Posted By webjunkie | 08-08-08 02:20:19
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I have been to doctor today. She gave me some muscle relaxer and steroids to help heal over the damage. there is no real cure for the problem, and it will not ever heal so as to let me every really no know the problem is there, in fact she gave me handicap paperwork to get tags for my cars. Guess I am getting old. in any case I will be trying to start doing short sessions of programing as I can only sit for 15-30 mins at a spell things will go slow but I will try to get in a session or 2 every day. We have one other option where I talk to frost on phone and he types, this type of set up can go for much longer sessions as I can do flat on my back. Of course  these can only happen when he has time. Please send all bug reports to all 3 of us as (testie, frostmorne, webjunkie) there may be days where I can not work.

Posted By frostmorne | 08-03-08 22:28:14
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The game clock now reads in a US format.

OLD: DD/MM-YY

NEW: MM-DD-YY

Posted By webjunkie | 08-03-08 04:10:02
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This week I went to pick up my daughter from boot camp and had an issue with my car, while bending over to open the hood something in my back popped. While I have yet to visit the doctor I have already had one back surgery in my life and have hurt it bad enough in the past to know that this injury is either a herniated disc or a ruptured disc. it is very painful to sit up walk of even lay in bed now. I will be taking a break from programing for at least a few days while i see if it the pain eases. I will visit my doctor this week if it does not let up but I already know that that she will tell sitting up to a  computer is not something I will be doing for at least a few days and maybe weeks as sitting applies stress to the injury. Please direct all issues to testis and or frosty until I post otherwise. Thank you and I am sorry I will have to delay the completion of the meter and other features I was working on

Posted By frostmorne | 07-31-08 21:20:55
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A very simple version of what is to be the "Black Market" is now online and can be accessed here. There are no real auctions running just yet... We have to make some disclaimers for legal reasons as well as actually create the items to be sold. I will be adding more features tonight. Please note that there is a thread in the Suggestion forum where you can suggest features for the BM. I will see out of these suggestions which i can implement. I know for a fact, there will be a sort by feature (Price, end date, alphabetic, etc...).

Also note that with the BM, admins are the only people that are allowed to see who the current bidder is. This is due to the fact that real money is being exchange, and also due to the fact that normal sow purchases are kept quiet anyway.

If you have any questions, please let me know. I will be back to answer them shortly.

Best of regards,

Frosty

Posted By testie | 07-30-08 23:00:59
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As of today chargalley is now a Chat Mod  please give char the respect she deserves

Posted By frostmorne | 07-29-08 21:01:56
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Due to a fine print item with the idiotic eBay folks, we can no longer host auctions there. Apparently you are not allowed to use their website to sell virtual items, it has to be a tangible object. Seriously... wth...

In lieu of this, i will be starting up our own REAL USD auction system. It will be very basic at first and will of course run along side our ingame auctions that use in game resources to be bid upon. This new auction will start of with you placing a bid (that is set in US Dollars) and when the auction ends, we will get with you to have you transfer fund to us Via PayPal (or something else if you MUST use it, but we prefer paypal). Please keep in mind that placing a bid here is not to be taken lightly and can not be retracked. We will hold you responsible for any bid you place. If you bid and do not pay, you will be subject to punishment that will be determined on a case by case basis from the administration. No items will include tax or shipping obviously.

Once this is up and running, we hope to be able to add features such as automatic billing, automatic crediting, and auto outbid notifications being sent to your SoW messanger. If you have any questions, please let me know. Be sure to give me your thoughts in the comment section.

UPDATE: Please note that we will quite possible amend our TOS once this auction system is done. This is a very touchy legal item and we want to handle it thoroughly, so please be patient with us. Also, i would like to eventually add other forms of currency such as pounds, quid, etc... But all in due time.

Best of regards,

Frosty

Posted By frostmorne | 07-29-08 20:38:52
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Here is a break down of the new resets in lieu of the new map.

Columns:

• 1 - 75 Reset at 00:00 Sow time. This reset will be done exactly as it was done before.
• 76 - 150 Reset at 06:00 SoW time. This reset will only reset base slots for the listed columns.
• 151 - 225 Reset at 12:00 SoW time. This reset will reset base slots for the listed columns, and reset all hits/digs/forest/etc... on the map. Same as the 00:00 reset.
• 226 - 300 Reset at 18:00 SoW time. This reset will only reset base slots for thie listed columns.

Hits and everything else are going to remain the same. Max of 3 hits in one 00:00 to 11:59|59 time period. Map resets (thats digs, hits, caves, etc...) still reset at their normal times of 00:00 and 12:00. Really the only thing that has changed with the resets is when you get your regenerating base slots.

Posted By frostmorne | 07-29-08 14:10:56
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UPDATE: I have now added multiple field types to the rest of the map. There appears to be no lag what so ever. (Some seem to think it is moving faster, but whatever. )

• Base movers now move you to the new fields
• Base attacks work on the new fields
• Pike attacks work on the new fields
• All factories on the new fields have a very basic defense of 20 walls each.
• I am PLANNING on giving everyone who currently has a base on the map a base mover... I am unsure if i want to do this, or just shake up the entire map???

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This is John "Rabian" Smith reporting to you live from the Utilitaria Planet News Airship! We are currently flying over the aftermath of a MASSIVE volcanic eruption that has taken place during the twighlight hours of the western continents. We are still trying to gather some information as to the actual size of the eruption, but it appears to have added some land mass to the already changing Utilitaria landscape. Stay tuned for more details as we have them!

Posted By frostmorne | 07-28-08 07:24:34
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PLEASE READ ALL OF THIS POST, IT IS IMPORTANT DOWN TO THE LAST LINE!!!

I have this evening made a few MAJOR changes... Although they are few in number, i assure you they will greatly change many things in SoW... Some will be mentioned here, others you are set to find out upon your own experience during game play. These changes include but are not limited to:

• I have updated the power formula. Some units that counted for power before... no longer count at all, and are now classified as "hidden". Admins will not reveal which units these are. You must figure this out on your own.
• All new units have been added to the current power formula. This means that when you build new units, you will actually gain power. Keep in mind that some of the new units are hidden units to start with!
• Some of the "old" units (1 through 20) have had their stats adjusted as far as their stat Min/Max are concerned.
• All new units have had their stat Min/Max added to the ingame stat calculations. This means when you build new units, you will gain defense and offense accordingly. Please note that if you build a unit and it does not update your stats, please let me know and i will adjust it. Also, please note that the stock market is not reporting these correctly yet. (That is an adventure for tomorrow.)
• All players power has been set to 1 until they log in again. So stop asking me why all of your clan mates have a power of 1... :P This was done in lieu of the new power formula.
• The battle system has had some tweaks made to it. Have fun figuring out what these tweaks are.
• The meter, as well, has had some tweaks made to it. Have even more fun figuring these out.
• Tutorial descriptions have been completed. However, the code to actually complete the tutorials is not done. You can attempt to complete them all day long, but you wont get very far ;) As it stands, Fac thief is the last completed tutorial that you can finish.

Those are SOME of the major changes that i have made to the game this past 6 hours. Please feel free to ask me questions... I will post the most common in the General Forums, as they are asked to me. Below are some of the minor changes that i have made to the game. They include, but are not limited to:

• Hog images for dusk have been repaired. (Thanks Chargalley)
• A few more foul words have been added to the ingame swear filter.
• Another dozen spelling errors have been corrected.
• "Top List" has been changed to "Top Power". A new "Top List" will be released after our summer clean up fest that will relate to more than just power. It will include things such as base wins/losses, unit counts, skill scores, etc...

Another LARGE notice here... SoW admins have decided unanimously that we are going to change the description of "family site" as far as the "flaming" in chat is concerned. We have decided that in the interest of it being a war game, that we are going to loosen the belt on what we restrict to be said in chat. We will now allow light flaming in chat as long as it is in no way derogatory, racist, sexist, etc... Please note that even though we are allowing a bit more in chat, Admins AND Moderators hold the final say as to what is allowed on a CASE BY CASE basis. The admins have appointed these moderators to their duties because we trust their superior judgement and conduct. For some time now, Moderators have not been receiving the respect they deserve, and quite frankly... Im sick of it. What a moderator says... Goes... Period, end of story. Any disputing of this will be strictly punished. Anyway, back to the main point... Keep in mind that we still do not allow flaming in any portion of the forums except flaming. It has been allowed in chat because it is not as perminent as forums, and is also easier to clear if an Admin or Mod sees fit. Also, flaming is still not allowed on base greetings either... As a matter of fact, im going to leave it at this... Rules for flaming stand exactly as they stood before, only now it is more allowed (and encouraged) in chat and messanger.

If you have any questions at all, about anything listed here or in any other administrative publication, please feel free to message me for a more thorough explaination.

Always keeping busy,

Frosty

Posted By frostmorne | 07-27-08 23:15:27
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This morning I have fixed a few more small errors/bugs. They include, but are not limited to:

• Fixed another half-dozen grammar errors
• Fixed a bug in the Hoard battle when the defender wins (Thanks Storm987)
• Fixed the Best Of The Best Active clan wars page. (Thanks Djdvl666)
• Adjusted word filter for both chat and ingame use to block new "ebonics" words. If you see one that needs adding let me know, I am only so hip...
• Made TP generatores (Both 3 and 10) more popular in caves.
• Testie has added comments to the Members bar at the bottom of the page, please review it for details. (Only SoW supporters can see this bar at the bottom of the page.)

Once again, if you notice any more grammar errors, game errors, or anything else out of place... Please post in Bug Zapper and Spelling Error forums.

P.S. In our last Quarterly Corporate meeting, we decided by a unanimous vote that ALL new projects in SoW are to be put on hold. Although we are not implementing an new items until we clean this place up for a more professional look... Please bear in mind that i am still accepting game addition ideas as readily as i was before. I more than encourage you to use the suggestion forum. Just note that all new game implementations are on hold as i am directing all my time to our "Summer Clean Up" operation.

Best of regards,

Frosty