Author Topic: S4 League - Start! Show me your S4! - Season 3 (UNDER CONSTRUCTION) (Read 7338 times)

.::Taboo::. · March 27, 2012, 12:55:16 PM

Show me your S4!
show me your tears! this thread's still a huge wip, so excuse the total lack of content mmk?

from TV Tropes and Wikipedia:
"S4 League is a third-person shooter multiplayer game developed by Pentavision and published by Neowiz Games in 2007. It's been hosted in Europe and North America since 2008 by Alaplaya.
Similar in genre to GunZ: The Duel, but approaching from a very different angle, the game places a heavy emphasis on team-based gameplay, with all the game modes' winners being decided by the teams' overall scores and presenting itself in a sporting, rather than violent light wherever possible. There are currently six main game modes, Arcade, Battle Royal, Captain, Deathmatch, Touchdown, and Chaser.
The S4 in the name stands for "Stylish eSper Shooting Sports"; Stylish from the surprisingly deep and vibrant character customisation the game offers for its genre (after character creation); eSper from the abilities players can choose from, such as energy shields, flight, or invisibility to name a few; Shooting due to the game's emphasis on gunplay; and Sports, because the game claims to be an 'Online Sport', even going so far as to divide matches into two rounds, complete with a half-time dance from the mascots and a halfway decent automated commentator. Herein lies another oddity of S4 League: it presents itself as 'real', and in a way, it is. Thematically it's a virtual reality gun-play competition participated in over the internet by players using a PC-based client - as played with a bit by the game's trailer, and further emphasised by the computerised aspects of the graphics, which are at times reminiscent of TRON and .hack.
S4 League shares a number of visual and musical elements with the DJMAX series, also by Pentavision. A Playstation Portable version of the game has been created, which, while different in some ways, still routes through the same servers as the PC version of the game for online play, meaning PSP players can compete alongside PC based players. There appear, however, to currently be no plans to release S4 Portable outside Korea, which blows, because that'd be one more reason to buy a Vita or PSP."

from myself and several others:
"S4 League is the most badass game you will ever play and if you disagree I will eat your soul."

You can sign up for and download the game here!

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News
21 March, 2012 - Season 3: Blade is released!

This latest update add the following: Katana, Sigma Blade, and Azit. This also adds the new Enchant and eSper Chip system, which can be used to add randomly selected buffs to your weapons. A guide to the new system can be found here. The GUI has been redone once more. Lastly, the Rank System has been completely renovated. A guide to the new system to figure out your rank can be found here. As a result of this, the channel system has also been adjusted to the following:
Beginner 1 - 0-20
Beginner 2 - 0-20
Amateur - 18-30
Pro 1 - 26-48
Pro 2 - 26-48
Elite - 40 and up
Free 1 - all
Freevent - 8 and up
Clan - Clan

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Images and Art
S4 League's arts actually done mostly by the artist Panamaman, who has done some pretty great work for the game.

Honestly? He pretty much IS the art team.
There's also tons of great fan art, for what that may count for.

And of course, some nice gameplay pictures.

Also, boobs!

If that doesn't get you, what will?

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Videos
In addition to all the images, there's of course plenty of nice videos too.
Original trailer from forever ago
Way more up to date trailer. Seems to characterize the Fumbi as hating his job.
A trailer for Chaser Mode from a player from the Beta servers
Season 1: Dark Lightening Trailer. Take note that nothing in this trailer matters at all.
Season 3: Blade Trailer. Still completely irrelevant, still cool.
Wait! How about some actual friggn' gameplay videos?
Touchdown Gameplay
Someone managed to organize some Swords v Guns matches. Wish I was there.
Playing around with the katana.
Sigma Blade user against his buddy Katana user.
I'll add more as I find them, it's tough to find ones that aren't a. of hackers b. of people that suck c. really low quality d. really outdated (READ: ANY VIDEO WITH THE OLD LOBBY

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Local Playerlist
Post your account(s) here in the following format so I can add them to the OP!
Username: Rank:
Simple enough, right?

Quote from: Taboo

Username: Kishgal
Rank: Amateur 21

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.::Taboo::. · March 27, 2012, 12:55:42 PM

Gameplay Guide
And here's the really really WIP bulk of the post! Seriously, the following is just me testing the basic formatting I'll be using and stuff. It'll be worked on slowly but surely~

Weapons

Shooting Weapons

Submachine Guns

Damage Range: 11-42
Effective Range: Short ~ Medium
RoF: 8 rounds per second
Ammo: 30 / ∞
Reload Speed: ~2 Seconds
Movement Speed: 83%
Movement Speed while Firing: 83%
Unique Versions: Shark Machine Gun, DHa-41

Use:
Left Click: Fire SMG. The SMG is a very easy weapon to use, with a very high fire rate and decent accuracy topped with it. There is a slight (but noticeable) spread of fire when shooting, though, so the SMG is ineffective in longer ranges. SMG is an extremely versatile and basic weapon in S4 League. It is recommended to at least have this weapon in one of your 3 slots due to its simple use.

Pros:
High rate of fire
Quick reload speed
Shooting while running does not reduce speed.
Spreads for easy aiming
Cons:
Wide spread makes it poor for long-distance aiming
Random shot placement makes it poor for long-distance aiming
Low bullet clip

Spread pattern of the SMG:

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Semi-Rifle

Damage Range: 8-32
Effective Range: Medium ~ Long
RoF: 8 rounds per second
Ammo: 30 / ∞
Reload Speed: ~2 Seconds
Movement Speed: 83%
Movement Speed while Firing: 75%
Unique Versions: AYA! Rifle

Use:
Left Click: Fire Semi-Rifle. It has a high firing rate that allows you to quick kill other players. Its spread pattern is similar to the SMG, but more narrow.
Right Click: Zoom. This function enlarges the crosshires at the center of the screen and zooms your vision, allowing you to easily see players clear from the other side of the field.

Pros:
High rate of fire
Zoom feature
Quick reload speed
Cons:
Low spread makes it difficult to hit close evasive targets.
Low bullet clip
Low damage

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.::Taboo::. · March 27, 2012, 12:56:07 PM

~RESERVED~

The Corporation · March 27, 2012, 12:57:39 PM

Where Can I find a good reference pic for one of these guns?

.::Taboo::. · March 27, 2012, 12:58:16 PM

Google, apparently. Sort of surprising. The image I used for the SMG was my primary reference.

The Corporation · March 27, 2012, 01:19:57 PM

Quote from: .::Taboo::. on March 27, 2012, 12:58:16 PM

Google, apparently. Sort of surprising. The image I used for the SMG was my primary reference.

K, what weapons have you modeled already?

.::Taboo::. · March 27, 2012, 01:23:14 PM

SMG, PS, and I'm midway on the Semi-Rifle.

Demian · March 27, 2012, 01:27:59 PM

Boob. So many boobs.

The Corporation · March 27, 2012, 01:33:24 PM

Quote from: .::Taboo::. on March 27, 2012, 01:23:14 PM

SMG, PS, and I'm midway on the Semi-Rifle.

I think I'll hit the breaker, maybe the twin blades, and possibly the revolver.

I've been modeling a lot of other stuff for my weapon pack I've been working on.

.::Taboo::. · March 27, 2012, 01:35:14 PM

Quote from: Demian on March 27, 2012, 01:27:59 PM

Boob. So many boobs.

tits

Quote from: The Corporation on March 27, 2012, 01:33:24 PM

I think I'll hit the breaker, maybe the twin blades, and possibly the revolver.
I've been modeling a lot of other stuff for my weapon pack I've been working on.

i haven't modeled a thing in forever so this is good for me.
good luck then.

Chrono · March 27, 2012, 03:45:20 PM

here's a list of weapons if you wanna be a skill-less prick who just wants op weapons to rack up wins:

DM

plasma sword (just right click + left click spam and you win! on top of that the large number of fake-pros in the game will compliment you!)
smash rifle (50 round accurate above-average damage spraying with a fast reload and emergency melee! fake-pros use this all the time!)
revolver (wow you can 1-2 shot people with this if you know how to hit with raycasting weapons!)

sp mastery (why bother conserving your SP and using a skill that'll help the team when you can just waste all your SP and get it back in seconds? This doesn't just boost your max SP, but also how fast it recharges!)

TD (jump maps)
handgun (gosh you sure move quick with this thing! nevermind the dagger, you can abuse a glitch with this one by boosting yourself along a wall!)
plasma sword (who needs SP to move fast? you can right click to give yourself a super speed boost without needing any SP at all! sure it has a cooldown but that doesn't matter when you already scored!)
revolver (you only have this in case someone is complaining how much you suck so you shoot them!)

SP mastery cause TD

TD (combat maps)
woah same stuff! except you find yourself actually using the revolver and using the plasma sword to actually kill people!

fake-pros don't play other modes so don't worry about them, hell they rarely play TD in combat-orientated maps!

naturemon · March 27, 2012, 04:13:24 PM

<3 the spy dagger, with the smash rifle, I use the extra hp with it though and mainly use my dagger, unless it's far range (since I had a white one +3 perm).

Chrono · March 27, 2012, 04:15:23 PM

Quote from: naturemon on March 27, 2012, 04:13:24 PM

<3 the spy dagger, with the smash rifle, I use the extra hp with it though and mainly use my dagger, unless it's far range (since I had a white one +3 perm).

dagger sucks, easy to dodge unless you have a bad connection with the enemy.

The Corporation · March 27, 2012, 04:21:29 PM

Username-Horizon
Rank-I have no idea, it's been a while.

.::Taboo::. · March 27, 2012, 04:41:56 PM

Quote from: Chrono on March 27, 2012, 04:15:23 PM

dagger sucks, easy to dodge unless you have a bad connection with the enemy.

jump
dodge over them
sword dash
they cry