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  1. Morgan

    Registration Information for LAN

    Do we get a disclaimer on what our personal information can and will be used for? What are our rights if you go to a loanshark? Also I would suggest when information is needed, giving a timeline more then 24 hours is always great.
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    Acceptance & Understanding of (New) Puggers

    the asiafortress community sucks. no way around it except acceptance. the only advice I can give you OP is WELCOME TO ASIAFORTRESS #WAF
  3. Dear Asiafortress, Due to Tharnos's severe Anthropophobia, 6 Kings is recruiting a new pocket for the up and coming Lan. We will most likely be holding open trials this Saturday in the evening from 7pm onwards. Some of the trials included, MGESpire MGE Gran MGE Badlands Mid UltiDuo We would like to thank anyone in advance for your interest however please note that we will be judging stringently as we hope to advance in Division 1. Please contact any of my 6K members to register or post here.
  4. i suggest letting people use that format and signing up in this thread as an alternative. Hope to see more participation from Singapore Teams. This is a great chance to play with teams across asia.
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    Friendly TF2 Tournament Hosted by B@conCrew

    Guy has a great idea and gets snob replies in return. WAF ( Welcome to Asiafortress ) Glad mr Nata had the sense to step in
  6. Dear Asiafortress community, After a long intensive discussion with spammah this morning I have decided to give my input on the current state of Asiafortress. In respect of spammah’s advice and not so mild request I have decided to leave out most of my normal gusto and humor and speak on a more serious note. In the words of spammah I shall not be “snarky”. I hope you will take the time to read this very serious article and absorb the points I am trying to bring across. I look back at Asiafortress just a year ago and there is a vast difference between the state of the community now and then. I admit though I have been absent for large portions of this year, I have actively followed the progress of Asiafortress as it is something I used to hold quite dear to me. Just a year ago we had an active community, there were numerous social events with great turnouts, a thriving competitive scene and a growing player base well mixed with experienced and amateur players alike. Lets take a look at Asiafortress in the year 2012 1) In the competitive scene we had the highest registration of teams every in the history of AFL. We also had throngs of newly formed teams with a generous mix of new and old players alike. We had three very competitive divisions and a great competiton. Likewise with the Mercs cup and various other competitions. 2) In the social scene, Just last year we had Summers Barbecue, Beach Barbecue and Soccer outings. During these outings I met a lot of old and new faces alike. Cuteboy,pearbomb,synergy and spikycactus are just a few examples of new players who were integrated into the social community. We had a large influx of new players who were becoming actively involved with the community. 3) The Pug/Casual Scene, Pugs were rampant. We actively had 3-4 servers running concurrently and people playing regularly till 4-5AM in the morning. Offclassing was common but relatively kept in check by the administrators. Fast forward to December 2013 and lets observe where we are now. Objectively of course. 1) 1) In the competitive scene this year the standards of the competition was hilarious. Our latest AFL, Mercs cup and Ultiduo competition were ridiculed by almost everyone I spoke to. I don’t mean offense to anyone but im stating it how it is. The standard of the respective competitions and divisions were ridiculous to say the least. Most of the former top teams couldn’t even be bothered to actively participate. 2) In the social scene, I have attended roughly 4-5 Asiafortress social events this year. Including Soccer, Paintball and Dinner. Of the events I have attended I have met 0 new players that I have never seen. I actually even met a player last week that last played tf2 in 2009. Talk about a friendship forged. 3) The Pug/Casual Scene, The new pug system is in place which I must say is a vast improvement. Occasionally 2 servers are full. Game normally shuts down at 11pm. Now Ive spent some time analysing on what could have caused this drastic a change in the space of less than a year. Ive come to the following conclusions which you may accept as you see fit or ignore it and be blissfully happy. Players these days do not feel connected to the community they are playing with anymore. PLAIN AND SIMPLE. There is no more sense of pride or belonging to a majority of players and we have become basically a place they use the facilities of. No longer a community. No matter how dense one may be I do not think they can ignore this fact. You rarely see friends greeting each other in Pugs anymore ( Trolling not considered ). Neither do you see a very active scrimming community either. I believe this is one of the root problems existing in Asiafortress today. The above has led to many side effects. Firsty we have seen a large portion of the “experienced” player base leave the community. This has led to a decline in the average skill level of the individual players. If you play with the camels you will play like a camel. I also believe that the system of old WORKED. There was never a problem with the old system only a problem with a single individual who has since been forcibly removed from the scene. Having more Server administrators mingling day in and out helped to police the servers. It also created a connection between ASIAFORTRESS and the players with whom the players could interact with on a daily basis. You rarely see that anymore today. I believe one recent catalyst that had a very great effect on the community was the recent removal of administrative powers from the old batch of admins. The new system or reporting this and that in forums etc merely complicates a very simple process. Step out of line and get punished. I believe that the time left for Asiafortress to change before this community collapses is brief. A view that many others do share. This is what I suggest you do. 1) Bring back the server admins 2) Simplify the rules so that it isn’t about guidelines or rules. Rather what is logical and in good spirit. 3) Penalize those with a bad attitude and remove them from the community. They are a cancer. 4) Listen to the people and the suggestions they make. 5) Have a central administrator that can reverse the actions of normal admins if you want a level of accountability. Below I have attached some of the current sentiments of some more familiar faces. I hope the community will take this as a wake up call. The problem lies not only in the administrators though that needs reform. But also every one of you who refuses to speak out, say their piece or make things happen. You are equally guilty for any problems as you have not attempted to solve them. =========================================================== At first I had the names of everyone giving the quotes. After that i decided to remove some of the names to minimize the drama. Teal It desperately needs staff but is too proud to take people in. Thinks that newer players are kids and hence, aren't good enough to help out. The Head admin wants to wash his hands off and stick to coding/programming. But then again, only he retains the powers to GIVE powers to people. So its a contradiction. There is no transparency at all, not to the community, not within the admins themselves. No internal communication and I have no idea what the admin team are doing. To summarize it feels that Asiafortress if Mao tze dong and we are his peasants. There is NO fun in Pugs anymore. Its Dead. Spammah 8:48 PM - spammah: its in a good place 8:48 PM - spammah: just needs more staff to help out with its activities nasty 8:55 PM - All-Father: hah 8:55 PM - All-Father: i dun like AF now luh 8:56 PM - All-Father: its like shit shounic 8:57 PM - esp. shounic: I think asia fortress as a community is starting to, and learning to mature 8:58 PM - esp. shounic: the community as a whole seeems to be a lot of self aware and for the better **** 8:57 PM - ****: i got one word 8:57 PM - ****: SHIT 8:57 PM - oaueue: a few words 8:57 PM - oaueue: lol 8:57 PM - ****: x10 bran 8:57 PM - IX: would be better with more activities, and more transparent admins abel 8:59 PM - littlelionman: i feel that the leadership now have little foresight. rufus To me, asiafortress is like an adolescent child. A community is defined by the common values of the people in it, pros and cons alike. What values do I see in asiafortress? There's no denying the competitiveness that we all have, as well as the "trolls" that we all can be. In that sense, it seems that asiafortress has missed something, that is to enjoy the gathering of friends with mutual goals, be it to get better at a game together or just to be able to enjoy it together. Of course that does not mean that there aren't glimpses of this in the community itself but I would say that there isn't enough due to segregation. Whatever the reasons for this, I don't feel that it really matters. In my opinion, it just boils down to what does the community of asiafortress want to create for themselves in the future, nothing more or less. _____ 10:23 PM - _____.: filled with stupid kids Halu 10:28 PM - jihyo: In my opinion, AF has finally stepped on the right track with the help from different parties: admins, players, etc. as a player who started out playing tf2 and joining af since is very first start, I am more than happy to see it expanding in popularity. On the other hand, I think we still need more people with greater motivation if the community really wants to develop itself. Having admirable casting the afc 7 finals is a great move as in bringing the Asian scene to the globe. I am looking forward to seeing more changes in the upcoming future &&&& 10:28 PM - &&&&: hmm 10:28 PM - &&&&: trying their best to keep the community afloat i guess Summer Asiafortress is taking earnest steps to improve on an whole. Even though admin decisions may not always be the best or the most efficient since everyone has different perspectives. The efforts from admins and server coding by nata is app laudable and though they have been accused of not being reasonable they have to do what they see fit. Teddybar 10:56 PM - Teddybär. 1st time buy mouse: istalematey as no one (or very few) has risen to play at an acceptable/high level of play, resulting in substantially lowered standards in regular pug games Erio 10:36 PM - erio: stagnant ========================================================================= After all research I have come to a conclusion. The community thinks there needs to be change. I hope the administrative team will not be defensive but instead embrace those who are willing to help you. There is rarely any love for the community anymore. The best I have been able to garner is mild reluctance or approval. I think that while the administrative team is taking positive steps and working hard. There are lessons to be learnt here and I hope this will be the catalyst for change.
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    gj guys

    http://asiafortress.mooo.com/demos/logs/AFSG320131226-2127.log
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    Morgans Guide to Life

    In an effort to give back to the community before my eventual departure. I present to you MORGAN'S GUIDE TO LIFE This Guide will help you to become a better player and which is vitally more important, a better human being. If you are able to ignore my extreme narcissism and heavenly aura of awesomeness, if you are able to put down your pride and accept that you suck and need to get better. THIS GUIDE WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE There has lately been a influx of good for nothing, lazy, arrogant, rude, disrespectful and sometimes just plain retarded joining our community. All of which sit around waiting to be spoon-fed! WELL GUESS WHAT ITS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN! NO SHIT! THINGS YOU NEED TO WORK ON 1) BE PROACTIVE AND DON'T BE A COWARD When I started playing TF2 in APRIL 2012 ( YEA THAT'S RIGHT LESS THEN A YEAR AGO ) I was SHIT. what did I do about it? I didn't complain I didn't whine I didn't sit back and wait for divine grace to make me a better player. You think you got it harsh when you play PUGS now? ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME! I came from the age where doing anything even remotely retarded earned you a solid spanking from the likes of K1 and our past trolls like Choc,Bunny and OBV. Criticism should DRIVE you to improve. Take the anger take the hate and use it mold yourself into a better player. To get myself better I sat in the PUG servers everyday. Whenever I wanted to play I went out and formed myself a PUG. Everyone who was around would know that whenever you needed a PUG I was the one to approach. I worked RELENTLESSLY. And guess what? HALF THE TIME I DIDN'T EVEN GET TO PLAY IN PUGS I STARTED. OMG YES I KID YOU NOT. Did I complain? NO! DID I GIVE UP? NO. I would sit in the server and watch others reap the benefits of my own hard labor. But i watched them play so that I could improve. I would often play medic round after round just so I could gather game experience. Boring YES shameless YES did it work? YES. 2) PLAY WITH PEOPLE BETTER THEN YOURSELF AND GET THE HELL OUT OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE. After I progressed from playing PUGS and got a little better I started organizing my own scrims. I would often Stack my teams with Players much above my skill level. Players like SUMMER, NATAPON,MM, and ZACH. These guys can be douches in Game. I KID YOU NOT SOMETIMES THEY ARE ABSOLUTE JERKS. But guess what? I didn't mind being the one dragging the team down or constantly getting scolded. Because by playing with people so much better then myself I learnt and learnt fast. 3) ITS NOT ABOUT MGE BUT NEITHER IS MGE UNIMPORTANT I see people dissing on MGE all the time. "MGE HEROES are useless in scrims", "MGE SPOILS YOUR GAME PLAY" or my favorite from NATAPON himself "FUCK MGE". ITS A FREAKING BALANCE OF BOTH! You can have excellent gamesense but if you cant kill shit then WHATS THE FREAKING POINT. MGE IS IMPORTANT TO YOUR ROAD TO IMPROVEMENT! Classic example is my best friend Tharnos. GOD OF MGE FOR AGES BUT NO TEAM WOULD TOUCH HIM. Why you ask? 6 months ago any player would tell you tharnos was all aim no brain. He could kill anything but had the gamesense of a squirrel. When I formed Allstars he started picking up the meta game and experience he was lacking. With guidance and mentoring look at him now. THE GUY IS A BEAST AND COULD POSSIBLY BE ONE OF THE BEST POCKET SOLDIERS IN ASIA. MYSELF,PINKIEPIE,SUMMER AND THARNOS. WE ALL MGE ALL THE TIME. Having a high level of DM is what makes us great. SO GO AND MGE. (EVEN Z COULD TRASH MOST OF YOU ON SPIRE YOU NOOBS) 4)HAVE SOME RESPECT SOME OF YOU LITTLE TURDS HAVE NO RESPECT. Shit i cant emphasize this enough. Understand that SKILL/DM/SENIORITY should not decide how you treat people. This goes to new and old player alike. Learn to respect other players and be humble. Players like QJYAP,SALTS,SNOWWIE(to some extent),teddybar and DQ (just to name a few) stop dissing on new players. You are in no way good enough yet to even attempt to give them criticism. Teddybar and DQ are actually quite good friends of mine, but dissing on new/inexperienced players is what kills a community and shouldn't be tolerated. 5)LISTEN TO THE ADMINS AND STOP GIVING THEM A HARD TIME. AND FFS STOP OFFCLASSING. If you wanna offclass go join highlander. There are obvious situations where offclassing is just retarded so STOP BEING A MORON. NO ADMIN WANTS TO HAVE TO KICK YOU. NO ONE WANTS TO BAN YOU. But by acting like morons you put us in difficult situations leaving us no choice. Retarded statements like "YOU THINK YOU ADMIN YOU BIG AH", "YOU ADMIN KICK ME LAH" are nothing more then futile attempts to engorge your tiny E-penis. And we will kick you and we will ban you. 6)INVEST INVEST INVEST I'm not talking about money, i'm talking about TIME. I've watched hundreds of demos to improve my gamesense. Hours of MGE to improve my DM. Loads of scrims to gain experience. I see tons of you with 4k-5k hours of gameplay with almost ZERO improvement. I have less then 1.5K hours and im already Local Div 1. IT MEANS YOU ARE DOING SOMETHING WRONG SO MAKE A DAMN ADJUSTMENT 7)ACCEPT THE RAGGING, ENJOY THE GAME AND HAVE CONFIDENCE IN YOURSELF. DONT RAGE Everyone tells me Im shit. Spammah,nata,tharnos,aycan,z,summer,halu but does it affect me? NO! Every game you are going to play is going to have ragging. I know they mean well in the end and its all for fun. When they give me actual good advice I listen and learn. AND I HAVE FUN PLAYING. Summer is one player who gets exceptionally moody, ever since he joined our team he has "COLD RAGED" on numerous occasions but I always make him snap out of it. HE IS A INFINITELY BETTER PLAYER NOW BECAUSE OF IT. RAGING GETS YOU NO WHERE AND AFFECTS YOUR TEAM. If you are not having fun you are not going to play well simple as that. Don't let doubters affect you as long as you are doing the right thing. 8)JUST BECAUSE IT WORKS FOR SOMEONE ELSE DOESN'T MEAN IT WILL WORK FOR YOU Time and time again I see this problem. Players watch pro teams like Mix^ and LG and try to mimic what they do. YES YOU CAN LEARN A LOT FROM THEM BUT IT MIGHT NOT ALL BE SUITABLE FOR YOU. Understand that no 2 teams have the same dynamic. Any strategies and plays that you use have to take into account the strength and weaknesses of your team. A little secret that the community doesn't know.I AM THE MAIN CALLER FOR ALLSTARS(HOW CAN A SCOUT WITH THE LOWEST LEVEL OR EXPERIENCE CALL YOU ASK?). Are you like "WHAT ARE YOU SERIOUS?" Yes I am. To Quote BRAN, "IF THAT IS TRUE SOMETHING IS FUNDAMENTALLY WRONG" Well he is WRONG. It works well for us but it might not work well for you. You and your team need to find your own play style that capitalizes on your strengths. i.e Allstars play super aggressive due to superior DM. DON'T FOLLOW BLINDLY! 9) TEAM SPIRIT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING Many people wonder why at ALLSTARS we do so many things differently. We have our own website, matching tags,matching display pictures. The hipsters among you laugh and scorn us. But guess what? IT ALL BUILDS UNITY AND SPIRIT WHICH IS VITAL TO A TEAM. Why spend so much effort and time on matching unusuals and matching costumes? We look and feel more like a team. It scares your opponents and gives you a sense of belonging. It makes you feel SPECIAL. SUMMER our resident hipster has a problem with the cool faerie wings he is required to wear. Well guess what he will wear them or he wont play. We don't care if we lose because of it. WHY? If he is willing to throw away a competition because he is 2cool to be part of the team, that is his cross to bear. PLAYERS TO BE COMMENDED 1)Crimson fire bird. ( You have a great attitude to learning. do not mind that others laugh at you for being enthusiastic. you are following the right path and will only improve in time) 2)Cuteboy ( Proactive and willing to learn keep it up ) 3)Joe ( What you are doing for the community is admirable ) 4)Fuzz ( You may be absolutely horrible at times, but even though misguided your efforts im improving the community are commendable ) 4)Cand and Cam ( Sticking with the community for so long and never hesitating to help ) 5)thelousy (shit i have no idea who you are but thumbs up for the decication ) 6)spammah ( all said and done... <3) Until I have more delightful insights i shall end my post here. Screw grammar,punctuation and vocab
  9. apparently there are no more off-class rules. Dont know if this was due to a lack of understanding but whatevaaaaaa Also other then shounics good hearted attempts i still dont see any of the admin team weighing in on the discussed issues. Disappointing to say the least
  10. Dear Admin Team, Here is an opportunity to speak up
  11. I suggest you all read morgans guide to life. That guy is a genius
  12. On a very serious note I have to interject here. How can you allow an opponent team to complain about offclassing. Every time i get stabbed by a spy ill just lodge a complaint. Doesnt work. Despite the attempts of everyone to ignore my irrefutable logic, this is very very dumb and should be stricken off. With regards to my dear friend caldytron, please see my post where i clearly state I offclass more then usual now.
  13. Morgan

    Sentry traps

    hey im in that video too in the chat box im famous
  14. I suggest all asiafortress players be subjected to this test before being added to the whitelist. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turing_test
  15. PS. I tried to like my own post and it doesnt show. I can confirm it's spoilt.
  16. H2H was by far the best. Yes 1 rule is enough ( I came up with that rule ) Giving people a set timeline to offclass only encourages the behavior. In fact though i rarely offclass, i find myself playing spy so much more often these days so that teal and spammah will say " Im watching you" then I get the giggles. You just need 1 rule. Just the 1. The 1 rule that is enforced regularly. Yes you know which one I am talking about. Yup that one.
  17. ps. why was my rebuttal to these guidelines deleted
  18. i would likewise like to raise complaints vs MM and kol. both offclass nonstop and make it too easy for me to win pugs
  19. Teal had a great post on these guidelines that god deleted
  20. Morgan

    Skill Level of Local Players + Some Sharing

    logical arguments dont work in asiafortress. sad to say the justice system here is as fair as fuzz's skin tone. this is coming from someone who used to be one of the strongest supporters of this community. but alas ive learnt the hard way that there is no such thing as fair in afl.
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    Skill Level of Local Players + Some Sharing

    IM PROBABLY GONNA GET BANNED LOVE YOU ALL On a more serious note I have to retype all this because I think i hit my post limit. I have been saying for well over a year to everyone that listen that the general administration and running of Asiafortress should be passed over to Fuzz. In all honesty despite the good natured ragging and insults that we usually throw at him, Fuzz is an outstanding member of this community. I sincerely feel that the work he has done thus far has gone unappreciated in part due to the nature of his ridiculous beard. However the aesthetics of his face should not take away anything to what he has given to this community. He is one of the most helpful veterans left and the only one I feel would be responsible enough to dig this community out of the sinkhole that it is currently in. Unknown to most, Fuzz is my personal mentor. He picked me out of a pug 3 months after I started to play Tf2 and gave me a chance in the competitive scene. I sincerely credit a portion of my amazing rise to fame from Div 3 to the REAL Div 1 in the space of a year. Likewise as my mentor and one of the founding players of the Allstars, his nurturing spirit groomed me to lead the Allstars to the amazing levels that we reached. ( Tharnos credits his personal development to me too) (as does summer) In short Please vote fuzz for king
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    Skill Level of Local Players + Some Sharing

    [–]Shounic 0 points 4 days ago Excuse me? There has been a lot of forum activity and admin back room work talking about this. If you haven't noticed a lot of us veterans have been busy improving the quality of our pugs... HAHAHAHAHAHHA SHOUNIC YOU VETERAN No hard feelings bro, me and spammah were the first to believe in you. keep the strange scatter we gave you close and think of us when you sleep. ( BUT STILL PLEASE DONT SAY YOU ARE A VETERAN)
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    Skill Level of Local Players + Some Sharing

    BASICALLY WHAT FUZZ IS SAYING IS STOP PLAYERS FROM LEAVING. HE IS RIGHT! Want to know why some of the most respected players left? (Including myself) Bad administrators. Bias. Unfairness. ( THE UNFAIR BANNING OF MY TEAM FROM AFL FOR A PERSONAL GRUDGE RATHER THEN ANY LOGICAL REASON. YES I HAVE CHATLOGS. THIS WILL PROBABLY GET DELETED) Thumbs up marly! Shit bro you are always pure class PS. I have learnt how to use the multiquote button
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