Laserball

[Sever]

Laserball (http://www.bungie.net/Online/Halo3UserContentDetails.aspx?h3fileid=58753551) Gametype
LB Temple (http://www.bungie.net/Online/Halo3UserContentDetails.aspx?h3fileid=58753576) Map
LB River (http://www.bungie.net/Online/Halo3UserContentDetails.aspx?h3fileid=58753591) Map
LB Silo (http://www.bungie.net/Online/Halo3UserContentDetails.aspx?h3fileid=58994043) Map

As a few of you know, I've been working on an awesome H3 gametype and a series of maps for it known as Laserball. It's basically a high-speed FFA Oddball game played with Spartan Lasers and Energy Swords. Those that have played some rounds with me so far have given great feedback and suggestions (rearanging player spawns/respawns, giving the players Energy Swords as secondary weapons, etc.) and hopefully will continue to do so as we play more rounds. There are currently three working maps for the gametype, all of which are still subject to minor tweaking and editing, but are generally finalized. Feel free to download and play it with anyone. Tell me about any potential improvements and problematic areas you encounter.

Anyone who wants to come and play a few rounds, add me, gamertag: sever323.

[Advancebo]

I wish I could D:

This gametype sounds good enough for Bungie to add into a playlist...maybe, or at least Bungie Favorites

[Timo]

This gametype is ******* awesome.
http://timo.modacity.net/Halo3/58993646-Full.jpg

http://timo.modacity.net/Halo3/58993776-Full.jpg

http://timo.modacity.net/Halo3/58995098-Full.jpg
Double laser kill

http://timo.modacity.net/Halo3/58993824-Full.jpg
Sever, half a second off being through a teleporter :v:

http://timo.modacity.net/Halo3/58994280-Full.jpg
Sever thinking he was safe going over a small hill in Sandtrap, to find me on the other side.

http://timo.modacity.net/Halo3/58994753-Full.jpg

http://timo.modacity.net/Halo3/58994587-Full.jpg

http://timo.modacity.net/Halo3/58994704-Full.jpg

http://timo.modacity.net/Halo3/58994840-Full.jpg

http://timo.modacity.net/Halo3/58994901-Full.jpg
Don't understand what happened here - Rob's guest still beat me down.

http://timo.modacity.net/Halo3/58995159-Full.jpg
30 kills in a row without dying. Went on to win that game too :-D

http://timo.modacity.net/Halo3/58994344-Full.jpg
And to end it, my favourite - I got slammed by rob with his sword when I had the ball :suicide:

[Sever]

As Timo said, this gametype is ******** awesome! EVERY round we've played has been a unique experience on its own. I finally, with Timo, Rob and Pooky's help, and a round of playtesting with them and Random, got LB Silo (a high-flying fast-paced Laserball variant of Standoff) working properly and have uploaded it to my fileshare HERE (http://www.bungie.net/Online/Halo3UserContentDetails.aspx?h3fileid=58994043). Again, feel free to download and play it with anyone. Tell me about any potential improvements and problematic areas you encounter.

Also, I will probably be creating more versions of the gametype: multi-team and semi-deathmatch, and any other awesome ideas I or the team stumbles upon.

Thanks, and try not to burn yourself!

[Pooky]

You had to put in the screenshot of me getting lasered in the crotch, didn't you Timo?

But yeah, I highly encourage anyone with Halo 3 to download this stuff and come play with us. It's fun even when you're losing just because of all the crazy shit that happens. Laser triple kills and Bulltrues with the Oddball, where else do you see these things on a regular basis?

[Hotrod]

I'd love to play with you guys sometime, though none of you are on my friends list... :(

[Advancebo]

There gamertags are in the pictures...

[Sever]

ThereTheir gamertags are in the pictures...True, quite true.

Here's a list of our most common players, though, for those who don't feel like using squint-o-vision:
friedmetroid
Rob Oplawar
sever323
zTimo

Add one of us and we'll be sure to invite you next time we all play. I'm going to be going out of town for about a week, though, so not much might happen during the next few days... When I return, however, there will definitely be blood... and lasers... and energy swords... and balls.

Also,
You had to put in the screenshot of me getting lasered in the crotch, didn't you Timo?He's not lasering your crotch, you're "lasering" his face!

[Hotrod]

Alright, thanks, I'll be sure to add you guys.

[sevlag]

I smell a laserball tournament...or is that me? >.<

either way still looks awesome and don't count on it ever getting in Bungie Favorites, now a days its just mostly other sites who got the slots filled cause they paid Bungie.

anyways, I'll add you guys if thats ok. look for "about 75 tacos" in your messages or your FR list. because that will be me

you thought of making one on Avalanche?

[Advancebo]

Yo, add me "Advancebo1"

[PlasbianX]

This gametype was released like a year ago atleast. I was playing this all the time at lan parties. And it WAS in bungie's favorites at one point.


Old gametype is old. (But fun :P)

[Pooky]

Avalanche sucked ass for LB.

some more screenshots

Balltrue!

http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/3778/59031031fullav2.jpg

Double kill!

http://img381.imageshack.us/img381/2697/59031249fullqz3.jpg

Triple kill!

http://img381.imageshack.us/img381/7411/59031666fullrh9.jpg

[Advancebo]

Lol, I remember when I got my 2 for 1 achievement in my first lone wolves game XD

[Rob Oplawar]

This was great fun. We need to do this again. Just send me a PM.

[Sever]

Well, I'm back. Yes, Plas, it is a new take on an old gametype. Yes, I have thought of one for Avalanche, and as Pooky and myself found out, it sucked, but now I've thought of a way to circumvent the problems that would've arisen with the old setup involving some strategically placed teleporters and blocked passages. Maybe we can get a game together tonight. I'll be logging on in about an hour after I get settled and whatnot.

[Advancebo]

Make an LB Orbital XD

[Sever]

Make an LB Orbital XDLet me think about it... small enclosed map, inorganic human architecture, multi-level combat area...
How about no?

[Advancebo]

How about SadFace D:

What about Assembly?

[Pooky]

How about SadFace D:

What about Assembly?

Same exact thing, except replace Human with Covenant. <_<

[Hotrod]

What about Isolation? Or The Pit?

[Sever]

Iso's too small and The Pit has too many snags. Maps made for vehicular combat that have centralized combat areas, normal/semi-normal locomotion physics, infantry-only paths & areas that don't stray from the open spaces or can be easily blocked off, and mostly-organic terrain work for the gametype. That is why those two, along with basically every other H3 map released thus far, other than Valhalla, Sandtarp, and Standoff won't work well for Laserball.

[Rob Oplawar]

Laserball on Rats Nest. loooool

[Hotrod]

Iso's too small and The Pit has too many snags. Maps made for vehicular combat that have centralized combat areas, normal/semi-normal locomotion physics, infantry-only paths & areas that don't stray from the open spaces or can be easily blocked off, and mostly-organic terrain work for the gametype. That is why those two, along with basically every other H3 map released thus far, other than Valhalla, Sandtarp, and Standoff won't work well for Laserball.
You've got a good point there. I guess we'll have to see what can be done with Sandbox before anybody states it as a non-Laserball map.

[Advancebo]

We dont even know what sandbox looks like...

[Hotrod]

That's what I was saying, we don't know anything about it yet, so there's no point in classifying it by only using rumours as "proof" that it'd be a bad map.

[CabooseJr]

Good Lord, I had a blast last night.

[Pooky]

lulz I teamkilled p0lar and Timo and sever after you left and they got butthurt :downs:

[CabooseJr]

We gonna play again tonight? I can stay up for as long as I can.

[Timo]

lulz I teamkilled p0lar and Timo and sever after you left and they got butthurt :downs:

You're a horrible person.

[Pooky]

You're a horrible person.
:saddowns:

Sever actually doesn't respond to my messages anymore D:

[p0lar_bear]

lulz I teamkilled p0lar and Timo and sever after you left and they got butthurt :downs:

I have enough trouble playing the game normally as it is due to the ongoing, incurable fact that I can't aim too well with a 360 controller. Kills from out of nowhere from an enemy irritate me unless it's a sniper kill. Betrayals from out of seemingly fucking nowhere from a person in my party piss me right off.

Please, save that shit for when everyone in the party agrees to a teamkill fest. Instead, try doing stupid shit at the other team, like spamming magnums or going for mongoose splatters. Just because you don't want to play doesn't mean you should go and fuck with your team.

[Pooky]

I have enough trouble playing the game normally as it is due to the ongoing, incurable fact that I can't aim too well with a 360 controller. Kills from out of nowhere from an enemy irritate me unless it's a sniper kill. Betrayals from out of seemingly fucking nowhere from a person in my party piss me right off.

Please, save that shit for when everyone in the party agrees to a teamkill fest. Instead, try doing stupid shit at the other team, like spamming magnums or going for mongoose splatters. Just because you don't want to play doesn't mean you should go and fuck with your team.

Halo 3 is serious business. :eyesroll:

[dydo]

Tryed to add Sever but he declined :(

[dark57]

i wanna play with you and you better accept >:|