Pyro Volleyball Night

[wally_bucko]

I had an idea recently about playing volleyball with the pyros and having a scout be the ball. On the volleyball court, there would be a bunch of respawning ammo so the pyros wouldnt run out of airblasting power.

Someone would have to build the level... but here is a basic mock up i did in maya to show you what I was thinking.

PYRO VOLLEYBALL

Tell me what you guys think and we can possibly organize it!!!!

Or tell me I'm a total moron for thinking up stupid shit like this!!!

Either way is totally righteous!!!!

[FeatheredFrog58]

Sounds fun.  Like something we would do every now and the.  You know like playing pool map (I don't hate the map too much) on the weekends.  Cool idea.  Make it and we'll play it!

[wally_bucko]

Yeah Frog that is what I was thinking. Just an occasional weekend thing. It would be tough to get people to understand the concept who just joined the server, but perhaps they could watch my instructional video.

[FeatheredFrog58]

Yes adding an instructual video to the map would help

[Boba fett]

Thats fucking awesome! Stobbin also talked that there is a only scout bilard map...

[Alfalfa]

Not till I get back.. in 3 days.

[Kenny]

ever heard of the map pyro tennis b1? it's got ton's of respawning ammo it's perfect

[Stobbin]

Sounds easy enough to make.  I'll need to know a couple of dimensions before I could fabricate such a map in Hammer.

Anybody wanna join me in the test server tomorrow? I'll figure the following crap out.

A) Maximum pyro blast range
B) Realistic volleyball court based on that info
C) Just how many ammo crates are needed (as to make it difficult to keep a team of 6 fully able to blast enough)

[wally_bucko]

Im in... just send me a steam message when you start and I will help out! Thanks again Stobbin!

Come on guys! Get in on this shit!

I am so fucking drunk!

Yeahh yueah yeah!

"Either youre in your your out... right now"
-Danny Ocean

[Kenny]

I'm down for it, so today??

[Mayhem]

NO! Not tonight! Tonight we practice so we can make a video.

[wally_bucko]

 What is happening tonight Mayhem? You said something about video stuff? Sweet!

We should definitely still persue Pyro volleyball... and possibly make it a part of the video, no?

[Boba fett]

Hum, I got an idea, instead of ammo box..... You played on Cp_cowpath? The cow is a dispenser. We can put the ground to be a giant dispenser.... no?

[Alfalfa]

NOT TILL I GET BACK YOU FUCKERS.

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[gex2k8]

Awesome idea

[Stobbin]

I kinda wanted to make it hard to have full ammo.   That way you only have 8 blasts to get the scout where you want before you have to go scrambling for ammo.   I was planning on putting the ammo in the out of bounds area with a 25 point damage penalty each time you go for the ammo boxes.

The court itself will heal you 1 point a second and the "air" above the net will continually heal the scout at about 25 points a second.  This way the scout can "accidentally" be set on fire and continue to be bounced around.

Also: We need more people than the test server can handle.  I'll make the map have team spawn areas and the red scout will have to be teleported by an admin to get to the volleyball court.  The red area will be an observation area around the court.

[Boba fett]

nice, but no dispenser floor?

[Stobbin]

The healing noise would be annoying, since there would have to be a dispenser/cow every few feet.

[Boba fett]

yea. Maybe a single dispenser cow?

[StaFForD]

"accidentally" set on fire, LAWL

[wally_bucko]

STOBBIN, I love the idea! That will make it more challenging for the players and make it less likely for people to get bored with it as fast. That was a worry for me, that people will get bored. And I love making mini games with complexity. Once we get the rules set up and the logistics worked out, I can make an instructional video perhaps for people to watch before playing in the match?

I was thinking, the net should cause some sort of penalty or damage. Maybe instant kill on the scout so people could rotate as scout? And the out of bounds area should also do something to the scout.

OHHHHH FUCK I HAVE AN IDEA.... okay... what if there was a small platform above the playing area with a teleport where the scout could teleport from spawn. Then when the match starts, the scout could jump down on the appropriate side to begin the match. When the scout hits the net or ground, he dies, respawns, and teleports back up to the platform. What do you think?

And keeping score? Is there a counting script in hammer? Like, "if scout dies on red side, put 1 texture on chalkboard?" Or it might have to be manual.

Thanks again for your help Stobbin!


ALFALFA: will you be hurt if we build the level and figure out its logistics while you are out? that way when you get back, we will have it established and ready to play?


BOBA FETT:



Thats right motherfuckers. DSS 4 LIFE.

(hi wall-e!)

[Alfalfa]

No, but I wanna beta test.

[wally_bucko]

Just to clarify, I didn't mean the dss CLAN for life, I meant sucky sucky for life. Sorry... it was an inside joke with boba and i now i realize it looks like I am mutinying. Sorry guys.

And Stobbin, there is a thing in Garrys mod where you can have a Picture in Picture of a camera. It would be sick to have a camera set up so anybody playing can see the match from the Prime Angle during the match in their upper right hand corner of their screen.. Fantasy land, I know...

[Stobbin]

Gettin a little ahead of me wally.  Lets test the version I've made so far and see how well it works.

I'm horrible at scripting in Hammer.

[Dominator]

How about this:

Blue team starts off as the server and on the red teams side there is a big capture point surrounding the in bound playing area(out of bounds would be death or loss of point, so the blue scout will be the volleyball, then whenever the blue scout lands on that side he either caps the point right away, or slowly to give the blue team the point, whenever they cap within a time limit of course the teams switch and repeat.

All other ideas are great for this except the dispenser floor, sorry boba but just like stob said it would get annoying and would also take to long to do anything.  I would also have to disable the class limiter plugin for the map but I think its a great Idea, maybe also have the scout spawn at the top and fall in, though that would be hard to separate.  I think you would have to make a plugin for that.  So besides DSS does anyone know how to C++?  Not to mention to force a player to be a scout... hmm mabye make a seperat class limit plugin to have one scout only....IDK!?

[Boba fett]

I know some C++, and I know someone better than me. I will ask the better than me.  

Btw, I wanna alpha (Before beta, bitcch!) test with you

[Boba fett]

Translation: I WANT TO HELP!

[wally_bucko]

Sorry Stobbin! I always get way too far ahead of myself when cool stuff starts happening.

It's more like a drawing board than anything...

Dom, wasn't there something in the original TF about a civilian? The VIP mission or something? Did someone automattically get selected for that job, or was it volunteer?

[Dominator]

You mean the hunted mod, then yes were the engineer could only melee, which was useless...

But yea, we have that mod as well but its a sourcemod plugin and it can only be engineers, unless I can mess around with that...

[Stobbin]

The main problem is, we only want ONE red scout to be able to access the volleyball court.  I can make a path that only a scout can enter, but that doesn't restrict two (or more) scouts from entering.

In related ideas:  hitting the top of the net now KILLS instantly.

[Mayhem]

You dont know until you try.

[Boba fett]

yup

[wally_bucko]

OH MY GOD STOBBIN IS A GENIUS!

The first volley has been thrown down and it is fucking fun. I am so excited!

[Alfalfa]

WAIT FOR ME YOU ASSHATS

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[Boba fett]

lol

[Stobbin]

version 2 is compiling as I type

I really REALLY needed to test the first one before we even bothered to play it for real.  You haven't missed anything yet Alf.

[Alfalfa]

Better..

[Dominator]

haha don't you worry, it will be plenty of time until we even get a chance to perfect the map.

[Boba fett]

i sugested to stob to add some pron decal.

[Alfalfa]

Better..

[Stobbin]

pseudo pron team names:

Casali Shafting Co.  vs  Brown Nugget Prospecting Co.

[Fenriswolf]

k but what day are we gonna do this ill be gone the next few weekends so mabey a wednesday?

[Dominator]

probably a few weeks cuz we still need to work on a lot of things

[StaFForD]

things like getting my laptop fixed so I can play TF2 again...

[Stobbin]

so...  the map is complete.  Except the teleport for the red player.  I can't figure it out.  It should be simple, but for some reason it just doesn't work.

It kinda makes me feel like this:

[Alfalfa]

WAIT FOR MEEEEE.

[wally_bucko]

Nice work Stobbin!

I am going to talk to some of the people in the Game Design dept at my school to see if they have any ideas.

We could also email Valve. Its a loony enough idea to maybe get enough attention to get some help on the matter.

Never hurts to ask!

[Boba fett]

Yea!!!!!!!!!! I did not talk to the scripter i know yet. LEts wait. I love walle idea. Maybe you can just lower the class at a certain place, so only demo can sticky jump there. No?

[Moonbagel]

So whats the map called Stobbin? Not that it matters .

[Stobbin]

hooray for temporary solutions!  I built a maze/tunnel only a demoman can get through, and its tricky as hell to do unless you know how.

I don't plan on improving the map anymore, unless someone can give me a better solution to the problem.  Give me, not suggest.  I'm done exploding my brain with this.

I present to you td_volleyballv3

[Alfalfa]

WAIT FOR ME YOU MOTHERFUCKERS. I'LL BE HOME TOMARROW AT 3:00 PM CENTRAL.


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[Boba fett]

YEA STOB!

@alf: No

[StaFForD]

idk what mapping is like with TF2 cause i havent been able to get into it yet, but making a teleport for CS:S is pretty simple, not sure why you are having a problem with it

[HENTAL1TY]

volleyball!

balls! DSS time!

[Alfalfa]

@boba: Shut the fuck up.

[Alfalfa]

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Ok, so we missed our flight. We arived 45 minutes before the flight to check in like always, only to see that the place is PACKED. 7-11 people per line everywhere. So we wait in a line to a keiosk for 20 minutes. We finally get to the keisok only to find it locked us out. So we spend another 20 Godforsaken minutes trying to get help to get registerd Only to get told: "Sorry we can't help you, you missed your flight".

What. the Dick.

We only missed pur flight because OF THE LINES THAT WERE ASLONG AS A GODDAMN SHUTTLE BUS. MAYBE IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE 3 ASSHATS PER 50 PEOPLE WE WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPEND. FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF.

Appearently, this happens all the time, I guess thats why they put a hotel in the airport. (Which is were we are staying out for the night.)

Our flight has been recheduled for tomarrow, same time. So please wait for me guys. ;_;

tl;dr: I'll be home tomarrow due to airline incompatince.

[gex2k8]

Awesome idea wally, sounds good.
@Alf: have a safe trip back, see you soon.

[Kelreth]

I want to see this some time, seems like it would be fun

[Alfalfa]

HOKAI, Im back When are we gonna do this?

[Fenriswolf]

yeah when and wear cause im out of town for the next 2 days

[wally_bucko]

I'm not sure how organizing an event works on a game like TF2, but we could plan for a friday or saturday night. Seems like a lot of people are on during then.

[FeatheredFrog58]

I have a great idea Stobin.  This should solve everything.  Duplicate the v-ball court and make a red side.  You can maybe make an interance way so that the red side can go in the glassed in area to view the blue team and their game and vice versa.  Then you make one of the red spawn spawn above the net of the blu side and one of the blu side spawns spawn above the net of the red.  We will probibly play this when we are full.  So some blu person is bound to spawn in the red team and vice vera.  Whoever spawns on the other team becomes the v-ball.  Now if there were a way you could manipulate the spawn so that only one person can spawn there within one life span.  If you could do that then I think My idea will work.  Also the red team will be having fun playing v-ball along with the blu so everyone is engaged in the game!

[Stobbin]

I can give you the Hammer file if you want to do that.  I'm pretty much done messing with the map.  Keep in mind that the whole thing was to make wally_bucko's idea a reality, not make a functional map that will make everyone happy.

Hammer files for td_volleyball

[Stobbin]

Updated previous post with link to Hammer files.  Feel free to mess with anything.  I don't really care.  I kind of hope you make a better version.

When the hell are we actually gonna play on this though?  Its been weeks.  Has the idea just completely gone by the wayside, or are we this unorganized?

[Boba fett]

unorganized? the same thing for the TD fun night...

[Fenriswolf]

unorganized = {TD}

[Fenriswolf]

blasphomy they says

[Alfalfa]

>TD unorganized


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[Dominator]

well Idk guys we can do this along with the TD fun night/ two for Tuesdays..

I don't like planing events cuz then people mostly can't make them or idk i gotta take a piss, brb.

*Back hokay so, here's the earth ROUND!

anyways we can scheduale a night if you guys want so figure out what day you want, im pretty much on every night so it doesn't matter to me, or we can just do this when theres a lot of {TD} people on the server.

Unless you guys want me to take control and schedule a time and date and be adminment about this, your call.
                                                                                                                adminment--- ya datz a r3al wrd danks.

[Kenyan Bee Thief]

No doubt everyone is just waiting out of courtesy so that I can get back in town.  Tuesday.

Did anyone see the volleyball in the Olympics? We're kicking ass in women's beach volleyball, and they don't even use flamethrowers!

[Stobbin]

Figured I'd bump this thread since we actually played it for about an hour.

'Twas fun, but its entirely dependent on cooperation.  I say we try it again next Tuesday.

[Dominator]

for sure Id say we do this again for sure.

[LiquidSnake]

Some screenshots of last night:

[Alfalfa]

lulz

[Mayhem]

Flaming heavy sure was fun.

[Dominator]

I say tuesday night is volleyball night if its not including with the new map night.

[Boba fett]

damn I need to finish my homework!

[Mayhem]

Finish it you whore

[Boba fett]

its hard. And stupid. <--

[Stobbin]

That's what she said.

[Kelreth]

damn can't beleive i missed this, o well, next tuesday it is

[*Kajisan*]

great job Stobbin! turned out to be alot of fun!

[Fenriswolf]

shoot you did it with out me!

[LiquidSnake]

^^^thats what she said. lol

[Fenriswolf]

lol, so what time/day are we doing this, and is it a regular thing