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    05/02

    TWD Resolution Poll, Keep as is OR Remove?

    Poll runs on bot named TW-Vote which resides in Pub0.
    Votes are restricted to TWD registered names and only 1 vote per player is allowed.


    POLL WILL RUN UNTIL TUESDAY, MAY 10TH 1AM EST!That is 193 hours from now.


    The result of the poll will be final for the remainder of the time I stay as Head of TWD.
    Future TWD Heads will reserve the right to change whatever they deem necessary.

    How to vote:
    ?go 0
    :TW-Vote:!polls
    :TW-Vote:!view <poll#>
    Read Pros & Cons and additional information
    :TW-Vote:!vote <number> (options above Pros & Cons)


    Worth noting: All votes will be registered in the database. This means even if the bot dies, the votes will be recorded and retrievable.

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    05/02

    TWD Roster Limit: 30 to be applied on May 8th


    Captains of every squad have until then to set their rosters within the limit.
    If any squads remain above 30 players, TWD staff will then proceed to make the necessary changes.

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    04/09

    Hey guys.

    It's been a while since I informed you of any changes.
    Partially because of me being busy with a new job and others being busy with their lives and other projects.

    Anyway,

    Qan has made some small changes to MatchBots:

    !chtop was removed completely.
    Captains and assistants are now able to use the following new commands

    MatchBot> !challengeall <players> -------------- (!chall)request a game of TW*D against any squad with <players>s
    MatchBot> !challenge <squad1,squad2,...> -- challenge multiple squads

    !challengeall is self-explanatory
    Even if a squad is hidden in the TWD ladder on TWD site, it will be included in the !challengeall command as long as they have played 1 game in the challenged division.

    !challenge Squad1,Squad2 on the other hand will challenge the named squads with the minimum amount of players required for a match.
    For TWDD and TWJD it will challenge the squads for a 3v3 match, and for TWBD it will challenge the squads for a 5v5 match.

    You can always use the !addplayer feature for more players if both squads agree.

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    01/29

    TWDD resolution limit will be decided with an in-game poll.
    EDIT: To clarify, it will either stay the same or be upped to 1920 x 1080.
    The poll will run for 1 week (7 days) - on a yet unspecified date.

    Only TWD registered players can vote
    Only 1 vote per player
    The poll will be held in ?go TWD as it's a familiar arena for everyone that intends or has registered to TWD before.
    Pros and Cons regarding the possible change will be included as a greetmsg, as well as some background information.

    This way players won't have to go out-of-game to cast their vote, and the players who it really concerns will be able to vote, but no else.

    We're still waiting for the bot to be able to save the votes to database so if the bot crashes all won't be lost, but we should be able to continue where we left at.


    TWD ratings are still being worked on. For WB and Jav they're fairly complete, but for basing there's some complexity to it with different ships coming to play, teamkills, terr kills etc.
    Once we're at the point where we can start changing the rating system on site, we'll be doing so.
    It will require some down time for TWD, as well as players and squads for testing it. TWD staff and dev will stay close to this project when the change happens, so as to provide as much support to players and squads that want to be involved in it as possible.


    Some players have asked me when roster caps will be put in place.
    While I'm concerned over a few squads stacking and recruiting players constantly despite having way over the quantity they need, I'm more inclined to let TWD play out freely right now.
    Hopefully once TWD ratings are finished and we reset the ladders players will want to join squads they get to play in to prove they're the shit. Or create their own squads.
    I'm still analyzing the situation all the time.

    I'm also running multiple other ideas in my head and through dev on a daily basis, but a lot of it requires web developers. Unfortunately those are exactly the ones we're lacking.

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    01/10
    If you are a captain of a new squad in TWD, or plan to create a squad, this is for you:

    From now on 'Newly Created Squads' can request to get a periodical advertisement in-game asking for new players.
    These periodical adverts will run for a few days, every 2 hours.

    Contact a staff member if you are a captain of one of these squads.


    The format for one would be:
    [TWD Squad] Squad is looking for new players. Contact Captain1, Captain2 or Captain3 to join. -TWD Staff


    Even a single new player that a team gets out of this is positive.

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    op:

    Hey guys.


    Some of you may have noticed that I recently became the Head of TWD.
    I'll work with the few devs we have, and the operators, to try and make TWD a little more competitive than it is now.


    My goal is to give you guys a reason to keep playing TWD games, even in the off-season.
    This might, in future, mean that we're separating TWD a bit more from TWL. All is open in that regard.


    The first very small that we've made just today was to increase TWDD spawn radius: 70 -> 100.
    Hopefully this'll mean less spawning and more coordinating to get your team together.
    The spawn radius previously barely covered 1 and 1/3 of a radar block to each direction from the very middle of the map.


    We've got a bunch of changes proposed, INCLUDING THE INFAMOUS DOUBLE SQUADDING.
    If double squadding is allowed, it will come with restrictions, and we've yet to get to that point.


    A big thing for me, something I've been trying to get done for a little over a year now, is making actual player ratings work in TWD.
    Currently, and for a long time now we've only been able to see "statistics" on the site. These tell you absolutely zero in regards to who is actually good, and who's less good.
    Once we get this down - it's in the works - you will be able to fight over the top spots, and we'll be promoting these players in some way to the rest of the zone.
    This way off-season games have a bit more reason than just "winning a game", and there's some personal glory to gain as well.




    I've explored the possibility of alternative arenas to be used for TWD purposes.
    The only real limitation is that spawn coordinates should be the same for safe/GO warps, and for javelin to include the "do not cross" -line in the exact spot it is now.
    Some have suggested these alternative arenas to be "unlockables", so you couldn't right away go at them, but had to fight to match up in there. Details are yet scarce and it is not a priority right now.
    For this specific idea any one of you can provide staff a list of these types of arenas. It would greatly advance its implementation as well as make the options more broad.
    You can also make your own maps with the limitations in mind.


    With all this said, I'm all ears, and I haven't ignored any of the threads around here, though I did just come back from a small break so I might've missed some.
    If you do have suggestions and decide to come to me with them in-game, hopefully you have it written down somewhere. My memory can only handle so much.
    Just try to think your ideas through in every way possible. The clearer the picture, the easier it is to implement, if possible.


    -Shadowmere
    Last edited by Shadowmere; 05-03-2016, 12:02 AM.
    3:Wax> ard and i snapchat all the time
    3:Wax> we play virtually tummysticks
    3:i.d.> da fk is that?
    3:Ardour> we basically are each others personal psychologist
    3:Shadowmere> i.d., Wax breaks keyboards playing SubSpace. Best not ask him what anything is.
    3:Wax> Tummy sticks is the situation, commonly referred to as a game, in which two erect men cuddle closely and face-to-face causing their two erect penises, or sticks, to push upwards between their stomachs, or tummys.
    3:Wax> Sticks combine with tummys, hence the name "tummy sticks."
    3:Shadowmere> LOL
    3:i.d.> Oddly, that's close to what I thought it was...

    Best> I never cooked a day in my life

    Deft> beat by a guy who plays ss on his cellphone
    Shadowmere> Rofl
    Up in ya !> With his feet
    Deft> no kidding, redefining l44t
    Up in ya !> l44t feet
    Deft> l44t f44t*
    Up in ya !> Twinkle toes
    Deft> he had l33t f33t but he practiced

  • #2
    What motivated you to get this position other than people bashing you for the last 7 years?
    TWDTJ & TWDTB FINALIST 2019

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    • #3
      Sounds good, consider: http://forums.trenchwars.org/showthr...nd-of-the-year

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      • #4
        Increase the lag limits so more ppl can fking play TWD... If TWD is about practice then people should chill about anyone slightly lagging. It's not as if we have a good population anymore so at least test the lag limits so maybe I can play once in a while still.
        1:Hece> iv done good A (amphetamine) many times and ppl say u cant get your dick up on it..my dick works on every chemical i have tried so far

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        • #5
          Just have like twdd3/4 with higher lag limits allowed for euro's or poor people.
          Rabble Rabble Rabble

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          • #6
            Originally posted by Fork View Post
            Increase the lag limits so more ppl can fking play TWD... If TWD is about practice then people should chill about anyone slightly lagging. It's not as if we have a good population anymore so at least test the lag limits so maybe I can play once in a while still.
            If you have an idea of where the limits should be, do share. Also let me know who'd benefit of the change.

            What we don't want is increase the limits and suddenly everyone's going higher with their latency.
            I'm not sure who we're missing out on with the current ones.

            Originally posted by Rab View Post
            I have things similar to that on paper. Will look into this stuff.
            3:Wax> ard and i snapchat all the time
            3:Wax> we play virtually tummysticks
            3:i.d.> da fk is that?
            3:Ardour> we basically are each others personal psychologist
            3:Shadowmere> i.d., Wax breaks keyboards playing SubSpace. Best not ask him what anything is.
            3:Wax> Tummy sticks is the situation, commonly referred to as a game, in which two erect men cuddle closely and face-to-face causing their two erect penises, or sticks, to push upwards between their stomachs, or tummys.
            3:Wax> Sticks combine with tummys, hence the name "tummy sticks."
            3:Shadowmere> LOL
            3:i.d.> Oddly, that's close to what I thought it was...

            Best> I never cooked a day in my life

            Deft> beat by a guy who plays ss on his cellphone
            Shadowmere> Rofl
            Up in ya !> With his feet
            Deft> no kidding, redefining l44t
            Up in ya !> l44t feet
            Deft> l44t f44t*
            Up in ya !> Twinkle toes
            Deft> he had l33t f33t but he practiced

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Sertifi. View Post
              If you have an idea of where the limits should be, do share. Also let me know who'd benefit of the change.

              What we don't want is increase the limits and suddenly everyone's going higher with their latency.
              I'm not sure who we're missing out on with the current ones.



              I have things similar to that on paper. Will look into this stuff.
              Well for instance last night I logged on to JD and my s2c was slightly up and I couldn't play which just made me quit and play a dif game heh... Sure others do the same. If people manipulate their lag for TWD then how sad would they be? Cheating in TWD when the games population is low... They would have to be specially retarded. Mind u people still think pub is fun so I guess it wouldn't surprise me.

              Kthx what u think? (Helping u get 10k posts faster)
              1:Hece> iv done good A (amphetamine) many times and ppl say u cant get your dick up on it..my dick works on every chemical i have tried so far

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              • #8
                Had to delete this post with shadowmere crying about it to me over ?message

                Gl with your new twd head op tw LOOOL
                Last edited by Banks; 12-20-2015, 02:38 PM.
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                • #9
                  good luck.

                  i hope you can accomplish something during your stay in that position. it is hard to find people who still care about this game and want it to move forward, and .. well, now that i think about it no one has done anything about TWD since the departure of Arobas. it shouldn't be too hard to outdo all the past people in that position.

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                  • #10
                    Already told you, have a euro arena for twdd/twjd/twbd with slightly more laxed lag limits. Problem solved, euro squads can duel each other in the laggy arena. Think theres like a lagpub map for when the servers acting up, shouldn't be that hard to do right?
                    Rabble Rabble Rabble

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                    • #11
                      dear god....the end truly is near
                      1:Rasaq> i scrub really hard with toilet paper so little pieces of it get stuck to my anus hair and then later on when im watching tv i like to pull them out slowly because it feels pretty good

                      1:Mutalisk> heard that n1111ga okyo got some DSLs

                      Paradise> No names but there's actually a black man in the arena right now.

                      Jones> MAAAAN1111GA UCHIHA

                      Paradise> NO NAMES. NOT A SINGLE NAME.....but 3/6 of the players on Force are of a certain descent. I will not go any further.

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                      • #12
                        Sending another message in this thread so kthx at least has 2 messages between his messages.

                        Shadowmere is my favourite person in this game and I'm very happy that he's getting higher up into staff. Hope to see you as zone owner soon buddy!
                        As for the change, it is perfect.
                        Spawn radius increasing to 100, truly revolutionary.
                        Only thing I would recommend would be increasing the bullet fire energy for Warbirds by 2 to compensate for this change though.

                        Looking forward to more TWD changes as I am sure they will be very productive coming out of the hands of a great mind such as Shadowmere.
                        7:Ruhe In Frieden> wiat, how come everyone said jill was lebanese?
                        7:raizin> LESBIAN, NOT LEANESE
                        7:Almalexia> LOLIRL
                        7:Ruhe In Frieden> lol
                        7:CROW_CAW_CAW_CAW> hahah
                        7:Berlin Wall> rofl

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                        • #13
                          I've lagged out 3x in JD's before and its usually due to slow ploss. After playing this game for this long, I still don't understand how the user can do anything about it. I'd like to hear anyone's input on what slow packetloss would do to the player's lag and how other players would perceive it. Its kept me out of so many rounds even though my s2c and c2s are fine, and my ping is well under.
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                          Failure teaches success.
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                          • #14
                            Still a resolution limit in twdd/twdd2?

                            Can we at least reverse the res limit arenas? I would like to see the response to TWDD/TWDD2 having no resolution limit and twdd3 having one.
                            Doughnut - Assistant Ban Operator

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                            • #15
                              If you change the res limits in twdd and twld and then I'll come back and play TW competitively.

                              If you want my ideas for TWD, which I sent to Reckful and upperstaff over a year ago but nothing got done and then message me in game and I'll send them to you. I'll be on the name ivf.

                              Vys
                              Last edited by Ivf; 12-22-2015, 05:20 AM.

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