CC Dispatch [Issue 102 01-09-13] Serving a Whammy Burger!

[Dukasaur]

Welcome Comrades to the 102nd edition of the Dispatch

What an absolutely incredible week it's been on CC! Incredible, tremendous, exciting, stunning, wild. Just amazing!

Without further ado, I present this week's events in our Late-breaking News and Announcements section.
[spoiler=also known as wake me up before you go go]Here's what's new since the last issue of the Dispatch:

Normally our issues are titled by a connection to the subject of the Interrogation Room, who in this issue is the very devoted SoC teacher [player]General Roy[/player]. Once in a while, for important special occasions, we deviate from that pattern. This is one such special occasion. The news that Conquer Club is again under new ownership, and the many things that have resulted from it, constitute a big event -- the kind of event that puts the "news" into "newsletter" and makes it exciting to be able to write here.

It started on Tuesday, with the announcement that once again CC has changed hands. Yes, that was just last Tuesday. Five days ago. Four-and-a-half days, if you consider the time and not just the date. So much has happened since then, that it seems hard to believe.

Right away, of course, the questions began. Everyone wanted to know, "What is this new Whammy guy planning for us?" [player]OliverFA[/player] summed it up best:

Second, can you share with us your vision of CC in, lets say, one year from now and five years from now? That vision would give a clear idea of what we can expect from your leadership.

[player]bigWham[/player] answered without hesitation or obfuscation:

Regarding the Vision for CC, I will share one in the near future. Right now however, and for the next period, I am focused on delivering some results. I think when we all see things moving forward, we will feel more at home kicking back and discussing visions, philosophies and the nature of space-thyme.

Thanks for everyone's support - I look forward to justifying it.

I, personally, very much look forward to discussing space-thyme! Along with matter-parsley, energy-sage, and superstring-rosemary!

It took very little time to see that BW meant what he said about delivering results first! By Friday we had another announcement: not just one improvement, but a whole omnibus package of them!

First, the long-awaited introduction of 12-player games. Many, many people have been excited about this upgrade to the site. As of this moment, almost 500 games with 9 to 12 players have been created, over 100 have already begun, and a dozen have already finished. Some maps cannot be opened to the maximum number of players. Those are listed in the original announcement, and also in an article by [player]koontz1973[/player] in our Cartographic section below.

Second, "Invitations 3.0" -- you might want to consider this as a single package or as several different improvements, but essentially it represents a long-overdue overhaul of the Invitation system. According to rdsrds2120,

Another long awaited Suggestion, Invitations 3.0 are here, and here's what we have to offer:

1. Invite upon Game Creation
2. Accept Multiple/All Invites
3. Cancel sent invitations
4. Sent Invitations Are Cancelled if you Drop the Game (for those erroneous games with the wrong settings -- tournament games excluded)
5. Invitations for Speed Games

Third, a mixed bag of minor tweaks in different areas:

We also have a few more updates to release today, in no particular order:

• Enhanced Tournament Pages for Sponsored Tournaments
• Enhanced Game Finder URLs (Suggestion: viewtopic.php?f=535&t=164408)
• Increased Achievement Medal Cap (Suggestion: viewtopic.php?f=535&t=180132)
• Increase Max Pending Games to 100 (Suggestion: viewtopic.php?f=535&t=110810)
• Delay First Turn in Freestyle game (Suggestion: viewtopic.php?f=535&t=119643#p2636779)

Anyway you cut it, that is a HUGE set of improvements. Not everyone will like every item in the list. Indeed, there is already a hot debate about the Freestyle Delay, and I'm sure some of the others will have their detractors also. Still, any way you slice it, it's a very big package, and almost anyone can find something in it to be happy about.

Well done [player]bigWham[/player]! and well done [player]blakebowling[/player] and [player]rdsrds2[/player]120 and the whole development team, and well done [player]IcePack[/player] and the Beta Testing team and the Colour Committee and the Suggestions Team and everyone else involved! And, let's give credit where credit is due: a considerable amount of groundwork for these updates was done under the previous administration, so let's give a final round of thanks to [player]El_Jefe[/player] and [player]antispectator[/player] too!

What's really amazing is that the changes continue. Already, some of you may have noticed the separation of the top tabs on your game page:

This is not just a cosmetic change, but a preparation for an overhaul of the basic user interface, featuring pull-down menus at the top. This will enable the elimination of the side menu, which will allow you to use more of the screen for the games themselves. Where will this overhaul end? I dare not predict! I suspect, though, that much more sophisticated overlays and tool tips are on the way.

As with any updates, bugs pop up here and there, but again the response of the new team has been exemplary. Bug reports are watched actively, and fixes implemented rapidly.

Look at the sequence here:

• update rolled out: Friday 1233 hrs
• bug in update reported: Friday 1314 hrs
• tech team member responds to bug report: Friday 1318 hrs
• bug has been fixed: Friday 1322 hrs

Okay, granted, that was an atypical example, but still, it is thrilling to see the professionalism, the enthusiasm, the responsiveness, and the efficiency of how things are being done.

BigWham's attitude on bugs was summed up beautifully as:

fixing updates is the last (and best) part of updates!

...i'd rather have updates to fix, than no updates...

What's really important is that bigWham's positive attitude seems to have really lit a fire under everyone else on the team. Attitudes are contagious, good as well as bad, and in this case there seems to be a hell of a lot of good.

Besides the updates, I have to say that I am really, really impressed by the forthright way that bigWham has addressed problems and criticisms, with no evasion or obfuscation, going straight to the heart of the issue.

18 months ago, [player]laughingcavalier[/player] wrote this summation of the ennui that was gripping Conquer Club:

This site did have an astonishing pioneers-of-the-interwebz buzz about it at one time with a lot of interesting & committed people giving it a lot of time & contributing in different ways to make it great. It will probly never quite have that buzz again, but I'm pretty confident it will remain a fine place to while away a few hours for a long time yet.

I've always hoped that the vibrant community laughingcavalier spoke of would one day return. This week, for the first time in a long time, I have a bit of optimism that it's not just wishful thinking.

Of course, if bigWham does start to screw up, we have great ammunition to shoot at him. [player]Perchorin[/player] opened the door for us: Subject: People of Conquer Club

So, are you George Michael or that other dude?

<jk>

On behalf of myself and many other people whose comments I have read, I thank our new owner for bringing a real breath of fresh air into our community![/spoiler]

And all our regular sections:

Mess Hall and Interrogation Room, which includes SoC Strategy, the Mafia insider, and the ever-popular Interrogation.

Platoon Report covers all aspects of the Clan scene, and includes a record six articles this time!

War Games, which tells you everything you want to know about the Tournament world, including the TPA update, a whole raft of mini-interviews, and much more.

Cartographic Surveillance is the Foundry beat, and this issue's emphasis is on maps in development.

Finally, our Next Mission Brief includes such things as the closing credits, information on how to subscribe, and an invitation to participate in the next Interrogation.

Please enjoy what our many devoted writers have prepared for you! In total there are a staggering nineteen articles in this issue, which I believe is a record. I'm glad we went to the new multi-post format -- there is zero chance that we could have squeezed all this into the old single-post newsletter.

[player]Dukasaur[/player] - Chief Executive





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[safariguy5]

Hello again Freestyle readers. Stubbs has the conclusion of his SoC game, I've got a new Scum Insider, and [player]General Roy[/player] talks about Norway, books, and KoRT.

You Stay Classy, CC.

[player]safariguy5[/player]
Freestyle Executive

SoC: Following a Student by StubbsKVM
[spoiler=turn 10]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 10
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StubbsKVM=yellow

Thoughts
Game over, blue has won. I'm sorry I let you guys down, but I'll make it up to you, I promise. Losing my North America stack on turn 6 made it hard for me to make a kill and if I had lived 1 extra turn, I might have had a real chance. Maybe I should have cashed in on turn 9, but I guess we'll never know what would have happened then.[/spoiler]


The Scum Insider by safariguy5

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[spoiler=Interrogation of General Roy]Q. Do you work where you want to work, or where you have to?
Geographically it's where I want to, job wise I didn't have much choice.

Q. If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be?
Somewhere with a stable and not too hot climate, but not too cold either. Somewhere where the temperature would stay in the 20th Celsius, I think. Would not be easy to find, I think.

Q. What depresses you the most about the world?
The financial climate. Also that the US tries to be a world police, but which really runs the errands of rich merchants, who try to gain economically from the West sending in troops in different countries.

Q. If public transportation was more efficient, would you prefer not to bother driving?
This presupposes that public transport isn't sufficiently efficient where I live, or that I don't use other means of transport than a car. In actual fact, I am in the envious situation that I can use the bicycle for work, or just walk.

Also, it's a question of price - if the train prices were lower so that it would be worthwhile for a small family, I would prefer using a train for longer transport than a car.

Q. Do you have some trendy smartphone or just a normal phone with buttons?
Just a normal phone with buttons, though my next phone will probably be a smartphone.

Q. What is your favourite holiday or special day on the calendar?
That must be the Feast of Tabernacles.

Q. Have you ever been to jail?
No, I'm happy to say. I have always tried to keep within the law, also on the roads.

Q. Do you have a dog?
No. My wife did have one when she was young, but she feels it binds you too much. Perhaps when we become pensioners, I don't know.

Q. What's most important: baseball, beer, or broads?
The least important of these three is definitely baseball. I think ladies (not broads, mind you) are the most important.

In a way I get the feeling this is like the classic question: "Have you stopped beating your wife?"

Q. What made you want to be involved in the Society of Cooks and do you think there is a good way to get more new users involved in it to better user retention?
I don't quite remember how I became aware of it, but I felt a great need to learn a better strategy than I had at the time.

I am not really sure how to get more new users involved, expect mention it in game chats if one discovers new players who are participating.

Q. Will you ever add more religions to your interests?
I doubt it. I am quite happy with my current religious affiliations.

Q. Why do Norwegian petroglyphs of ships look like dead centipedes? http://www.arild-hauge.com/helleristngbild.htm#KOLSAAS
I don't really know, but my guess is they are rowers in stylistic form. I have really never considered what they mean.

Q. What compels you to answer these questions?
"Compels"? Please refer to the question I mentioned above: "Have you stopped beating your wife?"

Honestly I am not fond of questions that are based on certain assumptions that may not necessarily be true.

Q. The rest of the world views Norwegian girls as the gold standard for hotness. Is that how Norwegians see it? How does it feel to be number one? And on an unrelated note, do you have any granddaughters who are 20-29 who are single?
I thought it was Swedish girls that were viewed as this standard, but I guess it has changed since Norway got into the oil economy in earnest and probably is the main country without state debt these days.
I am actually so old now that I don't really know how the younger generation look at these things, but you may find that if you visit Norway, it's not that easy to get close to Norwegian females. When they visit other countries they probably decide to loosen up quite a lot compared to at home.

No. 1: Our then Prime Minister Gro Harlem Bruntland said in 1992 when Norway had the Winter Olympics something like "It's Norwegian to be the best in the World." To me, that's just pure bragging, and I don't think it's difficult to find areas to criticize Norway. It's as if we believe all the oil in Norwegian territorial waters are a result of something we have done to deserve it. That's, of course, just a deception.

Grand daughters that are 20-29 years old= I am afraid that my 21 year old son first has to find a sweetheart before I would get any grand daughter, so that's quite a long way off.

Q. Why are Norwegians so tall?
Good health, probably.

Q. Is it true that every Norwegian knows his or her Viking clan's genealogy?
I don't, so the answer would be no.

Q. Are you as well-versed in Carl Barks and Don Rosa as your countryman, the inestimable lt. Futt? =)
Afraid not.

Q. Have you read C.S. Lewis or G.K. Chesterton? If so, what did you think of them?
C.S. Lewis. He is high on my preferred authors. I love the Narnia series, and like the science fiction trilogy of his, though it is many years since I read the last now.
Regarding G.K. Chesterton, I have followed the TV series Father Brown, which I have liked, although I feel it's not quite on a par with some other mystery series.

Q. What are your top five favorite books?
Difficult question, not least since you don't say if you mean fiction or books in general.
The Bible is, of course important to me, although I don't read it as much these days as I should. (I don't read books in general quite as much as I used to do in actual fact.)
Lancelot Hogben's Mathematics for the Million.
Of fiction the top would have to be
Orson Scott Card: Ender's Shadow
Orson Scott Card: Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card: Seventh son
Zenna Henderson: The People: No Different Flesh
A.E. van Vogt: The Weapon Shops of Isher

I could add many more, but these are some of my all time favourites.

Q. Were you born awesome, or did you grow into it like a comfortable set of clothes?
Am I awesome? I didn't know that. I have an uncanny feeling you would not think that if you met me in real life, as I am of a somewhat shy disposition. This has become better in later years, not least as I'm meeting younger people now (teens) as part of my work as a teacher.

Q. I'm (macbone) pretty terrible at Age of Realms, which I know you're really good at. Any tips? =)
The main tip would be to avoid frostbite areas, as they make you lose troops each round. Go for resource pairs and ports. Also, all castles are not created equal, like the animals in Animal Farm, so it's much better to do well on Aoria and Mua than the others I feel, since it's much easier to reach them. Also playing defensive doesn't work very well on this map. The sooner you get a village the easier it is to win this map.

But the best tutor is experience - playing a lot of games on this map to get a better grasp on the map, so you manage to read the game log better. You can work out where your opponents are from it, but it takes some experience to do it easily.

Q. Do you love Thor Heyerdahl?
I respect him, and think he is (was) an interesting personage. In many ways, I have an even higher regard for Fridtjof Nansen, who, besides being a polar explorer also played an important part of the League of Nations.

Q. How did you escape from Fishydance's closet?
I think you would have to make this question more precise, as I don't recollect any closet at the moment. You are not talking about David John's locket in Pirates II?

Q. How much time does the SoC take up?
Would depend on you, really. I don't visit it each day, and some classrooms are not very active, so I guess perhaps 15 minutes each time I visit it.

Q. How many active games are you comfortable playing while teaching at the same time?
Around 10 I think.

Q. Who is the Hottest KoRT girl?
The only KoRT girl that come to mind would be loesloes, I think, so I guess she would be the one.

Q. How do the ladies repay for teaching them CC?
For the most part I think of each pupil as a "he" regardless of sex. I have never thought of repayment for teaching the students, but instead like to help them improve their play. It irks me when I see someone playing stupid, so helping them to avoid that would be the main reward, I think. An honestly it is at times nice to show that one knows something better than someone else on occasion too.

Q. Who on CC do you respect the most?
Must be [player]josko.ri[/player], I think, whom I recently discovered was top on the scoreboard as a Conqueror. I see he is on 2nd place now as a general, but I would not be surprised if he regains his title soon.

Other than that I probably respect [player]dhallmeyer[/player] the most, I think, because of his involvement in the SoC forum.

Q. Best player on CC?
That surely must be [player]josko.ri[/player]. I must confess, though, that I in the past did not enjoy playing on the same team as him since he was much better at reading the situation than I did, and he had a tendency to presuppose I saw it the same way as he did. I am involved in a quadruple game with him currently, and things go much better in that regard now, I'm happy to say.

Q. Who to watch out for coming up in the SoC ranks?
I would not really know.

Q. Which clan is the best and why?
Probably KoRT, with josko.ri as a member

Q. What is your proudest moment in the SoC?
The first time I swept the Classic map. I can't now remember when this happened, but it was very nice.

Q. Are you into sports, now or in past? Is/was there any sport activity that you loved?
I did some swimming and speed skating in my youth. Other than that I, like most Norwegians, have been involved in cross country skiing.
I love to watch snooker, though, although it's not much shown on Norwegian TV.

Q. Your favorite all time top three movies?
That is a difficult one, since it changes as time goes by.
V for Vendetta comes high.
Harry Potter 1, 4 and 8 are definitely on that list.
Lord of the Rings 1. I felt that 2 and especially 3 used too much time on the battle itself.
Inception comes very high too.
This was much more than 3 - sorry about that, but it's difficult at times to make up one's mind on that question.

I very much look forward to Ender's Game when it comes later this autumn, though. I do hope it will do the book justice.

Q. Which EPL team do you support?
As I don't know what EPL is, I probably do not support any of them.

Q. What keeps you in conquer club?
I find it quite addictive, though I was somewhat upset with the dice for a while so I've reduce my activity a lot. Currently the main reason would be the CC 1v1 ladder tournament, which I find quite interesting, probably because I, to my own great surprise, actually win more games than I lose, at least so far. So I seem to have found a strategy that works quite well in 1v1 games, and that's nice

Q. Have you felt any bad with dice ever?
Definitely. Recently I did 5 or 6 turns and got only 1 card. The game, as a result, didn't go very well.
But another time I almost killed a 43 troop strong stack with 13 troops. I did feel a little bad towards the other player for that reason, naturally enough.

Q. I (HardAttack) would like to hear of your music taste and if you can suggest me of your most favorite all time three bands ?
Currently it would definitely be the Dutch group Within Temptation, who visited Oslo last Saturday (24 August). Not all their music are that good, but they at the same time have some that I just love, for instance "Perfect Harmony", which was the first I heard of them about 10 years ago.

The Norwegian group Donkey Boy is also very high, and also the group Kaizers Orchestra from Stavanger in Norway.

Going a little back, I must include Jethro Tull and Amazing Blondel. Beatles was my all time favourite in times back, but my musical taste has changes somewhat in the meantime.

Q. Marry me (loes) Roy ?
I know you are joking, though if I had been single, I might have taken you up on the offer.
But on a more serious vein both my wife and I believe marriage is for life, so divorce is out of the question, at least at the moment.

Q. How do you like your work in the SoC?
I don't do much work in the SoC, but I do like the little I do as a teacher in SoC.

Q. Do you find it rewarding to see a student win?
Yes, definitely, since it hopefully have taught him/her some tricks.

Q. Do you hate me (StubbsKVM) for pm-ing you to review my actions?
Should I? Quite the contrary, I appreciate it very much, as I hate it when I discover that a student has had to take his (sorry ladies, but his/her feels a little awkward all the time) turn without a tutor showing up.

Q. Do you hate me (StubbsKVM) for pm-ing you to review my actions when not providing a link?
Hate is too strong a word, but I would appreciate it more that students (and that goes for the rest of the students also) remember to provide the link to the actual thread in the classroom.

Q. Do you hate me (StubbsKVM) for providing the wrong link sometimes?
I guess you can see from the above that I do not. I do appreciate that you do remember to avoid this in the future, though, as it makes it faster to come to the right place for the tutor.

Q. Are you REALLY a General?
Me? You clearly have not checked my rank
Actually, I was in the army (cavalry) some 40 years ago, and I was a second lieutenant when I left it.

Q. Do you think [player]Bruceswar[/player] looks better in heels or flats?
"flats"? I am not sure I understand the reference.

Q. Should the newspaper be presented as a broadsheet, for additional gravity and dignity?
I don't really have any opinion on that.

Q. Would you rather be the bat or the ball?
Guess the bat.

Q. Am I (BoganGod) the only God?
If you check my religious affiliations, I think you will find the answer to that question.

Q. Is the Julian calendar preferable to the Gregorian? If you were to incalculate a few additional days to better match seasons and the year(make football season longer maybe? or extend school holidays). Where would you add those days.
No, the Gregorian is better, I think, though I would prefer the Hebrew calendar even more.
But if I were to change the Gegorian calendar, I move move New Year back to 1st March so that the leap day (29th Frebruary) got back to the end of the year). I would also prefer to correct the stupid changes that Emperor Augustus did with the calendar when he for petty reasons gave the month 31 days rather than 30 like Julius Cæsar did.

I am trying to remember offhand if the current calendar adds 3 days too many in 10,000 years or lacks 3 days in the same period (rather a long time since I looked into this), but I believe that if the thousand years are divisible on 4,000, one would need to skip the leap day.

Q. If insensitive means not sensitive, incorrect means not correct, incapable means not capable, and insecure means not secure. Why does inflammable not mean not flammable?
I'll let Wikipedia answer that: "From Latin as if *inflammabilis, from inflammare (“to set on fire”), from in (“in, on”) + flamma (“flame”)."

Q. Did you mean your user name to be General Boy, and it R by mistake?
I guess you presuppose something here. But I thought I had to use a nickname related to my actual name when I at first joined. Otherwise I would have chosen something like General Napoleon or something.

Q. Who's your favourite conqueror?
That would have to be josko.ri, although I see he now is a general and no longer a conqueror. Other than that I don't have high opinions of any conqueror. I usually refer to Alexander as the "almost great".-

Q. What's your favorite thing about CC?
Guess that currently is the CC 1v1 ladder tournament.

Q. What do you think would be a good improvement on CC?
I don't really have any suggestions there.

Q. What is your least favorite thing about CC?
Nothing special, really.[/spoiler]

[Swifte]

Hello clan aficionados!

Our reporters have been very busy again this issue, working to bring you the latest developments on many of the major clan events that are in progress. Qwert gives us another update on Clan League 5, where there top spots in the Premier League continue to be hotly contested. IcePack has once again taken a look at the ongoing matches in Conquer Cup 4, where we have our first qualifier for the Final Eight. To top it off, we have an update on Random League 3 provided by betiko, where it appears a champion is ready to be crowned.

As if all that weren't enough, IcePack brings you the last updates to the F400, the F41 (F400 with only events including 41 games or more), and the latest edition of the Coaches Poll! That's right - if you don't like how your clan ranks in one poll, you've got two others to choose from this issue!

Enjoy!

[player]Swifte[/player]
Clan Executive


Clan League 5 Update by Qwert

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CC4 Update by IcePack

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Random League III update by Betiko

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F400 Update by IcePack

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F41 by IcePack

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Coaches Poll by IcePack

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[anamainiacks]

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 line with the latest news on CC - both in the Tournament Scene and the main site,

• [player]mcshanester29[/player] brings us an expanded interview with our 3 new TDs - [player]elonpuckhog[/player], [player]crazymilkshake5[/player] and [player]Clive[/player]. See what went down when he interrogated his newest colleagues in the feature interview, Meet the New Tournament Directors!
• And though the TPA4 Cup Design competition is now over, we have [player]DaveH[/player] taking a look back at some of the entries when the same contest ran last year for TPA3. Take a trip down memory lane and get the latest TPA news in TPA Wrap!
• [player]anamainiacks[/player] brings us up to speed with the newest tournaments that feature the new 12-player games update, all of which are still taking signups! Check out these fine available tournaments in Join This? Or Not!

Elsewhere, [player]mcshanester29[/player] continues to bring us his quality interviews with his latest interview with prolific TO, [player]ViperOverLord[/player], who provides some high quality answers to the high quality questions in Meet the Tournament Organisers; while [player]DaveH[/player] continues to find ways to make the life of a TO easier with his handy Tournament Tips.

Enjoy!

[player]anamainiacks[/player]
Tournament Executive


Meet the Tournament Organizers: ViperOverLord by mcshanester29

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Meet the New Tournament Directors: elonpuckhog, crazymilkshake5, Clive by mcshanester29

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Tournament Tips by DaveH

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TPA Wrap by DaveH

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Join This? Or Not! by anamainiacks

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[Seamus76]

Last issue it was all about BETA, this issue (as you will see) is about maps in development. Currently there are a total of 20 maps being worked on in either the Drafting Room, or the main Map Foundry. So if all goes well with these maps, over the next few months we could have another 20 maps to play. But it's up to you, the Community, to get in the Foundry and help move these maps along by giving constructive feedback, or confirmation of the Cartographers direction.

The extremely popular "Hidden Symbols" series moves to Twitter (@ConquerClub) for the next set of clues, and maps to look at more closely. Koontz1973 spotlights dakky21's Flower Wars, and with the upcoming excitement of 12 player games he discusses some maps that most likely won't be playable by 12.

And now, on with the show.

[player]Seamus76[/player] -- Foundry Executive

Maps in Development by Seamus76

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Hidden Symbols by Seamus76

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#GCCM Update
Spotlight on Flower Wars by koontz1973

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Maps you cannot play with 12 players

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And as Alex Berger said, "Maps are the foundation on which adventure is built." Enjoy.

[Dukasaur]

Our next issue, #103, will be published by our Clans exec and resident Chatter, [player]Swifte[/player]! This will be Swifte's first experience as guest publisher, and I expect great things from him.

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• [player]Dukasaur[/player] - Chief Executive

• [player]safariguy5[/player] - Freestyle Executive -
  
  • [player]StubbsKVM[/player] - Freestyle Writer
  • [player]kentington[/player] - Freestyle Contributor
• [player]Swifte[/player] - Clan Executive -
  
  • [player]Betiko[/player] - Clan Freelance
  • [player]IcePack[/player] - Clan Reporter
  • [player]Qwert[/player] - Clan Reporter
• [player]anamainiacks[/player] - Tournament Executive -
  
  • [player]DaveH[/player] - Tournament Reporter
    
  • [player]mcshanester29[/player] - Tournament Reporter
• [player]Seamus76[/player] - Foundry Executive -
  
  • [player]koontz1973[/player] - Foundry Reporter

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[Dukasaur]

Published and on time!

Thank you to all our writers and execs!

[OliverFA]

Thanks for the mention I am so excited with all the great good things the new management has to offer. bigWham gives me a very good feeling, both because of his attitude and because of all the good things that have happened in the brief time since he assumed management.

Coming back to read the rest of the CC Dispatch

[perchorin]

Great issue Duk!

[ViperOverLord]

Sorry. Forgot the r in [player]barterer2002[/player] for my shout-out in my TO interview. And I also apologize for the numerous grammar errors. Hopefully, people still enjoy the interview though.

[koontz1973]

VOL, it was not operation Viper but force Viper. It was the Royal Marines in Burma. Here is an article on them for you.
http://www.burmastar.org.uk/viper.htm

[macbone]

I love the word "omnibus." =)

But Duk, I was expecting a hard-hitting interrogation of our new commander-in-chief? When's the Wham exposé coming out, and how many bodies has he left in his wake in his assent to the top? =)

[HardAttack]

tremendous work team, always saying, cc is becoming more and more sweet place every single day;
have read the articles and stuff, pretty excited with all up-dates, head ups and so...

would like to congradulate you each and all
please take ?

[ViperOverLord]

VOL, it was not operation Viper but force Viper. It was the Royal Marines in Burma. Here is an article on them for you.
http://www.burmastar.org.uk/viper.htm

I'm fairly certain I saw it on a list of operations and not terms. But still, I haven't seen it on countless other lists.

[Dukasaur]

VOL, it was not operation Viper but force Viper. It was the Royal Marines in Burma. Here is an article on them for you.
http://www.burmastar.org.uk/viper.htm

I'm fairly certain I saw it on a list of operations and not terms. But still, I haven't seen it on countless other lists.

Operation or not, it was a cool unit.