So to facilitate all the players out there, I am creating this thread for players that want to participate in the tournament but do not have a team, or pairs that are missing a third.

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Most of the people I know don't even use twitter. Not to diminish the sadness of it all, but twitter is so far removed from my hemisphere that it doesn't bother me. It's like inviting it onto my computer is inviting them into my home, and I refuse to do that.


But it would be interesting if there was a flood brigade every time they see who used what when where...and kind of unsettling.

http://www.nohomophobes.com/#!/all-time/

hmm, so that's a thing you can watch to see how badly we really are talked about.. maybe we can use it to highlight the issue of it to people we know?

We have cleared our Cue today and we are ready for more orders!

Hi,

I consider myself still kind of new, so I thought I'd chime in on this with a newbie perspective.

I like the simplification, but perhaps it's a little over simplified. Seeing only the WIP version would make me go to an admiral/cap'n and ask what the *real rules* are ("So, what'll get me banned?"). However, I'm a little more outgoing than some others might be and have no problem going up to fleet leadership.

I think the WIP is a good preface or summary (or TL;DR version), but there should be the option to keep reading for specifics.

Actually, the older one doesn't really have cut-and-dried rules.) I think it would be nice if you had what's there and a little list like (..4. don't !$/%# swear! 5. keep it friendly for a 12-year old (ie we're here to game; no one wants to hear about your unspeakable extracurriculars.) Obviously not phrased as jokingly, but a appendix of don'ts might be a nice add-in. Maybe the admin can get together and hash out that list.

I would also want to tweak the formatting and make it not italicized. Keep the indent, but its not like the whole thing is too long to read otherwise.

Searching-for-lost-ship-build-bump. :)

I like the new rules (along with the grammar changes that Kasper suggested) but I have to be nit picky and request one bit of clarification:

Never say, type or post material which isn't suitable for a young teenager to see or hear.

We believe that in a community (whose) main objective is to provide a safe place for (primarily LGBT) people to converse without threat of insults or harassment, we can not exclude the most vulnerable part of our community, (those) under eighteen.

As such we operate a strict PG-13 policy in all public areas of our network and all members must promise to respect that at all times.

Isn't that a little too subjective to not spell out a little bit better? Some of the jokes my teen cousins and I share would be totally inappropriate in other families. ;) But seriously, hear me out, because I actually have two good reasons:

1) The statement as written is asking admins to make a judgement call. Do you really want to field reports from an in-game grudge that someone muttered "f**k" under their breath in chat, and the hearer was offended?

In this type of situation, if you take no action and the rule's that vague, you as the admin become the bad-guy. Not your fault, though. Even Wikipedia is vague about what constitutes PG-13.

It seems it would be much easier on Admirals if the rules were to head it off in specific terms before-hand. Nothing too graphic, but enough to be pretty cut-and-dried so that Admirals responding to complaints can just cut-and-paste the rule without having to quibble.

2) Also, I find it a little worrisome that the statement seems to prioritize the identity of the victim over actually addressing inappropriate behavior.

A bully doesn't need to know if I'm a teen or not, or even that I was offended - they need only know that saying, posting, or typing about extreme violence, pornography, illegal drugs, threats to any person, or graphic sexual acts is inappropriate for our fleet.

-- I'm not saying we should have a wall of text like the official STO forums do, or even necessarily spell it out in multiple bullet-points like the old rules did, but something that addresses what can't be said in a concrete manner is a little more enforceable than "don't do it if it'd embarrass your grandma."

Other than that nit-pickiness, it looks great!

I have 4 more ship masteries to go until 1 or 2 jh eng builds. Everyone that isn't a master player in this game should submit at least 1.

Reminder Bump!

Please remember to post on here after making a request so I get notified

Ok ill admit I did lolz when I saw this build challenge..... but then I gave it a bit more thought and you know what challenge accepted.

So here we go....

**** Warning this build is not for the faint of heart (it costs :( ) ****

So without further ado here is the Asami's Lulzboat

http://www.stoacademy.com/tools/skillplanner/?build=au5513lolzbuild_0

So using just what I had in inventory I built the above. Now I know what your thinking but can this really work in PVE. Well surprisingly yes.

So I took the Lulzboat out into a pug and here is the results

CLR—Infected Space[10:29]— Dmg(DPS) —
Asami 11,904,356(19,047)
Zaturius 6,757,694(10,744)
Kib 5,271,720(8,475)
Ssar'saa 2,384,544(3,821)
Pheezle 2,283,656(3,636)

Log file if anyone wants to have a look (warning its 6.7MB)


So the answer to the question is yes but it does require 2xZemoks and 3x VR DCEs (you could get away with 2x VR + R or just 2x VR for a 1/2 Drake build)

Could I tweak the above build? yes I could and I think I could reliably get close to 30K doing it to there a quite a few thing you could do to increase this builds DPS (ie weapons upgrade, AP 4x[CRTD] or AP 3x[CRTD] [PEN] just to name a few)

Ill admit flying it was FUN my God the amount of pew pew going everywhere was just amazing and it was like flying a cross between a FAW boat and a cannon build.

Special notes: Ok full disclosure which i forgot to put on the academy link I fly with 3x SRO + Mr Potatoe Head (Hierarchy BOFF) and a nausican (T4 Diplomacy). Also if you are going to fly this build you need to get close due to the weapons drop off on cannons and turrets. and dont forget to chain EPW3 + EPS1 + TT on constant rotation. Also fire the attack patterns in the following order APA + APO + DEM + CSV2 then next cycle APB + CSV1

BTW, I don't endorse you using this build day to day but if you have the bits it can be fun

Enjoy!!

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Well, that didn't take long for the forum to reach maximum combustion.

Hey Everyone,

Tribble server have updated information about the latest patch note for the newest content.

Please refer to this link for all necessary information of what has been improved or updated on this server to this date.

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I have no idea what you mean by "what server" and by faction I'm guessing you mean I'm a Jedi Guardian...? Thanks

There are two primary player factions: The stinky Galactic Republic (includes Jedi Knights, Jedi Consulars, Troopers, and Smugglers) and the kickass Sith Empire (includes Sith Warriors, Sith Sorcerers, Bounty Hunters, and Imperial Agents).

And it's coming right at us

Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue.

That´s... just wow! Very impressive.

As you've probably heard, the Hubble Space Telescope took a very high resolution photograph of the Milky Way's closest neighbor, the Andromeda Galaxy.

This link will take you to an interactive, zoomable and pan-able version of the image. The sheer detail comes to life as it streams to your computer like google earth does when you zoom in. To say i was taken aback after zooming in fully at any region of the image is an understatement, for those grainy pixels are not just noise.

No words...

http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1502a/zoomable/

Astronomy Journalist Phil Plait wrote:

"When I first saw this image, I was seriously impressed by its size. Andromeda is huge, as wide as four or five full Moons across the sky (a viral image from 2014 makes that pretty clear). But it looked odd to me, speckly, like a digital image taken in low light conditions, where noisy pixels make the image look grainy. I knew that couldn’t be the case; Andromeda is bright, and the exposure times from Hubble would assure a high-quality image.

I had a sneaking suspicion what I was seeing, but I had to download the high-res image to be sure.

Those weren’t noisy pixels. Those were freaking stars."

There are several different servers in the game. Ours is called "Harbinger" and that''s where our guild exists. If you're playing on another server you won't be able to join our guild unless you create a new character on the harbinger server. Your login screen should tell you what server you'r character's on.

I have no idea what you mean by "what server" and by faction I'm guessing you mean I'm a Jedi Guardian...? Thanks

Hi, Ryas! Which server and faction?