This thread reminded me of the time the Alliance of Heroes had a party in Atlas park and one of the events was Hellion soccerball. People who signed up would create a kinetics defender with the repel power and put on a team. A street in Atlas was chosen as the field and lamp posts were the goal posts. A hellion would be tp'd onto the street and the teams would try to bounce the hellion past their respective goal posts. The only downer was sometimes the "ball" would get deflated from getting bounced too many times. 
So, why not put the repel power on the red ball? But, don't repel the hero from the ball, obviously. Repel the ball from the hero? In terms of movement and all that, the ball would act like the repel power was applied to it.
*shrug* just a thought...
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Woot, we're getting a Giant Tape Worm!
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A BRB would be so much fun, I'd love to see this idea take off. So when can we expect the Giant Tape Worm? Issue 10-11 maybe...
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Castle, I have heard that there have been some developers who have worked above and beyond normal duty, even possibly on their own time, to get some things done for the good of the game and appreciation of us, the consumers. While I would not ask this of you or anyone directly, may I ask if bribary is out of the question?
I WANT BIG RED BALLS! <Sheilds lower extremeties>
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My guess is you'll see it around the same time as the Giant Tape Worm.
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Giant TAPE worm f0r teh w1nz0r!!!!!11!
On the real though, what would it take to get the BRB moved up on the priority list? Do we as players need to start some kind of petition? should we write letters? If we rally enough support and demand for the BRB, would it make a difference?
Something else to consider. Are there any other applications that the engine which would drive the BRB could be applied?" Improved knockback physics, improved destructible objects in mayhem missions perhapse?
Bribery eh?! Sooooo I hear tell of a few yummy places that deliver. So if say the dev teams were in need of certain delicious things or savory items or perhaps something in this department
Maybe there are those who simply just want something good for you too.
Anything for the good of the Devs and BRB
Oh and since its summertime...how about something cool and sweet
Think about it....let your tummy decide.
So how long do you think before someone starts the Giant Tape Worm thread and uses _Castle's quote as proof that it is going to happen lol
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How bout you gain a temporary power if you are around the Ball that knocks it back?
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Give the ball a kind of reverse repel so that if anything touches it a pulse from the reverse repel knocks itself back?
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I'm wondering if they can make a power that only affects the BRB. or a knockback power Kind of like snow ball, but only affecting the brb?
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Okay...potentially brilliant idea here...
Not sure if this was mentioned, and I'm also not sure of the particulars of _Castle_'s statement, as the computers at the comp lab at work are slow. (A million dollar casino and they can't afford anything better than a Dell POS??)
How about having the BRB as an Arena match?
I think there was some mention of the BRB entering ones with enemies and whatnot, and that would cause some problems, understandably. However, if the BRB was part of the Arena, that would effectively kill two birds with one stone.
The BRB could come to life, for one...and the Arena would actually get USED secondly.
Imagine it...entire Supergroups would form sport teams for Arena BRB matches. There would be massive tournaments on every server. It would be the equivelant of football season.
"Are you ready for some Red Baaaaaaall!!!"
Arenas? What are those?
Oh wait I remember. Those are the beginnings of PvP that caused all the Nerfs to PvE. I wish I could burn them down and roll back everything to I3. 
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All the physics are client side only, and no information about them is passed from client to server -- so, it's strictly a visual on your machine.
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Ok, I admit I'm jumping in the middle here so might have missed something, but this doesn't seem right. If physics were all on the client side and just visual, then my blaster wouldn't be able to knockback the MOB out of the melee range of my scrapper teammate.
could we have it if the fanta girls spawned dancing around it with fanta drinks
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All the physics are client side only, and no information about them is passed from client to server -- so, it's strictly a visual on your machine.
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Ok, I admit I'm jumping in the middle here so might have missed something, but this doesn't seem right. If physics were all on the client side and just visual, then my blaster wouldn't be able to knockback the MOB out of the melee range of my scrapper teammate.
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Knockback existed before the addition of the physics code, so I would imagine that it has little to with the physics code and is fairly limited in scope. I believe the new physics code is more to do with the client receiving a call for a client-side effect like the flying embers, rubble, Grav/Repel objects, and the like being represented. The effects likely look a little different on two concurrently-running computers even if they have the same graphics settings - which would make it difficult to make the original BRB idea feasible.
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My guess is you'll see it around the same time as the Giant Tape Worm.
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Thanks for making me remember that... Now I offically feel like I've been following CoH too long.
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That was pretty much my reaction, too.
All the physics are client side only, and no information about them is passed from client to server -- so, it's strictly a visual on your machine. That means, there is no way for people to play volleyball, or kickball. We could put one in that only you, the player, would see, but I imagine that isn't what everyone would like.
Sorry, folks.
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I don't get it. If I can knock a minion onto a teammate's tar patch, how is that 'client side physics'? Are my teammates not noticing my brilliant play? Is the minion not debuffed by the tar patch for the whole team? Why is the BRB different?
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Not sure if anyone answered you but here is a logical deduction as to what's going on and an answer to your question.
You hit Creep A and send him flying towards your team-mates tar patch. The server then predicts a path that Creep A flies and tells the client to apply whatever physics to his flaling arms and legs and body as he impacts the ground. The Server also tells everone else who can see Creep A flying to apply said physics to his flight. Everyone probably sees his arms flaling around a bit different, kind of like how the Gravity Power Propel creates different items for everyone to see when used.
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If CoX ever gets a real physics system, not this ragdoll crap, put into it, then the ball would be possible. As it stands, CoX doesnt have physics except in a few places, like ragdoll (poor ragdoll, imho) and certain particle effects. Capes are probably physics, but then it might just be a loose collection of IK bones that dont respond to anything but each other.
Take the Source games. they all have full on Physics to do all kinds of neat stuff, but unless your multiplayer server has the Turbo Physics enabled, its all client side as well.
No matter the means of its implementation,
I WANT A BIG RED BALL TOO!!!
LOL I'm just thinking. This thing is giving the Dev's nightmares. All that content they have been working on, and we would have been happy if they had just given us a Big Red Ball. 
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Actualy Id be more interested in seeing 8 blasters all hitting it with "snipe" at once.
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From the four cardinal directions and the four ordinal directions, all at the exact same moment! It would be the funnest ball-not-moving-at-all moment ever!
Just voicing my support for the BRB -- Never give up, people!
The knockback rules are enough for this, just give us the ball! Next to the point where the ball spawns, have a little shop that sells a no DMG knockback power that works only on the ball for an hour.
Come on! It can be done! You don't even need to get a 3D artist to come with a model or anything -- it's just a Big Red Ball!
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It would be pretty cool with a big red ball, but I must say that I do prefer the colour blue.
Yes, I want a big, blue ball included in the game.
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How about a mission, that gives you the temp power, but instead it is permanent so you can play with the ball anytime you want!
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