Apocalypse In Action :: Planet MoFo

[tainn]

If either player does not have three wins or three losses at the time of the kill, it just ignores the points, and you each gain or lose the one point as you normally would without the flag.

So a 0-2 killing a 2-0 results in 1-2 and 2-1 instead of 1-0 and 0-1 respectively?

[optic delusion]

If either player does not have the three necessary wins (kills) or losses (deaths) to add or remove, nothing happens.
It's a +1 and a -1, the same as a no-flag kill.

At next restart we will lose the triple-point flag. Which I always called TP, toilet paper.

[optic delusion]

CORRECTION:
The name is Win Siphon {WS} ... I've been calling it by the wrong name.

[anorak]

An appeal to remove the 20/20 flag.
Isnʻt this a Capture The Flag server? Itʻs hard to CTF if youʻre stuck with a flag for 20 seconds. A couple of times Iʻve been near the other teamʻs flag and accidentally picked up the 20 flag, and had to run round while looking for the antidote flag (which lately has spawned across the map), while waiting for the timer to expire.
Aggravating at best.

[optic delusion]

I want to have one "bad" flag. This is the least offensive thing I could think of. It's only ONE flag. You can still shoot and move normally.
Maybe I should put a bouncy flag instead?

[optic delusion]

I understand there has been discussion about the WHAMMO! F12 plugin. I will re-iterate my previous comments.
It's not perfect. There are false positives. I will not go into detail about exactly how it works to avoid people gaming it.
You get one warning, and the warning puts you on the plugin's #%*@-List. The second time it catches you, you get a timed auto ban.
The sure way to never get a warning or ban is to only LEAVE THE SERVER WHILE DEAD.

It's a necessary evil. the alternative is people F12'ing every time they are about to get geno'd.
And that is far worse than the plugin's occasional false positive.

[optic delusion]

NEW FLAG! ED = Euthanacious D

I'm not telling how it works, you have to find out for yourself.

[Rotten Pineapple]

Maybe chatGPT knows....

Q: What does the Euthanacious D flag do in the game bzflag?

AI: The 'euthanacious D' flag in BZFlag is a flag that gives you invincibility against all damage, a speed boost, and the ability to fly up to a certain height. However, you will be unable to pick up any flags while this flag is active.

And it's right. I was unable to pick up other flags!

[optic delusion]

It's right there in the name. What is Euthanasia? What is D?

[tainn]

Not to be confused with Tenacious D.

[Rotten Pineapple]

It's right there in the name. What is Euthanasia? What is D?

UPDATE: KnottyMan apparently noticed a very minimal effect that it has.
I won't post a spoiler but it doesn't seem to be something that would affect play.

Earlier Post:
What is Euthanasia? Typically, a mercy killing. In bzflag, this might mean:

Killing to help someone out.
* a tank that is sealed in a wall
* a tank that has a bad flag that they cannot drop
* a tank that is otherwise about to die in a bad way (e.g. a geno shot)

None of these seem likely (there are no bad flags on apoco, and the delete key and other methods solve the other problems), and so far there's no sign that ED allows you to TK teammates.

D is the 4(th) letter of the alphabet. D could be short for "death".
D could also refer to a D shaped region of the map.
There is a place on Urban called "D" but not on Apoco.

Another theory is that ED is a play on words, a troll to get players to ask about the male medical
problem abbreviated ED so that others can make snarky remarks similar to those surrounding the MB flag.
On that note, I don't see any turret or firing droop with ED. Hopefully the troll theory is a dead end.

[optic delusion]

HAHA, They think ED is impotent!

Here is the definition of euthanasia that I man using. (From The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition)
euthanasia. yoo͞″thə-nā′zhə, -zhē-ə
1 N/A
2 N/A
3 An easy death; a mode of dying to be desired.

For the D, think of "Post-Apocalypto" and the "Chainsaw Bazooka Machine Gun"

[optic delusion]

You guys got half of it pretty quickly. If you kill yourself, it gives you back the point.
If you can get the other half, I'm going to change it so it's super easy to figure out, and add a new function that will make it better, more powerful.
So somebody figure out the other half. After it gives you back the point, then what?

[optic delusion]

The Mayan "Popol Vuh" describes the gods first creating three failed worlds, followed by a successful fourth world in which humanity was placed. In the Maya Long Count calendar, the fourth world ended after 13 bʼakʼtuns, 144,000 days or roughly 5,125 years. This means that the fourth world reached the end of its 13th bʼakʼtun, or Maya date 13.0.0.0.0, on the Gregorian calendar's date of 21 December 2012.
Anthropologist Michael D. Coe wrote in "The Maya" that "there is a suggestion that Armageddon would overtake the degenerate peoples of the world and all creation on the final day of the 13th bʼakʼtun. Thus our present universe would be annihilated when the Great Cycle of the Long Count reaches completion."
To us degenerate peoples at Planet MoFo, the annihilation of the universe sounds like great fun and should be celebrated, thus we created a gathering place where all our friends could repeatedly and endlessly sacrifice themselves to the gods whilst preparing for the final annihilation:

Planet MoFo - Apocalypse In Action
Imagine our surprise when the universe did not end on the proscribed date, and it was just the start of a 14'th b'ak'tun.

That was a full ten solar years ago, and now we invite all our friends to once again celebrate the celebration that is Apocalypse in Action!
13 baktun - 0 katun - 10 tun - 6 uinal - 11 kin - That is the date. Be there or be square! (Friday March 10, 2023 and all weekend)
I will run the original map by Dutchrai with original variable settings, Spawn on Base, No TK, six GM, six SW, six Laser!
After this first few days, I will run various iterations of the map, which has gone through five rebuilds over the decade!
This will continue until 13.0.10.7.13 (April 1) when I have a special map for that day.

The original map:
WILD EAST WILD WEST Author: Dutchrai | Released: 2004-11-23 | Type: CTF2
http://shellshock.bzflag.bz/tmf-dutchrai.html

[Sub[FR]]

Yess!!

[unpleasant surprise]

I switched Internet service providers a while back, and I now get a message that Canada is banned when I attempt to access Apocalypse Twenty-Twenty : Planet MoFo. I am based in Canada.

[optic delusion]

unpleasant surprise, it should be resolved, check your private messages, and please message me privately if there are any further problems.
It is a player named "canada" that is banned, not the country of Canada.