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General Forums => Axis vs Allies => Topic started by: Mister Fork on July 27, 2004, 12:35:24 PM
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Hey everyone,
Thought I'd let you all know that changes are coming to the Combat Theatre.
a) Top Ace Contest
We are mulling over a TOP ACE contest for the Combat Theatre. Still need to work out deails and talk to the owners but it's coming. It'll probably be based on kills with a weight based on your kill/death ratio. I.e. 100 kills, K/D is 2.0, score is 200. 100 kills, K/D is 4.5 score is 450.
b) Guidelines and Regulations for CT Staff positions
No longer will the CT staff self appoint positions to run the CT. We are working on the details, perhaps even elections for all spots. Guidelines and regulations for staff are going to be put into place on how we, as CT admins, govern the arena. This includes mandatory flying hours requirments (you gotta fly in the Ct to be an admin), and regulations on how elections are handled, and how to manage the community. More to follow.
So that's all I'm going to say for now. I'm hoping that combined with these upcoming changes and events the CT will be a community driven arena.
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Very interesting news. Thanks.
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But Top Ace thing, might make some more people not fight...
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b. sounds like a good move.
Not so sure about a. ... hopefully it would only appeal to the score potatos and have no impact pro or con on me.
Splash1
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Originally posted by DJ111
:aok
But Top Ace thing, might make some more people not fight...
Or it could make more fight. Or it could have no effect at all. I'd say a decent furballer would have best shot if there's decent furballs.
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whats the prize? or is there not one?
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If someone is so worried about k/d they might not jump into a furball like they did before. But it might not affect anything so...
Shut up you commie!
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Originally posted by Mister Fork
a) Top Ace Contest
We are mulling over a TOP ACE contest for the Combat Theatre. Still need to work out deails and talk to the owners but it's coming. It'll probably be based on kills with a weight based on your kill/death ratio. I.e. 100 kills, K/D is 2.0, score is 200. 100 kills, K/D is 4.5 score is 450.
Who is going to figure this out?
Why do you want to do this? I thought that you wanted to do away with scores/ranks.
What are the advantages of this rank system over the HTC score/rank system?
If you do decide to run the contest, run a poll of CT regulars and ask them to vote on it. If they decide that they want it, then you have a buy in. Without a vote it will be pooh-poohed even worse than the current HTC score/rank system.
Originally posted by Mister Fork
b) Guidelines and Regulations for CT Staff positions
No longer will the CT staff self appoint positions to run the CT. We are working on the details, perhaps even elections for all spots. Guidelines and regulations for staff are going to be put into place on how we, as CT admins, govern the arena. This includes mandatory flying hours requirments (you gotta fly in the Ct to be an admin), and regulations on how elections are handled, and how to manage the community. More to follow.
I would guess that there would be a major shortage of folks who would even want the job. Many folks may have trouble making any kind of a commitment. I for example would be interested but am already spread too thin to take on any commitment with a time table of required duty times. Sometimes I can’t even spare the time to fly for a week or more. Other weeks/month I have time that I could spare. My guess is that many folks are in the same boat. Take a poll to see how many folks would even be interested in the first place.
eskimo
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The idea of any contest/prize is to entice OTHER/NEW players into the Combat Theatre, not existing players. No vote will be forth coming to the members, besides, I expect a CT member to win it.
ANYHOW IMM GLAD TAHT THIS THREAD WAS HIJAK3D BY FURBAL ONLY ON TEH SAVENTH REPLY! THX FURBAL - U CUD OF MAED IT A DIF3R3NT THREAD. :)
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LOL sorry, i didnt mean to. i came here with good intentions... but dweebjay is a bad influence on me.
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Personally I don't think this Ace thing will be that big of a success but then again i have seen stranger things happen.
One of the reasons that the numbers are so low right now is the bugs. (personal opinion)
How about this a sort of popup message in the MA, TA, & DA. It could say something like this "System Come enjoy historical setups in the Combat Theatre" If this is fessible it could popup say every ten minutes or something like that. This maybe a stupid idea but some of the people who play the game don't even come the bbs and so they don't even see Arlo's banners.
I know from playing in the MA once in awhile that there are people in there who have never even heard of the CT.
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Originally posted by Mister Fork
a) Top Ace Contest
We are mulling over a TOP ACE contest for the Combat Theatre. Still need to work out deails and talk to the owners but it's coming. It'll probably be based on kills with a weight based on your kill/death ratio. I.e. 100 kills, K/D is 2.0, score is 200. 100 kills, K/D is 4.5 score is 450.
...well....just as a thought, for example....will there be an award for lowest ace...?
b) Guidelines and Regulations for CT Staff positions
No longer will the CT staff self appoint positions to run the CT. We are working on the details, perhaps even elections for all spots. Guidelines and regulations for staff are going to be put into place on how we, as CT admins, govern the arena. This includes mandatory flying hours requirments (you gotta fly in the Ct to be an admin), and regulations on how elections are handled, and how to manage the community. More to follow.
There you go, Bug.
Wonder if there will be campaigns now....
- oldman
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Originally posted by Oldman731
Wonder if there will be campaigns now....
- oldman
I'm going on record now:
My Vote can be bought.
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b) Guidelines and Regulations for CT Staff positions
No longer will the CT staff self appoint positions to run the CT. We are working on the details, perhaps even elections for all spots. Guidelines and regulations for staff are going to be put into place on how we, as CT admins, govern the arena. This includes mandatory flying hours requirments (you gotta fly in the Ct to be an admin), and regulations on how elections are handled, and how to manage the community. More to follow.
Who is on the CT staff currently? Are you talking about electing each other for different CT staff positions? Or how you select new CT staff members?
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Hum i just got an idea. campaigns i like the idea. I propose this type of Campaign.
1 Months we do the ETO theatre.
BoB 1/2 week
North Afrika 1/2 week
Channel dash 1/2 week
DDay 1/2 week
Russian Offensive. 1/2 week
Battle of the bulge. 1/2 week
Mid March Western front. 1/2 week.
Battle for berlin. 1/2 week
Then we go to pac for a month. (hawg boys go crazy)
Battle for midway 1/2 week
Corral Seaa 1/2 week (gawd forbid)
Early Salmon island 1/2 week
late Salmon island (Hog included) 1/2 week
Burma 1/2 week
Battle for the Phillenes 1/2 week (hog)
Burma Late 1/2 week
Okinawa (ackinawa whatever.) (Chog) (maybe -4 for major perks)
Then the next moth we do misc.
Free CM pick.
Free CM pick.
FinRus.
Stalins Suprise (Grits)
Personally i would love that
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"b) Guidelines and Regulations for CT Staff positions
No longer will the CT staff self appoint positions to run the CT. We are working on the details, perhaps even elections for all spots. Guidelines and regulations for staff are going to be put into place on how we, as CT admins, govern the arena. This includes mandatory flying hours requirments (you gotta fly in the Ct to be an admin), and regulations on how elections are handled, and how to manage the community. More to follow. "
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I'm sure TheBug will have some fascinating commentary to add here.
Unfortunately he is away this week serving as a diplomatic liason to France for her majesty the Queen. I expect he will return Friday full of "piss and vinegar". ;)
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Originally posted by Skyfoxx
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"b) Guidelines and Regulations for CT Staff positions
No longer will the CT staff self appoint positions to run the CT. We are working on the details, perhaps even elections for all spots. Guidelines and regulations for staff are going to be put into place on how we, as CT admins, govern the arena. This includes mandatory flying hours requirments (you gotta fly in the Ct to be an admin), and regulations on how elections are handled, and how to manage the community. More to follow. "
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I'm sure TheBug will have some fascinating commentary to add here.
Unfortunately he is away this week serving as a diplomatic liason to France for her majesty the Queen. I expect he will return Friday full of "piss and vinegar". ;)
He may have some commentaries to be sure but they will fascinate no one. It will be war with france then, good news. I will enlist in the RCAF in anticipation.
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Looks like a "Vote Bug" campaign may become an actuality. Now it just remains to see if it becomes a certainty. :D
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Originally posted by B17Skull12
Hum i just got an idea. campaigns i like the idea. I propose this type of Campaign.
1 Months we do the ETO theatre.
BoB 1/2 week
North Afrika 1/2 week
Channel dash 1/2 week
DDay 1/2 week
Russian Offensive. 1/2 week
Battle of the bulge. 1/2 week
Mid March Western front. 1/2 week.
Battle for berlin. 1/2 week
Then we go to pac for a month. (hawg boys go crazy)
Battle for midway 1/2 week
Corral Seaa 1/2 week (gawd forbid)
Early Salmon island 1/2 week
late Salmon island (Hog included) 1/2 week
Burma 1/2 week
Battle for the Phillenes 1/2 week (hog)
Burma Late 1/2 week
Okinawa (ackinawa whatever.) (Chog) (maybe -4 for major perks)
Then the next moth we do misc.
Free CM pick.
Free CM pick.
FinRus.
Stalins Suprise (Grits)
Personally i would love that
I find myself agreeing with skull, with one exception. We should make the rotation 1 week instead of 1/2 week.
shubie
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Top Ace contest is wonderful idea IF you add a bull's-eye to the icon of the leader.
Would be fun to see the bull's-eye swarmed and see how many times the lead changes even in one or two sorties.
In other words, Top Ace contest seems unnecessary complication and distraction in Aces High's "purest" arena.
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Originally posted by Mister Fork
The idea of any contest/prize is to entice OTHER/NEW players into the Combat Theatre, not existing players. No vote will be forth coming to the members, besides, I expect a CT member to win it.
ANYHOW IMM GLAD TAHT THIS THREAD WAS HIJAK3D BY FURBAL ONLY ON TEH SAVENTH REPLY! THX FURBAL - U CUD OF MAED IT A DIF3R3NT THREAD. :)
I don’t think that it will work at all in generating interest without any kind of a prize. The current HTC ranking system does not seem to motivate or draw people into the CT. As someone who generally ranks high, I can verify that any kind of a title is nearly meaningless. Very few folks seem to care about rank in the CT. Lots of MA types must know that they could fly in the CT and rank very well with little effort, but they don’t.
If HTC will give a free month or two subscription for the winner of the contest, you might get some interest and new players. The cash prizes in the MA have clearly drawn interest. Could something similar in the CT boost it? Probably at least a little.
I agree with DJ111 that such a contest will scare some folks away from fights. The current score system also incorporates K/T, K/S and hit %. Kills per Time is critical to good score/rank/contest. It motivates people to fight, not run. It is very critical.
Kills per sortie isn’t as important as the others but detracts from upping to intercept one lone con.
Hit percent sort of measures a skill and helps prevent spray-n-pray.
eskimo
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Eskie, if I read you correct, the K/D is not a good measure, but perhaps the hit percentage and kills? Or a kills/time ratio?
Yep, I'm working on giving a month or two free away - just gotta check with Dale/Doug - seeing how busy they are I'm just waiting for the right time to ask. :)
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Keep .... it ... simple. No need to make something complicated that really isn't. Fighter points. :D
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Fighter point eh? Hmmm... to be honest, that might work quite well. It's a combination of hit %, kills, K/D, etc. I've asked and am just waiting to see what Dale/Doug say.
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Sorry im very picky. but about the campaigns.
The battle of Coral Sea was before Midway...
and its spelled Solomon islands.
you had me going through my WWII history books to find something about the battle of Salmon island. Im a pretty big PTO buff, so you had me worried!
But im adverse to the top ace thing. part of me just dont like it. its probably because i know i could never win it. :lol
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Originally posted by Jasta
Sorry im very picky. but about the campaigns.
The battle of Coral Sea was before Midway...
and its spelled Solomon islands.
you had me going through my WWII history books to find something about the battle of Salmon island. Im a pretty big PTO buff, so you had me worried!
But im adverse to the top ace thing. part of me just dont like it. its probably because i know i could never win it. :lol
Not a dig but in the CT most players are graduates of the hukd un phonex skule of speillunging.
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Why not go with Fighter Rank for top ace?
That can't really b "milked" to be better, right?
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Originally posted by Mister Fork
Fighter point eh? Hmmm... to be honest, that might work quite well. It's a combination of hit %, kills, K/D, etc. I've asked and am just waiting to see what Dale/Doug say.
Fighter rank is a good measure.
The three most important are: K/D, K/T and points.
K/D is obvious why it is a good measure.
K/T encourages fighting when not always at an advantage.
Points keeps someone who flew one great fighter sortie from parking their score and not flying in fighter mode again.
Points are earned by damaging enemy aircraft. K/D kills and hit % are not part of points.
These three are critical to balance each other. The other two add more aspects but are not quite as important, IMHO. Much easier to go with fighter rank though.
eskimo
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I got you this far why stop now?
Vote Bug!:aok
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Originally posted by Mister Fork
Fighter point eh? Hmmm... to be honest, that might work quite well. It's a combination of hit %, kills, K/D, etc. I've asked and am just waiting to see what Dale/Doug say.
For a contest yes, for basic CT scoring, NO!
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Originally posted by DJ111
Why not go with Fighter Rank for top ace?
That can't really b "milked" to be better, right?
Yes it can be milked, ask ESKIMO! Vulches are awsome :rolleyes: