The Golden Age of Pirates

Wc3 morphs into Spore

2008-10-09T10:49:00.000-07:00

Since i'm here i might as well show you one of my new passions. (this is not an invitation to stalk me on spore)

rubbing it in my face?

2008-10-09T10:20:00.000-07:00

So some people have recently been contacting me telling me how great they're doing and how wonderful their projects have become and if i would like to rejoin. So i felt compelled to respond.

1) come back to what?
2) do what when i return?
3) come back to whom?

answer:

1) my maps have been taken over by others (1 by permission, another was hacked)
2) i haven't modded maps in 2 years nor do i have a wish to do so again
3) the community hates me and would rather see me dead rather than to return.

i hope that was clear and concise but i really don't see the point to do so anymore.

If you want to support battleships then you can so do by supporting serraAvenger's Battleships Antartica project, theimmortalone's pro series. TKF's naval battle series, saynotowar's crossfire series, druma and ej's maps or Widowmaker's CSE series. Me? i have no passion left to give back to a community that would just destroy me the moment i did.

9 times

2008-05-15T09:00:00.000-07:00

UPDATE: it's official wc3 is old meme.

There are but a handful of people in the greater wc3 community left who ever made a real difference and those are too few and far in between. The hive for example, in it's greatness has lost a lot of those kinds of members and this seems to be duplicated elsewhere. The same thing will happen in sc2 as the blizzard communities don't seem to hold the longstanding members that other types of communities do. Regardless of that, life carries on and for those who have aspirations to start your own gaming community i say: don't waste your time. You'll just get hacked or you'll spend 24/7 protecting your assets and get hacked eventually anyways. Spend time with your family and real life friends instead and you'll attain far more riches than the few dollars you could get out of google ads or 15 minutes of fame.

adieu

Empire Battleships V 1.0

2007-10-10T16:08:00.000-07:00

Author: 13laderz
Category: AOS
Tileset: Village
Dimensions: 96x128
Playable Area: 85x116
Recommended Players: 10
Size: 1991 KB
Download: here

Its britain vs the rebellion

2007-10-07T15:00:00.000-07:00

Main Status Report Thread

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Total #of West Clans = 16
Total #of East Clans = 16
Total #of North Clans = 4
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Total # of all Clans on all 3 Servers = 36.
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Total # of people in all West Clans combined = 497
Total # of people in all East Clans combined = 461
Total # of people in all North Clans combined = 214
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Total # of people combined in all clans on all 3 servers = 1172
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Final Analysis:
It is my guesstimate that there are currently 2750 or so Battleship players/fans on bnet.

The breakdown for that analysis is as follows:

1200 active clan members
500 inactive clan members
300 new battleship players(not yet in clans)
700 recreational players.

All information, up to date as of 10/5/07
This information to be updated every month.

2007-09-23T16:26:00.000-07:00

Our new Site index page for Sc2c.com, our Starcraft2 Modding and Gaming Fansite to stay directly affiliated with Gaop.com

13attleships Sunken Ruins Loading Screen

2007-09-22T15:07:00.000-07:00

Created by Drumamasta

I'd like to thank myself for inspiring druma

Battleships Elements Released!

2007-09-21T11:48:00.000-07:00

Author: Soul-Scythe
Category: AOS
Tileset: Lordaeron Summer
Dimensions: 96x128
Playable Area: 85x116
Recommended Players: 10
Size: 221.9 KB
Download: here

13attleships Sunken Ruins Released!

2007-09-20T04:22:00.000-07:00

Author: Drumamasta
Category: AOS
Tileset: Sunken Ruins
Dimensions: 128x128
Playable Area: 97x108
Recommended Players: 10
Size: 1524.6 KB
Download: here

"This map is still a beta, but this version is more balanced than the last few. Only things that remain for me to finish is making more ships (i have plenty of unused models in import waiting) and also finishing trading. For now, please play no trade mode as I haven't added the traders to the triggering yet. Please report any bugs or imbalances on my forum area here or at the 13sG site at 13sgmap.16.forumer.com

Thanks very much for all the continued support for this map, its helped quite a bit. A lot of people have said they liked it, I hope anyone here who downloads likes it as well. I will get to work on another version with trading done when i can, for now host it around and have fun!"

1.194 Loading Screen

2007-09-18T01:18:00.000-07:00

Battleships 2.1 Blood Released!

2007-09-17T15:46:00.000-07:00

Author: 2ero_Sug4r
Category: AOS
Tileset: Black Citadel
Dimensions: 96x128
Playable Area: 85x116
Recommended Players: 10
Size: 241.7 KB
Download: here

The war between South Forces and North Forces must end. Buy Ships, weapons and equipment and destroy your enemies base!

This is a BETA map.

GAOP works with X.AM to build relationships for the future

2007-09-16T23:13:00.000-07:00

After the big fallout between 13s and other clans, and with the closing of x.am, things were looking Grim. So i reached out to dragonheart.bsm and Widowmaker and came up with some plans to integrate our immediate communities. Those plans have not yet presented themselves, but i digress. For now we want to build bridges and not burn them. While GAOP was never directly involved in the big dramafest that took place on bnet, we still have ties with all communities and there are certainly times when we cross lines as humans do silly things. Despite this non-comformative statement for this post, the context of it stays true, that we are not involved. But not getting involved also means losing out on certain events which will transpire in the coming months, events such as tournaments, and what-not. With other battleships projects on the horizon, we thought it fitting to preserve the spirit of battelships and therefore put our asses out there, exposed for the world, to make, what we hope, a positive impact on the Greater Battleships League. While we have no real say in any disputes within Clan 13s ourselves, we can however put our 2 cents in, in hopes it will get others thinking. Well after posting down Ref's comment on Tug, several others responded which ultimately led to a conversation between me and widow in private through the instant messenger system on my site. What ensued was a candid talk between me and the leader of Clan 13s (who some consider the Spokesperson for Battleships in it's current state). Being the elder statesmen and original founder of the clan, i found it necessary to put things as they may be, which is in flux. After mentioning to Widow, in 2000 words or less, what my current thought process on this debacle was, we came to an agreement to work together (right now just by coming up with ideas) to better our leagues and most importantly to bring us all together, as, with how it stands currently, things are quite divided and clans are rather fragmented on our server.

GAOP goes gaga for Blogs

2007-09-16T23:03:00.000-07:00

In an attempt to promote Wc3 Battleships to people, i've created this blog in hopes that it will eventually turn into a place where people can come to see information, pictures and important links for anything within our immediate community.

Enough talk, it's time to get to business.

Ultimate Battleships Pro V3.04 Released!

2007-08-10T13:57:00.000-07:00

Author: Lord_Dark_Raven
Category: AOS
Tileset: Lordaeron Summer
Dimensions: 96x128
Playable Area: 85x116
Recommended Players: 10
Size: 1845.3 KB
Download: here