re: visambros

Rednecks play real-life Minecraft in that they are often apt to craft and recombine things in a manner very similar to the infamous block-game.

In fact, it’s their penchant for such work that thwarts my own attempts to develop “super Legos,” because the hardware-market at large is already largely generic to similar end; thanks to the proliferation of redneck ingenuity.

Sick Burn v4.2.0: Blaze-It Edition

After a long hiatus, I updated Sick Burn! Here’s the gist of what was done:

  • Items that increase fire-damage now shouldn’t cause repeated stun with afterburn.
  • The Chargin’ Targe, Splendid Screen, and Cozy Camper all grant immunity to stun.

The first thing is a bug-fix I ought to have taken care of long ago, but the second thing maybe needs some explaining.

As TF2 fans may know, there’s a lot of talk about implementing an official in-game lobby-system with per-match item-bans. If that’s the direction TF2 is going, it behooves Sick Burn to follow suit.

Let’s say a Pyro is just too good, eh? As it stands, you can’t keep the Pyro from using their most damaging tactics, so the opposing team has to decide: do they want a Demo to be on firefighting-duty, or are sticky-traps too necessary to give up? With or without a strict restriction on how many demomen are allowed on a team, that’s a considerable question; as you’re sacrificing a lot of potential options for the sake of stopping one class.

The counter-measure to the above is for the Pyro’s team to ban the shields, which would allow their star player to operate freely; but, at the same time, they would lose two restrictions that may have been better choices. The counter to the counter is, in effect, the entire rest of the game. For example, the Vaccinator grants enough resistance to flame as to negate stunning, and is applicable to the entire team! This is all without considering each weapon and item the other classes have that would prove problematic.

The whole idea of Sick Burn and the recent proposals for the game proper is to inject new variety into the game, at the higher and lower levels, and I feel that this new addition aids in that pursuit.

visambros replied to your photo: It’s so funny how they die like that.
I really want to play this game, but I’m concerned about the douchebags. I keep on hearing stories about really rude people that play this game. It looks really fun though.

I really can’t comment on this, because I have a knack for somehow only hanging out in the more chill and reasonable corners of the internet. All the hate and aggression people go on about I encounter only very rarely. ^^;

Q:Ooh! OohOohOoh!! Mememe!!! *raises hand* Why don't you start using Unity3d with the big boys like me? ouo

kittfiev

My current projects are about more than just a finished product. They are about fixing long-standing problems in the artistic, cultural, and industrial facets of video gaming. No engine provides a data-management system on par with Blender, and that is absolutely the most critical component to my entire plan.

In the future, with other games that have different goals, I have no qualms whatsoever using tools I’m not using now: those tools just don’t help with what I am trying to do right now.