Stratego NEW FEATURES

[stratego]

dear stratego players,

last weekend we had an admin meeting. of course we talked about stratego and needed changes. here is a summery of the stratego topics:

MOST IMPORTANT:

2-square-rule:

for the first time we played a wc with the new 2-square-rule. the new rule just change one part:

now its 3 times between 2 squares instead of 5 times.

because all isf tourneys play with the new rule (also the original jumbo manual changed 5 years ago), we have to follow.

we will change the rule from 5 to 3 times. there will be an additional button, if you like to play with 5 moves.
per default: 3 times for classic, barrage, ul, duell
we do not splitt the rankings !!!

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player vs player

the list shows an error if you play a draw, this will be fixed. a draw interrupts the winning strike in future.

the list will get more options - in future you can select the list within various parameter: ranking yes/no - classic - ul - barrage etc

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unregistered (white nicks) or new registered (grey nicks) players cannot disable the option: watching for visitors allowed.

but if a registered player joins a game with a new or unreg player he can en- or disable this option.

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Ranking

we add a new ranking list for the shortest bronstein modus - speed-stratego

if a player wants to be shown in the challenge ranking list, he has to play 25 games a quarter. (starts 01.01.2011)
the no. of games will be checked at the end of the quarter. all players who do not meet the minimum no. of games,
are cut of the list.

the overall ranking list needs 4 games /month (01.01.2011)
we are still in discussion, if we add a moderate challenge modus: ratio 1:5 or 1:6

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if a players leaves a game with bronstein modus (clock is running down) this will be added to the x-files. THIS IS AND WAS NOT ALLOWED!
the player has to stay in the game, till the draw by timeout is shown in the chat!!!
we add an option, that a player can direct claim a draw, (the game ends in a draw immediately) if his personal time is higher than the game time.
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nice to have but a lot of work: (in other words: later)

an option which shows you in the game list, if a game is watchable, without entering the room.

a button or chat command, which reveals the pieces at the end of game, if the players like to share this information.

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there will be a lot of other changes within gravon - sooner or later all players with a ranking get the same colour:
blue (now its blue and green)
also we add a buddy list and profiles for users. but one step after the other

we need some time for all new features and they will be added one after the other.

greets
stratego

[stratego]

hi guys,

we have 2 fantastic new features:

1.
we add an option, that a player can direct claim a draw, (the game ends in a draw immediately) if his personal time is higher than the game time.
(of course only if you use one of the bronstein clocks)

normally (if you reached a draw by time) and the opponent is close to your flag, you can stop moving and let the clock run down.
now you will see a new button, which allows you to claim immediately a draw. no wasting time anymore

2.
you can now see a profile of a player ( all of his rankings) if you first click at USERLIST then at a nick-name

by the way: the userlist is now arranged in alphabetical order


what do i have to do to see it?
(for a detailed instruction with pictures please check out our gravopedia Link: http://gravopedia.gravon.de/index.php/Feature:_Player_Profile

lets say you are in room 0:

click at button USERLIST - then click at a nick name => you will see the profile (all rankings etc)

if you are in a stratego room, lets say room 204:

use menu: VIEW ( at top of the window) => MANAGEMENT
- the window will not show the gamefield anymore, but offer a different view
- at the bottom you see different buttons => click at USERLIST => then at a nick name.

if you want to see the gamefield again click at the button GAMEFIELD
(if something looks strange, use menu: GAME then RESYNC)

[stratego]

hi,

maybe some players still noticed, that we changed the x-files records.
since 2 weeks we use following system:

please notice, that the first nick in the table is the one, who leaves the game
- so there is a difference between "unreg vs reg" and "reg vs unreg"

unreg => unregistered player (or a reg-user, who use a white nick)
reg => registered user
game ends directly => no rejoin possible for any kind of leaving the game like: changing the room, discon, etc etc.
only reg-user can rejoin a game in future!


games which are played with a clock:

A) unreg vs unreg => game ends directly => battleresult: forfeit => x-files: no

B) unreg vs reg => game ends directly => battleresult: forfeit => x-files: no

C) reg vs unreg => clock time => battleresult: opponent missing => x-files: yes

D) reg vs reg (unranked) => clock time => battleresult: opponent missing => x-files: yes

E) reg vs reg (ranked) => clock time => battleresult: opponent missing => x-files: yes


games which are played without a clock:

F) unreg vs unreg => game ends directly => battleresult: forfeit => x-files: no

G) unreg vs reg => game ends directly => battleresult: forfeit => x-files: no

H) reg vs unreg => 5 mins rejoin => battleresult: opponent missing => x-files: yes

I) reg vs reg (unranked) => 5 mins rejoin => battleresult: opponent missing => x-files: yes

J) reg vs reg (ranked) => 10 mins rejoin => battleresult: opponent missing => x-files: yes


please notice, that we add (beside the result message) a nice statement in the chat text

greets
stratego

[ruben87]

Thanks for the improvements Stratego and Spion!

[samuel]

Is it possible to prevent someone from sending wakeup calls more often? At the moment you only have to wait 5 seconds, and some unregistered players find it amusing to send one after another, and I think this is why some registered players turn wakeups off - however this is then annoying when you actually want to get their attention as they are waiting for a game but maybe are not looking at the screen. And then you can't because they turned wake ups off.

Maybe it could be restricted to one a minute or something?

[stratego]

hi,

please send a chat to admin if someone violates the wakeup option.
also you can ignore this player.

greets
stratego

[stratego]

hi,

we discuss the wakeup between the admins and we will longer the time up to 30 sec.


greets
stratego

[samuel]

Great, thanks. Hopefully now some people who turn it off won't need to!