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It has recently been brought to my attention that my "affiliation" with the AWC is a concern among some of the players.

First of all thank you to the person who brought this to my attention. If any of you have ANY concerns please message me. I am here for ALL of you.

Now, Let me clear up my affiliation with the AWC:

This is the message I sent to Evolution Prime and another leader of the AWC back in January:

Just wanted to let you know I've permanently left AWC. I saw on there that you guys are about to redo the squads and thought I should let you know.

I never understood why they still have me as a member of a squad over there, but as far as everyone is concerned, I have no commitment to the AWC. This was the case more than 2 months before I became programmer.

The one thing that was a mistake on my part in the last few days was posting a couple of messages on the AWC site concerning the "faction swapping" issues and my attempts to challenge some Autobots to recruit a couple of Decepticons to swap sides in order to maintain balance.

I apologize for those posts as they should have been made on this board. I didn't even think them inappropriate when I made them but I suppose that is part of the transition I am having to make right now. We are in a time of transition and this is going to be a hard adjustment for me just as it is for all of you. Probably not the last mistake I make, but I will admit it when I make them.

JUST TO BE CLEAR:
My priority is this game and EVERY single player on it. The AWC, RDD and whatever else is out there is not on my list of priorities. Please feel free to come to me with problems, questions or just to say hi.

thats a good point. the problem is that with what had occurred some people were removed while others were not. i do remember you being removed originally, but im sorry that you were kept on the new roster. youll be made an honorary member like the other mods.

thats really my mistake that you were taken off on one record, but kept in during the final adjustments.

ps: also ep is mia, if you read this ep come back from the dead.

crazyfists wrote:thats a good point. the problem is that with what had occurred some people were removed while others were not. i do remember you being removed originally, but im sorry that you were kept on the new roster. youll be made an honorary member like the other mods.

thats really my mistake that you were taken off on one record, but kept in during the final adjustments.

It's OK. Thanks for fixing things. I never asked about it again because I never thought it would be an issue. But now that I'm in this position I can see where it would cause concern.

Omega Sentinel wrote:

crazyfists wrote:thats a good point. the problem is that with what had occurred some people were removed while others were not. i do remember you being removed originally, but im sorry that you were kept on the new roster. youll be made an honorary member like the other mods.

thats really my mistake that you were taken off on one record, but kept in during the final adjustments.

It's OK. Thanks for fixing things. I never asked about it again because I never thought it would be an issue. But now that I'm in this position I can see where it would cause concern.

glyph was a regular member, also. i dont expect any different treatment from you if you were an awc member nor would i have treated you as anything more then a regular member (mainly because of conflicts and youre going to need to do a lot of work around here, really need those active members: SHAMELESS PLUG SIGN UP FOR THE AWC).

I honestly wouldn't care who you are affiliated with.
What? You're gonna tweak the game so it slants to the Autobots?
You don't seem like that kind of Bot.
Even though you are a programmer, you should still be able to play the game as anyone else would.
Oh yeah, can you get the random alt rotation rolling?
I thought it was going to change every so often giving us
a chance at different alts and would like a chance, albeit a slight one, at getting one back I had lost.

DISCHARGE wrote:Oh yeah, can you get the random alt rotation rolling?

Not yet. Since it's implementation wouldn't fix broken functionality within the gameplay itself, I prioritized it below a couple of other issues.

What's the upside of this?

You are all about to get a new armory.

And if you think having the alt mode rotation working first so you can experiment without losing all your new alts, I tried but he's a stubborn bugger this one.
But you WILL enjoy the new armoury

I demand that as soon as my team has kicked your team's ass, you defect to the cons!

Why are the programmers always bots anyway?

Anyway, in all honesty, who cares if OS is in the AWC of not? The AWC is about as active and relivent as the Roman Empire.

Yeah, the Roman Empire in the days of Romulus Augustulus as well!

There's one for the ancient historians amongst you...

P.S. I hope there are some decent skill weapons in this new list (unless you've edited out the use of skill for weapons, of course). I want to get me some bloody massive swords, if you please. None of this ranged-weaponry nonsense...

And what precisely is a "laser-guided sword" anyway? How the hell is that supposed to work?

Black Guardian wrote:And what precisely is a "laser-guided sword" anyway? How the hell is that supposed to work?

Something I too have often wondered... Sounds almost as pointless as a gunblade...

(*hides from all the rabid FF fans*)

Redimus wrote:I demand that as soon as my team has kicked your team's ass, you defect to the cons!

Why are the programmers always bots anyway?

Anyway, in all honesty, who cares if OS is in the AWC of not? The AWC is about as active and relivent as the Roman Empire.

no your wrong Red AWC is active as you on a saturday

I dont know you yes OS but i dont care if your awc or not aslong as HMW keeps going

It has a laser sight for dumb people who can't stab or swing worth a damn.

Remember to aim at the spot the laser pointer touches everyone.

So the laser-guided function works about as well US aircraft "laser-guided" missles. I'm not going anywhere near someone with one of them. Particularly if they're on my side...

Dynamax wrote:It has a laser sight for dumb people who can't stab or swing worth a damn.

Remember to aim at the spot the laser pointer touches everyone.

So it comes in handy for you then?

Snoball wrote:

Dynamax wrote:It has a laser sight for dumb people who can't stab or swing worth a damn.

Remember to aim at the spot the laser pointer touches everyone.

So it comes in handy for you then?

*Shoots Snoball's kneecaps out* You tell me Captain Can't walk.

shoot my knee caps out, you are still not crossing this bridge

woow alot has happend while i been off working like nuts at mcdonalds the weeks has been tough and alot of overworking.
can someone give me the updates aboutthe tourment we had?

i hear rumors that celestial has left awc aswell now.

Black Guardian wrote:And what precisely is a "laser-guided sword" anyway? How the hell is that supposed to work?

I saw it in the MTMTE bios a few days ago - I think it belonged to one of the Monster Pretenders.

And yeah, it was pretty much what it says - basically artificial hand-eye coordination.

Caelus wrote:

Black Guardian wrote:And what precisely is a "laser-guided sword" anyway? How the hell is that supposed to work?

I saw it in the MTMTE bios a few days ago - I think it belonged to one of the Monster Pretenders.

And yeah, it was pretty much what it says - basically artificial hand-eye coordination.

Its predacon Divebombs sword of choice

So does this mean the ? of recharge time will be cleared up?
Will weapons be listed as no, short, medium, long and extra long recharge?
That would be helpful to new players but for people playing for a while unnecessary. As my strength grows I shrug of the weapons as they are no longer useful in consistent damage delivered.
And as long as youse guys are ?ing weapon names, what about the poisonous paralyzer fluids? How you you poison a robot?

Acid

And no I don't mean LSD

DISCHARGE wrote:And as long as youse guys are ?ing weapon names, what about the poisonous paralyzer fluids? How you you poison a robot?

A fluid intended to negatively affect mechs (such as a paraylyzer) may be considered a poison.

Merriam-Webster dictionary wrote:poison n. 1 a: a substance that through its chemical action usually kills, injures, or impairs an organism.

Like I said an acid.

DISCHARGE wrote:How you you poison a robot?

I've always thought of the PPFs as a substance that seeps through gaps in a warrior's armor, gets into their fuel stream and prevents their motor systems from running correctly, causing paralysis...sort of like putting sugar in a car's gas tank.

DISCHARGE wrote:So does this mean the ? of recharge time will be cleared up?

Yes

DISCHARGE wrote:Will weapons be listed as no, short, medium, long and extra long recharge?

No

DISCHARGE wrote:That would be helpful to new players but for people playing for a while unnecessary. As my strength grows I shrug of the weapons as they are no longer useful in consistent damage delivered.

Punches/Kicks are going to be toned down in the new system. That's all I'll say about strength because you will need to experement to find new strategies.

DISCHARGE wrote:And as long as youse guys are ?ing weapon names, what about the poisonous paralyzer fluids? How you you poison a robot?

PPF will have the ability to render a bot helpless. Several weapons will have completely new effects outside of just damage.

That's all I'll say about the new weapons for now. I will release a mapping of all the new weapons a week before it is implemented so all of you can study up on your options.