Sunday, April 18th, 2010
Issue: 24   Editor: HowlingMadMika


Amount of Spots Exceeding Fifteen AbuRaghebV6
It was not long ago that the total amount of crews existing on the statistics page was reduced to 15. As to the outcome, it very much seemed like a well thought of change that turned out to be for the best.

The amount 15 seems like the perfect fit, it balances out all aspects for all BL players.
New players looking to start their own crew will find available crews to buy, and at a decent price, while more experienced crews get to return and dominate the statistics in their own way. Averagely, the quality of crews found in today's statistics page has improved by a good margin. The amount of crews seen suspended with owners not capable of covering the daily tax, or have no intentions of doing something with the crew, have now decreased.

It all had seemed well until a few days ago, when we suddenly saw that the amount of crews created, exceeded the total amount allowed. Yes, the number 16/15 was found on the bottom right of the statistics page. We were left asking ourselves the question whether it was decided that the total amount of crews would increase once more.

Soon after the first crew spot was created, another two followed. Moments afterwards, a member of the Elite Guard intervened before further damage was to be done. Nyxxie banned all 3 owners of the newly created crews and posted a topic regarding the issue warning others from following the fate of the other abusers.

However, the cause of the addition of more crews appeared to be from a bug, it was confirmed by an Elite Guard member that it was "a little slip up when we were testing upcoming features." Later that day, BSF managed to solve the problem and remove the extra spots from the statistics page. The banned players were unbanned and things were finally back to normal.

We at the Buzz would like to give you a word of advice, when you are familiar with a bug, be sure to report it as soon as you can to avoid getting banned for abusing. Using a bug to your advantage will get you banned, and you may not be fortunate enough to find yourself unbanned.