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-<h4>2.6) If you have contributed any patches to Wesnoth, please list them below. You can also list patches that have been submitted but not committed yet and patches that have not been specifically written for GSoC. If you have gained commit access to our SVN (during the evaluation period or earlier) please state so.</h4>
+<h4>2.6) If you have contributed any patches to Wesnoth, please list them below. You can also list patches that have been submitted but not committed yet and patches that have not been specifically written for GSoC. If you have gained commit access to our S&shy;&shy;V&shy;&shy;N (during the evaluation period or earlier) please state so.</h4>
-<br> I have not submitted any patches but I am actually looking at one of the "Easy Coding tasks" to begin with, I have svn checked out code (1.6 version I believe) and have started looking at the bug#7470 (MP chat font - small request) just to get a first-hand rough idea of the codes right now.
+<br> I have not submitted any patches but I am actually looking at one of the "Easy Coding tasks" to begin with, I have s&shy;&shy;v&shy;&shy;n checked out code (1.6 version I believe) and have started looking at the bug#7470 (MP chat font - small request) just to get a first-hand rough idea of the codes right now.
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 <h4>5.1) Are you familiar with any of the following tools or languages?</h4><br>
-* Subversion (used for all commits)<br>
+* Sub&shy;&shy;version (used for all commits)<br>
-EDITTED: Am currently using subversion for majority of my coding right now with my team. However, I have yet to have experience on the commandprompt svn. I have been using the TortoiseSvn on windows for approximately 3 weeks now.
+EDITTED: Am currently using sub&shy;&shy;version for majority of my coding right now with my team. However, I have yet to have experience on the commandprompt s&shy;&shy;v&shy;&shy;n. I have been using the TortoiseS&shy;&shy;v&shy;&shy;n on windows for approximately 3 weeks now.
 * C++ (language used for all the normal source code)<br>

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 =SoC Application=
-[http://socghop.appspot.com/gsoc/student_proposal/review/google/gsoc2010/aranair/t127067138706 t127067138706]
+[http://socghop.appspot.com/gsoc/student_proposal/review/google/gsoc2010/aranair/t127067138706 GSoc Proposal: Wesnoth: A New Alliance System (Aranair)]
 =Questionnaire=

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 <br>
 - side2 joins WesUnited -> WesUnited : (side2,Trial), (side1,leader) <br>
-- side2 wants to consolidate and cooperate, side2 proposes Friend status to side1 and side1 accepts. -> WesUnited : (side2,Trusted), (side1,leader). <br>
+- side2 wants to consolidate and cooperate, side2 proposes Friend status to side1 and side1 accepts. -> WesUnited : (side2,Friend), (side1,leader). <br>
 - side5 wishing to have company, joins WesUnited -> WesUnited : (side2,Friend), (side1,leader), (side5, Trial) <br>
 ----- Side2 is now able to see side5 but not side1. He builds units to counter side5. ----

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 =SoC Application=
-[http://socghop.appspot.com/gsoc/student_proposal/review/google/gsoc2010/aranair/t127067138706 GSoc Proposal: Wesnoth: A New Alliance System (Aranair)]
+[http://socghop.appspot.com/gsoc/student_proposal/review/google/gsoc2010/aranair/t127067138706 t127067138706]
 =Questionnaire=
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 Firstly, more levels of detail could be introduced to the alliance system. For example: you could be on a different side, but you might want to share certain resources healers, control, contributions from villages etc with another side etc. <br>
-Secondly, a better implementation of an alliance could be made; there needs to be a better way to organize cooperating sides and to handle them together more logically.<br>
+Secondly, a better implementation of an alliance could be made; there needs to be a better way to organize cooperating sides and to handle them together more logically. The current system is more like individual sides playing against each other with benefits, mine is relatively constrasted. My system attempts to depict sides cooperating as a team.<br>
 . <strong>New Alliance System</strong><br>
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 In this new alliance system, I wish to add in the concept of an alliance that in my opinion, more appropriately defines the relationship between N-sides. <br>
 Now, I will introduce the new alliance system to you organized by the concepts involved: <br>
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 -  Trial will earn a side the least privileges but falling from trial status will not induce penalties. (Rebel status will still be set)<br>
 -  Once a side backstabs a side from the same alliance, Rebel status is set, penalties must be paid and no re-entry to alliance is possible.<br>
--  In the scenario where the game detects that there is only 1 alliance left, Friend status will be offered an opportunity to share victory with the rest of the sworn-ed sides. They may also choose to fight to their deaths.<br><br>
+-  In the scenario where the game detects that there is only 1 alliance left, Friend status and above will be offered an opportunity to share victory with the rest of the sworn-ed sides. They may also choose to fight to their deaths.<br><br>
 (The above list is preliminary and is subject to changes: please CTRL-B now :P)

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 =SoC Application=
-[http://socghop.appspot.com/gsoc/student_proposal/review/google/gsoc2010/aranair/t127067138706 t127067138706]
+[http://socghop.appspot.com/gsoc/student_proposal/review/google/gsoc2010/aranair/t127067138706 GSoc Proposal: Wesnoth: A New Alliance System (Aranair)]
 =Questionnaire=

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 -  Can only be Trusted and above with one alliance. <br>
 -  Trial will earn a side the least privileges but falling from trial status will not induce penalties. (Rebel status will still be set)<br>
--  Once a side backstabs a team, Rebel status is set, penalties must be paid and no re-entry to team is possible.<br>
+-  Once a side backstabs a side from the same alliance, Rebel status is set, penalties must be paid and no re-entry to alliance is possible.<br>
--  In the scenario where there is only the game detects that there is only 1 alliance left, Friend status will be offered an opportunity to share victory with the rest of the sworn-ed sides. They may also choose to fight to their deaths.<br><br>
+-  In the scenario where the game detects that there is only 1 alliance left, Friend status will be offered an opportunity to share victory with the rest of the sworn-ed sides. They may also choose to fight to their deaths.<br><br>
 (The above list is preliminary and is subject to changes: please CTRL-B now :P)
-<strong>Changes:</strong> Sworn status is no longer non-revocable.
+<strong>Changes:</strong><br>
 <strong>Incentives and Penalty</strong><br>

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 Like I have mentioned above, there will be incentives and penalties. This is one of the measures I have taken to reward team-play and make backstabbing possible but at the same time restricted. Now, I will list some examples of this concept here: <br>
-<strong> General </strong>
+<strong> General </strong><br>
 -  A side is able to see the views of all sides of equivalent or lower status. eg: Leader will see all sides. (this might be changed if it is deemed to be too offsetting)<br>
 -  Shared healing effectiveness is based on the receiver's status. Higher you are, more you receive. <br>
-<br>
+<strong>Trial</strong><br>
 -  Team chats will be enabled for all statuses other than Rebel. <br>
--  Other benefits kept to a minimum.<br><br>
+-  Other benefits kept to a minimum.<br>
-<strong>Friend</strong>
+<strong>Friend</strong><br>
 -  Trial benefits + <br>
 -  Opportunity to surrender and share victory with sworn when only 1 alliance is left.<br>
-<br>
+<strong>Trusted</strong><br>
 -  Friend benefits + <br>
--  Usage of leaders and villages for teleports will be shared among Trusted-s <br><br>
+-  Usage of leaders and villages for teleports will be shared among Trusted-s <br><
+<strong>Sworn</strong><br>
 -  Trusted benefits + <br>
 -  For every side equivalent to Sworn status, these sides will share a boost to the contributions from their villages. (amount is easily settable) <br>
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 . <strong>Evaluation of New Parameters:</strong><br>
 To determine if a unit can attack this side:  <br>
-First find the side of that unit and check its all_alliance_pairs to see if it contains a diplomacy tie with the team of this side. If there is, display a prompt to owner of unit (a one-time decision if he chooses to backstab on ally team), otherwise it will continue as per normal.<br>
+First find the side of that unit and check its all_alliance_pairs to see if it contains a diplomacy tie with the team of this side. If there is, display a prompt to owner of unit (a one-time decision if he chooses to backstab on ally team), otherwise it will continue as per normal.<br><br>
 <strong>To determine if a side will take a village from another side:</strong><br>
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 <strong> Contributions from Villages </strong><br>
 For every side above trusted in alliance, these sides will enjoy a slight boost to the contributions from their villages. 0.1 times more for each side. For example: alliance have 1 leader, 2 trusted, 2 friends. The leader and the 2 trusted sides will enjoy 1.3 times the contributions. Amount can be decided in future when implementation starts.<br>
 <br>
 <strong>Usage of Leaders & Villages for Teleports</strong> <br>
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 <strong>Evaluation of Fog and Shroud</strong>:<br>
 My original idea is to evaluate fog and shroud based on status as well. A side will automatically see views of all sides with a lower status with the common team. <br>
 For example in the scenario shown in [http://img693.imageshack.us/i/figure11.jpg/ Figure 1.1] the evaluation of viewable areas for Aranair will be done in this manner. First, it will go through all_alliance_pairs. It finds that Aranair is Trusted with Team 1, it will then see all Side 2’s views because side 2 is of a lower status with the common Team 1. <br>
-I am aware that this type of evaluation with views might not be accepted or possible, so I have thought of a replacement scheme. It could be such that it is fixed: below Trusted status, no views will be shared, and above all views will be shared.
+I am aware that this type of evaluation with views might not be accepted or possible, so I have thought of a replacement scheme. It could be such that it is fixed: below Trusted status, no views will be shared, and above all views will be shared. <br>
 <br>
 <strong>Sharing of Victory/Defeat:</strong><br>
 This has been implicitly handled by this status system. When a side enter Sworn status with a team, all sides that have Sworn status with the same team will share victory and defeat.
-<br>
+<br><br>
 <strong>Sharing of Chats:</strong><br>
 Any message sent from one side, will be sent to all teams that exist in all_alliance_pairs in the side. Any side who has a status (other than “Rebel”) will receive the same message. I consider this the lowest level of benefit and may give rise to more infiltration with Trial status and backstabbing.
-<br>
+<br><br>
-<h4> Timeline </h4><br>
+<h4> Timeline </h4>
 I will not be waiting for the official coding period to start coding. I am currently already in the process of looking with much details some parts of the code to gain a better understanding. However, I would be preparing for my exams which will end on the 5th May. After which, I will begin full scale the coding procedures. <br>

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 <h4>2.1) What programs/software have you worked on before? </h4><br>
-(not quite sure if you meant had experience with, or created before but here goes)<br>
+<br>
-Programming languages related: <br>
-- Microsoft VS 2005/2008 for C++ and C#<br>
+Most of my projects have been pretty trivial and done in school.
-- DrJava, NetBeans for Java.<br>
-- JSpin a little right now to model concurrent programming in school.<br>
+However, currently I am working on my first "public-release" quality program.
-Non programming languages related:<br>
+More details could be viewed at http://code.google.com/p/gameanywhere/<br>
 <h4>2.2) Have you developed software in a team environment before? (As opposed to hacking on something on your own)</h4><br>