Alright folks, it's time for your bi-monthly Deathmatch Update! Deathmatch rounds have been advanced and I don't think I have anything more to say about that.

GO VOTE!

 

Now onto our grudge matches:

• It displeases me to see that the majority of you are having at least a semblance of fun. Knock it off, or I'll have to try harder to make your SWC experience undesirable
• Begrudgingly, we've implemented Ewoks as a playable race, at your request.
• I'm just gonna ignore the request about NPC cargo... we all know that's never gonna happen.
• And finally, it's my pleasure to announce the People's Choice Award for the Most Emo Paramilitary Faction: Silhouette! Enjoy your commemorative trophy seen below:

 

Now, onto this cycles NEW grudge matches:

• Tell us which weapon type you use and we'll tell you we don't care. We'll probably nerf it.
• Who's your favorite star pilot? If you spell favourite with a u then you're banned. In true admin bias fashion, I voted for Falco Lombardi. 
• Chick fight round two: Electric boogaloo!
• Finally, the SWC Administration would like to gauge your responses on which SWC creature is the scariest. Responses will be recorded, so choose wisely.

As always, here's a link to the grudge matches. Enjoy.

That's all for this week folks. Have fun 

Due to some recent changes on the backend, custom item submissions will lock the art queue from being processed. Please refrain from submitting new custom items until the fix is finalized.

 

Edit: Fixed!

Features

• NPC Vendors can now sell items/droids in crates. Players and factions can use these to set up automated shops. See more rules here.
• Room maps now can have storage rooms for vendors
• Room combat in pvp systems can occur in space now, not just on the ground.

 

Tweaks

• Updated poison to do a % of max health
• Various minor bug fixes/performances boosts

Rules

• Vendor rules page added
• Custom image rules adjusted for readability
• Petabys added as a red dot for darkness worlds map

 

Edit: Custom items of the same image can now be packaged into crates to sell at vendors. Nevermind this breaks stuff.

It has been a while since we swapped out the fabled CP creature. Thala-Siren has haunted us for long enough. Get your puffer pig today! Be careful about scaring it though, you may be in for a surprise. Due to this unique trait, custom images on the pigs won't be allowed (for now).

The Raider-class Missle Corvette has appeared in the galaxy! The datacard is available on the generic datacard market as of now. This ship can easily remove those pesky A-Wing or TIE squadrons while looking good in the process. Just watch out for bigger corvettes and bombers. Get yours today!

Small sync with some QoL stuff today.

• Clarified Bounty Hunting rules regarding accuracy of scan bearing
• Updated Bounty Hunting scanning to prevent use of scanner in WarSim system
• Added WarSim to Quest rules page
• Added LISP function to set a ship's hyperspeed to 0
• Asteroid Mining fix for repeating stored yield caps and added asteroid deposit size to mining widget
• Travel Planner now defaults to hyper exit point when choosing a system. No more accidental sunning.
• Travel Planner now warns you when you set a sun as your destination. Seriously, no more accidental sunning. Stop it.
• You can now set a Travel Plan while in a Hyperspace Abort Cooldown. The Travel Plan will count down until the cooldown has finished, and then begin.
• Art Team Leaders can now issue temporary bans for custom image submissions.

Web Services has an API change, there is a forum post detailing the exact changes available here.

The summary for consumers of the Web Services 1.0 API:

• The 2.0 API has output format changes.
• Web Services 1.0 API endpoints will disappear on or before Year 23 Day 150 (you will need to migrate to the 2.0 endpoints before then).

- April fools is over.

- All newly created wrecks are now NPC Owned.

- Asteroid Prospecting Changes: Prospecting a failed find is now faster (it uses a base time of 1 hour instead of 4) & Prospecting result traces are now shown on the map
- XP for failing a find roll has been reduced
- Each successful asteroid mining extraction slightly increases the deposit stability.

- Small buff for Turbolaser damage in general, and a buff for corvette turbolaser damage against fighters
- The space combat rules have been updated to include some previously undocumented information (specifically maneuver comparison factor).

No jokes here! I want to give a huge thanks to all the players who submitted descriptions this past month. Here are all the descriptions updated in March. As a reminder, we still have our double CP incentive for descriptions of currently-undescribed planets- you could earn up to 10,000 cp's per description!

Writing descriptions is one of the best ways to enrich the galaxy and the game we all love so much. 

 

Bank Cloud Car DL-18 Foxhole Kulthis Park Pelgrin 

Personal Residence   Procopia Nizon Rathtar Resh 9876 

Tellrig-7 Trading II  Wynkahthu Zoo Station 

 

Happy day everyone! Space Combat has just undergone a huge change this sync. There are other fixes in this Sync that will be listed at the bottom.

 

Space Combat Update:

Your best resource will be the Space Combat rules page. So this will be highlights.

Concussion Missiles now do almost no damage to Corvettes and are purely anti-fighter

Turbolasers are anti corvette and will not be a huge threat to fighters anymore

Corvettes can now participate in all space combat

Satellites can now be shot down in pvp zones

Cargo Containers can now be shot down in pvp zones

 

Maneuverability of attacker vs defender now matters in hit chance. Length difference matters as well. See rules for exact details.

 

Pursuer-class Enforcement Ship has been increased to 3 slots and had its shields dropped to 150. it was... way too overpowered beforehand.

Razor-Class Starfighters had their maneuver bumped down to 5 as they were overpowered at 6 with new rules.

Miy'til and T-wing interceptor starfighters has been bumpted to 6 maneuver from 5 as they were underpowered with new rules.

DP-20c has been lowered from 3 to 2 maneuver.

 

Other Changes/Fixes

MSDs are now able to work as spawn points for factions

Budgets no longer error out on adjustment

Weird duplicate locations will no longer lock people from exiting entities sometimes

Bandit Ship capture rates now match the rules page properly

Bounty rescues can now be kicked from entities

Allow export of first 5000 items if selection is higher

Sender name is now included in hails

Accessibility options have been added. Works best on chrome or android.

 

Edit:

Due to complaints suggestions and feedback, we have included a surgeon in every medical room in the game who can change your voice. He may charge a fee but he works quickly. Have a friend with stimpacks nearby to revive you in case he doesn't though...

 

    Corvettes have all been adjusted to a range of 6-10 slot sizes to prepare for the coming soon R&D releases and any not-so-soon combat including them. The skipray gunboat has been lowered to 2 slots to make it more balanced in current space combat. The consular class has been reclassified as a Light Freighter.

As the title implies, there are a few changes coming to space combat at the end of the month. This is part of the ongoing effort to improve and expand combat in the game. Expect more changes as we continue working on things.

 

Starting April 1st:

• Corvettes will be available for space PvP and PvE
• Satellites will be able to be shot down in PvP
• Cargo Containers will be able to be shot down in PvP (This does not include escape pods)

Year 22 Day 189, 22:45 Falcon banned player Marcus Draenor providing the following reason: Bug Exploit

Dear SWC, it has been 25 0 days since the last ban was issued.

 

Marcus has been banned for 2 weeks for exploiting a bug related to race changes. As a result, it brings me great sadness to inform his family, that unfortunately the Metamorphosis Plague has taken his body over and transformed his to body to that of a mere human. He must spend these next 2 weeks recovering, and when he is ready, may submit a support ticket to request an unban.

Baugrems Edit:

Two week ban for same exploit. If something seems like a problem, report it. Also will be reset back to old race.

Year 22 Day 164, 20:17 Noctis banned player Irdo Vag providing the following reason: Multi Ban

Year 22 Day 164, 20:17 Noctis banned player Raa`hse Nahk providing the following reason: Multi Ban

Accounts under control of a single player.  Previously banned player created new account.

Permanent ban.

 

Edit: Ban overturned due to clarifying information.  Noctis is newb

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Year 22 Day 128, 16:43

Baugrems banned player Za Zarzuela Zohan providing the following reason: Multi Ban

3

Year 22 Day 128, 16:43

Baugrems banned player Pierce Woodburn providing the following reason: Multi Ban

 

As a second multi offense with admited asset laundering and further attempts at asset laundering, there is... very little to be said beyond a permanent ban here. We are happy that the game is enjoyed but follow the rules like everyone else. The Porgicorn still has a hammer!

1 Year 22 Day 112, 12:46 Falcon banned player Dawn Skye providing the following reason: Multi Ban, Asset Laundering

2 Year 22 Day 112, 12:46 Falcon banned player Murdoch Un providing the following reason: Multi Ban, Asset Laundering

3 Year 22 Day 112, 12:46 Falcon banned player Akeno Rei providing the following reason: Multi Ban, Asset Laundering

4 Year 22 Day 112, 12:46 Falcon banned player Atsuko Alucard providing the following reason: Multi Ban, Asset Laundering

5 Year 22 Day 112, 12:46 Falcon banned player Riana Rei providing the following reason: Multi Ban, Asset Laundering

6 Year 22 Day 112, 12:46 Falcon banned player Raziel Rei providing the following reason: Multi Ban, Asset Laundering

Players have been banned for 6 months and assets have been confiscated. The oldest account can request an unban in 6 months by opening a support ticket.

 

EDIT: Ban has been upgraded to permanent for continued attempts to bypass the initial ban

 

EDIT 2: Year 22 Day 125, 3:31 Falcon banned player Ravel Rei providing the following reason: Multi Ban

Falcon banned player Aurra Sevanna providing the following reason: Multi Ban

Added Ravel Rei and Aurra Sevanna to the list.

1 Y22D92 13:19 Falcon banned player Haydanus Mortis providing the following reason: Multi Ban

2 Y22D92 13:19 Falcon banned player Gorhorn Grognar providing the following reason: Multi Ban

 

Player created a new account to bypass dropping and recreating. The original account can request an unban in 2 months, after which they are free to drop and recreate if they wish.

Y22D81 18:08

Falcon banned player Lunna Vetraa providing the following reason: Multi Ban - Ban Evasion

Character was banned in Y18 for multi abuse and decided it was time to make their own account again. 

The original account holder can open a support ticket in 2 months to request an unban.

Hello members of the galaxy (and Loki),

It has come to our attention that on Febuary 2, the largest data breach to date occurred which released 3.2 billion unique username/email and password records. For anyone interested, it is being referred to as "COMB - Compilation Of Many Breaches" and you can read about it online. Therefore, we suggest that all players should take the following actions now and over the course of the next few weeks:

• Use a service like haveibeenpwned.com to check if your details are in any data breaches.
• Change/update your password and use a password manager to generate random password (such as KeePass or 1Password or use your browsers inbuilt password manager).
• Check your events for anything that looks out of place or that you did not do
• Check your account activity for any suspicious logins.
• Keep an eye on your events over the next couple weeks to ensure that nobody has gained access to your account
• Submit a Support Ticket if you notice anything out of place with your account.

It should go without saying, but the SWC Administration does not tolerate hacking of accounts by any means, and any player(s) found to be doing so will meet my fist and be permanently banned. 

EDIT: This was not a SWC-specific breach, this was a worldwide data breach and a reminder to follow good account practises. None of your data was leaked from SWC servers.

Deathmatch has been advanced, and Grudge Matches have been cycled through. Don't forget to submit your ideas for future grudge matches!

 

It seems as though the 385 of you that voted for the Interdictor DC as your favorite bounty drop are enjoying them, and that the majority of people think you should be able to get CPs at the start of the day. Interesting, I'm sure we'll find a way to nerf this in the future.

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Year 22 Day 51, 2:34

Baugrems has changed a players handle: Malik Atar to Nodin Seneca.

 

Pretty much explains itself. Update your Christmas Card lists.

Year 22 Day 39, 17:11 Noctis banned player Gladias Masha providing the following reason: Multi Ban - Continuing to attempt to create new accounts.

 

Player can submit a support ticket for Evan in 6 weeks requesting an unban.

1 Year 21 Day 336, 15:31 Noctis banned player Draco Venom providing the following reason: Multi Ban - Failing to register, accounts coming under control of a single player.

2 Year 21 Day 336, 15:31 Noctis banned player Zaxcen Scales providing the following reason: Multi Ban - Failing to register, accounts coming under control of a single player.

Oldest account can request an unban after 6 weeks by submitting a help ticket.

Or by constantly messaging Baugrems.

Year 21 Day 293, 6:26 Noctis banned player Xinnu Thax providing the following reason: Multi Ban - Dav Koor, Kam Spider, Dak Kahn remake.

 

Permanent ban is still permanent.

 

 

 

Current teams that have sent me their competitors. This list is not fully verified yet and may be subject to change on full admin review or if teams change people. I will edit this list again on June 16th showing final members. If you do not see your team on this table that means I have not received your list or you told me you want it changed. There are still 5 days left to sign up as of this post. If you notice a typo or have any questions, let me know.

Potential Disqualifications:

Sabotage will be the quickest way to find yourself and your team disqualified. We will redo matches. We will ban people. We will kick out teams. We will allow alternates if you get caught. If your group has a spy in another group intending to sabotage another team's chances, you will be disqualified and other punishments may follow depending on the case. Attempting to exploit holes in the showdown security will result in heavy punishments. This includes killing or capturing players. It also includes theft from the Showdown events or from other players. Don't do it. If the event ends and a group is found not to be indepedent, we will pull the card(s) and give them to the next runnerup. Punishments may also follow. Be truthful. We are not players for you to spy against. We will not reveal your secret affiliations. But you MUST tell us before you get too far. Message me (Baugrems) or Kyle about this if you are concerned.

 

Timing:

A big question from many of you has been timing. How long do we need to be active to do this event? How long will it take? We are hoping this entire event will last one week or less. To help enforce this timeline we've added a few special flags to the Showdown combat areas. Not only will multiple rounds be happening at the same time, but fire delays and travel timers will be cut to only a fraction of their normal amount. This will allow for quicker action to end an engagement that might take 12 hours in only 2-3. We will also be enforcing time limits on the rounds. If one round lasts more than 12 hours we will end it and take best progress as a winner.

 

The Force:

Will the force be an advantage? Can we use our lightsabers? No to all of the above! Force will be completely disabled during the event. Even visitors on the showdown hub station will be unable to use the force at all. This includes healing, speed, deflection, and testing. Training and meditation are the only skills that will work. Your force powers will return to you when you leave the hub and head home.

 

Healing:

Another big one we've been asked a lot. Can we heal? Is the force an advantage because they can heal? Good news! No healing items are being provided. The force will be disabled so no healing is possible.

 

Ground Combat Arena:

What will ground combat look like? See the layout below and start your planning! Teams will start in opposing, top corners. The NPCs will all be level 10 of the same race with available points to spend open to the team to assign. The race of the NPCs will be Penguani. 12 Riflemen with E-11s. 12 Melee Troopers with dual vibroblades. 12 Scouts with X-45 rifles. 12 Musicians with dual Relby K-23s (Drummer boys?). All of the NPCs will be wearing a flak jacket and a flak helmet. No other items will be provided or allowed. Characters will get to choose their equipment from the above. They will wear the same armor and get a stockpile of the above weapons to choose from. One pair of macro binoculars will be included. It's probably a good idea to give it to the snipers. Squads can be mixed if desired but optimal ranges here don't play well together. The event hosts do not recommend it. As stated above, fire delays and travel timers will be shortened.

 

Space Combat Arena:

Okay nothing is really special here. It's an empty, deep space location. Hyperdrives will be deactivated but everything else is the same. As above, travel and fire delays will be shorter so you won't spend your time waiting for sublight. Teams will start at roughly 6 squares apart as well to shorten approach time. Provided ships will be a single Raider Corvette, a squadron of Tri-marks, a squadron of B-wings, and a squadron of TIE Interceptors. Contestants will all spawn aboard the raider with everything magically docked inside. Teams will be assigned all the squadron leaders and the corvette to choose who flies which groups. Squadron mixing will not be allowed.

 

Showdown Hub:

Half of the showdown area will be dedicated to visitors. Anyone can come to it and visit with each other, buy from vendors, and enjoy the event. Contestants get a VIP section that includes more services and has shuttles to their rounds. Please have your entire team at the showdown hub by June 26th. It can be reached via any Trading 1, Trading 2, Petabys Station, or Taansari point in Bright Jewel. If this is somehow a concern, let me know. Access will open on June 15th.

 

If there are any questions in the meantime, feel free to send me a direct message (SWCombine or Discord). Also check out the dedicated showdown discord server to get questions answered, talk smack, and see a list of FAQ/announcements.

 

Edit: Added macros to the equipment list for sniper squad.

A lot of questions have been coming in about event specifics and new races being triggered raised even more questions. To help with team planning for the upcoming deadline, we have some more information for you! If you already sent me your team and wish to make changes, just DM me the new list. I've been recording all the selections and will audit them when we get closer to the selection deadline (June 15th). If you decide your group does not wish to participate (and you were invited) please let me know soon so I may update things.

 

Space Round: As said before, the first phase will be space combat. It will be set up as a tournament with a losers bracket and a winners bracket. If you lose your match, don't worry as you get a chance at redemption! Teams will be placed in opposite corners of a system with 4 squadrons of ships. Expect a Corvette, a fighter squadron, a bomber squadron, and a gunboat squadron. These are provided; you cannot bring any of your own assets. The team who wipes out the entire enemy fleet moves on. The matchups for the brackets will be randomized and your  team's placement in the tournament will give your team points towards the overall win.

 

Ground Round: Part two will be very similar to part one. Teams will be given squads of NPCs of various types. Expect a sniper squad, a melee squad, a mid-range squad, and a short range squad. You cannot bring any of your own equipment or NPCs. The team loses when the npcs are killed not when players are stunned. High HP does not necesarily mean an advantage in this round. Your other skills and tactics will make all the difference. Randomized brackets for both winners and losers will be used just like in Space. The city will be fairly crunched in by walls and wall obstacles so don't anticipate walking through an entire 20x20 square, but do expect obstacles and tactical movement. Every single team does this phase no matter how they placed in space combat round.

 

Mystery Round: There is not much to say here. This round will be more about cleverness, luck, and random skills. No way to really prep beyond "send people who can think on their feet". All teams participate in this round.

 

Champions circle: This is where we kick out all of the teams besides the top 6 performers.They have already won a Datacard but now we will compete to see who gets the top slots. There will be a chaotic, warsim-like space combat battle with one member of each team. Meanwhile, a similar battle will take place with one member of each team (not the same person as space) on the ground. The other two members will not be involved in this battle at all. The free-for-all results will be compiled into a final ranking for the teams overall to determine 1st through 6th place.

 

That's all the info for now. Looking forward to next month to see who comes out on top!

 

Edit: For those interested, a discord server can be found here.

Edit2: Starting June 15th, you can access the DC Showdown public meetup via any trading 1 or trading 2 station (and Petabys). Anyone can visit. An NPC will be at the entrance to those stations and allow instant transport back and forth. There will be vendors and a chance to meetup with others safely. There will also be a VIP lounge just for contestants to use. Contestants will need to come here before the event begins on June 26th. This is where the showdown begins!

It is once again time for a new asim or two to step up! As always, the rotation of staff every 6 months gives people a chance to take a break, either from IC or from staff. This set will be from June to December.

Here are the rules:

• Newly hired asims are not required to irrevocably drop their character. Instead, their characters are suspended for the duration of being an asim.     
• Asims have no IC activity related to their character while working for the administration.     
• Asims will have a defined period of service of six months after which a new group of asims will be hired. There is no limit on the number of terms if reselected.     
• Applications will be in December and June, with terms serving between January and July.     
• Compensation in the form of Combine Points will be provided for asims who remain active and effective throughout their service period.     
• Asims are required to use Discord and must be active in staff channels as that is how the majority of decisions are made.     
• Asims duties center around helping players affected by bugs, handling support tickets, and dealing with rules violations. There will be opportunities for asims to assist in designing RP opportunities for SWC at large, along with participating in discussion on game features before they are announced or implemented.

Applications should be submitted via Darkness Message to Arjuna, Baugrems, and Kyle. Please answer the following questions in your application.

SWC-specific questions:

• What is your Combine handle?     
• How long have you played SWC?     
• What have you done IC so far (including previous characters)? What are you working on currently, and what is your position with your faction?     
• Why do you want to become an asim?     
• Are you involved in any other online games or RPGs of a similar nature? If so please describe your position and responsibilities     
• Please provide three references of SWC members who are not on the administration team that have been in the game for at least two years.

Real-life questions:

• Where do you live?     
• How old are you?     
• What is your occupation?     
• How much time would you like to volunteer per week on improving SWC?     
• Have you performed administrative duties in the past or organized groups/events?     
• Would you rather fight 100 Porg-sized Rancors, or 1 Rancor-sized Porg? Why?

 

Applications will be open until May 31st with new asims starting their term sometime between June 5th and 15th.

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Evan Edit Y22D176:

Hey friends, with this ASim term coming to an end and the next one about to start, I want to use this opportunity to announce that I will be stepping down as ASim effective on or around May 31st. This has absolutely been a great experience that I have truly enjoyed and would do it all over again if given the chance. Special thanks to Baugrems, Noctis, Loki, Arjuna, Kyle, Falcon, Clarr, Mikel, and Erek for always being so supportive (albeit, also typically with a healthy dose of sarcasm; thankfully, that is my love language) and for teaching me so much. If you're on the fence about whether you should apply to be an ASim, I'd recommend giving it a try - you'll be working among some of the best the game has seen!

With that, I plan to go freelance for a while after stepping down to put some time between any information or access I had as an ASim and any IC decisions or acts I might take that could be perceived as unduly influenced. Frankly, I'm just excited to get to play with all the new features that have been released since I became an ASim!

Finally, I want to thank you, the community, for your support and encouragement. I've enjoyed getting to serve you and help out wherever I could. I hope you all know that you're stil more than welcome to reach out for help or questions or even just to chat! This decision was not easy, but I am looking forward to what another may be able to do with the opportunity.

May your days be forever filled with cookies,

- Evan

 

Edit Y22D182: Less than a week left to apply. We will be going over these on the 1st of June or so and letting people know shortly after.

 

Edit Y22D188: the new asim has been selected! We will welcome Adrian Owen as an asim starting sometime next week. 

Well folks, the madlad actually did it! It was a close battle, but winning by 2 votes, Gaarurra Madclaw has been named your latest deathmatch champion! For those of you voting for Fake Squirtle, my heart goes out to you(no it doesn't).

This new round of deathmatches has some... interesting members. I will watch the entire thing with great interest.

 

...Moving on, it appears as though we have some grudge matches to take care of. 

• Apparently you lot are a bunch of sadists and prefer to stew all of us. Those of you who voted for the birds... you know who you are and will be hearing from my lawyer shortly.
• The Chiss really came out in numbers for this next one. I'm not sure how they got so many of their kind to vote for being the best race, but I have to give them props. I didn't think they'd make it this far.
• With a vote ratio of roughly 3:1, you all have decided that the radar is the best bounty tracking method. We'll make sure to nerf this ASAP.
• Finally, poor Sevk, it seems, will never see any sort of Star Destroyer. I considered taking down the match so he wouldn't even have been able to see the pictures, but the SWC legal team has advised me against doing that(like they know anything anyways...)

 

None of those results come as a surprise to anyone, so maybe this next round of grudge matches will. I had to dig extra deep into my hat of nonsense for this round, so buckle up:

• First, a test to gauge how much fun you're having in SWCombine. I'm sure there's no shenanigans involved in this one. No pressure.
• Second, you get to pick the player's choice award of "Most Emo Paramilitary Faction". Yes, there will be a trophy.
• Third, a query about how NPC Cargo routes should work. Work your magic.
• Finally, after last night's ewok discord discussion, I should have expected to see this pop up for nothing other than the memes, but hey, lets run with it: Ewoks, yes or no? For those of you voting on this one, I expect a 24-page paper explaining your position on the matter. Please submit said paper in triplicate to Evan for his review. He's really looking forward to reading all about this.

Links to make Tomas happy:

DEATHMATCH

GRUDGE MATCHES

In an attempt to keep things streamlined and fresh, we are going to open the Art Queue team to some applicants. We are only looking for a few at this time, but this will likely become a regular thing about once or twice a year depending on the activity of the members of the team. Keep in mind we are looking for people who have experienced the art customization system in SWC and want to be part of helping it operate smoothly. Having experience in creating art that passes the art queue is a major plus. Actively using discord is a must. Applications will run for about one(1) week. Thank you.
All potential candidates please message me on discord: Galia Winters#0576

We never expected so many applications! However We have a tremendous amount of candidates who have applied for very few slots.

From deep in my heart I say thank you for the interest, however I am going to close the application process for now. Thank you :)

 

Edit: We have our candidates and they have been informed of their acceptance. For all of those who applied, thank you so much for your interest and perhaps we will see you next cycle!

Welcome to another Datacard Showdown update! As of this post, all groups should have received an in-game message from me explaining their eligibility. If you did NOT receive one and feel your group should have received one, let me know.It may have gone to a different member of your group if you have multiple factions so keep that in mind as well.

 

A few changes since the first post have been made as well to make things easier on those involved, and to make it more fun. There will now be 6 winners instead of 4. Each datacard can be chosen TWICE overall instead of once. 1st and 2nd place will get to pick again from what is left after 6th place chooses its datacard. The events themselves will also be spread out more so I expect it to take the entire week instead of just the weekend, but you won't need to be active the entire time. Each phase will be broken into a tournament bracket randomly generated for fairness. We will determine best times between each group and move it along as quickly as possible.

 

Teaming up will likely not be possible. Even so, we will watch for shady behavior. Your group should act in its own interest and for its own datacards or they may be disqualified.

 

Space Combat Phase:

The 4 champions from each team will be split into different types of ships to form a small fleet. Two fleets will engage with the winner moving on in the tournament bracket. Expect Corvettes, gunships, bombers, and fighters.

Ground Combat Phase:

The 4 champions will be given squads that specialize in different things. Expect melee, sniping, and everything in-between. Tournament style as well. 2 teams face off.

Mystery Phase:

Expect anything from R&D skills to Perception to Combat to Space Combat to Infantry Command... expect anything and nothing! You'll need to be creative and quick-witted. There is no other way to prep for this one.

Champions Circle:

The top 6 teams will battle it out here. Ground, Space, and Room combat are involved.

 

Prizes:

UT-60D U-wing Support Craft - Permanent Datacard

Goji-DF Turtle Tanker - Permanent Datacard

MC-30b Corvette - Permanent Datacard

Kandosii-type Dreadnaught - Permanent Datacard (stats and art pending)

Winners will be the teams with the most overall points. The prize pool will be selected from in descending order for their faction. 6 winners overall. Each DC can be chosen twice total. Draft order is -  1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 1st, 2nd.

Every team member who competes, even if their team does not win, will get to choose a Physical DC of one of the new ships, making a full squadron (12 slots).

 

edit: some of the DMs didn't go through. I'm working on it now. Will edit again when they're all fully sent.

Edit: All sent!

Some of you may have noticed the addition of the U-Wing and the Goji Turtle Tanker on the rules. These have been created for an upcoming event where you can earn these datacards for your faction. A series of events involving space combat, ground combat, room combat, and some events using other skills will be used to determine which faction can earn these datacards. There are more ships waiting on artwork to finish that will be included as well. R&D may be on the horizon but that's no excuse not to be able to earn some tech. Our largest request by groups is that they are worthy of tech like the groups 22 years ago were, but have no chance to show it. So... prove it!

 

To be eligible for the event, your group (umbrella of factions) cannot contain any unique DCs. As of this news post, information has been saved. New groups and old groups who dissolve will not be eligible. Each group leader will select 4 champions from the faction to represent them. If your group does not have 4 people right now, you are not eligible. Hiring sitters now will not count or help you in any way. Hiring others to fight for your faction also will not work. Having an umbrella of 4 factions with enough overall will count. There is no application process. We will approach you to ask who your people are over the next two months. We ALREADY have the data and any changes you make will not count. Eligibility is determined by the admins and we will do our best not to miss anyone. Another sim news will go out once everyone has been contacted. If by then you feel left out, message us, not now.

 

Teams will earn points in each event which will be tallied to pick a top 4. These 4 top teams will get to each choose one of the available datacards. 1st place gets 1st pick, and so forth.

 

Each team member who participates, even if their team does not win, will also get a reward.

 

Starting on Saturday June 26th at 2pm EST, we will be hosting this showdown. It should last for the weekend but might go longer depending on how things go. 

 

Questions should be held until more announcements come as details of the event will be released before you have to choose your champions. Pressing issues in the meantime should be sent here.

 

For now, May the 4th be with you!

 

Some of you may remember the old warsim games that used to be popular a few years back. We have taken that concept of sorts and added a way to play it in swc itself.

 

This warsim can be accessed from any security station. These are Golan I/II, Ataturk, and Platform XQ-1. There is no cost besides a bit of your time. Ships available only include fighters at this time, but some are restricted that you may never fly otherwise.

 

Every 2 weeks a new season begins. The winner (person with most points that "season") will be announced and given a reward.

 

As with any new release, there may be unknown issues so please watch for them and report them.

 

Edit: After a brief pause, warsim has begun once more with a new round. This week is Corvettes and next week will go back to fighters. NPCs can be found in the same places! Command rooms is a good place to check, even Petabys has access to the warsim now.

Edit2: Corvette round has ended! Zayth Kadrim has come out on top with a commanding lead. A new week of warsim is now open using fighters from the Clone Wars era, including a brand new Vulture-class Droid Starfighter!

Welcome to the final round of Deathmatch! Who will win? Fake Squirtle or Wish.com Chewbacca? Vote today and decide!

 

Now, let's see about these Grudge Matches... It appears that:

• Baugrems is contractually obligated to make over Petabys to Lilith(Sorry Baugrems, the people have spoken)
• Galia would win in a chick fight
• Our next Darkness event is going to be a Yuuzhan Vong Style Invasion from the Unknown Regions***
• And finally, you all accept that there is no cutest race(then again, birds weren't on there, so was it really a fair fight?

As for the next round of matches, we've got some spicy ones(pun intended):

• Please vote that the Curry Kushiban is the best stewed species, and not the Fried Fosh. I don't want to have to rain judgement down upon you all so early into my tenure.
• We're also going to find out which blue race is best. I heard a rumour that if they were green, that they would die. Someone please confirm?
• Next, we get to see that Sevk will never own any kind of Star Destroyer. I only put this one up because I thought it would be funny. Judge accordingly.
• Lastly, take the time to express which bounty tracking system was better, so that we can file it in the shredder and completelt ignore your votes.(edit: Tomas, I'm leaving this one in)

I'd like to thank everyone for submitting their grudge match ideas. There were, once again, an abundance of submissions, and I couldn't approve them all this round. I've saved a few for future rounds, so don't be discouraged, if you don't see yours. Apologies that this is a few weeks late, Noctis is making me say that it won't happen again(please send help, I have a family).

***All opinions expressed by Grudge Matches are solely opinions and do not reflect the opinions of the Star Wars Combine(herein "SWC") Administration. The Grudge Match opinions are based upon information they consider reliable, but neither SWC nor its administration, nor the entities with which such participants are affiliated, warrant its completeness or accuracy, and it should not be relied upon as such.
P.S. Props to the madman who voted before the Sim News came out. You're the real hero here.

 

EDIT: I REMOVED THE EXCESS BULLET POINTS, ARE YOU PEOPLE HAPPY?

The market on Petabys station has received a boost today, and it has reset to a new set of wares.

 

Instead of selling single fighters, it now sells full squadrons.

Corvettes can now be bought as well.

These share the same 5 day cooldown. You can buy once every 5 days, either a squadron or a corvette, and the wares change every 3 weeks.

Be careful though, your goods can be shot down once they're bought so get outside quick to dock or hyper away!

Enjoy!

Greetings and salutations! We've advanced the next round of deathmatch as well as put up some more grudge matches for you all. It was a close competition wirh Dunta vs Dijaca, with both votes being tied. It seems the Deathmatch gods favor Dijaca more than they do Dunta. My condolences.

In other news, we welcome Indiana Jones as our new Star Wars overlord and will be nerfing the popular playstyle associated with Snipers.

This week, we saw a plethora of new grudge matches submitted, so thank you all for that. We had to decline a few due to broken images, but keep them coming! We've also saved a few for future rounds, so if you don't see yours this time around, check back next time. We look forward to letting the playerbase choose the next darkness event.

As always, have fun with this session's deathmatch/grudge matches and keep the grudge match ideas coming!