Welcome Comrades to the 99th edition of the Dispatch
Here is some of what has been making news on CC since Issue 98:
CC's numbers are up![spoiler=cc resurgence]For long-time fans of the Is CC Declining? thread, the last month has been very dramatic. On June 26th [player]Gillipig[/player] announced that we had hit 12798 actives. On the 29th [player]qwert[/player] trumped that with 12787s. Later that same day, [player]Agent 86[/player] posted the lowest number ever seen in that thread, 12788. But soon, Agent 86 was back with an edit:
Edit: Less than 24 hours later, it just jumped to 12794
By Monday morning, [player]Brucewar[/player], one of CC's most faithful long-time fans, was able to post:
12819... Back up again
By July 10th there was a Is CC Inclining? thread parodying the original. The numbers went down a bit again in spots... at one point dropping 150 over a couple of days, but overall the trend has been upward. Right now we sit at 13341, the highest number since mid-May.
Has CC finally turned the corner? So much work has been done lately to improve the site, and we can hope that this is starting to pay off. It's too soon to be sure, but I know which side I'm on![/spoiler] An interesting partnership took place![spoiler=Havoc Games]On July 7th, there was a major announcement:Subject: Havoc Boards Tournament
rdsrds2120 wrote:Good evening, morning, day or night!
Here at Conquer Club, we have two exciting announcements for you! Firstly, as some of you may have noticed on Facebook, we've joined up with the people at Havoc Boards to bring you a special tournament! I'll be going over a way for you, the members of ConquerClub, to also partner with us to (hopefully) make events like this a reality for your organization as well! Let's get down to it:
Havoc Boards
As part of a recent partnership to help advertise a certainly noteworthy cause, I would like to invite you to participate in our Havoc Boards Tournament! Conquer Club is VERY excited to be teaming up with Havoc Boards for this special tournament. Havoc Boards designs incredible custom gameplay boards, and we think that's pretty awesome. The Havoc Boards Tournament will see 640 players compete over six rounds on some of our popular maps, and we'd like you to take part! The champion of this tournament will win a custom Havoc Board of their own design ($500 value)!
Remember, you must have shared the page before the tournament begins to be eligible to win prizes!
There are several good things to say here. First of all, Bungled Boards/Havoc Games did achieve (actually exceed) their fundraising goal. Second, this is increasing our experience with how to do social media. And third, the Havoc Boards Tournament is now underway (using the Conquer Cup engine.)
Along with the new tournament, there were some concerns that inactive users were being plugged into the tournament to artificially boost our player numbers. [player]Blakebowling[/player] refuted these accusations: Subject: Havoc Boards Tournament
blakebowling wrote:Some emails were sent out to members that haven't played in a while announcing the Tournament, those who replied were inserted into the tournament (as well as given instructions on how to play). We're not inflating the scoreboard, but we are looking to bring back some old members.
[/spoiler] We have a new Conqueror![spoiler=conqueror ]... just a few days ago.
Swifte wrote:Congrats to [player]Aaarrrrggh[/player] on making Conqueror! Happy for ya, and great to see another Immortal Assassin atop the Scoreboard
Aaarrrrggh is the 26th player to hold the title, and the third to capture it in 2013. (You can see the complete list here.)[/spoiler] Here's what we have on tap for you in this issue:
The first regular section is Mess Hall and Interrogation Room, which includes the much anticipated interview with former Leader of the Pack, Great-Ollie!
The Platoon Report covers all aspects of the Clan scene.
War Games reports news in the Tournament world, including the TPA.
Welcome back freestyle readers. I've got another Scum Insider for you all, new writer [player]StubbsKVM[/player] has a report about his SoC game, and Great-Ollie talks about clans, Canada, and hockey. You Stay Classy, CC.
[player]safariguy5[/player] Freestyle Executive
SoC: Following a Studentby StubbsKVM [spoiler=turn 1]Hello.
I have recently started as a student in the SoC. I have played 2 games there so far, of which I was able to win one. I decided that in order to attract more people to the SoC, and to show everybody how it works, I would do a turn-by-turn report on a game. Every turn I will share the map of the current turn, my thoughts on the current situation and how it's different from the last turn. I will also share the plans I will send in to the SoC teachers, and their comments on my plan. At last, I will share the outcome of that plan.
Hope you'll enjoy!
StubbsKVM
Turn 1
StubbsKVM=yellow
Thoughts Well, it looks like I have a decent position. This setup will allow me to have 4 stacks: 1 on every major continent. My Plan Spoils to turn in: None Next spoil set value: 4 Do you have a set of spoils? no My Plans: Deploy 3 on E5 Reinforce all from N1 to N2, A12 to A9, E7 to F1. Teachers comments Yes, this looks good. Execution Obviously this succeeded, as I had no attacks to make.[/spoiler]
[spoiler=turn 2]Hello.
I have recently started as a student in the SoC. I have played 2 games there so far, of which I was able to win one. I decided that in order to attract more people to the SoC, and to show everybody how it works, I would do a turn-by-turn report on a game. every turn I will share the map of the current turn, my thoughts on the current situation and how it's different from the last turn. I will also share the plans I will send in to the SoC teachers, and their comments on my plan. At last, I will share the outcome of that plan.
Hope you'll enjoy!
StubbsKVM
Turn 2
StubbsKVM=yellow
Thoughts Purple seems to want South America badly. And looks like Cyan wants Oceania. Both are trying to push green away, so it's likely green will be the easiest target in a few turns. Green and Purple are down on troops compared to the rest. My Plan Spoils to turn in: none Next spoil set value: 4 Do you have a set of spoils? no Your Plans: deploy 2 on N2, 1 on A9 attack N4 from N2, adv all reinforce 0 Teachers comments your plan looks good to me. Execution Lost one troop taking Chicago, but I succeeded. Chicago has more attack points, so is better than Edmonton. Additionally, I wanted some room between my Asia and North America stacks. First card is Johannesburg. Not likely I'll get to grab that.[/spoiler]
[spoiler=turn 3]Hello.
I have recently started as a student in the SoC. I have played 2 games there so far, of which I was able to win one. I decided that in order to attract more people to the SoC, and to show everybody how it works, I would do a turn-by-turn report on a game. every turn I will share the map of the current turn, my thoughts on the current situation and how it's different from the last turn. I will also share the plans I will send in to the SoC teachers, and their comments on my plan. At last, I will share the outcome of that plan.
Hope you'll enjoy!
StubbsKVM
Turn 3
StubbsKVM=yellow
Thoughts Cyan has taken Oceania and seems to be playing very agressive. Green has the weakest position and I'm not close enough to make a kill myself. I don't think anyone is though. My Plan Spoils to turn in: Johannesburg(B) Next spoil set value: 4 Do you have a set of spoils? no Your Plans: 2 on N4, 1 on F1 Attack N5 from N4, move 0 Reinforce 0 Teachers comments I actually think you should put only one on NA region. My thinking is this that it looks like you are kind of set up to take red when spoils are right. Execution Teacher makes a good point. I attacked E3 from F1 instead of the original plan. No troops lost.[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Interrogation of Great-Ollie]Q. What's so great about Ollie? I am just a great dude.
Q. Who are you? I am Great-Ollie!
Q. What do you want with us? I want to be the Greatest CC player of all time.
Q. What is Saskatchewan's largest export? Wheat and Pilsner beer.
Q. What's your favourite colour? Black
Q. What's your favourite Baskin-Robbins flavour? Damn this one is hard, i must say cookie dough.
Q. Who's your favourite superhero? Ironman
Q. What was your funniest moment on CC? With out a doubt when my old clan used to play 8 player, freestyle, assassin speed games while we were all on skype. Amazingly we did not split up after some of these lol. We used to laugh so hard.
Q. Seriously? Dead Serious!
Q. You get interviewed before me (#1_stunna)?! OF course i do, I am the Great-Ollie!
Q. Do you think #1_Stunna should be interviewed before [player]HazardZero[/player]? I think the next player to be interviewed should be [player]smegal69[/player], he is a special individual.
Q. When you left The Pack, you said that you felt that you could not meet the standards of that clan anymore. So how much did you have to lower your standards to get into Legion? Stupid question. Each clan is different, i had my reasons for leaving and do not feel like getting baited by ex clan members today, thank you.
Q. So what are the Top 3 clans in your book? Kort, Tofu, IA in that order.
Q. What is it with Canada? Canadians are the best people in the world! We love our beer, our women, and our igloo building capabilities.
Q. Is getting flamed by smegal the highlight of your interview? smegal69 has his opinions of me, and he likes to make sure everyone else understands exactly what they are. I just ignore him.
Q. If you could get $1000 a piece for each paw/foot of your favorite pet would you...? No? lol Can i get some of what your on please!
Q. Wouldn't you rather be an American? LOL stupid question. Hell NO!
Q. Do you eat Tim Horton's tuna salad? No
Q. Who has the best coffee: Tim Horton's or Starbucks? I must say i like Starbuck's better.
Q. What is your position when you play hockey? Left Wing
Q. Greatest hockey player ever: Wayne Gretzky or Gordy Howe? The Great-One of coarse. Number 99.
Q. If Canada is America's hat, what does that make Mexico? LOL i guess it would make Mexico America's Underpants.
Q. What is your favorite map and why? Doodle Earth because i am so good at it!
Q. When you left the pack, did you consider joining the kmhebert and the Grim Reapers instead of Legion? I would have in a heart beat but kmhebert and I are not so tight anymore lol.
Q. Would you rather live with Betiko in a small apartment for a year or go camping with JefJef for a month? Jesus, i have no idea. I think go camping with jefjef, i could just make him disappear if he started acting like jefjef usually does lol.
Q. What made you want to start the PACK? [player]billy07[/player]
Q. Why Legion? They are one of the oldest clans on CC, have a cool name, and really i just wanted to play with a few of their members.
Q. How long did it take you to become Great Ollie as opposed to not so great? I was great from the beginning!
Q. What's a question everyone should have asked you? Now answer it. Great-Ollie, do you have any intention on breaking mageplunka69's record for games played?
I think it would be fun to try, but i do not think i will ever get the chance. He plays more then i do now.
Q. If you were famous for something what would it be for? I would love to be famous for my adventure racing. It is my passion.
Q. Is it true that you would have a sex change in a flash if Brucewar would just love you back? Brucewar has a strange pull over me i must admit! lol
Q. Do you find back hair attractive on a man(on a woman I would require proof, as you may have uncovered the missing link or a newfie)?
Q. How much wood would a wood chuck chuck, if a wood chuck could chuck wood? A lot.
Q. What color is blue? Blue
Q. Your most enjoyable clan war to play in? The random war with Mythology. they are all great people in that clan and made it a very fun war. Love the random aspect of it as well.
Q. Your most enjoyable clan war to watch? AKA vs Kort lol. Need i say more.
Q. What clan would you have joined if not Legion? I have burned a lot of bridges sticking up for my fellow Pack members over the years so i am not sure what clans would even consider me lol. Just for fun i will say TSM. They are a great group as well.
Q. If you could create your own super clan which 15-20 members would you pick? Give a reason why you would pick each one A mix between AKA and Eddie as co leader with Brucewar and Kort members. They would be super awesome!
Q. What is the capital of Upper Volta?[/quote] No idea.[/spoiler]
Greetings Conquer Club clan members and enthusiasts, to another fine edition of the Platoon Report, where once again we've got all the news you need on CC's major clan events! IcePack kicks things off this week with a look at CC4, where the Round of 32 matches are mostly decided at this point. Next up, betiko returns with our first look in a while at the goings on in the Random League. Don't worry, we haven't forgotten about Clan League 5. Qwert has a great summary for us of stats from Phase 1, as well as updated standings for each League. The updated F400 returns to the Platoon Report - and there's a lot of movement throughout the middle of the ranks!
Last but not least, go check out the 3rd 1v1 Clan Challenge Prediction Contest. Entries are being accepted now that the bracket is set - survey the field of clans involved and make your picks here!
Enjoy, and good luck out there on all your fields of battle!
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 issue, amidst our busy work and holiday schedules, our writers faithfully deliver our usuals to the table with [player]DaveH[/player]'s Tournament Tips and TPA Wrap, as well as my Join This? Or Not! section.
Sadly, I cannot happily advertise any 'Extras! Extras!' for you to read all about in this issue. In fact, the Tournament Section is in dire lack of writers, with just 2 of us on the team. So if you would like to volunteer as a writer for the Tournament Section of the CC Dispatch - whether on a regular or ad-hoc basis - do please drop me a PM! We could definitely do with some help, no matter how small! (:
As always we have some great activity in the foundry. Some first time map makers enter the scene, and CC's Greatest Mapmaker, cairnswk, makes his return, dusting off 4 of his next masterpieces which were on hold. Waauw brings us a great review and strategy discussion for the BETA map Conquer 500, and I have asked my outside friend Mas Sue67 to help review some maps for us moving forward, let me apologize in advance.
Our next Issue will be number 100! Long-time Freestyle Exec, Safariguy5, will be the guest publisher!
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Dukasaur wrote:Only 123 views so far, and 100 of them are me?
The fact that are of your posts are dated June 16th is very deceptive!
Agreed!
Yeah, that's the date the template was made. Unfortunately, when you use the Copy Topic command it copies it intact including the date stamps. We put the correct date in the title; that's the best we can do.
Before this we used to squeeze the whole newsletter into a single post, and we had a dynamic template that could be used to create new posts with the current date. Unfortunately, the newsletter has outgrown the single-post format, and Move Topic and Copy Topic are the only tools we have for working with a multi-post thread.
We do have a newer template that we're going to use for Issue 100, so it will be fairly recent, but after that the templates will gradually get older and older again.
“Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.” ― Voltaire
Okay, this works on vBulletin type forums, so you could try it here.
After creating your topic, lock it so no one can post in it (otherwise they will get to be the OP), create new post (can just say "test" or something.) Merge first and second (last) post together, but use the time stamp of the second where it gives the option. Reopen thread. I sometimes use a reverse of this if I am transferring ownership of a thread to someone.
No guarantees it will work on this type of forum, but there you go. Worth a shot!
EDIT: Since you have more than one post, you may have to do that for each of them. Thought it was one post that had the wrong timestamp.
