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by *Boinkage*!
Sun Mar 22, 2009 10:46 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Voting
Replies: 77
Views: 17392

Re: Voting

How about we just say that if you abstain from the poll, you don't count? A real voting system works like this: 10 people vote yes, 5 people vote no, 10 abstain. The final answer is "yes". 10 > 5 The voting system of bzflag works like this: 10 people vote yes, 5 people vote no, 10 abstain....
by *Boinkage*!
Mon Mar 02, 2009 1:18 am
Forum: Enhancements
Topic: read this it's got to be the coolest idea for a flag ever
Replies: 19
Views: 3316

Re: read this it's got to be the coolest idea for a flag ever

Yay...Campers now don't even have to try! *Tank appears* *Tank is destroyed* *Tank appears* *Tank is destroyed* *Tank appears* *Tank is destroyed* *Tank appears* *Tank is destroyed*

As you can see, this is a bad idea. No flag combos.
by *Boinkage*!
Fri Feb 13, 2009 2:39 am
Forum: Enhancements
Topic: Bad Flags
Replies: 6
Views: 1864

Re: Bad Flags

It wouldn't be hat hard to do. It would simply take a few lines of code adjusting _tankSpeed_ and similar factors (if there is a seperate one for turning rate).
by *Boinkage*!
Sat Feb 07, 2009 9:06 pm
Forum: Enhancements
Topic: Bad Flags
Replies: 6
Views: 1864

Re: Bad Flags

blast wrote:
*Boinkage*! wrote:How about SLow tank (SL)

Your tank moves and turns at half speed.
Not much different that the "Momentum" flag.
How is that so? Momentum allows you to hit full speed, while SLow tank would not have momentum, but would halve your speed and turning radius.
by *Boinkage*!
Sat Feb 07, 2009 9:04 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Looking for the best mouse for BZflag
Replies: 29
Views: 7656

Re: Looking for the best mouse for BZflag

I use the Logitech G5 Mouse. I still need to install the software for Macro's (If I ever find it :D )

I also use 4 1.7g and 2 4.5g weights to give it better control.
by *Boinkage*!
Sat Feb 07, 2009 3:32 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Strange Hack
Replies: 5
Views: 1909

Strange Hack

I've noticed a strange hack that a player has been using under several aliases (not naming names right now, unless an admin or someone says it's okay to.) It involves somehow bypassing a spam filter and sending a gargantuan quantity of text or just blank lines, basically wiping out a player's chatti...
by *Boinkage*!
Sun Jan 25, 2009 3:22 am
Forum: Enhancements
Topic: Bad Flags
Replies: 6
Views: 1864

Re: Bad Flags

How about SLow tank (SL)

Your tank moves and turns at half speed.
by *Boinkage*!
Sat Jan 17, 2009 11:18 pm
Forum: Enhancements
Topic: Bad Flags
Replies: 6
Views: 1864

Bad Flags

I've never really seen many bad flags suggested here, so I thought of two. 1) Slow reload flag: Your shots take longer than usual to reload. 2) Slow shot flag: Your shots move slower than usual. 3) Random shoot speed flag: Your shots fire at random speeds. Obviously, #1 is only really bad on low-sho...
by *Boinkage*!
Sat Jan 17, 2009 11:16 pm
Forum: Enhancements
Topic: A Few Ideas.
Replies: 28
Views: 6593

Re: A Few Ideas.

Maybe this could be used for a different type of game? If you've ever played that dodgeball server, you seem to have unlimited dodgeballs in your tank. Solution? Use the Shoot flag to give the player a "ball," then shoot it. The flag would drop and vanish, reappearing in the depot. That's ...
by *Boinkage*!
Sat Jan 17, 2009 2:11 am
Forum: Enhancements
Topic: A Few Ideas.
Replies: 28
Views: 6593

Re: A Few Ideas.

With the radar flag...it would be really overpowed. Maybe you could make it a "sonar" flag. It gives you ONLY the general location of tanks (offset by 10 bzunits, perhaps?) They would be grey, so you have no idea which team they are on. It would also be a maximum of short or medium range.
by *Boinkage*!
Sun May 25, 2008 1:26 am
Forum: Forum Suggestions, Questions, and Issues
Topic: Forum Login Problems
Replies: 3
Views: 2960

Forum Login Problems

I'm having some serious trouble with logging in. Sometimes, I enter it properly, but I have to do it again. Other times, I log out when I enter a forum right after logging in, and sometimes it randomly logs me out (even though I was active just 10 seconds ago.) It's really getting annoying. Ideas?
by *Boinkage*!
Sun May 25, 2008 12:34 am
Forum: Enhancements
Topic: Suggestion to assist newbies.
Replies: 5
Views: 2939

Suggestion to assist newbies.

I was thinking about how frustrating it can be to be a newbie and to be constantly blown up by more experienced players. If players got a free super flag if they had a ratio of wins to losses of 1:3 or higher (1:3 would give you things like V, A. 1:4 would be like CL, ST, T, or N. 1:5 could be L or ...
by *Boinkage*!
Wed May 21, 2008 1:06 am
Forum: Enhancements
Topic: New flags...
Replies: 7
Views: 3153

I would still want Shockwaves to work normally And for those uber-smashes, they would be controlled mainly by the fact they would only respawn occasionally (maybe when a team is capped three times in a row, the flag appears on their base, so you could get back some lost ground.) And if Planet Mofo o...
by *Boinkage*!
Tue May 20, 2008 8:53 pm
Forum: Works In Progress
Topic: The Silo
Replies: 2
Views: 2081

The Silo

I am in the early planning stages of a new map: The Silo. The focus is a large silo which has a large rocket launcher. Inside the central chamber, there will be an indentation where the blast from the rocket launcher will come out. Bullets will spray from the launcher when it fires, wiping out a goo...
by *Boinkage*!
Tue May 20, 2008 6:41 pm
Forum: Enhancements
Topic: New flags...
Replies: 7
Views: 3153

Distraction- I mean for the CA flag that the bullet would be avoidable (maybe just regular speed) Okay, so the H flag should make enemies appear to be small, big, cloaked, or stealthed, even if they don't have the flag. It would be a random affliction, which applies to all tanks (every tank will app...
by *Boinkage*!
Tue May 20, 2008 12:58 am
Forum: Enhancements
Topic: New flags...
Replies: 7
Views: 3153

New flags...

I came up with a few ideas for some flags that might work while I was gone... ColorConfusion (CC) All teammates appear to be enemies (maybe both on radar and screen, if there are multiple enemy teams, teammates are all one of the other team colors,) and enemies appear to be allies. Mainly, this flag...
by *Boinkage*!
Tue May 20, 2008 12:45 am
Forum: Enhancements
Topic: A Couple New Flags
Replies: 6
Views: 2882

4. Bomber - A couple flags have been proposed using this idea, and they have been shot down. The closest you can get to splash damage in this game is with shockwaveDeath. Lol nice word choice: "Shot Down" Anyways, I agree with you. Heck, I had came up with a shockwaveshot flag, which beca...
by *Boinkage*!
Sun May 11, 2008 11:15 pm
Forum: Enhancements
Topic: Ideas for developpers... : Second life for hitted tanks...
Replies: 11
Views: 4460

Hmmm...this does sound too complex. However, maybe if you just froze for five seconds, then couldn't fire, then died five seconds later, that would be better.
by *Boinkage*!
Sat Mar 29, 2008 9:39 pm
Forum: Enhancements
Topic: Ideas for developpers... : Second life for hitted tanks...
Replies: 11
Views: 4460

I think this is what he means...

If you are shot, your treads go splat

If you get shot again, your turret goes splat

Then, maybe after five seconds you go KABLAMMO!!!

Maybe even add damage to the blast (hehe)
by *Boinkage*!
Tue Feb 05, 2008 11:37 pm
Forum: Enhancements
Topic: Mail/Buddy List
Replies: 4
Views: 2786

Sounds like a good idea. Perhaps you could view their server, their score, and if they're on or off.

(Oh look I'm back)
by *Boinkage*!
Mon Dec 03, 2007 3:11 am
Forum: Enhancements
Topic: The Infinite Map Mode
Replies: 10
Views: 4548

Now that sounds cool. Of course, would you have to simultaneously host many servers? Lag

Would tanks have to load the next server? Lag.

What if someone went back and forth? Lag

It's a little confusing.
by *Boinkage*!
Sun Nov 25, 2007 5:35 pm
Forum: Help: Tactics and Playstyles
Topic: What are U best at?What's your skill that makes you special?
Replies: 87
Views: 65707

Wow, a lot of people with ST. I'm going to have to say that also. I've been called the ST king once before on Castle Warfare (where I'm best at). Thats how I usually get my high scores on there. I am the undisputed STEALTH KING. ALL I EVER USE is Stealth. My favorite thing to do (on bloodbath) is w...
by *Boinkage*!
Sun Nov 25, 2007 5:21 pm
Forum: Enhancements
Topic: New idea of the bzflag game,
Replies: 21
Views: 9031

Here's some more flag ideas: ShadowCloak (SC) : Your tank becomes harder to see at night, and your radar signature winks out more and more. The server has a specific rate of time, such as one day equals three minutes. It can go from uber to useless, with midnight as almost totally undetectable and n...
by *Boinkage*!
Sun Nov 25, 2007 5:15 pm
Forum: Works In Progress
Topic: SirIchBeenCool's Awesome new map (my first)
Replies: 23
Views: 7409

To take screenshots, press prt scr on your keyboard, then open paint and paste it in. If you can host it locally, simply press F5 to take one. If that doesn't work, I dunno what to do.

Anyways, it looks like you could use some more objects, but make them small.
by *Boinkage*!
Sat Nov 24, 2007 3:58 pm
Forum: Help: Tactics and Playstyles
Topic: What are U best at?What's your skill that makes you special?
Replies: 87
Views: 65707

I'm good at getting behind someone with ST, or sniping them with it from 150 bzunits! lol. I also like G, L, and GM. It is quite fun to blow someone up who is unstoppable with a corner shot using a GM :D .