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As of the time of this posting, merely 20 hours remain until Vice War IV begins. As we clean up and prepare for the event, we'd like to post a few reminders and changes for all participants.
Event Date and Time
Vice War will be held starting on Saturday, August 23 at 00:01 UTC and ending on Sunday, August 24 at 00:01 UTC.
If you do not know when this is in your local timezone, here is a countdown:
http://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/to?iso=20140823T000001&p0=1440&msg=Vice+War+IV&csz=1
This countdown is accurate regardless of what timezone you are in.
Game Rules
Remember to familiarize yourself with the rules of the event:
http://vu.vrocker-hosting.co.uk/index.php?topic=5230.msg61397#msg61397
Server Info
The server is being hosted on maxorator's Public Beta box at 188.165.123.242:8192. The server will unlock automatically once the event has begun.
If you are having trouble reaching the server, please inform a staff member ASAP.
More information about the gamemode can be found in this thread:
http://vu.vrocker-hosting.co.uk/index.php?topic=5343.msg62480#msg62480
IRC
Our IRC echo channel is #ViceWar.echo on irc.liberty-unleashed.co.uk (http://irc.liberty-unleashed.co.uk). If you've been in this channel the past week or so as preparations have been underway, you may have noticed the echo bots join, but not respond to anything.
IRC bots are now responsive and commands can be seen using the !cmds command. Prepending messages in the channel with . also acts the same as using !say.
The ability to speak in the IRC channel is a privilege that can be revoked at any time by banning you. Spamming the echo channel or otherwise causing problems will result in you being removed.
Updates on bases and team points will only begin to appear once the event has started.
Voice Communications: Mumble Server
As a service to all players, a Mumble (http://wiki.mumble.info/wiki/Main_Page) server is being hosted for Vice War which either team is welcome to use, and password-protected team channels are available for use.
See this thread for more details:
http://vu.vrocker-hosting.co.uk/index.php?topic=5344.msg62482#msg62482
Details have already been provided to Red Team members.
Blue Team, if you would like access, please have a representative PM me to retrieve your team channel's password. I will not be adding myself to the Blue Team's forum group to post it, in order to avoid accusations of espionage.
Have Fun!
This event has absolutely no real competitive bearing, it's just a friendly contest to unite members of the VC:MP community and have a good time. Certainly use strategy so that your team comes out on top, but do not take it too seriously.