Tue, Jul 15 2008 06:18:57 EST
Gameweek 6
Sorry for the delay in updating, but the recent website work has been quite hectic lately. Although I think in the long run the changes are going to be worthwhile 
Gameweek 6 eventually took place on Construct last Sunday, however, although there were enough people to start the Slayer game, participants dropped like flies afterwards, leaving only 4 people at the end of the Custom game. Although the Gameweek started, because of the lack of people at the end, the choice was made to make this a half points week.
There are now several options:
- Take the original results as half points and make them the official Gameweek results
- Repeat the Gameweek for half points again, and add the two results together
- Start the Gameweek over on full points, ignoring the half points results
Until a decision is reached as to the state of the Gameweek, the results are unofficial, and as such are not included in either the current season standing or the all-time standings (which will be up soon). Also if any half-points games are played and counted, their position results will not be tallied in the all-time rankings (but will in the current season).
Report of the half-points games in the main.
Sun, Jul 13 2008 13:07:58 EST
The keyword is integrated
It’s been a while in the works, but the RPWS site and forums have finally been properly integrated with each other! Beforehand, the website and forums had several elements that were unique to each other, but couldn’t be shared between the two. Now though - all functions are usable on both sides
So, the main example of this would be that the online users list and last online status now tracks you on both the website and the forums. Also, in the pipeline is a unified profile screen, profile editing screen, and a few other changes to get the two sections on par with each other.
There may still be a few errors around from clashing of functions (which I found out while writing this post!), so if you find any, please post them here, and we’ll get around to fixing them as quickly as humanly possible!
And don’t forget - Construct tonight at 8pm EST!
Sun, Jul 13 2008 11:26:01 EST
Season 2 score changes
After taking a look at the current scoring system, and seeing the scoring trends that take place during gameweeks, it has been decided to change the position points scoring system, effective Season 2 for regular season, and immediately for the all-time rankings.
The new scores keep the inherent “bonus” for winning the game, but also tighten it up for the midfield and lower finishers. It also vastly increases the total score for the lower-finishers, meaning that a single bad game doesn’t mean losing a lot of ground in the championship.
The new scoring system:
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th-16th | DNQ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 | 45 | 43 | 41 | 39 | 37 | 35 | 34 | 33 | 32 | 31 | 30 | 25 |
These changes equate to:
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th-16th | DNQ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Same | +5 | +8 | +11 | +12 | +13 | +14 | +16 | +17 | +18 | +19 | +20 | +15 |
The all-time rankings table will be updated and posted later today.
Fri, Jul 11 2008 10:49:11 EST
In the name of the Forerunner
This weekend, the Rumble Pit World Series will be making a stop off at the floating Forerunner installation that is Construct. With several different levels and wide open places to fall to your death, who will prevail on this tricky canvas?
Games for the weekend:
- Slayer: FFA Snipers - Sniper/Magnum start, snipers on map, 50 points
- Objective: Fiestaball - Random weapons on start and on map, 100 points
- Custom: Weaknaut - See Custom Gametypes for full settings
Top 6 going into the gameweek - who are exempt from qualifying in the very unlikely scenario that we get more than 16 people wanting to play!
- TheChrisD - 1117
- CBTS Zeak1 - 1101
- CBTS Pennywise1 - 713
- CBTS Blammo - 451
- II S1ckN4sty II - 402
- KageTenshi55 - 306
See you all Sunday at 8pm EST
Tue, Jul 8 2008 19:47:01 EST
A few changes around here!
Alright, so there’s only been one major change, but it’s major enough that I need to make a big deal out if it. See the address bar? Yup, you’re reading it correctly. It’s not a typo, and you haven’t gone mad. We are now accessed at therpws.com!
As a consequence of the recent domain change, a few things you will need to note:
- All cookies are no longer valid due to the domain change. You will need to log back in again. Don’t forget that it’s one account on both sites, so you can register on the site and use that on the forums and vice versa!
- There will probably be a few links left around pointing to addresses beginning with rpws.thechrisd.com. If you could point them out to me so I can fix them, that’d be a really great help!
- The RSS feeds will probably show old articles as being new because of the domain change. That’s normal!
- You may also want to change your bookmarks as well, just to make it easier and avoid having to be re-directed!
So yea, that’s really it for now. Oh, and a couple of new banners will be added to the randomiser sometime today or tomorrow. Submit your screenshots if you want them up there!