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Clan Discussion / Re: Blockland Competitive Rising Lava - Possible Clan (Feedback, please!)
« on: January 03, 2014, 01:58:50 PM »i think that as soon as you start adding structure to the game, it would lose it's excitement and become more of a chore than a game... rising lava is too simple a game to have a whole clan built on it
you may as well start a club at school for eating pizza
Alas, rising lava isn't as simple as you think. Creating strategies to manipulate the way others think and respond in the game can become a very complex process. I've been fencing saber for awhile now, and at first, I thought about it a similar way that you think about rising lava. Once I reached a competitive level, I realized that some of the stuff going on in the minds of some of the highest levels of fencers (Mariel Zagunis, Tim Morehouse, Daryl Homer, Becca Ward, Ian Jones, Eliza Stone, etc) were truly remarkable. I've talked to some of the higher level people and asked them how they train their strategies and try to manipulate their opponents. While it seemed to be a simple, physical, straightforward game, I learned that it could be far more than that.
The same could be said about tennis, (real) wrestling, boxing, or any mainstream sport like (American) football. The same could be said about multiplayer RTS games and other games that involve strategies. Once you truly think about rising lava in a strategic, complex way, you begin to unlock the secret to being a good player, much like in everything else I've mentioned in this post so far.
Eating pizza is a method of staying alive... A competitive game is far more complex than that.
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Clan Discussion / Blockland Competitive Rising Lava - Possible Clan (Feedback, please!)
« on: January 02, 2014, 11:13:12 PM »
It's been awhile since I've played BL consistently but I got hooked on Zapk's Rising Lava server. I like thinking of a lot of games as competitive with various ranks. Zapk's server can be extremely competitive at times, but is also very casual in some ways.
So, me, supercrazywacko, and few other players from the server have been brainstorming ideas for a competitive group, clan, etc.
Here's how it would go:
We would hold a scheduled tournament every weekend. We would play, say, five rounds. We would then add up the wins, loses, points, kills etc to determine a final placing for the competitors. From that, people could earn rankings, namely a letter going from F to A. This ranking would drop over time if that competitor hadn't re-earned it.
Every month, there would be a championship tournament. The weekly tournaments could be used to qualify for the championship tournament. Every three months, there would be a tri-monthly championship, basically the biggest one. Say, like the summer nationals in some sports. You could qualify for the tri-monthly championship through the monthly championships. Depending on where you place in the tri-monthly championship, you could earn what would be called global points to increase your overall rank.
This is not an attempt to steal Zapk's rising lava server like Tezuni allegedly did. Zapk's is still a great server that I intend to continue playing. Keep in mind that these would be held a lot less that Zapk's server as Zapk's server is a 24/7 dedicated server, and the tournaments would only be going for a short time.
Let me know what you think of this, I've already got a couple people "signed up" so to speak for the clan.
This may sound like a stupid idea to some of you, but hey, some of us love stupidly competitive crap.
Also, I plan to do some form of prizes. :D
If any of you are interested, let me know, and I will add you to the signup list.
So, me, supercrazywacko, and few other players from the server have been brainstorming ideas for a competitive group, clan, etc.
Here's how it would go:
We would hold a scheduled tournament every weekend. We would play, say, five rounds. We would then add up the wins, loses, points, kills etc to determine a final placing for the competitors. From that, people could earn rankings, namely a letter going from F to A. This ranking would drop over time if that competitor hadn't re-earned it.
Every month, there would be a championship tournament. The weekly tournaments could be used to qualify for the championship tournament. Every three months, there would be a tri-monthly championship, basically the biggest one. Say, like the summer nationals in some sports. You could qualify for the tri-monthly championship through the monthly championships. Depending on where you place in the tri-monthly championship, you could earn what would be called global points to increase your overall rank.
This is not an attempt to steal Zapk's rising lava server like Tezuni allegedly did. Zapk's is still a great server that I intend to continue playing. Keep in mind that these would be held a lot less that Zapk's server as Zapk's server is a 24/7 dedicated server, and the tournaments would only be going for a short time.
Let me know what you think of this, I've already got a couple people "signed up" so to speak for the clan.
This may sound like a stupid idea to some of you, but hey, some of us love stupidly competitive crap.
Also, I plan to do some form of prizes. :D
If any of you are interested, let me know, and I will add you to the signup list.
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Help / Re: Trying to write without having successfully downloading a manifest.
« on: December 30, 2013, 07:11:46 PM »
I sent Okiver a liiiiiittttttlllllle Facebook message. ;D
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Help / Re: Trying to write without having successfully downloading a manifest.
« on: December 30, 2013, 02:50:03 PM »
It is apparently a global issue. This sucks.
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Help / Max emitters/lights viewing distance
« on: September 07, 2013, 05:25:26 PM »
Hi there, I need to know if there's a way to increase the max distance at which you can view emitters and (primarily) lights. The distance settings that have come with more recent versions of BL have absolutely screwed up some of my builds (specifically a music stage), and I need to find a way around it. Thank you :3
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General Discussion / Re: Winter Bite [Roleplay Server] "*The Green Mafia* New Event! (Page 97)*"
« on: February 24, 2013, 03:32:50 PM »
yay :3
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General Discussion / Re: Winter Bite [Roleplay Server] "*The Green Mafia* New Event! (Page 97)*"
« on: February 24, 2013, 01:22:44 PM »
One fantastic server, I'll say.[:
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General Discussion / Re: Aeschylus and Dillpickle's KSP-458 Space Station Role Play
« on: January 01, 2013, 01:55:05 PM »
You crash too often, it might be a good idea to get someone to host the server for you.
Btw when are you hosting it today?
Btw when are you hosting it today?
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Drama / Re: Blockhead32015 - Judgmental family man
« on: January 01, 2013, 01:43:13 PM »not gonna have much luck with chicks if you want to be one
you could get some serious richard tho
The girls who know me personally and have conversations with me about serious life stuff are easily attracted to me. Many people judge me before they really get to know me to the fullest extent.
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General Discussion / Re: Aeschylus and Dillpickle's KSP-458 Space Station Role Play
« on: December 31, 2012, 03:18:51 PM »
This server is fantastic c:
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Drama / Re: Blockhead32015 - Judgmental family man
« on: December 31, 2012, 01:03:12 PM »All I see is you advertising in the worst way possible.
How am I advertising?
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Drama / Re: Blockhead32015 - Judgmental family man
« on: December 31, 2012, 01:02:25 PM »he didnt know you were gay though
If I'm a dude, despite beign somewhat feminine, I like girls, that isn't homoloveuality - at least not by anyone's standards that I have heard until now