The Power Advantage DBZ RPG News Archives: October 2002
Updates/News
10/26/02 - Wow, I finally found the time to post on the news! Anyway, hits have been good, I need to check Bandwidth, tomorrow (Although I'm assuming it'll be fine), and I've been working on various things. In case you hadn't noticed, we reached 150,000 hits on October 15th, and I appreciate Voon and Daron sending in the pictures. I've been trying to keep up-to-date on the member updates, and have been succeeding quite well, actually. Auras have been added, and are in the Handbook. Yes, there is a lot of writing. No, they are NOT complicated. Once you get your head around the idea of them, it's quite simple. The PA Cosplay contest will open either today, tomorrow or Monday, so get your Dragonball costumes out! I've almost finished prototyping the new trainings (I've got up to and including Part Saiyans done), and am also lowering the price of Wandering Wise Alien to 1500; 2000 is too much for any Wandering-Wise training.
Not much else to say; I've been really busy, and we won't be having a Saga anytime soon. Keep training and checking the site and forums, though!
-LanderZ
10/22/02 - I just wanted everyone to know that, even though LZ has closed clans for a short while I have made a new alliance site (due to the fact that I lost the password to the old one). LZ wouldn't let me update each members Alliance links, however I have updated the link on the clan pages. You can find the new page here. Other than that, the usual, keep sparring, training, etc.
- Android 17
10/13/02 - Well, the tournament is more or less done and accounted for. All we are waiting for is Piccolo to choose his prize, then Zero will get the chance to. For the upper part of the doubles tournament, since no battles were really done I'm giving all a refund. Again, I would like to remind people to PLEASE stop harassing us about updating. I unblocked many people today that were telling me to update. That's all I have to say really, keep training and checking the forums.
-Hoboman
10/12/02 - Wow, another News post by me. I must have too much time on my hands. Anyway, Bandwidth up to last Sunday is looking fine, and hits over the past few days are looking great. We're keeping a constant 60+ individual hits per day, which is awesome, considering people are in school, etc. We are still working our way through the Auras on the Forum, with the Aliens, Androids, Demons and Humans having finished their choices of free attack auras, and Namekians opening today. If you are one of the people who missed in those races, you can always buy your auras, later. The Join form has been updated to ask for your Signature Aura, with instructions of how in the notes before the form. The FAQ is almost ready to be released in version 1.25, with everything up to the J-section 'finished'. We have a few Quests waiting to run, including Group Quests of 16/17 and Karthias/Jeice, and a single from Kagemusha. A note to Mirai Trunks and Gokan; I apologize for not keeping count of your Super Saiya-Jin uses, so you're both at 20 uses, now. Keep count from there, and send in a bi-weekly (Every second week) count of your usages, please. The new trainings are in the making, with help from the input given by members. They should be up in the next week, with some luck. I plan on making a new Earth Quest format for people who are succeeding far too much, as to allow people who don't win a slightly easier Quest, and still challenge those who win constantly. After that, I will make the Namek Group Quests, and try to make the formula for my set-up of the Black Star Dragonball Quest. Clans will still be down for a little while, seeing as they have been put on the back burner both by myself, and by the members. There needs to be some formatting and fixed done to how they work, to give the people more power. There have been rumours circulating about a new upcoming Saga, but I regret to inform you that I just don't have the time, right now, for it. In 2-4 weeks, I should, but until then, I'm swamped.
On a more positive note, we're fast approaching 150,000 Hits. I will be awarding the person who can get a screenshot-picture (Or copy/paste the button) of the 150,000 Hits, and give what time it was gotten (To the minutes), 250 credits, and if we don't get the exact number, whoever gets the closest will get 100 credits. We seem to still be popular, even during the school year, and this only make me proud to be working for such dedicated members as yourselves. You should all be very pleased with yourselves; you've been great to work for, and have kept the RPG running, even through the tough times.
Please keep training, recruiting, and checking the forums!
-LanderZ
10/04/02 - Yes, I am alive, and I even have some small news, to boot. Bandwidth is looking fine, probably because many of the members we have will be deleted this weekend. Based on the last 4 weeks of spars, non-elite members will be removed from the RPG for inactivity. Also, taxes will be implemented this weekend, as well. If you owe money, it will be defaultly paid back, and if you don't have enough, you will pay back what you can, then be fined, and then not be allowed to purchase anything until the debt is payed off. I have also been working on the new trainings, as well as a little bit of work on the Quest formulas and FAQ, and I'll post the changes when I feel I have enough to satisfy a version 1.25 rating. I have a few Saga ideas, but due to time restrictions, I won't be holding it any time soon. I will be, with any sort of luck, adding 'auras' this weekend, which will come into play with new trainings. Auras are the 'colour' or 'energy-type' of your techniques. Warriors get the most auras, obviously, while non-warriors get fewer. Most attack-techniques (Non status-affectors and non-multipliers/transformations) will have auras. The naturally learned trainings will all be a set aura, while the techniques gained through purchases will be choosable by each individual person, due to the invariable auras throughout the animé (Kamehameha is seen as both yellow, and blue, etc.). I hope to have more news on this once it's done. I have a few people ready to Quest, including Androids 16 and 17, Kagemusha, and Hoboman, and I would like to let everyone know that we have several deceased members who would really like to be revived. The list, as of now, includes Wolfwood, Orgun, Stratus, Tidus, and... I think one more person, although I can't remember. Please check up on them, and get reviving! Until then, keep checking the forums and training. Most of the new aura things will be done over the forums, to save my email from overloading, so if you're interested in that, keep an eye on them.
NEW NOTE: No time for a new post, so here's a note to consider. If you wish to get your RPG auras for FREE, rather than needing to pay for them, check the forums, and keep an eye on them! Secondly, inactives have been removed from the RPG, but there are a few people still in the danger zone. Zonecop Selphie, Don, Mephisra, Lain, Piccolo, Tien, Euqirne and Squirrel are all on this list, and will be removed this coming Sunday if they are not shown to be active. To the deleted members; no use complaining, now. You were removed in two waves; those who had gone noticably long periods of unacceptable time without showing activity, and then those who hadn't sparred in 4 weeks.
-LanderZ