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CC Dispatch [131] The Revival

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CC Dispatch [131] The Revival

Postby TeeGee on Mon Apr 20, 2020 6:02 am

CC Dispatch - What is it?
show: introduction
For many years it was our monthly newsletter PM'd to all of our members, keeping us up to date with all the exciting events, changes to the mod team, tools and extras that CC had to offer.
Over the years with declining membership there has been little interest in producing and maintaining a newsletter. But we are hoping someone out there wants to take the reigns and restore the CC Dispatch to its old glory days.
You can still see all our old editions here https://www.conquerclub.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=430
Interested in running the Dispatch? or just being a reporter/editor? Shoot TeeGee a private message.. Yes, there will be perks for contributors of future editions ;)


Are You New Here?
show: information for new users
WHOA!!! Who opened the floodgates? We started 2020 with a little over 5,000 active users. As of today we have just passed 15,000 active users. We do realise and understand a vast majority here is due to the lockdown that most of the world is under. Many retired players have come back, but we have many, many new users. What is the best way to learn our game? We have a great team called the Society of Cooks. They will help you learn the basics and try to assist you with any questions you may have. You can find them here https://www.conquerclub.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=341

A run down on the game itself (instructions) is available here https://www.conquerclub.com/public.php?mode=instructions2 Don't forget to click on the tabs at the top of the page to get further details


Or Are You A Returning Veteran? Barterer2002 -- a Homecoming Story
show: Barts story
So I’m barterer2002. I joined. Cc back in 2007. I had separated in 2005 and was home by myself a lot CC was a good outlet for me. I made some good friends, Many in the old G1 clan and many outside of the clan. I loved the tournament world. I liked interesting tournaments. I was the first CC member to run 100 tournaments to completion. I even started the TPA. Back in the day a 16 player 1 on 1 tournament would fill up in 2-3 hours. A 100 player more complicated tournament might take a week. I think at my high point I would have 90-100 games playing at a time.

In late 2011 I remarried and. In 2012 began a new job learning a new career. I just didn’t have the time and so I left. I kept up with some of the guys on Facebook but not all of them. I miss those who I don’t have contacts any more.

Over the past 8 years I’ve become a youth leader at my church and my kids like to play risk. So this year, at the end of one of our games we were talking about playing more often and I suggested CC, so we came back, for the kids. And I got a 3 month premium so I could start games. The kids didn’t like it. Too remote, but I found I still enjoy it. So I played. I keep my game load down under 20. In October I thought about starting a tournament. It was the 13th anniversary of my first tournament. But October and November are busy at work for me and I wanted to be sure if I was going to do it I was going to stay.

So I played some people, I played some bots. I discovered the bots aren’t very good at the game. I learned about things that weren’t here when I played like Trench, Polymorphic, Nuclear, And Zombie. I tried some new maps and I found the automated tournaments. Some are fun. I like Map Masters. Some I don’t really understand the point (like quest for the stars. I don’t really understand these stars I think).

I went back to the tournament forums, found Darin44 was still kicking out tournaments so I joined one, Then another. Then I decided it was time to run one again so I revived the old Championship Series. I’ve been a bit surprised at how long it takes to fill even a simple tournament. Is it me? Maybe some. People don’t know me like they used to but even steady organizers take longer so that’s not entirely it. Is it the auto tournaments. Probably some. There are likely people that can figure out how those work easily and never move past. And some others who never want to worry about the capriciously absent organizer. Is it CC itself. Well there are fewer users at this point and there is always a smaller subset of those who arrive at the forums. Truthfully though it’s likely a combination of all these factors.

I don’t have any plans to revive G1 or bring back any of the old crew although I will mention that you asked about them. They are all living their lives. Optimus And Luxurious’ children are closing in on their teen years. Gilligan is married so are Serbia and Trippy. They have their own full lives and if they stop in occasionally, and some do, it’s more of a remembrance than a craving.

As for my occupation. Back in 2008 I went away for a week and had a sitter. (Bones2484). He changed the occupation and it appealed to my deprecating sense of humor enough that I never changed it. Besides. My legs look good in a tutu. If a bit unshaven.

I suppose I’ve rambled a bit here. Enjoy being back. I think I’ll stay awhile.


Can You Make Videos?
show: Can You Make a Video Tutorial
I will offer 3500 conquer credits (equal to 1 years premium membership) to anyone who makes a good tutorial.


Starting Soon -- the 2020 CC Olympics
show: details on the Olympics
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Our Olympics event is back after a long waiting period :twisted:

As before the event will have its Tribes scoreboard with generous prizes. You don't have to be part of tribe to participate, but there will be special tribe related events. Everything will be automated, there is no need to sign up.

How to Play

  • There are 31 auto-tournaments running on a schedule accessible from the scoreboard page.
  • You can join each tournament once.
  • Kind of medals reward is depending on the size and nature of the event.
  • There are a few major tournaments that you join to win Platinum Medals!
  • All tournaments are giving out a Participation Ribbons to each player.

For more complete details see https://www.conquerclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=233000


From Our Chatters
show: news from the world of chat
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Greetings Chatters

MODERATION TEAM CHANGES
As some may have noticed, there has been an addition to the Chat Team from a returning Mod to the site in the name of *Pixar*
After a few years of self isolation, *Pixar* has returned to CC and once again has offered his free time to help us all out.
Feel free to contact him or any of the other Chat Mods with your chat queries or concerns via PM anytime.

There is still some gaps in our chat Coverage, so I am still open for taking on 1 more Moderator into the team.
If you feel you have what it takes to become a Chat Mod, PM Razorvich to express your interest.

PLEASE RESPECT EACH OTHERS VIEWS IN GLOBAL
Please remember that Global Chat is automated, it cannot be erased, edited or restarted without the Head-Goats intervention.
So your chat can sometimes be seen by all for many hours.
With the current uptake of new members, PLEASE BE CONSIDERATE. It is all our interests to keep members, not scare them
off with some off the cuff remark that may be taken the wrong way.
Chat rules can be found HERE: viewtopic.php?f=1&t=7785#p4893812


Thanks everyone for your continued support.


The Return of the Golden Egg
show: The Golden Egg 2020
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___FIND THE GOLDEN EGG HIDDEN IN THE FORUMS TO WIN

YOUR CLUES TO FIND THE EGG:

  • To get started focus on that flying dog with a long neck.. however the EGG is not there
  • Translation- rotation- reflection- and " " glide reflection.. is the creator of this first thread
  • Sixty two- fifty two- and five- to be exact to find a wall closed but at least 56 pages of post history
  • Go back to 2018 " " -- yes there are many posts -- but one code stands out.
  • That thread " " has an edited message - Dont look here but quote it if you like
  • Work out the --play in words-- to that image and get to a " " wall
  • His -wall- has another -clue- that you really need.
  • Stacks of " " work but the glory in the end is finding the -EGG- in a different forum
  • You can search for the .EGG. to be the first with just a topic number listed or a KEY word.

____________________________________________________

For more complete details visit the main thread: GOLDEN EGG 2020


From the Tech Team
show: news from the tech team
Third-Party Tools & Userscripts

You might have heard of BOB or other third-party userscripts on this site and you might have heard of Greasemonkey before. The Third-party userscripts creation has been on a decline on this site and not so many new scripts have appeared as of lately. I as head of tech have mostly tried to maintain the ones that I feel bring unique features that are useful. There is a full list of scripts that I as a volunteer for conquer club keeps updated that can be found at http://tools.conquerclub.com all tested and should be working on chrome with the extension tampermonkey (should support all browsers running tampermonkey extension)

if you are interested in getting started using some of the third-party userscripts here is a guide.

Step 1: Tampermonkey
start by downloading Tampermonkey at http://tampermonkey.net and add it to your browser.

Step 2: Install a userscript
Find a userscript that you want for conquerclub either in the forums or at tools.conquerclub.com or create your own userscript. In this guide we will use a userscript that I wrote just for this that will greatly enhance how other people perceive you on conquerclub.

click HERE to install.

Step 3: Test if it's working
Go to your inbox on the left side and create a new PM and add TeeGee as recipient. Write a nice long message and mark your text and press the new button that says rainbow to add a new bbcode [rainbow]Your message here[/rainbow] and press submit and your message will be greatly appreciated by TeeGee if you have added the magical text effect!

Tech team out!


Introducing Token Tournaments
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Token Tournaments are here to honor previous TPA events and golden times of tournament activity. 16 player bracket tournaments were chosen to help start the passion for tournaments again. Participation is also encouraged with medals:
  • Gold, Silver and Bronze Event Medal to be awarded to top 3 in both 1-1 and poly category of the Final Tournament
  • General Contribution Medal for TOs that organize and finish 30 tournaments
  • General Achievement Medal for every player that plays 100 games
and also with premium prizes for the top 3 players in both poly and 1v1:
  • 1st place in Final Tournament - 1 year premium
  • 2nd place in Final Tournament - 1/2 year premium
  • 3rd place in Final Tournament - 1/4 year premium


New Tournament Medal Levels
show: new medal levels available
I am also happy to announce that the new tournament medals should be in place now, for both "tournament achievement" (winning) and "tournament contribution" (organizing), as goes:
35=>300
36=>400
37=>500
38=>600
39=>700
40=>800
41=>900
42=>1000
43=>1200
44=>1400
45=>1600
46=>2000
47=>2500
48=>3000
The bar is set high, so better go out there and be the first to get them!


Tribe news
show: tribal league and other events coming up
Tribal League II is open for signups until April 15th, so if you are not part of a tribe join one or start new one! If you need any help don't hesitate to pm me (benga) I will gladly help out. Also the last years Tribal League winner and Tribal Cup winner will face off in Tribal Supercup. Both events are hosted by josko.ri and hopefully more of both, Tribal League and Tribal Cup, will follow.

More news and events are coming up, so stay tuned!
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Re: CC Dispatch [131] The Revival

Postby Pirlo on Tue Apr 21, 2020 7:45 pm

New Tournament Medal Levels
HIDE: NEW MEDAL LEVELS AVAILABLE
I am also happy to announce that the new tournament medals should be in place now, for both "tournament achievement" (winning) and "tournament contribution" (organizing), as goes:
35=>300
36=>400
37=>500
38=>600
39=>700
40=>800
41=>900
42=>1000
43=>1200
44=>1400
45=>1600
46=>2000
47=>2500
48=>3000
The bar is set high, so better go out there and be the first to get them!


I didn't understand this part. Can you explain, please?

Thank you!
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Re: CC Dispatch [131] The Revival

Postby Dukasaur on Tue Apr 21, 2020 8:27 pm

Pirlo wrote:
New Tournament Medal Levels
HIDE: NEW MEDAL LEVELS AVAILABLE
I am also happy to announce that the new tournament medals should be in place now, for both "tournament achievement" (winning) and "tournament contribution" (organizing), as goes:
35=>300
36=>400
37=>500
38=>600
39=>700
40=>800
41=>900
42=>1000
43=>1200
44=>1400
45=>1600
46=>2000
47=>2500
48=>3000
The bar is set high, so better go out there and be the first to get them!


I didn't understand this part. Can you explain, please?

Thank you!


Until now, there were 34 medals available for winning tournaments. (Parallel system for organizing.)

You had your old set of 30, one for each of your first 30 tournaments. Then there were the four "Prestige" levels: L, when you get to 50 tournaments won; C, at 100; CL, at 150, and CC at 200.

Now they have added many more levels of prestige medal. A 35th, when you hit 300 tournaments, a 36th, when you hit 400, and so on, as detailed in the chart.

Although, nobody has ever won 300 tournaments, and there are only 3 people that have organized 300 tournaments, so will take a while for competition to heat up for some of these...:)
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Re: CC Dispatch [131] The Revival

Postby shoop76 on Wed Apr 22, 2020 2:48 am

Dukasaur wrote:
Pirlo wrote:
New Tournament Medal Levels
HIDE: NEW MEDAL LEVELS AVAILABLE
I am also happy to announce that the new tournament medals should be in place now, for both "tournament achievement" (winning) and "tournament contribution" (organizing), as goes:
35=>300
36=>400
37=>500
38=>600
39=>700
40=>800
41=>900
42=>1000
43=>1200
44=>1400
45=>1600
46=>2000
47=>2500
48=>3000
The bar is set high, so better go out there and be the first to get them!


I didn't understand this part. Can you explain, please?

Thank you!


Until now, there were 34 medals available for winning tournaments. (Parallel system for organizing.)

You had your old set of 30, one for each of your first 30 tournaments. Then there were the four "Prestige" levels: L, when you get to 50 tournaments won; C, at 100; CL, at 150, and CC at 200.

Now they have added many more levels of prestige medal. A 35th, when you hit 300 tournaments, a 36th, when you hit 400, and so on, as detailed in the chart.

Although, nobody has ever won 300 tournaments, and there are only 3 people that have organized 300 tournaments, so will take a while for competition to heat up for some of these...:)



Does this include autotournaments as well?
If so how do we keep track of those wins?
Why not increase it to 50 like the do for clan wins?
Will these be special medals as these achievements will be very rare and for the top medals almost impossible.
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Re: CC Dispatch [131] The Revival

Postby Pirlo on Wed Apr 22, 2020 4:43 am

Dukasaur wrote:
Pirlo wrote:
New Tournament Medal Levels
HIDE: NEW MEDAL LEVELS AVAILABLE
I am also happy to announce that the new tournament medals should be in place now, for both "tournament achievement" (winning) and "tournament contribution" (organizing), as goes:
35=>300
36=>400
37=>500
38=>600
39=>700
40=>800
41=>900
42=>1000
43=>1200
44=>1400
45=>1600
46=>2000
47=>2500
48=>3000
The bar is set high, so better go out there and be the first to get them!


I didn't understand this part. Can you explain, please?

Thank you!


Until now, there were 34 medals available for winning tournaments. (Parallel system for organizing.)

You had your old set of 30, one for each of your first 30 tournaments. Then there were the four "Prestige" levels: L, when you get to 50 tournaments won; C, at 100; CL, at 150, and CC at 200.

Now they have added many more levels of prestige medal. A 35th, when you hit 300 tournaments, a 36th, when you hit 400, and so on, as detailed in the chart.

Although, nobody has ever won 300 tournaments, and there are only 3 people that have organized 300 tournaments, so will take a while for competition to heat up for some of these...:)


Thanks for the explanation, Dukasaur!

I'd rather place three digits on the medal icons including clan and tribe ones, maybe the event and general achievement ones as well. If someone has 50 tournament medals, that icon on his profile should state "50" and so on.
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