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Creativity / New Avatar (Guess what the folder is!)
« on: November 30, 2008, 01:48:36 AM »BALLOONS
I made it early in the morning/late at night, so if it isn't that great, I'll go make another. I was tired of the face crying cookies.
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BALLOONS
I made it early in the morning/late at night, so if it isn't that great, I'll go make another. I was tired of the face crying cookies.
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Clan Discussion / Re: Clan[USSR] *extra new*
« on: November 30, 2008, 12:55:10 AM »I got bored of reading after the first paragraph
I'm sorry.
:(
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Clan Discussion / Re: Clan[USSR] *extra new*
« on: November 30, 2008, 12:37:34 AM »
Every RP system ever made for blockland (and a majority of those for garrysmod) has been structured around encouraging people to commit crimes. I don't have the right to speak for other people, nor do I have the privilege of reading minds, but I assume the thought process runs something along these lines: "Order is a great thing, right? People need to follow the rules for an RP to work! But we'll need someone to enforce the rules. How about cops? Great idea! But we can't give them the power to kick/ban, that's too abusive. I know, lets fabricate a completely artificial criminal system that encourages people to run everyone down with a tank so the cops something to do!"
An RP shouldn't be driven by money or inventory. You might as well just make a TDM mod that awards you money for every kill which you can then invest in more guns, because this is basically whatever every RP is (replace the shop keeper with an engineer and you're half way there, rename the criminal to 'spy' and you're done). Not that there is anything wrong with this, TDM is great, but it is a lot more fun when you play it as a TDM then if you try and force people to play an RPG within it.
I think that there is only one thing any RPG mod should only try to accomplish one goal; tell a story or get the players to create a story. From there, the mod should include only those features necessary to accomplish these goals.
Lets take for example, a space rpg. Suppose you want the immediate objective to be for players to build a space colony. You can literally do this with 2 mods, 1 if you use the flying jeep instead of a pretty rocket. Force players to pick up building blocks from a central location and develop their own transportation systems to build on other planets (maybe they can fly there, maybe they'll use events. Creative solutions would be encouraged, but I'm going to have to accept the fact that most people will just build a teleporter or something). In this case, the mod would be some kind of brick limit with a brick dispenser. Then for flavor, you could start adding on mods. Maybe allow people to mine the bricks instead. Perhaps the planet is uninhabitable, the original builders would need to bring some kind of atmosphere filter with them to the planet. Perhaps the filter can break down or take damage, and someone needs to repair it. You take your story and then build on to it.
In my opinion, the mod that has most closely achieved the goal of being a great RPG is, surprisingly, the zombie mod.
Back in the beta, I remember Rotondo creating a briefcase that you had to find and bring back to the spawn. Actually, there might not have even been a briefcase, we might have just walked into an empty building and pretended it was there and then walked back. Then he could have used an instant-win command or something. But I'm pretty sure there was briefcase. The point is, it was easy to create a story, and it was a lot of fun. Here's another example, Sumz ran a zombie mod beta server that had time bombs hidden in buildings. After you turned them all on, a tank zombie spawned. Once the tank died and the bombs were all set, you won the game.
For more rants on RPGs, see this post. I can't remember who posted it, but they must be some amazing genius because I agree with every word they say.
On the topic of the space rpg, we could force everyone into a minigame and then have them ride around on the missile vehicle. Since people are forced into the minigame, their bricks are fair game for an exploding missle. I propose the penalty for exploding missiles on colonies is death by armed mob of vigilantes. Perhaps we could have a Defense Secretary in charge of organizing civil defense. They could be given the sole right to distribute weapons from the town armory, giving everyone Ak47s or something. Of course, the criminal wouldn't have the privilege of having a weapon, they'd have to hide. Eventually the public would be disarmed by killing each other or natural causes, so there should be some kind of grace period in which you are free to murder your neighbor or something afterward. But the armory would be closed so weapon distribution should theoretically diminish over time (with the exception of being able to bash each other's skulls in with a hammer). The Defense Secretary, of course, would have continual access to weapons, so they could just hunt down the people still terrorizing the public.
This can be done with no new mods. The Defense Secretary would be elected/nominated/appointed by USSR members and would have a special clan tag. Imitators would be banned with a warning telling them to change their tag. Armory control can be done with simple events. Criminals would be reported either by a visible kill in the chat or citizen reports the Defense Secretary deems valid. The missile vehicle would need to be downloaded.
As for pirates and traders, it sounds awesome but I can't think of anyone who would code it for us.
An RP shouldn't be driven by money or inventory. You might as well just make a TDM mod that awards you money for every kill which you can then invest in more guns, because this is basically whatever every RP is (replace the shop keeper with an engineer and you're half way there, rename the criminal to 'spy' and you're done). Not that there is anything wrong with this, TDM is great, but it is a lot more fun when you play it as a TDM then if you try and force people to play an RPG within it.
I think that there is only one thing any RPG mod should only try to accomplish one goal; tell a story or get the players to create a story. From there, the mod should include only those features necessary to accomplish these goals.
Lets take for example, a space rpg. Suppose you want the immediate objective to be for players to build a space colony. You can literally do this with 2 mods, 1 if you use the flying jeep instead of a pretty rocket. Force players to pick up building blocks from a central location and develop their own transportation systems to build on other planets (maybe they can fly there, maybe they'll use events. Creative solutions would be encouraged, but I'm going to have to accept the fact that most people will just build a teleporter or something). In this case, the mod would be some kind of brick limit with a brick dispenser. Then for flavor, you could start adding on mods. Maybe allow people to mine the bricks instead. Perhaps the planet is uninhabitable, the original builders would need to bring some kind of atmosphere filter with them to the planet. Perhaps the filter can break down or take damage, and someone needs to repair it. You take your story and then build on to it.
In my opinion, the mod that has most closely achieved the goal of being a great RPG is, surprisingly, the zombie mod.
Back in the beta, I remember Rotondo creating a briefcase that you had to find and bring back to the spawn. Actually, there might not have even been a briefcase, we might have just walked into an empty building and pretended it was there and then walked back. Then he could have used an instant-win command or something. But I'm pretty sure there was briefcase. The point is, it was easy to create a story, and it was a lot of fun. Here's another example, Sumz ran a zombie mod beta server that had time bombs hidden in buildings. After you turned them all on, a tank zombie spawned. Once the tank died and the bombs were all set, you won the game.
For more rants on RPGs, see this post. I can't remember who posted it, but they must be some amazing genius because I agree with every word they say.
On the topic of the space rpg, we could force everyone into a minigame and then have them ride around on the missile vehicle. Since people are forced into the minigame, their bricks are fair game for an exploding missle. I propose the penalty for exploding missiles on colonies is death by armed mob of vigilantes. Perhaps we could have a Defense Secretary in charge of organizing civil defense. They could be given the sole right to distribute weapons from the town armory, giving everyone Ak47s or something. Of course, the criminal wouldn't have the privilege of having a weapon, they'd have to hide. Eventually the public would be disarmed by killing each other or natural causes, so there should be some kind of grace period in which you are free to murder your neighbor or something afterward. But the armory would be closed so weapon distribution should theoretically diminish over time (with the exception of being able to bash each other's skulls in with a hammer). The Defense Secretary, of course, would have continual access to weapons, so they could just hunt down the people still terrorizing the public.
This can be done with no new mods. The Defense Secretary would be elected/nominated/appointed by USSR members and would have a special clan tag. Imitators would be banned with a warning telling them to change their tag. Armory control can be done with simple events. Criminals would be reported either by a visible kill in the chat or citizen reports the Defense Secretary deems valid. The missile vehicle would need to be downloaded.
As for pirates and traders, it sounds awesome but I can't think of anyone who would code it for us.
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General Discussion / Re: ID 8999....
« on: November 29, 2008, 11:04:35 PM »Just so you know, over 9000 BL_ID's would be 9001+, while actual PLAYERS are 9101+ (The first 100 ID's not being used)
When he sold keys, I'm pretty sure he sold blocks of it to third party distributors (for example: http://www.gamedujour.com/1140-blockland which sold IDs in the approximately 2000 to the???? range, I don't have any numbers here). This means there could be anywhere between a few hundred to a few thousand IDs (if there are other distributors) that don't have an owner.
Also, IDs that were being shared or were posted on pirating websites have been banned.
The over 9000 margin probably won't be passed until 10 or 11 thousand, but that's just a guess.
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Games / Re: Portal Demo on Steam
« on: November 29, 2008, 12:43:45 PM »Where can I find teh temps?
Disk Cleanup.
I'm going to assume you are using windows, because it's safe to assume everyone in the world is using windows.
Go to start>all programs>accessories>system tools>disk cleanup
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Off Topic / Re: Horray, my graphics card arrived.
« on: November 29, 2008, 12:41:29 PM »
You should send him a PM telling him how much fun you are having. I sent him one telling him that I couldn't play Roblox at the moment, and maybe this picture of a seven legged spider would be appropriate compensation.
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Off Topic / Re: 3.14159265....
« on: November 29, 2008, 12:26:16 PM »
There is no way for him to prove he didn't copy and paste it, but there is no way to prove he did either.
I tend to think he did have it memorized, since it's off at the 21st and the rest of the consecutive digits and copying the wrong number is just silly. I'd imagine that tends to happen when you try and memorize 28 digits.
Interesting, but I tend to find pushing the pi button a lot easier.
I tend to think he did have it memorized, since it's off at the 21st and the rest of the consecutive digits and copying the wrong number is just silly. I'd imagine that tends to happen when you try and memorize 28 digits.
Interesting, but I tend to find pushing the pi button a lot easier.
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Off Topic / Re: Language telephone.
« on: November 26, 2008, 11:54:28 PM »This is a big step for the game, and quickly.
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Clan Discussion / Re: Clan[USSR] *extra new*
« on: November 26, 2008, 11:48:33 PM »
Civilian >>> Laborer
Shop Keeper >>> Civil Supply Manager
Criminal >>> Counter-revolutionary Scum
Policeman >>> Secret Police
Mobster >>> Businessman
Official >>> People's Commissar
Doctor >>> Chemist
Architect >>> Construction Engineer
The mobster shouldn't have the ability to pickpocket people. It surprised me when I clicked on someone and became wanted. Maybe they could just murder people and take all of their money.
Shop Keeper >>> Civil Supply Manager
Criminal >>> Counter-revolutionary Scum
Policeman >>> Secret Police
Mobster >>> Businessman
Official >>> People's Commissar
Doctor >>> Chemist
Architect >>> Construction Engineer
The mobster shouldn't have the ability to pickpocket people. It surprised me when I clicked on someone and became wanted. Maybe they could just murder people and take all of their money.
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Off Topic / Re: Language telephone.
« on: November 26, 2008, 10:47:11 PM »
Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith:
When the division of labour has been once thoroughly established, it is but
a very small part of a man's wants which the produce of his own labour can
supply. He supplies the far greater part of them by exchanging that surplus
part of the produce of his own labour, which is over and above his own
consumption, for such parts of the produce of other men's labour as he has
occasion for. Every man thus lives by exchanging, or becomes, in some
measure, a merchant, and the society itself grows to be what is properly a
commercial society.
Translated:
Full employment and to prepare you may have to work and Se Ri Pak*. The structure and growth, these changes a large part of the manufacture of magnetic resonance imaging**, can be any work. These efforts can be so consumed in other parts of China Department. On the whole, or money, or some and public opinion research projects, the positive business.
*Se Ri Pak is a South Korean professional golfer.
** MRI
When the division of labour has been once thoroughly established, it is but
a very small part of a man's wants which the produce of his own labour can
supply. He supplies the far greater part of them by exchanging that surplus
part of the produce of his own labour, which is over and above his own
consumption, for such parts of the produce of other men's labour as he has
occasion for. Every man thus lives by exchanging, or becomes, in some
measure, a merchant, and the society itself grows to be what is properly a
commercial society.
Translated:
Full employment and to prepare you may have to work and Se Ri Pak*. The structure and growth, these changes a large part of the manufacture of magnetic resonance imaging**, can be any work. These efforts can be so consumed in other parts of China Department. On the whole, or money, or some and public opinion research projects, the positive business.
*Se Ri Pak is a South Korean professional golfer.
** MRI
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General Discussion / Re: first city of the mono. - no color server.
« on: November 25, 2008, 07:52:43 PM »
One of the more fun things in the server was trying to invent ways to express things such as heat, fire, and embers without the use of color. I ended up with a stove that shot out gray sparks everywhere, the effect was neat and people could tell it was a hot stove.
Cylinders were also banned, so I used # signs for the stove controls, which I kind of liked.
Cylinders were also banned, so I used # signs for the stove controls, which I kind of liked.
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Off Topic / Re: 1/4 of the house lost power
« on: November 25, 2008, 12:54:06 AM »OK, get a screwdriver(Phillips or flat blade, look first) and make sure all the wires are tight on the breakers. DOn't bother turning off the main power feed, the screws aren't connected and you might mess more stuff up.
I spent two years in a vocational school for electricity and basic electronics. I can walk you through this.
Hahahaha
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Games / Re: runescape+voice chat
« on: November 25, 2008, 12:20:33 AM »
Runescape needs voice chat.
I would love for nothing more than for every market place to be filled with PLESASEGIVEMEMONEY and every dungeon to echo with cries of YOUJUSTTOOKMYLOOTYOUforgetINf riend.
I voted ye 1 and 2 whatever that means because I didn't read the poll.
I would love for nothing more than for every market place to be filled with PLESASEGIVEMEMONEY and every dungeon to echo with cries of YOUJUSTTOOKMYLOOTYOUforgetINf riend.
I voted ye 1 and 2 whatever that means because I didn't read the poll.
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Off Topic / Re: Today: EVERY US Resident gets a FREE Dr. Pepper.
« on: November 24, 2008, 11:16:09 PM »Ahaha I fist read that as "Every US President gets a free doctor pepper"
So did I
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Off Topic / Re: How to make 10 dollars quick?
« on: November 22, 2008, 02:13:53 AM »
Could be going to Sunday school in certain timezones.