| Planetary
Conquest - News |
April 1t - We're making changes to the web
servers in anticipation of a launch on iTunes. Please be patient with
any technical glitches that might arise.
December 1
- Congratulations to Shambles
for turning in a first place finish in the final seasonal ladder for
2011! There were 37 active players at the end of the season but all
were below Shambles' score of 155.
The seasonal ratings for all players have been reset. The new season is
underway and runs through June 30, 2012.
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August 28
- The first round of games in the 2011
Summer Tournament have finished! The first place finishers are mackem, BigGameHunter, and Shambles! Give a shout of
congratulations to any of these guys when you bump into them in a game.
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July 26 -
The 2011 Summer Tournament is
signing up players! Head over to the thread
in General Babble and sign up for your chance to earn amazing bragging
rights! The tournament will begin August 14th.
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June 1 -
The January - May seasonal ladder has ended with Gammit once again
dominating the competition! Turning in an enviable 70% win ratio and a
final score of 193. A total of 49 players played at least 1 game this
last season.
In other news: the iOS version of the game is nearing completion! All
beta testers are encouraged to update to the latest build of the game.
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December 1
- Gammit finishes
another season at the top of the ladder! With only 27 games completed
this season he still managed to score the highest win ratio of any
player and ended with a rating of 182. A total of 55 players played at
least 1 game this last season. The seasonal stats have been reset for
all players and the Dec'10-May'11 race is underway.
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November 14
- A few small changes have been made to the code to address some
cosmetic bugs that showed up with the latest Java Runtime Environment
update on a few platforms. There is also another new map by Xineohp: [45]Africa is now
available at all difficulty levels.
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October 17
- A new map has been submitted by Xineohp based on real-world
geography but with very different political borders. The region incomes
and starting positions have shifted significantly from the standard
map. [94]AlternateWorld is available in the Intermediate and Advanced
difficulty levels.
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September 11
- A slight change has been made to the rating adjustments for players
when they lose a game. The end result is that most players won't lose
as many points for placing worse than expected.
CalPal has posted a few map reviews on the Facebook
Planetary Conquest fan page. If you haven't already read them stop
by and post some comments of your own.
Finally, the development work to bring Planetary Conquest to the iPhone
is well underway. Some very early screenshots of the login and main
menu screens have been posted in the forums.
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April 20
- The client once again detects if you are connecting from behind a
proxy server and auto-checks the "Use HTTP" button upon startup.
The Facebook Portal to
Planetary Conquest is also under construction! If you use Facebook feel
free to check out the page and give feedback on how to make it better.
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April
13 (Latest Changes) -
Team games are now one step closer to being ranked! The server now
forces team rotations on the first round turns. Head over to the forums
and chime in with a few comments on the ideas for bringing team games
out of the sandbox.
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March 21 (Latest
Changes) - Some changes to team games are now live! And, for
players who haven't been keeping abreast of events in the forums, a
major bug in the ratings calculation was discovered and fixed this
weekend. The server is also using a different
method for setting up starting positions in all new games.
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| February 21
- Shambles
has created a new map! [42]YeOldeWorld is now online and available to
play at all difficulty levels. The other small change is fully
anonymous games are back. 40% of the games that use an anonymous
sign-up now spawn games with hidden player identities. |
| February 10
- Planetary Conquest has been reviewed by Softpedia!
They list us as a Mac game but we work on all platforms that support
the Java Runtime Environment. Click on the link and post some user
reviews or ratings to help get us noticed even more. |
| January 10
- A new map courtesy of Surly
Squirrel is now available to play! Based on the fantasy world
created by J.R.R. Tolkien, [64]MiddleEarth should prove a worthy battle
field for modern warfare. |
| January 7
- A very slight
tweak to the game code was put online tonight to attempt to address a
problem with the game communication when going through HTTP proxy
servers. Most players won't notice a difference, but anyone connecting
from behind a very busy corporate network may notice that the game
doesn't kick them out mid-turn any longer. |
January 1
- Happy New Year!
Last year brought in more new players, and one of them, koncal, is the latest
Seasonal Ladder champion! With a score of 416 he was 1 point ahead of
EVIL GOAT. Congratulations on the win!
The Seasonal ratings for all players have been reset and the
January-June seasonal competition has started. |
