DSB To Go Offline

[Wormhole Surfer]

lol^, maybe so, but you have to admit that dsb has seen better up time and better stability then the other top zones. tw, eg never see's dsb players there because there zone is down do they?

thanks no doubt to the tireless efforts of dsb staff, i'm sure.

 

very funny.

[Fly Swatter]

Look some asshole stole my idea - http://rebelstarbattle.blogspot.com/.

[XO-MANOWAR]

I wouldn't worry about it too much.It doesn't even make any sense.It's dribble in my opinion.Somebody just wanted to give ya the Fizz.

[divine.216]

it was actually written by a guy named shakespeare.

More likely it derives from Dylan Thomas: http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15377

[Wormhole Surfer]

it was actually written by a guy named shakespeare.

More likely it derives from Dylan Thomas: http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15377

 

You're right. Shakespeare copied it off of Dylan Thomas and then traveled 300 years back in time to make it look like he wrote it himself. He was very clever that way.

 

[divine.216]

it was actually written by a guy named shakespeare.

More likely it derives from Dylan Thomas: http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15377

 

You're right. Shakespeare copied it off of Dylan Thomas and then traveled 300 years back in time to make it look like he wrote it himself. He was very clever that way.

 

Or Shakespeare never wrote it at all, and my prefatory "More likely" was an abundance of tenderness when showing you wrong.

[Delic]

you have to admit that dsb has seen better up time and better stability then the other top zones. tw, eg never see's dsb players there because there zone is down do they?

 

I'd prefer some down time once or twice a year over higher ping, which DSB gets compared to every other zone in SubSpace.

 

Maybe it's more noticeable for us who're pretty far away from the server.

[No_Remorse]

ok as long as you bring back chaos east, it's a deal.

[MikeTheNose]

Then get closer Delic

[Wormhole Surfer]

Or Shakespeare never wrote it at all, and my prefatory "More likely" was an abundance of tenderness when showing you wrong.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aX7Wr87iwNA

[wO!]

alright here's a quick update

 

this whole thing has been forgotten about since Hoch decided to not pull the plug, but honestly DSB is even more fucked now. Hoch shutting down DSB would have been the best thing that could have happened to the zone. at least there would have been a fresh start, with new owners and a new staff. but now it's same old, with Hoch calling the shots and Beer Hunter as his lil bitch. wanna see what kind of shape dsb is in? check out it's current active league

 

http://dsb4v4.league.nu/leagueoperators.asp?lid=54

 

http://dsb4v4.league.nu/results.asp?lid=54

 

check out the forums, people get banned for bullshit reasons. I was banned for creating threads bringing the above issues to attention lol. there are many people making efforts to improve the zone but staff ignores it all.

 

It was suggested Hoch decided to keep DSB alive only to kill it quicker, and I'm starting to agree with that.

 

so can SS council get together and purge Hoch or something or can we start our own zone using dsb settings and just call it something else?

Edited July 27, 2010 by wO!

[»Lynx]

Re-thinking everything leads to the development team being removed... Lol

[Avast]

Wo notice Novafire my squad is the only squad with no forfeits consistently. Im very proud that my squad had constant shows, even if we did lose. They even showed when i forgot to tell them we had games, and when i didn't even show myself. The one forfeit we do have is because I forgot to play with my league name, and Beer didn't notice the mistake either so he forfeited our only win, and gave us a loss.

 

Also the Sunday 25th game where |ntuition beats Novafire 1-0. Was originally scheduled for Sunday 18th. Beer hunters own squad Intuition would have had a forfeit loss against Novafire on that day. Since we showed with 5 people and only Beer hunter showed. He asked if I would grant his squad a reschedule to the 25th. Basically asked me to not allow Novafire the win. Seeing as it was both of our squads last game, and none of us would make play offs either way. I granted the reschedule. I wanted our last game to at least be played. So instead of Novafire winning by forfiet, we lost to intuition the next week when they finally had 4 people show.

 

Whats more Beer hunter was NOT only playing for his squad in 4vs4, he was the referee at the same time. This further shows how staff is understaffed. They have none to very few Referees to host league games at the moment.

 

Also keep in mind of all the squads who didn't forfeit lose to Novafire. Half of them showed with 3 players only. Instead of the regular 4 required.

 

4vs4 would have had less squads in it if it wasn't for me anyway. I actually actively recruited for Renegades squadron when I could have been recruiting those people for my own squad. And rens is a squad that is represented by Greenish who is on DSB staff himself. So even their own staff member showed no interests in the league until i began pushing them to recruit and telling people to apply to their squad.

 

At the same time Port Llast had 5 members for two weeks, (1 short of the requirement of 6 members for the league) and it was only four days until 4vs4 started. When i confronted Seriel Killer he said he would not bother with this league. But i convinced him to recruit and he shortly got 10 people in four days and entered the league with a total of 14.

 

So I explain this because I want a cookie. As well I am trying to show the current state of people and league in DSB. People are not inspired, and have no drive or moral. They do not currently have faith in DSB staff as it is right now.

 

Fabled and Novafire were both disappointed with 4vs4 format also. It makes no sense to have squad maximum of 20 players, so when 12 show, i grab the best 4 and tell the other 8 to sit in spec. This format does not encourage people to play. Before 4vs4 had a half time, so 4 people could play first half and 4 second half. This allowed for the maximum amount of people who showed to be able to play. 1 round only works well in automated leagues like in trench wars. You can challenge a squad, put 5 in, win a game, then re-challenge 10 seconds later, and put 5 new guys in. However dsb's 4vs4 is scheduled not automated. Meaning if those 4 people who showed and didn't get a chance to play want to play, they need to try again next weekend. It makes no sense to have squad sizes of 20 if your going to have this format. Squad sizes of 6 seem more in tune with a 1 round scheduled league. One can argue you can use subs. But im not going to sub 4 people in the middle of their game. That causes to much confusion, and just doing it is complicated, especially for a squad of new players like my own.

 

More info on 4vs4, and Novafires pointless forfeit, and 4vs4 leagues subsequent failures can be found on my DSB blog.

http://deathstarbattle.blogspot.com/2010/06/league-eligibility-failures.html

 

I see no problem with DSB keeping its staff, as long as they admit there needs to be fixes, and are willing to make those changes. They need to consider hiring people who want to help also. Staff lately has been making promises, and has been proactive with their suggestions on how they will fix 12vs12 league. However it is very late for all these changes, and more needs to be done. People are still not convinced.

Edited July 27, 2010 by Avast

[Chambahs]

Wtf, argyle still plays?