| Pinboard goes Forum |
2009-05-02 06:51:03 CET |
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Some people requested a more structured pinboard. Since we where in need of a forum only for administrative purpose we decided on a phpbb based forum.
From now on the Pinboard is replaced with a fully featured forum for you to spa... er contribute suggestions. You don't have to create accounts. Just use your existing accounts from the mDd site.
We also appointed some Moderators.
 Punisher. [eS]felix.
Soon others will follow.
http://www.q3df.org/board/
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| ELO Canceled/Reassigned |
2009-03-19 22:21:48 CET |
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I have simply no desire to develop the ELO code any further.
I hate it and the project is not that much of a gain for the community. It was a spontaneous descision but i guess i have been carrying it around for quite a while. So here it is...
Any complains?
UPDATE: I assigned the ELO development to netwalker. He will do it from scratch in JAVA. So it's going to be a static version that updates every now and then.
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| Animated page header image |
2009-02-24 18:57:47 CET |
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 >>Lucifer<< was so kind creating an animated version of our page header image.
Thanks for the effort.
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| Servers up and running ... kinda |
2008-12-02 08:49:49 CET |
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We once again started the server. This time with a new binary, though. The unexpected crashing server problem forced us to pre release the next version of the server binary. Since it's not developed completely it has a certain lack of features.
You are able to set records, but you won't get feedback from the server telling you you just set a time. The times wont appear on the website, too. Instead they are written into a queue which we will import into the database when the new recordsystem is released.
Again:
If you set a time you wont get a message from the server but the time will be saved.
Please be patient.
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| Server Status (BREAK :P) |
2008-11-30 00:52:52 CET |
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We are currently copying the server to a new location. This will take a while, though.
- http://q3a.ath.cx/ => FINISHED
- New URL: http://www.q3df.org/ (old url forwards to this one)
!!! new GameServer IPs: 78.47.229.115 !!!
GameServer crashes (UPDATE)
sorry that is a problem of the server i will check it tonight and hope i fix that problem
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| Moving the server |
2008-11-27 00:31:51 CET |
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This weekend we will switch to a new serverprovider as some of you may have noticed already. The defrag servers located at 85.25.20.179(mDd server) will be down this weekend until the new one is set up. So please be patient if you can't connect to the mDd server or set any record on other servers. It will be up again in no time.
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| Provider Change |
2008-11-21 13:39:17 CET |
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mDd will change the server provider, due to connection problems. As you may have noticed the mDd server(85.25.20.179) running the database is down from time to time. We will change the provider to fix this issue. We got our hands on a server located at "hetzner" which is one of our candidates for the new server.
Long story short, we want you to test the new server we set up at hetzner.
We strongly recommend to tell us if the ping is better or worse than on mDd(85.25.20.179).
mDd | Defrag CPM/VQ3 (Provider TEST)
78.46.39.36:27960
Tell us what you think of it. If it sucks we will search another provider.
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| Minor changes |
2008-11-18 10:17:06 CET |
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I moved the cpm run II to my root-server. Since my box is really low on memory i had to sacrifice one of the freestyle servers. So i merged the cpm Freestyle and the vq3 Freestyle into a single one.
The ports didn't change but ill post them again.
85.214.45.69:27960 -> mDd run vq3 II
85.214.45.69:27961 -> mDd run cpm II
85.214.45.69:27962 -> mDd Fastcaps2
85.214.45.69:27963 -> mDd Freestyle
again:
85.25.20.179:27964(cpm II) is not where it used to be.
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| New commands are here! |
2008-11-08 00:14:30 CET |
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In-game command system
Type !help !<commandname> for a usage description.
parameters marked in [] brackets are optional (not needed).
parameters marked in <> brackets are essential (needed).
Description of common options:
[map] uses current map if not specified
[physic.mode] limit by physics (vq3, cpm, vq3.2, cpm.1 ...)
[startat#] start from a rank and show next 10 ie: !top vq3.1 startat30
[show] print to all users
!find <map>|<+features>|<-features> [random] [page#] [help] [show] Search for maps by name
<map> Search for this term
- AND/OR -
<+/- features> Limit search results by map features (weapons, items or functions) ie: !find +rl +haste -jumppad +slick
[random] randomize the returned results, otherwise its sorted by total number of records for that map
[page#] jump to the next page in the results, ie: !find dfwc page3
[help] show usage and print all map features
!login <username> <password> Use your registered username and password to login in game.
!logout You can logout during gameplay.
!mapinfo [map] [show] Shows map description, author, and features (weapons, items, functions)
!my [action] [options..] Shows statistics based on your login
options: [map] [physic.mode] [startat#] [show]
[name] shows your login name, registered country and total times in record system
[stats] shows your signature banner (average rank, top3, top5) limited by [physics.mode]
[time] displays your time on current map or search by [map] [physics.mode]
[timehistory] shows all times place on a map with respective rank and difference to your current record
[times] shows last 10 most recent times on all maps
[besttimes]|[worsttimes] shows top 10 best or worst times by rank/total records
[bestranks]|[worstranks] shows top 10 best or worst ranks
[mostplayed]|[leastplayed] shows top 10 maps with most or least times placed
[mostimproved]|[leastimproved] shows top 10 maps with most or least difference from first set time to your current record
[recentbeaten] shows you the last 10 records set by players with times less than yours
[tiedranks] shows you recent times tied with your own
[pos] (position) shows you rankings of 5 above and 5 below your own
!mytime [map] [physic.mode] Equivalent of !my time [map] [physic.mode]
!oldtop [map] [physic.mode] [show] Show top 10 times for a map and physic from Minnie's records.
!popular [map|player|country|mode] [last#] [show] Show top ten most popular maps, players, countries or modes by number of records
[last#] Number of days back to limit by. ie: !popular last7 will show popular maps in the last 7 days
!random [ctf] [count] Return up to 10 random maps
[ctf] Limit to maps with ctf recs ie: !random ctf, !random vq3.1
!rankings [physic.mode] [show] Show last ten new records on mDd database (all servers)
!rank [number] [map] [physic.mode] Show player and time at a specific rank (ties now included)
!ranktime [time] Rank a theoretical time in format MM:SS:MMM
You can bind this: /bind x "varcommand say !ranktime $chsinfo(201)"
!ratemap [skill | rate] <number> [show] Add a skill or quality rating to the current map from values 1 to 5 (5 being best) ie: !ratemap skill 5, !ratemap rate 5
!recent [show] Shows the 5 most recently uploaded maps from q3a.ath.cx
!time [nick] [map] [physic.mode] Shows the recorded time of another player (search player by exact name without color codes)
!top [map] [physic.mode] [startat#] [show] Show top 10 times for a map and physic from the record system.
!servers [serverid] [show] Show server status list with maps, players, ip, port (id is first entry in blue).
[serverid] show the player scoreboard on the server
** ideas are welcome:
have !ranktime use your current scoreboard time if no time is given
credits:
core, server, database, website -> chicken
parser, elo -> <hk>
map database, q3a site -> Pan-
ranktime, client bind ->  lovet<--ater
ranktime, fixes, testing ->  Ruined
elo, rank fixes, tiedranks, position, testing -> [2337]w
random ctf, testing ->  " "
ingame commands ->  praet*A51*
mapinfo -> :)
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| Team based Fastcaps |
2008-10-25 19:24:04 CET |
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Since i am playing quake i always prefered the blue team. Unfortunately some CTF maps aren't symetric and the red route is sometimes shorter. Some maps have a cool and challenging route but the plain one on the other team is just faster.
I don't like that. So how about saving the team in the CTF records as well? You could run the map on both routes and still be the fastest.
There are not that many CTF maps out there. So it couldn't hurt playing the other routes, too.
VIVA LA BLUE TEAM
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| Defrag 1.91.12 |
2008-09-23 20:37:00 CET |
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We just changed the servers to the newest DeFRaG version.
Please, enjoy the now lagcheat free environment. :)
There may be maps with lagged times. If you stumble upon one of these maps, please tell us. We will reset them so everybody has an equal chance of being the best player.
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| Defrag 1.91.09 beta test server |
2008-08-18 22:56:15 CET |
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-> We set up a test sever running the new DeFRaG version cgg released a few days ago.
It will not is not running a record system and is only there so you can built your own opinion about the new version. You should also give cgg some feedback at http://cggdev.org/. You don't need to download the new version your self, though. The old and the new version are compatible.
85.25.20.179:27963 is the beta testserver
http://cggdev.org/
-> Should we change all the servers to version 1.91.09?
-> Here is a preview of the upcomming server list including some fancy new features.
http://defrag.lanparty-nrw.de/?site=server (beta)
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| accountname issues |
2008-08-13 19:03:58 CET |
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You may have noticed the problems for some people to log in since the last update of the system. This is due to a server internal change of the command parser which doesn't allow the characters
:, *, ?, ", <, >, ; within a namestring (filename issues on windows).
To fix this we change the name policy. Now only the following characters are allowed within a account name:
letters (a to z and A to Z)
numbers (0-9)
. (period), _, -
This means about 20 users have invalid usernames. These users may just use their old accountname without the forbidden characters.
example:
#m00! becomes m00
w.T-$n@ck? becomes w.T-nck or
<hk> becomes hk
There are some users who only have forbidden chars in their names. These users should email me. Notice that the accountname is not visible to anyone. It's only your accountname, so you can log in. So you shouldn't put any colors in the accountname, since you can't type them into the quake3 console on windows anyway.
 [?],  [@], Ruined,  nL-Mystery and Not_Installed
should write a email to us, because they have to pick a completely new accountname.
I am sorry for the complications.
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| Done with the servers |
2008-08-08 23:01:54 CET |
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Since the new server binary is so stable, it is now running on all mDd servers.
Next up:
-> New start page ( chicken)
-> Demo upload ( chicken)
-> ELO Ranking ( <hk>)
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| New Serverimage |
2008-08-03 20:50:06 CET |
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We rebuilt the entire command system. It is now way more flexible. Type !help !<commandname> for a usage description.
parameters marked in [] brackets are optional (not needed).
parameters marked in <> brackets are essential (needed).
The !oldtop command is implemented again.
!oldtop [map] [physic.mode] [show]
examples:
If you type !oldtop without any parametes, it will print the top10 of the current map at the current physic.
!oldtop vq3 will display the top10 of this map in vq3 to you.
!oldtop cpm.2 show will display the top10 of the current map in cpm mode 2 for everyone on the server.
!top [map] [physic.mode] [show]
the same as !oldtop
!time [nick] [map] [physic.mode]
!rank <number>
You have to put the number of a rank here.
It will display the player on the given rank to everyone on the server.
!random [count]
displays some random mapnames. You can specify the number of maps shown by adding a number up to 10.
!mytime [map] [physic.mode]
displays the best time you scored on this map .
please note that you now can login via !login <username> <password> too from
-> In all commands you don't have to care about the order of the commands. They will work anyway.
!top show pplasma3 cpm.2 will work too.
-> These changes are only on the 2337 testserver. If it is stable we will move it to all the other servers as well.
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| Bug fixes |
2008-07-18 23:07:56 CET |
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-> You may have noticed the servers got pretty unstable a few weeks ago. That was due to a mass test of a new way of coding (we can load code dynamically at runtime). Now everything is stable again. :)
-> We could also fix some long unknown bugs thanks to dS-Adrian and lovet<--ater
Thanks, both for you to be so kind informing us about these issues.
-> We both can't look at all these servers all the time. That's why we are thinking about nominating a few server admins. If you think you can handle this task write us an email. You can find the address in the Contact Section.
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| Server policy |
2008-06-22 21:35:38 CET |
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Since people keep asking us about it we made up some rules for all servers connected to the record database.
1) No scripts which cause the player to have sudden packetloss (lagscript) are allowed. Especally if they enable the player to skip or delay trigger activation.
2) No scripts which automate movements or combine movements with weapon usage are allowed. (like: ob-script, rocket-/plasmajump-scripts, mwheel-script, turnspeed-script).
We consider binding more than one function to a key a script also.
3) Players have to adjust their netsettings to get the lowest ping delay possible.
4) Be polite, talk english preferably, respect others.
If something is not forbidden you shouldn't think it is allowed. You shouldn't use it anyway.
-- Update --
I deleted all times of
[2337]w, CaNaBiS,  bd.Doaiena,  KA1N, Garu and  'oz
due to triggerlagging.
also Quake colors are now available in the pinboard and here.
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| New Website |
2008-04-17 17:20:22 CET |
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What's new:
Since there have been some difficulties getting some of the country flags set automatically, you may now choose your self in the user profile. The flag is still set automatically if you don't change that manually.
We added the requested page system for the pinboard and the rankings. And there is now some basic bbcode available in the pinboard also.
No elo ranking is available until it's fixed. This doesn't mean your times won't be saved for the elo ranking, though. Actually all the times ever made in the mDd database are used for the elo system. Elo will come back but not within the next weeks.
The development of the demo upload function is suspend right now. Let's see if the community (thats you) accepts the idea.
Idea:
You scored a time online on our servers and you want to share the demo with other players?
Then you can upload the demo to your profile. You may only upload demos matching to your online times. No offline demos are allowed.
If you are scared about showing your routes just don't use this feature. It's just for providing cool demos to other players.
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| Database Stats |
| mDd-Records: |
64663 |
| Minnie-Records: |
258022 |
| Last 24h: |
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cpm top maps
bardok-avp(288), pornstar-cpmrun(229), bardok-egypt(214), pornstar-diebaso(192), lovet-second(187)
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vq3 top maps
test_bigbox(89), st1(71), pornstar-fuckjingles(65), sjt2(53), coldrun(52)
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cpmctf top maps
q3ctf1(114), q3wcp9(93), q3wcp17(89), bardok-ctf(66), q3wcp1(62)
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vq3ctf top maps
q3ctf1(113), q3wcp5(86), q3w2(79), q3wcp9(78), q3w4(65)
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