[17-Feb-2007] Assassin games and server upgrade

by **lackattack** on Sat Feb 17, 2007 10:57 am

Q: How long has it been since we had a new game feature to play with?

A: Way too long!

This update may not be the biggest ever but it should keep us entertained till the next one...

Assassin Games
Kill your target before anyone else kills theirs! Will you be obvious or keep them guessing who you're gunning for? Oh oh, someone else is about to be taken out... can you block your opponent and save the day?? Check out the Game Options section of the Instructions for a full description of this new game type.

Terminator Deadbeats
The loophole is finally closed. When players are auto-kicked in a terminator game their armies remain on the map, and you can still get points (and cards) from them if you eliminate the deadbeat before the game is over.

Country Flags 2.0
I've installed a new set of "professional" flag icons that cover all ISO 3166 country codes and look nicer too.

Feedback Reforms
Three changes to improve the quality of feedback: (1) You can now respond to neutral feedback. (2) You can no longer copy-and-paste the same feedback to different people. (3) You can only leave one of each type of feedback to the same person.

Change (3) serves to prevent "feedback flooding" and will simplify the feedback score, because now every feedback counts. That is, once we get rid of existing multiple feedbacks. In the near future we will send out PMs to people who've left multiple feedbacks and give them a chance to choose which to keep. A couple days later I'll delete any remaining multiple feedbacks (keeping the oldest). This should not affect anyone's feedback score, unless you have an incorrect score to begin with (due to an old bug).

Faster Servers
Yikes, we already outgrew that powerful dedicated server! Now CC is running on 2 machines, one for the webserver and one for the database. They have dual-core processors and RAID SCSI drives so I hope this move will triple our capacity. Plus there is now a hardware firewall to help keep hackers out

Full-Time Webmaster
That's right, as of March 31 I'll be making a career out of maintaining this website. It's hard to leave behind a stable IT job and the great people that I work with... but risk is the name of the game :wink:

. I'm really excited to plow through the infamous to-do list and conquer the world of online global domination casual multiplayer gaming.

by **lackattack** on Sat Feb 17, 2007 11:06 am

-- Greasemokey Users --

For the next few hours the domain name conquerclub.com will be pointing to the old sever, and you'll have to set up greasemonkey to activate on the new server's IP address (72.32.239.254) for it to continue working in the interim.

by **Tisha** on Sat Feb 17, 2007 11:29 am

your the best Lackattack, and your hot...

by **nyg5680** on Sat Feb 17, 2007 11:29 am

WHOOOOOOOOO WAY 2 GO LACK FINALLY SOME NICE NEW UPDATES GREAT JOB KEEP UP TH GOOD WORK

by **Exterminator** on Sat Feb 17, 2007 11:31 am

so this is the Xmas update... IT WOZ SO WORTH THE WAIT

nice 1 lack

by **hendy** on Sat Feb 17, 2007 11:35 am

Damn thats a hell of a career lacky.

by **hawkeye** on Sat Feb 17, 2007 11:38 am

Hells yes! You're great lack!

by **P Gizzle** on Sat Feb 17, 2007 11:43 am

AWESOME!!!!!!!!!

LACK for PRES!!!! and PM of Canada

by **Blumoki** on Sat Feb 17, 2007 11:43 am

Good lad,

I hope your new career is as good as your game.

by **P Gizzle** on Sat Feb 17, 2007 11:45 am

lackattack wrote:-- Greasemokey Users --

For the next few hours the domain name conquerclub.com will be pointing to the old sever, and you'll have to set up greasemonkey to activate on the new server's IP address (72.32.239.254) for it to continue working in the interim.

lack, how do i do this?

by **lackattack** on Sat Feb 17, 2007 11:49 am

Metaphore wrote:1. Go to Tools->Greasemonkey->Manage User Scripts
2. Select "Conquer Club" on the left
3. Select "http://*conquerclub.com*" on the right
4. Click the Edit button
5. Change to "http://*72.32.239.254*"

It should now work.

Note: You'll need to change it back once the conquerclub.com URL replaces the IP address again.

by **P Gizzle** on Sat Feb 17, 2007 11:51 am

thanks, lacky

by **AndyDufresne** on Sat Feb 17, 2007 11:51 am

Exterminator wrote:so this is the Xmas update... IT WOZ SO WORTH THE WAIT

nice 1 lack

Actually, this is about 1/3 to 1/2 of the 'X-mas Update'. Much more is planned in the next months!

Great job Lack, looking forward to taking you out in an assassin game sometime.

--Andy

by **Jesse, Bad Boy** on Sat Feb 17, 2007 11:55 am

lackattack wrote:Tools > Greasemonkey > Manage User Scripts

Add http://www.conquerclub.com* to your CC scripts

I am almost totally computer illiterate.

Perhaps I did something wrong, but it still says that there are no scripts installed.

by **Ruben Cassar** on Sat Feb 17, 2007 12:00 pm

Jesse, Bad Boy wrote:
lackattack wrote:Tools > Greasemonkey > Manage User Scripts

Add http://www.conquerclub.com* to your CC scripts

I am almost totally computer illiterate.

Perhaps I did something wrong, but it still says that there are no scripts installed.

Do you have the dice analyser installed or anything else? Make sure you add it to the Conquer Club script. Mine worked fine.