Our old system with two groups that regularly train together with just a few extra players was a nice dream that didn't really translate well to reality. This is why we are abandoning it for now in favour of a more generalised competitive role on Discord in the sense of giving it to everybody that wants it and that fulfills the requirements. Potentially, we can grow something more from this later but for now, it should give us a clear playerpool of people who are motivated to be competitive and that can primarily represent us in the upcoming tournaments.

Atlas Core clanmembers can request the competitive Discord role from a mentor if they fulfill the following requirements:

Competitive players should always:
- do their best to win
- strive to stay ahead of other players in tactics and skill
- keep up with the meta and have some exceptional bots ready to play
- try to master the bots that are most viable in the current meta and that they can play best
- attempt to use different or new bot-types and strategies to stay unpredictable and to gain insight in those playstyles
- avoid to let wins or losses get to their head
- put teamwork and the correct general strategy for success before personal score
- have great awareness of what is going on around them and know how to position accordingly
- be able to analyse the situation and pull back or push when there is an advantage
- keep a positive attitude and stay calm, even when behind in score
- represent the clan in league and tournaments when possible
- know the games mechanics and how to party up properly
- know how to play the competitive gamemode(s) best and how to control the game
- have a gold or higher league rank and actively try to get as high as possible every month

Competitive builders should always:
- keep up with current developments of the meta and Robocraft updates
- stay ahead of the meta and provide new solutions and bots
- strive to make their bots as effective as possible in tankiness, damage and mobility
- provide bots to the competitive players for different roles, depending on what is required
- communicate with each other and competitive players to see what is needed and to get new ideas

We expect all clanmembers but especially those with the competitive role to always:
- stay professional in the Robocraft chat and other social media
- accept feedback and be willing to adapt and improve
- keep a professional environment in the competitive voice channel so people can concentrate
- ask in a message if it is ok to enter the competitive voice room when there is already somebody in it or at least enter quietly

If a player does no longer fulfill one or multiple of the requirements for the competitive role, it can be taken away by two mentors or a leader.

Congratulations to the first 8 players to reach 3000 MMR

Bestatter888
SalviaDivinorum
diva7Rc
nocchi
akira6606
angus18
KATAYAKI
BrainSplinder

(http://robocraftgame.com/clan-season-6-summary/)

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The "student" rank has always been kind of awkward. Who should become member right away and who student? Would somebody take offense to be ranked student at first even though it holds the same permissions? Would we want somebody that does?
To simplify the process, everybody that joins new will be ranked as student. A promotion to full member can be done earliest after one week, target is 2 weeks like the normal recruiting process.
Students have the same perks as members but must be promoted within 4 months to stay in like before.

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Welcome to our new mentor Deegobooster!

Hi guys, it turned out that we grew a bit above healthy numbers. Many members have lost interest in Robocraft but there is still a good amount of active players. That's why we are putting all active members back into one 50 slot ingame clan. Atlas Core has always been about having active players all over the world, not about having as many clanmembers as possible.

Everybody that has not scored any SXP this month but still wants to stay in Atlas Core should contact me on Discord before the end of May!

I apologize for not being as active in the last few months but I am also very thankful that there is enough people that want to keep this train going. Switching a gear back from time to time is not a bad thing, it gives us the ability to reorientate and keep going. Uncontrolled expansion leads to explosions, just ask your physics teacher. Considering that there is a lot more competition from other clans in Robocraft, I am happy that we are still around after 2 years. Yep, that's right, we had 2nd birthday last week. Huge shoutout to those who have been around for a long time and those who are around now to keep the dream alive.

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Welcome to our new mentor Karillya!

If you want to take some responsibility yourself and help out, please message me on Discord.

As mentioned before, we are facing the problem of adapting to the ingame clan system which might require a new orientation of our focus.
There have been a lot of discussions about how we should spread now 66 members between two 50 player ingame clans.
You can look up parts of it here Internal[ac.hollowproject.org] or RC forums[robocraftgame.com]

Here is what we are going to go with.
Towards the end of Season 1 we will get the people with the highest SXP score into one clan. That is simply due to the fact that there is only one chance to get a high score in the first ever full season.
This is not only to get a "Been there, done that" achievement, it will also serve as reference since we will turn it around 180° Celsius in the season after.
In Season 2 we will split in two even ingame clans with a similar member- and Robits count. We will use the SXP score of Season 1 to distribute members evenly.
After the end of Season 2 we can reconsider our options while taking into account what we learned until then. Whatever system we roll with at that point, there will be a continuous adaption to get everything running as smooth as possible. That will likely include us growing a bit again in member size, something that has always been happening naturally.

We are trying our hardest not to leave anybody behind!
The more hardcore orientation in the first season should hopefully not be a problem for anybody. If somebody needs Robits, we have enough lying around, you just need to ask. Otherwise just wait for the second season where we try to include everybody as good as possible. After that we will need to find a good balance between casual and competitive elements. I am confident that we can build something good over time.
Please Baer with us if that means you having to change the ingame clan a bit more often while we are figuring stuff out and balancing. Always keep in mind that the main clan is Atlas Core on Discord!

First the good news, the application forum is back to its old state. Everybody can see all applications again. Making an internal subforum for the current application did not yield the expected increase in comments by members and the old system was beter in all other aspects.

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Like announced over one month ago, we are now marking those members inactive that have not joined the ingame clans one month after their introduction. These 25 players are:

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alcome1614
Awlcer
AwesomeArab
BoogeyMann
erebos197
fire__head
GrimjawT
Groen-Is-Goed
Juvar23
LarryJeans
Lego8_bit
mwcastle
Nicaara
PandaVengeance
puppy333
Rabz12
Radiun
RetroMax
System Error Message
The_Green_Squig
unampho
VanCoke
Wargod_Loki
Wolfar

Thanks for the good time together. Please don't use the -AC- tag or logo while you are not a Atlas Core member. If you want to play with us again actively, you know where to find us :)

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This brings us down from 85 to 60 active members. As mentioned before, having a good amount of people that play together regularly is more important than having a high number of members. We are now over one and a half years old, thanks to everybody who stayed with Atlas Core for a long time. Welcome to the new members that joined us in the last months. We are always going to loose some people that move on, this is completely normal. It means that it is important for us to have people that are interested in playing Robocraft for a longer time, that are invested in and knowladgable about the game. But it is just as important to pick up new players along the way that want to learn more, bring new ideas and enrich our group. We have built a great community here and I'd like to invite everybody that is up to joining us on our journey. Just come by on our Discord server and join us in our daily partys, without any obligations :)