User blog:Banarama/The Tournament (& Image Project) Ends!

Another week, another rush of events! I almost got swept away, but lived to tell the tale. We’ve seen lots of exciting events come to a close (and new ones preparing to begin) this week, yet all of it has been captured wonderfully. Here it is! *plops huge stack on phone/tablet/laptop/desktop/Smart TV™*


 * -|Changelog News=

Skimmer
Hopefully the Developer hasn’t gone on yet another hiatus; however, the updates seem to be slowing down quite a bit. With luck, something new will be coming soon!
 * The Unnamed Destroyer Upgrade has finally been renamed to the Skimmer!
 * No other known technical changes have been made to this tank.
 * The tank selector in diep.io now has “Skimmer” written below the tank; however, the name change for the said tank has not yet been mentioned in the changelog.


 * -|Wiki Event News=

Sandbox
The next Sandbox will be on April 1st, 2017. It falls on a Sunday from 3 PM EST to 4 PM EST, then there is an hourlong gaming session. We hope that many people will attend!

New Board
A new Diep.io Board has been created in the Forum. This board is for anything related to the game, tanks, updates, mechanics etc.

Image Replacement Project
The Image Replacement Project is just about done! We thank all users who worked long and hard to make this happen, but naturally we will be rewarding the top four most helpful users for their services. And the winners are... Fourth Place — Oo1oo2oo3oo4 Though fourth, his contributions are not valued least. With 14 images contributed to the project, his help is appreciated. In return, he shall receive the “Image Replacement Volunteer” Medal for all time. Third Place — Aaron99TR Congratulations Aaron, for winning third place! You uploaded a grand total of 29 images, & though not all of them were used, most of them were. For this, Aaron will receive: Second Place — Graviatar Congratulations Graviatar! You won second place! With a grand total of 30 images, each of unrivaled quality, you came close to first place. For your excellent contributions, you shall receive: First Place — Smgamermat77 Without a doubt, Sm contributed the most to the project by far. Though her images are perhaps not as clean as Graviatar’s, she uploaded a whopping 81 images for the project, & almost all of them were used! For this much help, she has earned the following rewards:
 * 1) The “Image Replacement Volunteer” Medal forever.
 * 2) The option to pick one of the two following rewards:
 * 3) *The right to request any colors, gradients, or fonts for the duration of one week.
 * 4) *Instant acceptance as an Intern; no Résumés required. Effective the moment this reward is selected.
 * 1) The “Image Replacement Volunteer” Medal forever.
 * 2) The one-time right to be instantly admitted as an Intern upon request; no Résumés required. You can hold on to this request indefinitely; you don’t have to cash it in immediately. Whenever you feel like using it, leave Ursuul  a message.
 * 3) The right to request any colors, gradients, or fonts for two weeks. No imported fonts. Overrides the standardized News Team Colors.
 * 1) The “Image Hero” Medal forever. Or, if she prefers, the “Image Replacement Volunteer” Medal can be granted instead.
 * 2) On April 10th, Sm will be named the next Editor of the Month, of March. Rewards for becoming the Editor of the Month include:
 * 3) *The “Editor of the Month” Medal forever.
 * 4) *The “Editor of the Month” Tag (currently visible on Nobellion’s profile) for one month. She may have it styled in any way that she wishes, or she may keep the current style.
 * 5) *Her profile showcased on the Main Page.
 * 6) *The right to request any colors, gradients, or fonts for one month. She may choose one imported font.
 * 7) **This reward she will receive immediately, but the Tag & Profile Showcase will only be granted on April 10th, when the current Editor of the Month steps down. The EotM Medal will only be received when she herself steps down from that title, on May 10th.

Now that the rewards have been allocated, the News Team once again reaffirms its gratitude to all users who participated in this project. Though not everyone received rewards, many helped, & it is appreciated.

Spanish vs English Diep.io Wiki Tournament
We have successfully completed the Spanish vs English Diep.io Wiki Tournament! As always, we thank Aaron99TR for helping facilitate & officiate the tournament!

Remember, the semi-finalists were: Semi Finalists Ursuul vs Nobellion

Aaron99TR vs Arcade Mr. C Nobellion recalls his match with Ursuul I can recall my time fighting Ursuul, he was tough and used the Overlord. I opposed him with a ramming Booster. When the match began, I tried circling Ursuul but the map was too small and I found myself quickly cornered. I panicked and lunged toward Ursuul but his maxed-out drones were too powerful to penetrate and I lost Round 1.

The next Round, I decided to counter Ursuul with his own strategy, an Overlord. I maxed out my drone stats, and put in a few points towards Movement Speed. When the round started, I realized that Ursuul's drones were heading straight for me. I dodged them and instead of covering myself with my drones, I led them towards Ursuul. Ursuul tried to defend himself but there were no drones left to help him. At the last moment I pushed my drones out and killed Ursuul. Then I died from a Pentagon like a N00B.

When the third round started, I sent my drones straight towards Ursuul as he sent them toward me. I managed to dosge a few but, Ursuul couldn't and was killed. It was a close fight but I loved every second of it. GG. Grand Finalists Arcade Mr. C vs Nobellion And the winners are... 1st: Nobellion 2nd: Arcade Mr.C 3rd: Aaron99TR <div id="button-toggle" class="wikia-menu-button mw-customtoggle-opening" style="padding-left:10px; padding-right:10px;">Nobellion recalls his match with Arcade Mr. C</U> In the first round, I waited for Arcade to chose first as I knew that that was an excellent strategy. After a few seconds it seemed like Arcade knew my strategy as well as he wasn't doing anything either. I stayed patient and then Arcade cracked. He chose a Sprayer. I came back with an Overlord because of how well it did against Ursuul. I dodged his bullets and killed him easily.

The next round, I chose first like an idiot. I chose an Overlord. Seeing this, Arcade retaliated with a Penta Shot. I thought that this would be an easy kill but I was mistaken. The Penta Shot's bullet field was so powerful that it wiped away my drones, leaving me unshielded. I died.

The final round, both of was very tense. We were just waiting for the other to chose first. Aaron99TR, the Judge, saw this and was irritated as he needed to leave soon. He proposed a plan that we would each PM him the Tank that we would play as. We agreed. I told him that I was going to stick with the Overlord, praying that he wouldn't choose Penta Shot again. Aaron then replied that both of us had chosen the Overlord. I was overjoyed! And finally, when the round began, I pushed forward with my drones, took his ones down, and destroyed him. I was so happy that I won! I thanked Aaron, said GG to Arcade, and left chat Spanish vs English Tourney Hub!

Calls to Action
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 * -|Wiki Policy News=

Discussions Guidelines
The Discussions Guidelines have been completely finalized, along with the Categories & theme. Our Discussions are now fully operational & ready for participants! Visit Discussions!

File Uploads
Previously, it was planned to restrict the uploading of useless files & instead rely on the External Image Loader script. However, these plans were utterly destroyed when Fandom Staff deleted the External Image Loader script & barred its use. Since there is no other way to showcase images besides uploading, all restrictions have been lifted from File Uploads, except for a ban against pornography & gore.

Demotions

 * Captain Hayden — Voluntarily demoted himself due to his decreasing amount of activity; more information about the reasons for his resignation can be found here.
 * Oo1 — Joined the News Team but then soon resigned after a short time.

Hiatus

 * Mother Of Ships — Should return around March 29th.
 * Kuro redfox — Returned.

We have many interesting happenings to share with everyone this week, so lets dive in!
 * -|Tech News=

New Anonymous User Buttons
Midas is at it again with more useful code. Now, anonymous users will not see “View Source” on Edit Buttons. They will instead see “Sign in to edit” emblazoned across the button, & better yet, clicking on the button will direct anonymous users to Special:Userlogin, which will further help them down the road to becoming editors!

Discussions Feed
We’ve installed the DiscussionsFeed JS snippet. It allows you to view Special:DiscussionsFeed, which is basically Special:WikiActivity, but for Discussions. Don’t worry if you receive an initial error message, just wait for the script to load & the feed will be viewable. If not, then reload.

Discussions Link
The old Maps button was removed from the Top Nav, & replaced with a link which leads to Discussions. For now, Forum & Discussions exist precariously side-by-side.

Editcount Link
Mirroring the GeoDash Wiki, we have added a user tab that leads to Special:Editcount.

ListUsers
A modified version of ListUsers has been installed on our Wiki. It allows anyone to create a list of users within a certain User-Group. For example, here is a list of users in the Sysop Group (admins): Loading…

External Image Loader Death
As noted before, Fandom Staff have deleted the External Image Loader script, so any ExternalImageLoader templates currently in use will now simply display their source URLs.

Bot Status Report
Özün Oldun has been flaking out of chat recently. This is due to the fact that the junker computer she runs on frequently overheats & shuts off, which takes the bot offline & causes gaps in the Chat Log. However, next month she may have a replacement computer, which will not overheat as often & therefore allow the bot to run more smoothly.

Miscellaneous

 * The Profile Masthead had its spacing tweaked slightly.
 * Infobox border radius tweaked slightly.


 * -|Future Plans=

Community Corner Overhaul
The Community-corner is just about finished. Thanks to extensive efforts by SuperRobot & former-admin Captain Hayden, in addition to final touch-ups by Ursuul, the Community-corner is of an acceptable stature. If anyone believes it needs more info, or some tweaks, please leave suggestions in the comments.

Mobile App
No status updates have been received from Fandom Staff, but they will be relayed by the News Team whenever we receive them.

User-Groups Pages
We have created one User-Group page this week: Rollback. Kudos to NecroTheTank for initiating its creation! The statuses of the remaining User-Groups are displayed below:

Main Page Expansion
The promised changes from the previous week were not able to be followed up on, & this Project was placed on hold.

On Hold Plans

 * 1) Main Page Expansion
 * 2) Oasis Theme Overhaul
 * 3) [ Monobook Expansion]
 * 4) Franken Forum Board Rules
 * 5) Community-To-Do-List Overhaul


 * -|Opinion Polls=