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I Want a Big Red Ball! -YAY-

1_800_Spines

By 1_800_Spines,
Posted on: 2006-05-01 03:08 in Suggestions and Ideas

 

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I want this to happen.

 

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I must SAY to any Red Name that has looked at this...
76 pages for one small particular item has garnered great support.
This needs to be implemented A.S.A.P.

Make it spawn at random spots. put some reward after it.
maybe every time the ball is hit by a particular player it is shot up in the air or shot forward. The next player to hit it gets a minuscule amount of XP. If the ball hits the ground.... start the chain over again.
The more times it is hit by different people the XP rises. Thus, giving a bit of sport and fun to "The Big Red Ball".

As a Dev I will bet you are thinking "Well this is a dumb idea". Many times in this game we look for something different. This with random spawns in zones....could lead to a lot of fun!!!!!!

ADD THIS IT IS WORTH IT!

my 2 influence

 

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actually a redname has posted in this thread (I would have to look but I think it was back on page 20 or so) and said that it would be too difficult to implement.

/signed again for big red ball.

 

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Yup, _Castle_ posted three times in this thread and basically shot it down If you want to see his comments just switch to "threaded" view and scroll down till you see the RED Name of _Castle_ appear.

Oh, and I would still be willing to work up a nice bribe to get one of the devs to work on this on the side...

 

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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. 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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Getting off-topic here, but is this also what enables the shoot-through-walls design-flaw problem where I can get shot even though I dove behind a wall after my client shows me hiding behind the wall???

I believe that a Kheldian Gold Standard should be based on SO's, and for anything above that... there's Platinum!

Save Ms. Liberty (#5349) � Augmenting Peacebringers � The Umbra Illuminati

 

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...Oh, and I would still be willing to work up a nice bribe to get one of the devs to work on this on the side...

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As a Dev myself (although not of games atm) I can tell you that's a great way to get a Dev to either ban you, or get fired if he/she is stupid enough to do something like this, Devs either work as a team on a team-project, or don't work at all!

I believe that a Kheldian Gold Standard should be based on SO's, and for anything above that... there's Platinum!

Save Ms. Liberty (#5349) � Augmenting Peacebringers � The Umbra Illuminati

 

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...Oh, and I would still be willing to work up a nice bribe to get one of the devs to work on this on the side...

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As a Dev myself (although not of games atm) I can tell you that's a great way to get a Dev to either ban you, or get fired if he/she is stupid enough to do something like this, Devs either work as a team on a team-project, or don't work at all!

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Actually the reason he said it can't be done means no one CAN work on it on the side. You can't design a completely new game engine on the side while no one is looking. I mean someone is bound to notice LOL.

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You can't please everyone, so lets concentrate on me.

 

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Could someone please delete this thread?

 

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nevah!

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Silence you drape shredder!

 

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nevah!

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Silence you drape shredder!

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sooooooo!

 

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Actually the reason he said it can't be done means no one CAN work on it on the side. You can't design a completely new game engine on the side while no one is looking. I mean someone is bound to notice LOL.

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Actually;

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All of that said, it *could* be done, but I doubt we have the free time in the schedule anytime soon, and even at that it would be fairly low priority. My guess is you'll see it around the same time as the Giant Tape Worm.

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Lord Xenite
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As a Dev myself (although not of games atm) I can tell you that's a great way to get a Dev to either ban you, or get fired if he/she is stupid enough to do something like this, Devs either work as a team on a team-project, or don't work at all!

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And, although I cannot recall whom it was that mentioned it at the time, a reference was made by a DEV that one person on the staff did alot of work on their own time in getting some neat addition made and put into the game. I will have to REALLY REALLY dig to find that post but it most absolutely was said and thus proves that while maybe some teams dont like or would fire someone over that type of thing... THIS team doesnt :P

 

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And, although I cannot recall whom it was that mentioned it at the time, a reference was made by a DEV that one person on the staff did alot of work on their own time in getting some neat addition made and put into the game. I will have to REALLY REALLY dig to find that post but it most absolutely was said and thus proves that while maybe some teams dont like or would fire someone over that type of thing... THIS team doesnt :P

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I don't know how this team works, I'm not on it. I do know however that you do not introduce code in anyone's CVS, let alone production builds without them knowing about it because if you do, and it breaks something, people are accountable, starting with whoever did it once they're found.

I believe that a Kheldian Gold Standard should be based on SO's, and for anything above that... there's Platinum!

Save Ms. Liberty (#5349) � Augmenting Peacebringers � The Umbra Illuminati

 

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Lord X, I am thinking you may have misunderstood? I was referring to bribing _Caste_ to put in some "extra" time to do this not a player. Not sure if thats what you were thinking but wanted to at least clarify. And the DEV comment I was speaking of, if memory serves, was directed at some extra effort that another DEV put in to get something done up that was pretty cool. I am looking for it still.

 

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I meant to say that a Dev can't do stuff on their own without the team's knowledge of it, especially without the teamleader's knowledge. Not that a single Dev can't on their own do something worth-while. Even if a Dev does something on their own private time, things like that must be properly tested and QA'ed before they reach production stage.

As long as the team knows about what the Dev is doing, even if he/she is doing it in their own time, that can still make it into the builds even if we're talking about a silly Big Red Ball

I believe that a Kheldian Gold Standard should be based on SO's, and for anything above that... there's Platinum!

Save Ms. Liberty (#5349) � Augmenting Peacebringers � The Umbra Illuminati

 

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I meant to say that a Dev can't do stuff on their own without the team's knowledge of it, especially without the teamleader's knowledge. Not that a single Dev can't on their own do something worth-while. Even if a Dev does something on their own private time, things like that must be properly tested and QA'ed before they reach production stage.

As long as the team knows about what the Dev is doing, even if he/she is doing it in their own time, that can still make it into the builds even if we're talking about a silly Big Red Ball

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I dont remember how the wires initially became crossed but that is exactly what I was referring to initially. I was probably being a bit vauge and should-a been a lil clearer.

 

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That's what happens when people talk, first miscommunication, then mutual understanding and clutured discussion... that, or discord, flaming and destruction.

I believe that a Kheldian Gold Standard should be based on SO's, and for anything above that... there's Platinum!

Save Ms. Liberty (#5349) � Augmenting Peacebringers � The Umbra Illuminati

 

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Hasn't been a post about this in a while so....


I STILL WANT A BIG RED BALL!!!

 

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Who doesnt?

 

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I'd forgotten about this for awhile 'till I saw it on my favorite topics. Someone needs to ask _Castle_ at his Ask a Dev about it... or perhaps we all spam it for every dev interview citing that it "could" be done...