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Happy New Year 2023

CsAcademie team wishes you a happy 2023. The past year has brought a lot of changes, and we hope that in 2023 we will still succeed in bringing you satisfaction in your game sessions.

As a reminder, in 2022 we improved the in-game event system (by adding some events, and deleting others) thanks to your feedback in the survey earlier this year. We also finally got rid of our aging site replaced by our new portal.

In 2023, we have several projects in mind, which should improve your game sessions. We’ll let you know when they get a little bit further along. We also plan to redo a survey soon to get back your desires and criticisms to prioritize what you want.

In the meantime, it’s time to put away the decorations and the Christmas tree…!

Christmas Tree GIF by HULU - Find & Share on GIPHY

But?!

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There’s one gift left under the tree!

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Advent Calendar 2022

And yes !

Like every year, the advent calendar is making a comeback.

Thanks to generous donors, we will surprise you again this year. Several prizes will be up for grabs every day! But first, let’s explain to the newbies what’s going to happen.

How does it work? And who is it for?

First of all, the calendar exists thanks to the people who throughout the year donate skins to CsAcademie. Thanks to these donations, we can give them back at events to people who have little or no skins at all.

The principle of the calendar is simple. From December 1 to December 25, we will enter 1 prize to be won per day. To try to win it, you must participate in the draw. You will therefore need an account on our site (the portal). All you have to do is go to the calendar page, and click a button to enter the draw. An entry is only valid for the in-game prize that same day. Thus, you will have to come back every day to try to win all the prizes!

The calendar is for everyone. You don’t need to be a donor on CsAcademie, it doesn’t cost any money, and you do not have to commit to anything!

The next day, around 6 p.m., the winner will be drawn at random. It’s a machine that will select the winner. You can find out if you have won in RocketChat, which will be notified as soon as a winner is drawn.

So hurry to register, every day !

The rules

  • Anyone can participate in the advent calendar.
  • Only one physical person can play once per day, on only one account. A proven cheat will cancel the prizes possibly won, and will be sanctioned in-game.
  • The winners, themselves, must add the steam account CsAcademie to their friends list (https://steamcommunity.com/id/CsAcademie) and fill in their STEAM_ID in the portal profile, in order to facilitate the transmission of the prizes. (It’s not for us to find out who is hiding behind a nickname)
  • Prizes not accepted before February 1, 2021 will be considered as lost and will be put back into play for another event.
  • The calendar will run from December 1 to 25

Participation link

To participate, you must go to this page while logged in.

Posted in Announcement, Events

Halloween 2022

For your great pleasure, Halloween is back on CsAcademie!

The programme :

  • The server will enter Halloween mode!
  • An event on RocketChat to have the possibility of winning skins!

The map cycle :

From 29/10/2022 to 02/11/2022, the server will switch to Halloween mode, with mods and maps that will make you shudder!

The event :

This year again, we are organizing a little something, to allow you to win skins.

You will therefore have the possibility of winning these three weapons:

It couldn’t be easier !Log on to rocketchat, and join the #Halloween-2022channel starting today. And here are the rules:

  • Only one vote per participantOnly one winner per lotVoting until November 1, 2022 11:59 p.m.Multi-account votes are prohibited, will be sanctioned and excluded from the contest

So grab your best disguises, a good bunch of friends, and come and try your luck!

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Halloween 2021

two jack o lantern lamps

In 2021, as usual, CsAcademie celebrates Halloween! Here is the program.

From Saturday 30 October 21:00 until Monday 01 November 23:59: We’re entering halloween mode.
On Sunday evening from 9:00 to 10:30 p.m., the server will be set to horror cards.

halloween candies

In addition, we organize a small event, to win skins. To do this, just go to the rocketchat and post a message: “Un bonbon ou un sort !” in channel “#halloween” this Sunday!
Entries before Sunday 0:00 and after Sunday 23:59 will be counted as nil.
Participants will be drawn to win an in-game skin.

This year, there will unfortunately be no Halloween costumes on the server. The skins being broken due to the different updates of the game …

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Advent calendar

There’s no need to present it to our most loyal players, but this year, like the others, the advent calendar is making a comeback.

With us, there won’t be any chocolate! The rule is simple: every day, we will put in play one or more prizes. Only one player per day will be drawn to win the prize! So it would be a shame not to try your luck!

How does it work? And who is it for?

First of all, the calendar exists thanks to the people who throughout the year donate skins to CsAcademie. Thanks to these donations, we can give them back at events to people who have little or no skins at all.

The principle of the calendar is simple. From December 1 to December 25, we will enter 1 prize to be won per day. To try to win it, you must participate in the draw. You will therefore need an account on our site (the portal). All you have to do is go to the calendar page, and click a button to enter the draw. An entry is only valid for the in-game prize that same day. Thus, you will have to come back every day to try to win all the prizes!

The calendar is for everyone. You don’t need to be a donor on CsAcademie, it doesn’t cost any money, and you do not have to commit to anything!

The next day, around 6 p.m., the winner will be drawn at random. It’s a machine that will select the winner. You can find out if you have won in RocketChat, which will be notified as soon as a winner is drawn.

The rules

  • Anyone can participate in the advent calendar.
  • Only one physical person can play once per day, on only one account. A proven cheat will cancel the prizes possibly won, and will be sanctioned in-game.
  • The winners, themselves, must add the steam account CsAcademie to their friends list (https://steamcommunity.com/id/CsAcademie) and fill in their STEAM_ID in the portal profile, in order to facilitate the transmission of the prizes. (It’s not for us to find out who is hiding behind a nickname)
  • Prizes not accepted before February 1, 2021 will be considered as lost and will be put back into play for another event.
  • The calendar will run from December 1 to 25

Participation link

To participate, you must go to this page while logged in.

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Advent calendar come back

Photo by Toa Heftiba on Unsplash

For 3 years now, CsAcademie has been accustomed to posting the famous calendar of the future, where everyone has a chance to win a prize everyday! And this year it starts again!

From December 1st to December 25th, you will be able to participate in the Advent calendar to win prizes!

Last year, you registered more than 550 times to try to win a prize. What about this year? Are we going to break the record?!

We’re kidding!

You think you can reach 1,000 participations?

Alas! If more than 1000 participations are reached, the person with the most participation (a random draw if several people are at the same level) will be able to choose the opening of a case of his choice (limited to the cases present in CsAcademie’s inventory). The revealed skin will then be given to them.

Rules

  • A physical player can only participate in one draw per day. If a player is caught cheating (e.g. by making second accounts): his accounts will be suspended, the player will be punished in the game (banning) and the participations will not be counted.
  • The winning prizes will be distributed through the CsAcademie account available at this address: https://steamcommunity.com/id/CsAcademie . You will have to accept the request as friends. Since the account is managed by a human, offers can take several days after the draw.
  • In order for the participation to be valid, you must enter your STEAM_ID on your profile, on the portal.
  • Trades not accepted before February 1, 2020 will be considered lost and will be put back into play for another event.

Links

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Ready to joke ?

As every year, we will celebrate Halloween. So here’s the program:

On Thursday, October 31, and on Saturday, November 2, come in costume

Image by ProMOMenade on Pixabay

From 8 p.m. to 11 p.m., it’s 100% horror! Come and discover our Halloween mapcycle. From Thursday 31 to Sunday midnight, horror skins will remain active.

But that’s not all!

Photo by Mathew Schwartz on Unsplash

We’re also going to set up a contest to win skins!

And not just any of them! A contest … jokes!

So, you feel up to it so we can split the pear? Not a minute to lose! Go to the forum to find out the rules, and write your best jokes!

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2018/2019 results, and projects for 2019/2020

Like last year, I want to present the roadmap for new projects for the year 2019/2020. Because indeed, a few days ago, CsAcademie celebrated it’s 3-year anniversary.

2018/2019

Last year, we launched the portal. This is the site for managing user accounts in our community. It also manages donations, financing, server administration, and accesses. The change has been difficult, but after a few weeks players have managed to adapt and use the new tool. This site has allowed us and will allow us to add more content in the future. We recently added the maps management, and banishments system. (Now, it’s a real pleasure to ban players! 😉 )

In the community, we launched the labs. Spaces to share, and work on a given project (lab sounds, overview lab, …). We decided to close the labs at the end of the year 2018 because they clearly weren’t as successful as we had hoped. Today, we have a common channel on the Rocketchat where all requests / work are concentrated, which adds a little more animation, but is still not perfect.

For events, we organized the Christmas event, proposing an advent calendar, and special Christmas nights. We had more than 550 entries on the advent calendar (it was positive compared to the year 2017), and the server was full during the special event. We have not held a new event since, missing many dates, including our 3-year anniversary.

On the server, we changed server in January (same power, but cheaper than the old one) and we continued to improve existing plugins. There have not been big changes to the rest of the gameplay.

In conclusion, we finish this year with a lot of technical changes, but a bad events organization.

Projects for 2019/2020

The year 2019/2020 will focus on improving gaming, and improving activities in and out of the game. We will continue to add new features on the portal.

The mapcycle system is now fully managed on the game server. One of this year’s projects is to manage mapcycles directly on the portal. The maps will always be chosen according to the number of people, and their size, but also according to the map frequentation. The less a map is played, the more likely it will be chosen. The system will therefore play all the maps, and avoid replaying on the same map for a few hours. The voting system for a card will also be improved, and displayed into website in real time.

An automatic system of request for record will be proposed on the portal. With a reason, any connected player will be able to ask for a record on a game where he has suspicions. The record will be sent on the RocketChat, in the overwatch channel to be viewed. (Viewing videos is a long act, any abuse will be punished).

In order to limit ghost accounts, a forgetting system will be set up on the portal. After 6 (12?) months without login, an account will be deleted, and personal information will be erased. An email will notify you one month before the effective deletion. For donor accounts, an email will be sent that the number of shares has been increased, to empty the balance. The user will be able to reconnect and return to 1 part at any time. The account will be deleted when the portfolio reaches 0 €.

Support from new donors will be put in place to help them set up the donor tag on the game, connect to TeamSpeak, and Rocketchat.

Finally, the most important part in my opinion, the organization of events. I will spend more time on the organization of new events, and I will put in place new mechanics to encourage people to help / organize their own events.

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Switch to temporary prime mode

In order to maintain a good atmosphere, and in order to better manage the server, it will now be in prime only during school periods starting today. For the moment the summer holidays are excluded, and it will be possible to come with a non premium account during these.

Calendar :

  • 30/12/2018 to 06/01/2018: Prime only
  • 07/01/2019 to 08/02/2019: prime and non-prime
  • 09/02/2019 to 11/03/2019: Prime only
  • 12/03/2019 to 05/04/2019: Prime and non-prime
  • 06/04/2019 to 06/05/2019: Prime only

Thank for your understanding