Random Map Medal

by **lackattack** on Mon Mar 28, 2011 8:04 pm

Random Map Medal
We have a shiny new game achievement medal for playing random map games!

If you can earn it, everyone will know that you're a truly versatile player.

Of course, this means that we are now tracking which games were started on the random map. Any new random map games will be indicated as such in game listings, and can be found in the Game Finder by searching for Random Map (even after the game starts). Unfortunately we have no way of knowing which existing games were started on the random map, so we are all starting from scratch!

API Improvements
The Conquer Club API has been updated so that you can now request info on multiple maps or multiple players in one shot. This should lead to faster running tools & enhancements. Also fixed a bug where filtering games by map didn't work properly and we now display a distinct status for freestyle blocks (and in our RSS feed as well).

Map XML Improvement
Map designers can now specify the maximum number of starting positions to be issued to each player. Details to appear in the Map Foundry...

Layout Improvements
The right-side panel on our Home page has been enlarged and we added a Twitter box with the latest tweets. The left-side panel was shrunk and we renamed "Premium Membership" to "Upgrade !" which will be highlighted in red in case you haven't got premium yet.

by **Dako** on Tue Mar 29, 2011 9:04 am

Yay to more medals and API improvements!

And thanks for the map addons as well. Nice job.

by **iamkoolerthanu** on Tue Mar 29, 2011 9:12 am

Awesome!!!

by **mr. CD** on Tue Mar 29, 2011 9:26 am

Awesome!

by **Sniper08** on Tue Mar 29, 2011 9:32 am

more medals

by **SirSebstar** on Tue Mar 29, 2011 9:45 am

exactly my thought... yea!!

by **thebest712** on Tue Mar 29, 2011 10:01 am

cool

, I would have gold if you cold track others

by **JoshyBoy** on Tue Mar 29, 2011 10:13 am

AWWWEESSOMMMEEE!!!

by **Bruceswar** on Tue Mar 29, 2011 10:21 am

Interesting...

Random map is cool - Shame old random maps cannot count

Premium..... hmm I liked the name, why the change?

API = good

Thanks!

by **lackattack** on Tue Mar 29, 2011 10:23 am

Bruceswar wrote:Premium..... hmm I liked the name, why the change?

The label "Premium Membership" was too long

by **InsomniaRed** on Tue Mar 29, 2011 10:29 am

Medal hunting time. I feel an oncoming race for the 'first to gold' on this one. :lol:

by **bfunny27** on Tue Mar 29, 2011 10:45 am

Thanks for the continued improvement! One of many reasons I keep my paid membership. You guys rock!

by **patrickaa317** on Tue Mar 29, 2011 10:54 am

lackattack wrote:Any new random map games will be indicated as such in game listings, and can be found in the Game Finder by searching for Random Map (even after the game starts).

Thanks Lack. One question though. Will we be able to see them under the actual map as well? Example if I get World 2.1 for my Random map, will I be able to find the game by searching both Random Map & World 2.1 Map?

by **lackattack** on Tue Mar 29, 2011 10:55 am

patrickaa317 wrote:Will we be able to see them under the actual map as well? Example if I get World 2.1 for my Random map, will I be able to find the game by searching both Random Map & World 2.1 Map?

Yes, your game will come up in both searches

by **patrickaa317** on Tue Mar 29, 2011 10:57 am

lackattack wrote:
patrickaa317 wrote:Will we be able to see them under the actual map as well? Example if I get World 2.1 for my Random map, will I be able to find the game by searching both Random Map & World 2.1 Map?

Yes, your game will come up in both searches

Sweetness. Thanks again for the hard work here.

by **sdh** on Tue Mar 29, 2011 11:05 am

yay

by **Bruceswar** on Tue Mar 29, 2011 11:39 am

lackattack wrote:
Bruceswar wrote:Premium..... hmm I liked the name, why the change?

The label "Premium Membership" was too long

Thanks! I still think Premium would have fit in? Personal Choice?

by **TheSaxlad** on Tue Mar 29, 2011 11:39 am

does this mean we can get cross map just from playing random games?

by **Ace Rimmer** on Tue Mar 29, 2011 11:59 am

TheSaxlad wrote:does this mean we can get cross map just from playing random games?

Yes, that was always a possibility.

by **lackattack** on Tue Mar 29, 2011 12:17 pm

Bruceswar wrote:I still think Premium would have fit in? Personal Choice?

When I started trying to shrink the left-side panel (to compensate for enlarging the right-side panel) I realized that "Premim Membership" could limit the shrinkage so I chose someting more attention-grabbing :mrgreen: