Build a city. Hire a team. Orb the enemy.
A new version of BattleCity was released last night which includes a new updater, meaning you will need to re-download and install the game.
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The update also includes a change which may or may not solve the lag spike problem that many players were experiencing. Please post in the Lag Issues Affecting BattleCity thread in the forums to let us know if the problem has been solved.
Hosted by: Rise Against, -IGGY-, Vindkast, Finn, Jizohn
Discuss Crazy Gauntlet the size of 16 Buildings in the Forums
I'm not sure of the names of everyone who took part since the event lasted well over 2 hours and many people came and went throughout it. If you remember anybody who participated who is not on the list, please post in the forums in the Crazy Gauntlet thread.
Armidale: (Late starter)
Luminost
Batcho
Santiago:
Deceth
Cseow
Kyoto
Turbo42
TylerDurden
Resistencia:
Nemisis
Iggy
Summerall
Nemises
Harbin:
Papa Smurf
Gunner11
This gauntlet was huge. It covered 16 Command Centers and had many branches from it's 5 main paths. We had started building it around 5 and didn't get finished till 7:30. It was filled with plasmas, sleepers, and mines. There were a couple of dead-ends and tons of trails, but only one path led to the cc. Half way through Resistencia got lost and was at the total opposite end of where the goal was. Santiago had also went down the wrong path wich wasted some of their time. After about 2 hours, they made there way to the cc area, and I had to summon them because it would of took forever for them to finish if I didn't.
It was crazy, I remember telling Batcho(I think) to rush the CC, but he didn't. He died and Deceth from Santiago rushed the cc and got the orb while I was summoning people. I would like to thank iggy, vindkast, finn, and jizohn for their help building the gauntlet.
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Discuss Beta Test on Website Block Feature in the Forums
The Community Builder component of this BattleCity Classic website is what allows us all to have wonderfull profiles about ourselves which we can share with the community! This component comes with a block feature which has never been tested before. Seeing as how the community is growing, I decided it important to begin a beta test on this feature now, to ensure it works should it ever be needed in the future.
After reading the forums, I saw how Clientel felt left out because he believed he was not receiving special favors. I saw the passion in his posts, as he posted profanities in multiple places outside of the flames forum. I realized he may have a point, so I decided to give him exclusive access to the beta testing of this website feature. Hopefully, by extending him this special favor, he will no longer need to spam the forums with insults and swear words outside of the flames board in the future.
We hope you make the best of this opportunity we have given you Clientel. You worked really hard for it, and we didn't want to let you down by exluding you from this beta test.
An update released for BattleCity on February 22nd may be responsible for lag spikes plaguing certain members of the community. Initial reports after the update were very positive, with players noticing a significant drop in their pings. Even those finding themselves plagued by lag spikes have stated that when their ping stabilizes it is very low.
Unfortunately, the good news slowly began to turn bad. Most people did not report the lag problem initially, assuming it was a connection problem on their end. However, now, almost one month later, the number of people reporting the problem continues to grow as more and more each day.
According to reports, players will randomly find their ping spike up into the thousands. They will also often become stuck in a black area where the map did not load. To check your ping, while in-game click option and check the box which says "debug info".
Of course, adding to the confusion of the situation is the fact that this does not affect all players. I am personally affected by this when I play at school, but have no difficuly whatsoever when I play from home. Also, those players not affected, continue to report that lag on their end is at an all-time low.
If you are experiencing any trouble due to your ping jumping to 1000 or higher, please post about it in the following thread in the forums: Lag Issues Affecting BattleCity
Hosted by: Rise Against
This controversial Gauntlet has spawned a whole series of separate debates on the forums! Should Gauntlets be worth 500 points? How can they be made more fair? Should the point prize vary depending on the number of participants? Is there a way to satisfy everyone, or will the same people complain regardless? What do you think!
-> Discuss the Gauntlet
-> Discuss the Controversy
Results:
Huambo:
Tankinator
Cseow
Scile
Bobbob222
Bahia Blanca:
Batcho
Nemises
Weebo was awesome and let me build a gauntlet tonight, so I built what I think was a pretty damn big gauntlet. However, the only 2 cities weren't cooperating in the beginning. Huambo orbed Bengula, then Benguela came back and orbed Huambo. After that they finally started working on the gauntlet, but Benguela was once again orbed by Pirate causing almost their entire team to leave except cseow who joined Huambo.
I gave Huambo plasmas so they could focus on the gauntlet seeing as how they were the only team interested. I'm pretty sure nobody else made one like this. It had 3 paths, one led to the cc, and the other 2 led to deadends. The CC path was guarded by 2 turrets at impossible angles, and the only way to shoot them was to use both dead ends to distract them. Scile however, managed to shoot them with only one person distracting. In the cc area every square had a plasma turret on it, so it took them a while to clear it all out. In the end Scile orbed it and Huambo was awarded 500 points.
