Heya gang. I’ve got lot’s o’ news to share with ya here, so sit back and relax :-P
Let’s see… first off, I’d like to welcome two new admins to the Hardfought family… Prophet and MeMGhost^KS. They’ve both proven themselves worthy of the position in terms of teamwork, attention to other players needs, and always trying to be nice and fair whenever possible. Plus, with a recent increase in cheating/intentional team wounding that’s been occurring, the rest of us admins could sure use the help, especially in the early morning hours, when MeM seems to be on the server the most. Be sure to tell these guys congrats the next time you see them. Welcome aboard, fellas!
The Hardfought CS Invitational Tournament starts off this Thursday… w0oP!! Almost all teams have their first round matches scheduled, and I believe just about all of the kinks have been worked out of the rules and winner’s/loser’s brackets. I am soooo ready to get this underway :-) I have contacted various companies and organizations to help sponsor the event in the hopes of getting at least some type of prizes for the winning teams… so far only one has replied. I guess I’m just small potatoes in the larger scheme of things, eh? ;-) I’ll make known who the sponsor(s) are once things have solidified. Good luck on your first round of matches to those in the tournament!
PUPPY gave me this idea last week and I think this is an excellent one… at the end of each month, I will award those players who have distinguished themselves as team players on the CS public port a reserved spot on that port for a full month. The awards can potentially go out to three different people, and it’s determined by three awards calculated by halfStats – most bombs defused, most bombs planted and most hostages rescued. The winners in those categories for the month of May go out to nx.Arctek for most hostages rescued, nx.MeMGhost^KS for the most bombs defused, and to [KD] Ki||erC|own for the most bombs planted. Since Arc and MeM are already admins and have a reserved spot as part of the job… well, it looks like Ki||erC|own is in the spotlight this time around :-) KC gets a reserved spot on the CS public port for the entire month of June… good goin’!! To have the most in any of the before-mentioned categories shows some outstanding teamwork… it’s all about the team, not how many frags you can rack up. So… to those of you who always ask me for a reserved slot on the server, this is the way to earn one. Guess now’s a good time to start honing those teamwork skills ;-)
Oooh guess what!! I’ve got a fully-functional email server now :-) After months of working on this off and on (mostly off… heh) it’s up and running. You may have noticed some email changes around here… no longer is it k2_2000@swbell.net. From now on it’s k2@hardfought.org … so please be sure to use that address for any further inquiries/comments/rants/whatever about the evil beast that has become Hardfought… err, yeah, ok :-) Also… you may have noticed a new link to the left entitled ‘Server Admins’ … there you will find a list of all of the admins that help keep Hardfought running smoothly, as well as a web-based form submittal option that anyone can use at any time to report any problems or issues about anything regarding my lil operation here. Some of you have already discovered it and used it (thx to those who sent complements :-P)… an email will be sent to all of our admins via that form, so we’ll all be aware of what’s going on. I apologize in advance for the banner ad *bullshit* you gotta wade thru once you submit the form… I’m working on getting that removed.
The message board forums have been getting sort of a facelift… as well as a few enhancements here and there. Over the weekend I found a website that was totally loaded with scripts/hacks to give the UBB board much more functionality… I’ve incorporated a few already, most noticeably a hack that allows avatars under your name. What’s an avatar you ask? Simple… an avatar is a small graphic that represents you. You may have noticed one for myself… fitting, eh? :-) If you would like your own custom avatar that no one but you can use, do the following… 1) find a small graphic, has to be in .gif format, and no larger than 32×32 pixels, 2) send that avatar to me at my new email address (w0oT!!) and I’ll hook ya up and show you how to enable thru your profile. Take’s 30 seconds to do, tops… however it took me almost an hour hacking the new code into the system via seven different cfg/pl files… but anyways, it’s easy to configure. So send ’em my way if you want an avatar for yourself on the msgboard.
To wrap up – the custom.hpk file has been updated, so be sure to download and install it to be able to see and use the latest and greatest custom sprays (/me points to the top right of this page). Also, a new voting poll has been created, so be sure to take a look at it and vote, dammit! :-P That’s all I have today boys ‘n girls… until next time…
K2