Xonotic

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When I play cts I'm respectful to all players, when you are in instac ctf land, I am the king so show some respect.
I am trying to be humble.

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I'm on the server with toublerone.
Also that guy again is showing up daily.

Also about 3 people joined right after I posted that. So at least do post when you're the first on the server. Because it'll look dumb when I'm the only one doing that.

CLAPPING INTENSIFIES
Going to be on for a few hours. Lets make Xonotic great again!

Also this is the run I fucked up the other day.

No. This one is. That one is the actual completed run.

Something tells me picmip is not always a good idea…

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Tonight we mark a momentous occasion.
Our new best instactf player of North America, aiea.
Our instactf queen.

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keeps crashing so I'm joining you guys

Best Xonotic song right here, this is an undisputable fact

blkrbt best composer in general, caht dang he's good

Who the fuck is this guy and who diddled him when he was younger? I'm going back to , there was less cancer when I joined a few weeks ago.

He only just recently started showing up. I'm sure he'll get bored and move on soon enough.

He's also this faggot

He's "That Guy" in
and Like a boss in
and master in
and moot in previous screencaps

and generally some fag with a huge ego ("I'm the best American minsta ctf player") from 4chan. He doesn't play well and a lot of the regular players would beat him by a large margin, but he'd still be able to beat new and untrained players.

As the screencaps of the in-game chatlogs will show. He's been beaten by another player at insta ctf and is mad. Trolling him has been easy, but I see he is being a nuisance to others not aware of him.

Also he doesn't post here.
That post was probably a joke on him.

Yeah i thought i was going to be on longer but i may have been drunk and passed out. Also i need to start going to bed by 7 or 8pm EST so i can get up at 2 in the morning for work. I'll be missing out on the active hours for the server, feels bad man. I'll try to keep the thread bumped though.

What the fuck did you just fucking say about me you little bitch?
I'll have you know I'm the best insta ctf player, and I've been in involved in numerous flag captures, and I have over 300 confirmed frags.
I am trained in using a Vaporizer and I'm the best insta ctf player in the entire North American Xonotic community.
You are nothing to me but just another frag.
I will wipe you the fuck out with precision the likes of which has never been seen before on this Earth, mark my fucking words.
You think you can get away with saying that shit to me over the Internet? Think again, fucker.
As we speak I am contacting my secret network of flag carriers across the USA and your IP is being traced right now so you better prepare for the storm, faggot.
The storm that captures the pathetic little thing you call your flag.
You’re fucking dead, kid. I can be anywhere, anytime, and I can kill you in over seven hundred ways, and that’s just with my Vaporizer.
Not only am I extensively trained in using a Vaporizer, but I have access to the entire line of the grappling hook and I will use it to its full extent to drag your miserable ass off the face of the map, you little shit.
If only you could have known what unholy retribution your little “clever” comment was about to bring down upon you, maybe you would have held your fucking tongue.
But you couldn’t, you didn’t, and now you’re paying the price, you goddamn idiot.
I will shit fury all over you and you will drown in it. You’re fucking dead, kiddo.

Server has crashed and has been restarted.

Nice shitposting.

Requesting that wesp-kaine, pornstar-savare, and lovet-fourteenth be added. Also that mini and 9-ball duel me.
-THE WORST

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So I totally forgot to do mappool voting so for brevity we can just carry forward the underutilized Dec pool and vote for Feb starting about a week from now.

I'll update the doc tomorrow

Does anyone know if the speed buff is an acceptable replacement for haste in cts? If it is, we can force it to spawn instead of shield.

All the current times on the server were done without haste. Additionally they're doable without it as well, though they are hard. It'd be easy to simply spawn haste if the leaderboard can be separated.

Quickly found pornstar-savare and lovet-fourteenth. Couldn't find wesp-kaine. Upload it on to vola or something.

You all sound like fags

Checking those dubs of asspain. Keep crying bitch nigga

tfw we're all crammed in here

Also I noticed some rusted players, or those who play to play occasionally, showing up recently. I think it would be nice to have some organized retraining sessions (or plain training). It heavily relies on you guys showing up however.

Reflex actually got an update that added matchmaking. Didn't feel like making another thread for arena fps

Remembered to actually do it today.

Even a duel on 24 feels cramped; a 7 person deathmatch sounds like chaos.

While I think that matchmaking is certainly a step in the right direction, considering how big a skill difference in between two people can make in a duel, I question how effective it'll be, considering how small the playerbase is.

It was.
I got a lot of 3 in 1 kills with a Mortar that match.

Server right now. Also the developer is visiting.

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mini vs The Worst soon. Long weekend so far but fair amount of activity on the server and hubs. Duels on Hub Kansas right now.

The result of Worst vs 9-Ball was resolved about 2-3 days ago. Played on Aerowalk and Finalrage, 9-Ball victory, 2-0.

hehe

-where do you live
-what connection speed do you have
-what network adaptor for your computer do you have
-etc

Status quo remains the same, but I have duuru footage this time

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Should I start namefagging or stay anonymous

Rural Canada, 450kbps max download speed, wireless connection to the ISP instead of fibre or something similar, wired connection to router.
Now that I think about it, no wonder my latency for everything is so high.

Might as well namefag on the server. No reason to not allow yourself to be identified there.

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This actually happens a lot.

Namefagging is the cancer that kills all good things, I never use the same name when I join the Holla Forums AAO server and I wouldn't use the same name twice in this game if I didn't have to go through menus to change it.

You can use a console command
name "Your Name"
alias them, and store them all in a cfg to then switch on typing in the console.

Easier to help you learn/give feedback if I can actually figure out what your habits are.
There's definitely a place for anonymity, but it has its downsides as well

Plus the server has been running with a core of namefagging users for quite a while now. I think you just have to have a game or group unpopular enough that the turbo-cocksuckers pass it by

9-Ball challenging Mini and Beemann.

When are you going to be online? I'll be on today and can duel from about 5:30 (Pacific time) onward

hey bby u want sum frag?

I'll probably be available in the evening.

The duel with Beemann is done, I ended up losing 0-2.

Retard

that's some plebbit-tier shit

hardcore linuxfags are an exception to the rule

CTS leaderboards for the NA server can now be viewed online in an organized way. To browse, put "?map=" with the map name at the end. Additionally, you can see your ranks if you supply "?player=" and your client id fingerprint.

No javascript or cookies are used for the web page.
Also it's still a work in progress, so you might get a 503 if I'm currently working on (breaking) things.
It's not directly synced with the game server, so refreshing right after a run does nothing.

Also a demonstrative link, for people who like clicking on things.
98.176.140.2:15000/cgi/cts.py?map=pornstar-shitbagz2

It needs a bunch of under construction gifs like it is the '90s

Xonotic got ruined by defraggers

You mean the game as a whole or just the server?

Well whatever you meant by that. You're in luck because of the usual defraggers that play on the server, they're playing on another server with a larger map pool. It was never the case that the server was on a "fragging" mode, and suddenly a storm of defraggers come in to mode vote to defrag. In fact, it was the opposite where if one person joining in, wants to play another mode, the rest of the server that was playing defrag respects that vote and the idea that the server wasn't only for defrag.

If you're in the camp that wants to play Deathmatch, etc, then the server is largely open for you to go in and vote the mode in. Months ago, I got complaints about defrag being too popular, and the simple solution is to at least assert what you want to play by voting. You may see a single person on the server playing defrag, but that's also because its the only game mode that's playable solo.

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As a regular on the server I can confirm this is true. You just have to speak up and most everyone will be fine doing playing another gametype.

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I swear to god, people vote this for the music.

7 people on the NA server right now

we have pic related players online

I'm downloading right now
I played Quake Live and CS 1.6 5-7 years ago, I'm not good but I was decent back then.
God knows how good/bad I am now.

Reminder to link a Mokou to the devs if and when you ask for tech support.

A what

Take this.
You will need it.

Oh

3 maps added to the server:
pornstar-raven
pornstar-simplicity
pornstar-simplicity2

Additionally, the frag limit for duel has been removed and the starting time for CTS has been increased to 20 minutes.

Also quick reminder that the ladder is going to be set up for Feb soon. Let me know if you want to participate, and if you already are participating let me know if you have any nominations

I am on the server with toupeka.
Also there is a new non-cts map called bleach.
Right now there are two versions, one that is darker with a fuck load of mega pick ups, bleach-b1

and other one that is not as dark with less megas, bleach-b2.
It's a big map that is probably good for ffa and tdm, but not really for duel.

we're babysitting two kids

Any ausfags able to vouch as to whether or not there's a single filled server for Straya?

Not Austrailian, and I think most of the posters who play this game are in North America (since for the longest time, the North American Holla Forums server was online).

None of the servers are filled 24/7.
There's definitely some consistent Austrailian players around at the night time (1 AM PST = 8 PM AEST). A few of them occasionally visit the western US servers.

downloaded it today, is there anything I need to know? Is this just quake clone?

It's definitely Quake/UT inspired. Differences between it and Quake (off the top of my head) are as follows

There's altfires. They're quite important, especially if you decide to use the electro

Rockets can be steered HL2 style if you hold m1 after firing

If you've played Q1 or CPM, you'll be used to air control. If you're a Q3fag, you can now do CS style bhop in addition to normal strafejump
If you've played Q2 or CPM, you'll be familiar with double jumps
Xon doesn't really have these outside of one or two step up jumps because of the way stairs are handled. You basically glide up them quickly by holding down jump. On the flip side though, ramps are fantastic. Just make sure you're jumping into the ramp's angle and not bouncing off of it

No armor tiers. Instead you can stack up to 100 with 25s, 50s and 5s, but you need shards and mega armor to go above that. Damage reduction value is something like 70% iirc

Both megas have the same 30s timer. Mega health respawn is tied to pickup, not to damage or reduction to 100h like it is in CPM

You wont be using LG. Main 3 are Devastator (Rocket) Mortar (Grenade) and Vortex (Rail). Vortex has a charge but it doesn't make much difference

If you swap weapons after firing, you cancel the reload time of the weapon you just fired, so vortex->mortar->shotgun->vortex can result in more damage than vortex->vortex over the same period of time

You have 2 spawn weapons. The shotgun has a melee altfire (70 dmg) and does about 40/45 damage on a full spread. The other weapon you have is a blaster, which is as close to free rocket jumps and ever-present knockback capability as you can get without fucking the game up royally. You can usually get a rocket jump in for about 15 damage

You keep your speed through teleporters as long as you're moving forward, and I mean all of your speed, including vertical. It all becomes horizontal when you exit

Quake and UT are like the opposite of each other. Quake is a fast arena shooter, UT is a slow one.

If you're going online, just say that you are in the thread and whatever thread lurkers that happen to be around may accompany you.

Additionally, if you go onto the Holla Forums NA server, sometimes you can catch someone playing Race CTS, but if you want to play Deathmatch or something just say so. Race CTS can be just something to do while waiting for other people on the server, or to chill out and chat. It's silly to say so, but vote what you want to play on the game mode vote menu which appears at the end of the match. It was a common thing for players who wanted to play Deathmatch, to not vote Deathmatch, and complain to me when others vote Race CTS.

I wish we had general arena shooter threads

What exactly do you like about arena shooters and which one is your favorite? I am playing UT since ages and even I think it's overrated as hell.

They are not bad, definitely fun, especially when you turn your music up high and just jump around and kill shit. No waiting times, no map change or other bullshit, just frag. But it gets repetitive fast. I think everyone who still likes arena shooters is either autistic or lying and never played them back in the day.

Because I honestly think a lot of people who claim arena shooters are good now are people that heard the first time of it like a year ago but cant play because almost all of them are dead.

Arena shooters tend to be fast-paced, have interesting movement options, and can get highly mental. On a basic level, it's just running around a sort of boxy or angular map picking up weapon after weapon and shooting dudes (which is great fun for players of any skill), but at higher levels it becomes a game of area control and denial with elements of masking your movement/sounds made. This is very much enhanced by whatever movement tech the game has.

1v1 deathmatch is the most popular mode for higher-level play, but I seriously think that team games like CTF and the like are highly underrated and underplayed.

What makes you think I only play free for all deathmatch? UT99 was all about Team CTF and Assault because those was the only mode that allowed boosting. UT3 had tank crossing which was my favorite objective map.

But after considering all UT is still a very slow game compared to others.

Then go make one.

hey kiddo you're gonna get le fragged xddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd you fight just like kali! DONT cry it's a waste of good sufferring! DON'T CUT MY DICK OFF YOU'RE ON MY TEAM (EVEN THOUGH FRIENDLY FIRE IS ALWAYS DISABLED)

if anyone is playing the game please post a heads up in here, the only servers that have more than one player are modded ones that let you have TWO GUNS

2 hours ago I was sleeping, but if you want to play I can in about 30 minutes.

I'm on the Holla Forums server just hopping around for a bit.

I'm with this guy.

NUCLEAR BOMB ON YOUR GAY FACE))

i was playing kshootmania to kill time, checking out the Holla Forums server now

to the kind user trying to teach me how to strafejump: connection to the server shit out for me without warning

Sorry about the technical issues, its the server's side. I'll see if I can get it resolved quickly.

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For more tricks on the Fuse map by the way.

It takes some mechanics from both. I'd say it's more on the Quake end than the UT end though, especially with XPM. There's a few mods that swing it further towards the UT end, like one that adds a UT-style dodge

Out of curiosity, what don't you like about Xon?

It's like we're all together like one happy family.
Also game developer mad at the server admin ping.

poal.me/qwq2p1
Poll created. Let me know if I missed a map

To be fair, any remotely popular AFPS thread devolves into OW shitposting and similar things. Xon is blessed(?) with a very inactive general so almost nobody actually bothers shitting up the thread.

Today was quite eventful.
It great to meet some new players. Additionally, any new players caught up in the action are welcome to ask for coaching, or any assistance in the process of improving.

Maybe next time, guys.

So here's the current setup for Feb. If anyone wants to join up, let me know by end of day tomorrow and I'll add you to the list

As listed in the image, the current maplist is as follows:
Finalrage (included in Xonotic)
Stormkeep (Included in Xonotic)
Mint (dl.xonotic.co/mint.pk3)
Aerowalk (dl.xonotic.co/hub3aeroq3a_nex_r4.pk3)
RuinerX (dl.xonotic.co/ruinerx.pk3)
Bloodrun (dl.xonotic.co/bloodrun_a3.pk3)
Boil (dl.xonotic.co/boil_b4.pk3)

Where did this come from? Holy shit I wish you guys were around a year ago. How often do you play?

There's games on the Holla Forums server daily. The activity is concentrated around evening times.

You can get an idea of activity here:
stats.xonotic.org/server/6459

amazing. So people DO play around when I'm home from work. I'm eccstatic about this. Can't wait to pop in a match tomorrow!

The Yuropoor server is still down? I wanna play, but 200 ping isn't exactly what I'm after.

I have it favorited in game and I see its still online. It had a weird habit with showing up multiple times, across different ports.

This is its status link.
dpmaster.deathmask.net/?game=xonotic&server=188.112.171.238:61429

When you do go on the server, post in the thread. Someone lurking in the thread might be able to catch a game with you. (not enough people do this)

requesting loads of matches on boil and webms of cool frags.

Fun.

Any new(ish) interested in some duel learnins? I'll be available from about 5:00 Pacific time onwards. Post in the thread and we'll see what we can do. The more people the better your experience will probably be (because you can fight them and not me)

new(ish) players*
this is what I get for posting from a phone

Offer is still open though

This weekend for sure. Just have to get my mouse from my house.

When I do races on the server my speed is slower than normal. Is it because of my high ping or is it something on the server?

Race physics are different from the normal mode. The speed from regular running is decreased and there's less acceleration from just holding forward and jump. The speed cap is lifted, and to reach a meaningful speed you have to strafe jump.

2 players on the server at the moment.

What the fuck is going on?

A bunch of laggy european players decided to join the most populated server at the time or something, I guess?

You can get a surprising amount of players to show up. So long as you have 2-3 people to start with, the server can sorta explode like that. It's why the server owner is so anal about getting people to post in the thread when they're there. It helps to kickstart games.

I want you niggers to post in the thread because I'm OP and so I don't end up being >(109)
by doing this

over the course of a month or so.

2 people on the server

when do people most active

asking because I'm in now and want to get better (Pacific server).

Late afternoon to evening is the usual play times throughout the week. Mornings are uncommon, but it happens.

I can be on in about 2 hours from now and give tips.

Fuck it, I'm on now.

2 people on the server right now.

I'll be on the server again in about 30-40 minutes and will stay until somewhere from 9-10 central. I'll be free to give tips or duel people during that time.

Back on again, and I'll be there to help new players or duel old ones for a few hours.

gonna hop in for a bit but not for anything super serious. On a setup that isn't exactly the worst, but is just enough of a downgrade to be annoying

2 clips from duels that happened earlier today, 1 clip from a duel from November that was the levitation I was talking about.

muckin about in the server practicing jumps on boil at the moment

By the way, after playing it on HUB I think we should probably swap over to the newer version of Boil for both ladder and general use. I's about 10% scaled down so it's not quite so finicky to do some of the jumps (though you have to crouch now for one jump)

dl.xonotic.co/boil-full-fcaa4fe2a014bbe592f27fa6de81a06d9c722da0-f625a5afae5cd7f464b0d97caa93577ff457c492.pk3

5 people on the server right now!

Yes, we're in for a lot of changes.
I joined the SMB clan. SPLAT is now the server admin and host. sawa started capitalizing her name.

As it turns out, trying to impersonate someone who has a sensitivity of 2cm/360 is an exercise in futility.

On a much, much more relevant note, 9-Ball challenging Beemann.

On an even more relevant note, I'm in the server if anyone wants to hang out/prac/ask questions

I've been posting around clips of Komier and sawa's duel. Since I was spectating the down player and looking for comebacks, I mostly got Komier's frags. But I think there are some cool frags sawa did that I didn't catch.

I've started running a friend through Xon boot amp and have come up with some exercises to practice and maybe GIT GUD with. A lot of them are just FPS fundamentals but most don't require another player. Let me know if there's an area you'll wanna practice/improve on and I'll list out the training idea I have or try to come up with one

Also I'll do a doc update tonight if I remember

Boot camp* fuck

And yeah basically it's not necessarily the 100% most ideal way to improve, but its sort of a blunt force method for specific improvements or for people intimidated by duel/dm
At least that's the goal, we'll see how it goes

I'm always down for improvement. What's on the menu?

so they're very much new to the genre, and not terribly experienced with FPS' as a whole
So I started them off with

Circlestrafe around a focal point while keeping your cursor on it
Find a buddy and do a similar sort of thing, but while they also move around
Practice blaster->mortar combos

For movement they've started off with nr_grid strafejumping and doing loops in the Finalrage main room (you can just hold A and turn and get a decent circuit going along the top floor)

At some point I'll also throw in the ones I do myself, which are:
Move through maps without stopping, changing up routes as necessary. When one side gets too comfortable, do it the other way. When that gets too comfortable, see how much of it you can do sideways/backwards (I don't do the last one quite so much)

While running around on maps, start cycling items. Start with the megas, and gradually work other items in. On a map like Mint (where there is no MA), cycle the large armors. As with the previous practice method, try going through sections in multiple different ways, including sideways/backwards.

If there's a shot you see in a video or match, or even that you pull off once or twice, toss that into moving around the map. It might help to bring a bot or another player in, but some of them you can just practice hitting at running speed. Aerowalk has a few good rebound shots and wallbangs. I also like skimming mortars along the upper floor from mega to hit people coming off the jumppad or trying to run through that door to get to the devastator

Basically the goal is to get a lot of that shit into muscle memory so that you hit the scenario where it's needed and just do it, rather than consider doing it and potentially miss the opportunity. Anything involving aim, however, is going to have diminishing returns, whereas movement stuff will only grind to a halt if you aren't strafing properly, and you can watch cts/xdf/defrag pros to get a good idea of what a better method looks like

Also doc updated