Agrippa

Good Evening Ladies and Gentlemen,
 
Recently as a war3 community we are all noticing a large amount of SOs getting promoted for our server (which is an amazing thing). We believe that the individuals being selected for SO are not an ideal fit for the community. In our opinions an SO should be an active member of the server and not a show up once or twice a week for 5 min to 1 match. We understand that an SO position usually requires an applicants request, but this has not been providing positive results. We rarely see the majority of the current SO WAR3 members in the server and we would like to request that the SOs are re-evaluated based on what they will provide in the leadership position. It is understood that it may be the case of not enough members putting in an application for the role. A suggestion is that the current, active SOs for the war3 server, are able to provide a recommendation of the most adequate current SG members of the server for the position without having to submit a request. By viewing all potential nominations the current SOs can debate among themselves on which they believe will fit into the role of SO the best. After selecting a few nominations that they believe are capable they can contact these specific members and ask if they would take the position without having to jump through the hoops of the current application process. As a community we believe it is fairly obvious which members should be revoked SO, and we believe that there is no need to point them out individually on this thread. 
 
*I am not sure if it would be a good idea for the server population to have a voice as well, because we are the individuals that have the greatest understanding of who would be an ideal fit. Also an SO should never be given a postion by having "hook-ups" or people that have it given because of their relationship with certain individuals*
 
The most appreciated current SO:
Man-Bear-Pig
 
Server populations suggested SO:
sG | ۩۞۩ Serif The Sheriff
 
Thank you for taking the time to read this and understanding the current situation!
 
Respectfully,
The WAR3 Playerbase
 
*This is not directly my opinion (everything that is written I made sure were the beliefs of the general populations). I was told many times to post these server wide views on the forums to get the word out, but many don't have faith that it will even change anything. I am always asking what players opinions are on how the server is being run and this was one of the biggest responses. I just wanted to do my part and get the word out. If anyone has any questions or statements I will most likely not reply because this was the opinion of the vast majority of the playerbase and I am not willing to speak for them on matters I have not addressed. If you are curious about the subject just join the server and ask everyone and you will receive responses from the direct population on this issue. Thank You*
 
 

night elf
 - reduced Entangling Roots radius by 25% 
necklace
 - necklace no longer becomes disabled when enough players are killed within a round. 

Okay, you guys are going to make jokes about the statement I'm about to say... BUT I’m a pretty good player on war3. Lady is really strong. I feel like Lady does need to be reworked just a little?
 
Lady's KD might only be 1.2, but IT'S SO EASY for the race to just walk around a corner and whip one player then kill 1 or 2 others and then kill the player that was whipped. When Lady can regen 200+ health (yes I know it has to get kills to do that) and make people do 66% less dmg.  
Lady does true dmg which is a great and well a different aspect to a knife race or really any race on the server but it also is really strong when a race relies on evasion or DMG reduction especially when it can blind+bass+make your gun go in the air.   
The blind is still aids, and the whip is strong.
 
Now I understand that this race has 1.2 KD and that shows that it doesn't go on like 10 kill streak but in a 1v1, 1v2, or even a 1v3, I've seen this race come out on top (yes other K races can do this) but can't go out of the fight with 200+ hp from regen.
 
I also wanted to say that there are "star players" on races so like "meow on impetus" or "Thaco on succubus hunter" or "Ham on blademaster" (not trying to bash on these players they are just good on these races). And sooner or later or there might be a "star player"  for this race or there might already be one and that player would do AMAZING on Lady.
 
Ps. I don't want the race to get nerfed hard, I want it to be fun and enjoyable. But I honestly feel like its very strong in the moment unless you go hard counter to like judge of altana. 
 

hello I am JahIsLove.

I FIXED THE IMPOSSIBLE TO FIX BUG ON SMOKE

Get an 80 plus platinum PSU that provide what you need (eg don't buy a 1000W PSU when you need 500W. You want your PSU to operate at around 80% of its max. do you want modular? do you need single or dual 12V rails? pick a CPU  Understand what you're getting, if you dont know the difference between an i7, an i5, and an i3, why are you picking one? understand what hyperthreading is and whether you need it or not (you probably dont need it and if you have it you should disable it) understand which CPUs are unlocked and which are not AND why that matters or doesn't Pick a motherboard that has enough PCIe slots for you enough USB version X slots for you M.2? verify it's the proper M.2 slot for you (not all M.2 slots support a disk) enough memory to satisfy your requirements check if the chipset prefers dual or quad channel memory if not using an external sound card verify it meets your needs ENSURE THE BOARD HAS THE PROPER SOCKET FOR THE CPU IN STEP 2 KNOW WHAT KIND OF MEMORY THE BOARD REQURIES Buy memory that has good ratings Check timings, especially if you plan to OC check voltage, especially if you plan to OC check speed, especially if you plan to OC Pick a CPU cooler the included one is fine (with the included paste) for normal operation if you plan to OC, get some good thermal paste (i've always liked artic silver (i think it's up to 5 now??)) open loop water cooling vs closed loop water cooling vs air vs heat pipes vs thermoelectric, liquit nitrogen, healium, immersion, etc pick a graphics card  Ensure your monitors will plug into it, do you really want to introduce a single point of failure by using an adapter? Ensure it can plays the games you wanna play future use? cooling? do you need it to support liquid cooling? memory, how much do you need, why? power requirements? SLI/crossfire requirements disks Are you going to use a SATA HDD? SATA SSD? NVMe SSD?  the fastest NVMe SSD is 4-6x faster than the fastest SATA SSD which is 4-5x faster than the fastest SATA HDD do you want RAID? software raid is bad, don't waste your time, if you want raid (raid0 isn't real raid) buy a raid controller if you want NVMe do you have enough PCIe lanes to support full speed, if not are you OK with that? case <-- this is where you save money, not anything above here, ESPECIALLY NOT THE PSU ensure it's the appropriate size, too big of a case is bad for air circulation ensure you pull air in before you push air out use physics... convection already occurs, support it sound, support for radiators, proper size compatibility for your components (motherboard, length of video card, etc) peripherals <--this is also where you save money because a mouse is a mouse and a keyboard is a keyboard. you can always buy something better later.  
 
Where should you check reviews at? anandtech and tomshardware are great resources
 
When asking for help with your build
 
Post your budget Post your list of components that you already have access to (ie. from your old system, such as keyboard, mouse, monitor) Post what games you plan to play or if you plan to do 3D shit Post what is important to you in those games, such as 144fps at ultra, or instant loading of levels, etc. do your research using the first set of points.

Have you guys been wondering why Albo is so good?
 
I saw a guide for this like a year ago and started using this on comp for quick buys, later I edited it for wc3 
And now I decided to share this with all of you guys, I have been using this one from the beginning.
 
 
 
Screenshot
 
Please feel free to give feedback, and tell me if you think that there are more commands that should be there
I think it can handle max of 9 commands
 
1. Go to file location  and search for "radiopanel.txt"
-Steam\steamapps\common\Counter-Strike Global Offensive\csgo\resource\ui
 
 
 
2. Make a backup of that file and then make a new text file with the same name "radiopanel.txt"
 
 
3. Insert this code on the new radiopanel file you just made
 
"RadioPanel.txt" { //"SFUI_StandardRadio" //"SFUI_GroupRadio" //"SFUI_ReportRadio" "Groups" { "standard" { "hotkey" "1" "title" "#SFUI_CommandRadio" "timeout" "5" "Commands" { "Buy Tome" { "hotkey" "1" "label" "Tome" "cmd" "say buy tome" } "Book" { "hotkey" "2" "label" "Book" "cmd" "say buy book" } "Scroll" { "hotkey" "3" "label" "Scroll" "cmd" "say buy scroll" } "Changerace" { "hotkey" "4" "label" "Changerace" "cmd" "say changerace" } "Changerace - Low" { "hotkey" "5" "label" "Changerace - Low" "cmd" "say changerace low " } "Buy AK" { "hotkey" "6" "label" "Buy AK" "cmd" "say guns ak47" } } } "group" { "hotkey" "2" "title" "#SFUI_StandardRadio" "timeout" "5" "Commands" { "roger" { "hotkey" "1" "label" "#SFUI_Radio_Roger" "cmd" "roger" } "negative" { "hotkey" "2" "label" "#SFUI_Radio_Negative" "cmd" "negative" } "cheer" { "hotkey" "3" "label" "#SFUI_Radio_Cheer" "cmd" "cheer" } "compliment" { "hotkey" "4" "label" "#SFUI_Radio_Compliment" "cmd" "compliment" } "thanks" { "hotkey" "5" "label" "#SFUI_Radio_Thanks" "cmd" "thanks" } "getout" { "hotkey" "6" "label" "#SFUI_Radio_Shes_Gonna_Blow" "cmd" "getout" } "report" { "hotkey" "7" "label" "#SFUI_Radio_Report_In" "cmd" "report" } "sorry" { "hotkey" "8" "label" "Sorry" "cmd" "say_team Sorry!" } "holdpos" { "hotkey" "9" "label" "#SFUI_Radio_Hold_Pos" "cmd" "holdpos" } } } "report" { "hotkey" "3" "title" "#SFUI_ReportRadio" "timeout" "5" "Commands" { "enemyspot" { "hotkey" "1" "label" "#SFUI_Radio_Spotted" "cmd" "enemyspot" } "needbackup" { "hotkey" "2" "label" "#SFUI_Radio_Need_Backup" "cmd" "needbackup" } "takepoint" { "hotkey" "3" "label" "#SFUI_Radio_Take_Point" "cmd" "takepoint" } "sectorclear" { "hotkey" "4" "label" "#SFUI_Radio_Sector_Clear" "cmd" "sectorclear" } "inposition" { "hotkey" "5" "label" "#SFUI_Radio_In_Position" "cmd" "inposition" } "takingfire" { "hotkey" "6" "label" "#SFUI_Radio_Need_Assist" "cmd" "takingfire" } "enemydown" { "hotkey" "7" "label" "#SFUI_Radio_Enemy_Down" "cmd" "enemydown" } "reportingin" { "hotkey" "8" "label" "Reporting in" "cmd" "reportingin" } } } } } 4. You are done. Save it and enjoy!
You need to restart the game!
 
Credits 
Trigger - For annoying me during the testing process

Death Bringer is now a tester race and the respawn skill was modified heavily. I am aware of a bug where if you respawn on a player that was flying you can fall and die. I'll address it soon.
 
Donald Trump is back as Emperor Don. Available at level 6250.
The last 2 skills were combined into one. If you played the race during the event, make sure you type "spendskills" so you can spend that last skill point (previously skill 4 had 2 levels, now it has 3).
The wall can no longer be placed within ~60 units of a player. In exchange, you can place it much farther away than you could before during the event.
The walls are colored by teams (similar to Magatha's totems).
The walls now take damage. It takes probably 100 negev bullets to kill 1 of the 3 barriers in the wall. It will take an enemy team a lot of effort to break the wall down.
Allies deal 4x damage to the walls. This is about ~15 or so AK bullets per barrier. This is to reduce the effectiveness of griefing.
 
I have updated the MOTD to reflect the rules on walls. I tossed it in with the Magatha rule since it is effectively the same.
Changes underlined.
 

Rare double post!
 
See the following chart, the black line is "old" and the orange lines are "new" damage. The lighter, faded orange is farther away from the blademaster (200 units or ~66% of the uts range) and the darker orange is the theoretical maximum (if you were standing literally inside of the blademaster's player model - it will never hit for this much damage).
What you will notice is that at 100 unit distance (which is pretty close), you have not surpassed the "old damage" until 13 hits. That means if you are close as fuck to the blademaster, it takes 13 hits before the damage is better than it used to be. At 200 units, if you stand in the ult the entire time you will only take 89 damage (nearly 50% less than the old ultimate damage).
 
This rewards players who are a) aware and keep their distance and/or b) aim well and slow the BM down with bullet-tagging CSGO mechanics
 
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edit: adjusted the dmg so it's linear after 10, apparently it hits 45 times and not 25 times like I had assumed (lol) so my calculations were BONKERS M8. I updated the numbers above to reflect the update.
 
In summary: nobody played blademaster seriously since it was nerfed 1.5 years ago (calling @HornyCat) so y'all need to deal with it. If the ult gets nerfed any more other shit will just get buffed then it'll be like every other flavorless knife race. At least right now it's different.

i think i just threw up

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With the release of Valves fix to the crouch jump and the release of the new climb update, the server is now up and running.
 
The one thing you will notice right away is that everyone's jumpstats have been deleted. This is partially due to being unable to distinguish pre and post crouch bug patch. Sadly there are not backups to the database so mitigating the tainted jumpstats was not an option.
 
On the other hand, all map times are still as they are. However, there may be new top times that have used the crouch bug to their advantage. If you notice any replay bots doing the crouch bug, please report it to me so I can verify it and delete the time. 
 
Thanks for everyone's patience and lets get back to hopping.
 
-Tristan, KZ Climb Advisor

can we stop saying CSGO Pro rounds like they are a thing? i really dont understand how admins can even think this is a legit way to gain experience. 
 
 
i am actually so triggered

So as a handful of people pointed out, the XP the players gained in my previous post (the one quoted below) was from "CSGO Pro rounds".
 
I did not punish other players for XP gained from these rounds, because the rules were semi-vague and CSGO Pro rounds seem "sG approved" when it requires an admin to give out the HP, negevs, etc. For that reason, I cannot punish these players.
 
The reason the players were originally punished is because the amount of XP gained was so obscenely high that I imagined there was no way they were not exploiting. I also did not have any admins show up in my "XP exploiting" log that I have, because the two admins involved (2 separate occasions) were not on CSGO Pro (or if they were, they gained little enough XP that I didn't notice them). As a result, I had a few reason to assume exploits:
1) I believed no admin was on, making CSGO Pro rounds impossible
2) There was the number of players showing up in the "XP exploits" log was appropriately low - enough that they could still get XP but few enough that it was reasonable they were possibly the only ones online
3) The XP gained was insane, like I said, Confag fired 3,000 bullets into enemies. This would be SO MUCH damage that there is no way someone with even 10k health would survive from a negev (or bizon, for that matter).
 
As such, I didn't check for admin command logs or ask the players. I felt like it was open and shut.
 
It was pointed out that I was wrong, and that it was CSGO Pro rounds. The way the XP gains were achieved is because the admins didn't set 10k health... one set 999mill health and I believe the other set 999k or 99k. I had never seen (or heard) of this being done, and honestly outside of testing I've never seen an admin set HP higher than 10k.
 
Basically, I made a lot of assumptions and instead of asking the players I got frustrated and rip'd their levels. Obviously I made the incorrect (and inconsistent) decision by taking some players levels for CSGO Pro rounds and not other players.
 
The players affected will be given their (approximate) levels back. I talked with a couple regulars and each of the players to get numbers that they (and I) feel comfortable with.
 
I'm sorry that I made a mistake, and next time before taking such drastic action I will try to be more careful and talk to more people.
I also apologize to the players that lost their levels (even if temporary) for any frustration/grief caused as a result.
 
I have set the limit for all admins (except War3 developers) to 1000 health so we shouldn't have to worry about this specific problem happening ever again. The only reason it is even as high as 1000 is because infected has 1000 health. Please use your admin abilities wisely!
 
On top of all of this, I have hidden the posts in the other thread. Someone pointed out to me, since it is essentially a rules thread, we do not need comments/memes etc. It will stay hidden and locked.
 
If you are out of the loop, see the below quotes from myself when the levels were removed:
 
 
 

Thank you, SirMeowsAlot for your donation of 300.00 USD!
Your donation will be put to good use, and helps keep this community running.
 
Thanks for the support,
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A little over two years ago myself and a friend wrote a paper about the staff structure of sG. Well, it's finally published and is recognized as the gold standard among virtual communities in the academic world. The journal article can be viewed (for free) here:
 
https://www.pdfhost.net/index.php?Action=DownloadFile&id=2702def0bad7eec5ea14f22fed3c25ec
 
Thanks for all the staff members (and my coauthor) for their time in the creation of this journal article. I have several journal articles on the back burner. From time to time, I'll ask the community for assistance in writing these articles (people usually let me down). However if you want to coauthor a paper, let me know.
 
For now, when people ask you about your clan, just tell them to research us in their school library or visit the Library of Congress.
 
- C12K

We're aware and working on the lag issues throughout different servers. Each server seems to have different issues. We have heard most of the complaints, but some are slipping through the cracks as people are reporting to different people/locations and things are getting lost/not making it where they need to be. Any information that you can provide at the time of the lag would be very helpful. Please post here giving us as much info as possible as to what happened. There is an outline of information that will help us below.
 
Items to include in your report of lag:
Server Map Time (We can look at logs if we know when it was) Player count Activity what was going on at the time (admin commands ran, spawning, etc.) Check console to see if there were any errors and copy them here Anything else you may think could be relevant  
I know that this lag can be frustrating, but without more information we won't be able to solve it. I've heard multiple reports of JB lagging at round end, or when certain events happen. I have been on the server quite a bit in the past few days, with player count ranging from 10-30+, and have yet to see a lag issue. So this is where reports come in handy, as we can't be there all the time and I have yet to actually see it.
 
Thanks for the effort to help improve our servers.
 
I've copied some reports below that are from the other thread that existed in JB. @skitt @Face These were particular to War3.
 
 
 
 
 

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Your application was terminated for due to your negative actions representing us as a community. You can reapply in January.
 
Please remember that as a Recruit from our community you also represent us as a community. Your racist commentary and toxic actions will not be tolerated in our server OR in any other community servers. Next time, please be aware of your image and ours.

Congratulations!
You have met the prerequisites to move onto the next step of the recruitment process. Your thread will be moved to pending recruits now. Your status will be changed to reflect that of a recruit. During the month long recruit period the whole community will be watching you. Stay active, maintain maturity, post on the forums when possible, and be patient.
Please add "sGr |" (without quotes) to your in-game name. If you are not wearing the tags, your application to join the clan may be denied. Any infractions received in the three week waiting period will directly affect an applicants approval. Feel free to contact any one of us provided we are available. If we aren\'t, you can send us private message at anytime by clicking on our respective profiles in the staff list and clicking "Send Message"
Staff List

Congratulations!
You have met the prerequisites to move onto the next step of the recruitment process. Your thread will be moved to pending recruits now. Your status will be changed to reflect that of a recruit. During the month long recruit period the whole community will be watching you. Stay active, maintain maturity, post on the forums when possible, and be patient.
Please add "sGr |" (without quotes) to your in-game name. If you are not wearing the tags, your application to join the clan may be denied. Any infractions received in the three week waiting period will directly affect an applicants approval. Feel free to contact any one of us provided we are available. If we aren\'t, you can send us private message at anytime by clicking on our respective profiles in the staff list and clicking "Send Message"
Staff List

Congratulations!
You have met the prerequisites to move onto the next step of the recruitment process. Your thread will be moved to pending recruits now. Your status will be changed to reflect that of a recruit. During the month long recruit period the whole community will be watching you. Stay active, maintain maturity, post on the forums when possible, and be patient.
Please add "sGr |" (without quotes) to your in-game name. If you are not wearing the tags, your application to join the clan may be denied. Any infractions received in the three week waiting period will directly affect an applicants approval. Feel free to contact any one of us provided we are available. If we aren\'t, you can send us private message at anytime by clicking on our respective profiles in the staff list and clicking "Send Message"
Staff List

Congratulations!
You have met the prerequisites to move onto the next step of the recruitment process. Your thread will be moved to pending recruits now. Your status will be changed to reflect that of a recruit. During the month long recruit period the whole community will be watching you. Stay active, maintain maturity, post on the forums when possible, and be patient.
Please add "sGr |" (without quotes) to your in-game name. If you are not wearing the tags, your application to join the clan may be denied. Any infractions received in the three week waiting period will directly affect an applicants approval. Feel free to contact any one of us provided we are available. If we aren\'t, you can send us private message at anytime by clicking on our respective profiles in the staff list and clicking "Send Message"
Staff List

Congratulations!
You have met the prerequisites to move onto the next step of the recruitment process. Your thread will be moved to pending recruits now. Your status will be changed to reflect that of a recruit. During the month long recruit period the whole community will be watching you. Stay active, maintain maturity, post on the forums when possible, and be patient.
Please add "sGr |" (without quotes) to your in-game name. If you are not wearing the tags, your application to join the clan may be denied. Any infractions received in the three week waiting period will directly affect an applicants approval. Feel free to contact any one of us provided we are available. If we aren\'t, you can send us private message at anytime by clicking on our respective profiles in the staff list and clicking "Send Message"
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I recently got into making videos and because I love WCS (played since early in source), I decided to do a series on it!
 
The first video was fairly well received for my new channel and covered the most basic necessities of getting started. I just posted the second, which covers Human Alliance and Undead Scourge (which I mispronounce a few times...). The whole playlist can be found here:
 
<Video set to Private>
 
Hit me with your criticisms, questions, or other comments! Don't worry, I can take it, especially if it will improve the quality of my work.
 
Also feel free to browse the rest of my channel, if you are so inclined.