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>freebuildBy exciting freebuild I mean it is a 24/7 collab build with an interesting theme and a lot of people building really cool stuff in it. Obviously freebuilds in of themselves aren't exciting, you're not even attempting to see a middle ground here lol.
>exciting
lol!
the engine may be garbage but blockland has easily some of the best mod support i've ever seenYou're mistaking "best mod support" for "no mod support". Blockland is a dead game. It is no longer being moderated or worked on. Mods are just left to their own free will. There is no outstanding support or tools providing by Badspot or anything. Torque script is a limiting and antiquated game engine. Source games have the "Best mod support." Source engine is so flexible that there are more than one occasion where a half life mod became a viable game in and of itself. Blockland mods are just that: blockland mods. Badspot only incorporated the idiot-proof-drop-a-zip-into-a-folder method because he was tired of answering questions about how to install mods. He was tired of supporting mods.. lol
i highly doubt its gonna be that simpleWhy not? Hell, I bet they make it even more simple and implement an actual mod workshop of some kind. They've made way more smart design decisions than dumb ones with the game so far.
this entire paragraph is utterly hilariousHow? I'm willing to bet you've never even booted up the game in the last year.
^How are they insane? They're just open.. Blockland runs on a garbage engine. All they'd have to do to match Blockland is allow people to mod it how they want and incorporate an easy system of mod installation.
the mod capabilities of Blockland are insane — I'll be impressed if they manage to pull off something "close to as capable."
Yes, actually, because he let the toxicity fester, and by doing that, of course he grew more and more tired of his community, because that allowed everyone to be about as negative and problematic toward himself and the community as they wanted to be without getting banned for it as much/as harshly as they should haveVery true, honestly.
Badspot was too laid back on his moderation and Rotondo more or less followed suit in that regard, at least someone like Ephialtes was more likely to punish bad behavior when he had his moderator status
Bit of a self-rant/self-vent but coming across this post by a discord friend, I can't help but feel guilty seeing this post and the rest of the people I genuinely miss only because I haven't contributed much in terms of content regardless of the current state of Blockland.Your guilt is totally irrational, you don't owe this game or it's community anything. Please don't let it burden you.
The best I could do was host gamemodes I personally enjoy, like Mafia Madness. Even then, I wasn't mentally cut for that because I had plenty of issues moderating anything myself. I really wanted to learn Torquescript and its engine to at least provide a lot of good and original content at about 2016-2018 despite how outdated it seems and I wanted to learn it ASAP, otherwise, it would have been too late. Problem is, again, it was outdated, but I had school, other bigger things to worry about than coding, I had Python to learn first as well, and I was just really forgetin' stupid honestly. Excuses which could have been cared to manage, which is probably why I feel guilty about it today. I really loved to learn how gamemodes like Crown's Prison Break and its maps (what was that add-on...variables, or something?) are programmed, and other cool games I played back then. Instead I spent more time in Drama and Off-Topic for god-knows-what than anywhere else; I only have myself to blame for that. Perhaps that's where the guilt hits.
Didn't really matter how the community was, didn't really matter how Badspot was acting at the time, I just had plenty of time to make some stuff while there's a form of community left. I have a lot of people to thank for trying to get me into the coding side of the game, but I guess it just wasn't meant to be, given everything back then. Now I just really look at posts like this and think about some good throwbacks, the could-have-beens, etc, and I even see some people I missed talking to and seeing here. Is it still too late now, even if the future looks bleak, I wonder?
Has anyone else genuinely felt this type of guilt some point? Even if Blockland were to skyrocket with players and community the next week or so, that guilt is still passive in me. At the end of the day though, I'm just coping, but I'm also just chilling. :/
coincidentally ironic
You just got Coconut Malled
tdm maps have lanes, and each lane can & should be tailored to a specific set of playstyles. shotgun lane can benefit from lots of cover and hallways but should be a long and windy walk or sniper lane could just be a much shorter straighter duck hunt esque corridor. if your lane doesn't lead to another lane or directly to the enemy base then you should consider removing it because it'll serve no gameplay advantage other than to consume players' combat time. i could explain using pictures the use of lanes in map design if it helps but it's vry importantIs there a video or something explaining this map design mechanic in more detail? It sounds very interesting.
your lanes should also communicate the gameplay style they're reinforcing if possible. eg: shoehorning a sniper rifle into a cave is in my opinion poor design. and be prepared to go into the weapon pack's files and do some balancing if you truly want to refine the experience.
lmaoI don't normally share political opinions and this thread definitely belongs in either drama or off-topic, but after that abysmal excuse for a presidential debate I do not in any way shape or form understand how anyone could think Annoying Orange is anything but a total loving man-child.
not so much. advising someone to be careful not to catch covid and then turn around and say not to vote for Annoying Orange (who by the way was very adamant on closing the borders immediately to prevent the spread of such) seems like a complete contradictory to me
You know its funny, years ago when Annoying Orange first announced he was running I posted about it on this very forum and people laughed at me and trolled me, called me names saying he would never win - but I knew he would from the moment he announced he was going to run. You know why? BECAUSE HE HAS MONEY - AND PLENTY OF IT. It's not loving rocket science, wealth and greed control the world and the flow of information as we know it. Not to mention he is already a popular figure in recent culture from being on TV and such. These aren't elections they are selections - they make you think you have a choice with a two party system but you don't. Was shillary a good running candidate against Annoying Orange? Hell no! She's old and washed up not to mention has a number of other allegations. If anyone thought for a second she stood a chance then you must also think you are living the american dream. You know, you gotta be asleep to believe it. Now we have creep joe who can't even give a decent speech let alone debate another candidate, what a joke.
ON TOPIC: I remember you Bobi72. You never caused any trouble at my server but if you did at others thats not good. I hope they accept your apology
well uh...except for this guy
https://leopard.hosting.pecon.us/dl/nwgnq/After+School+Special.wavWhen the horns hit at 0:38
here you go
Typically when a good server is up that's when people just show up. the best way to attract players is to take the time to come up with a decent server. If people continue to just host stuff that they can just download and don't take the time to just make something, then I can understand why people don't come on often, there isn't anything new or unique around.This was my first guess too. Basically all of the standard dedicated servers that were being hosted previously just shut down, and those hosts must not have realized / bothered / figured out how to put those servers back up yet. With no servers being hosted, players log on and see nothing to do, so they leave.
