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Grythandril
Famous Hero
who is a Chaotic Wizard
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posted January 30, 2002 12:22 PM |
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Re: Pics
I was wondering ves if the pic of the player under the info display will remain the same size or will the pic size be increase.
I would like it to be increased beacuse the pics are a little too small.
I know that they fit the current pic size of the heros in the heroes series of 50 x 50 pixels.
I know it might make the page more rpgish, but is that a bad thing?
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Might is Power
Magic is Power
Honor is Power
Power Rules Above All
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vesuvius
Hero of Order
Honor Above all Else
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posted January 31, 2002 12:32 AM |
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patience my friend
Ive kept the RPG side of toh under wraps, all I can say is that the player profile pages which will be available to legionnaires or higher will have space for photos much larger, more like 300x450 pixels.... Their pages will be quite customizable. However, for the little graphic shots for players on rankings page, it would be a bad idea to make them larger, for it would take up space on rankings and make downloading the rankings a lot longer. Every graphic is compressed in size to make loading faster, especially for pages where you can have 300+ players on one page!!
Speaking of the player profiles section, to make it happen, we will need a dedicated volunteer for it. More on that later.
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Prometheus
Adventuring Hero
Knight of the Oracle
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posted January 31, 2002 02:10 AM |
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Automation
Im curious what programming language the scripting is done in. If its PERL I can always lend a hand, do adjustments for necessary modifications or emergent needs during the seasons. Maybe we can talk about it. Of course I can do such things without charge, it is a service to the community and the league. I volunteered for this once before, to help i think and I spoke to your person who was handling it at that time on ICQ but they did not seem interested in help. Of course with CGI there are always security holes and Im sure I dont know as much your professional doing it, but you have seen my work and it speaks for itself. Im an amateur, but I get results. The Oracle reporting and updating system was fully automated and worked great.
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vesuvius
Hero of Order
Honor Above all Else
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posted January 31, 2002 05:49 AM |
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To be honest, im not sure; all I know its in ASP format, windows based automation and servers. The rest is beyond me. Skacik is a volunteer who may add minor automation addons to subtourneys; however the main automation will remain untouched.
Again, any extra help can be useful in the subtourneys, such as automating certain divisions, clans and player RPG profile pages, which will be done manually for now. The benefit of manual is, that pages are much faster to load, and aesthetically more pleasing.
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RedSoxFan3
Admirable
Legendary Hero
Fan of Red Sox
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posted February 01, 2002 03:19 AM |
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Funding
What ways do you produce revenue for TOH? There must be some way to get money other than donations.
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vesuvius
Hero of Order
Honor Above all Else
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posted February 01, 2002 04:31 AM |
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Costs
Only funding is from players who donated. I never expected to make any profit from ToH, and like a hobby, end up spending money.
ToH Balance Sheet 1999-2002:
Expenses
Web Server Costs Comcat 1999-2001: $1500
Automation For New ToH: $4800
Web Server Costs MJL 2001-2002: $ 600
Cash Prizes/Awards given out so far:$1100
Total:$8000
Income
Player Donations: $ 350
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hamsi128
Promising
Supreme Hero
tosser tavern owner
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posted February 01, 2002 10:20 AM |
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ves
here i asked to bank the cost of sending money to usa... they take 30 dollar expenses to send 15 dollar.... and i think the reason that people cannot donate is this financial crime 
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Hexa
Responsible
Legendary Hero
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posted February 01, 2002 10:31 AM |
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ehh How high were the reveneu's from add's? a.o.?@
If u don't might me asking  ))
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If you want to realize your dreams >>> you have to wake up!@
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vesuvius
Hero of Order
Honor Above all Else
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posted February 02, 2002 01:07 AM |
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I had banner advertising for about 5 months, during season II. I was paid by CPM, which meant $1.00 for every 1000 hits to mainpage. Since I averages 1000 hits a day at the time, I was making about 30 dollars a month. So in total I guess I made about $150 for it.
But I will never have ads on ToH again. I hate them. Even yahoo, cnn and other major websites have succumbed to them. I will not.
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zonekill
Adventuring Hero
Wiedzmin
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posted February 03, 2002 02:02 PM |
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TOH players homepages
There used to be a site in TOH with links to players homepages. I cannot find it now. If it's not avaliable anymore, then I think it should be restored. Then I and probably most players would like to know more about ppl they play with.
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vesuvius
Hero of Order
Honor Above all Else
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posted February 03, 2002 07:33 PM |
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its there.....
http://www.toheroes.com/homepages/homepages.html
the only links that take you to it though are through the player photo page.
Since legionnaires & higher will have their 'RPG homepages' in homm4 ToH, this page becomes a little more obsolete. Also, there werent that many people who were posting for it.
And my rule is, if something doesnt work or isnt popular, shut it down
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hamsi128
Promising
Supreme Hero
tosser tavern owner
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posted February 07, 2002 12:33 PM |
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homm4 multiplayer problem
what happen if the multiplayer patch for homm4 comes later then 1 month..... do you think to change the periode for this season...... and i listened conference call in archive and i dont understand why homm4 has not multiplayer support.
Best Regards ,
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Zud
Promising
Famous Hero
box worshipper
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posted February 07, 2002 01:41 PM |
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Did I miss something?
By that last post it sounds like H4 is being released without multi player support...???
Is this a known fact and I'm just that slow?
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Winner or Whiner?
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Grythandril
Famous Hero
who is a Chaotic Wizard
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posted February 08, 2002 10:34 AM |
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Does this mean the hot-seat option is also out of the game?
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Might is Power
Magic is Power
Honor is Power
Power Rules Above All
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insatiable
Supreme Hero
Ultimate N00bidity
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posted February 08, 2002 11:00 AM |
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Skill List & Attributes
Reads nce a player achieves the rank of Legionnaire, they can choose a two skills or skill upgrades
__Does a Legionnaire have to be a Division Commander in order to use these points?
__If NO,can he chose division attributes(e.g Diplomacy) while being a simple Division member,for division's benefit?
__Can a Legionnaire chose personal skills'(e.g)Enhanced Offence' without being in command or not being in a division at all?
thanx//insatiable(..so tired of waiting that examines Division Rules!lol)
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vesuvius
Hero of Order
Honor Above all Else
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posted February 09, 2002 01:24 AM |
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Attributes
(By the way, the ones listed there will be revamped, and that whole page actually will disappear in time, and replaced with a new homm4-looking section for Attributes/Profiles).
All players once Legionnaire get to choose profiles and attributes, you do not need to be a division commander. It is however, beneficial to be a successful division commander, as you can acquire more attributes per win. Also, not mentioned, is that attributes will be purchasable as well with 100 rankings points. If in a division as member, though your attributes have no effect, only as a leader does it have effect.
But again, the attributes thing is not uptodate, and was created exactly a year ago, so will be completely remodeled later towards release of homm4.
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RedSoxFan3
Admirable
Legendary Hero
Fan of Red Sox
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posted February 26, 2002 04:55 AM |
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Points System
Here is the formula for the points system:
Points and rankings methodology
All beginning players start with a base score of 1000. Player ratings provide a way to compare the strengths of two players without requiring them to play each other. It is not a competition. The rating system is similar to that used in chess ratings, the higher the rating, the better the player.
Ratings are recalculated after each game, using the following formulae:
Rn=Ro + 30 +0.05*(D) if they win, or Rn=Ro - (20 + 0.05*(D) ) if they lose.
where Rn is the new (post-game) Rating, Ro is the old (pre-game) Rating, and (D) is the difference between opponents pre-game ratings.
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Could These possible senarios happen?
So for example, if a player with a ranking of 1000 beats a player with ranking of 1100, the winner moves up to 1035, the loser moves down to 1075. If the 1100 ranked player beats the 1000 ranked, winner moves up to 1125, loser moves down to 985.
Therefore, if I have 1000 points and I lose to a player who has 1500 points, then using the formula:
Since his score is 500 points higher than mine I will lose 20 points and then 0.05 times the difference will be added or subtracted. Since 0.05 * 500 = 25, I will get a -20 penalty for the loss and +25 bonus for the difficulty of the game. This means that I will get at least 5 pts for playing this person. The winner will get a +30 bonus for winning and a -25 penalty for difficulty. We will both gain 5 pts after I get my ass kicked.
Using this formula it is possible to lose points even if you win. If player A with 1000 loses to player B with 2000, then player A will gain 30 points and player B will lose 20 points.
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vesuvius
Hero of Order
Honor Above all Else
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posted February 26, 2002 07:36 AM |
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of course not.
you cannot lose points for beating someone, and you cannot win points for losing to someone.
the automation has barriers once the differential is greater than a certain point.
So if you beat someone 600 points below you or more, you get no points, and the opponent loses no points.
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RedSoxFan3
Admirable
Legendary Hero
Fan of Red Sox
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posted February 26, 2002 09:19 PM |
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That's what I thought would be logical to have as an exception, but there was nothing written in the text on the page. That's good to know, because you could have people with records of 3 wins 125 losses and have over 1500 points.
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RedSoxFan3
Admirable
Legendary Hero
Fan of Red Sox
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posted February 27, 2002 04:50 AM |
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Why are there some players ranked as squires and above, but less than the minimum number of points needed to be a baron or whatever rank?
Ex: Motorschaff is emperor on the page but has slightly under 1900 points.
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