Hey everyone, just wanted to get some quick updates out about various things going on within the clan; including items like the Weekly Clan Event, internal ranking structure, and updates from the Battlefield.
If you would like to apply to be a member of AK907, there’s a new application created here: ak907.net/apply – Current [AK907] members, please direct interested candidates there to apply for membership.
[AK907] Weekly Clan Event
The [AK907] Weekly Clan Event has been happening regularly the past few weeks, however there has been multiple issues going on with stats logging. Part of the issue is that EA/DICE are not tracking things (at least not publicly) like advanced battlereports (like the ones we used to pull off of BF3Stats.com for BF3). AK907 members installed and configured a stats logging plugin (check it out here: http://battlefield.ak907.net), however the logging is not quite as detailed as we would like. Plus, you really need to have a background in SQL to get the right queries to get the data and reports we would like.
I will be working on an interim solution that will enable stats logging to a separate SQL database (outside of the public one mentioned above) only during the time of the weekly clan events. This will help us to more easily “use what’s already there” as far as the stats logging and web plugins go. I should have this ready to go before game time tomorrow, though I haven’t heard from Gr0wzy or Dedaciai yet as to what the challenge should be.
Considering everything above, I want you guys to know that we are striving to improve the member experience around AK907 and we are really trying to make an effort to get these Weekly Clan Events going again! Please stick through it, keep joining us on Thursday nights, and we’ll have a blast no matter what happens.
[AK907] Internal Ranking
There will be some changing coming up in the near days/weeks/months that will better outline the ranking structure within [AK907] Clan and will give all of the members a clearer picture as to what they need to do to “rank up” within the clan. As always, ranking up comes in large part with commitment and loyalty to AK907. This means things like recruiting, posting in our forums, Facebook, Google+, blog, or any other of our “clan” outlets, financial contributions to support the servers, seeding our Battlefield servers, and/or raising interest in AK907 via other outlets go a long way into considering a member for a promotion. AK907 is in need of various skills and we also have a lot of people here that are knowledgeable in the various items we need assistance with, so if you’re interested in learning a new technology (SQL or Server Administration for example), talk to a founding member so we can get a course set for you so you can learn some stuff!
The State of the Battlefield
DICE is continuing their patches and updates to Battlefield 4. The latest patch, R24 released on the 6th of Feb. broke some things and fixed some others. There is another patch (R25) due out Thursday that will address a ton of things, including the things that R24 broke. Some of us have high hopes that we will be unlocking those Second Assault assignments by playing Metro, but I wouldn’t count on that actually happening just yet. I know that they are getting ready to release the second map pack, we just don’t know when that will be – a lot of these patches have included items needed for Second Assault, so we know it is coming.
I know it has been a difficult journey up the highly patched Battlefield 4 road, with all the barriers and potholes along the way, but things are getting better. It’s time for us to come back together, as a group, and show our support to DICE and start playing the game more! Thursday nights are a prime time for this, and honestly we cannot do it without YOU there! Please show up on TeamSpeak between 4:00 PM and 11:00 PM Central Time and join us for the weekly clan event!
That’s all for now; I look forward to seeing you all on the battlefield, SOLDIER!
-GvnrRickPerry
