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What risk would you take to get 1,000,000 ToriCredits? Would you risk gambling your items and already existing tc? Would you risk stealing textures or plagiarizing art? Would you risk scamming innocent users in the market place? How about risk getting banned?

Getting banned is probably one of the most feared things that can happen to you in a game or forum. Not just not being able to play but the shame and scrutiny that follows. In the event “Deadly Game” banning is used as the equivalent of death if you fail certain tasks. But what is the Dealy Game you ask! It is an event put on by RuBash. Toribash’s Russian community. Personally I wouldn’t go anywhere near it. The basic details about the event say this much:

• It’s a mostly forum based game where you have to carry out different tasks.
• It’s sponsored by hampa.
• The losers will get a ban depending on what round they lose on.
• There is only one winer and the prize is 1 million ToriCredits.
• Just under half of RuBash’s funds for this year went into this event.

More details you say? But that’s all that it says! If you want the full story, check here and here.

But what specific tasks do we have to complete? I hear you exclaim again. That’s really all it says. An example was given which goes like so: “Read texts on the previous letters of the alphabet.” You know what it means? I sure don’t.

And here’s some food for thought. Have you seen how many users have signed up so far? Now recall what the event page says. “Only one winner.” Therefore all the others will be losers. Meaning, everyone who signed up except for one user will end up with a ban of some sort. :/ Oh, and did I mention that once you’ve signed up, you can’t withdraw your application? Read all the information carefully before making a decision to enter or not.

Summing up, to me this event falls just short of the category: The cake’s a lie. Do a list of tasks you know nothing about and succeed=Get tc. If you don’t really care about being banned and just want to make some money, be my guest. But beware that the chances are not in your favor.

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Sup, rabid readers, to the mega, super blog update. In this blog I will cover all of the recent news and happenings in the community because news in Toribash comes and goes like waves, nothing happens for three months and then suddenly there’s five things to write about in one week. So here goes.

First thing I will alert you to, if you didn’t already see, is that GameMaster apps are open! Yes, the Gms are planning to recruit 5 to 10 players to the trial Gm group with apps ending on December 15th and chosen recruits being announced between December 20th to 30th. How exciting! From there, the best are selected to go on the be the elite event holders of the community who so diligently host tournies and events for your entertainment. They also brought us such events as “Llamas Vs Ponies” and the recent Toriolympics, who’s winners were announced yesterday. Russia taking first place America bringing in second place and Lithuania and Australia coming third.

What’s next…Jarmund has been working on a little project called the Toribank. What it is, is an automated user which takes commands via Pm to chuck tc around. An account owner is the overlord and can add account managers, all of who can manage the tc in the account. It also has a logging feature to track who’s using the tc. It is mainly aimed at clans, who have a designated account made to be the bank that all necessary people have access to. This however is a rule infringement under account trading. Now with the Toribank, clans have a secure bank that doesn’t involve breaking rules. More info can be found here and instructions here. Jarmund has also been busy helping with the Toribash server maintenance currently going on. You might have noticed that playing ingame is dodgy and generally not good at the moment, well, it’s because of this. But keep in mind that things have to get worse before they get better so after this we can look forward to a better Toribash. General information about the maintenance can be found here and details about phase 1, here.

The Clan Council is also currently taking apps for new council members. If you are interested in clans and enjoy seeing them grow and develop, send an app to Fish.

Lastly, December 5th is going to be the first Torinational ishi day, where everyone gets to show their love for ishi more than normal. Set your avatars, sigs, usertitles backgrounds, everything, to something ishi related and show how much you love ishi!

I think that’s about it. Solax out.

Sup Toribashians and lovers of fright. Well, it’s that time of year again. Tis the season to be scary. Halloween is upon us! The forum has been redecorated accordingly and the GameMasters have a nice Halloween event going. Don’t Look Behind You. It involves running from a Gm playing monster and reaching the end of the course in one piece. The Clan Event Team also has an event going. Halloween Card Maker. It involves editing a monster into a a picture of an innocent little boy sleeping in bed. Good chance to pick up some tc and easy points for your clan!

All in all, it’s going to be another Halloween to remember in Toribash. Go beg for some candy. Happy Halloween everyone!

So here we are again. One of the most famous community events is back. The GM’s are promising to show us a massive tourney that is involving  a large amount of players, who are practicing hard to show their skills. But what will the toribashers fight for this time? Looking for a more detailed answer to that question, I had a talk with Uric – one of the GameMasters that are going to promote this year’s  Olympics.

While interviewed, Uric revealed promissory details regarding the event.  And made it even more certain that this tourney will be enthusiastically discussed.

<sidvicious> The Tori Olympics are a well known tradition in the game community. Can we, toribashers, expect big changes in this year’s competition?
<Uric> In all honesty. I didn’t even compete in the Tori Olympics prior to this. So I would have no idea if it will be different or not.
<Uric> However, we have had some spectacular mods made for us by the toribash mod team.

<Uric> Specifically for this event.
<sidvicious> I see
<sidvicious> and we can notice some players are having some problems regarding the new mods, some of them even say the mods aren’t working. And according to a post you made in the T.O thread, you’re working to fix those issues. Can you tell us what issues are those? Will them, somehow, trouble the competition?
<Uric> No they will not.
<Uric> The thing is that the mods were named “TOP_(olympic mod name)” When they should have been named “top_(olympic mod name)”
<Uric> The capital screws up the mod somehow. But, if you manually set the mod ingame “/set mod top_(modname)” as opposed to selecting it yourself from the mod list. It will work.
<Uric> All the GMs know how to do this, so whenever a tournament is hosted in one of these mods, so long as people have them downloaded and in theiir mod folders. It should work fine.
<sidvicious> To assure a peaceful and organized gaming, the GM’s must have their eyes wide open, specially in a tourney of such magnitude. Will the community count with new safety means from the GM? Like heavier punishments for rule-breakers, etc?
<Uric> I don’t see any reason for the punishments to be any greater if somebody breaks clear rules. We have set rules that cover all events we host. If they are broken, the same punishment will be given.
<Uric> No point in bumping them up over a title of an event. ;o
<sidvicious> Indeed. How are the GM preparing themselves for the task?
<Uric> Our board is absolutely full of props and side events. At the moment we are putting the finishing touches on them all.
<sidvicious> Well thats great news
<Uric> Atop that, the MagicalSack (the GMBank) has been fully restocked with over 1,000 items that are worth 5-50k.

<Uric> Each.
<sidvicious> Are you optimistic about the crowd’s reaction? do you think people will ”enjoy” this tourney more than the other ones?
<Uric> That’s the idea.
<Uric> If the public do not enjoy the massive events we host as a team, there is really no point in us being around.
<Uric> So yeah, we have to stay optimistic. And seeing as it has it’s very own unique mods. I’d say the feedback will likely be better than it was for events prior to this.
<sidvicious> And a final one, Uric. In a Clan League event, we once witnessed the introduction of a new color, ‘Alpha Imperial’. Will we have something similar this year? Like the actual creation of a new item, or achievement?
<Uric> The Clan League is being run by the Clan Events Team.
<Uric> GM have nothing to do with it aside from supervising some of the matches.

<Uric> But you’ve picked the right guy, because I manage that team too. ;o
<Uric> The prizes are going to be huge. I will not state any ideas we’ve had yet, because they may not happen. But. We are talking massive.
<Uric> So it is definitely worth fighting for.
<sidvicious> Perfect
<sidvicious> Uric, thanks for your time
<sidvicious> the Blog thanks
<Uric> o7

 

There is no specific date for the beginning of the events. The GM will host one at a time, both ingame and in the forums. Stay tuned to the online servers, and good luck!

Sup guys,

A little while ago, Gorman made a thread in ToriPrime saying he was coming over to Queensland, Australia for a few days. It quickly evolved into the idea to have a little ToriCon thing. In the end it was going to be me, Gorman, Przero and Dalliance. Gorman never showed up.

It was pretty funny when we all met up. We had agreed to meet at the train station entrance to this park. I was there first but there was no-one else. I was heading down the stairs to the platform when I see Przero going up the Escalator. (I knew what he looked like from Skype) I run back up the stairs and met up and stuff. He thought it was pretty random. Then we were just sitting on a bench talking when we saw this guy come up the stairs and look around confused. He went to walk past us and Przero was wondering if he was here for the meet. He kinda looked at us in a  funny way and asked us if we were here for the Toricon thing. (Probably would have been smart to share a photo of each other but what ever.) We were like yea, and then it was all cool. So that was Dalliance by the way. We decided to wait around for about 15 minutes after Dalliance showed up to see if Gorman would show. He never did. So the three of us found ourselves in the city with nothing to do.

Przero and Dalliance suggested we go to this place called Timezone, which turned out to be this cool arcade. So we headed over there. I didn’t have any cash so Dalliance shouted me $20 worth. He’s pretty coo’. So we wasted some time there and then went our separate ways. Przero figured we couldn’t call it a conference because only three of us were there. So it shall be known as the ToriMeet Au-2011 Brisbane.

If you didn’t know about this, then I’m not surprised. It was all planned in the ToriPrime secret board. Mwahahahaha.

About the picture bellow, that’s Dalliance on the left and Przero and the right. I’m the amazing photographer behind this. I won’t share a picture of myself because I look terrible in photos. Go to the show yourself thread in offtopic or buy Toriprime if you want to see.

And that’s pretty much the end. I was tallest so it was all good. Just a pitty Gorman didn’t show. He was busy apparently.

Hello avid blog readers and welcome back for another update of the toriverse.

This time we are looking at the toribash clan league 2011. In the shadow of the recent tori championships the clan events team are holding the clan version of the popular tournament, the main difference obviously being the participation of clans instead of individuals and the amazing prizes up for grabs. For those of you who don’t know, the joint colour alpha imperial, that eternalised the clan Alpha, was one of the prize options of a past clan league. Battling for dominance, prizes and the right to call themselves the best clan are 32 diverse clans battling in numerous mods in a best to 5 game mode. This is sure to be an intense battle since it has been quite a while since the lest clan league. To get some more information i had a quick interview with a member of the clan events team, Gum. Here is what transpired:

<Aakash> So from what i understand there hasn’t been a clan league in a while. Who’s Idea was it to reinstate it?
<Gum> Well the origin of the idea came from a thread Zinx posted. When I became leader for the Clan Events Team, I decided we should host it and started the efforts towards making that happen

 

<Aakash> Just out of curiosity when was the last clan league and why was it stopped?
<Gum> The last clan league I remember was back in 2009. I don’t know why it was stopped, probably just because no one was available to put one together.It takes quite a bit of work to set up something this big.

 

<Aakash> So im sure everyone is curious as to what the prizes are. Would you like to comment on that?
<Gum> At the moment, we are still working on that. Something we know will be given is quite a lot of clan events points and an achievement to the clans that take first and second place.There will be more, and it will be a very nice set of prizes, we are just finalizing the details for now. I’ll post once we have it all decided.We will be making this league worth the trouble for the winners

 

<Aakash> well i know that one of the previous prizes was the introduction of alpha imperial and the winning clan could chose the prize. Will it be the same for this clan league?
<Gum> We may let the winning clan choose their prize, but there will not be a new color. I’ve been told that is out of the question.

 

<Aakash> Do you think this will be a yearly occurrence or are you just testing the waters to see how well it is received before fully reinstating the clan league?
<Gum> This is more of a test to see how it works and see what we can improve for future leagues. If all goes well there may be another one in 2012. I’ll definitely be pushing for full reinstatement of the league.

 

<Aakash> It must have been pretty time consuming to organise an event like this. I noticed that the sign up for the clan league started long back. Did it take a long time planning this event or were you waiting for enough clans to sign up.
<Gum> Well, we had enough clans quite soon after I posted the sign up. The hard part was actually setting it up and getting the brackets made. The planning is still going on right now actually. Its taken a few months but I’m happy we could get it launched before the end of the year.

 

<Aakash> Well I’m sure everyone is looking forward to the clan league. Thanks you Gum for your cooperation and for bringing back this amazing event.
<Gum> Thank you, and I hope this league goes well. May the best clan win.

So there you have it. The prize unfortunately wont be a custom clan join colour but you can still be sure that, even though the exact details of the prize is being withheld, it will be worth the effort and as Gum said the winning clan will bathe in clan event points and even get their very own achievement. Hopefully this will become a yearly occurrence and may the best clan win.

For more information please go here.

It was drawn to my attention recently that there are some new items going around Toribash. These items, are custom sound “textures” or modifiers if you like that will replace the Toribash default sound and use yours in its place. What makes these so cool is that they are individual items. If you only want one or two, you can just get them and not the rest or if you are keen you can invest in a whole set of them. Now, you’ll all want proof. The best I can give you, hampa’s inventory. Hopefully you’ll notice all the custom sound items. This is exactly what I’m talking about. A texture item that you upload a .wav file to and modifies your Toribash sound. How cool! There’s is no price set on them at the moment but as they are available for Toribash 3.1 and above, they could be hitting the shops very soon. Funny how the torishop is currently down for maintenance. This also raises questions about how far off Toribash 4.0 actually is.

These custom sound items will open up new avenues all over the forum from orgs dedicated to creating sound packs to specialized sound designers in the market ready to create packs for rich investors looking for something unique. Every sound will be available in item form. Below is a small description of each one taken from a translated version of Eddy’s Portuguese post here. Big thanks to him for this. He also told me about the whole custom sound subject.

Sound hard break: fracture / dismembered;
DQ Sound: decommissioning;
Sound Draw: draw;
Fight Alert Sound: sound alerts you when our turn came to play, usually when the queue is long or Toribash is running minimized / background;
Foot Step Sound: footprint, step;
Foul Sound: No, sound disabled from the time that the sounds were implanted in the game;
Freeze Enter Sound: The sound of Wii Toribash, Toribash is likely to be implemented in 4.0, the version for Nintendo Wii is a subtle effect at the time for Tori or back in time to move, like a “fade-in” and a “fade-out.” That’s the sound when Tori goes into “freeze”;
Exit Freeze Sound: and here it leaves the “freeze”.
Sound Grading: pass band;
Grip Sound: sound relatively new, launched in recent versions, sound, or run when you hold something opponent;
Hard Impact Sound 1-2: raid on / between objects, strong;
1-5 Hit Sound: hit among Toris;
1-3 Hit Head Sound: knock on the head;
Change Joint Sound: Sounds of the joints, also added recent notation, this sounds when we change the status of the joint (force 1 or 2);
Hold Joint Sound: When we change the status of the joint (hold, relax);
Over Joint Sound: When we highlight the joint;
Click Menu Sound: sound is disabled since the beginning of the Toribash, when there was a symbol of the Toribash that opened the main menu (key) along with control buttons replays, such as fast forward, rewind, pause and play (they will return to duty, God Hampus want);
Mini Sound Impact 1-2: Toris weak beat;
Neck Fracture Sound: The sound of the famous Tori choking on his blood. Fracture neck.
Pain 1.8 Sound: groans of pain … (Delight);
Ready Sound: sound that is executed by pressing “space” as far as multiplayer freeplay;
Select Player Sound: Switch between players (freeplay);
Shout Sound: new sound will play when using the scream / shout;
Slowdown Sound: the famous “pssiiumm” which is played when it happens many collisions and dismemberment at the same time, or when a part of the Tory (or uke) is released in high-speed collision with an object or even glitch.
Soft Sound Impact 1-2: batita between / against objects, weak;
Sound Splash 1-9: blood dripping / flowing;
Feet Swoosh Sound: sound similar to the displacement of air generated by the feet to kick / move;
Swoosh Hand Sound: sound similar to the displacement of air generated by the hands to punch / move;
Swoosh Sound: sound similar to the displacement of air generated by objects in general.
Weapon Sound Clash: collision between two objects that have been marked as a “weapon” in making the mod. Sound off since the beginning of the Toribash sounds, now coming Necromancer;
Weapon Hit Sound: Beat an object marked as a “weapon” against a Tory, too old sound, as above;
Win Sound: new sound, is the sound will be executed when there is a points victory.ng.

That’s a lost of sounds. Even if each one only costs between 2-5k, that’s a lot of tc for a whole set. All I can say is watch the market and watch the news thread. These items, and 4.0 might be closer than you think.

Sup Toribashkins,

If you’re an ex: Smod, Admin, Ninja or Dev, you should be signing up for SlipAnc’s Ex-Staff Tournament. The basis is that all of the old staff members from Toribash’s history will come together to drink ToriBeer, exchange tales of old and participate in an epic Tournament. The Tournament will be held in the “old way,” the way that was used before the invention of the knockout command and the hope is that at least 20 ex staff will show from the 83 invited. The list of invited and attending can be seen in the event thread. I believe that this thread also holds the record for the largest gathering of ex staff. I should stick a glass panel on it and charge you 1k each to look and point.

The following is an interview with SlipAnc

[17:42]    Solax    Where did you get the idea for this event from?

[17:43]    SlipAnc    I was playing with siku and he came up with it.

[17:43]    Solax    How many are invited and how many are expected to attend?

[17:44]    SlipAnc    Well, I have invited 83 members, the list is in my thread.
[17:45]    SlipAnc    From those 83, I can just hope at least 20 will come.
[17:45]    SlipAnc    Unfortunately ex staff doesnt really hang around anymore, especially the old kind from my time.

[17:48]    Solax    Will this be a normal tournament or will there be variations or twists?

[17:48]    SlipAnc    I’m planning on hosting about 3-4 tournaments, actually.
[17:49]    SlipAnc    They will be simmilar to the ones that were helf in my time when knockout wasnt not yet awailable.
[17:50]    SlipAnc    It’s basically a knockout simulation until the semi-last round, then the semifinals are held between 3 people, they have to win at least 2 games to get in the finals. Then after one guy is the third, the two remaining will duel for 3 wins.
[17:51]    SlipAnc    Some may remember this, I know that I really enjoyed these tourney because they were a lot more flexible than the knockout ones.
[17:51]    SlipAnc    They are more fair, too, in my perspective.

[17:52]    Solax    If there is a lower than expected turnout, will you allow ex Tas, Gks, Gms, Msquads etc…?

[17:53]    SlipAnc    I was thinking of making a different tournament for them soon.

[17:54]    SlipAnc    Well right now I have no idea, I’ll probabaly let them play if this doesnt turn out right (I’m still hoping).
[17:56]    Solax    Are you hoping that this will reignite the spark within some the older, ex staff and maybe even see some returns?

[17:57]    SlipAnc    Well, that might just happen. Of course, it would be one of my base goals to get some of the olds/inactives back.
[17:58]    SlipAnc    But then again, it’s just simply fun to see them together.
[17:59]    SlipAnc    Whenever I get in game with any old staff, we’re like “ooh in the old times, hey how what that.. i rememeber you have…” etc, it’s just too cool.

[18:02]    Solax    Will common Toribash peasants be allowed to come and watch?

[18:02]    SlipAnc    That, again, depends on how many will be attending.
[18:04]    SlipAnc    Of course, I want some advertisment and I also would like others to get a glimpse into the old Toribash, since that’s how it

will be, but since the servers have a 30 person restriction, we might not be able to get everyone in.
[18:04]    SlipAnc    The server will be passworded, so they wont be able to play anyways.

So, keen to some Toribash history? Watch this event and see what happens!

A new mini game has just been released by hampa. It is a mini version of Toribash that you can play in a browser! Named Minibash and for the right reasons, this game is a smaller version of Toribash. Like the vanilla Toribash you used to play on game sites, this game is only 2D with movement on only 2 axes.

The gist of the game is to beat challenges set down by the game or by other players. This gives you points. Points can be used for unlocking training to improve your characters strength and such in the mod section. There you can change your characters size for future fights. As always, user generated content is promoted. You can make challenges for others to try to beat! Just make the move and save it.

The game is easy enough, just move the grey parts (hands, feet, head and torso) to the desired locations and observe the ghost. If you are satisfied, click the icon down the lower left corner. If you have struck a pose and are waiting for the time to run out, you can speed things up by holding down the button. You get points for hitting your opponent and a decap is an auto win.

With your hard earned credits you can train up your strength, mass and reaction time. Strength? The harder you hit! Reaction time gives you smaller turnframes like Toribash and mass allows you to mod your character more. If the training is going too slow, pay gold to speed it up!

You can expect work to be done on this in the future so keep an eye out for this great new game and in the future hopefully we can see it on the iphone!