changelog

[drowsy orchid]

🤖 We added a new Aim Duels feature to VoltBot, where you can start Duels in Aim Lab or KovaaKs versus other players!

This ranges from 1v1s all the way up to 4v4s
It's an early release, so feedback/bug reports are very much appreciated via @inner remnant or http://bit.ly/voltaicfeedback
Feedback will be collected and applied at a later date, as our developer is currently busy with exams
The bot will cycle daily between Aim Lab and KovaaKs, so players can try it on either one of the platforms

How it works
VoltBot will direct message you, so DMs must be enabled when using the bot

Go to #1000496188505731112 and join a queue of your choice (for anything more than 1v1s, you have to create a group first by using v-invite @username)
Once they accept the invite you can queue for group queues!
Once enough players are matched, the bot will tell you which scenario to play after which you have a set amount of time to achieve your highest score
You can then send these scores to the bot and it will automatically take the highest one (make sure to screenshot your highest score)
If your scores are higher than the opposing player you win and will gain ELO (You can use v-elo to view your elo)
Finally, your results will be posted in the #929477406773899325 so other people can see. A leaderboard and ELO based matchmaking will be added depending on interest, at a later date.

<@&784553325101056020>

[tiny grove]

Duels are temporarily disabled till further notice due to a bug with the bot, will be resolved at a later date

[lone coyote]

📃 Temporary Changes to Ground Varied and Air Varied have now been reverted

In case you missed that message, read about it here -> #changelog message
Issue with degenerating health have now been apprehended
As a result we've reverted the nerfs to Ground Varied and Air varied as they've returned back to their original state

Changes to accommodate scenes returning back to original state
+550 on all levels of Ground Varied (except Astra/Celestial)
+200 on all levels of Air Varied (except Astra/Celestial)

Side note: As of the most recent update, a new bug with some scenarios causes bots to suddenly drop to the bottom of the map on spawn. This is currently affecting Air Varied.

<@&784553325101056020>

[drowsy orchid]

📃 Benchmark Updates

Hey everyone, good news! We are addressing Score Balancing and Scenario Swaps to fix dodge profiles, leaderboard caching issues and issues where players were stuck on an older version of a scenario due to a caching bug.

A lot of you were concerned with some of the score requirements for certain scenarios, with these score nerfs the score requirements for the following scenarios should feel more in line with the other benchmarks of the same category:

VT Multiclick nerfed by 40 points at all levels (With exceptions to Astra/Celestial with -20 score deduction)
VT BounceTS nerfed by 20 points across all levels for Novice and Intermediate and buffed by 10 points for Astra and Celestial
VT Waveshot: Adjusted the score requirements on the Novice and Intermediate versions to be more in line with VT Angleshot

Alongside these score changes, we are also replacing the following scenarios:

VT Air Varied replaced with VT Air (Bots from S3 benchmarks in the new 1m gauntlet format)
VT Ground varied replaced with VT Plaza (Bots from S3 benchmarks in the new 1m gauntlet format)
VT Spheretrack: We are working on improvements for this scenario, but for now it remains unchanged.

<@&784553325101056020>

[runic halo]

📃 Score balancing

Ok everyone, hopefully no more changes for a while. After careful consideration, watching the scores and hearing the opinions of quite a lot of aimers from different skill levels we decided to change the scores for the following scenarios:

VT Plaza Intermediate: Nerf of 120 to all ranks, so 2680 for Platinum, 2980 for Diamond, 3280 for Jade and 3530 for Master.
VT Air Intermediate: 50 buff to Master, and additional 50 points of difference between the ranks, so 2450 for Platinum, 2700 for Diamond, 2950 for Jade and 3200 for Master.
VT Plaza Advanced: GM buffed to 3200, Nova nerfed to 3400, Astra and Celestial nerfed by 100, so 3600 for Astra and 3650 for Celestial.
VT Air Advanced: 50 nerf to all ranks except Celestial (stays at 3700), so 3050 for GM, 3350 for Nova and 3600 for Astra.

This changes should make the fixed reactive scenarios by @cold island feel more balanced and make it so people get a similar rank to what they had before we made the change to the new scenarios. Thanks to everyone that provided their feedback respectfully. I want to remind you that you can always share your feedback through s-feedback. <@&784553325101056020>

[drowsy orchid]

Discord Server Changes

Hi guys, as some of you have noticed, we've recently added a few more channels to the discord to spark organised discussions, structured guidance and suggestions. In addition, we've added a missions channel where the Voltaic community can keep each other accountable to get stuff done for the day.

Forum Channels
#1023384904857292910 - Hub for all general topics that you want to discuss or simply chat about. Not suitable for advice/feedback/suggestions.
#1019641746776412200 - Organised (Aim/FPS) improvement related advice/questions, including Health, Fitness, Peripheral and Tech topics.
#1024646915176017920 - Provide suggestions to all Voltaic related activities, also place to report bugs and provide constructive feedback.

Missions Channel
Helps with productivity through accountability. Make sure to check the pins in the channel for more info.
#missions - Write down a mission you want to complete for the day, and something to lose if failed.

P.S. As always try to be helpful, positive contributions to the server go a long way and are gratifying

Excited to see you guys' posts! <@&784553325101056020>

[runic halo]

📃 Score balancing

Hello everyone!, we are happy to announce a brand new Aimlab scenario! we have been working hard to create a better reactive tracking benchmark to replace VT Spheretrack, so we came up with VT Axitrack, a new scenario made to test your reactive tracking skills across every axis (X, Y and Z)! Go check it out!

VT Axitrack Novice: Replaced VT Spheretrack Novice as one of the Reactive Tracking benchmarks.
VT Axitrack Intermediate: Replaced VT Spheretrack Intermediate as one of the Reactive Tracking benchmarks.
VT Axitrack Advanced: Replaced VT Spheretrack Advanced as one of the Reactive Tracking benchmarks.

Also, for the last couple of weeks we have been watching the score balancing between the benchmark scenarios of every aiming category. These issues were very noticeable for the Nova rank across various aiming categories, so with the following buffs the benchmarks of the same technique should feel more equally challenging to achieve:

VT Smoothbot Intermediate: Buff of 50 points to all ranks, so 3050 for Platinum, 3450 for Diamond, 3850 for Jade and 4250 for Master.
VT Smoothbot Advanced: Buff of 100 points to all ranks, so 3300 for GM, 3600 for Nova, 3950 for Astra and 4000 for Celestial.
VT Plaza Advanced: 75 score buff to GM and Nova, so 3275 for GM and 3475 for Nova.*
VT Evats Advanced: Nova score requirement increased from 730 to 740.
VT Skyts Advanced: Nova score requirement increased from 1420 to 1450.

*After this change we will evaluate if a nerf is needed for the score requirements of VT Air Advanced.

<@&784553325101056020>

[drowsy orchid]

📃 (Bug) Fixes

Users had notified us that VT Minisphere Vertical (at Iron-Gold levels had broken) @mortal plaza has fixed this issue now
There was an issue with one of the average cells on the Aim Lab spreadsheet, we have fixed this now
Benchmarks Playlists for Aim Lab S2 Novice, Intermediate and Advanced now include Axitrack instead of Spheretrack

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[runic halo]

📃 Score balancing

Buckle up! We are making a lot of changes that should really help all of our benchmarks feel much more rewarding!

We noticed that a lot of players were preferring to play only some of the scenarios from each subcategory, which lead to us doing some testing that helped us determine that some of the benchmarks score requirements were much easier to achieve when compared to the other benchmark scenario(s) of the same subcategory.

With these changes we hope that now the scenarios of each subcategory should feel much more "balanced" between each other so you can give scenarios that used to feel much harder a new chance!

[runic halo]

- NOVICE:
- Clicking:
- Static:
- VT Sixshot Novice: Scores buffed from 450/600/700/1020 to 600/700/800/1040
- VT 1w6ts Rasp Novice: Scores buffed from 600/700/800/900 to 650/750/850/950

- Tracking:
    - Precise:
        - Steadytrack Novice: buffed from 1100/1400/1700/2000 to 1250/1550/1850/2150
        - Suavetrack Novice: nerfed from 1300/1700/2100/2500 to 1000/1300/1600/1900
    - Reactive:
        - Pilltrack Novice: buffed from 1400/1800/2200/2600 to 1650/2050/2450/2850
        - VT Plaza Novice: Scores buffed from 2000/2300/2700/2900 to 2150/2450/2850/3050
        - VT Air Novice: Scores buffed from 1750/2050/2350/2650 to 1900/2200/2500/2800

- INTERMEDIATE:
- Clicking:
- Dynamic:
- VT Waveshot Intermediate: score nerfed from 580/620/700/780 to 530/590/670/750
- Static:
- VT Multishot 120 Intermediate: Scores nerfed from 1200/1300/1400/1500 to 1170/1270/1370/1490

- Tracking:
    - Precise:
        - Steadytrack Intermediate: buffed from 2100/2400/2700/3000 to 2200/2500/2800/3100
        - PreciseOrb Intermediate: nerfed from 1700/2100/2500/2900 to 1650/2050/2450/2850
    - Reactive:
        - Axitrack Intermediate: nerfed from 2250/2500/2750/3000 to 2150/2450/2750/2900 
        - Pilltrack Intermediate: scores nerfed from 2200/2600/3000/3400 to 2000/2350/2750/3150

- Target Switching
    - Speed:
        - Sphereswitch Intermediate: nerfed from 1800/2000/2150/2300 to 1700/1900/2050/2200
        - Skyswitch Intermediate: nerfed from 2450/2650/2800/3000 to 2350/2550/2700/2900
    - Evasive:
        - Dodgeswitch Intermediate: nerfed from 2300/2450/2600/2720 to 2100/2250/2400/2550 
        - Arcswitch Intermediate: scores nerfed from 1730/1870/1970/2050 to 1700/1830/1930/2000

- ADVANCED:
- Clicking:
- Dynamic:
- VT Waveshot Advanced: nerfed from 880/1050/1140/1200 to 860/1030/1120/1200
- VT Arcshot Advanced: nerfed from 900/1050/1250/1300 to 900/1050/1200/1280
- Static:
- VT Threeshot Advanced: Scores nerfed from 1250/1350/1500/1580 to 1250/1350/1450/1530
- VT Multishot 180 Advanced: Scores nerfed from 1500/1600/1700/1750 to 1490/1580/1670/1720
- VT Multiclick 180 Advanced: Scores nerfed from 1680/1820/1940/2000 to 1630/1770/1890/1950

- Tracking:
    - Precise:
        - VT Suavetrack Advanced: nerfed from 3600/4100/4300/4550 to 3530/4000/4150/4330
        - VT Minitrack Advanced: nerfed from 2600/3200/3600/3850 to 2450/3000/3400/3650
    - Reactive:
        - VT Blinktrack Advanced: Scores buffed from 2500/2800/3000/3200 to 2500/2800/3000/3210
        - VT Pilltrack Advanced: Scores nerfed from 3300/3600/3900/4000 to 3200/3500/3800/3900
        - VT Axitrack Advanced: Scores nerfed from 2250/2550/2800/2900 to 2250/2500/2750/2850
        - VT Air Advanced: Scores nerfed from 3050/3350/3600/3700 to 3000/3250/3500/3650

- Target Switching
    - Speed:
        - VT Sphereswitch Advanced: nerfed from 2400/2600/2750/2900 to 2370/2570/2650/2800
        - VT Swayswitch Advanced: nerfed from 2700/2900/3100/3250 to 2670/2870/3070/3220
        - VT Skyswitch Advanced: buffed from 2900/3200/3350/3460 to 2950/3250/3365/3465
        - VT SkyTS Advanced: Nova rank nerfed from 1450 to 1430
    - Evasive:
        - VT Arcswitch Advanced: Scores buffed from 2000/2250/2450/2564 to 2000/2250/2450/2565
        - VT Dodgeswitch Advanced: Scores nerfed from 2750/3050/3200/3250 to 2680/2980/3130/3200

<@&784553325101056020>

[drowsy orchid]

📜 Small server change

We've removed the following channels from id:guide, due to consistent issues with the channel appearing for some users, and not for others:

• #resources
• Users had to constantly enable ''Show all channels'' for the channel to appear
• #video-guides
• #coaching
• #support-us

Hopefully this change, will make it easier for all users to access the server without having to enable all channels. As a side note #resources is always a visible channel by default! <@&784553325101056020>

[runic halo]

VOLTAIC VALORANT BENCHMARKS PATCH NOTES 📃

Hello everybody! I am happy to announce that the Beta testing of the Voltaic Valorant Benchmarks for Aimlabs is finally over!

Over the past weeks since the release of the project we have been taking a look at score balancing as well as ways to optimize the scenario design and we are pretty confident that with the following changes the project will be in an even better state!

SCENARIO CHANGES:

• VT DotTS VALORANT (all difficulties): redesigned map so it fits better with player's visuals. Some players were experiencing a bug in which the gun stopped shooting for some milliseconds. That should be fixed now!
• VT Widereflex VALORANT (all difficulties): Removed the light indicators. Some players were reporting that the "traffic lights" were distracting. The original idea behind the lights was to give players another way of quickly realizing the spawn of the next target, but we have decided that since some people were really upset about them it's better to turn them off for the live version of the scenario. If you liked the lights you can still play a version that has them, they are called "VT Widereflex VALORANT [Insert difficulty] Lights" but keep in mind that the score you achieve in them will not count towards your rank.
• VT Miniphase VALORANT: Adjusted the side "loading bars" so they more accurately represent the time left per phase.
• VT 1W1T VALORANT (all difficulties): Slightly moved the player back to avoid off-screen spawns and adjusted the size of targets accordingly.
• VT Skyclick Multi VALORANT (all difficulties): Adjusted the movement pattern of all bots to make them more consistent and less random. Also made all the targets slightly faster and 3-click on all difficulties for consistency's sake. The score requirements on all the variants will remain the same until we gather more plays with the new changes to establish better score goals so keep in mind the score requirements for these scenarios are still subject to change.

Note: if you do not see these changes in your next playthrough or run into any issues follow the steps of this video: https://bit.ly/GunNotFoundBugAimlabs

SCORE REQUIREMENTS:

After careful consideration we have made the following changes to proportionally adjust the score requirements of each task inside of it's respective subcategory. We hope that this helps to promote players to try all the scenarios in each subcategory as they should now feel more "equally challenging" score-wise.

• VT Floatshot VALORANT:
• +50 points across all ranks and difficulties.
• VT Fourshot Adaptive VALORANT:
• -20 points across all ranks.
• VT Miniphase VALORANT:
• -50 points across all ranks.
• VT Widereflex VALORANT:
• +150 across all ranks. Score between ranks adjusted from 450 points to 550. Immortal adjusted to 7150 and Gold remains the same as Platinum after the changes.
• VT Micro 2 Sphere VALORANT:
• +50 across all ranks and difficulties.
• VT Micropace VALORANT:
• +75 across all ranks and difficulties.
• VT Peekshot VALORANT:
• -175 across all ranks and difficulties.
• VT Peektrack VALORANT:
• +125 across all ranks and difficulties.
• VT Controlstrafes VALORANT:
• -100 across all ranks and difficulties.
• VT Angle Track VALORANT:
• +75 across all ranks and difficulties.

Note: all of these changes should already be reflected in your https://app.voltaic.gg/ profile!

We hope you enjoy these changes! Good luck!

<@&784553325101056020>

[runic halo]

📃 Voltaic Valorant Benchmarks - Patch Notes

Hello again! I am happy to announce the next batch of changes to the Voltaic Valorant Benchmarks for Aimlabs!

This time around there aren't as many changes, but we wanted to focus on finishing the balancing of Skyclick Multi, some QOL updates in scenarios and some aesthetic changes! Also these notes serve as an important announcement to those who are still having the "missing weapon" error!

Scenario Changes✏️

• VT Micropace VALORANT (all difficulties): Redesigned map to prevent the target "bouncing" on the side walls. This wasn't a very common issue because the scenario is divided in two 30 second phases, but theoretically on a run with unfortunate randomness the target could choose to go to one side a lot causing this issue. Now the map is wider so even if the bot goes to one side it shouldn't get all the way to the side walls. Also adjusted the center spawn icon to make it easier to see when the second bot spawns.
• VT Adjust Track VALORANT (all difficulties): Adjusted lighting on the scenario, before some players using different visuals could have walls that were brighter than the others.
• VT Angle Track VALORANT (all difficulties): Changed Voltaic logo and colors so that it matches with the other benchmark scenarios. Thank you VT EmpireDeadMan for the changes!

Note: if you do not see these changes in your next playthrough follow the steps of this video

Score Thresholds 🎯

After the last patch we made some drastic to VT Skyclick Multi VALORANT. Now that some time has passed we have taken a look at the leadearboards and have decided on the following score changes to that scenario in order to make it as challenging as the others in the same sub-category.

VT Skyclick Multi VALORANT:
Score between ranks adjusted from 50 points to 100. Angelic buffed to 1450 from 1250, Immortal buffed to 1250 from 1150 and Gold buffed to 1050 from 1000.

Note: all of these changes should already be reflected in your app.voltaic.gg profile

IMPORTANT: Missing Weapon Bug 🐛

Despite being announced in the previous patch notes, some users are still confused as to what they should do to fix this issue. In order to solve this issue you must open Aimlabs, go to "Custom", "Workshop", "Scenarios" and in the search bar search for the scenario you are having the issue with, most likely it will be either VT DotTS VALORANT, VT Skyclick Multi VALORANT or both. Then you must DELETE the scenario with the X next to it's name, and then redownload it again clicking on the Download icon that will appear after it is deleted. You can find a video guide to do this here

In 99% of cases this solves the issue! if the issue persist you can try redownloading the actual gun that is missing. In order to do this you must go to "Custom", "Workshop", "Weapons" and in the search bar search for the weapon that is missing (probably either "3000rpm" or "LG56MultiV2") and repeat the process outlined above (delete and redownload).

Thank you Dark for helping me come up with the second fix!

Note: if for some reason this also doesn't fix your issue then contact an Aimlabs Dev in their discord.

Closing Thoughts 🤓

I hope you like these changes! I can't wait to see more of your amazing scores!
As always, at VT we like to hear your thoughts so feel free to comment what you think needs to be changed/tweaked and I will make sure to take a look!

That's all for now, this was Lowgravity56, take care, and happy grinding my friends! 🚀

<@&784553325101056020>

[drowsy orchid]

📃 Celestial Changes & Voltaic App Changes

App Changes

• The Voltaic App now has leaderboards!
• In order to be placed simply make sure to be ranked on any of our benchmarks tiers, register an account, and link your Aimlabs + Discord accounts.
• Don't forget to pick your country as it will show on the leaderboard, and will allow you to filter on it.
• Progression charts are now also available to everyone.
• Celestial Energy is now uncapped upon reaching the Celestial rank. This is to differentiate between top players.
• Our webapp is still in development, so please to defer to #1132068356355268769 for bug reports/feedback.

Celestial

After internal discussions with the benchmark team, and with the courtesy of @dusty marten, we've revised the current benchmark seasons top rankings.

• The celestial energy threshold for Season 4 KovaaKs now rewards 1200 energy
• This is to help with balancing across both platforms, and consistency for leaderboards
• Celestial is no longer a top 3 moving score target, it is now a fixed score that may/can get adjusted (rarely) as with every other rank
• This might be the last major change for these seasons as the rest we will address in upcoming seasons.
• There may or may not be a few more minor adjustments to other ranks, but for now this is all.
• Celestial score will still need to be submitted on the leaderboard to be valid for KovaaKs.
• For Aimlabs we will use the replay system, however you may still be required to provide a VoD or stream to obtain ranks.

For our Aimlabs Season 2 scenarios we're changing scores to the following:

• VT Angleshot Advanced - 1300
• VT Waveshot Advanced - 1375
• VT Arcshot Advanced - 1400
• VT Fourshot Wide Advanced - 1875
• VT Threeshot Advanced - 1560
• VT Multishot 180 Advanced - 1800
• VT Suavetrack Advanced - 4450
• VT Steadytrack Advanced - 4350
• VT Minitrack Advanced - 3700
• VT Blinktrack Advanced - 3385
• VT Pilltrack Advanced - 4000
• VT Axitrack Advanced - 3300
• VT Swayswitch Advanced - 3350
• VT Sphereswitch Advanced - 2825
• VT Skyswitch Advanced - 3525
• VT Dodgeswitch Advanced - 3275
• VT Angleswitch Advanced - 2825
• VT Arcswitch Advanced - 2750

For our KovaaKs Season 4 scenarios we're changing scores to the following:

• VT Pasu Rasp Advanced - 1270
• VT Bounceshot Advanced - 1150
• VT 1w3ts Rasp Advanced - 1580
• VT Multiclick 180 Advanced - 2000
• VT AngleStrafe Advanced - 1250
• VT ArcStrafe Advanced - 1200
• VT Smoothbot Advanced - 4300
• VT PreciseOrb Advanced - 3650
• VT Plaza Advanced - 3800
• VT Air Advanced - 3775
• VT PatStrafe Advanced - 3500
• VT AirStrafe Advanced - 3825
• VT psalmTS Advanced - 1330
• VT skyTS Advanced - 1600
• VT evaTS Advanced - 830
• VT bounceTS Advanced - 1050

P.S. Don't bomb my house pls <@&784553325101056020>

[mighty charm]

Web App Outage

MongoDB cloud services that we rely on are suffering from several critical problems today. As the result, some clusters became inaccessible and that involves us. The app is down until they fix the problem on their side. Please be patient.
<@&784553325101056020>

Edit: seems that everything is back up again, but we won't confirm that until Mongo's issues are resolved.
Edit2: The system has recovered and we are continuing to monitor.

[dusty marten]

After letting the community evaluate yesterday's changes to the Celestial requirements, as well as some light testing, we have decided to change the following benchmark score targets for Season 4 Kovaak's.

VT AngleStrafe Advanced: 1250 --> 1230
VT ArcStrafe Advanced: 1200 --> 1230
VT Air Advanced: 3775 --> 3750

Hopefully, these changes will make the respective scenarios feel more balanced for those grinding for this rank.

[runic halo]

VOLTAIC VALORANT BENCHMARKS PATCH NOTES 📃

Hello everybody! We are back with a new batch of changes to the Voltaic Valorant Benchmarks for Aimlabs!

It's been 7 months since these benchmarks were originally released and now thousands of players have tried them! We finally have enough information to properly assess the score requirements for every task so this should be the last scoring change in a long time!

Don't be sad though, we have very cool projects coming wink wink.

SCORE REQUIREMENTS:

After careful consideration we have made the following changes to proportionally adjust the score requirements of each task inside of it's respective subcategory. We hope that this helps to promote players to grind all the scenarios in each subcategory as they should now feel more "equally challenging" score-wise.

These changes should also make all categories feel equally hard, and should especially help intermediate players to push themselves to develop the proper technique required to be able to transition to the Advanced benchmarks.

• VT Angleshot VALORANT Hard:
• -50 points across all Advanced ranks.
• VT Adjustshot VALORANT:
• +50 points across all Intermediate ranks.
• VT Fourshot Adaptive VALORANT:
• -25 points across all Advanced ranks except Radiant.
• +25 points across all Intermediate ranks.
• VT Dotts VALORANT:
• Radiant adjusted to 2650 points.
• +50 points to all Intermediate ranks.
• VT Miniphase VALORANT:
• +50 points across all Intermediate ranks.
• VT 1w1t Valorant Hard:
• Angelic adjusted to 8600, score between Advanced ranks adjusted to 450.
• VT Widereflex VALORANT:
• +50 points across all Intermediate and Advanced ranks.
• VT Microshot Valorant Hard:
• -50 points across all Advanced ranks.
• VT Angleshot Micro Valorant Hard:
• +25 points across all ranks.
• VT Skyclick Multi Valorant Hard:
• -25 points across all Advanced ranks.
• VT Angelic Click Valorant:
• Radiant adjusted to 130. -5 points across all other Advanced ranks.
• +5 points across all Intermediate ranks.
• VT Minits Valorant Hard:
• -5 points across all Advanced ranks.
• VT Peekshot VALORANT Hard:
• -25 points across all Advanced ranks.
• VT Micropace VALORANT Hard:
• +25 points across all Advanced ranks.
• VT Controlstrafes VALORANT:
• Adjusted score between all Advanced ranks to 400.
• +150 points across all Intermediate ranks.
• VT Peektrack VALORANT Hard:
• +25 across all Advanced ranks.
• VT Angle Track VALORANT:
• Adjusted Angelic to 4600 points and score between all Advanced ranks to 400 points.

Note: all of these changes should already be reflected in your https://app.voltaic.gg/ profile!

We hope you enjoy these changes! Good luck!

<@&784553325101056020>

[drowsy orchid]

Update: Regarding new Voltaic Benchmarks Season & Community Feedback ✨

• Wanted to officially announce that we're working on new seasons for both our Aimlabs & KovaaKs benchmarks. <@&784553325101056020>
• Clarification for those that had been asking us.
• Our goal is to have both integrated on our webapp, including the ability to play previous seasons as well.
• Current ETA: early q2.
• Truthfully we are uncertain when it will be ready, but we'll update everyone as we go.

We need your feedback!

The upcoming season we want to include the community more by giving everyone the opportunity to provide feedback/suggestion, all in one place!

• You can do so in this thread: #1224854514062852117

Thank you all for being patient, we're excited to get this out (soon)!

[mighty charm]

🖥️ We've updated our Webapp: Meet the Voltaic scenario browser for Aimlabs!

Head over to app.voltaic.gg/scenarios and try it out!

• Over 1300 scenarios created by Voltaic, all hand-picked by the team
• Filter by aim categories or tags (e.g. games, difficulty, benchmarks, Amped, VDIM and many more)
• A few scenarios are still missing, these will be added later
• Launch the scenario on Aimlabs in one click!

Share your thoughts and leave feature requests/bug reports in #1132068356355268769

<@&784553325101056020>

[drowsy orchid]

🏆 Update Regarding Webapp Leaderboards

We're currently testing some new changes to our leaderboards that will filter out invalid/cheesed scores (bugs, fov etc.) from the leaderboards. The drawback of this change is that leaderboard updates will be taking 30 hours instead of 6 hours to update, and that is assuming it works (we're still in a testing phase).

Anyway, if you are wondering why your leaderboard position has not been updated recently, this is why.

Also please note that once the new season is released, this leaderboard will be archived, and all positions will remain static, that means that it will no longer be updated. This is because it would take even longer to pull updates to the leaderboards if we include multiple benchmarks over a multitude of seasons. Therefore, we decided that only the Active seasons will receive leaderboard updates.

With this change, our leaderboard will soon also show a progress bar that will display the time of the last update, and progress towards the next one.

Summary:

• Leaderboards are in testing phase, updates may require up to 30h instead of 6h
• Reason: Score Validation (bugged, fov cheese etc.)
• Aimlabs S2 Leaderboards will no longer update once the new season is in effect
• Reason: Otherwise it increases leaderboard updates times to absurd amounts for a season that is no longer active
• Progress bar will be added to display time of last update, and progress towards next one.

Don't fret you will still be able to play the old season via the Webapp, but leaderboard positions will no longer be updated once the new season is live!

As always please let us know if you have any feedback/bugs/suggestions in #1132068356355268769.

⌛ Transparency regarding new Benchmark Seasons

In an earlier announcement we revealed that we're working on the new benchmark seasons for both Aimlabs (S3) and KovaaKs (S5). This is still true, and our team is making progress everyday to get this out as soon as possible.

However, the mark with the ETA was sadly missed, the expected release date was too ambitious. While I had good intentions with giving an ETA, I understand that it may have disappointed/upset some people when we didn't deliver. While a disclaimer was added, we didn't post any further updates, and for that I apologise.

That being said, we do have some updates (no ETA):

• Aimlabs S3 is right around the corner, our Staff is working on the last moving parts to get the season out.
• KovaaKs S5 will be the next focal point, and will be a while longer, once the Aimlabs season is out our Bench team can divert all their attention to S5.

Thank you all for your patience! <@&784553325101056020>

[drowsy orchid]

Voltaic Aimlabs S3 Benchmarks Beta - Patch Notes 📃

Hello everybody! We are very happy with how the new season has been received so far! We have a lot of changes coming at the end of the BETA, but we wanted to make one special change now to VT Angleshot.

The initial version of Angleshot had two main issues: Overall difficulty and “Spawn Cheesing''. To fix these issues the following changes have been made to all versions:

• Wider map and Spawn area to prevent too many clusters and to help train wider flicks.
• Slight size increase and speed decrease.
• Slight spawn delay after eliminating a target to prevent spawn abusing and prioritizing other targets and movement reading.

You can still play the initial version if you want to, it has been renamed to “VT Angleshot [Difficulty] S3 Centered”. Keep in mind that the only “valid” benchmark score is the new version though.

Note: all of these changes should already be reflected in your https://app.voltaic.gg profile and the official benchmark playlists! If you don't see the new scenario in the playlist you may need to delete it by going to Custom, Workshop, Playlists and then searching for it and pressing the X.

Bugs

We always try to listen to the community to know your thoughts and to find potential issues we need to solve. So far these is the feedback/bugs we have gathered:

• Missing Bot Bug: Sometimes a target stops spawning in the scenarios listed below.
• VT Wideshot
• VT Boltswitch
• VT Smoothswitch
• Steadytrack goes too high sometimes and stays up.
• You can ADS on Shifttrack.
• Bot sometimes jump mid-air on Leapswitch.
• Colored map parts that aren't always in the player FOV can be annoying/distracting, like on Quadshot and Wideshot.

We are working to have all of this fixed when the BETA ends! as always please report any issue you find and thank you for your understanding!

Note: About the BETA, keep in mind that when it’s over we will mostly tackle score requirement changes and solve a few bugs, so it’s very unlikely that your scores will be deleted, feel free to keep playing!

We hope you enjoy these changes! Good luck! <@&784553325101056020>

[drowsy orchid]

Voltaic Aimlabs S3 Benchmarks BETA - Patch Notes 📃

Hello everybody! We are back with (hopefully) the last batch of changes for the BETA phase of the Benchmarks!

We are fixing some known bugs and making some QoL (Quality of Life) changes! We think this solves all the issues people were reporting, but if we missed something or you find any new errors make sure to report them to us! Thank you for your understanding!

Bug Fixing 🐛

We have deployed changes to all versions of the following scenarios:

• VT Wideshot: Fixed a bug that made targets stop respawning.
• VT Leapswitch: Fixed a bug that made targets "double jump" sometimes.

QoL Changes ⏫

We have deployed the following changes to slightly reduce randomness and address a common complaint:

• VT Steadytrack: adjusted the target movement so it's less likely that it flies to the ceiling and stays up for a long time.
• Note that this still can technically happen, but it should feel more consistent now.

Color Changes: Some players mentioned that in some scenarios the Voltaic branding could be distracting so we have removed "solid color" objects in the following tasks:

• VT Wideshot
• VT Quadshot
• VT Floatshot
• VT Frogshot

Note: all of the above changes should already be reflected in your app.voltaic.gg profile and the official benchmark playlists! If you don't have the latest versions in your game you may need to delete them by going to Custom, Workshop, Scenarios and then searching for them and pressing the X.

Since these changes were minor and didn't fundamentally adjust how any of the scenarios feel, we decided not to clear any leaderboards! All of your scores are safe!

We hope you enjoy these changes! Good luck and happy grinding! <@&784553325101056020>

[mighty charm]

📈 Scenario charts are back!

Scenario charts were disabled with the release of Aimlabs Season 3 due to API changes. Now they're finally back! As usual, you can check your score/rank progress at the bottom of your dashboard.
Sorry for being so slow

Share your thoughts and leave feature requests/bug reports in #1132068356355268769

<@&784553325101056020>

[runic halo]

Voltaic Aimlabs S3 Benchmarks BETA - Patch Notes 📃

Hi all! We're back with the biggest batch of changes for our Benchmarks yet!

After watching all of you play through the BETA, we're making several adjustments to better balance the scenarios within each subcategory, as well as across the broader categories, so that all the different skills feel equally challenging.

Note

• Nerfed score: this means the score target is decreased (easier)
• Buffed score: this means the score targeted is increased (harder)

Advanced Score Reqs

In order: Grandmaster, Nova, Astra and Celestial.

BUFFS:

• VT Popshot Advanced S3: 400/500/575/650 -> 425/525/625/700
• VT Shifttrack Advanced S3: 3150/3350/3600/3750 -> 3200/3425/3700/3825
• VT Jettrack Advanced S3: 3300/3550/3750/3875 -> 3325/3550/3750/3900
• VT Quaketrack Advanced S3: 2900/3150/3350/3500 -> 3025/3250/3450/3625
• VT Pokeswitch Advanced S3: 2950/3100/3275/3400 -> 3025/3200/3350/3425
• VT Dartswitch Advanced S3: 2950/3150/3350/3500 -> 2950/3175/3350/3550

NERFS:

• VT Angleshot Advanced S3: 950/1075/1200/1300 -> 775/925/1050/1200
• VT Quadshot Advanced S3: 1600/1675/1800/1875 -> 1525/1600/1725/1850
• VT Frogshot Advanced S3: 850/975/1050/1125 -> 775/925/1000/1075
• VT Floatshot Advanced S3: 925/1050/1150/1225 -> 850/975/1075/1150
• VT Verttrack Advanced S3: 3300/3500/3750/4100 -> 3150/3400/3700/4000
• VT Controltrack Advanced S3: 2650/2900/3250/3450 -> 2575/2900/3250/3450
• VT Steadytrack Advanced S3: 3300/3500/3750/4000 -> 2900/3325/3650/3950
• VT Temposwitch Advanced S3: 3000/3125/3300/3475 -> 2750/2950/3150/3375
• VT Boltswitch Advanced S3: 3000/3200/3400/3550 -> 2850/3100/3325/3475

MIXED:

• VT Smoothswitch Advanced S3: 2900/3050/3200/3300 -> 2775/3000/3225/3350
• VT Leapswitch Advanced S3: 2200/2450/2750/2900 -> 2225/2475/2700/2850

Intermediate Score Reqs

In order: Platinum, Diamond, Jade and Master.

BUFFS:

• VT Dartswitch Intermediate S3: 2500/2700/2875/3075 -> 2700/2850/2950/3150

NERFS:

• VT Quadshot Intermediate S3: 1275/1350/1425/1500 -> 1250/1325/1400/1475
• VT Verttrack Intermediate S3: 2850/3000/3200/3400 -> 2700/2850/3050/3250
• VT Quaketrack Intermediate S3: 2475/2675/2875/3075 -> 2450/2650/2850/3050
• VT Controltrack Intermediate S3: 2150/2325/2500/2675 -> 2025/2200/2375/2550
• VT Steadytrack Intermediate S3: 2700/2900/3100/3300 -> 2325/2525/2725/2900
• VT Temposwitch Intermediate S3: 2425/2600/2775/2950 -> 2275/2450/2650/2850
• VT Smoothswitch Intermediate S3: 2375/2550/2725/2900 -> 2325/2500/2675/2850

MIXED:

• VT Leapswitch Intermediate S3: 1550/1800/2050/2300 -> 1625/1825/2050/2250

Novice Score Reqs

In order: Iron, Bronze, Silver and Gold.

BUFFS:

• VT Popshot Novice S3: 100/150/200/250 -> 125/175/225/275
• VT Shifttrack Novice S3: 2050/2200/2400/2550 -> 2100/2250/2450/2600

NERFS:

• VT Angleshot Novice S3: 350/400/450/500 -> 325/375/425/475
• VT Verttrack Novice S3: 2175/2425/2650/2850 -> 2050/2300/2525/2725
• VT Jettrack Novice S3: 2200/2375/2550/2700 -> 2150/2325/2500/2650
• VT Controltrack Novice S3: 1600/1800/2000/2200 -> 1275/1450/1650/1950
• VT Steadytrack Novice S3: 2150/2350/2550/2750 -> 1400/1675/1975/2275
• VT Boltswitch Novice S3: 2025/2225/2400/2550 -> 1950/2150/2325/2500
• VT Smoothswitch Novice S3: 1925/2100/2250/2400 -> 1825/2000/2150/2300

Other Changes

Wall collision in some scenarios are tweaked to make targets approach players more smoothly:

• VT Steadytrack
• VT Controltrack
• VT Quaketrack

Note: All changes are live on https://app.voltaic.gg! If you don't have the latest versions in your game you may need to delete them by going to Custom -> Workshop -> Scenarios and then searching for them and pressing the X.

We believe this resolves all the issues people have reported, but if we missed anything or you encounter new errors, please be sure to report them to us!

Gl and happy grinding! <@&784553325101056020>

[drowsy orchid]

VOLTAIC R5R-SERVER CHANGELOG

[EU] Voltaic 1v1 MultiMap

• Optimized Weapon Spawn rate
• Aim Assist: 0.3
• Multiple performance and stability improvements

[EU] Voltaic FFA

• Streamer building Server
• TTV Building Server
• Aim Assist: 0.3
• Nuketown Server down

Per courtesy of @white bridge

<@&784553325101056020>

[runic halo]

VOLTAIC AL S3 BENCHMARKS PATCH NOTES 📃🛠️

Hello, everyone! We're back with the FINAL batch of changes for our Aimlabs Benchmarks Beta!

This update focuses on Score Requirements. To see the changes immediately, check out the image attached below!⬇️

Note: Regarding scores—NERF means requirements have been lowered, BUFF means they've been increased, and MIXED means that some ranks within a specific scenario have been both BUFFED and NERFED.

After observing you all play through the BETA, we've made several adjustments to achieve two main goals:
1️⃣ To make this the most challenging season yet.
2️⃣ To ensure scenarios are properly balanced, both within their sub-categories and across broader categories.

While we achieved our first goal early on with the complexity of the new scenarios and our initial score estimates, the second goal required more time. We needed to see how players performed after spending time grinding the scenarios.

Since the beta release, we’ve been tracking players' scores. In the previous patch, we focused on significant adjustments, primarily nerfing scores across most scenarios and difficulties to ensure better balance. The data confirmed we succeeded in balancing, but it also reduced the overall difficulty of the benchmarks, as expected.

Now that enough time has passed, and balance has been achieved, we’re introducing several buffs across the board to ensure the benchmarks provide a strong challenge and accurately reflect aiming skill. These changes primarily broaden score ranges, especially in the top ranks of each difficulty (Silver, Gold, Jade, Master, Astra, and Celestial). Additionally, we’ve buffed both Intermediate and Novice requirements.

We understand it may be frustrating to feel like a score has been “taken” from you. However, these adjustments are necessary. Lower difficulties are designed to serve as training or "stepping stones" toward higher ones. Accurate and challenging score targets ensure players reach a minimum skill level before progressing. For instance, we noticed that Master was too easy to achieve compared to Grandmaster. While GM must remain harder than Master, the gap was too wide, causing Master players to struggle when transitioning to Advanced benchmarks due to the significant jump in difficulty.

We’re confident that once you reclaim your old rank, you’ll find yourself significantly improved!

To see the exact changes, check out the image attached below!⬇️

Note: These changes should already be reflected in your voltaic app profile and the official benchmark playlists! If you don’t see the latest versions in your game, you may need to delete them by going to Custom > Workshop > Scenarios, searching for them, and pressing the X.

We hope you enjoy and understand these changes. Good luck, and happy grinding, my friends! 🚀🚀🚀

<@&784553325101056020>

[drowsy orchid]

📃 Voltaic App Beta and new score reqs for S5

You may have noticed we are reworking the Voltaic App, featuring a long requested KovaaK's support! Courtesy of @mighty charm.

• In case you missed it: https://beta.voltaic.gg

How to use it

Note that it's in an early development stage, so only profiles are expected to work (no leaderboards, no scenarios/benchmarks/playlists databases yet). However, this should be sufficient for KovaaK's mains out there to abandon google sheets! Here are the steps to get to your kovaaks profile:

1. Link your discord in KovaaK's account settings
2. Sign in to the app using the same discord account
3. You should get redirected to your profile with KovaaK's benchmarks!
4. If you also play Aimlabs, you can head over to settings and connect your Aimlabs account there! This will add AL benchmarks to your profile

Feedback

We are commited to making a greater app experience for all of you. If you have feedback, questions or problems with the beta, comment in this thread:
https://discord.com/channels/153919886471593984/1326595915133358161

Your input is highly appreciated and helps us create a better tool for y'all! <@&784553325101056020>

📊 New KovaaK's Season 5 Beta score requirements

Updated S5 Beta scores are already on the beta app!

Overview of all the changes are here (courtesy of @tidal ocean)

Novice Score Reqs

In order: Iron, Bronze, Silver, and Gold.

BUFFS:```

• VT Pasu Novice S5: 520 / 600 / 670 / 740 -> 630 / 690 / 740 / 790
• VT ww5t Novice S5: 1110 / 1200 / 1280 / 1350 -> 1080 / 1160 / 1230 / 1310
• VT Snake Track Novice S5: 2250 / 2500 / 2700 / 2900 -> 2750 / 2975 / 3175 / 3375
• VT Ground Novice S5: 2000 / 2275 / 2550 / 2800 -> 2500 / 2750 / 2950 / 3100
• VT DotTS Novice S5: 910 / 970 / 1020 / 1060 -> 950 / 1010 / 1060 / 1100
• VT FlyTS Novice S5: 360 / 400 / 440 / 470 -> 430 / 460 / 490 / 510
• VT ControlTS Novice S5: 320 / 360 / 400 / 440 -> 390 / 410 / 440 / 460```

NERFS:```

• VT 1w4ts Novice S5: 930 / 1020 / 1100 / 1170 -> 900 / 980 / 1050 / 1130
• VT Frogtagon Novice S5: 760 / 850 / 930 / 1000 -> 730 / 810 / 900 / 990
• VT Floating Heads Novice S5: 500 / 570 / 640 / 700 -> 450 / 520 / 580 / 650
• VT Aether Novice S5: 2100 / 2425 / 2700 / 2950 -> 1900 / 2175 / 2425 / 2750
• VT Raw Control Novice S5: 2750 / 3025 / 3300 / 3550 -> 2550 / 2900 / 3200 / 3550
• VT Controlsphere Novice S5: 2100 / 2400 / 2700 / 3100 -> 2000 / 2325 / 2625 / 2975
• VT EddieTS Novice S5: 800 / 860 / 910 / 960 -> 740 / 810 / 870 / 920
• VT DriftTS Novice S5: 380 / 410 / 440 / 470 -> 360 / 390 / 420 / 440
• VT Penta Bounce Novice S5: 350 / 400 / 440 / 480 -> 350 / 380 / 420 / 460```

MIXED:```

• VT Popcorn Novice S5: 500 / 580 / 650 / 710 -> 480 / 570 / 640 / 720
• VT PGT Novice S5: 2025 / 2300 / 2550 / 2775 -> 1875 / 2200 / 2500 / 2800```

Intermediate Score Reqs

In order: Platinum, Diamond, Jade, and Master.

BUFFS:```

• VT Pasu Intermediate S5: 660 / 760 / 850 / 940 -> 760 / 840 / 910 / 970
• VT Snake Track Intermediate S5: 2750 / 3150 / 3425 / 3675 -> 2850 / 3200 / 3500 / 3725
• VT Ground Intermediate S5: 2450 / 2750 / 3050 / 3350 -> 2525 / 2850 / 3100 / 3350
• VT DotTS Intermediate S5: 1060 / 1140 / 1210 / 1260 -> 1110 / 1170 / 1230 / 1270
• VT FlyTS Intermediate S5: 450 / 490 / 530 / 570 -> 470 / 510 / 540 / 570```

NERFS:```

• VT Popcorn Intermediate S5: 640 / 730 / 810 / 880 -> 600 / 690 / 780 / 860
• VT 1w3ts Intermediate S5: 1140 / 1230 / 1340 / 1430 -> 1120 / 1220 / 1310 / 1390
• VT Frogtagon Intermediate S5: 980 / 1090 / 1190 / 1280 -> 940 / 1040 / 1140 / 1230
• VT Floating Heads Intermediate S5: 640 / 740 / 820 / 890 -> 610 / 690 / 770 / 860
• VT Aether Intermediate S5: 2450 / 2750 / 3050 / 3350 -> 2175 / 2550 / 2900 / 3175
• VT Raw Control Intermediate S5: 3000 / 3300 / 3600 / 3900 -> 2775 / 3200 / 3550 / 3875
• VT EddieTS Intermediate S5: 910 / 970 / 1030 / 1080 -> 900 / 960 / 1020 / 1080
• VT DriftTS Intermediate S5: 420 / 450 / 480 / 510 -> 390 / 430 / 460 / 490
• VT Penta Bounce Intermediate S5: 460 / 510 / 550 / 590 -> 450 / 500 / 540 / 590```

MIXED:```

• VT ww5t Intermediate S5: 1300 / 1410 / 1500 / 1580 -> 1310 / 1400 / 1490 / 1570
• VT PGT Intermediate S5: 2400 / 2750 / 3050 / 3300 -> 2375 / 2750 / 3100 / 3375
• VT Controlsphere Intermediate S5: 2900 / 3200 / 3500 / 3800 -> 2750 / 3175 / 3525 / 3825
• VT ControlTS Intermediate S5: 420 / 460 / 500 / 540 -> 430 / 460 / 490 / 520```

Advanced Score Reqs

In order: Grandmaster, Nova, Astra, and Celestial.

BUFFS:```

• VT PGT Advanced S5: 2600 / 3000 / 3350 / 3600 -> 2875 / 3300 / 3650 / 3950
• VT Snake Track Advanced S5: 2850 / 3200 / 3550 / 3850 -> 3025 / 3325 / 3600 / 3850
• VT Raw Control Advanced S5: 3100 / 3450 / 3750 / 4000 -> 3150 / 3500 / 3850 / 4200
• VT Controlsphere Advanced S5: 3100 / 3450 / 3750 / 4000 -> 3125 / 3475 / 3825 / 4150
• VT DotTS Advanced S5: 1220 / 1290 / 1350 / 1400 -> 1230 / 1290 / 1350 / 1400
• VT Penta Bounce Advanced S5: 530 / 570 / 620 / 670 -> 530 / 580 / 620 / 670```

NERFS:```

• VT Popcorn Advanced S5: 720 / 820 / 910 / 980 -> 670 / 790 / 890 / 980
• VT 1w2ts Advanced S5: 1340 / 1450 / 1540 / 1620 -> 1310 / 1410 / 1510 / 1620
• VT ww5t Advanced S5: 1550 / 1670 / 1780 / 1880 -> 1520 / 1630 / 1740 / 1880
• VT Frogtagon Advanced S5: 1170 / 1300 / 1420 / 1520 -> 1100 / 1230 / 1370 / 1500
• VT Floating Heads Advanced S5: 760 / 880 / 990 / 1070 -> 740 / 850 / 960 / 1070
• VT Aether Advanced S5: 2900 / 3225 / 3500 / 3750 -> 2800 / 3150 / 3475 / 3725
• VT DriftTS Advanced S5: 450 / 480 / 510 / 540 -> 440 / 480 / 510 / 540
• VT FlyTS Advanced S5: 480 / 520 / 570 / 620 -> 480 / 520 / 570 / 600
• VT ControlTS Advanced S5: 480 / 510 / 540 / 570 -> 450 / 490 / 530 / 560```

MIXED:```

• VT Pasu Advanced S5: 880 / 1030 / 1150 / 1250 -> 900 / 1020 / 1130 / 1250
• VT Ground Advanced S5: 2850 / 3200 / 3500 / 3750 -> 2875 / 3175 / 3475 / 3725
• VT EddieTS Advanced S5: 1080 / 1150 / 1220 / 1280 -> 1030 / 1130 / 1210 / 1290```

Lastly,

Information about the changes:

The goal of this set of changes is almost exclusively just to work towards balancing out the score targets at each rank to make every scenario equally challenging. Future patches will likely feature mechanical changes to specific scenarios with balance issues, as well as broad adjustments to the difficulty of individual ranks as a whole to ensure all skill levels are represented and given challenging goals to strive towards.

[mighty charm]

[Poll] Let’s decide once and for all how you wanna see the progress bars

#1326595915133358161 message

Argument for 1: shows which rank you are pushing for, progress bars actually measure progress to the next rank. Also being unranked just gives you the color of the lower rank in the tier, e.g. being sub gm is still yellow

Argument for 2: showing your actual rank indicates your current position. 750 is jade. 850 is master. 850 on advanced is either master or unranked, depending on the implementation

Vote and leave your opinions in the thread
<@&784553325101056020>

[mighty charm]

i think this is more readable

than this

it was also suggested by @terse pelican to have this as an option that you can toggle on/off
thumb it if your like it, for statistics

unranked scores (under gm on advanced etc)

[mighty charm]

Your feedback has been heard. Default progress bar behavior remains unchanged, but you get an option for a more spreadsheet-like view. Unranked scores are disgustingly gray now btw

And yeah, now you can refresh one scenario instead of the whole bunch*

*after initial load completes obv

[mighty charm]

yeah and it actually looks good once you hit master or so

[mighty charm]

https://beta.voltaic.gg/slipn3r

Profile links should now generate cool images, lmk if something breaks
Non-regs at /aimlabs/username or /kovaaks/username get a simpler image

[mighty charm]

@regal dirge has made a cool feature requested by @forest bobcat!
Now when you click the share button, it generates the screenshot of your benchmark table (full size, even on mobile!), so you can share your scores easier. Rank and total energy are not included rn, but i think we'll find a way to squeeze them in.

On ios browsers it wasn't too stable until the recent fixes, so lmk if you encounter any problems
https://discord.com/channels/153919886471593984/1326595915133358161

and you can just long press/right click the image if you want to copy instead of downloading it

[mighty charm]

Charts are back, back again.
This time for kovaaks too, so <@&784553325101056020>

kovaaks ones have different data and are limited to last 10 plays tho, nothing we can do about it atm.

kovaaks chart screenshot for reference

and yeah you can click on dots to see play data, in case that isn't clear

[tidal ocean]

📊 New KovaaK's Season 5 Beta score requirements

Updated S5 Beta scores are already on the beta app!

The goal of this set of changes is to increase the skill gap between novice ranks to be more in line with that of intermediate and advanced

Novice Score Reqs

In order: Iron, Bronze, Silver, and Gold.

- VT Pasu Novice S5:           630  / 690  / 740  / 790   ->  555  / 650  / 745  / 795
- VT Popcorn Novice S5:        480  / 570  / 640  / 720   ->  390  / 500  / 600  / 720
- VT 1w4ts Novice S5:          900  / 980  / 1050 / 1130  ->  810  / 915  / 1010 / 1120
- VT ww5t Novice S5:           1080 / 1160 / 1230 / 1310  ->  990  / 1090 / 1190 / 1290
- VT Frogtagon Novice S5:      730  / 810  / 900  / 990   ->  620  / 740  / 850  / 980
- VT Floating Heads Novice S5: 450  / 520  / 580  / 650   ->  375  / 460  / 540  / 640
- VT PGT Novice S5:            1875 / 2200 / 2500 / 2800  ->  1500 / 1900 / 2300 / 2775
- VT Snake Track Novice S5:    2750 / 2975 / 3175 / 3375  ->  2475 / 2825 / 3100 / 3375
- VT Aether Novice S5:         1900 / 2175 / 2425 / 2750  ->  1525 / 1900 / 2250 / 2650
- VT Ground Novice S5:         2500 / 2750 / 2950 / 3100  ->  2100 / 2500 / 2825 / 3100
- VT Raw Control Novice S5:    2550 / 2900 / 3200 / 3550  ->  2125 / 2575 / 2975 / 3450
- VT Controlsphere Novice S5:  2000 / 2325 / 2625 / 2975  ->  1575 / 1975 / 2400 / 2900
- VT DotTS Novice S5:          950  / 1010 / 1060 / 1100  ->  845  / 940  / 1030 / 1090
- VT EddieTS Novice S5:        740  / 810  / 870  / 920   ->  650  / 730  / 810  / 900
- VT DriftTS Novice S5:        360  / 390  / 420  / 440   ->  315  / 355  / 390  / 435
- VT FlyTS Novice S5:          430  / 460  / 490  / 510   ->  395  / 430  / 475  / 505
- VT ControlTS Novice S5:      390  / 410  / 440  / 460   ->  340  / 380  / 420  / 450
- VT Penta Bounce Novice S5:   350  / 380  / 420  / 460   ->  290  / 340  / 390  / 450```
<@&784553325101056020>

[mighty charm]

KovaaK’s scores should now load instantly! Thanks @tidal ocean and @regal dirge for making this possible

[mighty charm]

📝 Editable scores on the Beta App

@regal dirge is killing it this week. This time he made a long awaited feature for all the spreadsheet fans: you can now edit scores on your profile! Edited scores are saved locally and obviously don't count towards your real rank. But this can help you decide which scenario to grind next or what it takes to beat the next rank.

You can only edit your own scores, so make sure you're logged in!

...and I can finally git good on static
<@&784553325101056020>

[mighty charm]

🏆 Leaderboards are live on the beta app

Featuring benchmarks and separate scenarios, measured in energy and volts (for advanced difficulty)
https://beta.voltaic.gg/leaderboards

<@&784553325101056020>

[mighty charm]

If you’re a new beta app user and you only play kovaaks and you don’t see yourself on the leaderboard – it’s my fault, please log out and log back in.

Detailed guide: https://discord.com/channels/153919886471593984/1345416407684350014

[tidal ocean]

🏗️ KovaaK's Season 5 Beta scenario reworks and score adjustments

🔨 Scenarios reworked

• PGT (All versions): All bots have been adjusted, with the most substantial changes made to the bot 3. Adjustments vary, but primarily consist of changes to size, acceleration, and strafe times, with the goal of increasing bot mobility and reducing the scenario's dependence on pure smoothness.
• Snake Track (All versions): Adjustments notably include increases to target size and acceleration, and a reworking of bot strafe logic to improve the consistency of strafing behaviour. These changes were made to reduce dependence on pure smoothness and the impact of strafe RNG on score potential.
• FlyTS (All versions): Adjustments consist of reduced horizontal mobility, reduced variance on strafe timings, and tweaks to map geometry and spawn regions. These adjustments are intended to reduce the frequency of interactions between targets and walls and to mitigate the related RNG, as well as improve scenario feel.
• DotTS (Advanced only): The targets in the advanced version of DotTS have had their TTK and size reduced slightly, this was done to increase the skill ceiling on this version of the scenario.
  note: all reworked scenarios have new score targets

Advanced Score Reqs

In order: Grandmaster, Nova, Astra, Celestial.

BUFFS:```

• VT Pasu Advanced S5: 900 / 1020 / 1130 / 1250 -> 910 / 1020 / 1130 / 1250
• VT Popcorn Advanced S5: 670 / 790 / 890 / 980 -> 680 / 810 / 920 / 1030
• VT Ground Advanced S5: 2875 / 3175 / 3475 / 3725 -> 2875 / 3200 / 3500 / 3725
• VT Raw Control Advanced S5: 3150 / 3500 / 3850 / 4200 -> 3150 / 3550 / 3875 / 4250
• VT Penta Bounce Advanced S5: 530 / 580 / 620 / 670 -> 530 / 580 / 630 / 670```

NERFS:```

• VT ww5t Advanced S5: 1520 / 1630 / 1740 / 1880 -> 1510 / 1620 / 1740 / 1880
• VT Frogtagon Advanced S5: 1100 / 1230 / 1370 / 1500 -> 1090 / 1200 / 1350 / 1480
• VT Floating Heads Advanced S5: 740 / 850 / 960 / 1070 -> 740 / 840 / 950 / 1060
• VT Controlsphere Advanced S5: 3125 / 3475 / 3825 / 4150 -> 3100 / 3475 / 3800 / 4125
• VT EddieTS Advanced S5: 1030 / 1130 / 1210 / 1290 -> 1010 / 1120 / 1190 / 1270
• VT DriftTS Advanced S5: 440 / 480 / 510 / 540 -> 430 / 470 / 510 / 540```

MIXED:```

• VT Aether Advanced S5: 2800 / 3150 / 3475 / 3725 -> 2750 / 3175 / 3525 / 3825```

REWORKED:```

• VT PGT Advanced S5: 2700 / 3100 / 3475 / 3825
• VT Snake Track Advanced S5: 2975 / 3300 / 3600 / 3875
• VT DotTS Advanced S5: 1280 / 1360 / 1440 / 1520
• VT FlyTS Advanced S5: 520 / 580 / 640 / 700```

Intermediate Score Reqs

In order: Platinum, Diamond, Jade, Master.

BUFFS:```

• VT Pasu Intermediate S5: 760 / 840 / 910 / 970 -> 770 / 850 / 930 / 980
• VT Ground Intermediate S5: 2525 / 2850 / 3100 / 3350 -> 2550 / 2850 / 3100 / 3350
• VT DotTS Intermediate S5: 1110 / 1170 / 1230 / 1270 -> 1110 / 1180 / 1230 / 1280```

NERFS:```

• VT 1w3ts Intermediate S5: 1120 / 1220 / 1310 / 1390 -> 1120 / 1220 / 1300 / 1380
• VT ww5t Intermediate S5: 1310 / 1400 / 1490 / 1570 -> 1310 / 1400 / 1490 / 1560
• VT EddieTS Intermediate S5: 900 / 960 / 1020 / 1080 -> 880 / 950 / 1020 / 1080
• VT ControlTS Intermediate S5: 430 / 460 / 490 / 520 -> 420 / 460 / 485 / 520
• VT Penta Bounce Intermediate S5: 450 / 500 / 540 / 590 -> 450 / 490 / 540 / 580```

REWORKED:```

• VT PGT Intermediate S5: 2150 / 2550 / 2925 / 3200
• VT Snake Track Intermediate S5: 2775 / 3175 / 3500 / 3750
• VT FlyTS Intermediate S5: 500 / 560 / 610 / 650```

Novice Score Reqs

In order: Iron, Bronze, Silver, and Gold.

BUFFS:```

• VT Pasu Novice S5: 555 / 650 / 745 / 795 -> 555 / 660 / 745 / 800```

NERFS:```

• VT Raw Control Novice S5: 2125 / 2575 / 2975 / 3450 -> 2125 / 2550 / 2975 / 3450
• VT Controlsphere Novice S5: 1575 / 1975 / 2400 / 2900 -> 1575 / 1950 / 2400 / 2900
• VT EddieTS Novice S5: 650 / 730 / 810 / 900 -> 640 / 730 / 810 / 890
• VT DriftTS Novice S5: 315 / 355 / 390 / 435 -> 315 / 355 / 390 / 430
• VT Penta Bounce Novice S5: 290 / 340 / 390 / 450 -> 290 / 340 / 390 / 445```

MIXED:```

• VT 1w4ts Novice S5: 810 / 915 / 1010 / 1120 -> 820 / 915 / 1010 / 1110```

REWORKED:```

• VT PGT Novice S5: 1425 / 1900 / 2375 / 2950
• VT Snake Track Novice S5: 2400 / 2750 / 3050 / 3375
• VT FlyTS Novice S5: 390 / 450 / 510 / 560```

<@&784553325101056020>

(the webapp will be updated soon ™️)

[mighty charm]

scores updated on the app, you have roughly 1.5 hours to get some scores on reworked scens before the next leaderboard update

[drowsy orchid]

slipner said he will steal all my chicken if I say webapp one more time instead of app, so saying app from now on (very important changelog update)

[mighty charm]

you forgor to notify

[drowsy orchid]

<@&784553325101056020> sorry slipner made me do it

[tidal ocean]

Just posted a bug fix for FlyTS to fix the spawn behaviour (scores were reset again sorry)

[runic halo]

VOLTAIC AL S3 BENCHMARKS PATCH NOTES 📃🛠️

Hello, everyone! We're back with a new update about score requirements! This time around we are focusing on adjusting the requirements for the Static Clicking benchmarks for Novice and Intermediate difficulties!

While one of the goals of the new season was to make it more challenging than the previous one, we feel that the Static Clicking benchmarks were still a little bit too hard for people starting their aim journey; particularly VT Quadshot.

With this in mind we have made the following changes:

• Quadshot:

  • Novice: -100 to all ranks.
  • Intermediate: -75 to all ranks.

• Wideshot:

  • Novice: -50 to all ranks.
  • Intermediate: -25 to all ranks.

Note: it may take a lil while for these to show in the APP

Ty for the app update @mighty charm 🐐

We hope you enjoy and understand these changes. Good luck, and happy grinding, my friends! 🚀🚀🚀

<@&784553325101056020>

[tidal ocean]

📡 KovaaK's Season 5 Beta(?) score adjustments 📡#

Hi chat. It has been two weeks since we released the last set of balance changes including several scenario reworks. We are back again to bring you an update to the score targets for the scenarios that were reworked, now that we have the data to draw conclusions on what changes were needed. Additionally, it was decided that we would be tuning down the difficulty of the advanced clicking scenarios. Note that not all advanced clicking scenarios saw score nerfs, some even had score targets increased, but on average this should bring clicking more in line with the difficulty of tracking and switching. A handful of other advanced scenarios also saw minor tweaks to their score targets.

Advanced:

- VT Pasu Advanced S5:            910  / 1020 / 1130 / 1250  ->  910  / 1020 / 1110 / 1240
- VT Popcorn Advanced S5:         680  / 810  / 920  / 1030  ->  680  / 800  / 910  / 1020
- VT 1w2ts Advanced S5:           1310 / 1410 / 1510 / 1620  ->  1320 / 1420 / 1520 / 1620
- VT ww5t Advanced S5:            1510 / 1620 / 1740 / 1880  ->  1510 / 1610 / 1720 / 1860
- VT Frogtagon Advanced S5:       1090 / 1200 / 1350 / 1480  ->  1090 / 1220 / 1360 / 1490
- VT Floating Heads Advanced S5:  740  / 840  / 950  / 1060  ->  740  / 830  / 920  / 1050
- VT PGT Advanced S5:             2700 / 3100 / 3475 / 3825  ->  2750 / 3175 / 3625 / 4050
- VT Snake Track Advanced S5:     2975 / 3300 / 3600 / 3875  ->  3050 / 3425 / 3725 / 4050
- VT DotTS Advanced S5:           1280 / 1360 / 1440 / 1520  ->  1280 / 1360 / 1420 / 1500
- VT EddieTS Advanced S5:         1010 / 1120 / 1190 / 1270  ->  1020 / 1120 / 1200 / 1280
- VT FlyTS Advanced S5:           520  / 580  / 640  / 700   ->  540  / 600  / 660  / 720
- VT ControlTS Advanced S5:       450  / 490  / 530  / 560   ->  450  / 490  / 520  / 550```
### Intermediate:

• VT PGT Intermediate S5: 2150 / 2550 / 2925 / 3200 -> 2275 / 2675 / 3050 / 3325
• VT Snake Track Intermediate S5: 2775 / 3175 / 3500 / 3750 -> 2800 / 3175 / 3500 / 3750
• VT FlyTS Intermediate S5: 500 / 560 / 610 / 650 -> 520 / 570 / 610 / 650```

Novice:

- VT PGT Novice S5:               1425 / 1900 / 2375 / 2950  ->  1900 / 2325 / 2775 / 3050
- VT Snake Track Novice S5:       2400 / 2750 / 3050 / 3375  ->  2400 / 2750 / 3125 / 3425
- VT FlyTS Novice S5:             390  / 450  / 510  / 560   ->  420  / 460  / 500  / 535```

## KovaaK's Season 5 release update:
This set of changes *should* be the last before we are finally able to take the season 5 benchmarks out of beta. I cannot provide an exact date for when this will happen at the moment, but it should be quite soon.

<@&784553325101056020>

the voltaic app and google sheet have both been updated to reflect these changes

[mighty charm]

✅ KovaaK's Season 5 Final Pre-Release Update ✅

Hi everyone! I'm thrilled to announce that the wait is over! We have updated the entire KovaaK's S5 benchmark to deliver the best experience to all players, and the release is coming soon!
Just checking everything before we launch, so head over to the beta app and enjoy the changes!

*due to balancing issues some players might find themselves back in Jade. We don't blame you. Get better!
<@&784553325101056020>

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/899764364498837504/1286081669740105844/jadewarrior.gif

[runic halo]

VOLTAIC AL S3 BENCHMARKS PATCH NOTES 📃🛠️

Hello, everyone! We're back with a new update about score requirements! This time around we are focusing on adjusting the last couple of scenarios that seemed disproportionally too hard or too easy!

We will keep periodically checking for common complaints and rank disparity between tasks but we feel that with these changes we have made the benchmarks as close as possible to being perfectly balanced!

Here are the changes:

• Verttrack:

  • Novice: -100 to all ranks.
  • Intermediate: -25 to all ranks.

• Shifttrack:

  • Novice: +25 to all ranks.
  • Intermediate: +25 to all ranks.

• Angleshot:

  • Novice: +75 to all ranks.
  • Intermediate: +50 to all ranks.
  • Advanced: +25 only to Grandmaster.

Note: all of these changes should be already reflected in your APP!

We hope you enjoy and understand these changes. Good luck, and happy grinding, my friends! 🚀🚀🚀

<@&784553325101056020>

[runic halo]

Welp, I lied!

We noticed that Jettrack also needed some adjusting on Intermediate because reaching Master on it was considerable harder than it was on Quaketrack.

With this in mind here are the new changes:

VT Jettrack Intermediate S3:

• Master: 3475
• Jade: 3275

<@&784553325101056020>

[mighty charm]

I am investigating the issue where your new (totally valid!) scores don't appear on the Aimlabs leaderboard API which we use to show scores in your benchmark tables. This can result in not so funny situations like this, where you can clearly see the new score is ABOVE your pb

Talking to Aimlabs devs about this, we'll probably have a solution soon
<@&784553325101056020>

[mighty charm]

Turns out all of the peeps who reported this were on the Aimlabs beta branch, so their scores went into a completely different bucket. <@&784553325101056020> get yourself off beta. I will add a warning in the UI too

[mighty charm]

Over 20k users on the new app already! Thank you for choosing us over google spreadsheets
<@&784553325101056020>

[mighty charm]

🎯 Testing KovaaK's Season 3 and 4 Benchmarks

You asked for them, and here they are! S3 and S4 are now available on the Voltaic App.

• We won't build leaderboards for these benchmarks. This is just a legacy feature for your convenience
• Remember that scores in Strafe categories in S4 don't count towards your total energy! They are only neccessary for complete ranks
• S3 used an archaic scoring system back in the day, which is now pointless to build from scratch. On the app it uses energy, like all the other benchmarks, so your rank may be different from what you got on the spreadsheets

Consider this a public test, so go give the old benchmarks a try and tell if anything breaks! As usual, report in #1132068356355268769
P.S. currently reworking the leaderboards...
P.P.S. wow look at that pretty banner in the sidebar
<@&784553325101056020>

[mighty charm]

@regal dirge made a rank breakdown for each leaderboard!
Click the ℹ️ button on the benchmark leaderboards
<@&784553325101056020>

[mighty charm]

We have an outage, working on bringing everything back. Will notify

[mighty charm]

Resolved until the next ddos wave? at least it's working now
<@&784553325101056020>

[mighty charm]

About the App's State and Future

Hi! It's been a long time since I’ve had something to tell y’all about the app - I’ve been too busy with other work and just IRL stuff. Shoutout to @mighty merlin and @regal dirge for helping out with user support and fixes while I’ve been away. So, where are we now?

Tech Debt

The app is mostly stable and runs fine without maintenance. There are a several systems though, that are long overdue for a rewrite. Here are some:

• The leaderboards rework was kinda never finished, so the app currently uses the old distributed system, which turned out to be surprisingly stable for everything except Valorant - due to the vast size of the leaderboard (architecture issue) and the lack of spare resources on the updater node (hardware issue). There's stuff with scenario leaderbards too, but it's less critical.
• There’s a persistent issue preventing Discord username updates - when you change any part of your Discord/Kovaaks/Aimlabs profile data, it should either update seamlessly on the app without your interaction or, in the worst case, require a logout/login. This isn’t the case for changing Discord usernames, so I’ve had to handle this manually for those who reach out for help.
• The Scenario Browser didn’t quite take off because I haven’t pushed enough people to get the resources ready, and I also haven’t built the editor features needed for those resources to be added without involving me (bus factor 1).

There are also several bugs reported but never addressed. I’ll do my best to fix as much of this as I can before life swallows me again. Don’t expect all these problems to go away overnight - but please do report new issues if you find any.

Availability Issues

When I launched the app, I intentionally didn’t spend much time implementing strict rate limiting or caching strategies - I had to balance my time between new features and hardening against some imaginary threats. Recently, it turned out at least some work needs to be done here, as we’ve faced several DoS waves (which are fine - it’s really simple to handle those script kiddies) and some heavy API abuse (which is less fine, since I wanted it to stay open for everyone - but probably won’t).

Both types of incidents only caused app instability because we’ve long outgrown our server resources for our scale. That’s why, before planning any improvements to the App code itself, I’m first going to migrate some - if not all - of the deployed services to a new server infrastructure that’s capable of sustaining much more load and performing better overall. It’s gonna take a while to do everything right, but I’ll finally have spare resources to set up things like Sentry for better error reporting and observability.

New Features

As you might imagine, it’s gonna be a while before I’m free to add new stuff to the app. There are some minor requested improvements that I find both useful and easy to do - like the ability to show score invalidation warnings in a less intrusive way. Others are megaprojects, like custom benchmarks.

You guys have suggested many cool ideas, and I’d be genuinely happy to get to work on them - these things are much more delightful than fixing year-old bugs. But first things first, y’know.

Maybe we’ll bring our internal tracker public so you guys can see what’s going on.

Monetization

This new iteration of the Voltaic App is completely unmonetized, and I don’t get paid for working on it. In fact, I keep losing money on it - and Sini does too. There are services to pay for, server resources, new hardware - you get the idea. This is why we’re exploring at least some options to earn money from the app - ideally to keep it sustainable.

Currently, there’s no way to support me (or offset my spending on the app) directly, but if y’all want to support Sini, you can head to the Voltaic Shop and grab yourself something.

<@&784553325101056020>

Oh and btw there are 83k users on the app rn. We beat the old app numbers in June i think. Cool

[mighty charm]

Aimlabs OAuth is not working for us atm, investigating this rn.
If you have AL account connected, do NOT remove it. If not, in the meantime you can search for you AL username. This will open an url like https://app.voltaic.gg/aimlabs/VTslipn3r, where your AL username goes in the end. Just remember it IS case-sensitive.
<@&784553325101056020>

[mighty charm]

Upd: oauth should be working now <@&784553325101056020>

[drowsy orchid]

Small change: #submissions is now under the General category

[drowsy orchid]

We're aware of an on-going issue with the Voltaic App giving error code 500

The devs have been notified, and will be working on a fix soon.

<@&784553325101056020>

[drowsy orchid]

The Voltaic Webapp is back up again! <@&784553325101056020>
We will begin exporting/migrating soon to prevent further issues like this in the future

We apologize for the inconvenience.

[drowsy orchid]

Database error back, checking with devs to see what’s up

Restoring backup, looks like it’s up again

If you signed up today, you may have to sign up again

[mighty charm]

working on major infrastructure update today, short downtime expected

[mighty charm]

rolled out on new infra

• clear cookies
• round-trip time may be slower
• leaderboards remain disabled for now (need a slight refactoring, give me a week or two)
• the rest should work as usual
  if you get any issues, create a post in #1132068356355268769. i've been unavailable for a while but i'll keep an eye on it now.
  thank you for your feedback and testing
  <@&784553325101056020>

[mighty charm]

just noticed the auth trigger got lost in migration. those who signed up after the previous post could have problems with auth. i recreated the trigger and updated affected users, let me know if anything else breaks
<@&784553325101056020>

[mighty charm]

rolled back to investigate more on timeouts without affecting users. Realistically only 1-2% had this issue but i don't want to break the app for them, so it is what it is. Any yesterday's changes got reverted, and you might need to clear your cookies again, sorry. I really don't have time to triage infrastructure changes for a long time, so we had to test this on prod (:

[drowsy orchid]

• App: If the app is causing issues, please make sure to clear your cookies for the reason written above by @mighty charm
• Voltbot: We are aware of some issues with the bot /getranked not working. We have a fix, and will be rolling it out soon.

Will update once we roll it out <@&784553325101056020>

📊 Updates to open beta benchmarks

• Renamed VoxTS Voltaic Easy to voxTS Voltaic Easy.
• Smoothbot Voltaic and Smoothbot Voltaic Easy are now updated to spawn at crosshair height, more consistent jumps and speed. Scores were bumped by about 300 points in the previous scoring system, and scoring was changed to 100 dmg/sec (50% accuracy = 3000 score now).

[unkempt marsh]

• Air Angelic 4 Voltaic was updated with more frequent jumps on the ground to avoid runs where the bot would stay grounded for longer periods of time. The leaderboards were wiped and we are keeping an eye out on whether the benchmark scores need to be adjusted.

[unkempt marsh]

📊 Major update to target switch scoring

• Target switch scenarios that use damage scoring were updated so that 1 kill = 1 score, similar to the way that voxTS already works.
  These changes apply to patTS Voltaic, kinTS Voltaic, Smoothbot TS Voltaic as well as their respective Easy versions

• There were no changes to rate of fire, time to kill or number of hits per kill. The scenarios were not changed apart from scoring.

• The benchmark scores are nearly identical to before. Smoothbot TS Diamond score was slightly raised to 50 from 48.5 in the new scoring system.

• Leaderboards were reset for the scenarios above.

If there are any issues with the updated scenarios, feel free to tag or DM me. We are aware of some issues with the way leaderboard entries are shown after a reset - it appears to be an issue with the game and steam leaderboards.

[unkempt marsh]

• PGTI Voltaic scores were adjusted from 1800 to 1700 for Grandmaster, and 1400 to 1350 for Master.

[unkempt marsh]

• PsalmTS Voltaic and PsalmTS Voltaic Easy were changed so the bots are further away, making it more manageable on normal FOVs (103OW - 110 Source). The bots now change direction less often, but have more vertical movement.
  Scores were not changed for now, but we are keeping an eye on them.
• KinTS Voltaic and KinTS Voltaic Easy were changed to have slightly lower time-to-kill for the bots, so that it matches with "kinTS NR" and other kinTS versions. Scores for GM, Nova and Ascended were raised by 2 each. We don't expect this subtle change to make a difference for the other ranks.
• Smoothbot Voltaic was updated so the bot is about 10% smaller. Score targets for Master+ were lowered by 300 points (5% accuracy) and leaderboards were reset for this scenario. This should make the scenario focus more on smoothness and keep accuracy down on the high-end.

[unkempt marsh]

<@&784553325101056020>

[unkempt marsh]

-KinTS Voltaic scores were slightly raised for master+.

[unkempt marsh]

• A new Kovaaks update has been pushed to open beta. Anyone can update to this version of the game.
  We are trying to finalize the benchmark scenarios as quickly as possible, and many of the new editor functions in this new build of the game would be extremely helpful for making the best versions of the benchmark scenarios possible.
  It also includes tons of quality of life improvement for users and I recommend everyone to try it out!

Please try out the open beta version and leave your feedback and issues with the beta in the official Kovaaks discord (https://discord.gg/kovaak). Even if it's just "everything works well, no complaints", that's good feedback too!
The more people we have giving feeback on the beta version, the sooner we will see it go live, perhaps less than a week's time if everything goes well. <@&784553325101056020>

Quick instructions: Right click on Kovaaks in your steam library -> properties -> "Betas" tab -> select public beta branch. You need to have the game closed to do this. If you've done everything correctly, it should say Kovaak 2.0 [Beta] in your library.

[unkempt marsh]

KovaaK 2.0 Patch 2.0.3.0 is here!
Thank you all for helping to get this update here sooner by leaving feedback in the kovaaks discord!

Read the full patch notes here: https://steamcommunity.com/games/824270/announcements/detail/2932370688977060719

[outer drift]

Air Voltaic and Air Voltaic Easy have been modified with:
🔸 A new, less vertical map
🔸 An altered bot rotation (removing the original Bot 1, and varying the order to split up bots 7,8 at the end)

Scores have been wiped, and rank requirements will be updated very soon to account for this change.

[outer drift]

We've made a few final changes to the benchmarks! Leaderboard wipes will be unlikely from here on out. Hopefully this marks the end of any more drastic changes to the scenarios themselves. From here until the end of the beta (next Sunday) we will likely focus our efforts on balancing score targets for each rank. Changes with this announcement include:
🔸 Moving B180T Voltaic/Easy to the Evasive Switching category to replace PsalmTS Voltaic.
🔸 Adding Pokeball Voltaic as a replacement to the Speed Switching category.
🔸 Raising the minimum B180 Voltaic/Easy and B180T Voltaic/Easy bounce height (leaderboards have been reset).
🔸 Modifying bot heights in patTS Voltaic to be perfectly in line with head heights in existing patTS scenarios and patCircleSwitch.
🔸 Bots in FuglaaXYZ Voltaic Easy are now slightly smaller. Benchmark requirements for the easy version have been adjusted accordingly.

A few things to note:
🔸 We are aware of some issues regarding the most recent KovaaK update and its effect on timescaled scenarios. The scenarios may be slightly harder than intended as they stand, however scenario score targets will likely not be adjusted (as hopefully this will get fixed soon).
🔸 As we move to more carefully balancing score targets, we encourage you to go back and play the old benchmarks if you feel you've improved significantly or haven't played certain scenarios. We'll be gathering extensive leaderboard data on old and new benchmark scenarios, so having the best data possible would be fantastic.
🔸 Thank you for your continued feedback so far! It's been very helpful in guiding the process. We hope you'll continue to give this feedback on the balancing of score targets from here on out!

<@&784553325101056020>

[unkempt marsh]

📊 One last, final change to the benchmark scenarios before they go live!
🔸 psalmTS was reworked to a speed switching scenario (substantially lower time-to-kill, simpler movement, further away) and replaces Pokeball Voltaic . Sorry about that.

🔸 Scores for psalmTS and some of the other brand new scenarios are still rough. We are currently observing leaderboard statistics and we'll push a big balance change for scores soon™️.
🔸 Please play as much as possible and revisit the old benchmarks so we get the best data possible. Thanks!

<@&784553325101056020>

[unkempt marsh]

📊 New Benchmarks are now live with major changes
🔸 Scores received major adjustments based on player feedback and an early analysis of scores in the leaderboards. Please keep on playing and try to set good scores, expect another round of changes in the next few weeks as we get more reliable data from the leaderboards.
🔸 The open beta progression sheet and open beta benchmark score sheet are now invalid and will **no longer **be updated. You need to use the progression sheet that's linked in #announcements for the live benchmarks.

🤖 **The automatic progression sheet update tool is here! **
🔸 If you are setting it up for the first time, mind you that it will likely not update all of your current highscores. If you have set a highscore on an older version of a scenario, the update tool will not update the score. I recommend copying your initial scores manually when you set it up. After that, the tool will update all your future scores automatically and work as intended.
🔸 If you are having issues with the tool, please discuss them in the #tech channel for now. We are working on improving the tutorials for how to install and set up the tool in the future.

Ongoing issues with timescaled scenarios

🔸 We are aware of issues that affect certain timescaled scenarios, this seems to be a bug that was introduced in the latest patch of the game. The affected scenarios are Pasu Voltaic, B180 Voltaic, B180T Voltaic and the respective easy versions. In these scenarios, the bots change direction more frequently than intended.
🔸We have updated B180 and B180T with a potential fix. It looks like this will either improve or completely fix the behavior in the latest version without changing the scenario.
🔸 If you are experiencing issues with Pasu Voltaic, we can currently recommend downgrading to an older version of Kovaaks. Instructions here: #changelog message

<@&784553325101056020>

[unkempt marsh]

📊 **New rules for Grandmaster+ Vods **
🔸 Regarding pausing during runs, you must now obey the following rules for submitting a GM+ run:
🔸 No pauses are allowed during runs of the benchmark scenarios, **except **for the tracking gauntlet scenarios (Air Voltaic, Ground Plaza Voltaic)
🔸 For Ground Plaza Voltaic and Air Voltaic, one pause for up to 30 seconds is allowed.
🔸 Naturally, all runs need to be recorded in one continuous recording, from the start of the scenario until the post-challenge summary screen.
🔸Submissions that do not meet these requirements will be rejected automatically starting from the time of this announcement
🔸Previously accepted submissions are not affected by these rules retroactively.

<@&784553325101056020>

[drowsy orchid]

📊 We decided to make some buffs to the Benchmarks
▫️ The buffs are based on the current leaderboards/entries, our own intuition and interpretation from graphs that compare the old benchmarks & the new ones.
▫️ The buffs are live immediately, Ascended players will have a 1 week grace period to regain their scores
▫️ You can compare the buffs with the old scores here https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1e717tqABpRDwQlm-cizPepk0ABHh77kp7y4RBsBFToA/edit?usp=sharing

<@&784553325101056020>

[unkempt marsh]

Current Issues with Online Scenarios
🔸There is currently an issue where users can't access online scenarios in Kovaaks
🔸The issue is on steam's end. The steam workshop servers seem to be inaccessible
🔸We have seen similar issues in the past and we expect things to be up and running again soon

<@&784553325101056020>

[drowsy orchid]

📃 This channel will now include changelogs to our resources/requirements as well!

A few changelogs over the past 2 weeks
▫️ Valorant Blitz applications have been re-opened and the requirement is now Top 250 Radiant
▫️ Prospects requirements for Valorant have been raised from Immortal 2 to Radiant
▫️ Issue-specific document requirements for the Smoothness & Precision Routine is now up to Platinum instead of Gold, so that the transition into the next leveled routine makes more sense
▫️ Duplicate issue-specific playlists have been removed and issues with the playlists have been resolved (Please let us know if there are any more issues by DMing ModMail)
▫️ The bot will now DM you when using the v-help or s-help command instead of spamming the channel (more changes to this command are in the works).
▫️ For those that didn't know both v- and s- will work for @dense pulsar commands, the v stands for Voltaic and the S stands for Sini or Sparky (Our Mascot)
▫️ We added/updated some of the bot commands for Issue-specific routines (v-issueroutines), The Sleep Guide (v-sleepguide) and more below
▫️ Added or Updated commands: v-routinebetter, v-speedroutine, v-cminfo, v-lb, v-benchmarkplaylists, v-updater, v-randomizer, v-sensrandomizer etc. (special thanks to @cursive flame for updating them)
▫️ More bot features are on the way and being discussed, special thanks to @ruby wren for keeping the bot up and running
▫️ We are aware that the Updater Tool video is a little outdated due to Google API changes we've added a pinned comment to follow the instructions in the GitHub docs, but an update to the video is also on the way
▫️ We are working on a new way for you guys to submit (anonymous) feedback/suggestions
▫️ A lot of our resources have recently been translated to various other languages, view them in this reddit post: https://bit.ly/2PGo8vm

<@&784553325101056020>

[drowsy orchid]

📃 Updates

• There is small error in our new Benchmarks & Updater Tool Video, use v-updater and follow the instructions in case you ran into the URI Error, otherwise ask in #tech
• We've fixed a few issues with non-existing scenarios in the Recommended scenario list
• We've added downloadable playlists for the Recommended scenarios, so you can easily find the scenarios. You can find these at the bottom of the Spreadsheet. (Thanks to @jolly zealot and @fickle slate)

[drowsy orchid]

📃 Updates

• The Voltaic Twitch channel is now Affiliated: https://www.twitch.tv/voltaichqs
• The Striker role was renamed to the Subscriber role
• Subscribers now have access to #pastel colors
• More Translated resources have been added - Use s-translations to view them

[drowsy orchid]

📃 Updates

• Restructured the #read channel so it's less intimidating to new users
• Restructured the #rules channel so it's easier to read
• Restructured the #resources channel and Quick Start moved to the bottom so new users won't miss it
• Opened a new #support-us channel

[drowsy orchid]

📃 Updates

• Updated the Progress-Sheet-Updater to version 1.2!
• Improved logging and fixed a bug that prevented token.pickle from refreshing.
• Grab it from here https://github.com/VoltaicHQ/Progress-Sheet-Updater/releases/tag/1.2/
• Make sure to check the update instructions in the ReadMe

[drowsy orchid]

📃 Updates

Progress Sheet Updater Tool Update

• Added a new functionality that allows you to drag a config onto the .exe to open it
• This allows you to use multiple configs easier
• Special thanks to Valery for the Contribution

Custom Voice Channels

• We swapped to Mee6 bot for custom voice channels due to issues with VoiceMaster (channels weren't getting deleted)
• Check the pins in #voice or #commands to see how it works (channels are limited to 5 users, staff/mods/helpers can change it to a higher user account)

[drowsy orchid]

📃 Updates

• Warzone Routine added to Game-specific Docs
• Based on community votes in #resources we decided to turn our Routine docs into Night Mode (WIP)
• Game-specific routines now have a Dark Background (Night Mode) instead of a white one

[drowsy orchid]

📃 Updates & KovaaKs Open Beta

A new Kovaaks update has been pushed to open beta, Anyone can update to this version of the game.
We have a few benchmark changes planned once the Patch goes live, so please be patient with your submissions (only submissions on the live version will count and they will be reset soon)
Updates include: Rank reset, New rank in between Diamond and Master, Bronze score targets, Some scenario fixes/updates, balancing and more!
Note that your ranks will be getting reset once the beta is over, this is to ensure full integrity (achieving ranks on even grounds and minimise cheaters)

Please try out the open beta version and leave your feedback and issues with the beta in the official Kovaaks discord https://discord.gg/kovaak.
Even if it's just "everything works well, no complaints", that's good feedback too!
The more people we have giving feedback on the beta version, the sooner we will see it go live, perhaps less than a week's time if everything goes well. <@&784553325101056020>

Quick instructions: Right click on Kovaaks in your steam library -> properties -> "Betas" tab -> select public beta branch. You need to have the game closed to do this. If you've done everything correctly, it should say Kovaak 2.0 [Beta] in your library.

Weekly Comp
We will extend the Voltaic AC until next Sunday (May 30), only scores on the Open Beta will count, if the beta goes live during the extended week then the scores will carry over and count (at that point the live version should be used instead)

[drowsy orchid]

📃 Server Updates

Hi everyone, as you guys may have noticed, the server lay-out has been tweaked a little. These changes are made to encourage more chatter in one place and make the discord a more welcoming place to new users. We also believe it will make it more rewarding to post your highscores in the new #scores channel, since they won't get scrolled away so easily due to the slowmode.

We highly recommend everyone to use #unknown for anything related to Voltaic such as Aim, Aim Training, FPS Games, Improvement and more. Below you will find an overview of the changes.

Renamed #aim to #unknown and archived the old general chat
Opened up a new channel called #scores with a slowmode (we highly encourage everyone to post #scores here)
Opened up a new category called Off-Topic with the channels: #577197150082039837, #799310649876414484, #cuisine, #pets and #848909773479215116 (will monitor activity)
Moved the Help Category above the Off-Topic category, to ensure visibility when all categories are open
As always we recommend you guys to collapse and mute the categories/channel that you are not interested in for more structure
To prevent trolls to ruin you guys' experience, people will have no embed/image perms until they reach Level 5 with Mee6 (in #unknown)
Added slowmode to #advice, to reduce discussions/conversations - it also makes it easier to get to everyone's questions

It may be a little inconvenient at first, but it's a good change, trust me!

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[drowsy orchid]

📃 In preparation for the Go Live on the KovaaKs Patch and the Rank Reset, we're temporarily closing any KovaaKs Rank Submissions

As stated in our previous announcement, Aim Training ranks will be resetting once the KovaaKs Patch goes live (waiting for announcement)
Our benchmarks will be moved to a new Steam account so the leaderboards will get wiped for all benchmark scenarios (this includes updates to some scenarios)

Submitting (Subject to change)
Wait for our announcement for submissions to be re-opened
Scores from the Private/Public beta are invalid as we mentioned in our previous announcement
All submissions at this point must be done on the benchmarks that are uploaded by the Voltaic Steam account

<@&784553325101056020>

[mortal plaza]

📃 Weekly Comp & Benchmark Score Target Updates

Weekly Comp

We have decided to make our comps bi-weekly from now on instead of weekly
The change goes into affect now, and the current comp will end next Sunday, June 13th at 15:00 CET
This is to give people more time to compete, and allow for more participation since the comp will be live longer

Benchmarks

We are carefully monitoring scores on our benchmark leaderboards, and have decided to tweak a few score targets
B180/(T) Voltaic + Easy - Due to the change in the bots' movement pattern and lowering the arc of the bots, this has made it easier to hit the bots as they do not erratically change direction in the air anymore.
ww3t Voltaic - Instant spawns and the closer wall has increased the potential to hit more bots.
patTS Voltaic + Easy - The 10% bot size increase and longer strafe patterns have made the scenario more speed-orientated and therefore easier; so increasing the score targets by a little bit is appropriate.
voxTS Voltaic + Easy - The 10% bot size increase, closer back wall, and spawn modification allowed for the scenario to become more speed-oriented, and increased the potential to eliminate more bots than before.
6 sphere Hipfire Voltaic - previous Astra score was decreased too much, so we decided to increase it a little more.

We have seen your guys' feedback on pasu, but want to wait a little bit longer to allow for everyone to get accustomed to the new changes before tweaking the score targets for pasu.

Check out the new score changes here: https://bit.ly/VTBenchmarks

<@&784553325101056020>

[mortal plaza]

📃 Benchmark Score Target Updates

Pasu Voltaic - We have seen everybody’s feedback and agree that the score targets for Master and Jade are a little too high. As a result, we have decided to decrease the score targets for Master and Jade.

Check out the updated changes here: https://bit.ly/VTBenchmarks

<@&784553325101056020>

[drowsy orchid]

📃 We are pausing the MVP Contest & Streams to streamline its process and production quality

We are exploring other options such as uploading the top clips to YouTube or giving different awards for different types of clips
Feel free to keep submitting clips that you think would make it into the new and revamped MVP Contest!
If you have any feedback feel free to submit it via this form http://bit.ly/voltaicfeedback

<@&784553325101056020>

[cursive flame]

📃 Weekly Comp Update

Weekly Comp

The current biweekly competition will be ending July 4th

<@&784553325101056020>

[drowsy orchid]

📃 Update Regarding Progression Sheet

As you guys may have noticed, your progression sheets broke, this is due to a few small tweaks to the sheet
We've added new colors and a way to differentiate the sheets with our upcoming AL Benchmarks
Don't fret you can grab the new one here http://bit.ly/VTprogress
Simply copy paste your scores to the new sheet (if you are using the Updater tool make sure to link your new sheet to it)

Instructions on how to use the new Progress Sheet with the Updater Tool:

1. Go to https://bit.ly/VTprogress
2. Sign into your email if you are not signed in yet
3. Go to File -> Make a copy (name it)
4. Run the Updater Tool
5. In the ''Progress Sheet ID'' box, paste the url of your newly make copy
6. Run it
7. Done

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[drowsy orchid]

📃 Updates

Our #resources channel got a small overhaul so it is easier to scan for the resource you're looking for
We've added our branding to all our Documents
We've updated our Benchmarks Info Document for KovaaKs
Our Quick Start is now integrated in the Benchmarks Guides for both Aim Lab and KovaaKs
Our Aim Lab Benchmarks Score Targets will be updated retroactively as we get more data to work with (pay attention to your sheets)
Our Aim Lab Easy Score Targets have been buffed heavily
If you have any feedback regarding Voltaic itself or our benchmarks, please use this form: http://bit.ly/voltaicfeedback
Please note that AL Benchmark Submissions are still closed until we've tuned the scores

<@&784553325101056020>

[cursive flame]

📃 Kovaak Benchmark Update

Added spawn indicators for Air Voltaic, Ground Plaza Voltaic & their easy variants
Refresh your workshop scenarios before the next time you play these

<@&784553325101056020>

[mortal plaza]

📃 Aim Lab Benchmark Updates

Arc 180: Bots have been pushed back a little bit to help with consistency.
Smooth pill: Fixed shaking bug and updated bot behavior. The bot now has acceleration and longer strafes. Forwards/backwards movement has also been reduced to help prevent the bot from slamming into the wall frequently.
Angelic Sphere: Bot size has been reduced by 10% for the advanced version, and 15% for the easy version.
Mini Sphere Voltaic: The bot will no longer get too close to the player model or jump over it. To help with consistency, the height variance has also been reduced, and the speed of the bot has been increased by 35%. The Easy version bot size has been decreased by 5%.
zacXYZ: Bot size has been decreased by 10% for the advanced version, and 15% for the easy version.
zac sphere Bot size has been decreased by 10% for the advanced version, and 15% for the easy version.
All TS scoring has been updated to hit scoring instead of kill scoring: this is to make it easier for ranking, and helps differentiate between similar scores on the leaderboards.
cubeTS: Bots have been pushed back, map has been made slightly wider, +1 bot was added, and bot speed and size have been reduced by 5%.
berryTS: Bots were slightly pushed back.
mpTS: player model was slightly pushed back to help get a better view of the wall, and wall was made slightly wider to help prevent the bots from colliding as much as possible.
arcTS: Bots have been pushed back a little bit to help with consistency.

Accurate score targets are being worked on and may take a little longer due to the scoring changes. We’d like to thank everybody for your patience!

Please re-download the scenarios prior to playing them to ensure you play the updated versions

<@&784553325101056020>

[mortal plaza]

📃 Aim Lab Benchmark Score Target Updates

All score targets for switching scenarios have been updated to account for the new hit scoring changes. siniTS has not been updated yet, and will get updated very soon.

Friendly reminder to please re-download the scenarios prior to playing them to ensure you play the updated versions if you haven't done so yet

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[drowsy orchid]

📃 Aim Lab siniTS Update

Weapon changed to hopefully fix ''weird zoom bug''
Changed scoring from kill scoring to hit scoring
All score targets have been adjusted to align with the new hit scoring change

Please re-download the scenario prior to playing it to ensure you play the updated version

<@&784553325101056020>

[mortal plaza]

📃 Aim Lab Benchmark Updates

Bot behaviors have been slightly tweaked and will no longer collide into eachother on cubeTS, mpTS, arcTS, mpXY, and arc 180.
Bots will no longer hug/ride the wall as much on arcTS, mpXY, and arc 180

Please re-download the scenario prior to playing it to ensure you play the updated version

<@&784553325101056020>

[drowsy orchid]

📃 Coaching Channel Fix

User mentions from our coaches were not displaying correctly (this is now fixed)
Note that the issue might still persist on phone, if on desktop try CTRL+R to refresh discord

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[drowsy orchid]

📃 Submissions no longer need to be written out & Role Icons!

As you guys may have noticed, you no longer need to write out your submission in the #submissions channel
We've had this for a while, but it has always been an unnecessary additional step
Another thing you guys may have noticed are role icons! We added a few already, but mind that they are t.b.d.

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[drowsy orchid]

📃 Buffs to KvKs Benchmarks

psalmTS Voltaic: Nova 105 -> 107
psalmTS Voltaic: Astra 110 > 114
B180T Voltaic: Astra 90 > 92
fuglaaXYZ Voltaic: Nova 14.8K > 15.2K
ww3t Voltaic: Nova 158 > 160

<@&784553325101056020>

[drowsy orchid]

📃 Change to Benchmark Requirements & More

You no longer need to submit vods for your rank submissions on Jade and Master (simply submitting the screenshots is enough also for Aim Lab the Player card is sufficient)
The same applies to submitting on the rankings sheet/leaderboards
Reason for the change: It speeds up the application process, anti-cheat takes care of most blatant cheaters, it's unlikely for people to cheat for these ranks and it improves the AL integration
The scores required to get celestial are now added as a column in the progression sheet (to get this to appear make a copy of the newest progression sheet)
Last notes, we have more stuff upcoming for our AL Benchmark integration, stay tuned (e.g. rank role automation etc.)

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[drowsy orchid]

📃 All our KovaaKs routines now have Playlist Share Codes!

You can find a share code right underneath the heading of each respective routine
The Benchmark Rankings Sheet also has share codes

<@&784553325101056020>

[drowsy orchid]

📃 Added new bot commands that will pull up our resources/routines for different games

Commands: v-valorant v-apex v-siege v-splitgate v-cod v-warzone

[drowsy orchid]

📃 Aim Lab & KovaaKs Progression Sheet Update

Aim Lab: Progress Sheet Fix:, sheet won't constantly break anymore - Make sure to make a new copy (Temporary fix until Rankings sheet gets fixed)
Aim Lab: Added Play button next to each task, clicking these deeplinks will boot up your desired task on Aim Lab (Will also launch Aim Lab if not launched)
KovaaKs: Added Playlist sharecodes, copy and import them directly into KovaaKs
Added links for the rank application, guide, rules and our socials
Sheet has been more spaced out
New Font due to original font being bugged
Instructions added to the side for new players

Quick Links
Aim Lab Progress Sheet: https://bit.ly/VTxALprogress
KovaaKs Progress Sheet: http://bit.ly/VTprogress

<@&784553325101056020>

[dapper snow]

📃 ** KovaaK's Fundamental Routines 2.0 Update **

Removed secondary, and tertiary scenario options from each playlist (Iron through Grandmaster)
Players that already have the previous playlists, which contain all of the scenario options, will NOT be affected by this change. This will be the case whether or not your previous playlists are exclusively in the "Online Playlists" tab or have also been downloaded to the "Local Playlists" tab.
If you have downloaded a fundamental routine playlist for the first time, and you would like to add some or all of the optional scenarios, you'll need to save the playlist to your "Local Playlists" tab and edit the playlists as you would any other you may have saved.

Link:
All new KovaaK's playlist sharecodes can be found in the "Voltaic x KovaaK's - Fundamental Aim Training Routines 2.0" Google document, found here: https://bit.ly/VTfundamentals2

<@&784553325101056020>

[drowsy orchid]

📃 VT KvKs Benchmarks Open beta changes

1. VT Air AIO ---> replaced with VT Air Varied Advanced Beta 1

   • Bots now stay still until shot, which begins their 10 sec despawn timer just like the ground version of the scenario
   • Reworked dodge profiles to be better (similar to ground version)

2. VT Bounceshot ---> new version, 'VT Bounceshot Advanced Beta 2'

   • Map has been fixed to prevent clipping issues and barrier stopping bots from getting right up against player have also been added
   • Bots have been slightly altered to prevent getting stuck in corners

3. VT bounceTS ---> new version, 'VT bounceTS Advanced Beta 2'

   • Same map change as above, however smaller map size to be more similar to B180T (small change, feels better to play imo)
   • Same bot changes to prevent getting stuck in corners

4. VT Smoothbot ---> new version, 'VT Smoothbot Advanced Beta 4'

   • Further refined bot movement to reduce bouncing off walls
   • New map with better bot spawn and higher skybox to prevent bouncing. Very slight map size increase for quality of life purposes
   • Bot is now much thinner (but still very trackable and slightly taller) than before as recommended by @VT hauntr and several others. Bot
     movement is also slightly adjusted to be better suited for the map (very minor changes, somewhat unnoticeable just quality of life stuff)

5. VT Ground Plaza AIO -> VT Ground Varied

   • More varied strafes and more difficult

6. VT PillStrafe Advanced

   • No longer gauntlet
   • Scenario length 1 minute
   • See new column with explanation of the movement scoring

Added a column on the far right with explanation on how the movement scoring works on each respective Strafe scenario
Scenario changes should appear in your spreadsheet, new column you have to copy over from the progress sheet linked in #announcements
Don't forget to refresh scenario browser

<@&784553325101056020>

[drowsy orchid]

📃 Voltaic - Aim Lab & KovaaKs Open Beta Benchmarks Update

All Intermediate and Novice scenarios are up for both Aim Lab and KovaaKs
Score targets have been adjusted, but are subject to change
Looking for Iron-Gold players to playtest the Novice benchmarks and collect data, if you are one please DM @inner remnant

<@&784553325101056020>

[drowsy orchid]

📃 Benchmark Changelog

Submissions for Aim Lab S1 and KovaaKs S3 are closing <t:1648418340:F> <-- time and date shows in your local time
Submissions will be opened at our discretion during or shortly after the new season announcement

How you can help

Continue providing feedback via: https://bit.ly/voltaicfeedback
Share your S1 Aim Lab Progress sheet and your S2 Open Beta sheet (please include your averages 1-10 runs on both sheets)
Share your S3 KovaaKs Progress sheet and your S4 Open Beta sheet (please include your averages 1-10 runs on both sheets)
Post the sheets in this thread #955283397654233099

<@&784553325101056020>

[drowsy orchid]

📃 Open Beta Progress Sheet updates

We adjusted a few things about the progress sheets in #announcements, make sure you make a new copy
Change: Your overall energy is an average of your subcategory energy, with lower scores weighted more heavily (energy is also calculated more precisely)
Change: Scores are now pulled from our new leaderboard sheets
Change: Added average column
Change: Added average input tab - enter your score 1-10 in there to calculate an average (redundant with auto updater tool)

Sheets (same one as in #announcements)
AL Progress sheet https://bit.ly/VTxALprogressS2
KvKs Progress sheet https://bit.ly/VTxKvKsprogressS4

As always don't forget to provide feedback:
Provide feedback here http://bit.ly/voltaicfeedback

What's left to do?
Progress Sheet Updater Tool is in the works for both Aim Lab and KovaaKs
Looking for a fix for VT Ground Varied Intermediate first bot FPS drops
Few more score target changes on KovaaKs
Looking for a fix for VT Suavetrack on AL benchmarks
Score target changes for Aim Lab

<@&784553325101056020>

[drowsy orchid]

📃 Updates & Bugs

We are aware of various on-going bugs with KovaaKs such as:
Reload not working properly
Air and Ground varied not destructing properly
''No strafe'' scenarios, strafing
Movement scoring being uncapped

Due to these issues, we have to temporarily close our KovaaKs submissions! The above issues should be resolved in a couple days from now.

We are also aware that some scenarios are not submitting to the leaderboards or users being stuck on the wrong version of the scenario.
The team is looking into this issue, which may require certain scenarios to be renamed and reuploaded due to a caching issue with Steam.
Reminder to submit any bugs in the respective Aim Training discords (KovaaK/Aim Lab), so the developers can fix it

Changes
One additional scenario has been added to each subcategory for Aim Lab (grab the latest progress sheet in #resources, v1.3)
Complete roles are now available for Novice
More changes on the way, including score target tuning and leaderboard changes

<@&784553325101056020>

[drowsy orchid]

📃 Additional Bugs pertaining latest KovaaKs Patch

New bugs were found in our benchmark scenarios due to the recent KovaaKs patch:
Smoothbot is no longer invincible
Air and Ground varied scenarios require an additional patch (self destruct is making the player, self destruct too)

These issues have been reported to the KovaaKs team and will be looked into.
In the meantime we may implement changes with potential fixes.

Once the submissions re-open
Once the bugs have been apprehended any scenario affected by bugs/exploits will get a leaderboard wipe
Scores on scenarios affected by these bugs will not be valid, unless it is evident that the achieved score were not impacted by the bugs (see below)

Scores that will be valid
If you achieved your score without abusing the no reload mechanic on the clicking scenarios on our benchmarks (Requires SS with 95%+ acc or a vod)
If you achieved your score without surpassing the movement cap on the strafe scenarios (Requires SS with movement score visible or a vod)
If you achieved your score on Air Varied where each bot lasted for 10s each (Requires vod)
If you achieved your score on Ground Varied where each bot lasted for 12s each (Requires vod)
Otherwise scores will only be valid if they are achieved after the fix and leaderboard wipe!

If you encounter any more bugs please submit them in the official KovaaKs discord as most of these issues can not be resolved on Voltaic's end, thank you for your patience.

<@&784553325101056020>

[drowsy orchid]

📊 Benchmark: Balance changes & QoL Changes

Hi everyone!

We are aware the new season has only started recently and lots of you folks are grinding hard to get the rank you desire. However, our team has looked into some score targets and we found that some were not matching their intended difficulty. We know how frustrating it can be to have the goalpost be altered, however these changes are necessary to keep the benchmarks balanced. Even though we ran a beta period, mid-season changes can always occur. Mind you, we will always try to avoid them the best we can.

In addition, to the score target changes, we've also made some improvements to a few scenarios. One additional scenario has been added to each subcategory for Novice on Aim Lab and Novice Complete roles are now available.

We also want to point out that over the last couple weeks some of the new updates to KovaaKs have struck ALL scenarios with bugs, most of these have now been apprehended by their team. Thank you for everyone's patience.

KovaaKs buffs
skyTS Advanced, 1w3ts Advanced, Multiclick 180 Advanced
evaTS Advanced, psalmTS Advanced, bounceTS Advanced

KovaaKs nerfs
Air Varied Advanced, Ground Varied Advanced, BounceStrafe Advanced
PatStrafe score targets adjusted to take into account bot spawns and kills better

Aim Lab buffs
Angleshot Advanced, Waveshot Advanced
Spheretrack Advanced, Pilltrack Advanced
Suavetrack Advanced, Steadytrack Advanced

Aim Lab nerfs
Swayswitch Advanced, Threeshot Advanced
Various Novice and Intermediate scenarios have been reduced in difficulty to better match the corresponding skill level.
Novice and Intermediate Benchmarks scores have been reduced to better match the corresponding skill level.

Known Bug
It appears that fixing the bug for Ground Varied caused another unforeseen issue, due to the degenerating health mechanic not working as expected.
The bots have been reworked to degenerate in health over a span of 12s per bot, the degenerating causes the bot to strafe more.
This feature can not be disabled, as it it's how the bot profiles are designed.
Basically we need an exemption to this rule where the bots do not get affected by the degenerating health, while still being affected by damage.
We are awaiting the next KovaaKs patch to fix this, in the meantime Ground Varied will be unavailable.

Bug Fixes
Celestial no longer has an infinite cap of energy awarded, it now caps out at 1200 for Aim Lab and 1110 for KovaaKs.
See latest KvKs patches for fixes on Movement cap, Reload and more
KvKs: Air and Ground Varied self-destruct timer now is timed properly, FPS issues also fixed.

Steam Caching Bug Fixes
People were stuck in older versions of scenarios with a different map or scoring system.
To fix this issue we've renamed and reuploaded some of the scenarios:
Skystrafe -> Airstrafe, Bouncestrafe -> Arcstrafe, 1w5ts -> 1w5ts Rasp, Pasu -> Pasu Rasp

Changes
Progress sheet now shows version number + alerts users when they are on an outdated version (make a new copy from #resources)
QoL and visual changes to the progress sheet

Submissions OPEN

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[drowsy orchid]

📃 Score balancing and Temporary Changes

Hey everyone,

We've adjusted the score targets at all levels on our Aim Lab benchmarks.
We heard your feedback loud and clear and ensured that these changes resemble a similar level of difficulty as our KovaaKs benchmarks.
We've also discovered that Air Varied is affected by the same issue as Ground Varied, but at a smaller scale.
Due to uncertainty with the expected patch date for Ground Varied, we've decided to temporarily nerf the score targets to account for the raised difficulty.

Temporary nerfs until patch:
A nerf of 550 on all levels of Ground Varied (except Astra/Celestial)
A nerf of 200 on all levels of Air Varied (except Astra/Celestial)

Slight nerfs on bounceTS Intermediate and Novice
Nerf of 20 per target
We noticed this scenario in particular was a tad more difficult than the rest in the same pool

Please mind the following:
Once the issue has been fixed, we will be reverting the nerfs, and everything should go back to normal. We may upload the scenarios with new names to avoid caching issues.
Aside from these nerfs, you can now apply with Ground Varied again, however Astra/Celestial are excluded from these nerfs, because the patch would invalidate these scores again
You will have a week grace period to apply with the temporary score targets after we're reverted the nerfs when a patch is released
Note that this will only be valid as long as the scores are acquired before the date of the patch
Feel free to make a new copy of the progress sheet in #resources or manually uncross Ground Varied in your sheet, by selecting its cell and pressing ALT+SHIFT+5
Please beware that if you have entered and acquired a score before May 11, you may be rewarded more energy than intended. If this is the case simply deduct 550 for Ground Varied and 200 for Air Varied.
FYI: May 11 scores are on the old version of the scenario, and during that time the scores were not unintentionally more difficult. Read below to see if you got your score on the old version of the scenario.

May 11 Raised difficulty
In case you haven't noticed the raised difficulty at all, check if you are on the correct version of the scenario. You can tell if you are on the correct version of the scenario if the timer says 1:30 instead of 1:05. If you are NOT on the correct version of the scenario try verifying game files, if that doesn't work, try to reinstall your game and delete your FPSAimTrainer folder (make sure to copy your hitsounds, scenarios, crosshairs etc., so you can paste them back in when you reinstall).

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