Peloponnesian War: Year 6 Ended - July 1, 2008, 2:45 PM EST Post by Tony
The year has ended successfully.
Congrats to all of the winners. You can see who won and the stats of everyone that took part in the year in
Year Awards and Year 6 Archive
Welcome to Peloponnesian War: Year 7.
Discuss Peloponnesian War: Year 6 Ending - June 24, 2008, 2:45 PM EST Post by Tony
Peloponnesian War: Year 6 will be ending July 1st at 2:45 PM
This is how the reset will commence.
2:30 - The very last half hour update. After this there will be no more money or turns
updates until post reset.
2:45 - I have a script programmed that will make a copy of the player table that will be used as an
archive for the awards and all accounts will be reset. Then, we will begin Peloponnesian War: Year 7.
Discuss Peloponnesian War: Year 5 Ended - June 1, 2008, 2:45 PM EST Post by Tony
The year has ended successfully.
Congrats to all of the winners. You can see who won and the stats of everyone that took part in the year in
Year Awards and Year 5 Archive
Welcome to Peloponnesian War: Year 6.
Discuss Peloponnesian War: Year 5 Ending - May 24, 2008, 2:45 PM EST Post by Tony
Peloponnesian War: Year 5 will be ending May 1st at 2:45 PM
This is how the reset will commence.
2:30 - The very last half hour update. After this there will be no more money or turns
updates until post reset.
2:45 - I have a script programmed that will make a copy of the player table that will be used as an
archive for the awards and all accounts will be reset. Then, we will begin Peloponnesian War: Year 6.
Discuss Email Validation and Other Small Changes - May 18, 2008, 11:02 AM EST Post by Tony
In an effort to reduce spamming, City-Wars now requires all emails to be verified before one can post. This change will not affect all of our current players and they will be able to use the forums without verifying their current email. However, if you change your email, you must verify it.
Other small changes:
1) The maximum bank withdraw has now been raised to 999,999,999 drachmas.
2) Several bugs that dealt with the forums have now been fixed.
3) The administration for the forums has changed slightly to facilitate moderation.
4) Players will no longer receive messages when they get an interest payment of zero drachmas.
Discuss GoodSearch - May 1, 2008, 9:48 PM EST Post by Tony
I urge everyone to use this new search engine.
It is called Good Search. Good Search donates $0.01 for every search made on their website. For those of us who do 20 searches a day, that means $0.20 will be donated to your favorite charity everyday. You are doing ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to earn money for your charity--now how cool is that.
The site uses the Yahoo search engine, so you know it is reliable.
So I ask everyone to please use www.goodsearch.com for all of their searches.
I am personally endorsing the Brendan Borek High Tides Memorial Fund. I suggest that everyone use this as their default charity; however, I am not forcing you. You may choose whatever charity you would like.
Brendan Borek High Tides Memorial Fund is a childhood cancer foundation dedicated to helping children with cancer and their families with emotional and financial support.
So remember: www.goodsearch.com and Brendan Borek High Tides Memorial Fund
Discuss Peloponnesian War: Year 4 Ended - May 1, 2008, 2:45 PM EST Post by Tony
The year has ended successfully.
Congrats to all of the winners. You can see who won and the stats of everyone that took part in the year in
Year Awards and Year 4 Archive
Welcome to Peloponnesian War: Year 5.
Discuss Peloponnesian War: Year 4 Ending - April 24, 2008, 2:45 PM EST Post by Tony
Peloponnesian War: Year 4 will be ending May 1st at 2:45 PM
This is how the reset will commence.
2:30 - The very last half hour update. After this there will be no more money or turns
updates until post reset.
2:45 - I have a script programmed that will make a copy of the player table that will be used as an
archive for the awards and all accounts will be reset. Then, we will begin Peloponnesian War: Year 5.
Discuss Bonuses - April 2, 2008, 3:11 PM EST Post by Tony
I am proud to announce City-Wars new campaign--MONEY PRIZES!!!
I know everyone must be thinking "How could this be?" Well, City-Wars will now have monetary prizes. More information will be coming soon.
Discuss Peloponnesian War: Year 3 Ended - April 1, 2008, 2:45 PM EST Post by Tony
The year has ended successfully.
Congrats to all of the winners. You can see who won and the stats of everyone that took part in the year in
Year Awards and Year 3 Archive
Welcome to Peloponnesian War: Year 4.
Discuss Peloponnesian War: Year 3 Ending - March 24, 2008, 2:45 PM EST Post by Tony
Peloponnesian War: Year 3 will be ending April 1st at 2:45 PM
This is how the reset will commence.
2:30 - The very last half hour update. After this there will be no more money or turns
updates until post reset.
2:45 - I have a script programmed that will make a copy of the player table that will be used as an
archive for the awards and all accounts will be reset. Then, we will begin Peloponnesian War: Year 4.
Discuss Updates For Year 3 - March 7, 2008, 8:37 PM EST Post by Tony
1) I have developed a work safe version. You may access this layout under the "Change Profile" link.
2) The upgrade page has been reformatted in an attempt to make it easier to read and easier to follow one's upgrades.
3) BB code may now be used on the message boards. The current available codes are url, b, and i for links, bold, and italics (respectively). If you want more, please ask for them.
4) Every topic on the message board is now broken down into pages rather than one long list of messages.
5) Topics that are popular are now marked as hot topics with a tiny flame gif.
6) There is a vulgarity filter on the forum.
7) There are awards for players who place first in rounds.
8) Inactive players now receive a random amount of money from 0 to 10,000 drachmas.
Discuss Peloponnesian War: Year 2 Ended - March 1, 2008, 2:45 PM EST Post by Tony
The year has ended successfully.
Congrats to all of the winners. You can see who won and the stats of everyone that took part in the year in
Age Awards and Year 2 Archive
Welcome to Peloponnesian War: Year 3.
Discuss Peloponnesian War: Year 2 Ending - February 24, 2008, 2:45 PM EST Post by Tony
Peloponnesian War: Year 2 will be ending March 1st at 2:45 PM
This is how the reset will commence.
2:30 - The very last half hour update. After this there will be no more money or turns
updates until post reset.
2:45 - I have a script programmed that will make a copy of the player table that will be used as an
archive for the awards and all accounts will be reset. Then, we will begin Peloponnesian War: Year 3.
Discuss Solo Dungeon Bash - February 18, 2008, 3:58 PM EST Post by Tony
Here is my newest coding project. I took a table top game called Solo Dungeon Bash and created an online version:
http://dungeon.city-wars.com
Discuss HTML Codes - February 9, 2008, 4:31 PM EST Post by Tony
The message board now supports some basic BBCode.
You are able to make things bold, italics, or include URLs.
Discuss Year 1 Changes - February 2, 2008, 11:22 PM EST Post by Tony
Some of these changes have been implemented already.
1) Undelete button for moderators. Governors do not have access to this. Some governors like to clear away a city-state's forums before the end of an age. If I gave the governors the ability to undelete posts from a previous age, this method of hiding posts would be superfluous.
2) There is now a resign button for governors. When the governor resigns, the city-state is left without one until the next half hour update.
3) There are now donator forums for donators only. Flame away on these. They are for the people who pay for the website.
Discuss Peloponnesian War: Year 1 Ended - February 1, 2008, 2:45 PM EST Post by Tony
The year has ended successfully.
Congrats to all of the winners. You can see who won and the stats of everyone that took part in the year in
Age Awards and Year 1 Archive
Welcome to Peloponnesian War: Year 2.
Discuss Peloponnesian War: Year 1 Ending - January 24, 2008, 2:45 PM EST Post by Tony
Peloponnesian War: Year 1 will be ending February 1st at 2:45 PM
This is how the reset will commence.
2:30 - The very last half hour update. After this there will be no more money or turns
updates until post reset.
2:45 - I have a script programmed that will make a copy of the player table that will be used as an
archive for the awards and all accounts will be reset. Then, we will begin Peloponnesian War: Year 2.
Discuss Updates - January 1, 2008, 6:55 PM EST Post by Tony
All of these updates were made during the last age, but I wanted to bulk them all into one news post. I will elaborate more on the updates on the forums, so click the discuss button to see additional information.
1) Players who have donated can now plug the clairvoyance stats directly into the attack calculator using the provided button.
2) Furthermore, players may now use these numbers to automatically attack the player with 99 turns.
3) Instead of using the bland "age 1" and "age 2" names for every new round, I have decided to use a new system of naming. This year will be the Peloponnesian War. The rounds will be determined in years. The next two years also have names, but they are surprises.
4) Players may now view basic attack stats in their own attack logs (this includes total wins, total losses, total drachmas stolen, etc), and players may also view attack stats of other players (these stats are just relevant between you and the player).
5) The message system has now been changed. There was actually a big vulnerability and it has now been fixed.
6) When a sneer backfires, they now show up in the attack logs.
7) The capture system has been changed. Please see the discussion for the specifics.
Discuss Age 11 Ended - January 1, 2008, 6:13 PM EST Post by Tony
The age has ended successfully.
Congrats to all of the winners. You can see who won and the stats of everyone that took part in the age in
Age Awards and Age 11 Archive
Welcome to Peloponnesian War: Year 1.
Discuss Merry Christmas - December 24, 2007, 10:28 PM EST Post by Tony
City-Wars would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanzaa, etc. And for our politically correct friends: Happy Holidays.
Discuss Age 11 Ending - December 24, 2007, 2:45 PM EST Post by Tony
Age 10 will be ending January 1st at 2:45 PM
This is how the reset will commence.
2:30 - The very last half hour update. After this there will be no more money or turns
updates until post reset.
2:45 - I have a script programmed that will make a copy of the player table that will be used as an
archive for the awards and all accounts will be deleted. Then, the entire game will reset and we will begin Peloponnesian War: Year 1.
Discuss Password Recovery - December 4, 2007, 4:12 PM EST Post by Tony
I changed the password recovery system. Now, if a player requests the password, the IP address from which the password request came is included in that request. If anyone receives a password request and did not request their password, please provide me with the IP address so proper punishment can be delivered.
On a more personal note to the person who thought it would be funny to request my password: If you do it again and if I found out who you are, I will ban you.
To everybody: If you know who requested my password, and if you don't come to me with that information, I will ban you as well.
Have a nice day.
Discuss City Bank Logs - December 2, 2007, 3:44 PM EST Post by Tony
I changed the log system a little bit more. Everyone can now view a running total of the contributions of each player to the city-state. I changed the logs so one can only see the last 24 hours and expand it if necessary. Lastly, the taxes will now appear in the bank log.
Discuss Age Awards - December 2, 2007, 1:31 PM EST Post by Tony
I changed the format of the age awards. The list was getting extremely long, so I decided to consolidate in a little. I also made an overall winner category at the bottom of the words to show who had the most of each award.
Discuss Age 11 Updates - December 1, 2007, 8:08 PM EST Post by Tony
I added a ton of new stuff this age. There will be some other changes which will happen throughout the age as I implement some of the great ideas you have all given me.
Here are a few things which I have changed already:
1) The attack logs: I have moved away from the previous attack log system and into a new system. This new system uses totally integers which means I am able to manipulate this data more efficiently. One of the implications of this is I could implement a way for players to view the player who has stolen the most drachmas off of him/her. Please note that currently the logs look aesthetically the same, but the code behind them is MUCH different. Lastly, these logs only show the last 24 hours of attacks for any player. You must click to see attacks over 24 hours old.
2) The city bank logs: These logs also introduced the integer system which I devised for the attack logs. This will allow the city governors to keep running totals of who donated what to the city. These are also aesthetically the same but use a different code.
3) Sneers: I changed sneer a tad bit. For players on Phoenicia, there is a 20% chance of backfiring. For players in any city-state, there is a 10% chance of backfiring. It no longer causes the city-honor to be depleted. Lastly, it now kills 5.5% of the players workers instead of the previous 2.5%.
One last comment: All of this is very new and untested. I normally add code in little bits, but changes such as these required a large overhaul in many files. There may be bugs, and if you experience them, please inform me. If you notice anything which is different than what happened before, tell me. Things may stop working, and I may not notice. I just want to make sure that everything that previously works, works now.
Discuss Age 10 Ended - December 1, 2007, 7:12 PM EST Post by Tony
The age has ended successfully.
Congrats to all of the winners. You can see who won and the stats of everyone that took part in the age in
Age Awards and Age 10 Archive
Welcome to AGE 11.
Discuss Recruiting - November 25, 2007, 12:43 PM EST Post by Tony
If people sign up to the game using the link provided after recruiting for you, you will be credited with recruiting one person to the game. I expect to give away donator statuses or maybe some prizes for the recruiting players. Look in the future for some of the things which will be given.
Discuss Player List Options - November 25, 2007, 9:01 AM EST Post by Tony
I added new options for sorting the players. The little up and down triangles next to the column headers can now be used to sort the players according to ranking, soldiers, and drachmas. Initially, this was supposed to be a tool for donators only; however, I felt gracious. I made it a tool for everyone to use. (And the coding to make it donator only would have taken me even longer to program). Anyway, enjoy the new feature.
Discuss Voting System - November 24, 2007, 7:48 PM EST Post by Tony
The voting system is slightly different. The governor is updated every half hour update. So if a player pulls ahead in the votes, that player must wait until the half hour update to become governor. Lastly, if a player becomes a cash cow, his vote no longer counts. The cash cow votes will be removed at midnight.
Discuss Age 10 Ending - November 24, 2007, 2:45 PM EST Post by Tony
Age 10 will be ending December 1st at 2:45 PM
This is how the reset will commence.
2:30 - The very last half hour update. After this there will be no more money or turns
updates until post reset.
2:45 - I have a script programmed that will make a copy of the player table that will be used as an
archive for the awards and all accounts will be deleted. Then, the entire game will reset and we will begin AGE 11.
Discuss Happy Thanksgiving - November 22, 2007, 11:15 AM EST Post by Tony
Happy Thanksgiving everyone. It seems we have a new item in our inventory.
Discuss New Players - November 19, 2007, 3:37 PM EST Post by Tony
As many of you know, Athens was overtaken by several new faces. I received many scrolls expressing outrage in this act, and for those of you who follow the message boards, there has been a public outcry from the players of Athens and the players of other city-states. I am here to address these concerns in an official public notice. I tried to address all concerns, and if I miss any, please respond to this topic on the forum, and I will be more than happy to clarify.
1) The very first thing to address is whether or not this was a malicious act. It may appear that at first it was intended to be malicious. Please keep in mind that I am just working off of what I have seen on the boards. It appears icechiller737 joined Athens, became governor, and then lost his governorship and was exiled. In retaliation, he (may be a she, but I will go with he) asked for assistance from his friends. Him and his friends then proceeded to overthrow the city of Athens and exile every player. After reviewing this evidence and the additional evidence which I will present later, I have come to the conclusion that this was not a malicious act. It is extremely difficult to gauge intent, but I believe, beyond a reasonable doubt, that this act was just him lashing back at the city of Athens for his exiling. It may appear malicious to the recent citizens of Athens, but I assure you, that I doubt it was meant to "screw up the game permanently." Just remember that next age is approaching. There is a reason I only have one month ages and it is because of this. Additionally, because of this fact, I can not void the results of this round. These results will stand as a testament of what may happen.
2) My next concern is over the banning of these individuals. Seeing that it wasn’t malicious, I can not ban these individuals. What they did was not against the rules. I can, however, offer some advice. What they did was very unsportsmanlike, but at the same time, it is a possible representation of something that may have occurred during the time in which this game is set. I suggest that in the future, one attempts to make friends, rather than making enemies. I suggest that these individuals attempt to make reparations with the players they have offended.
2.5) A small note which goes along with the previous point, but messes up my overall flow of my address, is the following: I did a check on all of the players IP addresses. They are all very different and in no way point to being the same player. I checked them against known lists of proxy addresses, and none of them appeared on these lists. Additionally, after performing a traceroute and a more in depth analysis of icechiller737’s IP address, I have come to the conclusion that all these people are in fact not one individual, but they are each their own individuals. (Unless icechiller737 has discovered a way to travel at light speed, which I doubt.)
3) Seeing as most players are angered by what happened, I will offer reparations for these players. For those of you who were with Athens, I will supply all of you with two more relocates so you may try and find a new city-state. Additionally, I will provide the Athens city-bank records up until the very last day. If you join a new city-state, I will provide that city-state with all of the money you had contributed to your city-bank. To do this, please message me with the NET amount you had contributed (less what you may have withdrawn). Please message me for your relocates and money requests by this Friday. The sooner you get this to me, the better. I will shortly provide a link where one may view the city-bank of Athens.
4) The next issues I must address are causation and prevention. The cause was because of a bug. Initially, one could not become a governor if one was not in the top 60. Unfortunately, I changed the game and added another city-state (Phoenicia). This had messed up the delicate balance and the code which was used to determine eligibility for governorship. I have already implemented a couple features which have fixed this problem. To become governor, you must be within the top 60 and the ballot is limited to a maximum of ten people. So if a city-state only has five active players above rank 60, they will only have 5 players on the ballot. If a city-state has none above rank 60, they will have no one on the ballot. If a city-state has 15 above rank 60, only the top ten will be on the ballot. I will also be adding a system which will detect whether a player has been with the game for at least a month. This will rule out new players becoming governor. In addition to this, I am welcome to all suggestions which may improve this voting system. If you think these are horrible ideas, please speak up, and I will implement yours.
5) Ok, lastly, these are all the miscellaneous notes. It is important to remember that everyone must follow the rules. Do not curse out the new players, and these new players must remember note to curse out the older players. I do not want this breaking down into a flame war, and I don’t want to ban people. Let’s try and turn this situation around and use this as fuel for our competitive spirits. If anyone feels like this address was biased in anyway and you were not represented correctly or if you feel I should have handled this differently, please speak up. I tried to handle this situation as professionally as possible with as little bias as possible.
Discuss Age 9 Ended - November 1, 2007, 4:04 PM EST Post by Tony
The age has ended successfully.
Congrats to all of the winners. You can see who won and the stats of everyone that took part in the age in
Age Awards and Age 9 Archive
Welcome to AGE 10.
Discuss Age 8 Ended - October 1, 2007, 4:39 PM EST Post by Tony
The age has ended successfully.
Congrats to all of the winners. You can see who won and the stats of everyone that took part in the age in
Age Awards and Age 8 Archive
Welcome to AGE 9.
Discuss Age 8 Ending - September 24, 2007, 2:45 PM EST Post by Tony
Age 8 will be ending October 1st at 2:45 PM
This is how the reset will commence.
2:30 - The very last half hour update. After this there will be no more money or turns
updates until post reset.
2:45 - I have a script programmed that will make a copy of the player table that will be used as an
archive for the awards and all accounts will be deleted. Then, the entire game will reset and we will begin AGE 9.
Discuss Age 7 Ended - September 1, 2007, 4:05 PM EST Post by Tony
The age has ended successfully.
Congrats to all of the winners. You can see who won and the stats of everyone that took part in the age in
Age Awards and Age 7 Archive
Welcome to AGE 8.
Discuss 1 Year - August 18, 2007, 12:39 PM EST Post by Tony
City-Wars has been online as the ancient Greek genre for 1 year now.
Discuss Age 6 Ended - August 1, 2007, 4:36 PM EST Post by Tony
The age has ended successfully.
Congrats to all of the winners. You can see who won and the stats of everyone that took part in the age in
Age Awards and Age 6 Archive
Welcome to AGE 7.
Discuss Age 6 Ending - July 24, 2007, 2:45 PM EST Post by Tony
Age 6 will be ending August 1st at 2:45 PM
This is how the reset will commence.
2:30 - The very last half hour update. After this there will be no more money or turns
updates until post reset.
2:45 - I have a script programmed that will make a copy of the player table that will be used as an
archive for the awards and all accounts will be deleted. Then, the entire game will reset and we will begin AGE 7.
Discuss Sneer of Hades Backfiring - July 10, 2007, 5:36 PM EST Post by Tony
Sneer of Hades now has a 10% chance of backfiring for all players from Phoenicia. All players who currently reside in a city-state other than Phoenicia have no chance of having Sneer backfire.
Discuss Message Boards - July 5, 2007, 9:48 PM EST Post by Tony
I have updated a lot of the pages on the message boards. You will no longer receive a lot of messages saying "Post Successful - Please go back." or "You have successfully reverted your message." I have replaced a lot of those message with PHP Redirects. Now, you will be immediately taken back to the page you were previously at. (For options like sticky and lock, it will appear as if you did not even move from the page.)
Discuss New Item - July 5, 2007, 7:52 PM EST Post by Tony
I finally released a new inventory item. It is a day late, but it is still there.
Discuss Revert Messages - July 3, 2007, 5:13 PM EST Post by Tony
Players can now revert their messages back to the originals on the board from this point on. Any previous messages that were edited will have the option to revert, but if you click it, they will not be reverted. If players abuse this feature, I will make it an administration only feature. Just to make one clarification - players can only revert back to the original message. Not to the previous edit.
Discuss MySQL - July 2, 2007, 10:29 PM EST Post by Tony
Ok, well while I was working on the Supply Request feature, I was also trying to resolve an issue from last age. I still feel terrible about losing all of the results, so I have taken extra steps this time around to insure the results of the next round.
I got in touch with my host, Hostgator, and was finally able to connect to my MySQL databases remotely, which means that I can more easily administer to the databases. Additionally, I installed a backup script which I have cron run every night. Additionally, I have the reports of that backup mailed to me so I can see if it stops working.
Discuss Optimized Login - July 2, 2007, 10:10 PM EST Post by Tony
I optimized the login script. It now will take you back to your previous page that you were visiting before you logged in. If you were on the login page, then you will be taken to your War Room.
Discuss Supplies Requests - July 2, 2007, 10:01 PM EST Post by Tony
Players without city-bank access can now request funds from their governors. This system took two days to code (I was busy, so I had to code in my spare time) The bulk of the time was spent trying to find and eradicate bugs that could prove to troublesome. Additionally, I spent time trying to predict some suggestions for this new feature. I anticipated several features which I am sure a lot of you will like. There are more than 500 new lines of coding which also encompass the creation of two new pages and the heavy modification of two existing pages.
First let me go through the general run down of the feature. One may access the supplies request form from the Bank link. From there, a player without city bank access may make a request for a cost of 10 turns. The said player must then wait for the governor to respond to the supply request. The governor can access the newest supply request form from the Governor page or s/he may access all of the supply requests forms from a link which is accessible in the governor's page. The governor may choose to approve or deny any funds request for any amount. Throughout this time, the player who requested the supplies may check up on his or her recent requests on a link accessible through the bank page. After the governor approves or denies the request, the player may then either choose to accept the request or delete the request. Now, even if the governor approved a withdraw for 1,000,000 Drachmas and there are only 1,000 drachmas in the bank, the player will not be able to withdraw those drachmas until the bank has sufficient funds. So if you want to be a pain and request 9 trillion drachmas, go ahead. Even if the governor approves it, you will not be able to claim them. Additionally, the regular withdraw fees apply. So in order to accept the supply request, the player must have enough turns or drachmas to accept. Lastly, all of the accepted (not approved) supply requests will be posted in the city bank log.
Discuss Governor Moderators - July 2, 2007, 5:50 PM EST Post by Tony
All of the governors can now moderate their City-State boards. If you are a regular moderator, you will see no change. I am a bit wary about adding this. There is a condition - if I find that this is abused (such as editing posts for no reason or deleting posts that try to challenge your power) I will remove the moderator feature.
Discuss Acropolis Changed - July 1, 2007, 7:04 PM EST Post by Tony
The Acropolis has now been changed. When a city-state builds the acropolis they then have access to the Helepolis, a defense weapon equivalent to the Ballistae. Thank you to XbodyBagzX for contributing the name
While adding this I found a couple bugs. I spelled Bouletarion wrong. Additionally, one was able to buy and sell in fractional pieces of Ballistae.
Discuss Age 5 Ended - July 1, 2007, 2:52 PM EST Post by Tony
The age has ended successfully.
Congrats to all of the winners. It seems like there was a big problem with the stats, and I am not sure whether I can recover the information.
Welcome to AGE 6.
Discuss Bulletins - June 30, 2007, 6:14 PM EST Post by Tony
All of the bulletins are now located on the Politics page. Only the most recent bulletin is displayed in the War Room. This was done to try and clean up the War Room. I added several administration features - one of which allows me to readily switch city-states, and while I was switching through, I noticed several city-states with a large amount of bulletins. I did delete several old bulletins which were no longer applicable, but the War Room still looked cluttered, so I removed all except one bulletin.
Discuss History - June 30, 2007, 6:02 PM EST Post by Tony
You can now reply to all of your messages with the history included. The history is also viewable on the reply screen.
Discuss Bank Revamped - June 28, 2007, 9:22 PM EST Post by Tony
I redid the bank page to optimize it for some additions that I will be adding. I am going to rework the possible ways to get funds from the city-bank which will include our current system, but also a system where users may send requests. I may seperate the tables into two tables - one for depositing and one for withdrawing, and, if you don't have access to the city-bank, the withdrawing table will be replaced with a funds/workers/soldiers request table. I am still undecided.
On a side note, I have added more admin features for me. I have also fixed some very small bugs (mostly with displaying unimportant information) I redid some coding to optimize it for heavier traffic. I am also dabbling in a little more javascript. (Note the javascript popup window which one may click on for help on the bank page.) This is part of a more general test on how I will impliment the help section into the game.
Discuss Governor Duties - June 25, 2007, 8:47 PM EST Post by Tony
I have moved all of the governor duties off of the Politics page. The governor now has his own page. If the governors will look on their Command Center or War Room and direct their focus on the city bulletins area, they will see that there is now a link titled "Governor Duties". The governor's can now access all of the previous governor duties (including issuing bulletins) through this link. The last page seemed rather crowded, so I moved everything onto this page.
Discuss Age 5 Ending - June 24, 2007, 3:13 PM EST Post by Tony
Age 5 will be ending July 1st at 2:45 PM
This is how the reset will commence.
2:30 - The very last half hour update. After this there will be no more money or turns
updates until post reset.
2:45 - I have a script programmed that will make a copy of the player table that will be used as an
archive for the awards and all accounts will be deleted. Then, the entire game will reset and we will begin AGE 6. Age 5 Ending - June 24, 2007, 2:45 PM EST Post by Tony
Age 5 will be ending July 1st at 2:45 PM
This is how the reset will commence.
2:30 - The very last half hour update. After this there will be no more money or turns
updates until post reset.
2:45 - I have a script programmed that will make a copy of the player table that will be used as an
archive for the awards and all accounts will be deleted. Then, the entire game will reset and we will begin AGE 6.
Discuss Worth of Website - June 17, 2007, 8:30 PM EST Post by Tony
I will not keep track of the worth of city-wars along with other aspects of the game. Here are the stats from May-June.
- Base Worth - $392.00
- Hours of Labor (est.) - 100 hrs
- Total Expenses - $39.80
- Total Profit - $71.23
- Net Gain - $31.43
- Selling Price - $2500.00
All of this information is available on the donate page.
Lastly, one may have noticed that it says selling price, and yes that means that City-Wars is for sale. I came up with that price using the worth of the site and adding my labor price to it.
Anyway, City-Wars is close to a year old, and in that year time 15% of all profits have been in this month of June, and this month is not even over. The amount of money from ads is up 147% and this month is not even over.
DiscussAge 4 Ended - June 1, 2007, 4:14 PM EST Post by Tony
The second age ended successfully.
Congrats to all of the winners. You can see who won and the stats of everyone that took part in the age in
Age Awards and Age 4 Archive
Welcome to AGE 5.
Discuss Categories Navigation - May 28, 2007, 2:52 PM EST Post by Tony
The categories navigation is now the default navigation. No accounts have been changed, but all new players will automatically start with the categories navigation.
Discuss Next Age Features - May 27, 2007, 3:29 PM EST Post by Tony
I have implimented several features for next age. I have brought together some of the suggestions that were previously in discussion and modified some of them.
1. Negative Random Events - The negative random events have been toned down some. The negative random events now consist of the following: 1) Being sent to the belly of the whale (no change) 2) 250 workers die or if you don't have 250 workers, 1/2 of your workers (previously 500 workers or all your workers) 3) 10% of your attacking troops die (previously all of your attacking soldiers) These new random events are now in affect. On the programming side, I moved all of the random events into their own php file. This will slightly decrease the load time of the War Room.
2. Phoenicia - Everyone will now start in Phoenicia. When the new round begins, all players will be relocated to Phoenicia. Additionally, all new accounts which are made from now on will start in Phoenicia. On the programming side, this eliminates the system having to remove inactive accounts from city-states because those accounts will be moved at the beginning of ages.
3. Relocate - You can not relocate two times per age. All new accounts this age will be able given their two chances to relocate. To relocate, just go to your War Room. The form will not appear unless you still have relocations available. This combined with the last change is a perfect balance. Players who have been exiled or players who are removed from city-states due to inactivity can now join a city-state again. A side note - you can not relocate if you are a governor.
Discuss Age 4 Ending - May 25, 2007, 8:48 AM EST Post by Tony
Age 4 will be ending June 1st at 2:45 PM
This is how the reset will commence.
2:30 - The very last half hour update. After this there will be no more money or turns
updates until post reset.
2:45 - I have a script programmed that will make a copy of the player table that will be used as an
archive for the awards and all accounts will be deleted. Then, the entire game will reset and we will begin AGE 5.
Discuss City-Tax - May 3, 2007, 7:51 PM EST Post by Tony
There is now a city-tax that can be taken directly from your HALF HOUR UPDATE MONEY. (This does not include your midnight update money) The city governor can set your cities tax. Then the tax will be taken directly from your update money and added to the city-bank. In testing this, I kind of messed up everyone's money and the city-banks money, so I set the city bank to a decent amount and reset everyone's money back down to 10k. On a side note, if you think your taxes are too high, talk to your city governor.
Discuss Age 3 Ended - May 1, 2007, 4:50 PM EST Post by Tony
Sorry for the delay... there were some problems with the script. Age 3 Ended - May 1, 2007, 4:50 PM EST Post by Tony
The second age ended successfully.
Congrats to all of the winners. You can see who won and the stats of everyone that took part in the age in
Age Awards and Age 3 Archive
Welcome to AGE 4.
Discuss Age 3 Ending - April 24, 2007, 2:45 PM EST Post by Tony
Age 3 will be ending May 1st at 2:45 PM
This is how the reset will commence.
2:30 - The very last half hour update. After this there will be no more money or turns
updates until post reset.
2:45 - I have a script programmed that will make a copy of the player table that will be used as an
archive for the awards and all accounts will be deleted. Then, the entire game will reset and we will begin AGE 3. Basket - April 8, 2007, 3:50 PM EST Post by Tony
Wow, someone left everyone a treat in their inventories. Looks like the Easter Bunny visited City-Wars ;)
Discuss Happy Easter - April 7, 2007, 5:32 PM EST Post by Tony
City-Wars wants to wish everyone a very Happy Easter. As a bonus for everyone who reads the news, I have created this button which you can click once for a special bonus. (It is a lot better than that april fools one) Enjoy: Easter Bonus
Discuss Italy - April 6, 2007, 11:27 AM EST Post by Tony
This is just a general announcement saying that I will be away on the dates between April 9th and April 18th. I will be going to Italy during those days. Now, Adam and Ash will have complete game master controls over the entire website (minus FTP access) They have the ability to ban whoever they want. So, if you break the rules, you are finished. Additionally, I really don't want to deal with any problems while I am in Italy or right after I return. This is everyones warning: if something serious happens and I get a phone call from my parents in Italy, the person responsible will pay. If that person broke any laws, I will press charges. (I will come down with full force). Please press discuss button to see further discussion.
Discuss April 07 - April 4, 2007, 6:55 PM EST Post by Tony
I am pleased to announce that we are pulling unbelievable traffic numbers. I want to say that City-Wars is expanding at an accelerated rate!
Discuss Whoopee - April 1, 2007, 3:14 PM EST Post by Tony
Wow, someone left whoopee cushions in everyone's inventory!
Discuss Age 3 Changes - April 1, 2007, 3:00 PM EST Post by Tony
I have two changes for age 2:
1) City-buildings now cost 1,500,000
2) The amount of construction points a city gains is now dependent on the honor as well as the soldiers and workers in the city-bank.
3) Caduceus of Hermes is now a tier 1 blessing, however it costs 5,000,000 sacrifice points.
Discuss Age 2 Ended - April 1, 2007, 2:46 PM EST Post by Tony
The second age ended successfully.
Congrats to all of the winners. You can see who won and the stats of everyone that took part in the age in
Age Awards and
Age 2 Archive
Welcome to AGE 1. Message Moderation - March 30, 2007, 3:22 PM EST Post by Tony
After a complaint, I felt it necessary to change the private message moderation system. Prior to this, City-Wars's staff was able to view every message. Now we no longer have access to every message. However, I implimented a system for you to report your messages. If you find something that breaks the TOS/Rules in a message, feel free to report it. To report a message, click on the message in your inbox. From there, you can click on a Report Message link, which is located next to the Go Back link. The moderation staff is then able to view the message (even if it is deleted by you or the other person). We can then act accordingly (sending out a warning or removing the players messaging system, if necessary)
Discuss Age 2 Ending - March 24, 2007, 2:45 PM EST Post by Tony
Age 2 will be ending April 1st at 2:44 PM
This is how the reset will commence.
2:30 - The very last half hour update. After this there will be no more money or turns
updates until post reset.
2:44 - I have a script programmed that will make a copy of the player table that will be used as an
archive for the awards and all accounts will be deleted. Then, the entire game will reset and we will begin AGE 3. Items - March 17, 2007, 5:03 PM EST Post by Tony
All active players should check their userinfo page. (Accessible through the list of players) It appears like a little Leprechaun left everyone a present.
Discuss Exile - March 17, 2007, 12:47 PM EST Post by Tony
Governors can now exile players from their city-state. Phoenicia is now acting as the exiled or unallied city-state. Players from Phoenicia can attack other Phoenicians. Currently, all exiles can not join a new city-state until there is a new age.
Discuss Signatures - March 16, 2007, 6:27 PM EST Post by Tony
You can now create signatures for the forums. The signature is exactly the same as your personal description.
Discuss Bugs Fixed - March 15, 2007, 8:24 PM EST Post by Tony
I fixed a couple bugs. I fixed some display bugs (Thanks Brendoshi) as well as some more serious game mechanics bugs (Thanks Sulfur Colloid). I must say that I would be nowhere without the players finding the bugs for me.
Discuss Soldier and Worker Bank - March 13, 2007, 5:39 PM EST Post by Tony
I updated the amount of turns and drachmas you get per soldier and per worker. Please check out the new values on the bank page.
Discuss Buildings - March 11, 2007, 8:53 PM EST Post by Tony
The governors can now construct buildings using the soldiers and workers in the city-banks. All buildings cost 750,000 "construction points." Here are the following structures and their bonuses:
Parthenon - Decrease sacrifice failure chance.*
Religious Shrines - Decrease sacrifice failure chance.*
Gymnasia - Increase speed level by 1 for capture missions.
Acropolis - Increase defense 10%.
Theatre - Increase monetary production 10 drachmas per worker.
Agora - Increase monetery production 10 drachmas per worker.
Stoas - +100 city-honor.
Stadion - Soldiers return at a rate of 15% per update.
Bouletrion - New weapon Ballistae can be purchased for 1,024,000.
Discuss City-Bank - March 11, 2007, 12:10 PM EST Post by Tony
Because of repeated abuse, I have now put a limit on the amount of times you can withdraw from the city-bank. You must wait 1 minute between withdraws.
Discuss Polls - March 10, 2007, 11:05 PM EST Post by Tony
Donators and staff can now create polls on the forums.
Discuss Construction Points - March 10, 2007, 9:18 PM EST Post by Tony
All city-bank soldiers and workers now contribute construction points every 30 minutes. For every worker in the city-bank, the city-state gets 3 points. For every soldier in the city-bank, the city-state gets 1 point. These points will used to build various structures for the city-state.
Discuss Removed Features - March 10, 2007, 2:20 PM EST Post by Tony
I removed the following features: Send Soldiers, Send Money, and Trading Weapons. These features were barely ever used, and they just took up valuable space.
Discuss New Message System - March 10, 2007, 1:10 PM EST Post by Tony
Ok, I have coded the new message system. It is a lot cleaner look, but there will still be minor changes. If you needed your old messages, please just send a message over to me, and I can supply you with them.
Discuss Interest - March 5, 2007, 3:28 PM EST Post by Tony
Bank interest is now given randomly rather than at midnight. This is to promote banking daily rather than hoarding money until midnight, getting the interest, and then withdrawing it.
Discuss City-Honor - March 4, 2007, 10:12 AM EST Post by Tony
City-Honor now affects your ranking. Ranking is a combination of everyone's stat, multiplied by your city-honor, divided by 1500, and then divided by the active players. Currently, purchasing a technology/import will push your city-state into first place because city-honor is low right now.
Discuss Account Info - March 3, 2007, 5:58 PM EST Post by Tony
Everyone has a little Account Info table right below their navigation bar. They can now turn this off if they do not want it. If you want to turn yours off, go to Change Profile.
Discuss Cultural Items - March 3, 2007, 2:54 PM EST Post by Tony
The governors can now buy cultural items which will greatly increase overall ranking for the city-state. The governors may purchase these on the politics page. As a note, the money for the cultural items will automatically be removed from the city-bank.
Discuss New Ranking - March 3, 2007, 2:11 PM EST Post by Tony
There is a new ranking system. It is exactly like the old system, except that the rankings are only updated every 30 minutes. The new system is a lot more efficient, in coding, then the old one, and I can change ranking if we need to.
Discuss Change Race - March 1, 2007, 5:37 PM EST Post by Tony
Change race has been slightly changed. You can now change your race if you have over 250 soldiers and 250 workers, and, as before, one half of all your soldiers and workers will die. As a side note, I updated the rules to reflect this.
Discuss New Age - March 1, 2007, 3:13 PM EST Post by Tony
Sorry about the delay... there was a problem with the reset script, but everything was back to normal. Just a note: there are currently no prizes for this age yet, but I may add something later
Discuss Age 1 Ended - March 1, 2007, 3:07 PM EST Post by Tony
The first age ended successfully.
Congrats to all of the winners. You can see who won and the stats of everyone that took part in the age in
Age Awards and
Age 1 Archive
Welcome to AGE 1. Max Workers - February 28, 2007, 6:02 PM EST Post by Tony
Your workers are now limitted by your living conditions upgrade. You can have a maximum of 1000 multiplied by your living conditions upgrade. If you are over this amount, any new workers given to you at the beginning of an update will automatically die.
Discuss Worker and Soldier Bank - February 28, 2007, 5:48 PM EST Post by Tony
The city-bank now exhibits a worker and soldier bank to which all the players of the city-state can contribute. For every worker you deposit, you get 1k. For every soldier you deposit, you get 1 turn. The cost to withdraw soldiers is the amount of soldiers you are taking multiplied by 1 turn and then rounded up to the nearest 50. The cost to withdraw workers is the amount of workers you are taking multiplied by 1,000 drachmas and then rounded up to the nearest 50,000 drachmas. Lastly, there are logs that track all of this, and any city-state player can withdraw or deposit without getting access.
Discuss Age 1 Ending - February 24, 2007, 2:45 PM EST Post by Tony
Age 1 will be ending March 1st at 2:44 PM
This is how the reset will commence.
2:30 - The very last half hour update. After this there will be no more money or turns
updates until post reset.
2:44 - I have a script programmed that will make a copy of the player table that will be used as an
archive for the awards and all accounts will be deleted. Then, the entire game will reset and we will begin AGE 2. Reminder - February 20, 2007, 9:32 PM EST Post by Tony
Just a reminder, with the end of Age 1 only 10 days away I want to remind everyone of some things:
1) Under the Change Profile link you can change the city-state you start on next Age.
2) The winners of this first age get special donator statuses.
Discuss Currently Developing Suggestions - February 19, 2007, 8:09 PM EST Post by Tony
Any suggestions which are under developed or will be added to the game are now sticked in the Suggestions forum. If you have any input on any suggestions, feel free to give it.
Discuss Password and Username Recovery - February 18, 2007, 12:22 PM EST Post by Tony
We now have an email server, which we did not have with my personal server becasue I never installed it. Because we now have an email server, I was able to develope a password and user name recovery system. Enjoy.
Discuss Welcome - February 18, 2007, 9:59 AM EST Post by Tony
Welcome to the new site! You can now access the site using www.city-wars.com (Make sure to add the dash) I did not bring all of the old messages, but if you want to access your messages, just tell me and I will get the most recent ones for you. Lastly, I hope everyone enjoys the new site and host!
Discuss Host - February 17, 2007, 11:56 AM EST Post by Tony
I just purchased a hosting plan and a domain name. So shortly (within 24-72 hours) I will be closing down the game and then reopening it at the new host. I will create an HTTP redirect that will redirect all hits from this website to the new host, but you will also be able to access the City-Wars by using the URL: www.city-wars.com Just remember to use the dash. Note: The domain is currently not active, because I am still waiting for the payment to clear.
Discuss Layout - February 17, 2007, 1:01 AM EST Post by Tony
The layout was changed slightly. It is now formatted for a larger resolution, but at the same time anyone with a 800 x 600 resolution can still visit the website. I put the ads on the right hand side of the screen, which results in it "hanging" off of the screen for all 800x600 resolutions. I had to edit the CSS for this, so if you are getting undesired results, try hard refreshing. (Ctrl + R)
Discuss New Forums - February 11, 2007, 8:33 PM EST Post by Tony
I have coded new forums. The old forums are still accessible for archival purposes. I will be locking all threads over there, and all new discussion can occur on the new forums. These forums were created to make it easier for all to post and play.
Discuss City-Bank Changed - February 11, 2007, 1:11 PM EST Post by Tony
The way the city-bank works has now been changed. Everyone now has access to deposit money into the city-bank, but they can not remove any money unless the governor gives access to them. You must now ask your governor for city-bank access. This is to keep people from emptying all of the city-bank assets. Additionally, I have reset all citybanking... no one, except the governors, have access to the city-banks.
Discuss Change City-State - February 10, 2007, 10:42 AM EST Post by Tony
At the end of the age, you can change your city-state. There is now an option under the profile link that allows you change which city-state you want to start the new age with, but remember. You must have chosen a new city-state before the end of the age. If you do not want to change your city-state, then just leave the box alone, and you will begin on your previous city-state. The currently selected option is the current city-state you will be starting on during the next age.
Discuss Governor - February 9, 2007, 5:55 PM EST Post by Tony
I changed the governor and voting system slightly. Now, when you are voted in for governor, you must be within the top 10 ranking for your planet. If you are the current governor and you fall below the top 10 for your planet, you hold your position as governor, but no additional people may vote for you.
Discuss Old Man in the East - February 5, 2007, 6:34 PM EST Post by Tony
You can not try to learn something from the old man, but beware! There is a chance something bad may happen to you.
To see all of the possible outcomes click the discussion button below.
Discuss Prizes - February 3, 2007, 4:21 PM EST Post by Tony
Here are all the prizes for everyone who wins:
1. 30 day donator status
2. 15 day donator status
3. 7 day donator status
If you already have a donator status (which last for a year) these prizes will kick in after your other donator status is up.
Discuss City-Bank Interest - February 3, 2007, 2:27 PM EST Post by Tony
I instituted city-bank interest which utilizes your city-state's honor. At midnight the interest is calculated using the following equation:
Interest = Round Up((Honor * Random Number from 0 to 50 * Bank) / 150000)
Discuss Sacrifice Failure - February 1, 2007, 7:43 PM EST Post by Tony
The sacrifice failure has been changed. It is now based on the amount you have previously sacrificed. See the wiki or the forum post for more info.
Discuss Personal Description - February 1, 2007, 5:04 PM EST Post by Tony
All players can now either have a personal description or a blog on their user page. Your personal description can be turned on and off using your Change Profile link.
As a note, you may not have more than 500 characters in your personal description.
Discuss Beta 4 Ended - January 31, 2007, 2:44 PM EST Post by Tony
The beta ended successfully.
Congrats to all of the winners. You can see who won and the stats of everyone that took part in the beta in
Beta Awards and Beta 4 Archive
Welcome to AGE 1.
Just a note: the end of age did not go right, because the player stats were not updated. Fortunatly, the database copied, so I have all the results. The end of age will be taken from that point, but the stats will be reset later. Recruit - January 26, 2007, 1:12 AM EST Post by Tony
I updated the recruit system. I found out what the problem was. I forgot to turn on an extension in PHP which allows you to create jpegs in PHP. So now it is all fixed, and there are not bugs.
Discuss Movement and Layouts - January 25, 2007, 6:10 PM EST Post by Tony
There is two updates in this post. The first is that the move page is updated with some soldier movement info, such as return times. The second update has to do with the layouts. I added 5 more layouts. These include:
Ancient Ruins (Default)
Vegetable-tarian
Georgie Peach
Granite*
Starless Night
Aqua
Ancient Ruins is the default brown layout everyone is used to. Additionally, Granite can be used by colorblind people. (I think people with colorblindness can see it anyway. If you are colorblind and you can't see it, tell me.)
Discuss Beta 5 Ending - January 24, 2007, 2:44 PM EST Post by Tony
Beta 5 will be ending January 31st at 2:44 PM
This is how the reset will commence.
2:30 - The very last half hour update. After this there will be no more money or turns
updates until post reset.
2:44 - I have a script programmed that will make a copy of the player table that will be used as an
archive for the awards. Then, the entire game will reset and we will begin AGE 1. Surge in Players - January 23, 2007, 10:13 PM EST Post by Tony
So in the past couple days there has been a tremendous surge of players, but there are some problems.
1. Our traffic has remained the same.
2. They are not signing up for anything else.
One might say this is circumstantial. Others might disagree, but there is one thing that I want to make clear. All these accounts WILL be deleted AND I will close down the game if this continues. The game is just something extra that I do because I want to contribute to the online gaming experience. I can easily close it down at my whim.
So in conclusion, anyone or everyone who is doing this: Stop.
Discuss Blogs - January 21, 2007, 3:48 PM EST Post by Tony
We have a brand new blog feature which is now available to everyone. You can access your blogs through your War Room. Additionally blogs are accessible through each players page, or you can access a list of all blogs through the all blogs link. This is an edit to this news. I thought I would just add this on. The blog features have been expanded upon. Additionally there were many small changes done to the site. Donators - January 17, 2007, 10:46 PM EST Post by Tony
Several things have happened. I removed the donor status from everyone except staff and the one person who has donated. All the donators and staff now have an asterisk next to their name indicated they are donators/staff. There will be more bonuses for donators as I continue to develop the game.
One of the new things that I will allow donators to do is to test the game features before they are released. I am sure everyone has noticed the little Blog icon underneath the userinfo pages. Donators and staff will be the first people to use this feature.
Discuss W3C Validating - January 15, 2007, 11:19 AM EST Post by Tony
All of the pages now meet the W3C standards for XHTML 1.0 transitional. Sacrifice Level - January 14, 2007, 12:38 PM EST Post by Tony
The new tiers are now as follows...
Tier 1: 2,000,000
Tier 2: 50,000,000
Tier 3: 100,000,000
I have been monitoring sacrifice and this is to help make sacrifice a little more balanced. Expect to see more sacrifice changes.
Discuss Random Events - January 14, 2007, 12:09 AM EST Post by Tony
There is three new random events:
The gods shine down on you and give you unbelievable powers, but beware, your powers will run out on the 59th minute of the hour or if you buy weapons or upgrades.
+1,000,000,000 attack
A large plague runs rampant through your camp causing 500 of your workers to die.
-500 workers
You receive a scroll from one of your generals out on a campaign. All of your men who were currently attacking were all killed in a surprise attack
-all your currently attacking soldiers
Discuss Buy and Sell Turns - January 13, 2007, 9:26 PM EST Post by Tony
You can not buy and sell turns in the far east trading post.
Discuss Governor Duties - January 13, 2007, 8:48 PM EST Post by Tony
I have created the first Governor duty. Under politics, a governor can remove the city-bank access of players who are currently on there planet. They can also give players city-bank access. Just a note: When you change planets using the treason sacrificial blessing, you must ask the new governor for city-bank access.
Discuss New Layout - January 3, 2007, 6:29 PM EST Post by Tony
Ok, so this is the first of the brand new layouts. I will be making a few of them. There are many small details that I want to work out before making new layouts. I have some major changes to the layout of the site that will hopefully make it flow better.
Discuss Merchant Trading - January 2, 2007, 5:05 PM EST Post by Tony
Merchant trading has been changed to reflect the buying and selling patterns of the day mixed in with some random numbers. Prior to this point it was a purely random system. Now it is based on both buying, selling, and random. Currently the random amount does heavily affect the change, but if Merchant Trading becomes more popular I will increase the magnitude accordingly. Additionally, all of the prices have been increased.
Discuss Turn Cap - January 2, 2007, 12:04 AM EST Post by Tony
Once you reach 10,000 turns or above you can not get anymore turns on the half hour update, but you can still get your midnight turns.
Discuss Autobank - January 1, 2007, 3:04 PM EST Post by Tony
I implimented a system of autobanking into the game which requires no energy from me. You can now access this new version of autobank from your donator menu in your War Room if you are set as a donator.
Discuss New Image - December 31, 2006, 7:28 PM EST Post by Tony
With my LIMITED photoshop abilities, I have created an image for City Wars. You can see this image on either the forums or the wiki. This is the first installment of the "make pretty" campaign I will be running. The make pretty campaign will try and improve the site design, because right now design is the sites biggest problem.
Discuss Capture - December 31, 2006, 4:12 PM EST Post by Tony
You can now capture workers... on the capture page you must specify what you want to capture. To clarify: when capturing you always send soldiers.
Discuss Categories Nav Layout - December 30, 2006, 2:25 PM EST Post by Tony
We have a new navigation bar layout. I know that the navigation bar is getting larger and larger. To help with this, I am testing a new categories nav layout. Check it out and see how it works. When you visit the main page of the specific category you see a menu at the top which has all the sub pages. These subpages also have this menu at the top. In addition to that, when you visit your war room you are given a list of updates, such as how many messages you have. In a very short time, I plan to add a drop down on the navigation list for the category when you click on the main category header.
Discuss Lottery - December 30, 2006, 1:48 AM EST Post by Tony
The lottery can now be played 1 day after the creation of account or beginning of a round.
Discuss Sacrifice and Dead - December 29, 2006, 4:24 PM EST Post by Tony
Sacrifice has been changed a little. Sneer of hades no longer kills undead, only dead. Plus when people are sneered, the dead soldiers and workers are added to their dead total. The same goes for attacking: all soldiers and workers who die now go into the total dead. (all of which can later be resurrected)
Discuss Sacrifice Change - December 29, 2006, 10:42 AM EST Post by Tony
When you fail you no longer end up in the belly of a whale... you just lose your men or drachmas you went to sacrifice. Also, when you succeed in sacrificing men, they no longer go into your pool of dead people to resurrect. Although, the failed sacrifice of men still results in men going into your pool of dead soldiers.
Discuss Wiki - December 28, 2006, 11:14 PM EST Post by Tony
We now have a wiki which can be used for many things such as personal player pages and game help. I hope to expand the wiki with the help of everyone.
Discuss Game Is Back Up - December 28, 2006, 3:23 PM EST Post by Tony
City-Wars version 2.0 is now up. We need to test this. So we are going to go into an alpha/beta which will last until january 31 at 2:44 PM. I will post a list of all of the changes after everything is all set.
Discuss Bulletins - November 4, 2006, 5:33 PM EST Post by Tony
There are now bulletins that governors can post on the politics page. I also fixed some bugs with the politics page within voting. Most of them were bugs that would require people to modify pages and such. No big security threats.
Discuss Collapsible Beta - November 4, 2006, 12:04 AM EST Post by Tony
There is a new navigation bar layout - Collapsible Beta. It now offers a memory collapsible bar. I want to see how people like it before I impliment it on the home page, so it will not work there. If all works out with it, this might replace the condensed navigation bar.
Discuss Recruit - November 2, 2006, 7:45 PM EST Post by Tony
You can now get 10 clicks per day. Go give those links to some friends!
Discuss City-Bank and Honor - November 2, 2006, 7:17 PM EST Post by Tony
Now within the city bank a governor can opt to spend that city-states honor. The governor can spend the honor at a rate of 1k per 1 honor. That honor will be added to the city-bank.
Discuss Politics and Governors - November 2, 2006, 6:26 PM EST Post by Tony
There is now a politics link which is right underneath your war room. There you can find out about your allies, and you can also view our new feature: governors. A governor is a leader of a city-state who is voted in by popular vote. You can freely change your vote at anytime. Currently allies and governors have no powers, but in the near future they will.
Discuss Declare Allies - November 2, 2006, 5:00 PM EST Post by Tony
You can now declare allies. It is accessible from the User Pages. There is a master list of all allies in the Politics link.
Discuss 5 Dollar Prize - November 1, 2006, 9:39 PM EST Post by I am NOT Tony
Well, here is another incentive to donate: If you donate within any beta or age, the winner of the said beta or age will recieve a 5 dollar prize.
Discuss Donator Free Trials - November 1, 2006, 9:05 PM EST Post by I am NOT Tony
A donator tools free trial can be yours by easily asking for it. If you ask for a free trial you will get 7 days for free. After the 7 day free trial of the donator tools, you can continue it by donating 5 dollars, or you can just have a regular account. No obligations!
Discuss Messages - November 1, 2006, 7:12 PM EST Post by Tony
The view message system has been changed. All the message systems have been changed to page view. It is to cut down on the bandwidth and allow people to more easily navigate through messages. There is also an option to view all messages.
Discuss Help Tickets - November 1, 2006, 5:26 PM EST Post by Tony
OK, to now offer the best quality service possible, we now have help tickets.
Help tickets can be viewed by any moderator, administrator, or game master. We are here to give you quality service and to give it to you as quickly as possible. If you need to ask an important question, ask it through the "Need Help?" link. This is to help decrease clutter in my inbox, and to avoid me missing anyone's messages.
Discuss Beta 3 Ended - November 1, 2006, 2:44 PM EST Post by Tony
The beta ended successfully. Congrats to all of the winners. You can see who won and the stats of everyone that took part in the beta in Beta Awards and Beta 3 Archive. Honor - October 31, 2006, 8:20 PM EST Post by Tony
A planet now has honor. Honor tells how virtuous a planet has been. If people on your planet constantly sneer, your honor goes down. Enjoy.
Discuss Autobank for Donors - October 30, 2006, 5:09 PM EST Post by Tony
The autobank feature is complete and can be used. It will bank your money at 5 after midnight. All you have to do is send me a message saying you want it enabled.
Discuss Small Power Outage - October 28, 2006, 10:15 PM EST Post by Tony
Small power outage in my neighborhood, but everything is back up now.
For all of you who say that you lost money during the power outage, you did not. No one could access the server and there were no updates during it.
Discuss Beta 3 Ending - October 25, 2006, 2:44 PM EST Post by Tony
Beta 3 will be ending November 1st at 2:44 PM
This is how the reset will commence.
2:30 - The very last half hour update. After this there will be no more money or turns updates until post reset.
2:44 - I have a script programmed that will make a copy of the player table that will be used as an archive for the awards. Then, the entire game will reset. Lottery - October 24, 2006, 10:39 PM EST Post by Tony
The way the lottery is calculated has been changed... now you will win an amount of money everytime, but the amount varies.
A broader explanantion: There are 21 possible money ranges that you can fall into. These ranges also increase. Then out of those ranges a random number is selected and that is your winnings.
Discuss Sneer of Hades - October 22, 2006, 8:56 PM EST Post by Tony
Sneer of Hades is now changed. This is how sneer of hades works now:
1. 1/100 undead are killed
2. 1/400 soldiers are killed
3. 1/400 workers are killed
Sneer of Hades has been turned into an undead killing tool. I did some calculations, and the undead, at the highest possible cost to get them, are worth the hassle to get. So in the average scenerio, they are horribly overpowering. Now there is a way to combat this.
Discuss Getting out of the Whale - October 22, 2006, 7:06 PM EST Post by Tony
There is now an additional way to get out of the whale, but for those of you who forgot, I will list all three.
1. Click get turns if you havn't clicked it twice yet.
2. Click get money if you havn't clicked it twice yet.
3. Use pray for blessing, and pray for salvation.
Just a clarification, for all of you who say that Use Blessing doesn't work, you must got to Pray for Blessing. The salvations do not accumulate like sneer of hades or metis of athena, they are used from your pool of sacrifice points.
Discuss Poll - October 22, 2006, 6:43 PM EST Post by Sasha
Please vote in the poll.
Discuss Sacrificial system update. - October 22, 2006, 6:04 PM EST Post by Sasha
Now, getting sent to the belly of the whale when sacrificing is more randomized than it was before; in other words, up to a point, not attacking only increases your chances of getting accepted by Athena and rejected by Hades.
Discuss Tweaks - October 22, 2006, 3:18 PM EST Post by Tony
OK, so I made a lot of tweaks. The amount of sacrifice points you recieve for sacrificing soldiers is now a random number between 1000 and 10000. It is calculated everytime you sacrifice, so it is not constant. The bug where people were still able to attack others that were inside a whale was fixed. Well actually I never found the bug, but I now made it impossible to attack by throwing a patch on there. I changed the Buy Weapons page around a bit. Sasha changed it to the view we have now, but I made the buy column before the sell column. I thought it was more natural. Praying for Blessings has been changed drastically. The tiers have changed, and so have the amounts of blessings you recieve for each tier. Tier 2 is at 25,000,000 and tier 3 is at 50,000,000. Hades is now in tier 2 and 3 only. You get 1 hades for tier 2 and 3 for tier 3. Siege has been reduced to 1, 3, and 5 for tiers 1, 2, and 3 respectively. Speed upgrade is now tier 3. Hades now kills 1/100 of all the undead. So it is now dependant on the amount of undead a person has. There is a new blessing named salvation which is a tier 1 blessing and removes you from a whale. There is now a random chance that your sacrifice will not be accepted. There is now a maximum amount of soldiers you can buy. It is the amount of people in the game multiplied by 100 (which is also the maximum amount of soldiers there can be on each day).
Discuss Announcements - October 13, 2006, 9:24 PM EST Post by Tony
Admins can now make announcements which everyone can see in their inbox. It is also the admins responsibility to clear old announcements, or else they will stay the user box.
Discuss Hidden Titans - October 13, 2006, 8:42 PM EST Post by Tony
OK, there is a new hidden feature. There is now a way to unleash the titans on all the players of the game. It will reduce their soldiers to 0 and reduce their money to 0. The titans will EAT all of the soldiers so their bodies and souls will no longer remain. So they are not added to casualties. Enjoy, if you can find it
Discuss City-Change Changed - October 13, 2006, 5:04 PM EST Post by Tony
It is now named treason. I also changed some stuff around. When you change your city you can not use the city-bank until three days have passed. This is to avoid the common change people, and it is also to help deter people from stealing money from other city-banks and then moving back to their own, although this would cost much more to the said person. This city-bank limit also goes further then just the treason blessing. When someone signs up, they can not use the city-bank for three days. This will keep people like Elite from being banned. When a new age starts, you can use the bank right away if you have been with the city-state for more than three days. I hope that is clear.
Discuss Attack Calculator - October 13, 2006, 3:05 PM EST Post by Tony
The attack calculator now works. It automatically rounds up, so if you send the exact amount the calculator tells you to send, it will work. I tested this today on the spartans, and it worked perfectly for me.
Discuss Awesome new feature. - October 12, 2006, 10:49 PM EST Post by Sasha
Now, you can change home city-states! But:
1. You cannot join the city-state ranked 1.
2. It's a level 3 blessing, so it'll cost you 4.5M.
3. I might add a thing to change home city-state to Phoenicia, and if there, you aren't restricted in who you may or may not attack.
Enjoy!
Discuss Highlight Money - October 12, 2006, 3:22 PM EST Post by Tony
You can now highlight someone's money that is over a limit you specify. It is under the donator tools in the War Room. I hope you enjoy this while it is free. For those of you who really like it and want to continue using it may donate!
Discuss Major Upgrade Bug Fixed - October 12, 2006, 1:47 PM EST Post by Tony
There was a bug in the upgrades that caused people to dramatically drop in attack and defense when they would purchase upgrades or pray for upgrades. You can fix this by simply buying a small weapon and then reselling it in both catagories. I fixed the pages, and there should be no more problems. Thanks to Podunkboy who pointed this bug out.
Discuss Donators - October 10, 2006, 6:07 PM EST Post by Tony
Everyone is now given donator status. I will be adding special pages for donators that will help aid in gameplay for people who have donated. I currently have three ideas, and one of them is currently in development. For now everyone is given a donator trial status.
Discuss Godly Siege Changed - October 9, 2006, 8:28 PM EST Post by Tony
Godly siege now destroys only 80% of said persons money, but the 5,000,000 cap is still in place. Sasha and I were discussing this, and Sasha had done some math to justify this.
Discuss I Decided to Fix the Game - October 9, 2006, 4:45 PM EST Post by Tony
OK, so I decided to fix a bunch of things, and add others. First thing is I fixed a bug in the pray for blessings page. Whenever you bought an upgrade for attack or defense it did not calculate your new attack and defense. Sneer of hades now sneers 15 undead, 25 soldiers, and 75 workers. The capturing bug where you could capture when inside a whale was fixed. When you buy soldiers your soldier campaign upgrade level now gets added to the amount you bought, free of charge. When you sacrifice soldiers you now get only 75% of the price of the soldiers, instead of the full 100%. Lastly, I updated the random events formula. I used a switch, not an array Sasha, to calculate which random event you recieve. So now the ones in the beginning of the random event list are just as likely to happen as the ones at the end.
Discuss Response to Tony's threat to close game down. - October 9, 2006, 11:53 AM EST Post by Sasha
Since I couldn't post on the last topic, I decided to post here. If Tony shuts his game down, you can message me and I can try to set it up on my server; with Tony's permission of course. If I do do it, I will not go open source and will not use Sasha Slutsker's base code: I will just update my current game's code.
Discuss Last News - October 9, 2006, 11:35 AM EST Post by Tony
I don't think I will really be leaving, just if I get mad I will make a lot of posts in the news and then throw my server through the window Beta 3 Ending - October 9, 2006, 11:32 AM EST Post by Tony
Beta 3 is going to end at the scheduled time.
After that the game will remain open, and everything will be on automated. I won't be playing, and probably won't do much with the game.
If one more person complains about a bug and says that it is my fault, I will close it down and not even leave it open to play. LET ME SAY THIS ONCE AND SAY IT SLOWLY -- B-U-G-S A-R-E N-O-T M-Y F-A-U-L-T A-N-D A-R-E U-N-E-X-P-E-C-T, A-N-D I C-A-N F-I-X Y-O-U-R A-C-C-O-U-N-T I-F A B-U-G M-E-S-S-E-S I-T U-P.
If you guys think you can do a better job, then take my source code and do it yourself.
Discuss Updates Were Down - October 8, 2006, 4:55 PM EST Post by Tony
The should all be back up now. I had to delete EVERYTHING on the server and then upload all my local copies. I have to do some more tests, but they can't be done until tonight.
Discuss Blessings Changed - October 8, 2006, 10:54 AM EST Post by Tony
Two small changes in blessings. I fixed a bug that caused your attack and defense not to update when you bought upgrades for the two. If you were one of these people, just buy a small weapon and sell it and it should update. The second update is sneer of hades now sneers 25 undead too. Just as a confirmation, when you sneer someone you totally whipe out that person's soul. They are then totally destroyed and are not added to the undead. Happy sneering
Discuss Decreased Money - October 6, 2006, 3:03 PM EST Post by Tony
I decreased the amount of money per update. The economy was just exploding.
Discuss Fixed More Bugs - October 5, 2006, 5:56 PM EST Post by Tony
I fixed a bunch of bugs that allowed people to do stuff on other planets that they were not supposed to be doing, such as converting soldiers, buying weapons, etc.
Discuss Sacrifice Change - October 5, 2006, 5:32 PM EST Post by Tony
All level modifiers are now capped off at 15. All level modifiers CAN push you over level 10 to a maximum of level 15.
Discuss Boosts and Bugs - October 4, 2006, 5:35 PM EST Post by Tony
I fixed recruit. The names of the people who clicked for you should show up correctly, and clicks should now work as long as you open one persons page at a time. If you open more than one recruit link it seems to not work.
I increase the power that defense soldiers contribute. Defense soldiers are now multiplied by 0.3 instead of 0.1.
Sneer of Hades has been boosted because of the new workers casualties. I see that it is easier to just attack someone instead of using sneer. So now Sneer of Hades kills 50 soldiers and 100 workers.
Discuss Little Changes - October 3, 2006, 8:30 PM EST Post by Tony
I added a bunch of little stuff. I thought I would say it now. When you are sending a message to a person his or her name appears at top of the message. You can now see if people have been online in the past five minutes. There are other small things which I forgot, but they are mostly layout things.
Discuss Attack Changed - October 3, 2006, 7:04 PM EST Post by Tony
The new formulas:
Defense Number = targets soldiers * .1 + targets workers * .01 + targets undead * .5
Attack Number = your attacking soldiers * .5 + your attacking undead * .75 Difference = Attack Number * your attack - Defense Number * targets defense
If Difference > 2000 * Targets defense upgrade level then you can attack.
Workers can now be killed at this rate: The Workers Dead = The Drachmas Stolen * .000065 -- This number is rounded
Soldier casualties have been raised to a maximum of 15 for the defender and 5 for the attacker.
Discuss Sacrificial Blessings - October 2, 2006, 7:20 PM EST Post by Tony
Ok, sacrifice is now up and fully working, and there is many angles that everyone has to follow.
Firstly here are the blessings and what they do:
Caduceus of Hermes - Add 1 to speed level **
Spear of Ares - Add 1 to attack level **
Aegis of Zeus - Add 1 to defense level **
Clairvoyancy of Apollo - Unlimmited get stats with 5 turn cost no fail rate
Metis of Athena - Change your race at your will once *
Sneer of Hades - Kill 50 workers and 10 soldiers *
Muster Undead - Raise the undead to give yourself an army that can not be killed ***
Godly Siege - You destroy your opponents cash and take 10 percent of that *
* Tier 1 gives you one of these bonuses, tier two three bonuses, tier three five bonuses
**All level modifiers CAN push you over level 10.
*** You get 300 men for tier one, 500 for tier two, and all of your dead for tier three
Tier one bonuses cost 2,000,000 Tier two costs 3,500,000 Tier three costs 4,500,000
In order to get tier one blessings you need to have sacrificed 2,000,000, tier two 10,000,000, tier three 20,000,000.
Some blesings are instant, while others let you use them at your discretion.
If you are killing soldiers and workers and the player does not have 50 workers or 10 soldiers left you automatically kill the rest of them. Destroying money is capped off at 5,000,000. Both of these show up in attack logs.
Well I think that is everything you need to know. If you have any questions, feel free to ask.
Discuss NavBar - October 2, 2006, 4:05 PM EST Post by Tony
I did some work on the navbar... first on the expanded navbar I placed the more common buttons on the top of it. For the condensed navbar I have totally eliminated unnecessary elements unless needed. Take for instance the convert captured soldiers link. If you currently do not have any captured soldiers, then that button will not appear, or if you are away from your home city-state, the buy upgrades and buy weapons buttons disappear and the move button is bolded.
Discuss New attack page options. - October 1, 2006, 8:29 PM EST Post by Sasha
Check out the corresponding news link and the attack page.
Discuss Stay Logged In - October 1, 2006, 5:58 PM EST Post by Tony
The stay logged in button actually works now!!! WOOO! Everyone can thank Sasha.
Discuss Beta 2.5 Over - October 1, 2006, 3:04 PM EST Post by Tony
Beta 2.5 is over... check out the stats at the following URL: beta2
Discuss Train Workers - October 1, 2006, 12:00 PM EST Post by Tony
You can now train your workers in your art of warfare for half the price of buying them.
Discuss Soldiers and Workers - October 1, 2006, 11:22 AM EST Post by Tony
Yes it has finally come. You now have soldiers and workers, and this is how it will work. Your workers are your sole source of income. So you no longer recieve money from soldiers, but soldiers are as equally as important. You need soldiers to attack and defend, and if you do not have them, then you will simply not be able to do either. You now have to send soldiers to attack. These soldiers that are sent out to attack will return at a rate of 10% per update and all of them will automatically return at midnight, and once they are sent away, they do not help you defend. Their is a new attack formula to go along with this which you can see by clicking the discuss button. Back to soldiers and workers. In order to get soldiers you must improve the living conditions. You can buy this through the upgrade page. The number of workers you get per update is the same as your living condition upgrade. The number you get at midnight is your living condition upgrade multiplied by 10.
Discuss Recruit - September 28, 2006, 3:42 PM EST Post by Tony
I have been working on recruit and added a few new things. First thing is that you can now see who has clicked for you. If the person is not logged in, they will be listed as anonymous. The next thing is that the level of your soldier campaign upgrade now gets added to the total number of soldiers you recieve when someone clicks your recruit link. On the buy soldiers page there was a problem with calculating the price of the soldiers. If you jumped into a new price bracket the price of the soldiers did not update, but now they will. Last, but definately the biggest thing is that I am now running all the IP addresses that clicked on peoples recruit links through popular proxy lists. That means if you are caught, you will be deleted, and I am always searching for new proxy lists.
Discuss Soldier Campaign Upgrade - September 26, 2006, 9:20 PM EST Post by Tony
You can now upgrade your soldier recruit campaign. Everynight you will recieve 5 soldiers plus the level of your soldier recruit campaign. So if you are at level 2 you get 7, level 5 you get 10, etc. Soldier recruit campaign upgrades are a little different than the rest of the upgrades because it requires turns to purchase.
Discuss Beta 2.5 Ending October 1st - September 26, 2006, 8:25 PM EST Post by Tony
Beta 2.5 will be ending October 1st at 2:44 PM
This is how the reset will go down.
2:30 - The very last half hour update. After this there will be no more money or turns updates until post reset.
2:43 - I have a script programmed that will make a copy of the player table that will be used as an archive for the awards. This means that you must make your purchases before this point or you will be screwed.
2:44 - The entire game will reset starting beta 3, which will most likely be the last beta.
Discuss Message Board TOS Updated and Donate - September 26, 2006, 6:59 PM EST Post by Tony
You can now no longer post spoilers without specifically stating they are spoilers. These include, but not limitted to, the secrets to sacrificing, getting money, etc. Read the rules for more info.
I also added a donate page which outlines special gifts for donors.
Discuss REMEMBER - We Have IRC - September 26, 2006, 6:21 PM EST Post by Tony
We do have an IRC channel that I am normally in. so if we get a few more players we might be able to start using it.
Discuss Sacrificial Altar - September 26, 2006, 4:37 PM EST Post by Tony
The sacrificial altar is now up. You have to choose to whom you want to make your offering, but beware. If you choose the wrong god, your sacrifice will be lost. Currently you can get one thing for reaching a sacrificial milestone. Well actually it is a few things. There will be more to be added.
Discuss Fixed Recruit - September 26, 2006, 4:04 PM EST Post by Tony
There was a small problem with the coding. Whenever someone was at full clicks and someone attempted to click for them you would recieve a message saying you typed the number in wrong. To fix this I added to the message that the person might be at full clicks. I know there might be some trouble trying to figure out which one it is. Well because of that problem I added the number of clicks one currently has on one's recruit page.
Discuss Lottery Nerfed - September 25, 2006, 6:44 PM EST Post by Tony
You can no longer use the lottery in the beginning of an age, nor can you use it within 5 days since you started your account. So if you insist on deleting your account and creating another because you want to win the lottery, you must wait another 5 days. The next reset will start enforcing this, or if you create a new account this will be enforced.
Discuss Todays First Large Update - September 25, 2006, 6:08 PM EST Post by Tony
There is a new place and random event. You can now be thrown into the belly of a whale. If you are thrown into the whale you must pray for turns to get out. If you have already prayed for turns twice, you must wait until tomorrow to pray to get out. During the time you spend inside a whale you do not get half hour updates.
The random events are no calculated different. If you recieve a random event a number is added to the mysql table. You will then be notified by the normal method - a bold new message will be placed next to the check random event page. Then when you click on that page the coding within the page handles giving out the random event. So you will recieve the random event immediatly visiting that page.
Defense credits have been removed from the game. I also removed the attack button on the navigation bar.
Discuss Beta 2 Ended with Some Minor Bugs - September 22, 2006, 3:04 PM EST Post by Tony
The beta ended successfully. Congrats to all of the winners. You can see who won and all the stats of everyone at the Beta Awards and Beta 2 Archive Page.
Beta 3 will begin at 2:44 PM on September 29th. I have a script that will restart it. That means that if you want to change your race, ask me to do it or do it now. You will see a whole bunch of features that will be added and some stuff, like your attack logs, may not look right. Do not worry about this; these will all be fixed.
Discuss Random event adventure. - September 21, 2006, 10:18 PM EST Post by Sasha
Today, I programmed in a new quest into the random events: you only get it every half hour, and if you don't take it, it's gonna be gone the next;
also, it won't show up as a random event, so check the random events every half hour for a chance to go on an adventure, or as close to it as it comes in these text-based games.
In addition, I'm going to be adding minor random events of other types, such as random events when you attack, so be on the lookout for those, because I'm only gonna post them if they're of paramount importance.
Discuss Change in Signup, Bank, and Text - September 18, 2006, 9:23 PM EST Post by Tony
The biggest change is now with the signup. If a player tries to join a city-state that has more than double players than the lowest city-state, they are not allowed to join. This is to keep tons and tons of people from joining one planet. That means that currently one more person can join Delphi and then no one else can join until Athens gets some people.
The city banks now have the newest statement news at the top rather than the bottom. The current bank statements will stay the same, except the new statement information will be posted at the top rather than the bottom.
I also fixed some outdated text from the Solar Conflict Clone. I forgot to include Drachmas in some pages and left the race Phoenixes still on the signup page.
Discuss Recruit Boosted - September 17, 2006, 12:44 PM EST Post by Tony
You now get 10 soldiers per click. So go out there and start giving your link to people. While at it, ask them to sign up!
Discuss Planet Bank and Send Money - September 17, 2006, 12:18 PM EST Post by Tony
There is now a planetery bank that anyone on your planet can use. There is a bank statement that is printed on the page where you can see who is cheating the system and taking all the money. The fee for the bank is exactly like your personal bank fee except it calculates depending on the amount you withdraw rather than how much is in there. There are no lines in this bank so you can withdraw as many times as you like.
This bank pretty much nerfed send money, so I made it possible to send money to anyone in the entire game, but the transfer rate applies.
Discuss Random Events - September 17, 2006, 1:48 AM EST Post by Tony
Did some changes with random events. You now see the time when the random event happened, well actually you theoretically see the time. I really couldn't test it, and all I could do was double check the code. While on the subject on the code. I noticed the update code was absolutely horrific, so I changed it slightly to make it run a little bit faster. Last, but not least, you can no longer recieve the random events for plus two clicks for money or turns if you have not clicked once yet. I forgot about a very simple way of doing that, but stupid me, I did not realize how easy it was.
Discuss Teams - September 14, 2006, 10:42 PM EST Post by Tony
I will be instituting a new team play, but it will take some time to develop the concept and program it, unless someone has an easy way of doing it.
So until then, if you want, you can put in your planet you would like to be on. If another person requests to be on Delphi, and no one wants to leave from Delphi, I am sorry, I will have to deny your request. But if someone wants to join Athens, Sparta, or Corinth, they are more than welcome.
So get in your requests now, or before the start of the next beta. I will switch your planet as soon as this beta ends and the one week break begins.
Discuss New Administrator - September 13, 2006, 10:12 PM EST Post by Tony
I am pleased to announce that we have a new administrator. Sasha is now an admin for both the game and the forums. He has all of the abilities that I have except he can not edit the code, yet. He can ban on the game and he can run any sql queries he wants. This means that if anyone exploits a bug, he can totally ban you, or set your stats to zero.
Discuss Item Market - September 13, 2006, 6:58 PM EST Post by Tony
There is now a new market in Phoenicia. The item market is where trades that are unanswered for more than 3 days go. The messenger that you sent out to deliver the trade obviously could not find the receiver of the trade, so they went to phoenicia to try their luck.
Discuss Flavor Text - September 13, 2006, 4:07 PM EST Post by Tony
I have been adding some flavor text around. This is going to be my post telling people that there most likely will be more flavor text added, and I will most likely not say anything else about it. You will see it though when you click buttons and visit pages.
Discuss Flame Forum - September 13, 2006, 2:45 PM EST Post by Tony
If you want to be able to flame, you must join the flamethrowers group.
This is to keep people who do not want to see this from viewing that forum.
If your age in your profile is not over 18, I will not accept your application.
Discuss Captured Soldiers - September 12, 2006, 9:34 PM EST Post by Tony
Now when you fail a capture mission and your opponents men find you, they capture you and put you in prison. Your target then is allowed to convert your soldiers to their army for 1k Drachmas per soldier.
Discuss Trade and Bank - September 12, 2006, 8:22 PM EST Post by Tony
There were some changes just added yesterday, but I didn't have the time until now to tell you all about them.
I instituted a trade option that comes with a few rules to help minimilize abuse. The rules are as follows: Specify what you would like to sell, the price per item, the number of items, and a short message, which is obligatory. Please remember that you can not sell something for more than it is worth, less than the selling price, or if you do not own it. Also, when you initiate a trade the item is automatically removed from your weapons until the person accepts or declines the trade. Once a trade is sent, it not not reversable.
After you accept a trade, the money from the trade comes from your money at hand and is automatically deposited into the bank of the person who sold you the item. If you deny the trade, the weapon is returned to the persons inventory.
Lastly, I changed the deposit and withdraw all buttons slightly.
Discuss News Portal - September 10, 2006, 5:09 PM EST Post by Tony
I have added a new news portal where future admins can easily add news without having to worry about cumbersome mysql queries.
Discuss Beta 2 Ending September 22nd - September 10, 2006, 4:46 PM EST Post by Tony
Beta 2 will be ending September 22nd at 2:44 PM
This is how the reset will go down.
2:30 - The very last half hour update. After this there will be no more money or turns updates until post reset.
2:43 - I have a script programmed that will give me a printout of everyone's stats. This means that you must make your purchases before this point or you will be screwed.
2:44 - The entire game will reset starting our 1 week vacation where you can play around as much as you want, and check out the new features as I add them.
Discuss Call me the Orken Man - August 24, 2006, 12:44 PM ESTThere were some bugs that were fixed. The sacrifice all button was fixed. The messages for the random events were fixed. Lastly, when you withdraw 0 galos it no longer charges you one turn. There were also some things added. Recruit was added, meaning we can finally bring some people in by giving out your recruit link. I also added a button that you can click to automatically retry to get people's stats.
Discuss Bank Withdraw Fee - August 21, 2006, 12:23 PM EST Post by Tony
I changed the bank around a bit. I figured that people holding a million plus drachmas in the bank shouldn't have to pay 100 turns to withdraw 128k to buy a weapon. So I made it that if you withdraw less than 130k it costs less turns, but there is a catch. Right now I have logs and I will run a script to check if people are unbanking multiple amounts of 129,999. But soon I will be limiting the amount of withdraws within a short period of time... something like 1 withdraw a minute. You will probably see this in the next update.
Discuss Messages - August 19, 2006, 2:32 PM EST Post by Tony
You can now sacrifice some of your soldiers instead of just money. The following messages have been spiced up a bit: Attack results, capture mission results, converting results, moving results, pray for money, and pray for turns.
Discuss Altar and Bio - August 19, 2006, 2:55 AM EST Post by Tony
There is now a sacrificial altar where you can sacrifice money (and soon weapons and soldiers, but not animals because I am a member of peta2) to the gods. This will give you bonuses that have yet to be decided. There is also now a biography of me located on the navigation toolbar underneath the privacy policy
Discuss Name Change - August 18, 2006, 11:41 AM EST Post by Tony
I changed the name of the game to City-Wars: Battle for Peloponnesia. I changed all the pages including the forums to reflect this name change. I registered a free domain today. It isn't the best domain, but it is better than my IP address. You can now use that adddress - http://www.city-wars.co.nr/ - instead of using my IP address. If the site ever goes down I can point that domain to another URL. And lastly, I added a donate button which is at the bottom of the navigation bar.
Discuss Minor Update - August 18, 2006, 12:47 AM EST Post by Tony
The Navigation bar layout has been changed to a catagory view. Also Convert Captured Soldiers and Switch Race have been changed to Prisoner Training and Training Room respectively. You can expand or contract this navigation bar by going to the layout page. Ranking has been changed back to an average of everyones attack and defense on the planet, but it only includes the people who were active in the last two days instead of the last week. Slot machine multipliers have been added to the page so you know how much you win relative to your bet. You are now no longer confronted with that ugly "404 Error - Page does not exist" error when you visit a page that does not exist. I fixed I believe all the display bugs where certain pages refused to say you were in the Far East when you actually were. Last, but not least, I finally fixed the bank bug where you would withdraw and it would bring you into negative turns.
Discuss Genre Update - August 17, 2006, 2:07 AM EST Post by Tony
Ok, after a long time of making changes... or just a lot of changes, I thought I would update. I have decided to catagorize them.
First the genre change. If you have not noticed we have moved the game into more of an ancient Greece setting.
Genre changes:
All the names of the planets have been changed from Earth, Mars, Venus, Jupiter, and Pluto to Delphi, Sparta, Corinth, Athens, and Phoenicia respectively.
The name of the money has been switched from Galos to Drachmas.
There is now a new area (previously planet) call the "Far East." This will be replacing Pluto, or Phoenicia, in a lot of aspects.
Your messages are now scrolls. All the buttons and page names have been changed to reflect that.
A lot of the messages you recieved have been changed. Like when you try and do stuff you can't do because you don't have enough turns.
The Stock Market has been changed to Merchant Trading and you must now be in Phoenicia (Pluto) to use it, but it has no fees so it can be used as a bank.
The get money and get turns buttons have been changed to praying buttons where you can pray to the gods.
All the random events messages have been remade.
All the race names have been switche to common names for everyone. These can be viewed in the race chart.
The names of the forums have been fixed to mimic the game.
Bug Fixes:
Slot machine bugs ironed out. There are way to many to list.
The bug where people were showing up as being on their home planet instead of in the Far East has been fixed.
That is the list that I can remember. There was tons of other stuff that I did that I can't remember or is too trivial to list.
Discuss Beta 1 Ended Successfully - August 15, 2006, 3:55 PM EST Post by Tony
The beta ended successfully. Congrats to all of the winners. You can see who won and all the stats of everyone at the Beta Awards and Beta 1 Archive Page.
Beta 2 will begin at 2:44 PM on August 22nd. I have a script that will restart it. That means that if you want to change your race, ask me to do it or do it now. You will see a whole bunch of features that will be added and some stuff, like your attack logs, may not look right. Do not worry about this; these will all be fixed.
Discuss How the End of Beta 1 Will Work - August 14, 2006, 6:15 PM EST Post by Tony
This is how the reset will go down.
2:30 - The very last half hour update. After this there will be no more money or turns updates until post reset.
2:43 - I have a script programmed that will give me a printout of everyone's stats. This means that you must make your purchases before this point or you will be screwed.
2:44 - The entire game will reset starting our 1 week vacation where you can play around as much as you want, and check out the new features as I add them.
Discuss Big Business Taking Over Internet - August 11, 2006, 12:08 AM EST Post by Tony
Not really a game update, but I want everyone to be aware of this. In my last issue of Popular Science Magazine I saw an article explaining how big business wants to limit the internet. I say fight back against this and visit these sites. Also you can click this sentence to visit some information about it and to see a cool music video.
WeAreTheWeb.org
FreePress.net
SaveTheInternet.com
Keep the internet free. Big business like Verizon, Comcast, and AT & T are trying to make pages that you visit for free cost money to visit. Think about paying extra to visit web pages you already visit for free.
That means websites, like this game, will be slower or not even accessible to you. Let me ask you this, do you want your internet taken away from you? I sure don't. Rankings - August 10, 2006, 3:23 AM EST Post by Tony
I forgot to mention this but the way rankings are calculated is now changed. it is now a total of everyone's attack and defense divided by every planets total. Instead of having it as an average, which was really messing up planets with tons of active players vs a planet with 1 or 2 good active players, it is now just a total. I also fixed two typos on the transfer pages.
Discuss Send Soldiers- August 10, 2006, 2:42 AM EST Post by Tony
You can no longer send soldiers to people with more soldiers than you. This is to keep players from doing what happened in this beta (beta 1) from happening again. But because of this change there is no transfer rate for soldiers because the person with more soldiers will most likely be paying a high price. You can also no longer send more than 1/2 of your soldiers.
Discuss Bank/Unbank All - August 9, 2006, 2:42 AM EST Post by Tony
There is now an option to bank and unbank all your money on the bank pages.
Discuss Switch Race - August 8, 2006, 2:41 PM EST Post by Tony
Switch race now requires you to have at least 1,000 men. This is to prevent abuse. Thanks Brendoshi for pointing this out.
Discuss Bank - August 8, 2006, 2:31 PM EST Post by Tony
There were 2 bank changes today. The first is now you get interest at midnight. This is a tiered system, so the more money you have in, the greater percentage of interest you recieve. Here is the percentage.
If your bank is less than 1,000,000, you get 3% interest.
If your bank is more than 1,000,000 and less than 10,000,000, you get 4% interest.
If your bank is more than 10,000,000 you get 5% interest.
The second change is regarding the deposit and withdraw fees. First the deposit fee has been abolished, but the withdraw fee is now a tiered system dependent on how much money you have in the bank currently.
0 - 49,999 - 1 turn
50,000 - 99,999 - 5 turns
100,000 - 199,999 - 15 turns
200,000 - 399,999 - 25 turns
400,000 - 749,999 - 40 turns
750,000 - 999,999 - 75 turns
1,000,000 - 9,999,999 - 100 turns
above 10,000,000 - 200 turns
Discuss Welcome Message - August 5, 2006, 3:25 PM EST Post by Tony
I added a welcome message for all new members, but because of the way I have it coded it will send the message out to everyone at least once, including the people that have already signed up.
Discuss Clear Logs - August 5, 2006, 2:09 PM EST Post by Tony
At the urging of a player... a very annoying player at that, I created an option to clear your logs. You can clear them for yourself but others will still be able to see all your attacks. There was a small problem I encountered when updated the files, so some of you might have lost all your attacks, all your defendings, or a combination of both. I am sorry about this, but it shouldn't happen again. (It was because I was manually changing values when people were attacking and such.)
Discuss End of Beta 1 - August 5, 2006, 11:39 AM EST Post by Tony
The end of beta 1 and the beginning of beta 2 will begin promptly at 2:44 PM EST on August 15th, 2006. I set a cronjob to do this, so even if I am in China (and my computer is running), the end of the beta will go through.
Discuss Send Soldiers and Pluto Bugs Fixed - August 4, 2006, 2:23 PM EST Post by Tony
When you send soldiers, the transfer fee soldiers now return to the soldiers that people can buy during the day. Also, two Pluto bugs were fixed. You were allowed to play the lottery six times, although you are only supposed to be able to play it five times. The second bug fixed was just a message error when you recieved someone's stats.
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