Merchant Space Docks Update
(Posted by ghost
on Year 15 Day 6)
It has come to our attention that the new faction Hq 'Merchant Space Dock' are being taken out of factions and owned for private us...
It has come to our attention that the new faction Hq 'Merchant Space Dock' are being taken out of factions and owned for private use. There is a bug with the system where the HQ does not autoprotect allowing the station to be made over. Please do not do this. The stations are meant to be only owned by factions and serve as their Hq.
For those who privately own a MSD, I will be contacting you about resolving the situation. Thank you and sorry for the confusion.
EDIT: I am aware that some of you were able to build these outside of a faction. This is also an error and we ask you, if you can do it, to please not. Hopefully we will get that bug straightened out in time.
Monthly FI not ran
(Posted by Kendall Holm
on Year 15 Day 3)
We are aware that the FI was not ran for last month and will have an admin run the FI as soon as one is availible to do so. We ap...
We are aware that the FI was not ran for last month and will have an admin run the FI as soon as one is availible to do so. We appreciate the tickects but no more tickets are needed for this. Thank you.
EDIT: We are currently waiting for the staff that can fix the situation to come on. He is currently having difficulties getting a reliable internet connection. And thus must catch him when we see log on. Until then just be patient with us we will get the FI ran ... eventually
Bypass and Laundering Puts You on the Naughty List
(Posted by ghost
on Year 15 Day 5)
Now is the time to me good.. To try to get on the nice list. Sadly, some players simply prefer the naughty way of life. The follo...
Now is the time to me good.. To try to get on the nice list. Sadly, some players simply prefer the naughty way of life. The following player broke some rules which caught my attention. First, he created a second account to bypass his death timer. He then used this second account to launder his assets to his respawned first account. Please realize that your respawn is a new character. While it is allowed to rp as family members, ect., it is not ok for you to get your assets back for free. You are allowed to 'earn' them back, within reason.
Year 15 Day 5, 7:36 ghost banned player Faltis Riva providing the following reason: Multi Ban/asset laundering - 1 Month
Year 15 Day 5, 7:36 ghost banned player Ilama Stari providing the following reason: Multi Ban/asset laundering - 1 Month
Making a second account for yourself is never ok. There are only afew days left for amnesty. Come talk to us while you still can please so we can work things out in your favor. As for Mr. Stari, due to the specific nature of this crime, he has been banned for a month and can contact me after that time to ask for one account to be unbanned. Assets have been seized and will be put into the holiday fund jar for poor and underpayed players.
Asset Laundering is a Crime
(Posted by ghost
on Year 14 Day 360)
I can say many of you have come forward during the past week and asked for assistance with multi accounts. This is what we are her...
I can say many of you have come forward during the past week and asked for assistance with multi accounts. This is what we are here for, and I am happy to assist all of you. Thank you for helping make my life easier and following the rules.
Sadly, not everyone comes forward and comes clean. The following is a tale of Asset Laundering, which is something many people, sadly, seem to want to do or try to get away with.
Year 14 Day 360, 19:02 ghost banned player Gabriel Katakura providing the following reason: Asset laundering - 7 Days
Year 14 Day 360, 19:00 ghost banned player Jakov Halvorsson providing the following reason: Multi Ban - 1 Month
Year 14 Day 360, 18:55 ghost banned player Gabriel Prudii providing the following reason: Multi Ban - Permanent
Remember, a new character is just that, a new character. It represents a different person and it is illegal to send your assets to another to give them back to you later. If you desire your assets back, you have to earn them and at 'fair market value'. You cannot work for someone for a month and get paid in a capital ship. Please keep the game fair for those who follow the rules and fight hard for their assets.
Gabriel can contact support in a week to get unbanned. Jakov can contact us in a month. His punishment is higher as he not only laundered assets, but also created another account to bypass the timer. The assets that were laundered will be sacrificed to the Nautolan Gods and will not be returned.
Changes.... Happen
(Posted by ghost
on Year 14 Day 357)
Orion Trent will henceforth be known as Sebastian von Nex. It turns out that his either his mother lied to him about his father o...
Orion Trent will henceforth be known as Sebastian von Nex. It turns out that his either his mother lied to him about his father or just did not file the paperwork correctly. Either way, new documentation verified that he was not who he thought he was. The press is still waiting for comments on the change.
Year 14 Day 357, 9:05
ghost has changed a players handle: Orion Trent to Sebastian von Nex.
In reality, his name violated the rules and was changed on his request. We don't take these requests lightly, but If there is a valid reason, feel free to contact us.
Winter 2013 Multi-Account Amnesty
(Posted by ghost
on Year 14 Day 349)
As you should all be aware, we mandate that all players in this game limit themselves to a single account. However, we are aware ...
As you should all be aware, we mandate that all players in this game limit themselves to a single account. However, we are aware of the fact that things sometimes happen, such as people losing access to their account, or not being totally familiar with the rules.. As such, we are offering any holder of a multi-account to come forward now, and be provided with amnesty. Any player who currently has a multi-account (whether created accidently, or purposely), will be given the next two weeks to create a support ticket, outlining their illegal multis, and which account they wish to keep. The other accounts will then be banned and their assets seized.
Please Note: This amnesty assumes that your assets are now frozen on your illegal accounts. Anyone caught trying to move assets off of these accounts before or after coming forward will lose all the assets moved, and will be fined a sum to be determined on a case by case basis.
I would also advise that any player currently sharing a connection with another player, register their status through the support base, to avoid unwanted attention.
Now Hiring at the White Scenarios
(Posted by Arete
on Year 14 Day 348)
The White Scenario team is looking for new moderators and trainers!
To those of you who would like to see more roleplaying i...
The White Scenario team is looking for new moderators and trainers!
To those of you who would like to see more roleplaying in the Combine and less godmoding in the Meeting Hall, now's your chance! If you have a lot of RP experience, enjoy reading other people's creative writing, and/or know how to earn over 100 XP for a post that isn't your first in a scenario, then we could probably use your help. At this time, we need both WS Moderators and Trainers:
- WS Moderators score the posts in scenarios; awarding XP for players and CPs for GMs.
- WS Trainers take new roleplayers through a ten part training curriculum to prepare them for Meeting Hall and White Scenario roleplay. We have recently moved our training forum to the RPG Centre, with hopes of eventually running scenarios there, but we desperately need more staff to meet the demand.
These positions are awarded a generous salary of CPs every month for time spent reading and evaluating the posts of other Combine players. Prior participation in at least one White Scenario (WS) is strongly recommended, but not required to apply.
Please visit the Moderator / Trainer Sign-Up thread for a full list of requirements and application details.
(Not sure what a White Scenario even is? Check out Legend, the most recent scenario to reach completion.)
~On behalf of the WS team.
Arete's P.S.: This is also the place to go for those of you I have/will banned from the IC forums and directed towards the WS pre-scenario training.
A Few Good Men
(Posted by Arjuna
on Year 14 Day 321)
Edit: Year 14 Day 325
Thank you for all those who applied, my email has been pleasently beeping at me all hours of the day and ...
Edit: Year 14 Day 325
Thank you for all those who applied, my email has been pleasently beeping at me all hours of the day and night. We'll be reviewing candidates and be getting back to applicants over the next few days.
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With the need for more members of the administrative team, we're once again looking to the players to find new Assistants to help with the day to day work of keeping the combine "functional" ( >_> ).
Job description: Assisting and resolving players problems requiring manual help, using admin tools. Must be knowledgeable about the Combine and how it works. Willing to set aside previous IC relations, and be willing to take strong player criticisms. Specifically would be working with; Ticketing system, join applications, multi-accounts, #swc-help, and player assistance. This position will require you to drop your character, and remove yourself from the IC universe.
If interested, please email to Arjuna@swcombine.com and include the answers to the following questions:
Combine Questions
1. How long have you been with the Combine?
2. What is your Combine handle?
3. What have you done IC so far? What are you doing at the moment? What is your position in your faction?
4. Did you complete any tasks for your faction that could qualify you for the programmer team? like doing a website, setting up a member's DB or anything like this?
5. Could you name two people that have been in the Combine for at least two years who worked with you and may be willing to give a testimonial for you?
6. Why do you want to help us?
7. What do you think you can bring to the team?
8. Are you involved in any other online games, or RPGs of a similar nature? If so, please specify your position in them.
Real Life
1. Where do you live?
2. How old are you?
3. What do you do IRL?
4. How much time can you spend on the Combine in general and helping in particular?
5. Were you involved in any projects that would qualify you for the position?
Merchant Space Docks Update
(Posted by ghost
on Year 15 Day 6)
It has come to our attention that the new faction Hq 'Merchant Space Dock' are being taken out of factions and owned for private us...
It has come to our attention that the new faction Hq 'Merchant Space Dock' are being taken out of factions and owned for private use. There is a bug with the system where the HQ does not autoprotect allowing the station to be made over. Please do not do this. The stations are meant to be only owned by factions and serve as their Hq.
For those who privately own a MSD, I will be contacting you about resolving the situation. Thank you and sorry for the confusion.
EDIT: I am aware that some of you were able to build these outside of a faction. This is also an error and we ask you, if you can do it, to please not. Hopefully we will get that bug straightened out in time.
Monthly FI not ran
(Posted by Kendall Holm
on Year 15 Day 3)
We are aware that the FI was not ran for last month and will have an admin run the FI as soon as one is availible to do so. We ap...
We are aware that the FI was not ran for last month and will have an admin run the FI as soon as one is availible to do so. We appreciate the tickects but no more tickets are needed for this. Thank you.
EDIT: We are currently waiting for the staff that can fix the situation to come on. He is currently having difficulties getting a reliable internet connection. And thus must catch him when we see log on. Until then just be patient with us we will get the FI ran ... eventually
It has come to our attention that the new faction Hq 'Merchant Space Dock' are being taken out of factions and owned for private use. There is a bug with the system where the HQ does not autoprotect allowing the station to be made over. Please do not do this. The stations are meant to be only owned by factions and serve as their Hq.
For those who privately own a MSD, I will be contacting you about resolving the situation. Thank you and sorry for the confusion.
EDIT: I am aware that some of you were able to build these outside of a faction. This is also an error and we ask you, if you can do it, to please not. Hopefully we will get that bug straightened out in time.
We are aware that the FI was not ran for last month and will have an admin run the FI as soon as one is availible to do so. We appreciate the tickects but no more tickets are needed for this. Thank you.
EDIT: We are currently waiting for the staff that can fix the situation to come on. He is currently having difficulties getting a reliable internet connection. And thus must catch him when we see log on. Until then just be patient with us we will get the FI ran ... eventually
As you should all be aware, we mandate that all players in this game limit themselves to a single account. However, we are aware of the fact that things sometimes happen, such as people losing access to their account, or not being totally familiar with the rules.. As such, we are offering any holder of a multi-account to come forward now, and be provided with amnesty. Any player who currently has a multi-account (whether created accidently, or purposely), will be given the next two weeks to create a support ticket, outlining their illegal multis, and which account they wish to keep. The other accounts will then be banned and their assets seized.
Please Note: This amnesty assumes that your assets are now frozen on your illegal accounts. Anyone caught trying to move assets off of these accounts before or after coming forward will lose all the assets moved, and will be fined a sum to be determined on a case by case basis.
I would also advise that any player currently sharing a connection with another player, register their status through the support base, to avoid unwanted attention.
The White Scenario team is looking for new moderators and trainers!
To those of you who would like to see more roleplaying in the Combine and less godmoding in the Meeting Hall, now's your chance! If you have a lot of RP experience, enjoy reading other people's creative writing, and/or know how to earn over 100 XP for a post that isn't your first in a scenario, then we could probably use your help. At this time, we need both WS Moderators and Trainers:
- WS Moderators score the posts in scenarios; awarding XP for players and CPs for GMs.
- WS Trainers take new roleplayers through a ten part training curriculum to prepare them for Meeting Hall and White Scenario roleplay. We have recently moved our training forum to the RPG Centre, with hopes of eventually running scenarios there, but we desperately need more staff to meet the demand.
These positions are awarded a generous salary of CPs every month for time spent reading and evaluating the posts of other Combine players. Prior participation in at least one White Scenario (WS) is strongly recommended, but not required to apply.
Please visit the Moderator / Trainer Sign-Up thread for a full list of requirements and application details.
(Not sure what a White Scenario even is? Check out Legend, the most recent scenario to reach completion.)
~On behalf of the WS team.
Arete's P.S.: This is also the place to go for those of you I have/will banned from the IC forums and directed towards the WS pre-scenario training.
We are well aware that action times are not completing. We are looking into it and will let you know when its fixed. Thanks!
Edit: Timers are now running smoothly, and we don't anticipate any further issues regarding this matter. We apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused you, and thank you for your patience. - Zhao Yun
New Entities
- Mace (Non Projectile) added to NPC shop
Features
- ASIM or higher is now able to click and view any city from the galaxy map (Request by Jesfa)
- Ship inventory now has an Icon for modded ships
- Merchant Space Dock Head-quarters now available
- Races with no homeworld (Eg. Ryn) can spawn at any NPC starport.
- "List All Bans" for admins with access to the Ban Hammer.
- Add all faction HQs to the NPC transport network (Suggestion)
- Admins can now reset skills for players right up until they hit level 3.
- Cybernetic Operations can now be conducted on entities with a medical room, although ships and vehicles cannot be moving.
Bugs
- Market now shows bids (BUG: 3117)
- People with the City Requests priv can now see the actual request.
- Requests for Cities event now only shows for people with the right priv.
- Scanner images fixed (BUG: 3182)
- Fixed Weapons Admin CTool when adding weapons to an entity
- Removed Protected Entities from the select starting capital, when creating a faction (BUG: 3129)
- Issue with CPs (BugID: 2734)
- Can add ship to squad during sublight travel (BugID: 3121)
- SWC Member Map page is bugged (BugID: 2988)
- GRZ-6B Wrecker able to be moved after starting recylcing while squaded (BugID: 2972)
- Set Inactivity Period button avaible when the proper privs are not (BugID: 2914)
- Deleted DMs still appear in the history of messages exchanged (BugID: 2540)
- GNS fee transactions (BugID: 3130)
- The ability to steal ships, and likely vehicles, through the new squadron interface. (BugID: 3140)
- When clicking on the Combine Membermap, it takes me to the page to change or remove my location. (BugID: 3023)
- Admin Event for removal from Team (Dreighton)
- All members see market purchase events, regardless of privs (BugID: 3216)
- Dropped Characters now drop all items being carried (BugID: 3219)
- Repackaging Bacta Tanks deletes/kills entities inside. (BugID: 3158)
- Issue with long users names covering menu-switcher fixed. Removed Logged in as handle. (BugID: 3139)
-Added a space between "Passenger in:" and the name of the entity in inventory
-Fixed error messages for trying to perform other actions while deploying a weapon (BugID: 3197)
Rules
- Planet Economy Rules update
- Facility Rules Update
- No Armor added to the custom items rules (request by Jevon)
- Comission changed to commission in mining events.
- Minor restricted facility rules update
- Updates to medicine
- Updates to facility construction rules.
- FI rules updated
- Faction Bankruptcy rules updated
- Character Creation Skill points re-clarified
- HQ rules updated
- Life and Death (What Happens with your Assets) (Gav/Jesfa/Arete)
- Cybernetic Rules for Medicae's
Tweaks
- Squadron number now shows in the cockpit of a squadded ship
- Order of owner reversed on the facility construction page.
- You can no longer sell anything bought at an NPC shop to the NPC market.
- Assign Skill-point page has a column renamed.
- Live Chat: "SWC_Member" now has a random number following it; player defined channels are also listed on if no faction channel is specified;
- Players with no characters linked to their account can only post in the Question Centre. (Syn)
- IP Banning. (Syn)
- Creatures cannot be loaded into bacta tanks.
- Admin Sidebar Update
- ctool updates
- Forum voting removed from Traders Lounge
- You can now sort creatures by XP. Suggestion: (Link)
-Deflection will now only give FXP when it has fully run and the cooldown timer starts.
-Force Speed will now grant 5*Distance FXP to the Jedi ((note: need to add to Rules))
Galaxy
- Tierell Moon 1 (ID#4784) renamed to Stars End
- Tierell Moon 2 (ID#4875) renamed to Sutym
(Edit Dreighton: Some people contacted me to ask, why I was removed from the admin team. I suppose the wording of the sync digest is to blame. "Admin Event for removal from Team (Dreighton)" means we now have an event for admins and assistants, if someone is removed from any team, and I requested this to be added. So I am still on the admin team, alive and well. Thanks for everyone who cared enough to ask me what happened.)
We've received an overwhelming response to the recent sim news post regarding new ASims, and are pleased to announce our two new initiates into our ranks
I'd like to announce Ghost (IRC: Ghost)and Erek (IRC: Superman) are joining the team as our new Assistant Sim Masters. Please join us in welcoming them to the team. Cheers!
Edit: Adding IRC Nicks
With the suggestion that has recently been brought up in the Website Suggestions forum, the Star Wars Combine Administration has decided to approve this suggestion and we have just added in the board, named: Galactic Message Exchange
Jesfa has also decided that the board will be moderated by Weylin vi Cron, lining up with both other IC boards in that category!
Edit: Year 14 Day 325
Thank you for all those who applied, my email has been pleasently beeping at me all hours of the day and night. We'll be reviewing candidates and be getting back to applicants over the next few days.
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With the need for more members of the administrative team, we're once again looking to the players to find new Assistants to help with the day to day work of keeping the combine "functional" ( >_> ).
Job description: Assisting and resolving players problems requiring manual help, using admin tools. Must be knowledgeable about the Combine and how it works. Willing to set aside previous IC relations, and be willing to take strong player criticisms. Specifically would be working with; Ticketing system, join applications, multi-accounts, #swc-help, and player assistance. This position will require you to drop your character, and remove yourself from the IC universe.
If interested, please email to Arjuna@swcombine.com and include the answers to the following questions:
Combine Questions
1. How long have you been with the Combine?
2. What is your Combine handle?
3. What have you done IC so far? What are you doing at the moment? What is your position in your faction?
4. Did you complete any tasks for your faction that could qualify you for the programmer team? like doing a website, setting up a member's DB or anything like this?
5. Could you name two people that have been in the Combine for at least two years who worked with you and may be willing to give a testimonial for you?
6. Why do you want to help us?
7. What do you think you can bring to the team?
8. Are you involved in any other online games, or RPGs of a similar nature? If so, please specify your position in them.
Real Life
1. Where do you live?
2. How old are you?
3. What do you do IRL?
4. How much time can you spend on the Combine in general and helping in particular?
5. Were you involved in any projects that would qualify you for the position?
So, another round of the Deathmatch, another round fo voting. We also have some new grudge matches as well for you to discuss. We do need new suggestions for grudge matches, as always, so go submit them.
It has come to our attention that the new faction Hq 'Merchant Space Dock' are being taken out of factions and owned for private use. There is a bug with the system where the HQ does not autoprotect allowing the station to be made over. Please do not do this. The stations are meant to be only owned by factions and serve as their Hq.
For those who privately own a MSD, I will be contacting you about resolving the situation. Thank you and sorry for the confusion.
EDIT: I am aware that some of you were able to build these outside of a faction. This is also an error and we ask you, if you can do it, to please not. Hopefully we will get that bug straightened out in time.
We are aware that the FI was not ran for last month and will have an admin run the FI as soon as one is availible to do so. We appreciate the tickects but no more tickets are needed for this. Thank you.
EDIT: We are currently waiting for the staff that can fix the situation to come on. He is currently having difficulties getting a reliable internet connection. And thus must catch him when we see log on. Until then just be patient with us we will get the FI ran ... eventually
We are well aware that action times are not completing. We are looking into it and will let you know when its fixed. Thanks!
Edit: Timers are now running smoothly, and we don't anticipate any further issues regarding this matter. We apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused you, and thank you for your patience. - Zhao Yun
New Entities
- Mace (Non Projectile) added to NPC shop
Features
- ASIM or higher is now able to click and view any city from the galaxy map (Request by Jesfa)
- Ship inventory now has an Icon for modded ships
- Merchant Space Dock Head-quarters now available
- Races with no homeworld (Eg. Ryn) can spawn at any NPC starport.
- "List All Bans" for admins with access to the Ban Hammer.
- Add all faction HQs to the NPC transport network (Suggestion)
- Admins can now reset skills for players right up until they hit level 3.
- Cybernetic Operations can now be conducted on entities with a medical room, although ships and vehicles cannot be moving.
Bugs
- Market now shows bids (BUG: 3117)
- People with the City Requests priv can now see the actual request.
- Requests for Cities event now only shows for people with the right priv.
- Scanner images fixed (BUG: 3182)
- Fixed Weapons Admin CTool when adding weapons to an entity
- Removed Protected Entities from the select starting capital, when creating a faction (BUG: 3129)
- Issue with CPs (BugID: 2734)
- Can add ship to squad during sublight travel (BugID: 3121)
- SWC Member Map page is bugged (BugID: 2988)
- GRZ-6B Wrecker able to be moved after starting recylcing while squaded (BugID: 2972)
- Set Inactivity Period button avaible when the proper privs are not (BugID: 2914)
- Deleted DMs still appear in the history of messages exchanged (BugID: 2540)
- GNS fee transactions (BugID: 3130)
- The ability to steal ships, and likely vehicles, through the new squadron interface. (BugID: 3140)
- When clicking on the Combine Membermap, it takes me to the page to change or remove my location. (BugID: 3023)
- Admin Event for removal from Team (Dreighton)
- All members see market purchase events, regardless of privs (BugID: 3216)
- Dropped Characters now drop all items being carried (BugID: 3219)
- Repackaging Bacta Tanks deletes/kills entities inside. (BugID: 3158)
- Issue with long users names covering menu-switcher fixed. Removed Logged in as handle. (BugID: 3139)
-Added a space between "Passenger in:" and the name of the entity in inventory
-Fixed error messages for trying to perform other actions while deploying a weapon (BugID: 3197)
Rules
- Planet Economy Rules update
- Facility Rules Update
- No Armor added to the custom items rules (request by Jevon)
- Comission changed to commission in mining events.
- Minor restricted facility rules update
- Updates to medicine
- Updates to facility construction rules.
- FI rules updated
- Faction Bankruptcy rules updated
- Character Creation Skill points re-clarified
- HQ rules updated
- Life and Death (What Happens with your Assets) (Gav/Jesfa/Arete)
- Cybernetic Rules for Medicae's
Tweaks
- Squadron number now shows in the cockpit of a squadded ship
- Order of owner reversed on the facility construction page.
- You can no longer sell anything bought at an NPC shop to the NPC market.
- Assign Skill-point page has a column renamed.
- Live Chat: "SWC_Member" now has a random number following it; player defined channels are also listed on if no faction channel is specified;
- Players with no characters linked to their account can only post in the Question Centre. (Syn)
- IP Banning. (Syn)
- Creatures cannot be loaded into bacta tanks.
- Admin Sidebar Update
- ctool updates
- Forum voting removed from Traders Lounge
- You can now sort creatures by XP. Suggestion: (Link)
-Deflection will now only give FXP when it has fully run and the cooldown timer starts.
-Force Speed will now grant 5*Distance FXP to the Jedi ((note: need to add to Rules))
Galaxy
- Tierell Moon 1 (ID#4784) renamed to Stars End
- Tierell Moon 2 (ID#4875) renamed to Sutym
(Edit Dreighton: Some people contacted me to ask, why I was removed from the admin team. I suppose the wording of the sync digest is to blame. "Admin Event for removal from Team (Dreighton)" means we now have an event for admins and assistants, if someone is removed from any team, and I requested this to be added. So I am still on the admin team, alive and well. Thanks for everyone who cared enough to ask me what happened.)
We've received an overwhelming response to the recent sim news post regarding new ASims, and are pleased to announce our two new initiates into our ranks
I'd like to announce Ghost (IRC: Ghost)and Erek (IRC: Superman) are joining the team as our new Assistant Sim Masters. Please join us in welcoming them to the team. Cheers!
Edit: Adding IRC Nicks
With the suggestion that has recently been brought up in the Website Suggestions forum, the Star Wars Combine Administration has decided to approve this suggestion and we have just added in the board, named: Galactic Message Exchange
Jesfa has also decided that the board will be moderated by Weylin vi Cron, lining up with both other IC boards in that category!
To prevent people from continuing to report this, we are aware that action timers are all looping the last minute, and one of the developers will fix this when they are available. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Edit: Resolved
Anyone holding a lightsaber may be getting a Fatal Error on the Equipment page. We are aware of this bug, and I am in the process of harassing someone with database access to fix this for me.
It's all my fault, I deleted the wrong item types out of the database for force quests. Apologies!
Edit
Bit of helpful advice from Ragnos Deott
On the off chance anyone is carrying some sort of storage item, like a backpack, they can put the saber in there by dragging it to the backpack on any screen that shows the equipment layout for your person. I did that and was able to access my equipment page again.
Some people are having production stick at 100%. We are aware of the issue. We ask that you do not keep opening a new ticket everytime they stick. Find one that is already open and put your information in there. Once someone has the time to do so they will manually reset your timers. Please and Thank you
PS. This goes for other bugs as well. Please do a search for the bug before posting a new report.
Now is the time to me good.. To try to get on the nice list. Sadly, some players simply prefer the naughty way of life. The following player broke some rules which caught my attention. First, he created a second account to bypass his death timer. He then used this second account to launder his assets to his respawned first account. Please realize that your respawn is a new character. While it is allowed to rp as family members, ect., it is not ok for you to get your assets back for free. You are allowed to 'earn' them back, within reason.
Year 15 Day 5, 7:36 ghost banned player Faltis Riva providing the following reason: Multi Ban/asset laundering - 1 Month
Year 15 Day 5, 7:36 ghost banned player Ilama Stari providing the following reason: Multi Ban/asset laundering - 1 Month
Making a second account for yourself is never ok. There are only afew days left for amnesty. Come talk to us while you still can please so we can work things out in your favor. As for Mr. Stari, due to the specific nature of this crime, he has been banned for a month and can contact me after that time to ask for one account to be unbanned. Assets have been seized and will be put into the holiday fund jar for poor and underpayed players.
I can say many of you have come forward during the past week and asked for assistance with multi accounts. This is what we are here for, and I am happy to assist all of you. Thank you for helping make my life easier and following the rules.
Sadly, not everyone comes forward and comes clean. The following is a tale of Asset Laundering, which is something many people, sadly, seem to want to do or try to get away with.
Year 14 Day 360, 19:02 ghost banned player Gabriel Katakura providing the following reason: Asset laundering - 7 Days
Year 14 Day 360, 19:00 ghost banned player Jakov Halvorsson providing the following reason: Multi Ban - 1 Month
Year 14 Day 360, 18:55 ghost banned player Gabriel Prudii providing the following reason: Multi Ban - Permanent
Remember, a new character is just that, a new character. It represents a different person and it is illegal to send your assets to another to give them back to you later. If you desire your assets back, you have to earn them and at 'fair market value'. You cannot work for someone for a month and get paid in a capital ship. Please keep the game fair for those who follow the rules and fight hard for their assets.
Gabriel can contact support in a week to get unbanned. Jakov can contact us in a month. His punishment is higher as he not only laundered assets, but also created another account to bypass the timer. The assets that were laundered will be sacrificed to the Nautolan Gods and will not be returned.
Orion Trent will henceforth be known as Sebastian von Nex. It turns out that his either his mother lied to him about his father or just did not file the paperwork correctly. Either way, new documentation verified that he was not who he thought he was. The press is still waiting for comments on the change.
Year 14 Day 357, 9:05
ghost has changed a players handle: Orion Trent to Sebastian von Nex.
In reality, his name violated the rules and was changed on his request. We don't take these requests lightly, but If there is a valid reason, feel free to contact us.
Despite the offer of immunity to those who stepped forward, this young gentleman decided to make a third multi. Not only was his request denied, but he was also thoroughly chilled by some mysterious wind. No idea where it came from.
Year 14 Day 354, 22:08
Erek banned player Kantos Skyfall
Year 14 Day 354, 22:08
Erek banned player Norn Grath
This young man may contact support in [14+7*(creation attempts after this ban)] days to be unbanned.
Lylith Pless has been given a 10% asset fine for being dishonest to an ASim in a petition for a handle change as well as implying Admin favoritism for the handle change. Her handle change has been reverted. No ban has been issued.
Note in regards to handle changes: In the past we have announced handle changes, however we are in discussion regarding this as often the handle change is due to real life names being changed to protect privacy and announcing this on the SimNews is contrdictory to that, and some Admins don't feel it necessary to make a public announcement for handle changes in general. We will make a ruling soon.
Today I went on a sacrifice Spree. I dont know it it was for good luck for the football games tomorrow or just because I was in a mood, but I did. Then I had a change of heart
After banning 5 separate groups for being unregistered, I decided that there may be a better way. I dont like banning people. I took this job to help people, not put them down. As Such, I WANT you to turn yourself in. Ask around. People who have come to me with unregistered multis or multiple accounts that are no longer in use have found my handling of it to be quite nice.
So heres the Deal. If you have an unregistered multi, please come to myself or Erek. We will grant a amnesty period of 30 days from today. In that time, there will be no banning for being unregistered. We will issue warnings and get people signed up. After that period, we will likely grant a 7 day ban on first offense. Please make my life easier and your life happier and get registered.
Banning is something we want to save as last resort, not just something we use randomly to keep people in check. Thanks for your time and consideration. Back to the game!
... in the meantime... I will try to convince erek to keep his ban hammer in his toolbelt...
Just to be clear, I thought about just saving these up and posting at the end of the day, but instead I figure I will just post afew at a time and add to it by an edit. Sorry to have to break your excitement about a new sim news just to be bannings, but I have a job to do.
Onto the Sacrifices
The Following have been caught as a work around for a previous ban, Alex Dreacken/ Alex Dracken. They will be sacrificed in toto to the Glory of those who have Ascended. It also looks like they were logging into each otherâ??s account. As such, this ban Is likely permanent, but the account holder can contact us via a support ticket to ask for forgiveness
Year 14 Day 350, 14:07
ghostbanned player Raphael Magellan providing the following reason: Multi Ban - 3 Month
Year 14 Day 350, 14:07
ghostbanned player Allana Shan providing the following reason: Multi Ban - 3 Month
Year 14 Day 350, 14:05
ghostbanned player Kyle Shadowrunner providing the following reason: Multi Ban - 3 Month
Year 14 Day 350, 14:05
ghostbanned player Atria Channake providing the following reason: Multi Ban - 3 Month
Year 14 Day 350, 14:05
ghostbanned player Daylan Kel Synn providing the following reason: Multi Ban - 3 Month
Year 14 Day 350, 14:05
ghostbanned player Dan Dereck providing the following reason: Multi Ban - 3 Month
Year 14 Day 350, 14:27
ghost banned player Chris Magellan providing the following reason: Failed Validation Check
Year 14 Day 350, 14:05
ghostbanned player Dan Cruiser providing the following reason: Multi Ban - 3 Month
The next two violated a few rules. First, they were unregistered and were logging into the same IP. Second, it appears that they were accessing eachothers accounts. This is a No No. Contact us in 3 weeks and we will consider unbanning both accounts.
Year 14 Day 350, 14:16
ghostbanned player Danaan Ni providing the following reason: Multi Ban - 21 Days
Year 14 Day 350, 14:16
ghostbanned player Danlarr Enzzo providing the following reason: Multi Ban - 21 Days
The following are banned for being unregistered Multis. The second account was made to bypass the death timer. For this, they will get 21 Days…… After that, the original account can hit me up and I will grant him Mercy. The other account shall rot in limbo forever.
Year 14 Day 350, 15:31
ghostbanned player Davyk Berrach providing the following reason: Multi Ban - 21 Days
Year 14 Day 350, 15:31
ghostbanned player Davyk Mats providing the following reason: Multi Ban - 21 Days
To whom it may concern:
Following the banning of the Kaishos there has been a surge of support from other players. Several have come forward regarding the ban in support of Davik and his gang. As a result, Rayman Kaisho has recieved an immediate unbanning. The rest have proven to be separate, yet were unregistered and their style of play made it look like they were sharing accounts. Due to Davik's loyalty to the game thus far, and the accuracy with which he predicted his situation, the instant he submits a ticket with all 5 names the remaining 4 will be commuted to time served.
I personally apologize for any stress I caused, and I certainly hope the Kaishos will stick around.
I have found multiple souls who are breaking the rules and require sanctification in order to be worthy... I have chosen the following two to show the galaxy what happens when you do not register your multi!
Year 14 Day 349, 11:45 ghost banned player Jaek Tallon providing the following reason: Multi Ban - 7 Days
Year 14 Day 349, 11:45 ghost banned player Adon Rha providing the following reason: Multi Ban - 7 Days
The next two are also banned for a week, and I am looking into the possibility that they may be the same person... So they may be banned... Longer. I will update if more evidence is found..
ghost banned player Talon Tosh providing the following reason: Multi Ban - 7 Days
ghost banned player Dak Leed providing the following reason: Multi Ban - 7 Days
They can contact support in a week to get registered and unbanned
Please register your friends/family/cousins/cats who use your connection before it is too late.
Seele: 5 people banned. 4 Definite, 1 Highly likely.
Upon my return home, I came upon a group working in perfect synchrosy, almost as with a hive mind. Cutting down four of them, I left one to stand as a testament of my forethought. He had faltered more often than the others. He had reacted more sluggishly. Perhaps he would be spared entirely.
Year 14 Day 349, 3:28
Erek banned player Rayman Kaisho
Year 14 Day 349, 3:28
Erek banned player Calain Kaisho
Year 14 Day 349, 3:27
Erek banned player Bree Kaisho
Year 14 Day 349, 3:27
Erek banned player Davik Kaisho
Year 14 Day 349, 3:27
Erek banned player Nicolas Linnear
The original account may request to be unbanned in twenty-one (21) days. If the one account I considered leaving unscathed (and only that one account) submits a ticket, it will be unbanned immediately and have no criminal record.
Note: Bolded part is summary.
During my travels through distant galaxies, I came upon a young boy wielding a glowing stick. Around him stood a slew of guards he had convinced all who saw him as being under the control of some mystical force. Using my infrared vision, I realized that it was merely another silly soul with an indecisive twitch. AsI stood before the boy, I quickly lobotomized those around him, showing all that they fell; not because they had been held in thrall of his power, rather a soul needs a brain to maintain motor functions. My anger still hot, I andvanced upon him, only to begin laughing as he swung his blade with cuffed limbs. Reaching out, I picked up his ship and threw it upon him, beating it into the ground for surety.
Year 14 Day 349, 1:12
Erek banned player Rob McDougall
Year 14 Day 349, 1:11
Erek banned player Cameron Gand
Year 14 Day 349, 1:11
Erek banned player Qaz Farzo
Year 14 Day 349, 1:11
Erek banned player Rob Torzak
Year 14 Day 349, 1:11
Erek banned player Frank Idziak
Year 14 Day 349, 1:11
Erek banned player Spector Fade
Year 14 Day 349, 1:10
Erek banned player Chincey Vance
Year 14 Day 349, 1:10
Erek banned player Kane Fettero
The player may request to return to any of his accounts (except Rob Torzak) in 3 months. Unless Rob dies. In which case: Why the heck not?
In other news, Year 14 Day 348 was National No Blinking Blueness Day. Hope you all enjoyed it!
As you should all be aware, we mandate that all players in this game limit themselves to a single account. However, we are aware of the fact that things sometimes happen, such as people losing access to their account, or not being totally familiar with the rules.. As such, we are offering any holder of a multi-account to come forward now, and be provided with amnesty. Any player who currently has a multi-account (whether created accidently, or purposely), will be given the next two weeks to create a support ticket, outlining their illegal multis, and which account they wish to keep. The other accounts will then be banned and their assets seized.
Please Note: This amnesty assumes that your assets are now frozen on your illegal accounts. Anyone caught trying to move assets off of these accounts before or after coming forward will lose all the assets moved, and will be fined a sum to be determined on a case by case basis.
I would also advise that any player currently sharing a connection with another player, register their status through the support base, to avoid unwanted attention.
The White Scenario team is looking for new moderators and trainers!
To those of you who would like to see more roleplaying in the Combine and less godmoding in the Meeting Hall, now's your chance! If you have a lot of RP experience, enjoy reading other people's creative writing, and/or know how to earn over 100 XP for a post that isn't your first in a scenario, then we could probably use your help. At this time, we need both WS Moderators and Trainers:
- WS Moderators score the posts in scenarios; awarding XP for players and CPs for GMs.
- WS Trainers take new roleplayers through a ten part training curriculum to prepare them for Meeting Hall and White Scenario roleplay. We have recently moved our training forum to the RPG Centre, with hopes of eventually running scenarios there, but we desperately need more staff to meet the demand.
These positions are awarded a generous salary of CPs every month for time spent reading and evaluating the posts of other Combine players. Prior participation in at least one White Scenario (WS) is strongly recommended, but not required to apply.
Please visit the Moderator / Trainer Sign-Up thread for a full list of requirements and application details.
(Not sure what a White Scenario even is? Check out Legend, the most recent scenario to reach completion.)
~On behalf of the WS team.
Arete's P.S.: This is also the place to go for those of you I have/will banned from the IC forums and directed towards the WS pre-scenario training.
Edit: Year 14 Day 325
Thank you for all those who applied, my email has been pleasently beeping at me all hours of the day and night. We'll be reviewing candidates and be getting back to applicants over the next few days.
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With the need for more members of the administrative team, we're once again looking to the players to find new Assistants to help with the day to day work of keeping the combine "functional" ( >_> ).
Job description: Assisting and resolving players problems requiring manual help, using admin tools. Must be knowledgeable about the Combine and how it works. Willing to set aside previous IC relations, and be willing to take strong player criticisms. Specifically would be working with; Ticketing system, join applications, multi-accounts, #swc-help, and player assistance. This position will require you to drop your character, and remove yourself from the IC universe.
If interested, please email to Arjuna@swcombine.com and include the answers to the following questions:
Combine Questions
1. How long have you been with the Combine?
2. What is your Combine handle?
3. What have you done IC so far? What are you doing at the moment? What is your position in your faction?
4. Did you complete any tasks for your faction that could qualify you for the programmer team? like doing a website, setting up a member's DB or anything like this?
5. Could you name two people that have been in the Combine for at least two years who worked with you and may be willing to give a testimonial for you?
6. Why do you want to help us?
7. What do you think you can bring to the team?
8. Are you involved in any other online games, or RPGs of a similar nature? If so, please specify your position in them.
Real Life
1. Where do you live?
2. How old are you?
3. What do you do IRL?
4. How much time can you spend on the Combine in general and helping in particular?
5. Were you involved in any projects that would qualify you for the position?
So, another round of the Deathmatch, another round fo voting. We also have some new grudge matches as well for you to discuss. We do need new suggestions for grudge matches, as always, so go submit them.
I'm not going to be active much over the next couple months (except for spurts and spouts) due to college work piling up, and actual work taking the rest of my time away from me. I thought it would be curteous to give some sort of notice rather than ignoring your DMs for a couple weeks and then only getting back to you.
Chuck anything Arjuna or Jesfa's way until Arete returns (hopefully in the next week or two), and then I return! Apologies for late replies and such on my behalf so far, and I aim to get back to you!
The SWCombine PR Team will be staffing a fan table at the Dallas Sci.Fi Expo Convention in the Dallas, Texas,
USA metroplex this coming weekend, Sat., Oct. 5 - Sun., October 6, 2013.
We will be signing up new players at our table. If you are going to be in the area or if you plan on attending, stop
by at the table, meet some of our players, and talk about SWCombine.
Convention guests include Anthony Daniels (C-3PO) and Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca), 501st Legion, Ron Perlman
(Hellboy, Sons of Anarchy), Katie Sakhoff (Starbuck) and Jamie Bamber (Apollo) from SyFy's Battlestar Galactica,
John Barrowman (Torchwood), Robert Patrick (Terminator 2: Judgement Day and X-Files), Tom Felton (Draco Malfoy
of Harry Potter), and many more.
A new round of Deathmatch goes on, round and round it goes, who will win? Nobody knows! Also, a new selection of grudge matches, one courtesy of Syn (hint, it's the chilli one). Interestingly, from the last batch of grudges, people would like to see a research type faction most of all.
Dragon Con is just two days away! The bad news is that we will not have a table, we just didn't have enough volunteers this year. So if you want to meet other Combiners you will have to come to either the meeting on Thursday evening or to the panel on Friday.
- Meeting on Thursday evening: Meeting point is in the lobby of the Marriott, ground level, near the front entrance, at 7 pm. We intend to have dinner together later.
- Panel will be held in the MMO track on Friday, 7 pm as well, with possibly another group meeting right after the panel.
Edit: You can still catch us later on Friday at the brewery (Max Lager) at 8.30.
Edit II: Meeting point for Saturday is in the food court, at the CVS/Pharmacy at 5 pm. I think most of us have Vee's "Star Wars Combine" ribbons for the con badge by now, it may help to spot us.
Edit IIIa: Meeting on Sunday, NOT same time, BUT same place as Saturday. New time: 11.30 am, NOT 5 pm. My mistake.
So, in the last Deathmatch it appears that Tara Tylger won the last tournament. Some new faces in the next one, plus a few old ones (Hi Asa!). However, if you don't vote for Zhao, we may find some features taking even longer to be coded than usual...
Also, we have a variety of new grudge matches for you to vote on. Interestingly more people wanted to Seele used as Syn's pet than be killed or released. They will be annoyed.
We will have a table and panel at Dragon Con this year. The convention is really the best opportunity to meet some other Combiners in real live, so do come to the table, if you are at the convention, this is where we share information on who is at the convention and when and where to meet people.
We still need help at the table, more details can be found in this thread: http://www.swcombine.com/forum/thread.php?thread=61917&page=0
We will see the 15th anniversary of the Combine this year, Dragon Con is a great place to celebrate this and I really hope for a great turn out this year. You can find out who may be attending by watching the forum thread (http://www.swcombine.com/forum/thread.php?thread=56818&page=0) or the Facebook event.
Please also read this thread for an upcomming possible meeting at Gen Con, Indianapolis: http://www.swcombine.com/forum/thread.php?thread=61221&page=0
My shuttle has safely landed, Celebration Europe II is over. It was an amazing weekend. Thanks to anyone who helped. We talked to many people and got interesting feedback on our game. We met Barf and Stormtroopers, many droids and many, many Mandalorians. Vip Fortuna met Bip Fortuna. Our panel was well received. We hope to come back to Celebration or Celebration Europe again and welcome all new players that learned about SWCombine at the convention.
Edit: Vip took some pictures. REALLY nice ones, as I want to add. Ckeck them out: http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Aaroon79/library/Celebration%20Europe%202013?sort=3&page=1
I am already at Essen, checked out our table, hopefully found some fixes for last minute problems (table we got is smaller than the banner I intended to stick to it - oooops!), cheered to some 501st guys (they already flocked here in large numbers, tried to coerce from the Lego guys and girls, if there will be exclusives (without luck, I will have to work on my interrogation technique) - and now it is just one night's sleep until Star Wars Celebration Europe II (accidently shortened to SWC) will officially start. They still have tickets at the door, so it is not too late to make up your mind. What I saw so far looks quiet good, with many more props and much more room for fanclubs than they had at Celebration Europe I. If you happen to be at SWC, don't miss the SWC table in Hall 5.
