The Energon Pub

News Credits: 42 · by **Psychout** » Sun Dec 13, 2009 7:28 am

All former Smelting Pool League characters are being returned to the lower levels.
To do this, we will take the average XP across the top 6 non-SPL members of their team, and apply that score to the character. This will be done in the same way for all players of both leagues.

This is to allow them to enter the missions as they are being restructured, so all players have a fair chance of getting to the higher levels legitimately and not just those artificially boosted by the league, and to help set the high score tables back to where they should be.

This change is due to take effect just before a new mission structure is implemented that will allow players to enter missions past level 4 that will go all the way up.

Thank you to those who played and keep watching for further updates and twists to the game...
If you have any questions/comments/gripes/etc., please leave them below.
Psychout.

by **Bloodlust** » Sun Dec 13, 2009 8:29 am

Yay!

Ground Pounder can partcipate in the game again!

Prepare to be pounded Autocraps!

Yeah, yeah I could of played him in the arena but he kept getting clobbered

Any chance of getting some of the energon back we spent on armor/weapons?

by **Naked Magnus** » Sun Dec 13, 2009 12:24 pm

Psychout wrote:All former Smelting Pool League characters are being returned to the lower levels.
To do this, we will take the average XP across the top 6 members of their team, and apply that score to the character.

This is a great way to do it!

Psychout wrote:This change is due to take effect just before a new mission structure is implemented that will allow players to enter missions past level 4 that will go all the way up.

Missions past level 4? Finally! :APPLAUSE:

(I think I just peed my pants)

As for replacing the energon that was spent, that really does not make sense to me. Not only do I speculate that the game has not recorded that information, but SPL players have also gained energon as well. It is best to leave the energon levels alone.

News Credits: 42 · by **Psychout** » Sun Dec 13, 2009 12:32 pm

Its not me you need to thank RoS, thank Mkall for stepping in and helping out again.

viewtopic.php?f=16&t=61591

by **Bloodlust** » Sun Dec 13, 2009 6:03 pm

revengeofstarscream wrote:
Psychout wrote:All former Smelting Pool League characters are being returned to the lower levels.
To do this, we will take the average XP across the top 6 members of their team, and apply that score to the character.

This is a great way to do it!

Psychout wrote:This change is due to take effect just before a new mission structure is implemented that will allow players to enter missions past level 4 that will go all the way up.

Missions past level 4? Finally!
(I think I just peed my pants)

As for replacing the energon that was spent, that really does not make sense to me. Not only do I speculate that the game has not recorded that information, but SPL players have also gained energon as well. It is best to leave the energon levels alone.

RoS, that's easy for you to say, you have a **** ton of energon. Whereas myself, I spent a good chunk of my 200,000 energon on armor and didn't make nearly that much back because I lost more often than I won

News Credits: 42 · by **Psychout** » Sun Dec 13, 2009 6:11 pm

Lusty, cant help you there I'm afraid - we have no control over energon except our own. Don't worry though, I'm sure you can find some loose change down the back of the couch in Darkmount once we've fumigated it.

by **Bloodlust** » Sun Dec 13, 2009 6:36 pm

Psychout wrote:Lusty, cant help you there I'm afraid - we have no control over energon except our own. Don't worry though, I'm sure you can find some loose change down the back of the couch in Darkmount once we've fumigated it.

Not worried, just curious.

Still got 55k....that should be enough until V2 hits, unless I want to buy some weapons for Panzerfaust and Crazy Eyes in which case I'll sell my spark for some

News Credits: 42 · by **Psychout** » Mon Dec 14, 2009 7:27 am

And these are the calculated amounts that each character will be returned to...
(Gmail account needed to see the link, or if you PM me your email I can send it to you.)

[edit: crappy broken link removed]

News Credits: 7 · by **alldarker** » Mon Dec 14, 2009 9:57 am

Psychout wrote:And these are the calculated amounts that each character will be returned to...
(Gmail account needed to see the link, or if you PM me your email I can send it to you.)

https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key ... rZnc&hl=en

Even with a gmail account it says I do not have permission to access this spreadsheet...
Anyhow, I never took part in the Smelting Pool League, and I always thought the artificial boost of the high score tables was pretty unfair. I'm very curious to see how my team actually fared in the last couple of months.

News Credits: 42 · by **Psychout** » Mon Dec 14, 2009 10:27 am

Hmmm... a few people have had that problem. Weird isn't it?

Ill try hosting it at my normal gmail account, it may be 'cos I'm hosting it at my @seibertron.com account currently.

See if this works, should be available for everbody:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key= ... 0c3c&hl=en

News Credits: 7 · by **alldarker** » Mon Dec 14, 2009 10:32 am

Psychout wrote:Hmmm... a few people have had that problem. Weird isn't it?

Ill try hosting it at my normal gmail account, it may be 'cos I'm hosting it at my @seibertron.com account currently.

See if this works, should be available for everbody:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key= ... 0c3c&hl=en

...Like a charm

Thanks! Average XP gained seems like a fair emulation of realistic progress that could have been made.

News Credits: 7 · by **Chaoslock** » Mon Dec 14, 2009 10:35 am

OK, thanks!

(I'll see if I can race towards my last upgrade before the downgrade...)

News Credits: 42 · by **Psychout** » Mon Dec 14, 2009 10:47 am

Just so you all know, these figures are fixed now. They were all taken at the same time (about 10am GMT) and will stay the same so one person doesnt get an advantage over another, so by the time they are altered they may be a tiny but out, but it wont be much.

The only way these figures will change is if someone can prove that the maths used when calculating these was inaccurate, or we are unable to edit these characters within a week.

(This is only a list of the active players by the way. Inactive players will be added to this list this evening.)

by **Naked Magnus** » Wed Dec 16, 2009 2:10 pm

Bloodlust wrote:RoS, that's easy for you to say, you have a **** ton of energon. Whereas myself, I spent a good chunk of my 200,000 energon on armor and didn't make nearly that much back because I lost more often than I won

No, I don't have a **** ton of energon. It is more like an ass load, but not a **** ton. I think I am going to change my name to "BankOfIacon".

If I loose my energon, do I get a bailout?

News Credits: 3 · by **Name_Violation** » Wed Dec 16, 2009 4:37 pm

revengeofstarscream wrote:No, I don't have a **** ton of energon. It is more like an ass load, but not a **** ton. I think I am going to change my name to "BankOfIacon".

If I loose my energon, do I get a bailout?

same boat. I've actuall been loosing energon lately. net loss of 100k.

Hey 'Lust, when i get retrofitted to 'Con i'll drop you some energon. I know how you old inefficient models are gas hogs

News Credits: 402 · by **Mkall** » Thu Dec 17, 2009 2:57 am

1/3 of the players have been reset, I'll be doing the rest on thursday evening PST.

News Credits: 42 · by **Psychout** » Thu Dec 17, 2009 4:56 am

Mkall wrote:1/3 of the players have been reset, I'll be doing the rest on thursday evening PST.

Thanks again for your help here Mkall.

Below is the final character list.
http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key= ... UWGc&hl=en
All inactive members that require altering have now added and highlighted in Blue, everything else is unchanged.

For some reason it has put it on the 'sheet1(2)' tab though, I've emailed you the master to be sure. Sorry the list is so long, it was a popular game.

by **Rolltide** » Thu Dec 17, 2009 9:59 am

it looks like you can't upgrade any tactics to your character after the xp has been taken away. I had to reset the character and choose an alt mode before it would let me upgrade my tactics. Wasn't a big deal to me but it may be for someone.

News Credits: 42 · by **Psychout** » Thu Dec 17, 2009 10:20 am

Bummer. Still, those who were awarded alts etc. for helping and winning know who they were so I can replace those.

News Credits: 402 · by **Mkall** » Thu Dec 17, 2009 12:57 pm

Psychout wrote:
Mkall wrote:1/3 of the players have been reset, I'll be doing the rest on thursday evening PST.
Thanks again for your help here Mkall.

Below is the final character list.
http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key= ... UWGc&hl=en
All inactive members that require altering have now added and highlighted in Blue, everything else is unchanged.

Woah, that's a decent addition.

I change my estimate now to 1/5 of the players have been changed. Expect the rest to get changed back thursday OR friday.

Oddness about the lack of upgrading Tactics. Is anyone else having those issues?

News Credits: 402 · by **Mkall** » Fri Dec 18, 2009 1:12 am

Almost half done. I'll get to the rest tomorrow and/or saturday

by **Bloodlust** » Fri Dec 18, 2009 3:13 am

Mkall wrote:Almost half done. I'll get to the rest tomorrow and/or saturday

Thanks bro!

I hope Ground Pounder does good on his first mission back in the regular pool now

News Credits: 2 · by **-Soundwave-** » Fri Dec 18, 2009 4:10 am

Rolltide wrote:it looks like you can't upgrade any tactics to your character after the xp has been taken away. I had to reset the character and choose an alt mode before it would let me upgrade my tactics. Wasn't a big deal to me but it may be for someone.

Same thing happened to Thundertron, and his Alt isn't available.

News Credits: 402 · by **Mkall** » Fri Dec 18, 2009 1:05 pm

Sustain wrote:Same thing happened to Thundertron, and his Alt isn't available.

Did thundertron's alt have 2 tactics, where one had unlockable requirements?

News Credits: 2 · by **-Soundwave-** » Fri Dec 18, 2009 2:29 pm

Mkall wrote:
Sustain wrote:Same thing happened to Thundertron, and his Alt isn't available.

Did thundertron's alt have 2 tactics, where one had unlockable requirements?

Not that I Can remember. Just the strafe.