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(Be sure to check out the new batch!)
In this April News Batch, we bring the latest news of our hosted projects, the top maps to check out and updates on the contests!
A new segment has also been introduced, Starcraft News, including Hypertexts and SCII Global News.
That's not everything, we've also introduced a new segment, Diablo III News, bringing you the latest news related to Diablo III and its launch.
Also as a reminder:
Every news batch will from now on include a Modeling Spotlight, showing off multiple users' latest amazing works! The data was gathered on the 1st of May.
Global News
Global Play will allow players to change their region (NA/EU/ASIA) quickly without having to download a new client.
Multilanguage support will allow you to change your game's language without having to download a new client.
A Clan/Group System similar to the one present in Warcraft III will finally be introduced to the game!
Unranked Matchmaking will automatically make you play against players of the same level as you, but the matches will not affect your ladder rating.
Multiplayer Replay Viewing will allow multiple friends to watch a replay together and comment on it or share awesome gameplay moments.
Multiplayer Resume From Replay will remove problems like disconnections during a game, allowing the player to rejoin at the time where he disconnected. (Extremely useful for tournaments!)
The Starcraft II Marketplace (Arcade) will also be coming out soon before the release of Heart of the Swarm and a lot of players will gain access to the BETA through the Arcade.
The features listed above are to be released at or around HotS' release.
View Official Article on Battle.net.
3 new TV spots have been released, preparing for the launch of the game on 15th May 2012, check them out below!
Also a behind the scenes video on the animated Diablo III short to be published soon, made by Blizzard Entertainment.
And finally, the animated short Wrath has been released!
Hypertexts by Rui
The only map left whose development I'm keeping up to date with is "The Kingdom of Kaliron" (TKoK), by the Crimson Creations Team, being that I'm inclusively involved in the Garena group and the development forums. As such, it is by playing this map that I undergo experiences with a part of the community that's left in Warcraft III. My vision is therefore limited, but amidst these experiences there are a few lessons to be learned and generalized.There has always been fanaticism here or there when it comes to playing games on a computer and video game addiction is a known phenomenon, but is usually accompanied by an urge to play the newest games (?). Perhaps the financial and economical crisis puts on hold the fulfillment of such paradigms?Playing an Open Role-playing Game (RPG) can be fun, depending on tastes: to each his own, of course. More impressive is that the Crimson Creations team was able to put together a map of the type, with several classes, rare and epic items, three modes which change how strong enemies are and how much reward you get from them, a full and nice threat system, talent trees... With the exception that the storyline goes by unnoticed, if there is even one in those poor excuses for quests, "The Kingdom of Kaliron" is nearly a game in itself. Is there anything to hate about it besides the (nonexistence of) lore? Yes, there is: the fanaticism of a few of the members of that community.That games such as StarCraft II, for whose e-sports players get paid in real currency, attract the “pros”, that we sometimes advertise at our website, comes as no surprise. That a custom map of a game that is, by large consensus, «dying», harbors a community of which a few are such individuals is a mystery. Nevertheless, and most surprisingly, it is a fact.This reflection is justified by another bad experience: in resume, two players conspiring to kick out two others in a public hosting bot with an agenda composed of the objective of exploiting TKoK relying on a bug, meanwhile disrespecting the public service provided by the bot, as well as the hard work of the creators. A delicious and degrading philosophy whose critiques, when brought to the forum, were, at least I'd like to believe so, miscomprehended by the remaining community. Consequences? None.Personally, this sort of situations make me wonder if there's any reason left to play the game anymore: the situation of the consuming society is that of the previous edition of these Hypertexts, while the actually good maps attract the most egoistical and egocentric sort of individuals. It is important that we, moreover the protagonists of such actions, introspectively ponder on what impact such actions have on the remnants of WarCraft. If there's any good sense yet left, that is.
This new section is rather experimental, but it should be kind of fun! The objective is to answer as many questions as possible and get the most answers right to earn reputation points! Each user will be rewarded 1 rep for each correct answer.
Moderators may not participate in this.
Editing your post with new answers is not allowed and should your post be edited then you will not receive any rep. (SO DON'T WORRY ABOUT TYPOS)
Questions:
*Answered
Opening...
by Vengeancekael (Map Moderator)
Greetings, people!by Vengeancekael (Map Moderator)
In this April News Batch, we bring the latest news of our hosted projects, the top maps to check out and updates on the contests!
A new segment has also been introduced, Starcraft News, including Hypertexts and SCII Global News.
That's not everything, we've also introduced a new segment, Diablo III News, bringing you the latest news related to Diablo III and its launch.
Also as a reminder:
Index
- Top+
- Modeling Spotlight
- Skin Spotlight
- Spells Spotlight
- Icons Spotlight
- Projects Spotlight
- The Hive's Arena (Be sure to check out the contests before it's too late)
- Starcraft News (New)
- Global News (New)
- Hypertexts
- Diablo III News (New)
- Hive Quiz (New)
- Last Page
| Top+ |
| In every news batch, we show the top 5 maps that got the highest rating last month! The data was gathered on the 1st of May. |
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 Type: Melee Category: Medieval / Warcraft User Rating: 4.60 (5 Votes) 
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Type: Melee Category: Medieval / Warcraft User Rating: 5.00 (3 Votes)
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Type: Melee Category: Medieval / Warcraft User Rating: 5.00 (1 Vote)
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Type: Altered Melee Category: Medieval / Warcraft User Rating: 0.00 (0 Votes)
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Type: Arena Category: Medieval / Warcraft User Rating: 3.60 (5 Votes)
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| Modeling Spotlight |
Every news batch will from now on include a Modeling Spotlight, showing off multiple users' latest amazing works! The data was gathered on the 1st of May.
| Dune Scorpion Type: Unit Category: Creep User Rating: 4.86 (7 Votes)
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| Man-o-War Type: Hero Category: Demon User Rating: 5.00 (4 Votes)
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| Soul Devourer Type: Hero Category: Undead, Demon User Rating: 4.70 (10 Votes)
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| Well Type: Doodad Category: Human / Dwarf User Rating: 3.67 (3 Votes)
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| High Elf Kid Type: Unit Category: High Elf User Rating: 4.33 (3 Votes)
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| Skin Spotlight |
| Highborne Priestess Made For: NE Priestess Type: Unit / Hero User Rating: 4.63 (8 Votes)
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| Spells Spotlight |
| Advanced Switch System Category: vJass Type: System User Rating: 0.00 (0 Votes) <<Description>>
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| Faerie Dragon Spellpack Category: vJass Type: Pack User Rating: 0.00 (0 Votes) <<Description>>
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| Binding Poison Category: GUI Type: Target Object User Rating: 4.00 (1 Vote) <<Description>>
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| Arrow System Category: vJass Type: System User Rating: 0.00 (0 Votes) <<Description>>
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| Fire Spread Category: GUI Type: Target Object / System User Rating: 0.00 (0 Votes) <<Description>>
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| Icons Spotlight |
| Deathwing [?] I3lackDeath |
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| Runed Axe [?] Fjury |
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| Meteor Cloud [?] M0rbid |
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| Hammer [?] ike_ike |
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| Plate Armor [?] NFWar |
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| Leather Hood [?] NFWar |
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| Horned Skull [?] I3lackDeath |
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| Weaver [?] PeeKay |
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| Projects Spotlight |
| The Kingdom of Kaliron (by Crimson Creation Team) <<The Crimson Creation team is working hard on the new content for the 3.2.0 patch and things are well under way! Testing of the entire zone has already begun and all the new content so far is looking pretty solid! We still have a bunch of new quests to finish developing and some testing of the new raid bosses, but 3.2.0 is not far away!>> Type: Online RPG [?] | 
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| Scars of Conflict (by Bloodlust Studios) Scars of Conflict is an altered melee project that is being developed by Bloodlust Studios, a modding team comprised of Linaze, Deolrin and Mr.Goblin, and with contributions from several other people. Scars of Conflict features 2 classic races, Orcs and Humans, fighting in an endless struggle for victory. A BETA version is to be released soon, stay tuned! Type: Altered Melee |  
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| Oasis and Desert 2 (by bowser499) Massive credit for the new OaD 2 update goes to KO3bMA for the help with fixing and optimizing Oasis and Desert 2 models for the new heroes and made possible the importing of more models. TGM Team asks Oasis and Desert 2 followers to be active in hosted project's forum. Ask the team about anything you want to see in the upcoming version. <<Read More>> Type: AoS | |
| The 2 Player Campaign (by TheSpoon) The 2 Player Campaign is a series of map edited by The-Spoon. They allow you to replay the original Wc3 campaign with a friend, using -save/-load triggers to carry data across levels. The final RoC campaign, Night Elves, is being planned for production this summer! Find out more in this thread. Type: Co-op Campaign (Strategy) |
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| Warcraft 3 - Paranoia (by Grievous1) Tactical horror shooter, playable on both Single Player and Multiplayer. You are a Russian officer of a secret service... each mission that you are assigned has different objectives, but future events have something more in store for you... Stay tuned, the open beta phase will be starting soon! Type: Multiplayer Survival |
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| The Hive's Arena |
| Techtree Contest #6 ~ The Poll Contestant's aim was to create a unique race, without importing anything. The only imports allowed were dummy.mdx and a hero glow (can be found at our Models section). Poll Closure: 9th of May 2012 Entries: GhostThruster / Wazzz / Ender / overlord_ice / WerePhoenix / Kingz / kari0003 / part207 / Astaroth_Zion / Xiliger |
Host: Pharaoh_
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| Texturing Contest #21 - Creep Warlord - Results Upgrade a creep unit to a top tier instance of itself. <<Winners>> Entries: Mr.Goblin / shiiK / Just_Spectating / Dionesiist / Red Shift / 67chrome / M0rbid / |
Host: shiiK
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| Terraining Contest #14: Racial Settlements - Results Participants are to capture a race from the Warcraft lore's special style of construction and portray how it interacts with their habitat/natural enviroment. <<Winners>> Entries: xorkatoss / alexandero6 / ExMortis / BeTaGod- / MaTiJa97 / Windu / kari0003 / Oziris / Azurot |
Host: fladdermasken
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| Concept Art Contest #6 - Tribal Princess - Results Design a princess of a tribal society. Be creative. <<Winners>> Entries: dizzt / Mr.Goblin / 67chrome / Dionesiist / moyackx / ike_ike / PeeKay |
Host: shiiK
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| [Event] 2012: - Legendary Fight People who are interested in participating will pick another Hiveworkshop member with whom they want to fight. The provoked member must confirm that they wish to challenge. After the deadline given, the two competitors will be judged and a winner shall be declared. After waiting for other competitors to finish their submissions as well, there comes the next phase, which contains the winners of the previous challenges. New winners will be declared and so on, until there's one left, who will be granted a spot at the Challenge Section Hall of Fame. |
Host: Pharaoh_
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| Starcraft News |
Global News
| Upcoming Features!
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Global Play will allow players to change their region (NA/EU/ASIA) quickly without having to download a new client.
Multilanguage support will allow you to change your game's language without having to download a new client.
A Clan/Group System similar to the one present in Warcraft III will finally be introduced to the game!
Unranked Matchmaking will automatically make you play against players of the same level as you, but the matches will not affect your ladder rating.
Multiplayer Replay Viewing will allow multiple friends to watch a replay together and comment on it or share awesome gameplay moments.
Multiplayer Resume From Replay will remove problems like disconnections during a game, allowing the player to rejoin at the time where he disconnected. (Extremely useful for tournaments!)
The Starcraft II Marketplace (Arcade) will also be coming out soon before the release of Heart of the Swarm and a lot of players will gain access to the BETA through the Arcade.
The features listed above are to be released at or around HotS' release.
View Official Article on Battle.net.
| Diablo III News |
| New TV Spots/Behind The Scenes/Wrath!
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3 new TV spots have been released, preparing for the launch of the game on 15th May 2012, check them out below!
Also a behind the scenes video on the animated Diablo III short to be published soon, made by Blizzard Entertainment.
And finally, the animated short Wrath has been released!
Hypertexts by Rui
Fanaticism on community preservation
The only map left whose development I'm keeping up to date with is "The Kingdom of Kaliron" (TKoK), by the Crimson Creations Team, being that I'm inclusively involved in the Garena group and the development forums. As such, it is by playing this map that I undergo experiences with a part of the community that's left in Warcraft III. My vision is therefore limited, but amidst these experiences there are a few lessons to be learned and generalized.There has always been fanaticism here or there when it comes to playing games on a computer and video game addiction is a known phenomenon, but is usually accompanied by an urge to play the newest games (?). Perhaps the financial and economical crisis puts on hold the fulfillment of such paradigms?Playing an Open Role-playing Game (RPG) can be fun, depending on tastes: to each his own, of course. More impressive is that the Crimson Creations team was able to put together a map of the type, with several classes, rare and epic items, three modes which change how strong enemies are and how much reward you get from them, a full and nice threat system, talent trees... With the exception that the storyline goes by unnoticed, if there is even one in those poor excuses for quests, "The Kingdom of Kaliron" is nearly a game in itself. Is there anything to hate about it besides the (nonexistence of) lore? Yes, there is: the fanaticism of a few of the members of that community.That games such as StarCraft II, for whose e-sports players get paid in real currency, attract the “pros”, that we sometimes advertise at our website, comes as no surprise. That a custom map of a game that is, by large consensus, «dying», harbors a community of which a few are such individuals is a mystery. Nevertheless, and most surprisingly, it is a fact.This reflection is justified by another bad experience: in resume, two players conspiring to kick out two others in a public hosting bot with an agenda composed of the objective of exploiting TKoK relying on a bug, meanwhile disrespecting the public service provided by the bot, as well as the hard work of the creators. A delicious and degrading philosophy whose critiques, when brought to the forum, were, at least I'd like to believe so, miscomprehended by the remaining community. Consequences? None.Personally, this sort of situations make me wonder if there's any reason left to play the game anymore: the situation of the consuming society is that of the previous edition of these Hypertexts, while the actually good maps attract the most egoistical and egocentric sort of individuals. It is important that we, moreover the protagonists of such actions, introspectively ponder on what impact such actions have on the remnants of WarCraft. If there's any good sense yet left, that is.
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| Hive Quiz |
This new section is rather experimental, but it should be kind of fun! The objective is to answer as many questions as possible and get the most answers right to earn reputation points! Each user will be rewarded 1 rep for each correct answer.
Moderators may not participate in this.
Editing your post with new answers is not allowed and should your post be edited then you will not receive any rep. (SO DON'T WORRY ABOUT TYPOS)
Questions:
- Who is the user with the most rep/posts count?
- Name the current model moderators. (Bonus: The previous model moderators, who have now resigned)
- What was Hakeem's first Staff position?
- In what year did the Hive have 800 users? (Bonus: Specify the month)
- What was the Hive's first URL?
- When exactly was The Arena created? (Year+Month)
- Name 2007's Hosted Project of the Year!
- Name 5 Super Donors. (Bonus: More than 5)
*Answered
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