Blockland Shaders/Shadows - Difference between old and new

[Altiris]

You're an idiot for the one reason that you think Blockland and Roblox are competing. Don't hop on the bandwagon.

Interiors and terrains would have probably been removed at some point anyway because they complicate the game's code tremendously. They looked and functioned fine in 1998, but it's 2012. Don't hate change just because your precious terrain is being taken out. There are ~82 servers with a slate-like map currently. This isn't including the ones I don't know that are slate edits. This is out of ~120 servers.

In simple terms, slate maps are more widely used than interior/terrain maps.

Seems like I touched you emotionally, and I know Roblox is competing against Blockland. One of the head moderators called Shedletsky (Telamon on Roblox) constantly posts about Blockland (which barely gets any new posts) on a website called the ironnoob.com . He has replied to my "Blockland Dymanic Lighting" post here: 
http://ironnoob.com/forums/index.php/topic,6102.0.html

He also claims at how Blockland fakes their lighting, and now Roblox is coming out with lighting. He also posted on a youtube video about the Blockland 128k Brick Limit and said "128k Bricks is a lot?". If I can find it again I will post an image. Anyways, I hope you think that I am less of an idiot because I actually have evidence.

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[Altiris]

I saw a video about buildable vehicles, except when the vehicle would run the bricks would lag and stay behind for a couple of seconds.

[M]

Seems like I touched you emotionally, and I know Roblox is competing against Blockland. One of the head moderators called Shedletsky (Telamon on Roblox) constantly posts about Blockland (which barely gets any new posts) on a website called the ironnoob.com . He has replied to my "Blockland Dymanic Lighting" post here: 
http://ironnoob.com/forums/index.php/topic,6102.0.html

He also claims at how Blockland fakes their lighting, and now Roblox is coming out with lighting. He also posted on a youtube video about the Blockland 128k Brick Limit and said "128k Bricks is a lot?". If I can find it again I will post an image. Anyways, I hope you think that I am less of an idiot because I actually have evidence.

Just because they give a forget about us doesn't mean we should give a forget about them
The games are different, they are moderated for different audiences, trying to "troll" them just makes you look like a richardhead to everyone.

[--LegoPepper--]

Just because they give a forget about us doesn't mean we should give a forget about them
The games are different, they are moderated for different audiences, trying to "troll" them just makes you look like a richardhead to everyone.

[Altiris]

Just because they give a forget about us doesn't mean we should give a forget about them
The games are different, they are moderated for different audiences, trying to "troll" them just makes you look like a richardhead to everyone.

Honestly, I never thought people could be so thick. "Just because they give a forget about us doesn't mean we should give a forget about them". Imagine you trying to make a living from an indie video game and you see other games that are getting similar features that your game has, if you go and say you wouldnt care then you really dont know how to market.

[Colten]

Anyone who thinks Blockland and Roblox arent competing is an idiot.
Theyre our largest competitor and were losing by a longhaul. This update will help make the game more attractive by adding new features and overall making the game look prettier.

[Bisjac]

we are a lego'ish sandbox game who appeals to low budget online gamers.

we are in direct competition with roblox lol.

[Chrono]

Glad they're deciding to stop holding Blockland back. I'm liking these improvements. They're making the game better and better.

[Planr]

Roblox has 4 million+ users and makes tons of money, which gives it the money to do the big scale advertising it does. It is also endorsed by big companies as well which gives it even more capability to advertise. Blockland has hardly any advertising or marketing and has a community of around 30,000, and can only rely on gaining new users by them finding the website or seeing one of the extremely rare ads. Blockland simply cannot compete due to this massive imbalance of power.

If blockland wants to become a big competitor then we need this update plus more advertising and marketing, because right now in comparison to Minecraft and Roblox we are barely a threat.

[Byteswarm]

Roblox has 4 million+ users and makes tons of money, which gives it the money to do the big scale advertising it does. It is also endorsed by big companies as well which gives it even more capability to advertise. Blockland has hardly any advertising or marketing and has a community of around 30,000, and can only rely on gaining new users by them finding the website or seeing one of the extremely rare ads. Blockland simply cannot compete due to this massive imbalance of power.

If blockland wants to become a big competitor then we need this update plus more advertising and marketing, because right now in comparison to Minecraft and Roblox we are barely a threat.

Blockland has ads? I've seen quite a few when I first found it, but around the time I joined and onwards, I've not seen another one.

Minecraft isn't really relevant. Its only similarities to Blockland are that it uses a cubular system of drawing landscapes and entities, and that it has mods. Unsupported mods, but mods nonetheless.

ROBLOX is mostly a physics/economy simulator(which it doesn't seem to do very well in either fields) imo. It doesn't hardly have any of the depth Blockland has, especially not its RPs, TDMs or building aspect.

Aside from those, I agree 100%.
It seems as though Badspot is trying to keep Blockland alive and make it stronger though. Here's hoping Blockland will survive and get stronger and not fall into obscurity.

[Bisjac]

Roblox has 4 million+ users and makes tons of money, which gives it the money to do the big scale advertising it does. It is also endorsed by big companies as well which gives it even more capability to advertise. Blockland has hardly any advertising or marketing and has a community of around 30,000, and can only rely on gaining new users by them finding the website or seeing one of the extremely rare ads. Blockland simply cannot compete due to this massive imbalance of power.

If blockland wants to become a big competitor then we need this update plus more advertising and marketing, because right now in comparison to Minecraft and Roblox we are barely a threat.

you seem to think that just because there is compitition, that we have to beat them.

all compitition does is set standards. we arent losing some kind of war here. though how you seem to understand the retail world, you think we are.

[Chrono]

Blockland has ads? I've seen quite a few when I first found it, but around the time I joined and onwards, I've not seen another one.

Minecraft isn't really relevant. Its only similarities to Blockland are that it uses a cubular system of drawing landscapes and entities, and that it has mods. Unsupported mods, but mods nonetheless.

ROBLOX is mostly a physics/economy simulator(which it doesn't seem to do very well in either fields) imo. It doesn't hardly have any of the depth Blockland has, especially not its RPs, TDMs or building aspect.

Aside from those, I agree 100%.
It seems as though Badspot is trying to keep Blockland alive and make it stronger though. Here's hoping Blockland will survive and get stronger and not fall into obscurity.

It's certainly not dying.

Take a look at Neverdaunt 8Bit. There's a game that died.

[Altiris]

Please stay on topic about what this post is really about. Thanks for your contributions and support though

[Colten]

Roblox has 4 million+ users and makes tons of money, which gives it the money to do the big scale advertising it does. It is also endorsed by big companies as well which gives it even more capability to advertise. Blockland has hardly any advertising or marketing and has a community of around 30,000, and can only rely on gaining new users by them finding the website or seeing one of the extremely rare ads. Blockland simply cannot compete due to this massive imbalance of power.

If blockland wants to become a big competitor then we need this update plus more advertising and marketing, because right now in comparison to Minecraft and Roblox we are barely a threat.

Were not even a competitor of Minecraft.

However their userbase seems to think Minecraft is in competition with every online game involving any sort of creativity.

[otto-san]

Take a look at Neverdaunt 8Bit. There's a game that died.

good god it did didn't it