about CC Tournaments, and other stuff in the Tournament scene!

In this mid-month edition of War Games I will update you on TPA happenings in TPA Wrap.

Good Reading and Good Luck!

DaveH
Tournament Executive

TPA Wrap by DaveH

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TPA Season 2: State of Play

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The results are double checked; re-entered and, where found, mis-spellings corrected; - and here they are!

1. swifte: 2 years premium, GA Medal with description indicating 1st place finish
2. dowian2: 1 year premium, GA Medal with description indicating 2nd place finish
3. uckuki: 6 months premium, GA Medal with description indicating 3rd place finish
4. leehar: 3 months premium, GA Medal with description indicating top 5 finish
5. arno30: 3 months premium, GA Medal with description indicating top 5 finish
6. barterer2002: GA Medal with description indicating top 10 finish
7. benga: GA Medal with description indicating top 10 finish
8. hath: GA Medal with description indicating top 10 finish
9. thrushaax: GA Medal with description indicating top 10 finish
10. swimmerdude99: GA Medal with description indicating top 10 finish

All premium awards come in the form of crtedits.

Also a special mention of enormastitz as he competed in all the tournaments and gets a GA medal!

Very well done everyone!

TPA Season 3: State of Play

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There are 39 completed tournaments and 3 still to finish. None of the remaining three tournaments have finished since the last newsletter.The latest scores are:

uckuki (8,293); benga (6,626); Swifte (6,006); Gilligan (5,245); Aussie02 (5,024).

TPA 3: Standings
Link to Individual Scores (The Google scoreboard has not yet been updated with the latest results).

TPA Season 4: State of Play


There are 18 ongoing tournaments and 16 completed tournaments. None have finished since the previous newsletter.

TPA 4: Standings

[Dukasaur]

This continues to be a very popular contest!

Guess the Map -- Round 5 by dakky21

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Last round we gave you a surprise and there will be more coming! In this fifth installment, the difficulty goes EVEN MORE HIGHER than ever before!


In this contest, you will identify Conquer Club maps by small samples extracted from them. Look in the circles, see if you can spot what map that image is extracted from, and PM to dakky21. There will be 10 rounds with 9 images each, for a maximum score of 90. The images will gradually become more difficult as the issues move on.

• You must PM your answers to dakky21. Please do not answer by posting in the thread or PMing to anyone else. Only answers sent to dakky21 will be official.
• Answers to each issue's quiz must be sent within ten days after the actual publication date.
• Minor typos will be overlooked. If you mean "Jamaica" and you type "Jamiaca" that's fine. HOWEVER, we are not finishing your thought for you: there is both a Baltic States and a Baltic Crusades. If you just type "Baltic" that is a WRONG answer, because it would require us to finish the thought and decide between Crusades and States.
• Points will be cumulative over the 10 issues.
• Depending on interest, the 10th round may carry bonus images and/or bonus points.
• In case of a tie at the end of the contest, dakky21 will PM a supplementary tiebreaking list of extremely difficult images.
• Please format your answers as follows:Number dot space Name of Map
  (Example:
  • 1. Jamaica
    2. USA
    3. Austerlitz

Prizes:

• First place 2000 credits
• Second place 1000 credits
• Third place 625 credits
• Top five contestants get a GA medal.
• To qualify for any of the above prizes, you must score at least 35 points over the course of the contest.
• If and only if we get 25 or more contestants, we will have a random draw for a 6th GA medal.
• If and only if we get 75 or more contestants, the top player will get a Challenge Medal in addition to other prizes.
  Editor's note: we got the 75 in our first installment!
• Every issue the top contestant will get one or more Conquer Stars. Just like everything else about the stars, this is shrouded in mystery, so there's no telling what kind of star you will get! Drab? Auburn? Pink? A box of 50 Auburns? Wouldn't you like to know? This star prize can only be won once, so if you win it in week 1 and you are the top contestant in week 2 again, the prize in week 2 will go to the second place contestant, and so on down the list.

(for newcomers: guess the maps from picture above and read the rules above it)

Round 4 answers:
1. Classic
2. Cyprus
3. Greenland
4. WWII Gazala
5. Rail Europe
6. Oceania
7. Gilamesh
8. Sydney Metro
9. Stallingrad

NOTICE: In last round I didn't count TercioValencia's answers, but here they are now

Standings after Round 4:
1. Gabriel13 36
2. Flow520 36
3. SiriusCowKing 36
4. ooge 36
5. Ffraid 36
6. MoB Deadly 36
7. cooldeals 36
8. TercioValencia 36
9. DaveH 36
10. BuJaber 36
11. Cynther 36
12. rjhankey 36
13. csiguy79 36
14. jonofperu 36
15. sempaispellcheck 36
16. Serbia 36
17. plurple 36
18. GioDuce 36
19. lokisgal 36
20. jackal31 36
21. Mad777 36
22. osman76 36
23. grt 36
24. Winged Cat 36
25. Tripitaka 36
26. Swifte 36
27. Bruceswar 36
28. Garbi 35
29. EdwinG 34
30. CatchersMitt14 31
31. TheFlashPoint 27
32. RedBaron0 27
33. umbrellaman 27
34. anamainiacks 27
35. Koganosi 27
36. Killer4 27
37. Gilligan 27
38. JamesKer1 25
39. Kinnison 18
40. skillfusniper33 18
41. chapcrap 18
42. DoomYoshi 18
43. ztodd 18
44. lilice 18
45. StorrZerg 18
46. benga 18
47. Phiba 18
48. stealth99 18
49. codierose 18
50. jak111 18
51. ISN2 17
52. redspyder 17
53. iAmCaffeine 17
54. IcePack 17
55. merch313 16
56. elonpuckhog 15
57. hopalong 14
58. regan the great 9
59. TeeGee 9
60. nietzsche 9
61. Serreski 9
62. Metricsystemlove 9
63. agentcom 9
64. ckyrias 9
65. dgz345 9
66. AslanTheKing 9
67. big-bad 9
68. Arya 9
69. trinicardinal 9
70. Nicholasflak 8
71. Ukey 8
72. goldenwarrior 8
73. t4mcr53s2 8
74. TheTrueNorth 8
75. suzieq51 8
76. sonicspeed 7

[Dukasaur]

The biggest news on the site, of course, is the launch of the Great War mega-event. I am so thrilled and gratified that this project, which I have so long advocated for, is finally a reality. In this issue, we reproduce DoomYoshi's opening announcement.

The other big event, from my perspective as head of the Media Team, is the appointment of a new Facebook Co-ordinator. Since taking on the role only two weeks ago, tzor has made quite a splash. In our second article below is tzor's original introduction of himself. In the third article, we have a small sampling of some of the posts that tzor has made in support of the current monthly challenge. I hope you find these fascinating.

Great War Main Announcement by DoomYoshi

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Subject: The Great War

Welcome to the largest event in the history of Conquer Club.

Welcome to the Event that made bigWham do a double-take.

Welcome to an event so Great, it can only be called:
The Great War

This event will last from now until November 11, 2018.

We will try to recreate, using tournaments and sub-events, the entire history of World War I.

This event is dynamic! The rules now may not be the rules in 2018. New features will be added, unpopular features will be dropped.

The general flowchart is:
tokens -> auto-tournaments -> prizes and medals
medals -> scoreboard -> bigger prizes

For the next 2-3 weeks, we are playing "Catch-Up" trying to get on track, so there can be a 100 year gap between battle and tournament. After this initial period, the game load will drop substantially!

Quick Links:
Scoreboard
Preview Thread
Prizes
Autotournament Rules
List of Current and Upcoming Tournaments
List of Previous Tournaments NONE YET
List of Token Criteria
Scoreboard Explanation
General FAQ NONE YET

Tzor Assimilated Into CC Collective by himself

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Announcement: I was in the General Discussion Form a while back and while it would have been in my better interest to mind my own business, I mentioned casually that it might be a nice idea if the Facebook page was more active and interesting. The next thing I heard was a voice from behind me saying “fresh blood.” Another one said, “we have a live one here.” Before I knew it, they jumped me and assimilated me into the CC Collective.

And that’s how I came to be a Facebook “Volunteer.” I think I’m also a superconductor because they told me “resistance is futile.” In any event I hope to generate some magnetism through Facebook for the game we all love.

Continuing with the BORG theme for a moment, there is a massive potential to use Facebook in a BORG like manner. With an active Facebook page that is liked by the many players of CC who are active on Facebook, it is possible to post items of interesting information that can be seen by the members who have liked the page and in turn shared on their own timelines allowing it to be seen by a wider audience who in turn could come to like our Facebook page and who in turn could eventually discover CC for themselves.

One of the interesting things about Facebook is the graphical nature of the place. A picture really does say a thousand words and graphical posts tend to generally get the most likes and shares, according to people who do research on these things. Naturally these graphical posts need to reflect the values, standards, and themes of CC as well as being so exceptionally interesting that everyone who sees them will want to share them on the spot.

Anyway, now that I am assimilated I hope to be more than just a pretty face (book).

Some Recent Facebook Images as posted by tzor

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WWII Poland images, in support of the September Challenge:

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[Dukasaur]

Actual publication date: Sept 20, 2014 @1835.

[koalainfestation]

I don't quite grasp the Borg reference. Am I missing something?

[agentcom]

Great job as always, team!

FYI, in Officialdom, DY's name is misspelled (space btwn words), which breaks the link to his profile.

Also, only DaveH appears to be keeping with the tradition of introducing every section with "Welcome to your favorite part of the newsletter." Gotta pick it up.

[stealth99]

Nice job guys, thanks.

[Tviorr]

From the Deck of the Webmonster by bigWham
HIDE
Greetings from The Deck Of The Webmonster.

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*Random Feature Special*

Did you know that if you leave a army of 999 for 5 rounds on the terit 'KA' on the Conquer Man map, our very own king achilles will show up at your house and cook you dinner? The food may not taste very good, but the experience will be well worth it!

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Sounds interesting. Ive placed them and will attempt keeping them in line for 5 rounds. We will see.
Game 13837837
Whats for dinner?

[iAmCaffeine]

Sounds interesting. Ive placed them and will attempt keeping them in line for 5 rounds. We will see.
Game 13837837
Whats for dinner?

[jackal31]

Sounds interesting. Ive placed them and will attempt keeping them in line for 5 rounds. We will see.
Game 13837837
Whats for dinner?

lol...... uh oh!

[Tviorr]

Well, 5 rounds done, and Im hungry

Sounds interesting. Ive placed them and will attempt keeping them in line for 5 rounds. We will see.
Game 13837837
Whats for dinner?

[Tviorr]

Still waiting, but its given me time to invite 200 of my very closest friends round for dinner. - Coincidentally its the very day that dinner will be provided for me

Well, 5 rounds done, and Im hungry

Sounds interesting. Ive placed them and will attempt keeping them in line for 5 rounds. We will see.
Game 13837837
Whats for dinner?

[king achilles]

Ah, there is a typo error. That should be 50 rounds and not 5. Blame Duk.

[Dukasaur]

Oh, come on! The boys are hungry!

[king achilles]

Call him.