Red vs. Blue Wars: The Red vs Blue Wars Report: January Edition #1, 2010

The Red vs Blue Wars Report: January Edition #1, 2010

New Year means new stuff to look forward to in 2010.

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Well guys, it’s the beginning of the new decade and we have heaps of new stuff coming up for you. First up is this update right here. What used to be known as the Weekly Update, the Red vs Blue Report will now be a less frequent and more content filled update of what happens around the community.

The name comes from AxS Battle, who posted the idea in a thread I made in the forums. The name also comes from a machinima project that was cancelled or forgotten about a year ago.

When can we expect an update you ask? The answer is, “whenever the update is necessary”. They may come out once or twice a month, depending on how much news there is to report on. However, I will make an attempt to write at least one update per month.

Another new feature of the updates can be found by simply scrolling down. Our very own Super 17 will now be writing comics for us, so there’s even more stuff to look forward to each update.

So, I believe this means a new banner for the Report is in order. Now, I don’t have the Photoshoping skills to create such a thing, so I’m going to ask you guys for help. If anyone is interested in creating a banner to appear at the top of every update, feel free to do so and post it in the comments here. I’ll pick out the best one and give the author credit in the next Report.

New Forums

The next newest thing to hit our website for 2010 is the brand new forums, which just went live a few days ago.
What’s different about these forums? Besides the new look, the forums now support the new squad system and ranks we’ve set up within the site. There are heaps of other cool new features, and can all be found by doing some exploring of the new forums.

NOTE: Be weary of the Friend and Foe options. While the Foe option sounds like a cool list to put all members of the opposite team on, it actually blocks them and makes their posts invisible for you to see, which isn’t cool.

Unfortunately, the Post Counting Game has now been reset, and likewise the Post Counting Hall of Fame. On the plus side, you can take this opportunity to get back into the new hall of fame and perhaps increase your chance of a promotion

New Squads

Each team, Red and Blue, now have their own ‘sub teams” so to speak. These squads act as groups within the teams and can be used for organisation within battles or even events on the website. If you haven’t signed up for a squad yet make sure you check your respective Red or Blue forum to sign up.

New Ranks

A new rank system has now been introduced. Instead of posting it all here I’m going to link you this thread here where Rubber has explained it all nicely. Ranks, Classes, Titles and Rank Pictures are all explained within.

War Stats and Player Stats

Very soon we are going to start recording War Stats onto the website, just like the good ‘ole days. Similarly, we will begin recording individual player stats as well. As you can see, Rubber has started recording them for Modern Warfare 2, but we will also be doing them for Halo 3.

Events coming up

Well, enough about the new features. Let’s see what’s actually happening for the next few weeks.

Official Modern Warfare 2 War
Rubber is holding a MW2 war on the 30th of January, in celebration of the end of Midterms for American Schools (silly Americans, me and Ventril are still kicking back and enjoying Summer Holidays!) Anyway, here’s the thread which contains all the details.

Game Nights
Iceman is holding a game night on the 22nd of January, both on MW2 and Halo 3. Check this thread for all the details.
Also, Zethyr will be hanging around on Halo 3 this Wednesday for Bungie’s “Be a Hero” campaign to raise funds to support the victims of Haiti’s recent earthquake disaster. It’s not really a game night as such, but just a chance to catch up and hopefully help out people in need. Here's the thread with all the info.

Game Reviews

Rockdio has posted the first Game Review here as of 2010. His review on Assassins Creed 2 can be viewed here.
I’ve also created an FAQ (which are actually questions asked to me) on our Game Review feature, and can be viewed here. I advice everyone to read it as it contains the rules and other useful information on writing your review.

And, I think that’s it for the first Red vs Blue Wars Report. Just a final thanks to Grim for setting up the new forums, Rubber for fixing it up before it went live, Hoffa for paying for the site and giving us a place to call home, and to all the members who have been active in the forums and kicked ass in the Wars. As a member of the community for about 4 years (and the next oldest member after Hoffa), it’s good to see this group still healthy and active. It just shows how much of an awesome group we are, and I’m sure we’ll be around for many more years to come.

And without further ado, here’s Super’s first comic for the Report. The zombie outbreak mentioned by Zethyr is in reference to flu patients in Japan who apparently started speaking gibberish and acting violent. Here’s the relevant article.
Oh, click the comic to see the full size.

Posted by Banshee 21 on Wednesday 20 January 2010 - 06:03:50

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Salvanous
08 Sep : 07:58
you said forge twice. But I get the analogy and a good one at that.

Black Zethyr
08 Sep : 00:38
Reach isn't a cake, though.

It's a delicious burger.

It's got delicious meat (Campaign), bacon (multipalyer), awesome sauces (Firefight), cheese (Forge), added vegetables (mushrooms, onions... I mean Theater and intense Customization for gametypes and armour), and buns (Sage's beard? I don't know).

It all comes with fries (potential DLC) and a drink (Forge).

Salvanous
07 Sep : 23:30
Yeah, but it's kinda like adding pickles to a cake, I mean sure pickles are good and all but nobody in their right mind likes cake with pickles.

Loscocco
07 Sep : 23:27
Although they are a huge annoyance, why not have them? Thats more to add to the game.

Salvanous
07 Sep : 23:16
sooooo.... why are you guys excited about Drones?! with the fact that the DMR is a one shot weapon it will be a living nightmare for me, of course now with armor abilities this will be somewhat more interesting... *maniacal laughter*

Loscocco
07 Sep : 22:51
Also, Super, thats sorta what I'm trying to say. I know that no one can get to Hoffa's level, but lets just say there is a chance of getting to his position (even though it is at #1 supreme ruler). In a way, it would be like me saying that I am owner of the site when Hoffa really just shares some of his supreme power with me.

Once again, lets just stop. Send me a private message if you REALLY wanna talk about it.

Loscocco
07 Sep : 22:47
Yeah, kinda saddened and glad. It will be good as a challenge, but a pain if its in standard firefight.

Super 17
07 Sep : 22:44
Well, Hoffa kinda owns the site soo, noone can have more power than him

Black Zethyr
07 Sep : 22:41
Drones are confirmed to be in Reach.

Zethyr is glad.

That is all.

Loscocco
07 Sep : 22:22
Super, I'm not trying to hold you down or bash you, but it would be like me telling everyone that I am at Hoffa's level. Although I am the highest rank, I still can't compare to Hoffa's super-human abilities + his power (he actually has more access to stuff than all other Heads), his experience and his authority. Or if I told everyone that I already am a Head Admin while Hoffa was simply considering it. If I did do that, I would have never gotten the role.

I really don't want to get into a discussion on this, especially in the chatbox, but I hope this sorta cleared things up. No harsh intentions though.

Super 17
07 Sep : 22:18
http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g108/Hoffasgrave/Emoticons/SeniorityRULEZ.gif

Salvanous
07 Sep : 21:17
amen! lololol (sorry Super don't mean to team up, more going on Battle's comment previously)

Loscocco
07 Sep : 21:14
seniority has nothing to do with it...

Super 17
07 Sep : 20:50
says head admin to the guy thats been here longer than him... this is an ironic conversation

Loscocco
07 Sep : 20:32
Yes, but those are the only privileges that you have, not editing other people's posts and having the same authority that mods have.

Super 17
07 Sep : 20:26
Isn't posting news, and updating custom pages a moderator-esk job?

Loscocco
07 Sep : 20:20
technically Super, you are a member that has the ability to post on the front page, not a moderator.

Also, double posting is never a problem here unless you begin to spam somehow.

Salvanous
07 Sep : 17:01
I know, just wanted to make sure double posting was out of the picture to anyone new that may have somehow missed that little detail.

Super 17
07 Sep : 16:59
Double Postings doesn't matter in the chatbox because you can't edit chatbox posts (unless your a mod like me, and delete the post if you mess up while typing

)

Salvanous
07 Sep : 16:54
double posting not condoned of course.

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