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BattleMaster => Helpline => Newbie Board => Topic started by: howardsmith on March 16, 2012, 11:34:16 AM

Title: How to Get Started
Post by: howardsmith on March 16, 2012, 11:34:16 AM
I play this game many times. But don't know exactly what points should i have to earn to become a great player. Can anybody please tell me?
Title: Re: How to Get Started
Post by: JPierreD on March 16, 2012, 12:51:20 PM
I play this game many times. But don't know exactly what points should i have to earn to become a great player. Can anybody please tell me?

Please open a new topic in the Newbie Board (http://forum.battlemaster.org/index.php/board,32.0.html).
Title: Re: How to Get Started
Post by: fodder on March 16, 2012, 01:37:51 PM
.... there's no points to earn.
Title: Re: How to Get Started
Post by: Shizzle on March 16, 2012, 03:36:00 PM
.... there's no points to earn.

I think he's referring to Fame?
Title: Re: How to Get Started
Post by: Indirik on March 16, 2012, 03:51:46 PM
I *think* it's a forum spammer, planting links in his sig. I've sent him a PM to discuss the matter. If he doesn't respond, I'll delete the thread.
Title: Re: How to Get Started
Post by: fodder on March 16, 2012, 04:28:59 PM
ban url sig XD
Title: Re: How to Get Started
Post by: Indirik on March 16, 2012, 05:10:44 PM
But if I do that, how can Shizzle rickroll us?
Title: Re: How to Get Started
Post by: Foundation on March 16, 2012, 06:04:43 PM
Most definitely a spammer.  Please delete. :D
Title: Re: How to Get Started
Post by: Tom on March 16, 2012, 06:10:03 PM
signature removed. Give him a day to respond, but it definitely looks like a spammer to me.
Title: Re: How to Get Started
Post by: JPierreD on March 16, 2012, 10:46:35 PM
Not very effective, I didn't even notice a link in his signature before it got removed. ::)
Title: Re: How to Get Started
Post by: Tom on March 16, 2012, 11:09:28 PM
Not very effective, I didn't even notice a link in his signature before it got removed. ::)

It's probably not aimed at you, but at search engines to boost the page rank.
Title: Re: How to Get Started
Post by: JPierreD on March 16, 2012, 11:51:38 PM
Ah, makes sense. Seen that before. For example, this is the wiki of a Travian-like game:
http://wiki.torpia.com/index.php/Main_Page

Click on "Random Page" as many times as you want. If you find a single one that is not spam, I'll give you a lollipop. :P
Title: Re: How to Get Started
Post by: Indirik on March 17, 2012, 12:07:56 AM
Yes, wikis are a prime target of spambots.
Title: Re: How to Get Started
Post by: Shizzle on March 17, 2012, 01:15:54 AM
But if I do that, how can Shizzle rickroll us?

Too bad I can't tell how many people have fallen for it :P I've rickrolled myself a few times as well, forgetting what the link was for  :-X
Title: Re: How to Get Started
Post by: Velax on March 17, 2012, 08:25:46 PM
Too bad I can't tell how many people have fallen for it :P I've rickrolled myself a few times as well, forgetting what the link was for  :-X

Wow, that's...pretty bad. The only thing worse would be if Rick Astley managed to rickroll himself. :P
Title: Re: How to Get Started
Post by: egamma on March 17, 2012, 11:52:00 PM
I always imagine him sitting around, thinking I don't get it. what makes this one song so much worse than all the other crappy love songs out there?
Title: Re: How to Get Started
Post by: Foundation on March 19, 2012, 12:30:39 AM
Worse is better.
Title: Re: How to Get Started
Post by: Indirik on March 19, 2012, 01:52:39 PM
I always imagine him sitting around, thinking I don't get it. what makes this one song so much worse than all the other crappy love songs out there?
Considering that Rick Astley participated in a liver rickrolling of the entire United States on a live national broadcast about two years ago, I think he probably gets a kick out the whole thing.
Title: Re: How to Get Started
Post by: Shizzle on March 19, 2012, 08:45:47 PM
Considering that Rick Astley participated in a liver rickrolling of the entire United States on a live national broadcast about two years ago, I think he probably gets a kick out the whole thing.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rickrolling#Effects_on_Astley_and_reaction

He's made 12$ out of the Youtube royalties so far, it says.
Title: Re: How to Get Started
Post by: Ketchum on April 17, 2012, 07:29:39 AM
I play this game many times. But don't know exactly what points should i have to earn to become a great player. Can anybody please tell me?
Uncle Freddie gives you a startled look, then bursts out laughing. He laughs so hard he nearly chokes, but finally settles down, grinning broadly.

"You can't win, child. It doesn't make any sense. You can no more win this here life than you can win an earthquake.
But I will tell you this: you can certainly feel like a winner, and it's not hard at all. Look at your Uncle Frederick here. I've got the respect of my peers, I have a good chunk of savings and a title of land, and when I speak, people listen. I've taught dozens of you youngsters the ropes, and watched most of you grow up to be fine, productive troop leaders. I still get letters from some of you, asking how I am and asking advice. If that ain't winning, I don't know what is."

Listen to your uncle. There is only one way to win BattleMaster -- by making friends and having fun. Be magnanimous in victory and gracious in defeat. Be attentive and courteous. Remember that even if your characters hate each other, their players can still be friendly. If you do these things you'll be well-liked, and well-respected, and there's no better definition of "winning" than that.

http://wiki.battlemaster.org/wiki/Introduction/Winning (http://wiki.battlemaster.org/wiki/Introduction/Winning)
Title: Re: How to Get Started
Post by: egamma on April 19, 2012, 07:18:16 PM
That should be somewhere that new players see.
Title: Re: How to Get Started
Post by: vonGenf on April 19, 2012, 07:20:22 PM
That should be somewhere that new players see.

Well, it is on the wiki's main page. I remember I had seen this when I started.
Title: Re: How to Get Started
Post by: Indirik on April 19, 2012, 07:39:19 PM
This thread was started by a troll-bot dropping links in the sig that Tom deleted. Locking.