Newsletter #3
======To the Bonus.com Armored Cavalry=======
Wow! What a month! Sorry about the delay in getting this newsletter out to you all. With Summer Games ending and a whole lot of new features in the works, we have been very busy. Watch for some new multi-player games coming to Bonus.com in the next few weeks!
In this issue: Tournament Cup Winners, Tournament Schedule, Tips and Tricks from Manny, Practice Field Rankings
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After the 'smoke' cleared over the 6 hour Labor Day Battlefield Marathon, it was SSS-MOKIN who took away the Gold Cup! Silver went to karina, and Bronze was won by lamer. Also finishing strong it this historic tournament was Purple, mushu, whiner, wild-boar, and Aquaman.
Congratulations to our other recent tournament winners! (September)
Gold Cup Winners:
BONEAPART, A_GIRL (2), Arkus, Malia, Backstabber, Aquaman, Mushu (3), Phatty, Unkillable, PEACEMAKER, Will_Smith, cut, SSS-MOKIN, karina, underdog, Wolf2000, SHARKY (2)
Silver Cup Winners:
Da_Hawaiian (2), guest085, Lynx2000 (3), Master_P, Wiseguy, karina (2), DA_BOMB, whiner, bob, Mags, Kain, Dragon_Force, Predator, Jizzy, karina, Bombo, underdog, PURPLE_PRIDE
Bronze Cup Winners:
Warpath, Boomer (2), Doughboy13la, DH_BULLS_FAN (2), PawPaw, Zen, Boogeyman, poidog, CHEETAH, cut, Master_P, Monkey_Toes, Lamer, Jay, Mushu, NWO4LIFE, Wolf2000
For a complete listing of tournament finishers, visit:
http://www.bonus.com/bonus/card/scs_battlefield.html?referrer=BN and click on 'Tournament Top Lists'
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Upcoming Tournaments
October 1st, 4PM to 5PM
October 3rd, 12AM to 2PM
October 4th, 10AM to 2PM; 3PM to 7PM
October 7th, 3PM to 4PM (only posted in this email, not in Bonus.com)
October 10th, 10AM to 12AM; 2PM to 4PM
October 11th, 9AM to 12AM; 1PM to 4PM
We will also occasionaly have unannounced tournaments during the week.
For a complete listing of the tournament schedule, visit:
http://www.bonus.com/bonus/card/scs_battlefield.html?referrer=BN
and click on 'Battlefield Announcements'
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Tips and Tricks
We have had a few people write in with complaints about players leaving Battlefield rather than being deactivated. While retreating in the face of overwhelming odds is a good idea, (who hasn't been attacked by 5 tanks at once?) giving up and fleeing in a one on one battle seems to be very unpopular with many of our players.
There is a delay when someone tries to exit Battlefield, your tank stays on the field allowing your opponent to hit you with a few more shots. The primary reason for this is that the server hosting the game doesn't know you left right away. It takes a few seconds for it to realize that your tank is no longer active.
Many people have written to us asking that people NOT BE ALLOWED to exit the game so easily. The problem with this is the occasional computer or Internet problem that causes you to freeze. If we made it harder (or take longer) to exit the game, many people would be deactivated while frozen or exiting the game while not in a battle.
Tips to helping Battlefield run faster and avoid freezing:
1) Exit ALL OTHER PROGRAMS! Email programs will almost always cause Battlefield to freeze when it goes to check your account or download email. 'Messaging' programs can also cause problems when you recieve incoming messages. The only thing you should have running is your Internet connection and browser with Battlefield running.
2) Uncheck the 'download sounds' box if you have less than a Pentium 120 with 32 megs of RAM.
3) If you leave Battlefield, then want to go back, exit all your browser sessions and restart before returning. This can help clear your memory.
4) Upgrade to the latest version of either Netscape Navigator or Internet Explorer
For more tips and tricks, as well as player comments, visit:
http://www.bonus.com/bonus/card/scs_battlefield.html?referrer=BN
and click on 'Player Comments'
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Contributors! I need new tips and tricks from you! Please send in creative and original 'advanced' tips to customer.serivce@bonus.com for publishing in this newsletter. I would also be willing to publish some short stories about Battlefield, maybe from the perspective of the tank?
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Sincerely,
Manny
customer.service@bonus.com
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Special Lists - Many of you have asked for your rankings in the Practice Field, here they are! Watch for the top 500 list from 'Rocks and Swamps' next week, see how close you are to the TOP 25!!!
1st Bomber_Man, 2nd Phatty, 3rd J, 4th KAY, 5th karina, 6th BELLA, 7th Juggalo_Joe, 8th Ru, 9th JoeBeta, 10th BANDIT_1, 11th Fred, 12th Bombo, 13th JiMmO, 14th TuTu, 15th Aldi, 16th SHARKY, 17th Killer, 18th JoannaCool, 19th topfisherman, 20th Dark_Knight, 21st mannycanny, 22nd Kain, 23rd PEACEMAKER, 24th killer321, 25th Killer2000, 26th cool_man, 27th bball34, 28th CCQ, 29th shooter_bob, 30th sexywine, 31st Pokemon_Master, 32nd Ryu_and_Ken, 33rd RB, 34th BigBensDad, 35th BANDIT, 36th Bule1, 37th Spoon, 38th Dragon_Force, 39th Sub_Zero, 40th THE_DEACTIVATOR, 41st mannycanny2, 42nd Warhammer, 43rd Jake12, 44th Titanic, 45th Reno, 46th Gabe, 47th Purple, 48th Zen, 49th SAM, 50th Napoleon, 51st EXTERMINATOR, 52nd Battlefield_Expert, 53rd Jet__James, 54th xa, 55th toopi, 56th CHICKMAGNET, 57th ninja, 58th Link, 59th Deathscythe_Zero, 60th five_tanks, 61st Sailor_Moon, 62nd anj2002, 63rd Skaarj, 64th Mr_Slamma, 65th cean, 66th fave_tanks, 67th TheBroncoFan, 68th Steve, 69th Patton, 70th cut, 71st BIG_BIRD, 72nd Shang-Wuen_Liu, 73rd 7, 74th Sting, 75th pep, 76th sweetie5, 77th Hogan, 78th surf_kid, 79th TOP_FISHERMAN, 80th Frank-o-Matic, 81st the_tiger, 82nd jimbo, 83rd SuNnY, 84th DaisyDoll15, 85th jja1, 86th The_Great_Monkey, 87th Fireball, 88th Michael, 89th General_Silcon, 90th Catt3, 91st KILLER_MEDIC, 92nd Tyler, 93rd Cobra, 94th batou, 95th SKOAL, 96th Mcgrath, 97th bob_freeman, 98th Doughboy13la, 99th superhawk, 100th General_Cobra, 101st PRINCESS_MELANIE, 102nd Angel, 103rd starry17, 104th FROZE_COLD, 105th will, 106th Mushu, 107th Adam, 108th Ace, 109th orange-1, 110th Judge_Dredd__DL, 111th Jay, 112th Basketball, 113th Bri, 114th General_Nuisance, 115th J, 116th Deathscythe_Zero, 117th Lahl, 118th Bomber_Man, 119th Viper, 120th bearlyagirl, 121st Hercules, 122nd DOOM, 123rd omoT, 124th kelvin, 125th D_Bro_3, 126th Phong, 127th viper2000, 128th BRUISER, 129th gg, 130th Carnage, 131st Ken, 132nd Austin316, 133rd Business, 134th Gothic_Princess, 135th Panda, 136th cybo, 137th killerkid, 138th toothy, 139th Nick, 140th BOB, 141st Dash, 142nd muna, 143rd Squadron, 144th Stone_Cold, 145th DH_BULLS_FAN, 146th Stuff, 147th Tuxedo_Mask, 148th billy, 149th geduak, 150th Firebird, 151st bareon, 152nd Henry, 153rd Viper, 154th Josh, 155th CGal, 156th Jt, 157th demolitionist, 158th Germy, 159th Bigben, 160th Zacky_Wacky, 161st Joshua, 162nd badjim, 163rd Sport, 164th animorpher, 165th SHADOW, 166th thy_enchanted_one, 167th Cooljosh, 168th Ge_heg3, 169th Angela, 170th Dude, 171st Uhhh_Butt, 172nd hufejuice, 173rd hell_fire, 174th SGT_FIRE, 175th philipx1000, 176th barbie, 177th John, 178th HkyGirl, 179th Pete, 180th puregoddess14, 181st CaptainCrunch, 182nd dont_shoot_me, 183rd Tony, 184th arya_suria, 185th Petunia, 186th Death_Angel, 187th killercombat, 188th atomsmasher, 189th Little_Man, 190th Wolfman, 191st Megatank2, 192nd kelly, 193rd playrulz, 194th Terminator_2, 195th Otterpup, 196th ArchAngel, 197th Josh, 198th Moozle, 199th Crosscountryace, 200th Element-wind, 201st TODD, 202nd elmo, 203rd Fury, 204th Anonymous, 205th kickininyourpants, 206th batdude, 207th terrormachine, 208th 50f1, 209th fred, 210th Cool_Kid, 211th Diablo, 212th Shooter, 213th Country_Boy, 214th T-II, 215th MATT, 216th All-Star_7, 217th austin, 218th Tennis, 219th bob, 220th Turok, 221st fox_99, 222nd albert_joseph, 223rd Wade, 224th warrior, 225th Sandshark, 226th Wild_Bor, 227th Death_Master_DL, 228th 1CuteChick, 229th Sporty, 230th John, 231st player2, 232nd Elons_good, 233rd Ragnarok, 234th V701DB, 235th ultra_killer_2, 236th God_Of_Fire2, 237th Chricter, 238th Battlezone, 239th Destructorbomb, 240th Toughguy, 241st Casey, 242nd Heavy_D, 243rd ICEMAN, 244th gman100, 245th Troy, 246th BK, 247th Jizzy, 248th Inferno, 249th BUB, 250th Mushu, 251st Dark_One, 252nd Wes, 253rd AznViet, 254th Whitty, 255th Mario, 256th Bhirsh, 257th Vipor, 258th Daser, 259th 7, 260th mode, 261st adam_yoshi_mario, 262nd Franky, 263rd libby, 264th puma_king, 265th Meckman1, 266th NjHockeyFan, 267th viper, 268th Steel, 269th SuperTanker, 270th wax_man, 271st No_Limit_Tank, 272nd Daniel-Son, 273rd Goro, 274th Chris, 275th Tato, 276th Tony, 277th Flame, 278th ace, 279th Meggers, 280th Grady, 281st David_, 282nd underdog, 283rd Jere, 284th sassy, 285th killerkid2, 286th AD, 287th Hector, 288th CyberSurfer, 289th Ken, 290th Somebody, 291st Skywalker12, 292nd Bomberman, 293rd rad, 294th Backstabber, 295th mossimo500, 296th WaveLength, 297th air_razor, 298th Forthree, 299th ICE, 300th Slade, 301st Jobob, 302nd badboy43, 303rd singh, 304th killer, 305th Dragon, 306th starwars, 307th Romz, 308th J, 309th snowfox, 310th gassman, 311th LaKeb, 312th z0rg, 313th Karl, 314th ddp, 315th Zak, 316th big_willy, 317th coolman, 318th Zaza, 319th nolan, 320th Other_2, 321st vic, 322nd Hilfiger, 323rd Ben, 324th The_Princess, 325th Hannah, 326th MATT, 327th Monkey, 328th cody, 329th Antman, 330th Sharky, 331st JimsBBS, 332nd mister, 333rd jonjon, 334th Kaps, 335th benji, 336th Ed_Troche, 337th DOUGHBOY, 338th THE_RED_KILLER, 339th ee, 340th Mammoth_Tank, 341st Maverick, 342nd Hawk, 343rd Phoenix, 344th ratboy, 345th Merlin, 346th Captain_Shang, 347th wes, 348th Psycho, 349th aana, 350th Il, 351st Gina, 352nd bunker259, 353rd Azn_Bomba, 354th FOOTBALL_PLAYER, 355th Davyface, 356th B_J, 357th lauren, 358th marvin, 359th Fish_Master, 360th Kevin, 361st Big_Mac, 362nd HellHawk, 363rd junior2222, 364th toiletpaper, 365th TheHewer, 366th aaron, 367th cody, 368th JB101, 369th Spider-Man, 370th tomcat, 371st Mike, 372nd aaron, 373rd Arachnid, 374th Gage, 375th Daddy, 376th HAHAHAHA, 377th sporty, 378th DorkyOkie, 379th G-MAN, 380th Tim, 381st Randall, 382nd Bob, 383rd Tut_Hotman, 384th solomon, 385th Laxman, 386th Scream2, 387th TJ, 388th Viper, 389th Tino, 390th Storkboy, 391st Salsa, 392nd mike, 393rd Vukadin, 394th Matt-man, 395th ziggypop, 396th KILLERKID_3, 397th JMSunshine, 398th RMan, 399th Neuronix, 400th ZTheis, 401st Nick, 402nd ComanderBob, 403rd sam, 404th Blue, 405th daniel, 406th Ric, 407th ace, 408th Wobbles, 409th OneBeautifulGirl, 410th kv, 411th Hot_Shot, 412th EBoB42, 413th Oscar, 414th Feline_of_Storm, 415th setzer, 416th Viper, 417th WEDGE, 418th Little_People, 419th ss, 420th Terry, 421st Robert, 422nd Me, 423rd rick, 424th Tank_Killer, 425th THE_Destroyer, 426th jyoti, 427th blondie, 428th Stalker, 429th Stingray, 430th slinky, 431st bryce, 432nd C3Thomas, 433rd lint, 434th ace, 435th poncho, 436th dipsy66, 437th MATT, 438th Fire_Demon, 439th Goof-Off, 440th Andrew, 441st BOB, 442nd Richard_III, 443rd karinaiscool, 444th kill_me, 445th Mega_Tank, 446th Micheal, 447th Picasso, 448th PAIN_IN_THE_BUTT, 449th gnaya, 450th Merchant_Of_Death, 451st Brian_Reynolds, 452nd sunny, 453rd lopta, 454th fbi, 455th Michael, 456th snarf99, 457th nm88, 458th Iceman, 459th Badboyy, 460th Rini, 461st Patience_Combs, 462nd NicholasC, 463rd cps3000, 464th Jon, 465th MR_COOL, 466th Ben, 467th Devil, 468th pt, 469th ole, 470th Tobias, 471st Andres_Devetac, 472nd Bomber, 473rd Dave, 474th cookster, 475th Yourself, 476th Stacey, 477th Mari, 478th Michael, 479th Billy_Sahachartsiri, 480th DGXHBK, 481st Duke, 482nd nm88i, 483rd Carrie1300, 484th swill, 485th Vertigo, 486th battleman, 487th SaTaN, 488th MAX, 489th Gaga, 490th REDX111, 491st Dyll, 492nd michelle, 493rd Wen, 494th Kevin, 495th Frogginator, 496th todd, 497th MARVIN_ESPINO, 498th MONGOOSE17, 499th MARVIN09, 500th Dave,