Announcement: X-Wing Vassal League, Season Zero

By sozin, in X-Wing

LOL. Well that definately was a good tut. Thank you kindly. It is actually the 3rd one I have watched but the first one that said to hit "forward" a few times after loading.

Once you learn the trick, it is unforgettable :)

As part of Season Zero I'm going to be prototyping some software that makes this easier: namely, an online repository of saved squad vlog files that you can browse by popularity, ship type, pilot, upgrade etc. Think listjuggler's archtype page mashed up with its search feature , with a 'download vlog' option once you've found a list you like. This does require that people contribute their vlogs to a central repo, and I'm pretty sure a lot of people in the community would do that.

(Technical note: Mu0n and Geordanr and I have long dreamed of just programmatically outputting squad vlog files from the list builder itself. I stalled out on the project when I realized that my hosting provider (pythonanywhere) didn't support Java -- Java being the language that the Vassal client and server are written in. Anyways, it is a technically realizable project, assuming that a mapping existed between the xws name specification and the X-Wing module's file names, and you were hosted in a cloud server running Java. EDIT: and you had a bold Java programmer willing to traverse the wilds of the Vassal code base .)

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As you can see, Sozin is clearly the brains behind this little operation. I'm more the cheerleader (and haranguer of those who don't submit results on time).

And we have, by the way, surpassed the number of players brought in by the original movement for a league last year!

We just passed 70!

I will sign up later in the day. About to eat lunch.

Just wanted to comment first that I just completed my first Vassal match against Scout. You guys were not kidding about the comminity. What a stand up guy. Very patient and extremely helpful!

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I will sign up later in the day. About to eat lunch.

Just wanted to comment first that I just completed my first Vassal match against Scout. You guys were not kidding about the comminity. What a stand up guy. Very patient and extremely helpful!

I have had about 20 games on vassal in all. I have yet to play a match where I did not enjoy myself or had a bad experience in any way.

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Up to 80+!

Come on you guys! I bet we can break 100!

Hello all, original creator of the league here. Due to some real life stuff that is far too complicated to get into in this limited space, I have not had access to my reddit account since early November. I had worried about the state of the league, but it seems to be in good hands now.

I would like to sign up and play, so I'll be creating a new set of accounts in order to get registered. Thanks to everyone keeping this going.

He lives!

Glad to have you back.

Count me in.

This community is really awesome, about a year back - Theorist - took an entire night, stayed up til 7am, to teach me how Vassal works and the overall rules of the game that I didn't know at that point.

In

All signed up, as I expect to get bumped out of the play-in league...lol

Signed up. Well... at least I'll get some more Vassal games under my belt... no where to go but up!

In!

I'm new to the reddit forum.

How will we get in touch with the players we are to play with when this starts?

I looked over at reddit and the Challonge but didn't see it mentioned

Is wave 8 and Imp Vets going to be included? Mid January start date on play, I dont see any hope of an official release by then...

I'm new to the reddit forum.

How will we get in touch with the players we are to play with when this starts?

I looked over at reddit and the Challonge but didn't see it mentioned

Reddit has a private message feature that we'll be relying on. We'll also be creating threads for each pod to discuss scheduling, etc. They'll be your best frenemies for a month.

Is wave 8 and Imp Vets going to be included? Mid January start date on play, I dont see any hope of an official release by then...

Cards are legal as soon as they're in the VASSAL module (usually well before product release in stores-a great way to preview and get excited about new things). At this stage, you'll be declaring your list at the start of each game, so new toys will pretty quickly be available. (There may be a slight delay between new modules announced by MuOn and their legality, but only enough for all players to have fair notice). We'll have details about that when the rules are published along with the first round.

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OK so keep an eye out on the reddit section

I have that page bookmarked

We're at 93, will likely break 100 soon.

I am 93 W00T~!

I have never used Vassal but look forward to the league.

100!

...and we're at 101. wow, I didn't think we'd get as many signups as this!

Several folks have asked for what is currently Vassal league. Mu0n whipped up a listing for us!

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