Hello, April 2024!

Posted on April 1, 2024 by Fun X Time

Hello, agents!

SWAT has been consistent in advancing over the past few weeks. Undoubtedly, it appears that we have been able to improve several systems over time. What have we covered, yet? And, what fuel are we expending in April 2024? Read on!

Table of Contents

  1. Concluding March 2024
  2. Concluding Season 4: The Avalanche
  3. Introducing Season 5: Watery Island
  4. Work Revision
  5. Glimpse at the Division Tournament
  6. Art Competition
  7. Recruitment Competition
  8. Badges Introduced
  9. SWAT Bot Updates
  10. Discord Server Tweaks
  11. More Graphics
  12. Minecraft Server Release in June 2024
  13. Upcoming Census
  14. Summary

1. Concluding March 2024

The month of March 2024 has gone fairly well. SWAT faced the Army of Club Penguin (ACP) at the March Madness IX tournament. We may have lost to ACP, but it did educate us for the future. We realized the essence of battle summaries, and that is what makes us unique and helps us stand out among other armies. The SWAT Corporation preserves battle summaries.

In the latter of the month, SWAT saw the Radiant Rivalry division tournament. In two of three battles, judges from Club Penguin Army Judges (CPAJ) assisted us. We surely pass CPAJ a great amplitude of gratitude from our end!

2. Concluding Season 4: The Avalanche

We have decided on the Agent of the Month for March 2024! They are the first to complete all ten missions assigned.

This fortunate individual is Zooy! They are a great, committed member of SWAT. And, we are glad to have them on our team. Who will claim this prestigious role for April 2024?

Please consider reading the story behind Season 4: The Avalanche here.

3. Introducing Season 5: Watery Island

As spring has begun blooming, Season 5: Watery Island has found its place in SWAT. Please welcome spring to the stage! Summer will turn out very well, undoubtedly.

4. Work Revision

Over the last few months, SWAT has seen several events that have caused the existence of several virtues. Since November 2023, SWAT has seen a lot of change. We have introduced seasons, as we developed the SWAT Discord bot. We have developed the bot to make it very powerful and adaptive to SWAT’s environment. Whilst all of this, we have collected a lot of feedback as we have formally established the SWAT Corporation. We were able to hear everyone’s voices and took opinions over almost every major decision the Corporation has undertaken. It is worth noting that it is not all about performing in events. We were able to moralize our work and gain more professionalism, compared to the past.

5. Glimpse at the Division Tournament

The division tournament proved to be very successful. We saw judges from Club Penguin Army Judges (CPAJ) utilizing their time to two of three battles between the divisions.

Results

  • Battle 1: Tie
  • Battle 2: The Arctic Ops
  • Battle 3: The Arctic Ops

The winner of the tournament is the Arctic Ops! The Corporation applauds the members of the division for their incredible work at the tournament. We also thank the Strikers for partaking in this tournament. They, too, have shown quality effort, showing signs of incredible variance.

6. Art Competition

SWAT officially introduces an upcoming art competition, where artists can showcase their drawing and designing skills. Three winners will be chosen at the end. The judge of this art competition is SWAT Legend Legoman.

This idea was suggested by SWAT HCOM-in-Training Vortex Ruler. Thank you for your feedback! We encourage others, too, to share their suggestions!

We will be announcing a more informative post about this very soon.

7. Recruitment Competition

SWAT is deeply interested in bringing more power to itself. We anticipate that by June 2024, we have promises to make SWAT a successful army. We also anticipate that we will acquire Major status very soon. June 2024 is our most engaging month, where we can seek attention. This is only possible if we recruit sufficiently.

This idea was suggested by SWAT Founder and Legend Ganger90. Thank you for your feedback! We encourage others, too, to share their suggestions!

We will be announcing a more informative post about this very soon.

8. Badges Introduced

Badges have been introduced to SWAT. They hold powerful units of merit and owe you great respect. Use the badges command in our Discord server to learn more!

9. SWAT Bot Updates

Last month, we overhauled the Discord bot by performing major performance improvements. This month, several updates have been undertaken in the SWAT Discord bot. We will highlight and describe them.

  1. Bot Logs: For security reasons, we are now logging activity performed using the bot. It should also assist us in any data validation. It will be helpful for us to resolve bugs and exploits.
  2. Donations work as intended: All giveaways and other amusement events will yield you rewards using our prize pool. This pool includes SWAT coins that SWAT Bot possesses and other cool rewards that you should try to acquire! SWAT Bot’s account will be used to give away prizes that are SWAT Coins. To donate, send coins to SWAT Bot!
  3. Solo Practice Rooms: Currently, this is an experimental feature limited to only the members of the SWAT Corporation. It introduces you to event leading in a highly interactive way. It should be greatly effective, since it provides useful advice, and tests your event leading skills. Sensei will be your guide. A thread will be created just for you to practice, once you are ready to start!
  4. DM features repaired: Features including broadcasts and event reminders via Discord direct messages (DMs) have been repaired and entirely reworked. They are now protected from spam and are fully functional.
  5. Counting is automated: The new counting amusement channel is now dependent on SWAT Bot for automation and rewards. Check out the pinned messages in the counting channel to learn more.
  6. Help command and command list reworked: The help command is now functional once again. This time, it is more flexible. It now has a dropdown that you can interact with to filter commands!
  7. Fix for !army SWAT deployed: If you invoke the !army SWAT command in SWAT’s Discord server, it will warn you to use it on CPABattleground instead. If you mention or ping another user with it, it will prompt the user to use the command on CPABattleground. This feature has existed for a few months now and was not working properly. It has now been fixed and reworked entirely.
  8. Pinging CPAB fixed: The least used pingCPAB command has been repaired.
  9. Added bot latency: Bot latency can now be checked using the uptime command.
  10. More topics: The topic command now offers more topics to talk about.
  11. Enhanced searching for Roblox players: The roblox command has received a significant overhaul. It now suggests character constraints when searching. It also has more precise errors. It offers a button to visit a profile and has added emojis.

10. Discord Server Tweaks

SWAT’s official Discord server has received major tweaks. It also has a new banner on top of the channel list. Channel topics have been added to every channel, as well. This is to help guide members of the community and help them understand what channel they are looking at. In addition to this, we have also created a counting channel. One, two, three, and up to infinity! Are you ready to accept the challenge, Agent? If so, let us count together in this new Counting Together program!

Channel names were reworked, and useless roles, bots, and integrations were removed.

The Counting Together program was introduced in March 2024.

11. More Graphics

SWAT Commander-in-Chief Fun X Time has surfed the Internet to search for useful software to create beautiful and eye-catching graphics. This section of the article is a dedicated space for these graphics.

They can be used in different places since they have variable theme and appearance, which is a plus!

12. Minecraft Server Release in June 2024

Earlier, we had promised to release the Minecraft server on March 25th, 2024. SWAT will be focusing on creating its own Minecraft server in June 2024. This month is tentative, and we cannot promise this date. However, we will try our best to ensure that we release it as soon as possible, at the right time. We sincerely apologize for this inconvenience. We will continue to host Minecraft game nights on other servers, mostly personal servers. Thank you for your enthusiasm and patience!

13. Upcoming Census

On April 5th, 2024, SWAT will commence its first census to analyze data for important questionnare.

14. Summary

  1. The newsletter summarizes March 2024 and Season 4.
  2. Season 5: Watery Island has been introduced.
  3. The newsletter revises work at the Corporation.
  4. The newsletter shows a glimpse at the recent division tournament.
  5. An art competition is coming ahead very soon.
  6. A recruitment competition is coming ahead very soon.
  7. Badges have been introduced into SWAT.
  8. Several SWAT Bot updates have taken place.
  9. Server updates have taken place in the Discord server.
  10. SWAT has expanded its gallery of graphics.
  11. SWAT has confirmed June 2024 as the target month for releasing its official Minecraft server.
  12. April 2024 hints at an upcoming census.

In conclusion, we have been able to overhaul a great portion of our generation recently. We have improved most of our forces, and are ready to outperform several opponents when desired.

Thank you,
The SWAT Corporation!

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Hello, March 2024!

Posted on March 1, 2024 by Fun X Time

SWAT commences another beautiful month. SWAT is a fundamental figure that retains its activity. We expect propagation of performance and oust armies in the future!

Designed by SWAT Commander-in-Chief Fun X Time.

Table of Contents

  1. Concluding February 2024
  2. Concluding Season 3: Near North
  3. Introducing Season 4
  4. Constitutional Reforms
  5. The SWAT Corporation Examination
  6. The SWAT Corporation Veteran Unit
  7. Introducing SWAT Badges
  8. Division Tournament: Radiant Rivalry
  9. Major SWAT Bot Updates
  10. Upcoming Census

Concluding February 2024

February 2024 was themed on a mountainous adventure in regard to Sensei. The month belonged to Season 2: Near North. As the month commenced, the Club Penguin Armies (CPA) army league organization pointed out a multilogging event committed by SWAT Fifth-in-Command DorukHolmes as spotlight discovery.

The early period of the month was not quite eventful. However, SWAT saw practice battles against the Dark Vikings. In the midst of the month, the Division Command elections began. Around this time, several new members were enlisted, mostly members with rich experience with Club Penguin armies in the past. SWAT on Fandom gained more activity, and started out by creating templates and writing more articles.

In the latter of the month, the SWAT Corporation started working on several initiatives, including the Constituent Assembly and Staff Weekly Schedules. The winners of the Division Command elections, too, were decided, and were promoted to their acquired positions. Around this time, the Corporation started creating plans for the month of March, and worked over the Organizational Plans 2024.

Concluding Season 3: Near North

Season 3: Near North found Zooy triumphant, being the first to complete all missions! Congratulations, Zooy! Well done to other participants.

Introducing Season 4

As doors to Season 3 conclude. The community welcomes Season 4 as its theme was highly anticipating. The month’s theme is quite intriguing.

Introducing Season 4! For the month of March 2024, SWAT experiences The Avalanche as the continuation of the story. Till now, SWAT has composed a well-written and well-constructed story.

Please read the story of Season 3!

The poster of Season 4.

Constitutional Reforms

The Constitution of SWAT will be reformed entirely. A constituent assembly was set up in February 2024, so as to promote inclusiveness among our senior troops. Channels have been set up in the Corporation to permit discussion and debate in lieu of any article or section presented. This makes the power of the Constitution more decentralized, fair, and its content well thought.

The existing version of the constitution will still operate, until the newer one is implemented.

The SWAT Corporation Examination

The Corporation will no longer hand out promotions to members under the Staff-in-Training rank, without having the Corporation’s examination completed. The examination requires you to profile about yourself so the Corporation can identify you. And, it also asks several questions. It should ideally take around 5 minutes to complete. The examination is quite simple, and scores are assigned as soon as you complete the examination.

The SWAT Corporation Veteran Unit

The Corporation has implemented a veteran unit. This is a prestigious unit that connects with veterans of the army, and sends invitations to its veterans for massive events. The idea was thought of in lieu of SWAT’s 15th Anniversary. For this milestone, we want to include as many troops as possible, with past troops included. SWAT’s 15th Anniversary event is on Sunday, 7th July 2024. The event timings will be voted upon, and will be kept in the EU event timezone division.

Introducing SWAT Badges

Extending the hand of love of reward and gratitude, the Corporation has introduced SWAT Badges that SWAT troops may claim! Earning these badges require merit and effort. And, we have faith that every troop will get the badge they desire!

Division Tournament: Radiant Rivalry

Lately, it has been anticipated within the SWAT community that a division tournament is coming up very soon. In response to this, the Corporation has decided to set up SWAT’s first modern division tournament. This tournament has been entitled Radiant Rivalry.

Tournament announcement on the tablet screen.
The banner of the tournament.

Date and Time

All events will belong to the EU timezone, and will occur every Sunday for the duration of the tournament.

  1. 17th March 2024, 05:00 PM UTC
  2. 24th March 2024, 05:00 PM UTC
  3. 31st March 2024, 05:00 PM UTC

Please note that a major tournament, March Madness IX, will also occur this month. In lieu of this, we may change dates and times accordingly.

Major SWAT Bot Updates

During the month of February 2024, bot developer SWAT Commander-in-Chief Fun X Time reworked and repaired many features of the bot, and added new ones. In addition to this, the Corporation also hired two helpers who engage in the development and production of the bot. These two helpers are SWAT Second-in-Command Zooy and SWAT Sergeant Commando DorukHolmes. Updates introduced or to be introduced this month are highlighted below.

  1. Improvement of Interactions: Interactions such as clicking a button or submitting a modal form in Discord are now faster. Earlier, the bot used to find which interaction one uses from a list of interactions, and continues only after it has checked every interaction. Now, the bot stops iterating the list of interactions once it finds what it needs.
  2. Speedy Actions: Using a command will not slow the bot down. It executes lesser triggers. This is because we have merged several commands into one internal trigger. Commands remain visibly unaffected.
  3. Repaired DM Reminders: DM reminders sent from the bot have been fixed. They also have been updated to the latest event information provision standards.
  4. Repaired Certan Critical Event Issues: Certain issues caused by the SWAT Bot during events has been fixed. However, we may still be having certain issues. Please do not forget to contact us in regard to those!
  5. Added Commands: Several commands have been added to the bot, and are listed below.
    • staffQuests:
      A command to see quests for members of the Staff-in-Training rank to get promoted.
    • topic or tpic:
      Fetches a randomized topic to converse on, some of which are related to SWAT.
    • cpitem or ai:
      Fetches information on a Club Penguin (CP) or Club Penguin Army Battleground (CPAB) item through certain item databases.
    • gameserver or gs:
      Fetches or sets the in-game server for a Club Penguin event.
    • cpab:
      Sends the link to Club Penguin Army Battleground in chat beautifully.
    • badges:
      Shows badges you have acquired.
    • guide:
      Creates an interactive guide or walk-through for enlisted members.
    • vote:
      Sends links to various Discord server lists where one can vote for SWAT’s Discord server.
    • rform:
      Prompts a random form to invoke.
    • promocode:
      Claim a promotional code you have found.
  6. Added Non-mentioning Flag: Append --noping to a command to avoid mentioning or pinging event attendees when invoking event-related prompts.

Upcoming Census

An upcoming census will be conducted soon, where we will try to reach as many troops as possible. The census will primarily cover:

  • Event Timings, Frequency, and Days
  • Common Concerns
  • Prioritization
  • Feedback Collection for SWAT’s Website
  • Feedback Collection for SWAT Bot

The census is anticipated to occur around 15th March 2024.

Summary

  • SWAT concluded February 2024.
  • Season 4 has been introduced.
  • Constitutional reforms took place.
  • The SWAT Corporation Examination was highlighted.
  • The SWAT Corporation Veteran Unit has been introduced.
  • SWAT Badges have been introduced.
  • Division Tournament: Radiant Rivalry has been announced.
  • Major SWAT Bot updates took place, including addition of several commands, and implementation of repairs.
  • An upcoming census has been highlighted.

Thank you,
The SWAT Corporation!

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