Transformers Heavy Metal War News on Seibertron.com

Game's back up

Date: Wednesday, March 2nd 2005 12:53am CST
Category: Heavy Metal War
Posted by: Maximus Prime

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Obviously if you're reading this you've noticed that the game has returned. Hopefully it's all running smooth and will continue to do so.

Check out the thread regarding the situation here.

Game's down for now.

Date: Tuesday, March 1st 2005 3:29pm CST
Category: Heavy Metal War
Posted by: Maximus Prime

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Seibertron has posted this notice here:

"Hey guys,

Sorry I had to do this today. But something is wrong in HMW that has been killing the server for the past 2 or 3 days. I've taken the game offline until I have a chance to take a look at the problem. I apologize for the inconvience."

We will let you know when things get back up, or keep checking the thread above for updates.

Again, we apologize for any inconveince.

Some new things you may have noticed

Date: Monday, February 28th 2005 12:39pm CST
Category: Heavy Metal War
Posted by: Maximus Prime

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It appears that Glyph and Seibertron have been busy within the game. Some players have noticed that they can "Select All" in the CR Chamber and in the Arena while others have noticed that there is a new action within the battles: Retreat.

Glyph had this to say about the changes:

"Well, I had a feeling there might be some fallout from the mission changes... Most of the stuff that's going on in this update is happening behind the scenes, so I appreciate you won't see much of it. Let's just say that the game should now be running more smoothly with less drain on the server's resources.

OK, retreat - this is something we've wanted to put in for some time. After all, how often did you see TF battles really go to the last man standing? No commander who fights like that all the time is ever going to win a war. However, the version that's currently in the battles is a stopgap - simply limited by mission time because we had to do something about the problems with E/Rs and to a lesser extent E/As, which were causing havoc by running on and on. I admit, it looks like it may have been set a little too short (there are more rounds going on in the game that don't get reported, e.g. if a bot can't find a target), so that can be extended a bit.

As AS said, the eventual plan is to have it be motivated by a combination of Intel, Rank and Courage - but this will be accompanied by the long-rumoured 'group tactics' as well. For now, though, it's there as a necessity; just a bit of a quick-fix so that we could get an update out more quickly and then develop it later.

Tactics have been tweaked a bit to try to stop Ram and Strafe completely owning the arena and missions respectively. Dual tactics should find they're not so hamstrung, Strafe now doesn't make the strafer unhittable for a few rounds (it doesn't stun either, but it used to), Ram's stun depends on both combatants' stats (Gore rams Bumblebee; Bumblebee rams Gore - should they both have the same effect?). The hope is that this, and forthcoming alterations, should encourage people to try out more varied stat configurations rather than just using the Strafer-with-a-SAR or Rammer-with-Axe-or-Fangs cookie-cutter.

Hope you enjoy playing with it, there's more to come..."

View the entire thread here and feel free to post your comments.

So just what the heck is happening??

Date: Thursday, February 10th 2005 9:47pm CST
Category: Heavy Metal War
Posted by: Maximus Prime

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Okay, I'm sure that after seeing a news article from December alot of you are wondering whether or not we have just decided to walk away from anything to do with the game.
I assure you, we haven't.

Glyph has been very busy working behind the scenes on the game and will hopefully be close to bringing some changes to the live game, but I'm sure he wants to be absolutely sure everything is good before he presses the switch since we are all quite aware of what may happen.
As for myself and Alpha Strike... well, we are around, and soon we are actually going to get together and rotate some alts for you guys.

With that note, keep playing, there are some changes coming up that we're sure you'll enjoy.

Armor page is up and running again

Date: Thursday, December 23rd 2004 1:04pm CST
Category: Heavy Metal War
Posted by: Seibertron

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Just in time for Christmas, Glyph has modified the Armor page. Keep your Transformers warm by putting some Armor on them before sending them out to battle in the cold during this Holiday season.

Merry Christmas from the HMW staff!
Glyph, Maximus Prime, Alpha Strike and Seibertron

The exciting status of HMW

Date: Saturday, December 4th 2004 8:10pm CST
Category: Heavy Metal War
Posted by: Seibertron

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Hey guys, I thought I'd drop by to let you know a couple of exciting things that are happening with HMW. I just finished setting up the design site for Glyph. He will be able to work on the current code and begin development on new ideas and features that we would like to implement. I can't believe someone is crazy enough to get involved with this project, but I have a feeling that a lot of really, really awesome things are just beyond the horizon.

For more information about the things that Glyph will be working on, please check out this thread in the HMW General Discussion Forum.

On a more personal note, I can't thank Glyph enough for stepping up to the plate and offering to help with the game. This is the first time that I've worked with anyone else in the fandom on this level. I have surprised myself with how excited I am about the potential of this partnership.

Wow, things have been happening!

Date: Friday, December 3rd 2004 1:27pm CST
Category: Heavy Metal War
Posted by: Maximus Prime

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It's been a crazy week, that's for sure. I got married last Saturday, Galvatron Prime stepped down as moderator in the Energon Pub, and our own Glyph has been announced as the new programmer for HMW.

Lots of stuff are in store for the game and the site so make sure you stick around to catch any more changes that come our way.

And on a personal note, I thank you all for the warm wishes from my day. It was a great wedding and the start of a great life with my bride. Thank you all.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Date: Wednesday, November 24th 2004 4:57pm CST
Category: Heavy Metal War
Posted by: Seibertron

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Hey guys, I put the HMW game back online for the weekend - though I am not entirely sure if it will be up permanently or not, depends on how the server does this weekend. On a more personal note for all of us, Maximus Prime will be away this weekend tying the knot with his fiancee! In the meantime, enjoy the game!

HMW is offline until further notice

Date: Friday, November 19th 2004 4:43pm CST
Category: Heavy Metal War
Posted by: Maximus Prime

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Heavy Metal War is currently offline due to a variety of reasons. The game WILL return at some point in the future. There are aspects of the game and the community that need to worked out and until they are the game will remain offline.

We apologize for the inconvenience if you are a Heavy Metal War player. Please continue to be a part of the online community within the Energon Pub and don't forget to check out the other features that the entire site has to offer.

The game will return in the future, so don't be caught unaware! Check back ever so often to see what's going on. Again, thank you for being a part of this.

Sincerely,
The staff of SEIBERTRON.com

Glitches from past 24 hours with HMW fixed

Date: Friday, April 9th 2004 2:22pm CDT
Category: Heavy Metal War
Posted by: Seibertron

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I fixed the bug with the Heavy Metal War game (HMW) that was caused by the server problems yesterday evening. I apologize about any inconvenience from the delay of fixing this.

I´ll check in over the weekend to make sure that everything is working a-ok. If you have any additional problems with the Unknowns, please let me know by posting in one of the threads on the Heavy Metal War Discussion Forum. Enjoy and have a great Easter weekend!!!