The Brawl News - November 2019

Volume II, Edition I ... No. 63 4 December 2019 FREE



☕ Brawl Fall Sale! ☕
Limited time, starting now!
Ends December 5th at 11:59 PM EST

• Lifetime Ranks: 35% off! •
• Boosters: 35% off! •
• Everything else: 25% off! •
(excluding unbans/mutes)

> SHOP NOW <

Limited Items:
Baked Tag
Juicy Tag
Phat Tag
Stuffed Tag

Plus:
Free Hot Beverage tag with any purchase!​

P.S. Make sure you've logged on in-game
recently to see ALL the store packages.​

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It's back! Our annual Karaoke event will be happening on December 21st at 9pm UTC. It's always a good laugh, and some people are surprisingly good (and often, surprisingly bad) at singing. If you want to have a bit of fun, beat Roke and Tom here. Sing more here.

WarZ Top 10 Clips - Christmas Edition
Same as in October, our WarZ staff are continuing this successful event upload your best kills here, and clip more here! Ends December 20th.

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Winter is here (well, for most of the Northern Hemisphere) and so is a month-long Build Competition. This time around we have decided on a broad theme to bring out the imagination. Get thinking and build whatever fits the season including, but not limited to: iconic characters, family or holiday traditions, intricately designed snowflakes, or even snowy landscapes! Build more here. Competition ends December 31st, get building!
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The CTF Autumn Update brings a multitude of changes, including a full redesign of Necro, with zombies, a reduced flag pickup time, a reduced price on Scout, the Christmas Map Rotation, and much more! Try picking up the flag here.

Summaries by @SoCool21 and @Charlie_0014.

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Christmas Hub
Every December, Brawl turns into a Winter Wonderland with a Christmas Village, seasonal maps, and Winter events, including the present hunt which gives valuable prizes!

Photo credit to @Charlie_0014 and @Ritzy.​

Ghost Client Protocol Changes
1. Ghost clients are now permanent bans.
2. SMODs (specifically, the ban managers) will be making the final decision on ghost client bans. Mods will always be consulted before bans are made.
3. We are now banning for admission of ghost client hacking (on all platforms, on and off Brawl).

Ghost clients are officially defined as the following:
- Aim Assist (equivalent to Smooth Aim Assist)
- Autoclicker
- Reach
- Velocity (equivalent to KB Modifiers (reduced knockback, NOT NO/ANTI-KB))
- Triggerbot
- Player Xray
- Tracers

Featured Brawler
This month, the featured brawler is somewhat obvious, someone who has literally made this entire network a completely different place. Without him, Brawl wouldn't be where it is now - his developing skills and his ability to encourage many players to stay committed to Brawl and its future was so valuable to us. His contribution has been tremendous, especially on Capture the Flag, with his last major update being the Autumn update. The (now former) Developer, who needs no introduction: @redslime! Thanks for everything.
Did I sound too much in love there?

Trivia Question
Last month's question was: As of November 1, how many premium CTF Quick Commands have been unlocked?
The answer is 5916. @Exeadra was the closest with 5555 and earned a forums trophy!

This month's question is: How many different countries are staff members from?
The answer will be revealed along with the winner in the next edition of The Brawl News.

Sponsored Media
After a few months of not including this section, we are including it, since there have been posts in the media section. To qualify for Sponsored Media, post videos here and any media here.

By @Usp45
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Featured Builds
This month, we would like to feature the excellent winning builds in the second two One Chunk Events.

Winning Autumn Cottage: @Theo92160_​

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Winning Turkey: @TheMel0n​

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Articles by @Charlie_0014 and @DarkTitan_.​

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Comment Giveaway
Every edition of Brawl News now comes with the chance to win a month of global ELITE. To enter, just leave any kind of comment below. The winner will be announced in next month's edition.

Last months winner: @Admiral_Munson, Congratulations!

Rule Breaker Report Champions
Here are the players who submitted the most valid rule breaker reports.

• First: @Santamals (38 valid reports) - $15 coupon for the Brawl shop
• Second: @tchuckraider (16 valid reports) - $10 coupon for the Brawl shop
• Third: @Exeadra (12 valid reports) - $5 coupon for the Brawl shop

Be sure to keep an eye out for pesky rule breakers to possibly rake in some prizes next month!

Top Voters
We congratulate the voters below for their support:

• First: @wulfi98 (145 votes) - $15 coupon for the Brawl shop
• Second: @Larh (142 votes) - $10 coupon for the Brawl shop
• Third: @mlien1 (141 votes) - $5 coupon for the Brawl shop

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Resignations
ArcticGalaxy - JMod

Promotions
xxMineSheepxx - Administrator

Ritzy - SMod: WarZ Manager
Carnotauros - SMod: Raid Manager and Events Manager

Yairster - KitPvP Manager
Cardonation - Assistant Events Manager

Carsonn - Mod
Cardonation - Mod
Gould_ Mod
Havai - Mod
MoistMayonnaise - Mod
Ninsanity - Mod
NMHRODMAN1SBEST - Mod
Swit2427 - Mod
Yorei - Mod

Atum - Trial JMod
buhmblebee - Trial JMod
Necromancer51572 - Trial JMod

I think this month holds the record for most promotions in 1 month.

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Statistics
Monthly votes:19,391 (12,180 increase)

Total mutes: 9,147 (427 increase)
Total bans/temp bans: 110,145 (1,411 increase)
Total players: 4,109,702 (8,562 increase)

Forum discussions: 68,377 (140 increase)
Forum messages: 922,535 (1,765 increase)
Forum members: 43,365 (109 increase)

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And Counting Wars.