great to see it has been picked up again!  At least if they crash and the building the backups are in burn down they can ask a helluva lot of ppl for all the files back....me included!

there is no way that this would be an april fools prank.  Too much money to lose.  There are way too many communities affected, not just SWBF ones.

There may be many reasons why the stuff is still there.  Maybe they are just leaving it for now as it does not need to be removed yet.  don't hold your breath guys!

don't know what so say apart from lol  

(i wasn't really talking geography!)

Who's Virginia?

lol, A free for all is just a game, you can join any server and do that, it's not really anything new!

The sign up thread for next weeks match has been posted!

The current map pool discussion will continue till next Sunday then a decision will be made...so have you're say!

The_Pi had to pull out last min and thankfully MacG stepped up to host! It is important to let us know if you can host when signing up, in case this sort of thing happens again!  Also I see a pile of extra players, which is great numbers wise but randoms vastly effect the scoring (always to you're detriment).  Have a look at the score sheets for the last match and see how it effects things! It is hard to determine any meaningful quantification or trends in the scores when random players come and go.  The league format and scoring is set up so that if players miss games the only forfeit is that the other players have a chance to get higher scores (part of the reason why there are bots) as the match may be quieter!

We still need to tighten up the entry to the match. Again latecomers are welcome but the need to:

1. be registered here, and at thisiswar (and understand how things work).
2. 'check in' first via the thisiswar forum by posting in the match thread before the game.
3. confirm in the lobby what team they are in (join whatever team has the lesser players otherwise Team A).

I think for this coming game the server should be passworded. If the host lets me know what the password is I can put it on the TiW site so that only registered league players can see it. Alternatively I can PM it to all the league players.

Is everyone ok with this or do you guys prefer a free for all?

good to hear MG, your score (so far) is a whopping 54!

The table has been updated.

Great to see the game went ahead, I'll copy the screens over to TiW and I'll update the scores in the table this afternoon!

the folks at tiw done a xmas missile jam! I even changed the unit to have a santa skin!

It was great fun! although I'd miss out mines next time!

nah, go for it! doesnt matter how many ppl play, low numbers generally mean higher scores, this is also the reason that bots/Ai are included.  You should play the game with 8 bots per team (as mentioned in a previous thread).

It is also important to keep these kind of thing as regular as possible. Come hell or high water thats what I say. Hell I'd still play if it was just me...and push my scores up the board, one of the advantages of a quieter game!

You all know I'm a lot older than most here. I was using the internet before some of you guys could type...I remember back where ppl were newbies, the term noobs wasnt even invented yet!

This kinda thread shows that ppl still think that a noob holds some greater meaning other than a newbie.  Rest assured it does not!  A noob is someone who is new and for want of a better term 'doesnt know the ropes' and often looks foolish due to this!

Quote(top google listing for the search: what is a N00b?)

Definitions of N00b on the Web:

    * Newbie (also said as nooby or newby) is a slang term for a newcomer to online gaming or an Internet activity. ...
      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N00b

    * A newbie, noob, newb. A new user of a game or activity with a lack of experience
      en.wiktionary.org/wiki/n00b

    * Newbie Leet speak term for amateur or beginner.
      http://www.game.co.uk/lowdown.aspx

what gets me is who thought replacing the 'oo' with '00' was a good idea? most slang on the internet is aimed at ease/speed of typing, it's not as if it takes less keystrokes....someone must have thought it looks cool!  In case you didn't know replacing letters with numbers is very noobish, especially when it offers no significant advantage!

Brilliant!  All you need to do is set things up in the format you copied and pasted above!  Also add an extra lobby at the start so that there are 2 lobbies then the match starts.  this allows for late comers or ppl that have their clocks set wrong.  Throw in a a couple of bots in the mix too!

is there anyone else that can host?

I have copies of everything in the swbf section and all the maps bar the beta's for swbfII.

The only one i havnt got is the one i mentioned!

No, they all originate from the same thing...newbie!

Some ppl put more meaning to them but in essence they are just someone who is new and uneducated in certain etiquette.

QuoteNoob is a slang term for a new person in a community, group, or video game, and especially on the internet (see internet slang). Noob is short for "newbie", another slang term that comes from the word "new". A noob usually means a bad player in a game, or someone who does not know the rules of a community. Being a noob is usually not a good thing.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newbie