Today I have rolled out a set of major new

revisions to the bots. Please let me know

of any anomalies that you see. Giving me the

time and day could be helpful.



Most of the changes are not externally

apparent, however there are some nice new

goodies already available. These features are

still being developed and refined, and so,

as always, feedback and suggestions are welcome.



Streaks and sprees are being moved to permanent

storage in the DB. This means you be able to look

at your own, historic streak record, as well as the

best streaks and sprees of the day, month, etc.



With this rollout, streaks are completely reset!

This means everyone has something new to

shoot for! There will be a streak hall of fame

in some form to enshrine some of the notable

achievements we've seen.



Feel free to give some of these commands a try:



.allstreaks similar to the old !allstreaks

.sprees day best sprees of the day

.playerstreaks <name>

.streaks help to detail some of the cmds available



Please note that going forward only 100+ bty kills

will count toward streaks (easier to remember).

Also, sitting too long in safe will end a streak.

I tried 5 minutes, but that seemed too short,

and I've upped it to 10 minutes. This is likely

where it will remain.



Enjoy!



--hallu





And don't forget:

TONIGHT! Chaos Trivia Night!

10pm ET every Wednesday

hosted by hamburlgar

Prizes for the knowledgable!

Looks like we'll have 6 squads since Assassins joined last night.

Although one of the squads, Llamas, showed zero players.



Would you rather play two or three full fixed schedule rounds? Then we will have epic playoffs.

I'll schedule the first actual games for this Sunday around Saturday. It's safe to assume your game is at 3pm or 4pm though <img src='http://www.subspace.co/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

...

Welcome to another edition of Chaotic Chat! Ok, the 1st edition. OK, OK, the only edition! So what is this all about? Last week, I gathered a few great questions/observations from the community (thanks again guys!) about our favorite zone. Here they are:



Question #1 – I noticed a broken link in the public bot messaging. Can that be fixed?



A. This has been fixed and will be released soon! <img src='http://www.subspace.co/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />



Question #2 – Whatever happened to Subspacechaos.com?



A. Subspacechaos.com is gone for good. The official site for Chaos Zone is now chaos.subspace.co



Question #3 – There are broken links on chaos.subspace.co. Can these be fixed?



A. Staff is aware, and link repairs are now in progress. With limited resources, these won’t be fixed tomorrow, but look for this to be tackled in the upcoming weeks. Unfortunately, some minor links that point to dead sites are probably perma gone.



And that’s a wrap! You can help make this column a regular feature to the forum, so feel free to message me in-game (or drop me a ?message) with your questions/observations.



Thanks for reading!

-Plut

TRIVIA NIGHT will be Wednesdays at 10pm ET. I will be online before to remind people, but watch for the announcements. Generally, I will do 3 or 4 sets of 5 questions each. I would like to award each set winner with 100 bounty points, maybe more. If there is an OVERALL winner, i.e., someone who wins the most sets, we might give a rabbit bonus or the like. Still to be determined...

If you have ideas on Categories, we will try to oblige.

Practice round TONIGHT at 10pm ET and category will be general trivia, perhaps some science at the end if people are participating.



-hamburglar

3pm.



Your game will be at 3pm. Be there <img src='http://www.subspace.co/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

Well, a bit after 3pm to be honest so we can have a nice chat before it.



And it'll be pre-season.

...

Thought it might be fun to take a short walk down memory lane. Some of my favorite anecdotes and pilots, randomly:



Sasquatch, who spoke no words except for Sasquatch> "Sasquatch!" that he'd randomly yell in pub. Always got a kick out of this <img src='http://www.subspace.co/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />



Wormhole Fiend, who would spend his day rotating around the wormhole, waiting to trap victims with his wall. Most unique gameplay style ever?



Dino722, for longevity, class, and tomato sauce...



Montezuma, a friend, for fanning the flames and always adding a splash of Down Under. Nobody incited more politically charged discourse!



C H I R P, whom patrolled the tunnels during my nascent days. Another great playstylist!



Ethylene!, for forcing me to fly jav. I can't think of anyone else that has so consistently maintained a legion of detractors for so long. There is a charm buried somewhere within that disgruntled exterior...



To me, the most fearsome pubber was NME. I don't know how many countless times we faced off outside of the castle, but I do know that it was me who found himself greening after most of them.



Best record: Some might say Chemical's run, which included a crazy avg, but he had heaps of swarmy help. The best solo performance I've seen was by RaVen!, who went well over 100-0. He did it the hard way, by wading through and mowing down busy 2004-ish traffic.



Best lifetime body of work? Only two nominees here - Snafu and Starscream



And of course all of the squaddies on Ballistics. Ace-high, Kepi, Agentsteel, Mac-man, a du kit, drevok, Cavitation, Absocold, Dantos, Demerol, Largo, Mobboss, Bortas, WORDS. WORDS. WORDS.



What happened to Bukkwild? Gruntster? Semi? Wolverine^? Pushead? Don Cherry? Jolly Roger?



Would love to hear your memories - old, new, or current - share below!



-Plutorus/AOL

Add me up,



Drachanar



On N.A. Servers.





Also add me to a team.



Thx



GBone

I made enough points to be ranked 5th for flag points. I thought it was because I had no deaths but even after dying bot wasn't ranking me. Was I banned for some reason?