ok guys well the site is being rvamped and probably the forums two!!! i hope to see this art on forums soon!

What the fu** happened to the forums?????????
My name is back to what i had a long time ago, ace-spades.com requires a password and all the posts reset to what they where a long time ago

I dunno why I never thought of this before, but I made a poll where you can vote for your FavoriteMap!

http://www.thisisnotsciencefiction.com/mapoll.html

It's all the maps I could think of off off the top of my head, if I forgot something... well it's too late to change it, but I'll prob. make another poll like this in a couple weeks ;D

If your favorite isn't up there, just pick whichever one you wuv the most!

VOTE OR DIE!

Hey guys,

Just wanted to say,

I think your doing as fairly good job in tkaing more of an intrest in the community as a whole.

For example: http://ace-spades.com/forums/topic.php?id=7455&replies=19#post-124821

Its things like that which really make closer ties with the community and also make the clan more well known, (though komrades is already very well known lol)

A good idea would be to routinly run community events on the komrade server, on maybe a monthly or bi-monthly basis?

Back when [HK] was farily new we ran a similer event: http://ace-spades.com/forums/topic.php?id=3860

And gained around 10 members in the process; as well as having some great fun, a lot of people turned up and made it quite a night to remember, as some of you may recall.

So i really hope the same happens for you komrades on the 15th.

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Somthing id also like to suggest: I had alot of ideas for [HK] before we dibanded, and seeing as komrades is now in my opinion the foremost AoS clan, I may as well share them with you in the hope you can use them.

1) Get involved in making mod packs for the community, instead of just your clan, im sure there are at least a few skilled modders in your clan.

Every now and then you could release a mod pack courtesy of the komrade clabn, with a link to your application thread in the mod release.

Also the mod packs dont have to be komrade related, otherwise it just seems like propaganda rather then giving to the community.

2) Run more official AoS tourny's, get on the IRC and talk to the <@> team. Things like AoS fest and the adrenic tourny.

The idea is to take a dominatiing posistion in terms or organisationel skills in the community.

I had much more to say, but didnt really want to bore you with a wall o text.

So in conclusion: There was a common misconception that I didnt like you guys "komrades" but that is far from the truth, I hold a measure of respect for you, hence why im writting this.

One thing i would suggest: The clan overall is going very well, but there arew some potentialy major issues that need to be addressed.

And that is the behaviour of select komrade members, introduce a 3 strikes policy on forum behaviour, its THESE individuals who are lwetting you guys down. You need to make sure your members behave moderatly well in order to keep the komrades name clean, so's to speak.

I recall having to kick a few members out of [HK] in the eraly days for misbehaviour. Dont let these individuals ruin it for the rest of you.

Well, i have to get to tech drawing (im at college) so take care and ill see you guys later =].

- DE

Hey all. :D

So I just want to say that I'm REALLY sick of people trying to call the SMG overpowered. -_______________-' To start, it doesn't really even matter; like 9/10ths of the people I played with used Semis 24/7, and that actually got on my nerves because of the lack of intensity. It was more like "shoot first or you die", and I prefer those games where you actually stand a chance. Dying after one, well-aimed headshot isn't nearly as fun as going extremely commando and having a real gun fight with the other team.

Now, I'll even admit it myself- I only use the new SMG about 35% of the time now. 55% more of that time is usually the Semi, and the remmaining 10% is the Shotgun. The SMG is indeed good now, for it can actually stand up against the Semi jerks who spend their entire day sitting around sniping. In addition, YOU ACTUALLY MOVE WHEN YOU HAVE AN SMG. -_________________-' The jerks I refer to with Semis actually just sit on their lazy hindquarters and snipe anybody before they can get closer. Thus, that provokes the other team to use Semis, and thus, it just turns into a Sniper Battle or a Sniper Slaughter. And I think we can all agree that's SO much less fun than actually going into battle with an automatic weapon and being as much of a boss as Rambo.

Now, the SMG is MUCH better. What people don't realize is that the people who critizice the SMG buff SPAM SEMIS. They're just afraid that they'll be beaten by SMG users. *sigh...* I mean, does anybody actually REALIZE how sad that is??? That's like whining about not doing your homework because it's too hard! I'm going to tell it to those Semi retards ONE. LAST. TIME.

IT'S. NOT. UP. TO. YOU. ONLY. SO. SHUT. THE. F*CK. UP.

Honestly, this buff is EXACTLY what we needed. The SMG could barely even be used past the range of the Shotgun, and was basically a mix of the two weapons in the crapiest ways possible. If you don't understand, I'll put it in diagram form:

#Example#
Weapon Traits:
-Trait #1 (Level of Importantness, 1 being lowest and 4 being greatest)
-Trait #2 (Level of Importantness, 1 being lowest and 4 being greatest)
-Trait #3 (Level of Importantness, 1 being lowest and 4 being greatest)
-Trait #4 (Level of Importantness, 1 being lowest and 4 being greatest)

Now these were basically the ideas of how the game looked BEFORE 0.60...

Semi's Traits:
-Power (3)
-Accuracy (4)
-Range (2)
-Fire Rate (1) (yes, it has a fairly good fire rate, considering it's only semi-automatic really)

SMG Traits:
-Rate of Fire (2)
-Range (1)

Shotgun Traits:
-Power (3)
-Accuracy (2) (you know within it's short range :P)
-Rate of Fire (1)

Now, here's the basic stats and performance AFTER the update:

Semi's Traits:
-Power (3)
-Accuracy (4)
-Range (2)
-Fire Rate (1)

SMG Traits:
-Fire Rate (1) (because firing more quickly doesn't matter as much now; it matters about landing those powerful hits that it now has)
-Range (2) (because you can actually HIT something now)
-Power (3) (because it actually does more damage)
-Accuracy (4) (because you can actually land hits from a distance now, and THAT'S what really caused SMG-users problems)

Shotgun Traits:
-Power (3)
-Accuracy (2)
-Rate of Fire (1)

WaitwaitwaitwaitWAIT. Let's take a look again! This time, for all of the retards, I'm going to explain why I say these things for the weapons' traits:

Semi's Traits:
-Power (3) (if you get a headshot, it's a one hit KO, so that's VERY important; but it also only takes a few shots for any other kill)
-Accuracy (4) (if you can't get those pinpoint-accurate shots that the Semi has, you can't deal the damage that it gives!)
-Range (2) (it's a defensive weapon- they'll never see you coming)
-Fire Rate (1) (not really the highlight of the Semi; it's just off to the side and not really factoring in its performance)

SMG Traits:
-Fire Rate (1) (because firing more quickly doesn't matter as much now; it matters about landing those powerful hits that it now has)
-Range (2) (because you can actually HIT something from a distance now)
-Power (3) (because it actually does more damage)
-Accuracy (4) (because you can actually land hits from a distance now, and THAT'S what really caused SMG-users problems)

Okay, I kinda just used the same explanation for the SMG, but let's take ONE LAST COMPARISON...

...

Now, is it just me, or DO THOSE FACTORS ADD UP TO THE SAME STATS?!?! YEAH GUYS, LOOK- SAME VALUE IN RANGE, POWER, FIRE RATE, AND ACCURACY!!!

Now before you go off at me, I would like to say this: just because they have the same "stats" from the observation of their performance DOES NOT MEAN THAT THEY ARE TRULY EQUAL. It simply means that NEITHER ARE COMPLETELY WEIGHTED IN POWER COMPARED TO ANOTHER. But since they both have generally the same stats, that means that it merely depends on how they are used by the PLAYER and THEIR SKILL, NOT JUST BY HOW GOOD OR CHEAP THE WEAPONS ARE!!!

Something nobody takes into account is that there ARE people with skill who are actually pissed at the n00bs who can't quit whinning about the performance of people. I was just playing on Goon Haven the other day, and KomradeKristina and MinecraftGamer were camping in this HUGE enemy structure and I spent SUCH a long time trying to get them out. Not until I started writing this I had felt that they were just camping and being n00bs, but THEN I realized at the strategizing and skill it must have taken to get up there in the first place and maintain their position that whole time (about 20 minutes or so)! It occurred to me that it wasn't them that lacked the skill and needed to resort to something n00by; it was simply ME not being able to compete with THEM! So whenever you see somebody actually dominating you with THEIR skill instead of doing something totally n00by, DON'T BE A N00B.

I think my point is clear enough to understand. If you still need help understanding why the SMG and Semi are balanced or have another point to bring up, please do so in a comment.

But there's something else I wanted to say...

Did ANYBODY notice that we barely discussed the Shottie AT ALL???

Yeah, that's right guys- the Shottie is being NEGLECTED. It looks like a child's toy compared to the Semi and SMG now! What ever happened to the idea of a weapon that actually CONNECTS at close ranged and completely MASSACRES enemies that are shot? Why aren't there any total headshot moments that make us go "OOH, THAT'S GOTTA HURT!"? Where's the idea of a weapon that is ACTUALLY the King of Close-Quarters Combat?!?!

The SMG and the Semi are fine, but the Shottie is just a weapon barely ANYBODY ever uses anymore. The game has become based around long-ranged battles where cover doesn't matter anymore, for it's just WAY too easy to destroy. Thus, Shotgun-weilders can't get close enough to pwn the n00bs. :,( The Shottie is my best friend in A LOT of FPSs, and it's actually a shame that it's full potential as an infamous bane of murder hasn't been unlocked by Ben. So this is what I suggest:

1) Keep the power of the Shottie the same, but up it's range and accuracy to "mid-range" (basicaly the effectiveness the SMG used to have). I say the best way of going about this is by recuding the spread, because the spread is what really causes that. So nerf the spread a bit, but not by enough to make it more like a Semi; just enough to keep it's spread fairly wide within an average distance, if you guys know what I mean. By doing so, this will give the Shotgun the range and accuracy it needs to compare to the SMG and Semi now.
2) Up the damage it takes to destroy blocks from gunfire (and maybe pickaxe damage if you guys think that's a good idea too, but I honestly don't know), thus enabling people to actually find cover and think more tactically instead of picking and pissing off people while hiding from the entire fight. If the amount of durabilty was upped for the blocks, not only would Shottie-users be able to have a bit more safety from being sniped, but demolition would have to be more gradual instead of a single, pride-bestowed structure being totalled in a few seconds by 10 people with SMGs. And who knows- maybe it will give us all some time to fight grievers at work. ;) I say that maybe 5 hits (166% damage to destroy, compared to 100%) or so would be a good amount, because it's not above 200% but it's not too close to 100% either.

As long as these things are applied, nothing should be unbalanced based on mere performance, and should ONLY be good in the hands of the proper player. ;) They would all be BALANCED in some way, and it would only depend on the SKILL of the player in the end.

So that's how I feel about it, and again- SHUT UP ABOUT RE-NERFING THE SMG, IT'S FINE YOU D*CKHEADS. -______________-'

And while I'm here, what do you guys think about more points being given for melee kills? :?

I have decided to take my map down. Sorry about that. But while you are here, why don't you leave me suggestions for more maps!

This is a simple forum game. Post your best Yo Mama jokes below. As an example and starting joke:

Yo Mama so fat, she needs cheat codes for wii fit.

Yo Mama so ugly, she makes blind kids cry.

Now you try.

3vs3 rules
Single elimination bracket tournament.
All teams in the tournament use the same map.
Each round is 20 minutes.
A match consists of 2 rounds.
After the first round teams switch sides.
The team with the highest combined score from both rounds wins.
If there is a tie or neither team scores after two rounds there will be a Sudden Death match.
Sudden Death means the first team to capture the intel wins.

Team application
<team name>
<team in game tag>
<members>
<best time available to have the match>
-i.e. my team can fight any weekend from 5pm to 10pm CST and anytime on the weekends

Teams must register by Monday October 10th

Misc. Information
no squads
no follow
no airstrikes
no spectators
20 seconds wait before respawning

Matches are agreed upon and scheduled in advance.
If your team doesn't show up at the start of the match, you are DQ'd.
You can substitute one of your players but it is up to your team to find a sub.

Referees will have the clan tag of [REF] in front of their name.
Matches will have at one referee
A Match will not start until the referees are in the game.
Cheating will result in a disqualification.

On the match day join #aos.match 30 minutes prior to your match and from there we will pm you the AOS://number

If more than 16 teams register we will have an open qualifying round in which the highest scoring teams move to the next round. The open qualifier will be on Saturday October 15th

Prizes
Winners if they are available will get a private beta test with Ben and the forum staff.

me and a friend started a new series please check it out and subscribe please it really helps me out link: http://www.youtube.com/user/epiksocks

I'm talking about .36 through when the new guns were released.

The days when If you got a good shot people wouldn't accuse you of "X-Ray" "Aimbotter" or even "LOL Noob with hacking scopes"

Now you can edit your sights and I did that to help me a bit but really, it doesn't make me instantly better, I need to practice with it.

Seriously people complain about everything in this game and they don't know what happened and how to be good. They think this is COD and stuff and don't even know what to do.

I propse this:

A youtube video from each of us oldies who know how to play this game and are good at it. I'm not talking about 100killstreaks but even knowing what to do you can help people.

I challenge everyone who meets that critea to do this:

Create a video
Add tips and commentary and strategies and how to get sights and stuff like that
Show gameplay
And encourage people to play and how to change their name.

Not good at gaming but can do sights and modeling?

Cool, you can help by making a video on how to do all that

Once you've made your video and edited it and added all that.

Name it something like this

Ace of Spades - (Pro) Gameplay and commentary

Then link it here on this thread and I'll add it to the list of videos and soon we will have a library of gameplay and tips for the people fresh to the game on how to play!

Who's ready to say,

Challenge Accepted!

there should be a forum about all the funny names youve come by please reply

http://www.mediafire.com/?ivtei2i764yf65b

It kicks people that say certain words that you specify. (Ex. HAX)
My first ever script, so don't be mean :)

Edit1: Just edit the script with IDLE, or whatever python editor you use. Add the words like this: ['word', 'word2', 'word3', etc]

heres my latest montage most of you know me i pump theese out alot but this time i put a lot of time into this so enjoy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTr-vUIBjHE

hello im OnlyUseMeSpade and i got this idea obvioulsy from onlyusemeblade please watch the video
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guys i have a problem when i try to go on a server it starts loading then part way through it says "Error server timeout: version mismatch or map transfer fail" it has been doing this for 3 days what do i do?

likes the wire frames? i thought i'd hate them but thare accualy a good idea

...the SMG is overpowered.

The rifle is still superior at absolute fog distance, but only by a slim margin. I've exchanged fire with riflemen at fog or near-fog and won with the SMG... not quite as many times as I lost, admittedly, but definitely more often then I really should have. It's made the shotgun almost totally redundant as well... at one point I killed four people within ten blocks of me in the space of five seconds using the SMG, which I could never have done with the shotgun. Any range that the SMG can't cover the spade will handle now.

Add in the destructive capacity of the SMG, and we're dealing with something more like a full machine gun. There's no "S" in "SMG" anymore. At the very least, the gun should have kick to match its punch.

Frankly, I don't really see a reason to use the shotgun anymore, and the rifle's now only good for fog-distance sniping (or, arguably, the extremely pro. We're talking so pro you don't see the need for aimbots, though. Most players, myself included, have yet to obtain such a status).

Now do people understand why I liked it the 0.58 way?

I've been using one for a while now, and it just feels way too good. Part of the charm of the game originally was everyone having a level playing ground, and with a crappy iron sight that didn't let you see much. Now with everyone running around with sniper scopes, it's lost that. I can see that there has been some discussion about it, but I feel that it really removes the equality and charm the game used to have.

pyspades, the open-source server for Ace of Spades, has been updated to support 0.60.

For this release, a lot of work has been put into updating the protocol, and additions include map rotations, better airstrikes, and a new API to move entities (CP and intel) around. A fix, effectively stopping the infinite ammo hack, has also been implemented.

The win32 build can be found here as usual: http://code.google.com/p/pyspades/downloads/list

Issues should be submitted to the issue tracker: http://code.google.com/p/pyspades/issues/list

New to pyspades? Check out the quick-start guide: http://code.google.com/p/pyspades/wiki/QuickStart

Enjoy!

Proof:

[16:48:27] <bcoolface> a sidearm is the next gun to be added

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[16:52:59] <bcoolface> yeah - the whole point of the sidearm is that its a backup weapon... but itll be a little shitty

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What did i tell you guys huh?

I shall now also direct you to a very detailed proof of concept i made a while ago: http://ace-spades.com/forums/topic.php?id=5012

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That's my public service announcement for the day....

Discus.

- DE

Does any one know about the future plans for AoS? I want facts not wishes, backed up by quotes from Ben.

I'm honestly no fan of the custom maps. I much preferred the old, procedurally generated, vast GloriousMountainMasterRace VS RiverDwellingMudRats maps.

Is there a European server still running the procedural maps?

-Wikipedia
"Perpetual motion describes hypothetical machines that operate or produce useful work indefinitely and, more generally, hypothetical machines that produce more work or energy than they consume, whether they might operate indefinitely or not."

We search for skilled members, that can plant a bullet in 2 Deuces their heads before they can type DeuceX grifer.
We search people that don't yell at/kill their pet dog if they get owned by a pickaxe.
If you have a AoS forum account, and are online frequently on AoS, you are free to join.
We use the full extent from ourselves, you have to survive multiple suppressing sniper fire, and shoot them in the head.
If you aren't that experienced its okay, as long if you don't build houses all the time at spawn and have a score less than 15 points after 15 minutes.
NO DEUCES ALLOWED
NO TROLLING ALLOWED
NO GOATSE ALLOWED
BRONIES ALLOWED

Heres your recruit form(copy paste and fill in the blank spaces):
In-Game-Name:
Preferred weapon:
Preferred playing style:
Favourite team:
Favourite map:
Age:
Steam Username (Optional):
How good is your computer?:
Country of living:
Is Milhouse a meme?:
Are you a Slab6 artist and/or Voxed artist?:
Do you play other games?:
Things you hate:
Behaviour:

I'll say if you passed the recruiting.
Any questions are to be asked at my Steam (tunaspirit)
or at this thread.

http://cdn.cgdata.com/team/32563/logo/perpetual_motion_squad_thumb3.jpg

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Please watch theese and leave a comment THANK YOU

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Evil beauty
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Scary Monsters and nice sprites
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When people head into the red water on Pin Point servers. I like the servers that makes you lose health while in the water. So please, for the sake of good.

DON'T GO IN THE WATER ON PIN POINT SERVERS!

I really think the next big step ben should make AoS for like the apple store or the android market! :)

Haven't you noticed?
Almost no one on this forum even talks about the game!
It's either,
skins,
clans,
clan troll threads,
or,
jojostinky troll threads.
Hell, i'm doubting some of you even play the game!
So, we all need to disscus the acuall game NOW!
I'll start
...
So, I was on Shams server and there was this guy sniping in a tree. I tryed to throw some nades at him and they just hit the building behind him. So, I ran in the building and when I saw him, started firing SMG. Didn't hit me once with rifle at close range XD

Ace of Spades Tournament:

THIS TOURNAMENT HAS ENDED! Thanks for participating everyone!

The winning squad was Golf! They were absolutely amazing.

Golf Squad Members:
Golf: Enari, CPT.Crow, wiki@tGM, bagz, mat^2, mikuli

Hello fellow Ace of Spades members. Adrenic.Net is hosting an Epic AoS Tournament if i do say so myself. It is very well coordinated and guaranteed to be looked forward to. We hope that players will join in this tournament and have a blast! We will have active Administrators monitoring each Tournament game.

FREE:
It is completely free to join and involves No registration. All that is required is that every user who wishes to sign up, that they visit this page here: http://adrenic.net/ongoing-events and read all of the information and then sign-up at the bottom of the page. Please do not sign up if you can not make the tournament at the designated time. Otherwise you are letting down your fellow team mates and disallowing another persons chance at playing.

Tournament Details:

There will be EIGHT squads of SIX Players. Four squads will be Team Blue and Four squads will be Team Green.

What type of game mode: CTF or TDM.

How many Rounds: The first squad to win two rounds is victorious.

If CTF/TDM: 2 or Flag Captures or 100 kills. On TDM 1 flag capture = 10 kills.

Time limit: One Hour. If There is a Tie we will re-arrange another match accordingly and send each user an email.

Griefable: The map will be completely griefable. So Protect your buildings. Before each new game there will be a Map Refresh! This means when the next two squads start playing there will be a refresh. Not for each round.

The start of the Tournament will last four hours long on the first day since there will be Eight squads 1v1. There is a pre-defined time for each squad in advance! So please read the time and only apply if you can for SURE make it. Other wise you are letting down your team mates! After the first day we will reveal the first day triumphant squads and squad members and re-update the Roster accordingly.

When will the Tournament Start? This Saturday. To finish up this tournament, the last bit of the tournament will be finished on the Saturday After the first Saturday.

This is only a bit of the overall Information! For the rest and to Signup to join the tournament visit this page: http://adrenic.net/ongoing-events

Any Suggestions? Feel free to leave them below or on the Events page! Hope the community will join this event!

REWARD: Will be made official after round 1!

I use the m1887 but do horrible but enjoy if you have any suggestions for me please say so and also if you want me to do any other skins just comment thank you