The Brawl News - March 2021

Volume II, Edition I ... No. 68 11 April 2021 FREE
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Do you live under a rock or in a hole? If so, you probably missed our April Fools News! Read all about Roke and Randy's love story here: https://www.brawl.com/threads/77570/.

If you haven't seen the April Fools News, then you probably don't know Ritzy and MineSheep are buying everyone Lifetime Elite here!They just don't know it yet :V

CTF - Winter Update
Class Rotation
F for Free Fridays, because the free classes will be rotated weekly in these five groups:

Spoiler: Groups

• Group A: Assassin, Necro
• Group B: Scout, Mage
• Group C: Engineer, Pyro
• Group D: Ninja, Chemist
• Group E: Dwarf, Elf

Per Map Stats
We're now collecting more statistics and information about maps. You can access our findings at https://www.brawl.com/games/ctf/maps and by running /map in-game!

Engineer Changes

Spoiler: There's a bunch

• Heal Aura
  • Click-activated, no passive holding ability (5s cooldown)
  • Gives 1 steak/heal pot to teammates in radius
  • Applies Regen III to teammates for 5s
  • Global per-player cooldown on receiving steak to prevent Engineer teaming
• Speed Beacon
  • Throwable, deploying structure
  • Gives Speed II for 5 seconds to teammates
  • Self-destructs after 10s
  • Obeys standard structure restrictions
• Miscellaneous
  • TNT destroys enemy webs
  • Change pickaxe for equivalent sword
  • Reduce TNT cooldown 6.5s >> 5.5s
  • Buff leather armor Prot I >> Prot II
  • Can see steak/instant heal pot count of everyone

Scout Changes

Spoiler: Plenty here too

• Swap Mana
  • Swap mana with 1.5s refill time
  • Hit targets (including those on cooldown) restore mana
  • Scout can see swap cooldown above heads of players
• Death Tag
  • Death tag effect can no longer be removed
  • Decrease effect duration 15s >> 8s
  • Everyone receives an announcement when a flag carrier is tagged
  • Amplifier on flag carrier increases from 1.2x -> 1.75x over 5 minutes of the scout's flag being gone
    • 1.2x for non-carriers
    • Enemy team receives an announcement after 5 minutes

And that's not all! Read more about Overtime mode here: https://www.brawl.com/threads/77426/.

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CTF - Cross Teaming/Griefing Policy
On, April 3rd, trucing and not playing the objective, to the point where those who want to play cannot, was disallowed, incuding but not limited to:

Spoiler: How to get Banned

• Trucing with the enemy team in/around your flag (Objective)
  • Ex. Intentionally letting the enemy team steal or remain in your flagroom, letting a Medic sit in your flagroom to heal opposing team member, etc.

• Intentionally assisting the enemy team in any way (Griefing)
  • Ex. Punching the enemy flag carrier forward, intentionally swapping the enemy flag carrier to mid, and buffing players on the enemy team, etc.

• Intentionally negatively impacting teammate gameplay (Trolling)
  • Ex. Webbing teammates, allowing enemy players to spawn camp your teammates, intentionally blocking sightlines of Archers on your team, etc.

Read more about WarZ Cross Teaming here: https://www.brawl.com/threads/77559/.

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CTF - Spring Update
Following a very successful Winter Update, and careful consideration and balancing by the ideas people, we released the awe inspiring Spring Update, featuring 6 new classes, 41 new maps, and new flags!
There were too many complains about the banner flags, so we replaced them with wool flags, and the sheep came too!
New Classes

• Mechanic
• Wraith
• Paladin
• Monke
• Shade
• Weirdo

Read more about the new PPM HOST rank here: https://www.brawl.com/threads/77545/.

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• Lifetime Ranks: 30% off! •
• Boosters: 25% off! •
• Everything else: 20% off! •
(excluding unbans/mutes)
Ends April 18 at 11:59 PM EST

Sale Includes 4 limited time tags: Egg, #Blessed, Bunny, and Vibrant
And the Rabbit Pet!​

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WarZ - Recode Gameplan
For Season 3, WarZ's undergoing a complete recode with a ton of new features! We want to be as transparent as possible with our four gameplan threads. There's alot here, so read more at https://www.brawl.com/threads/77438/.

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Minecraft Party Deluxe Updates
*puts giant banner here*

• You can now buy Powerups during pregame
  • They're also more expensive
• Players now transparent in Boat Race, Frogger, Maze Game, Minefield, Rainbow Jump, Red Light, Green Light, and Wipeout
• New Hide and Seek blocks
• 4 New Maps (Boat Race, King of the Hill, Infection, and Hide and Seek

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Build Updates

• Build 3 has been upgraded to 1.16 and no longer has any of the issues 1.13 Build had!
• New Entity Gui and limits:
  • 200 paintings or item frames per world
  • 40 of all other entities
• Voxel Sniper has been added!
• Join a Player menu now displays occupied public maps and which players are on them!

Join the Build Community Discord for the latest: https://discord.gg/YfggJm9​

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Brawl Rap Battle
The winners of the Rap Battle event are:
1st Place: Jaden
2nd Place: Schnoop
3rd Place: Ryan

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Featured Builds
With the new wave of CTF maps upcoming, we had to show off a coupe that take good pictures.

Ice Box
Based on the Valorant map of the same name, which creator @ItalianPenguin calls a good map.I @'d you. Visit it on Build with /map 445094 and at https://www.brawl.com/threads/77229/.

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Shadow Isles
Designed by visionary @redboo123 (with a tad bit of @Daveeeeeeeee and @Pompion), this "uhh haha" themed End ruin is very striking with shaders. Visit it on Build with /map 182772 and at https://www.brawl.com/threads/76861/.

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Featured Media

By @Nunyabizniz

By @Cooper​

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Unusual Screenshot Contest
Have any screenshot of things that don't normally happen on Brawl, like a mod building huts on CTF or players completely emptying the Diamond Mine pit? Post them in #screenshots on the Brawl Community Discord for a chance to win 2 months of Global Elite in the next edition!

The previous edition's winner was @Axe_the_Miner with

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Trivia Question
Last edition's question was: As of February 1st, 2021, how many bans have been executed for the reason "Requested"?

The answer is ‬357, @crowmeme was the closest and earned a forums trophy!

This edition's question is: As of April 8th, 2021, how many players have achieved Yoshi Rank on Minecraft Party Deluxe?
The answer will be revealed along with the winner in the next edition of The Brawl News.

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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 the next edition.

Last edition's winner: @NinetyThree, Congratulations!

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Top Contributor
Starting this past January, the top contributor in the Brawl Store, each month, receives a custom Cosmetic Tag!
This past February's Top contributor is @Shunziki!
This past March's Top contributor is @ssiah!

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Top Reporters
Here are the players who submitted the most valid rule breaker reports.
February 2021

• First: @Warrey (62 valid reports) - $15 coupon for the Brawl shop and a forum trophy!
  
  
• Second: @headsie (21 valid reports) - $10 coupon for the Brawl shop!
  
  
• Third: @Mnkynoodles (16 valid reports) - $5 coupon for the Brawl shop!

March 2021

• First: @Warrey (30 valid reports) - $15 coupon for the Brawl shop and a forum trophy!
  
  
• Second: @Dignitaries (21 valid reports) - $10 coupon for the Brawl shop!
  
  
• Third: @FourbittenFS (20 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 edition!

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Top Voters
We congratulate the voters below for their support:
February 2021

• First: @Zarpin (158 votes) - $15 coupon for the Brawl shop and a forum trophy!
  
  
• Second: @Gyseline (140 votes) - $10 coupon for the Brawl shop!
  
  
• Third: @wulfi98 (135 votes) - $5 coupon for the Brawl shop!

March 2021

• First: @Zarpin (174 votes) - $15 coupon for the Brawl shop and a forum trophy!
  
  
• Second: @Gyseline (150 votes) - $10 coupon for the Brawl shop!
  
  
• Third: @wulfi98 (146 votes) - $5 coupon for the Brawl shop!

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Resignations
Havai
NODUSMEE
LemonTheCake
Rejeqted
Rhos
CodePunisher
FourbittenFS
Garrieth
RadicalRavioli

Promotions
Charlie_0014 - Senior Moderator - Build Manager
Gyseline - Senior Moderator - CTF Manager
Industrious - Project Manager & Applications Sub-Manager (No Rank Change)

Shundo75 - Moderator
wulfi98 - Moderator
Valkyrean - Moderator (Raid)
Cross_Flame - Moderator (WarZ)
AnonymousGalaxy - Moderator (Raid)
pandanielxd - Moderator - Build Team Manager
Blessed - Moderator

mze - Global Junior Moderator (Raid)
TomD3 - Global Junior Moderator (CTF)
Trenny - Global Junior Moderator (CTF)
Rriordan - Global Junior Moderator (WarZ)
Warrey - Global Junior Moderator (WarZ)
Fireshadow007 - Global Junior Moderator (Build)
YinYangBear - Global Junior Moderator (Party)

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Statistics
February monthly votes: 3,227 (395 decrease)
March monthly votes: 3,208 (19 decrease)

Total mutes: 16,474 (712 increase)
Total bans: 140,054 (3,398 increase)
Total players: 4,347,017 (36,495 increase)

Forum discussions: 69,962 (186 increase)
Forum messages: 934,854 (1,724 increase)
Forum members: 46,666 (481 increase)

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