August 2012 News Batch

[Vengeancekael]

View the latest news batch (September) here!

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^{by Vengeancekael (Resource Moderator)}​

Greetings, people!
In this August news batch, we take a look at the best resources of the month, the current events in The Arena and more!

Top+ Modeling Spotlight Icons Spotlight Spells Spotlight Projects Spotlight The Hive's Arena

Starcraft News Diablo III News World of Warcraft News Hive Quiz Last Page

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Top+

In every news batch, we show the top 5 maps that got the highest rating last month! The data was gathered on the 31st of August.

	Aegaeus Type: Offense Category: Medieval / Warcraft Author: Tickles (Recommended)
	BaWa Full Champions Type: AoS, etc. Category: Medieval / Warcraft Author: S.Dentatus (Recommended)
	Banjoball Type: Mini-Game Category: Miscellanous / Other Author: Garfield1337 (Useful)
	Assault on C'zar Type: Strategy / Risk Category: Medieval / Warcraft Author: Sgt.Pierce (Useful)
	Swarm! Type: Mini-Game Category: Medieval / Warcraft Author: KuWe (Not Rated)

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Modeling Spotlight

The data was gathered on the 31st of August.

	Raptor Staff Type: Item, Attachment Category: Orc, etc. Author: Epimetheus (Director's Cut)
	Medieval Building Type: Doodad Category: Structures Author: paradise.engineeri (Director's Cut)
	Wrath Type: Hero Category: Human, etc. Author: PROXY (Not Rated)
	Mini City Type: Doodad Category: Human Author: Em! (Not Rated)
	Alt. Cd. Indicator Type: Attachment, Effect Category: Human, Mechanical Author: HammerFist132 (Not Rated)

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Icons Spotlight

	Sylvan Edge Apheraz Lucent			Star Blast Hellx-Magnus
	Spectral Head Hellx-Magnus			Two Pronged Attack Marcos DAB
	Nerubian Scepter Hellx-Magnus			Sea God Marcos DAB
	Twilight Burst Apheraz Lucent			D.W. Luna Enchantress JollyD

A big thank you to I3lackDeath for helping me with the Icons Spotlight.

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Spells Spotlight

The data was gathered on the 31st of August.

	Undieable System Type: System Category: GUI / Triggers Author: btdonald (Recommended)
	Custom EXP System Type: System Category: GUI / Triggers Author: btdonald (Recommended)
	Simple Stun System Type: System Category: GUI / Triggers Author: baassee (Recommended)
	Simple Resource Generator System Type: System Category: GUI / Triggers Author: defskull (Useful)
	Bat Form Type: Target Ground Category: GUI / Triggers Author: Marsal (Useful)

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Projects Spotlight

	Project Y4: A Total Conversion (by Rao Dao Zao) <<A remote RDZ Industries industro-military research and development facility has gone dark... Its factories are on overdrive, producing AI-controlled drone units that have destroyed everything in the facility. Take control of the brand new, highly experimental All-Purpose Assault Mech as you are sent to investigate the stricken facility -- get in, regain control of the base systems, and find out what the hell happened.>> Out now! Type: SPRPG/Adventure
	Soul of Killarmin (by Dactyl92) <<There are 4 major lands on Killarmin, all of them are divided into smaller subzones like areas in WoW. The starting hero and the main character is a paladin called Dancus Whitestar. He is a righteous warrior who fights evil at all costs. The quests are divided according to standard wc3 campaign style into: main and optional. Main quests are a part of story and must be completed in order to continue. Optional quests are typical village quests.>> Beta here. Type: SPRPG
	Arcane Ritual (by Unelith) <<In the DotA version of the map - we control a hero, destroy enemy towers and finally enemy base. I think most of you know what DotA looks alike so i don't need to explain it all here. And in the other version of the map - there are three players. They are enemies of each other - so this is 1vs1vs1. But if they want - they can make (and then broke up) alliances. The main goal is to destroy the enemies' towers. Each player has his own tower - it's his only building where he can hire troops. But the towers are indestructible - the player needs to perform the Arcane Ritual. He does it by taking control of three altars: Fire Altar, Lightning Altar and Earth Altar and then performing the ritual at the Arcane Temple. When he finally does it - the enemies' towers become vunreable and the player that performed the ritual gets control of few powerful magic creatures.>> Type: AoS

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The Hive's Arena

• Mini-Mapping Contest: The Drums in the Dungeonhttp://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/map-development-202/mini-mapping-contests-drums-dungeon-221802/
  • Your task is to create a dungeon map. The map's genre has to reflect a role playing game and the objective should be anything related to the dungeon, such as killing a creature within, escaping the dungeon, etc. Machinate challenges, mythical creatures and the hero to be controlled by the player and guide us through the epic journey of your fantasy!
• Mini-Modelling Contest: Theme Discussionhttp://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/...ni-modelling-contest-theme-discussion-221806/
  • Post your ideas for the theme of the next mini-modelling contest and a poll will later on be created to decide the final theme.
• Modelling Contest #24: Feels ~ Pollhttp://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/arena-226/modelling-contest-24-poll-222069/
  • Contestants: Happycockroach ~ PROXY ~ Vermillion Edict ~ Retera

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Starcraft News

Global News

HotS News & Patches 1.5.1 & 1.5.2 Short History of Starcraft HotS Beta coming soon

GameSpot has made a video containing a short history of Starcraft, see it below:

YouTube Video

Starcraft 2: Heart of the Swarm's Beta testing will begin soon, see the full article here.

2 small patches have been released, mostly containing bug fixes. Patch notes here.

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Diablo III News

Patch 1.0.4 & Paragon System Patch 1.0.4 A few hotfixes Paragon System

Patch 1.0.4 is out now, introducing the paragon system, improved legendary items and more.

The Paragon system has been fully explained in this article.

A few hotfixes have also been released, check the patch notes out here.

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World of Warcraft News

Patch 5.0.4 & Italian Language Pack+Realms Patch 5.0.4 out of PTR Italian Language Pack and 2 new Realms

Patch 5.0.4 is finally out of PTR, check out the full patch notes here. It features new cross-realm zones, AoE looting, BattleTag support, etc.

The italian version of WoW is finally available and so are 2 new italian realms. See the article here with more info.

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Hive Quiz

Not available right now.

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Last Page

Staff:

• Vengeancekael rejoins the Staff as a Resource Moderator.
• PurgeandFire111 is now also a Resource Moderator, next to being a Tutorial Moderator.
• Please use Staff Contact from now on, the Resource Moderation forums will soon be closed.

Community:

The Chat has been re-opened! Please read the chat rules before entering it. Project Recruitment has been re-opened! Please check out this thread before making a new thread. RP forums are back! Go on and continue roleplaying. A new layout&look was supposed to be coming with this news batch, however the design has been canned and will not be used, so we are once again discussing new ideas. If you have any ideas on how to improve the news batches' look, let us know in a comment below. (Thanks to Tank-Commander for doing so last time)

 

[Deolrin]

Project Y4 is absolutely amazing. Please go play it.
Also, good job, Vkael. ^^

 

[Vengeancekael]

Fixed a mistake in the Icons Spotlight.
Also Resource Moderation is now closed and you will get redirected to Staff Contact.

 

[I3lackDeath]

You did a great job, as always. It's a shame you had to scratch the original version with multiple images, as it would have taken a toll on the server (or something similar).

 

[Drunken_Jackal]

NO HIVE QUIZ? MADNESS!

But, good job there.

 

[Marsal]

Yay! Glad to see my spell there

 

[SA Dashie]

Hehe nice job.

 

[Vengeancekael]

Fixed an error in the Icons Spotlight. Two Pronged Attack is made by Marcos DAB, not morbent.

 

[Drunken_Jackal]

Its weird that this News Batch didnt get much replies ad News Batches usually do.
Maybe its the Hive Quiz.

 

[Allain55X]

Too bad my map Infinite Blade The God King map didnt make it on the Spotlight, Maybe next time. But my friend Unelith's game is here! Arcane Ritual!

 

[Aeroblyctos]

Too bad my map Infinite Blade The God King map didnt make it on the Spotlight, Maybe next time. But my friend Unelith's game is here! Arcane Ritual!

Yes, well I got bored to every time say good job.

Bah, whatever. Good job with this once again.

 

[SA Dashie]

I will get the spotlight (hopefully) someday.

 

[Vengeancekael]

If you guys want a higher chance to get into a spotlight, just let me know in a vm, there are a lot of resources&threads so there's always a chance I miss some really great works to spotlight.

 

[Allain55X]

If you guys want a higher chance to get into a spotlight, just let me know in a vm, there are a lot of resources&threads so there's always a chance I miss some really great works to spotlight.

Hey, kael. If your somewhat creating now the September News Batch. Have a look at my game. Here's the link: http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/map-development-202/infinity-blade-god-king-221449/. You might be interested and include it in Project Spotlight. Thank you!

 

[moyackx]

Hey!!! include my project too!!! http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/maps-564/power-corruption-v2-3-a-162185/

 

[Drunken_Jackal]

PoC is good. I recommend it.

 

[Vengeancekael]

September 2012 News Batch out now: http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/latest-updates-news-101/september-2012-news-batch-223449-new/

Get ready for the Hive Quiz questions to be unveiled on Wednesday.