Congratulations and thanks for all the hard work!
The Ladder runs on the system very similar to the Case's Ladder system and, like the TC Battle Center, requires authentication to submit ladder match reports. This is the first time the new ladder has gone in operation, so if you find any bugs or errors, please report them to: absurefire@aol.com
Service has been restored to both message boards.
SitePowerUp.com seems to have gone offline (hopefully, this is only temporary!). There is no current estimate of when service will be restored at this time.
The new Emperor's Hammer Ladder is undergoing final testing before it is activated for public use! The ladder has a design similar to that of Case's Ladder and will use the TIE Corps Database. Hopefully, the EH Ladder project will be completed within the next 24-48 hours.
The database will be going offline for in a few minutes to make room for more updates! The estimated total downtime is between 5 to 10 minutes.
The biggest addition is the Battle Review System. Pilots and officers, using their Administration Access, can rate battles or free missions they have played on a scale of 0 to 5 and optionally submit their own personal review on the battle.
These are new features and haven't been extensively tested, so report any bugs to absurefire@aol.com. More additions to the Battle Center are in the works, including search and custom sort features.
"Have fun...that's an order!" - Bald Lieutenant dude with the metal hand in Starship Troopers
When the main database goes offline for updates, the news page would sometimes return a server error message. This problem has been fixed.
The TIE Corps database, undergoing yet another update, will be offline from 2pm EST to 2:15pm EST.
All Perl programmers are asked to email the RO for a few survey-type questions and a small project.
ROA and CA:RO applications WILL be accepted sometime soon. Please do not send them until they are requested. The RO will probably release that information in a report.
Battle Submission Forms no longer require you to look up a person's personnel record to fill one out.
The database will currently be going up and down over the next hour while I test a few new scripts and features.
Just today, I completed adding support for submitting BSFs for Free Missions. I just wanted to make something clear, though. If the Free Mission isn't in the database, you can't receive official credit for it! The Free Mission listing has come straight from the Tactical Office's Mission Compendium. New missions will be added to the TIE Corps database as they are approved and become available for download by the Tactical Office.
If you have any suggestions for future improvements on the database, encounter any problems using the database, or have an idea or feature you'd like to see put in, let me know via e-mail at absurefire@aol.com!
Full details are availabe at http://to.dotau.net/comp-2-results.htm Participation was approximately 5% of the TIE Corps membership.
If you have a suggestion for a new addition, or improvement, for the Training Competitions, email the Training Officer at jpboyce@ultra.net.au. TO comp #3 is currently set for a September 1st release date.
Today, the TIE Corps has become the largest group in the Emperor's Hammer at 1,120 members!
The Domain has been having sparatic times of being dead every once in a while. They usually range from 5-30 minutes of not being able to connect, please bare with me...
The problems on the TIE Corps Domain have been fixed, for now. All promotion/transfer requests sitting in my inbox have been taken care of! Finally! :)
The TIE Corps Domain has been having some problems processing the scripts that, well, run the site. Hopefully the provider will have things fixed soon. Until then, please be patient as requests may not be processed as quickly. Oh no! Not like the old days! :P
Thanks for all of your submissions and making this one of the biggest in a long time.
This unfortunate turn of events means that I am currently accepting applications for a suitably qualified new Commodore of the ISD Immortal. Interested applicants should provide a resumé of their EH career to date, and include the email addresses ONLY of personnel they wish to list as references. Previous Command experience is desirable, but is not necessary.
All applications should be addressed to kessler@dial.pipex.com
I've updated the mailing list feature to add squadron lists for WCs. Now a WC can get a mailing list for an individual squadron or for their full wing!
Because of an error with America Online, all members received 3 copies of the report. Hopefully it will be fixed next time.
That'll take ya straight to the folder. Tell your friends!
Direct any questions toward Admiral Horn.
You can find the correct way to show the medals on your id line by going to Personnel Search and looking up your own record! The medals are listed correctly directly below your id line(s).