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Post by Dredd77 on Aug 7, 2017 12:18:07 GMT -5
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Post by Dredd77 on Aug 7, 2017 12:12:42 GMT -5
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Post by Dredd77 on Aug 7, 2017 12:10:12 GMT -5
I for one am very interested in learning more about "Jelopusy". VERY interested. Get your mind out of the gutter you old fart. This is the last one of these you get for free. Please express yourself without the need to denigrate others. As insults go they're pretty tame, but you keep doing it. I remember when you came here you were super-helpful and positive. More of that, please? ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png)
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Post by Dredd77 on Aug 7, 2017 11:56:43 GMT -5
Locking. The only thing worse than someone banned for pulling shenanigans, is having that person tell their one-sided version of events to someone resulting in white-knighting advocacy and a continuation of drama. Mijapi is in discussion with Forum admin as an "appeal" for his ban. @darkangel12s is not in possession of all the facts. Hell, Dredd77 is not in possession of all the facts. This is between Forum admin and a banned member. And that's where we're gonna leave it. Sorry. Let's get back to talking about War Robots.
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Post by Dredd77 on Aug 7, 2017 9:56:21 GMT -5
Hey guys? Bit of free advice. There are few things quite as needlessly annoying as someone trying to flash their "insider information" card. ![](https://i.imgflip.com/tv25s.jpg) So you now are in chats with Pixo reps. Congrats. Bask in it, revel in how special you are. For about 30 seconds. Then please realize that playing the coy information game just makes you look like a gloryseeking 「go solo」 rather than an important insider. Whatever I get, I've endeavored to share (unless directed otherwise). It's not some exalted status, it's a trust and a service to the community. Treat it that way. Don't be the guy in the picture.
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Post by Dredd77 on Aug 7, 2017 9:36:32 GMT -5
If I may say something here. I may not have seen everything that happened in the backstage so I may underrate some of the questionable behaviour which could have happened, and I agree that if it went as far as seeing new accounts created for the pool that's obviously stupid; All that said, that should not change the fact that overall, this event should be seen in the end as a success IMHO. In life we tend to keep in mind the negative in such situation, forgetting that most of the process has been done in a very positive way. Sure, some thing could be improved. Maybe, only guys with 50+ posts should be allowed to vote (to avoid fake accounts), and IMO, the draw could have been improved (IMO higher seats should face lower seats in each stage). I think that's detail. In the end we will have a worthy winner I'm sure, and a fairly positive message has been given by Pix that they care about this forum. That's a win. Everything is about perspective in life. If we put in perspective the little problems that happened, I think the overall painting looks good IMO. Let's try to keep that in mind when looking back at this event. ![](https://m.popkey.co/37d042/a0dXV.gif)
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Post by Dredd77 on Aug 7, 2017 8:27:20 GMT -5
Be at ease, folks, the fraud happened in one race that the perp was a participant in- and the perp actually lost anyway. The integrity of the competition is not compromised.
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Post by Dredd77 on Aug 6, 2017 22:01:19 GMT -5
Who was it and who were they representing!? This is vital information that must be shared else there the will be a misguided /widespread sense of of paranoia and hostility towards everyone involved (not just the person responsible). Not going to get into that. What's done is done, time to put it behind us. I am confident that in the fullness of time, the rampant paranoia and hostility that you're predicting will engulf this forum in flames in the next 1-4 weeks will die down. Once it does, those of us that remain will rise from the ashes. We will reclaim our accounts. We will rebuild our foundations. We will again produce positive guidance and amiable discussion for those seeking refuge here. We will- eventually- restore ourselves to our former glory before Mr Influence rent the board asunder. I ask for everyone's indulgence in this period.
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Post by Dredd77 on Aug 6, 2017 18:01:40 GMT -5
Correct! Old habit (DM is direct message) from another place. I updated the original post to remove any confusion.
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Post by Dredd77 on Aug 6, 2017 17:59:51 GMT -5
OK, so who is our Paris in this story and, more importantly, who is the beautiful Helen? Please say it isn't Poopface . Please. ? Why should I blame her that she filled my days
With misery, or that she would of late
Have taught to ignorant men most violent ways,
Or hurled the little streets upon the great,
Had they but courage equal to desire?
What could have made her peaceful with a mind
That nobleness made simple as a fire,
With beauty like a tightened bow, a kind
That is not natural in an age like this,
Being high and solitary and most stern?
Why, what could she have done, being what she is?
Was there another Troy for her to burn?- W.B. Yeats ![](https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/t/spa-salon-beautiful-woman-chocolate-facial-mask-beauty-salon-treatment-96409392.jpg)
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Post by Dredd77 on Aug 6, 2017 17:16:31 GMT -5
Greek mythology gives us the story of the Apple of Discord. There was a great banquet of the gods, and Eris, the goddess of discord and disharmony, had not been invited. In revenge for the slight, she conjured up an apple made of pure, radiant gold, and on the side of it was engraved, "for the fairest." As the banquet- and wine- was in full flow, she tossed the apple into the middle of the proceedings. Three goddesses- Aphrodite (love), Athena (wisdom, who really should have known better), and Hera (women and marriage) all vied for the trophy, and Zeus deferred judgment to a mortal named Paris. To help sway his favor, the goddesses each made Paris an offer. Give the apple to Athena, and he would become wise and skilled in the arts of war. Hera promised him earthly power, dominion over all the world. And Aphrodite, well, she offered him the love of the most beautiful woman in all the world, Helen of Sparta. Perhaps unbeknownst to Paris, Helen was the wife of the Spartan king Menelaus, and when he took his newly beloved away from Greece and into his home of Troy, well, let's just say there weren't a lot of happy endings. In considering the events of the past few week on this board, I've been reminded of this story more than once. Unlike the mythical Eris, the very mortal shaolinrogue and I had the very best of intentions when we started this. I'd assumed that the Forum would respond respectfully and maturely and take it as a fun activity, much in the same vein as the "Poster of the Year" awards we did back at the start of the year (which were a blast). In doing that, I missed something that in hindsight should have been obvious. This was less pronounced in the early rounds, but finally came to a boil in the semifinals. The intent was simply to let people recognize those that contributed the most to making this place the Forum we want to see. Instead, we got people rallying clanmates whose participation in the Forum was otherwise entirely modest to come and help pack the ballot box. We got "direct marketing" PM's trying to capitalize on clan enmity to help pack the ballot box. And we even got a mass campaign of dummy "sockpuppet" accounts registered to fraudulently stuff the ballot box. To say nothing of the feuds and bickering that went on behind the scenes. This literally mattered to someone so much that they stooped to creating a gaggle of fake accounts to pack the tally. An authentic human invertebrate, that one. Dignity and- dare I say it in 2017- honor were sold for the price of "Influence points" for intangible goods. What a world. Ultimately, I accept full responsibility for this. I should have known better. After all, think of how many posts and threads stink this place up with attempts to "game the system" of War Robots through tanking, fake Facebook accounts for IP, and more. Going forward, there are lessons learned, and some very useful takeaways. And to end on a high note, there are also some really wonderful positives! For one thing, the board is back to being as helpful and welcoming as it's ever been. That's not to say that this contest is the sole reason for that- we also weeded out a lot of bad apples and some other things- but since this contest was announced we've seen even more "useful" content being posted. Reported posts- long my barometer for the health of the board- are at an all-time low. At its worst we'd often get multiple reports in a day (not kidding). Now, it's down to one a week or less. Pat yourselves on the back, folks! And second, WE HAVE 25,000 INFLUENCE POINTS TO GIVE AWAY! Now here's the twist. Please read carefully. There are two finalists contending for the prize. ⓣⓡⓘⓒⓚⓨ48 is the third seed, and he's squaring off with eighth seed VivaLaResistance . I think you'll probably agree with me that both of these fellas are absolutely worthy winners and add a tremendous amount to the War Robots community. *********************HOW TO VOTE*********************Send me a PM with the subject VOTE and your choice of winner. That's it. Only votes from accounts with 100+ posts will be counted. Sorry, I know it's not as convenient as clicking a radio button but given the sorry extent of the ballot box manipulation, that's how it's going to be. Only DM's sent prior to Tuesday, 08 August at 9PM EST will be valid. I'll count 'em all up and announce the winner. To the 98% of you who acted in good faith on this, I thank you sincerely. This was a lot of fun, for the most part. I definitely don't want to stop being able to have contests here, we just need to find a way to make them slimeproof. Good luck to our worthy contenders!
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Post by Dredd77 on Aug 6, 2017 11:34:35 GMT -5
Just a word of advice: if there's ever any "contest" like this again, I would strongly caution against getting involved. . There won't be.
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Post by Dredd77 on Aug 5, 2017 16:36:46 GMT -5
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Post by Dredd77 on Aug 5, 2017 16:35:51 GMT -5
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Post by Dredd77 on Aug 5, 2017 14:34:25 GMT -5
I am incredibly disappointed- but perhaps not surprised- at how this thing has devolved, and this will certainly be a factor I consider when given the option for future promotions from Pixonic.
I am going to go ahead and lock this thread, because I don't see this going anywhere except further off the cliff. I'll close the poll and declare a winner in a couple hours, before I go out to drink more beer and watch more soccer.
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Post by Dredd77 on Aug 4, 2017 20:49:45 GMT -5
Russel , just to clarify one point, we're not "journalists." We're passionate hobbyists, just like you and everyone else here. We write blog pieces about the things we love. Our opinions are our own, they're not meant to be representative of every player. I've never found a hobby blog that was expected to serve as a sort of representative opinion rather than an individual insight and observation as a default mode. I did go back and see some of the comments on the site, and my jaw hit the floor when the very first post appeared to be you saying that the new UI was "as good as a massacre in a kindergarten," an extraordinarily tasteless thing to say and something wildly divergent from my impression of you here. Now I know you and everyone else are completely unaware that that incident happened a half hour away from where I lived in my home state, but really? That's our analogy of first option for a video game? I'm sorry you got into it with ᴛʜᴇ ʙɪɢ ᴅʀᴏᴘ, if I had to guess I'd simply say that you both let things get away from you and didn't present your best selves. I appreciate your willingness to put this thing to rest.
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Post by Dredd77 on Aug 4, 2017 20:12:33 GMT -5
Come on, guys, make some brawl in here. I just can't get my head around Affleck as Batman. Haven't seen the movie, but if it's like this trailer...
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Post by Dredd77 on Aug 4, 2017 19:44:16 GMT -5
"I would rather be a failed pacifist than a successful coward" - M. Gandhi Apparently, even the master of pacifism has his limits. This is the Civ Gandhi.xd This comment wins the Forum today.
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Post by Dredd77 on Aug 4, 2017 19:39:49 GMT -5
There you are 'Stig Russian' I guess 'Russel' is at least ONE of your Forum profiles? You really want to bring 'this' discussion here? Ok then. Lets do this: I misread the original forum poll. Sorry. I acknowledged this to one of your various profiles on M*S. It's a redundant point though... In my M*S post I expressed my OPINION from MY point of view... Concerning the UI and its workings, I have a right to express my OPINION there and the "others" I reference are those I have connected with via FB including my clan members. Just because you accuse me of being a propagandist and fact manipulator doesnt mean its true. I cant TWIST FACTS when expressing my OPINION. So you asking me to change my article to reflect FACTS? Im sure "many others agree" that they like the UI just as many others certainly DO NOT agree with my views! Thats ok! The Poll you so adamantly refer to is not THE END RESULT either! Your poll reflects a part of the War Robots community. Me changing my article is not going to happen. Ever. Russel, you really need to understand that whatever you think of gaining by bringing this topic here is probably not going to happen. Honestly, you are approaching TROLL-levels concerning this topic. Me changing what I said in the article is DEFINITELY not going to happen. You dont like the UI--OK!!! I GET THAT! YOUR OPINION IS YOURS AND YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO IT TOO! I spoke my opinion anout the UI and it refects my opinion and anyone else who just so happens to like it. As I stated, my peers seem to like it... So that goes well with: "MECH*SPECTRUM is the premiere news and information outlet for any game or project within the Mech genre." in your world? Then "NEWS" = "OPINIONS" now? I actually brought the facts in the comment sections, you ignored or misread ALL of them and keep on stating that it's just "your opinion". You stated your position, I just wanted for all good people in the forum to know that you are taking "premiere news outlet" like another place to state your opinion. This seems a touch below your usual standard, Russel. I'm not familiar with the issue you and ᴛʜᴇ ʙɪɢ ᴅʀᴏᴘ have, and right now frankly I'd rather drink beer and watch soccer than go find out. But to call out an op-ed piece for not being "news" is a bit thin, considering opinion pieces are part and parcel of the news trade. MECH*SPECTRUM is the successor to Gepard Diary, and no-one ever accused me of falling short of some journalistic standard on that site. With the new site, news is indeed an explicit part of the content, but we make sure to separate it from everything else in three ways. First, every article has very clear tags. Things like War Robots Data and Analytics, or Tabletop Games give people a sense of what they're reading, and they can click on these to read more. News articles have a tag, which unsurprisingly is "News." Second, all News articles have a section on the site all their own. Yes, they're featured up top if they're new, but they're also all in the News section. Third, just to be even more explicit, every news article is prefaced with "NEWS:" For instance, * NEWS: War Robots Test Server Weekend Details 7/29-7/30 * NEWS: Pixonic Launches the Iron Library So if it's not marked NEWS in all three of those ways, it's a blog piece. ᴛʜᴇ ʙɪɢ ᴅʀᴏᴘ may hold an entirely indefensible position (or he may not), but that should be refuted on its face rather than calling it out for "not being news." I'll leave you fellas at it, just wanted to be clear about that one thing. Definitely welcome feedback about how we can make things clearer or more intuitive. As for me, back to the soccer and beer. ![:D](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/grin.png)
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Post by Dredd77 on Aug 4, 2017 0:19:38 GMT -5
Because some of us don't cheat. I dont think that create fake facebooks is cheating Some people don't think that hacking games with mods and bots is cheating, either. If we left everything up to individual, subjective opinion, we'd live in a world of paladins.
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Post by Dredd77 on Aug 3, 2017 23:30:52 GMT -5
why dont use the power of the fake accounts? i already have two docs and my butch since IP went live You must be confusing this place with the cesspit of Facebook...
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Post by Dredd77 on Aug 3, 2017 11:10:38 GMT -5
Here it is, the semifinal elimination round of the Mr/Ms Influence competition!
This poll will run until Saturday evening. The winner will be IN THE FINAL for the Grand Prize of 25,000 IP!
Good luck!
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Post by Dredd77 on Aug 3, 2017 11:08:32 GMT -5
Here it is, the semifinal elimination round of the Mr/Ms Influence competition!
This poll will run until Saturday evening. The winner will be IN THE FINAL for the Grand Prize of 25,000 IP!
Good luck!
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Post by Dredd77 on Aug 3, 2017 8:50:43 GMT -5
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Post by Dredd77 on Aug 3, 2017 8:47:09 GMT -5
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Post by Dredd77 on Aug 2, 2017 13:44:01 GMT -5
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Post by Dredd77 on Aug 2, 2017 13:42:24 GMT -5
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Post by Dredd77 on Aug 1, 2017 13:46:39 GMT -5
This game could not survive without players. The so-called "shady freemium model" allows for a wide base of nonpaying players to keep the population of the game up while others pay for additional enjoyment.
There is nothing wrong with enjoy this game for free. There is also nothing wrong with paying money to enjoy this game.
Some folks on each side try and look down their nose that the other side, but this is silly. The game needs them both.
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Post by Dredd77 on Jul 31, 2017 22:02:27 GMT -5
WE034 , still too much estrogen for my tastes. I'm not looking for something that has already been done. I want original, I think as a mod, I should have something that is mine unmistakably, don't you ? ![](http://i.imgur.com/YNhR3FG.png)
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Post by Dredd77 on Jul 31, 2017 21:51:06 GMT -5
1. Pilot ID ... they know mine. 2. Current League - iOS (D2 and S1) ANdroid (S2 I think) 3. Describe your experience with Match Making. I hate to say this, but I love it. No problems, no gross mismatches, no problems. Every match I feel liek I have a chance of winning. Literally, zero problems.
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