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• Info screen: your attack rating, upgrades owned, defense rating, and corn per hour is now displayed. Also, your class records are shown in a separate table. Click the link to read about the meanings of the abbreviations.
• Buy / Upgrade screen: Note some weapons are different!!! Please read the descriptions carefully!! The special weapon selection box has been changed a little so you can view weapon descriptions easier.
• Fight screen: The user interface has changed in appearance but for the most part it should be as you remember it. If you are the belt holder, "Defend Your Title" will bring up a list of opponents that you can fight to keep your belt (see more about the new belt system below). Also, be sure to pay attention to whether or not you schedule a belt fight or not (if you're the belt holder).
• Bet screen: A bet cap has been implemented for the heavyweight class. Also, the odds now change ONCE EVERY FIVE MINUTES. Default odds are based on your CLASS RPI.
• New belt system: The belt system has changed drastically. When you hold the belt, you can choose whether or not to accept challenges. When you fight against other people, you can choose whether or not to place your belt on the line. When people fight you, your belt is always on the line, but you get to decide whether or not to accept the fights. To keep you belt, you must defend your title every 12 hours (actually, within 12 hours of your last title defense). To do so you must challenge someone rated in the top 10 in your weightclass (and have the belt on the line). You will loose your belt if you fail to defend your title.

• Create an account by filling out the form in Create a Cock!
• If you are creating a new account, follow the directions and click the link in the e-mail that should be sent to you. If you already had an account, make sure you login, then create a cock! You just have to select a cock name.
• In Battlewang, there are many different objectives. They are whatever you want them to be. You can try to be the wealthiest cock (most corn), the largest (size), strongest (wins, soon to be replaced by best RPI rating), longest (longest current winning streak), most decorated (most trophies), whatever. To help you meet these objectives, you can do the following:
  • Feed your cock. Feed it corn, it will increase in size. COCKS SHRINK AT 0.1% AN HOUR! Make sure to keep your cock large and healthy! At the lowest weight class (Strawweight) you grow at a rate of 1 pound per 2 corn. This ramps up according to the following table (EXCEPT FOR HEAVYWEIGHTS! see release notes for heavy growth formula):
    
    

    Corn gained per hour	Weight Class	Minimum Weight	Growth (corn per pound)	Max Bet
    1.	Strawweight	1	2	100
    2.	Light Flyweight	25	2.2	200
    3.	Flyweight	50	2.5	400
    4.	Super Flyweight	75	3	500
    5.	Bantamweight	100	4.5	800
    6.	Super Bantamweight	125	7	1,000
    7.	Featherweight	175	11	1,300
    8.	Super Featherweight	225	18	1,600
    9.	Lightweight	275	30	2,000
    10.	Super Lightweight	325	45	2,500
    11.	Welterweight	450	68	3,000
    12.	Super Welterweight	525	102	4,000
    13.	Middleweight	600	153	5,000
    14.	Super Middleweight	675	230	7,500
    15.	Light Heavyweight	725	344	10,000
    16.	Cruiserweight	825	516	20,000
    17.	Heavyweight	1000	Variable, see equation in release notes	35,000

    
    
  • Buy upgrades. Buying upgrades will improve your cock's attack and defense which helps to win battles.
    • Regular upgrades are automatically equipped and immediately improve your cock.
    • Special Weapons
      • Special weapons are prototypes of very powerful weapon systems. Unfortunately this means you will only be able to use them for a limited time before they break.
      • Special weapons show up red on the buy / purchase screen
      • You can purchase as many special weapons you want, but you can only equip 1 per battle (note, regular weapons are automatically equipped!)
      • Special weapons will be removed from your inventory if they run out of uses. You can then purchase them again.
      • The bonuses to attack, attack percentage, defense, etc. are only applied if the weapon is equipped. Currently your total bonuses to attack and defense *do not* reflect *any* bonuses from special weapons, but they *are* added to your stats at the time of the battle.
      • You can equip a default special weapon to use in the manage cock screen. This weapon will be automatically selected if you start a fight,or are challenged.
      • To prevent using special weapons on trivial battles, equip nothing, or buy a cheap special weapon that you don't mind consuming.
      • You can also change your special weapon on the fight screen. This will NOT, however, affect your default equipped weapon.
      • If you are challenged, you can choose to equip a special weapon different from your default. You can do so ONCE in the same manner as changing your strategy. Simply go to your home page and select what you would like to change to.
      • Once your special weapon has been completely consumed, you can purchase it again.
  • Fight against other cocks. Schedule fights against other cocks to become the champion!
    • You can schedule fights in the fight page or if you are viewing a cock's profile (and you are both in the same weightclass) you can click the "fight this cock" button to challenge them. You will be taken to the fight screen so you can enter your bet and weapon choice.
    • Your attack power listed on the info page is your attack power from both weapons and weight
    • If you are less than 3 lbs, the size component of your attack power is upgraded to 3
    • Fights are determined by comparing your net attack to your opponent's net attack -- the larger wins. Net attack is affected by:
      • Size of your cock (increases your attack)
      • Attack power of your cock (increases your attack)
      • % bonus to your attack (increases your attack)
      • Defensive power of your opponent (decreases your attack)
      • Defensive % bonus of opponent (decreases your attack)
      • Random bonus (attack power is multiplied by a random value that can result in an increase, decrease, or no net change to your attack)
      • Strategy Battle
        • You pick your strategy when scheduling a fight. Your opponent will use their default strategy -- UNLESS THEY LOGIN, in which case they are allowed to change their strategy ONCE (you can do so on your "Info" screen).
        • Andy Berserker Attack beats Jedi Mind Trick
        • Will 4-limb Defense beats Andy Beserker Attack
        • Jedi Mind Trick beats Will 4-limb Defense
        • The winner of the strategy battle gets an attack bonus.
      • Posse Bonus
        • For each member of your posse that logs in during the session IMMEDIATELY BEFORE your fight, you will get a bonus to your attack. 3% for the first person, 1% for the second through forth, and .1% for each person after that. So get people to join your posse and cheer you on to victory!
        • You can join other cock's posses by clicking on their profile
        • To see which cocks are in your posse and which posses you belong to, simply scroll to the bottom of your Info page. (click their name) and then clicking the join posse button. (you can also leave the posse from this screen)
        • If you are already logged in when a new round of fights begins, all you have to do is load a new page, or even reload your current page, and you will give the bonus to any cock whose posse you are a member of. You do NOT have to login again!
  • Bet on fights. You can bet on as many fights as you want, as many times as you want. Winnings are determined by the odds for the fight.
    • For those not familiar with odds and such, this is how they work. Odds of 2:1 mean that for every $1 bet, $2 in PROFIT are returned. So you bet $1, then get $3 back. $2 in winnings and $1 to make up for the money you put down. Likewise 0.5:1 odds mean you get $0.50 profit back for each $1 you bet ($1.50 for ever $1).
    • Starting odds are calculated by comparing the class RPI of the two cocks. However, once enought bets have been placed, the odds are determined by the amount of money bet on each cock.
    • Odds are recalculated every 5 minutes!!!
    • When enough people have bet on the fight, a purse is also awarded to the winner! The purse size is determined by the total amount of corn bet on the fight.
    • Some betting tips:
      • You don't want to put all your money on one fight. Especially if the cock that you didn't bet on has a ton of money saved. Who knows, they could login and kick your ass and then you'll have 0.
      • Starting from 0 sucks.
      • There is a small chance that *any* cock will win any fight, regardless of the difference in attack or size -- so you may find it worth it to put a little corn on those crazy odds.
      • Look for odds that aren't accurate. Once pool betting sets in, the odds are purely based on what other people have bet, so if you know everyone's wrong, take advantage of it!
• Good luck! This game is still under development so expect things to change often!
• Recruiting benefits you in the following ways:
  • You instantly get a corn bonus (20 times your weightclass [straw is 1, the next up is 2, etc, so you get 20, 40, ...]) when someone you recruit has their account *activated*
  • That cock automatically starts out in your posse (of course, that person may elect to leave at any time)
  • To refer someone, simply have them sign up using your referral link, found in your cock's home page.
  • You will receive 5 additional corn *every hour* for each person you refer. It adds up quick! If you referred 3 people, you would be getting 360 extra corn *per day*!!!
  • To refer people, follow the Recruit Wang link in your Info page.
  • You can also see who referred you and which wangs you referred on this page.
• Trophies!
  • Become the most highly decorated cock in all the land! Purchase trophies to show off your greatness!
  • Currently you can see and purchase trophies by following the link in the Buy / Upgrade section. It is right under the place where it lists your total corn.
  • To view another cock's trophies, simply view their profile. Trophies are listed at the bottom, below the fight history.
• The Ticker
  • The ticker can be launched with the small link above the menu
  • There are two types of information provided:
    • Previous Fights: This is the top row, ordered by weightclass, then by the order in which the battles were scheduled
      • Red names are the cocks that lost
      • Blue names are the cocks that won
      • Green numbers show the amount by which the winning cock won.
    • Current Fights: This is the bottom row, also order by weightclass, then chronologically
      • Purple names are the challenging cocks
      • Orange names are the defending cocks
      • The odds ratio that follows shows the odds for the challenging cock. The odds for the defender is the inverse.
        • Numbers are bold when the odds are 2:1 or higher for the cock of corresponding color
        • Numbers are bold and italic when the odds are 5:1 or higher
        • Bold, italic, and underlined numbers represent 10:1 or higher
      • CLICK ON A COCK NAME TO PLACE A BET! If you are still logged in and you click on a cock name, it will automatically take you to the bet screen and set up a bet on that cock. Be sure to READ the actual odds you are getting if you place a bet in this way! The odds may have changed!
  • Refresh obviously refreshes the ticker. There is also a 20 minute auto-refresh to keep the odds up to date
  • Close will close the ticker
  • FF will accelerate the ticker scroll speed
  • P makes the ticker scroll left and makes the speed the default
  • R makes the text scroll start scrolling right
  • S stops the ticker
  • If you have closed the battlewang window, Back to BATTLEWANG will open a window up for you.
• Championship Belts
  • Roosters in each weightclass can battle for the championship belt
  • If there is no current belt holder, the belt is awarded to the wang with the highest overall RPI
  • If the current belt holder leaves his weightclass, the belt is given to the wang with the highest overall RPI
  • To claim the belt from the current champion, simply fight against him and win
    • You will issue a challenge to the belt holder -- the belt holder gets to decide whether or not to fight you
    • If you schedule another fight and the belt holder accepts your challenge, it will be cancelled since you will not be available to fight.
  • You must defend you title within 12 hours of the last defense by defeating a cock ranked in the top 10 in your class. Click the "Defend my title" button on the fight screen for a list of possible opponents. Make sure to select title fight if you want to defend your title.
  • Wins while holding a championship belt are recorded so people can see how many times you have defended your title. Remember if you just received the belt, this number will be 0, because you haven't won any fights *as the champion*.
  • Your longest streak as champion will also be recorded so your legend will never die
  • In the roosters listing, belt holders will be highlighted in red

release notes:

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added new weapons and trophies!  wondering where the names came from?
  check the forums!  link in the menu.

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added the 5 minute window before fights are processed -- during this
  time no new fights can be scheduled, but people can still place bets
  and manage their cock as needed.

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added more stats -- recent trophy purchases is in the more statistics
  page -- lets you see who the last purchaser of each type of trophy
  was

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new trophies added!
new items added!

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this is stating the obvious but, cheating will not be tolerated
  the following actions will be taken against cheaters:
    referrals will be removed
    posse will be cleared
    attack set to -5000
    defense set to -5000

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Total fight history added
Total bet history added
Trophy system now supports more types of trophies
Introducing THE TRIPLE CROWN!  The most highly coveted battlewang 
  trophy
You may have noticed that the fight summary page has changed -- 
  you can still get the full battle report by clicking on the battle
  number.
Fight page divided up into multiple pages -- if you want to fight a
  particular cock, the best way to do so is to go to the roosters
  page, find their name and click on it, fight them by clicking
  the fight button in their profile.  you can sort the roosters
  page by clicking on the column names.

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You can now see who is in your posse and which posses your belong to
  in your info page
You can see who you've referred and who referred you in the recruit
  wang section
Font size fixed for mozilla users
Updated weightclass table so people aren't confused that heavyweights
  don't actually grow at 775 corn/lb.
Fixed the fight page so it tells you if you are already scheduled
  to fight this hour.

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maximum bet limits adjusted for lower weightclasses

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THE FIRST OFFICIAL BATTLEWANG SEASON HAS BEGUN!  There are no planned 
  stat resets from here on out.  Go wild!

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Added new trophy types -- ranked XX in a weight class.  More trophies
  and stuff to come!

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Added a link to the forums.  At the moment, the forum accounts are not
  linked to the BattleWang accounts.  In the future (hopefully) they will
  be, but for now you'll have to register for an account if you
  want to use the forums.

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Fixed a bug in the top cock listings that caused the most decorated
  cocks to be displayed out of order.

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Small update to the rankings and hall of shame.
  Rankings now called "Top Cocks"
  Lists have been limited to the top 10.
  "Strongest" and "weakest" categories are now determined by win/loss %
  Added MOST DECORATED cocks to top cocks.  Still need to work on the
    naming for the two categories added -- one is for most types of
    trophies owned, the other is for the total number of trophies,
    regardless of type. I will probably change the latter to most
    corn spent on trophies.  But for now they are what they are.

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Trophies added!  See the bullet point on it above for detailed information.

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some small features added:
  clicking on fight now automatically scrolls down to the fight
    confirmation form
  max bet listed in the fight screen

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A bunch of new features added:
  Home page now called "cock info"
  special weapons now show up red on the buy screen instead of just in
    your inventory
  max bets introduced.  to see the max bets for each weightclass, 
    scroll up, they're in the weightclass info table.
  cock listing upgraded -- you can now see all the cocks that used to
    be in a weightclass, but are currently in a different weight class
  FIGHT RESULTS SECTION ADDED!  See the summaries of the last 50 fights
    including info such as the special weapons used and number of cocks
    in the posses that were online

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allllrightthen, changed the RPI a little bit.  now your current rpi is
  calculated like this: 
    take your current class rpi, normalize it.
    take your rpi in every other class, normalize them.
    take the weighted average based on number of fights for your out of
      class rpi.  
    take the weighted average based on number of fights between in
      class and out of class rpi.  also weight this average more on
      your in class fights.
    use that for your current rpi, to be used in odds and such.
added this new rpi to various places around the site so you can see it.
added sorting capability to the fight and cock listings.
separated the fights in the bet screen by weightclass
adjusted rankings to show only the top 10 players actively in that class

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alternate e-mail address added!  if you have a cell phone e-mail or otherwise,
  you can now set up your account to send e-mail to that account instead/also!
  be notified 24/7 about your battles so your cock doesn't get destructernated!
  edit your alternate e-mail in the manage cock page.

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special weapons are now working!  i hope.  if not, e-mail me!  webmaster@battlewang.net

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Added sorting capability to the cock listing pages.  Just click the column
  names and it will sort by that column.
Some general formatting changes have been implemented.

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Recruiting has been added!  Get bonus corn for having your friends sign up!
  Just have them use your referral link found in your cock's home page. Details
  Are above in the how to play part of this page.

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Heavyweight growth has been altered!  This may not be the final form of the 
  equation... we'll see how things go for now.
The equation is: weight = log(total corn - 169000) / ln(1.03956) + 900.
  So first determine your total corn by pluggin in weight and solving for
  total corn (that formula is just the inverse of the above equation, that is:
    169000 + 10^((weight-900)*(ln(1.03956))))
  Next add the amount of corn you want to feed.
  Solve for weight with the first equation.
All current heavyweight contestants have been reduced to 2000 lbs.
SD for the normal random parameter has been changed to .4.  That way you 
  won't lose 100% or more of your attack power on a semi-regular basis.

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True fight randomization has been enabled!  MEANING (if it works) each cock gets
  a random bonus or penalty to their attack which is normally distributed.  Thus,
  you could get 0, +33.7%, -2.6%, etc!  It truly is a normal distribution, so remember:
  about 2/3 of the bonuses will be between -1 and 1, 95% or so will be within -2 and 2 
  and 99% will be between -3 and 3.  For those of you so inclined, yes it is a 0 mean
  and sd of 1.

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Feeding may be fixed.  Heavyweight revised growth formula has still not been finalized,
  but shrinkage has been added, hopefully that and normal feeding are fully functional.
  If you find any problems, PLEASE E-MAIL ME!!!
If you have checked in awhile, there are some new weapons for the rich and famous.

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The "you can't do anything that updates the database until the fights and bets 
  are processed" period has been added.  Now right before fights occur, you will 
  be unable to place any bets or schedule fights, etc.  This way you won't get 
  robbed by a bet that never gets cleared, etc.  You should still be able to see stats 
  and do other things that don't require database updating.
Posse ssytem should be fully functional.  You should be able to leave and join posses.
  Screens and interface haven't reached their final forms (i.e. when you click join, 
  it doesn't tell you what happened, but next time you load that profile, it should 
  have a button to leave the posse)

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You may have already noticed -- purses are now active!  When betting starts to use 
  pool odds, the purse is also created.  Currently about 5% of the total bets 
  on the fight.
Posse system is in its early stages.  Joining a posse has no immediate effects - 
  IT IS WHEN YOU LOG IN WHEN THE POSSE LEADER IS HAVING A BATTLE.  So say you join 
  your friend Pecker's posse.  Then he schedules a battle.  If you log in BEFORE 
  the battle occurs then he will receive a bonus to his attack.  If 1 person in your 
  posse logs in, you get a 3% bonus.  1% for the second person, and .1% for each 
  person after.

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More items added!

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Work on posses has started.  It's not really working yet... but it doesn't alter 
  anything at the moment, so go ahead and join posses if you want.  You can do so 
  on a cock's profile screen (when you click on their name).
Profile screen has been updated to include a brief (last 5) fight history.

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Didn't really add any new features yet, but added some items for fun.  The prices 
  are all messed up, but I won't be adjusting them until the betting odds are 
  adjusted and i understand the corn economy better.

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added the view page! lets you see listings of all the cocks in each weight class

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Bet page now shows your current bets.  Also, every red star next to a battle id means 
you have a bet placed on that fight

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Enhanced rankings page -- still ugly, but the top 25 for each weightclass now 
  show which cocks are currently active in the weight class.  

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Fixed a bug that prevented cocks from being fed when they reached heavyweight division.
Enhanced ticker popup window with "time to next fight" and "last updated"

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Shrinkage added!!!! YOU NOW LOSE 0.1% OF YOUR WEIGHT EVERY HOUR!!!

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oh yeah, the ranking are now updated each hour after the fights and bets are processed.

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BETTING ODDS HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED!!! 1 BET PER FIGHT RESTRICTION LIFTED!!!
For all ye faithful reading this, here's some info on the betting odds:
  - default odds are calculated from the ratio of the RPI's of the two cocks
  - once 4 or more *different people* have bet on the battle AND there has been 
    at least one bet on each cock, odds change to the traditional horse racing 
    betting odds.
  - these new odds are based on the actual amounts people are betting on 
    the cocks.  If tons of people start betting on one cock, then the odds start 
    to really suck and pay less money, while bets on the other cock will become 
    extremely profitable.
  - for a description of what 2:1 or .4:1 actually means, see "how to play" above.
You can now bet on your opponent for your initial bet on the fight (which can be 
  0 still)


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currently working on implementing betting odds -- THEY DOESN'T DO ANYTHING YET 

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now you are awarded corn per hour based on your weight class:
  starting weightclass cocks get 1 per hour still, next one gets 2/hour, after 
  that is 3,etc
COCKS FIGHT 1 FIGHT PER BATTLE TOTAL
RPI ranking system implemented, ISR ranking system also implemented, both are 
  still not fully functional.
Hall of Shame is now up
Updated the how to play page with this stuff.
If you're reading this, you already know the weightclass table has been 
  added above

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reset everyone's size corn and weightclass
betting pays 1.1:1 until we can get the real system going
you can't fight anyone outside your weightclass
see your weightclass in 'manage your cock'
your purchases have been erased         
items tweaked a little
growth is no longer 1lb per 1corn! varies as you go up in weight class...
your current corn per lb rate should be in the manage screen
battlelogs erased
betlogs erased
record is starting over, but the numbers you see have not been altered yet...... 
corn can be fractional