tw-cabal.navhaz.comThe Cabal's Tradewars 2002 Page

The Cabal's Secret Hideout Our TradeWars 2002 Homepage Web Master: traitor@tw-cabal.com CONTENTS "Information is God. We have information" -Pretender HOME OLD NEWS ABOUT US MEMBERS LINKS STRATEGY TIPS GLOSSARY OF TW TERMS FORMULAS SCRIPTS OTHER News: Dec 15th, 2006 - By Traitor There is a mirror of this site located at tw-cabal.navhaz.com . This is being hosted by Singularity. I'm going to turn over day to day operation of this site to him on Jan 1st. After the 1st, when you go to tw-cabal, it'll be redirected to the navhaz.com site. At least in theory. heh. Congrads Sing! Oh, and it's almost been a year since I had a smoke! 355 days to be exact. I quit cold turkey. My secret? Gum. Not the nicotine gum, but regular old gum. I bought about 20 packs to start, and I made sure I had many different flavors. I put a pack in every place I EVER stashed or carried smokes. My truck, my coats, my nightstand, next to my PC, in the freezer, at work, etc... And I kept at least two packs of gum on me at all times. Every time I reached for a smoke, I got a piece of gum instead. I went through a lot of gum, but it was just as easy to remember to buy gum as it was to remember to buy smokes. I just swapped one ritual for another. Only the new one was much cheaper and healthier. After about 100 days, I got so sick of gum that I hardly even noticed that I had quit smoking too. Happy Hunting! Dec 7th, 2006 - By Traitor Many of you are scratching your heads? If you are one of them, allow me to explain. I'm always happier when I'm pontificating. :P I'll be quick and make only 4 points. 1) After Kemper left EIS I feel that the forums went downhill. There was a long period last summer after Earth took over administration where I was the only effective moderator. And all it seemed like I was doing was deleting post after post, while not having the real power to do something about the root problem of constant puerile smack. It's wasn't worth it. Guess what? It's still the same. Only now I'm not a moderator. Not that I wanted to be one now anyway. I'm was much happier when TW wasn't a job. Woulda been nice to still have been in the beta test group, but I can't access that area anymore. Meh. Don't bother fixing that. 2) I know that "classic" can't continue on the path it is on now. I feel that leaving my website around will only painfully prolong the inevitable demise of "classic". That's one reason why I'm stepping away. I'd rather see something new, or see things go back the way they were. I'm pretty sure that NEITHER is gonna happen. I hope I'm wrong about the former. Certainly if there is less support for "classic", one hopes that there would be more for whatever the hell he's doing now. I am just very worried that this will go down just like TW: Dark Millennium or New Coke . It's a big project with big dreams and big scope creep. In my heart, I want him to succeed and make a great new game! But I feel that it's going to move away from what made TW one of my favorite games. I have this bad feeling that I'll end up being some giant featherless dinosaur when the ice age hits, and all my prey will have learned how to hibernate. 3) There are maybe a 1/2 dozen people that pose a serious challenge to me now, and I don't have time to play at that level anyway. Basically, I can either play a not so serious pickup game and have no real challenge, or I can play at a real high level and get no sleep for a week. Either way it's just a pain in the ass. And the biggest problem is that if I am gonna play, I HAVE to play at my best. I don't enjoy playing at the low level. I can't sit back and relax. I HAVE to win. My competitive nature is an underlying force that drives me both in games and in real life. It can't be denied. Not for long anyway. And while I have done my share of one-on-one training, I don't get too many kicks out of it - hence the website - 'cause it sucks away all of my fun. There are exceptions, I've had the privilege of having some of the finest "students" ever. But it forces me into a leadership position when all I want to do is play an ATM with teeth. So, while there are tons of games out there, it's become difficult for me to find the kind of games that I really enjoy. 4) I got a new life and I'm really enjoying it. In the last year I've focused on real life pursuits, not virtual ones. And I've never been happier. Except for some lingering bitterness about TW...Man, I wish I could get all that time back. Well, not my last victory at AB:CtB. I wouldn't trade that one for the world. All of these things have left me feeling that it's not worth it to keep the site running any more. I don't have the legal resources to stop people from copying/mirroring/hosting these pages if they really want too. I also don't care. However, I am going to recommend that only ONE person host it, and that the rest of you mirror THAT persons site. That way, if there are changes or corrections to be made, then everyone will benefit. This is in response to the demand to keep it active. I would rather it died, but if the community won't let it, then I want a good caretaker. I've asked one person if they want to take over managing the files. Not mirroring, but managing. As in making new entries and adding content. If they accept, then I'll announce things. If they say no, then I'll ask the next person. Heh. I'll post here when I know. If you have sent me e-mail on the subject, trust me: I've read it. I probably won't respond to those because of time issues. If you just e-mailed me to say 'hey' then I'll get back to you eventually. (I get something like 3000 pieces of spam for every legit e-mail from TW people. Thanks to a few miscreants that didn't like how I handled things while I was an EIS mod. It takes a loooooong time for my filters to process my tw-cabal e-mail. Maybe that's the 5th reason I'm leaving...) [edit: I don't want anyone to think that I personally blame JP, Earth, or any of the other EIS mods. Trust me, it's a LOT more complex than that.] Dec 4, 2006 - By Traitor I'm done. No more updates. This site will be going down on Jan 1st, 2007. There are many, many reasons for it. But I'd rather go out on a high note. Thanks to everyone who helped me make this site! But in particular, I'd like to thank the following: Kemper3 aka Harley - If I was the writer, then you were the editor. This wouldn't have been possible without your input. River Rat and Alienbase.net - 90% of the stuff on this site was tested, developed, or discovered on your TWGS. Thanks for hosting so many great games for free! My corp won the first game there * , and I've been a loyal player since. If I ever decide to play again, I'll go look for your server first. Hecate aka Pheo6e - For pissing me off so bad in a game over at Augie's that you actually inspired me to create this site. Thankyou for letting me corp with you when I was a noob and showing me the ropes. Roberts - Every red that has ever MR'ed at a -65 MCIC port owes you thanks. Because of you, we were making 60 million a day when all other corps were making 40 tops. If you hadn't pointed it out to me, I would have never researched MCIC. Cowboy , Adomma , and Kavanaugh - For always being up for a good fight. Many of the strategies and tips on this site were tried out on you guys first. Thanks for putting up with me for so many years. And of course, Elder Prophet . You didn't think I'd forget, did you? Thanks for everything bro! There are many more that deserve recognition, but the above 8 people did more for this site than any of them realize. Happy Hunting! * Well, Game A was the first game banged there, and Banano's corp won that one. But game B was the second game banged, and we won that one on 10/21/00, a week before Banano's corp won Game A. heh. It's all about timing. Oct 31, 2006 - By Traitor Happy Halloween! Oct 27, 2006 - By Traitor I wanted to expound on my previous news post. I'm a scripter. I'm very good at it. I write scripts in my head. Long script...