News.txt: STREAKS! and more

[hallucination]

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!

[Axe Demento]

Lots of Fun with the new streak commands! Thanks for all your work Hallu!



15 minutes would be good for the streak! allowing people as much time as they used to have in the original game! Another fun option would be the higher the streak the longer you have for it to be saved <img src='http://www.subspace.co/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />



I of course still maintain a spree should not be ended by safezone <img src='http://www.subspace.co/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> allowing it to last as long as someone can keep a ship alive.



Now people can enjoy ending the streak of another or building it themselves.



Great additions and once again keep up you good work!



...Axe