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← Older revision		Revision as of 16:54, 23 April 2012
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	The '''HI-SKILL ladder''' was a ranking list of players with the goal to encourage competitive gameplay. It was introduced as a replacement for third [[AC ladder]], which demised in July 2009. The HI-SKILL ladder has been hosted and developed by ''Drakas'' till its shutdown on December 1, 2010.		The '''HI-SKILL ladder''' was a ranking list of players with the goal to encourage competitive gameplay. It was introduced as a replacement for third [[AC ladder]], which demised in July 2009. The HI-SKILL ladder has been hosted and developed by ''Drakas'' till its shutdown on December 1, 2010.

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 On October 3, 2010, the support of HI-SKILL by ''RandumKiwi'' ended<ref>[http://forum.cubers.net/thread-1091.html "|NZ| server update"] AC forum. 2010-10-03</ref>. He decided to provide his statistics to the [[AC ladder]] back again.
-On November 11, 2010, ''Drakas'' introduced a replacement of the official 1.0.4 masterserver which was shutdown before<ref>[http://hi-skill.us/board/3937.html "Woop Clan's 1.0 Masterserver"] HI-SKILL board. 2010-11-11</ref>. As reason ''Drakas'' had been stated, that the supporters of the 1.0.x side "mostly believe either that 1.1 is a new game and has lost its competitiveness and only caters to lowering the skill level, or that the way that AC and its forums are being run as of recently has taken a negative deviation. In my case, it's both"<ref>[http://hi-skill.us/board/3966.html "Recent happenings"] HI-SKILL board. 2010-11-12</ref>. With that, the majority of the HI-SKILL servers supported the 1.0.4 release of AssaultCube.
+On November 11, 2010, ''Drakas'' introduced a replacement of the official 1.0.4 [[Master server|masterserver]] which was shutdown before<ref>[http://hi-skill.us/board/3937.html "Woop Clan's 1.0 Masterserver"] HI-SKILL board. 2010-11-11</ref>. As reason ''Drakas'' had been stated, that the supporters of the 1.0.x side "mostly believe either that 1.1 is a new game and has lost its competitiveness and only caters to lowering the skill level, or that the way that AC and its forums are being run as of recently has taken a negative deviation. In my case, it's both"<ref>[http://hi-skill.us/board/3966.html "Recent happenings"] HI-SKILL board. 2010-11-12</ref>. With that, the majority of the HI-SKILL servers supported the 1.0.4 release of AssaultCube.
 On December 1, 2010, the ladder were shutdown. The website is now serving as a static, read-only archived version for historic purposes<ref>[http://hi-skill.us/index.html Announcement on the index page] HI-SKILL website. Retrieved on 2010-12-02</ref>.

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 ==References==
-{{reflist|2}}
+{{reflist}}
 [[Category:English]]
 [[Category:AssaultCube community]]

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 * Only games with at least 6 players (this rule need not apply for the whole game, but an action will only score if there are at least 6 players in the game at that time) were counted.
 * Games have to be play on an official or a chosen non-official [[map]].
-* [[Cheater|Cheating]], [[teamkill|intentional team fire/damage]] (especially with flag carriers), repeated verbal abuse and team fixing (could be defined as putting all the good players on one team and all worst players on the second team) weren't allowed. Not following any of these may resulted in removal of the individual scores, or of team's scores if more than one individual has been involved in that. Extreme cases reported to the [[blacklist]].
+* [[Cheater|Cheating]], [[team killer|intentional team fire/damage]] (especially with flag carriers), repeated verbal abuse and team fixing (could be defined as putting all the good players on one team and all worst players on the second team) weren't allowed. Not following any of these may resulted in removal of the individual scores, or of team's scores if more than one individual has been involved in that. Extreme cases reported to the [[blacklist]].
 ==See also==

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 {{reflist|2}}
 [[Category:English]]
 [[Category:AssaultCube community]]

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 == External links==
-* [http://hi-skill.us/ HI-SKILL ladder]
+* [http://hi-skill.us/ HI-SKILL ladder] (archive page)
 [[Category:English]]
 [[Category:AssaultCube community]]

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 After the demise of the third [[AC ladder]] there were many calls from members of the community for a replacement. The HI-SKILL ladder was announced on September 4, 2009 by ''Drakas'' <ref>[http://woop.us/2089 "New AC ladder"] w00p forum. 2009-09-04</ref>, a member of the [[clan]] ''[[woop clan|w00p]]''.
-During its service time the HI-SKILL ladder was undergoing several updates and improvements. It provided daily, weekly, monthly and all time ranks for players, and separate pages for these. Clicking on a user showed all the information about his games. There have been also some unique features.
+During its service time the HI-SKILL ladder was undergoing several updates and improvements. It provided daily, weekly, monthly and all time ranks for players, and separate pages for these. Clicking on a user showed all the information about his games. There have been also some unique features (''see below''). The list of supporting servers changed alot: Most of them have been fired up by ''Drakas'' himself, but also servers of ''RandumKiwi'' and the [[clan]]s ''[[Armed and Dangerous|Armed & Dangerous]]'' and ''[[Beyond Compare]]'' supported the ladder, too. Also the the [[map rotation]] of ''Drakas'' ' own  servers have been changed a few time to fit better into the ladder concept<ref>[http://hi-skill.us/board/9.html "New maprot map"] HI-SKILL board. 2009-12-09</ref><ref>[http://hi-skill.us/board/1748.html "Small changes"] HI-SKILL board. 2010-07-05</ref><ref>[http://hi-skill.us/board/2111.html "Current maprots"] HI-SKILL board. 2010-07-22</ref>.
 In the course of the releasing of AssaultCube 1.1.x on August 2010, ''Drakas'' had become one of the most prominent supporters of the previous release (1.0.4). In his opinion the new release "...is a new game, it's not the same old AC with that feeling, that some of us been playing since 2006"<ref>[http://forum.cubers.net/thread-571-post-9117.html#pid9117 "AC 1.1 OR AC 1.0.4"] AC forum. 2010-08-13</ref>. In the same post he announced that the HI-SKILL would support both releases. Later he published alternative 1.0.x server lists<ref>[http://forum.cubers.net/thread-658.html "1.0 alternative server list"] AC forum. 2010-08-21</ref><ref>[http://forum.cubers.net/thread-689.html "1.0 alternative server list, v2"] AC forum. 2010-08-24</ref>. To that point of time only minor critics exist about the mixing of the scores of two releases with a different gameplay in a single ladder<ref>[http://hi-skill.us/board/2630.html "Ladder Version Problem"] HI-SKILL board. 2010-08-22</ref>.

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-{{Language|pagename=HI-SKILL ladder}}
+The '''HI-SKILL ladder''' was a ranking list of players with the goal to encourage competitive gameplay. It was introduced as a replacement for third [[AC ladder]], which demised in July 2009. The HI-SKILL ladder has been hosted and developed by ''Drakas'' till its shutdown on December 1, 2010.
-The '''HI-SKILL ladder''' was a ranking list of players with the goal to encourage competitive gameplay. It was introduced as a replacement for third [[AC ladder]], which demised in July 2009. The HI-SKILL ladder has been hosted and developed by ''Drakas'' till its shutdown on December 2010, 1st.
+==History==
-==History==
+On December 1, 2010, the ladder were shutdown. The website is now serving as a static, read-only archived version for historic purposes<ref>[http://hi-skill.us/index.html Announcement on the index page] HI-SKILL website. Retrieved on 2010-12-02</ref>.
-The HI-SKILL ladder is always undergoing updates and improvements by ''[[User:Drakas|Drakas]]''. There is currently support for showing daily, weekly, monthly and all time ranks for players, and separate pages for these. Clicking on a user shows all the information about their games, and with the signatures feature (see below), you can see even more information about a player.
+==Features==
-There are often disputes between members of the community regarding public 'nade spamming' (repeatedly throwing grenades into doorways for free gibs) and other issues because of the ladder, but on the whole, most are grateful for it.
+The ladder also provided user signatures which allowed ranked members of the ladder to create image links to use in their forums to display their levels. The user could modify his image by selecting a different background or a weapons symbol.
-==Scoring==
+=== Points transfer===
-On the [http://hi-skill.us/servers/ designated servers] all relevant game values (number of captured flags, frags, gibs, deaths, team kills, time played, etc.) of the participating players are collected and put into data packages which are sent at one hour intervals to the ladder service. Not all scores count; games must meet these criteria:
+Points transfers was also available to those who have played a while and changed their nickname and/or joined or left or moved the clan. Transfers were going to be performed in the following cases, in terms of the source of the transfer<ref>[http://hi-skill.us/board/6.html "Points transfers"] HI-SKILL board. 2009-10-31</ref>:
-* be played on an official or a chosen non-official map
+* Either the player had been listed with a global all-time rank,
-* have at least 8 players (this rule need not apply for the whole game, but an action will only score if there are at least 8 players in the game at that time)
+* or he had played over 50 hours (on average, for 2.5hrs/day, that's 20 days in a row),
-How scores are calculated is not being revealed.
+==Scoring==
 ==Servers==
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-==Rules==
+==Rules and hints==
-Team fixing on the HI-SKILL ladder is not allowed. Team fixing can be defined as putting all the good players on one team and all worst players on the second team.
+* The ladders statistics wasn't real time. Scores from the servers were updated every hour.
-No intentional team fire/damage, especially with flag carriers.
+* Only games with at least 6 players (this rule need not apply for the whole game, but an action will only score if there are at least 6 players in the game at that time) were counted.
-Repeated verbal abuse will not be tolerated.
+* Games have to be play on an official or a chosen non-official [[map]].
-and obviously, no cheating is allowed on the ladder
+* [[Cheater|Cheating]], [[teamkill|intentional team fire/damage]] (especially with flag carriers), repeated verbal abuse and team fixing (could be defined as putting all the good players on one team and all worst players on the second team) weren't allowed. Not following any of these may resulted in removal of the individual scores, or of team's scores if more than one individual has been involved in that. Extreme cases reported to the [[blacklist]].
-==Extra features==
+==See also==
-The ladder also provides user signatures which allow ranked members of the ladder to create image links to use in their forums to display their levels. Voice communication servers also have been adopted to improve the quality of the gaming.Points transfers are also available to those who have played a while and changed their nickname and/or joined or left or moved clan. The updates page includes an area to post your own comments and feedback.
+* [[List of ladders]]
-For most recent and latest information on the HI-SKILL ladder, follow up on the [http://hi-skill.us/info/ information page] or the [http://hi-skill.us/board/ news].
+==References==
 == External links==
-* [http://hi-skill.us/ The Ladder]
+* [http://hi-skill.us/ HI-SKILL ladder]
 [[Category:English]]
 [[Category:AssaultCube community]]

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		+	The '''HI-SKILL ladder''' was a ranking list of players with the goal to encourage competitive gameplay. It was introduced as a replacement for third [[AC ladder]], which demised in July 2009. The HI-SKILL ladder has been hosted and developed by ''Drakas'' till its shutdown on December 2010, 1st.

	==History==		==History==