A lot has happened

[JJames19119]

It's been a long time since I came here. Spazzo actually PMed me on another forum about this place, I was a bit upset to hear that it wasn't fairing very well as far as mappers go and planned on fixing that soon enough; that time never came unfortunately.

I come back now after so long and see much has changed. Sonict is admin. Dark Warrior is not staff. (Yes, this shocks me.) There was a huge meeting of admins. SRB2 1.1 is being talked about. And the whole n00b problem appears to be very ambiguous now to people who just base it at first glance.

As for me, well, back on the forum I mentioned previously, I became a moderator and a beta tester for Super Mario War. Can't say I saw it coming, I was hoping I'd get that kind of status here a few months before I left this place. Then again, judging from the way I moderate the previously said forum, I might actually be a bit more hardcore at it then Mystic. Only a bit though.

But man, the staff there can be so lax at times, it's like they're not even paying attention to the forum most of the time. Very unlike this place, where the staff is constantly fighting to keep the forum up on it's feet. I wanted to be like that, I looked up to the staff here and viewed many of the people that were admins/moderators as mentors of sorts. Mystic, Shadow Hog, FuriousFox, SSNTails, Arrow...but maybe I'm getting too much into that. This isn't why I made the thread. >>;

By the way, one last note on that other forum, for what it lacks in the n00bs you guys have/had, it certainly makes up for in 4channer-like trolls. Be thankful you guys don't have that; at least n00bs aren't smart enough to know how to fight back, and hard.

Anyways, I guess I should update a bit before I continue. No, I haven't made any progress on Chaotic Darkness, probably won't for another few months. (For the 5 people who care) The SRB2FFH has been in need of updating for a long, long, long time. I was hoping this one friend of mine would hurry and finish his coding for another site so I could use the base of that for a new FFH here. They're only just now finishing; however I have been talking to cueball about another alternative that he (I think) said he could code. Personally, I'm not sure if I could take the time to use that other base to code a new FFH right now anyways, so I am going to see what cueball can offer this forum and see which path looks best.

Not much has happened, I got obsessed with a game series called Touhou recently, but really that's the extent of it. That's a bit personal anyways, not like you need to know. <<;

So onto the main question that's on my mind; what's happened in the past few months? What led to the decision of admining Sonict? Are there any other new moderators/admins? Is the SRB2 wiki still running smoothly? Where did all the talk of 1.1 arise from? (Was it leaked, is it purely speculation, was it just revealed casually, etc) Was there any worth while mods/levels posted for SRB2 recently? Are the contests really suffering badly like Spazzo told me?

I have more questions but they're purely editing questions that I will save for later. I was also gonna ask about FF's dedicated server but I'm sure if I look around I can find info on that.

Also, I'm not sure if I'll be staying for a nice while, depends on how the next few days go.

With everything said and done, it's nice to see you all still good and well. Some of you I still consider friends. (Or at least, acquaintances)

 

[Shadow Hog]

what's happened in the past few months? What led to the decision of admining Sonict?

He was reporting idiots left and right in the chatroom. I think eventually Mystic decided it'd be better if he was able to ban them outright instead of reporting all of them.

Are there any other new moderators/admins?

Not that I know of...?

Is the SRB2 wiki still running smoothly?

Reasonably, although it does have a... slight dearth of editors.

Where did all the talk of 1.1 arise from? (Was it leaked, is it purely speculation, was it just revealed casually, etc)

The team's been putting out information ever so slowly. Mostly just feature lists and the occasional new sprite, nothing much.

Was there any worth while mods/levels posted for SRB2 recently?

None that immediately jump out at me. I suppose Tets and FF have been making progress in their mods, but I dunno if they made any big releases lately; I've not been paying much attention. Usually you get dreck involving a small, cramped room with no textures and all the emeralds and no thok barrier and an author who refuses to admit that the level is crap. Yeah... we should make the inability to take constructive criticism a bannable offense, honestly.

Are the contests really suffering badly like Spazzo told me?

I don't think they are. We're a far cry from, say, December 2004, which had soooooo many entries (including my first contest map and the infamous MI), but it's enough to go on. And some of them aren't crap, too!

 

[Rob]

I'll say that Sonict's adminship is the best thing to happen to these boards in a long time. (Sorry, ShadowHog...) Seriously, while the forums may be strict, they certainly aren't in total chaos with recolors and timer SOCs littered around every single topic, with rampant idiots with no one to stop them. A step backwards from what the forums were originally? Yes. I agree, it'd be better if we could go back to the way things were, but that's not possible. This, at least, is a big step forward from where we were.

Also, SRB2Wiki is getting more useful. :D [/plug]

Also, ShadowHog forgot to mention SRB1 mod. Go play it now. It's godly.

And 1.1 has a better palette. It looks pretty good. But don't take my word for it...

 

[Shadow Hog]

Hey, don't apologize. I ban people too, sure, but you can't deny that Sonict has this uncanny ability to catch them and ban them before anyone else can. Making him admin was probably one of the easiest decisions Mystic had to make (although I can't say, as, obviously, I'm not Mystic).

I never played the SRB1 mod.

And you know, we forgot the teaser image of Egg Rock Zone! It's so glorious!

 

[Rob]

I never played the SRB1 mod.

...What is wrong with you!? Go play it. Now! It's just plain awesome.

 

[JJames19119]

A step backwards from what the forums were originally? Yes. I agree, it'd be better if we could go back to the way things were, but that's not possible. This, at least, is a big step forward from where we were.

I wish other forums could understand this epic way of thinking.

Also, yes I did see the new SRB2 pallette, that's going to totally destroy my mod. :D But I'll leave that for when it actually comes out.

Hey, if you need anything added to the wiki, let me know. I got a few days free so any contribution I can make I would gladly go ahead and do so.

It's also comforting to know that some of you haven't changed the least bit. :P

 

[Kaysakado]

And you know, we forgot the teaser image of Egg Rock Zone! It's so glorious!

Yeah, I found that while digging around in Mystic's image folder. I'm so proud that I found a spoiler of Eggrock. In other news, why did you use HTML tags? (By the way, I'm not sure if that's even Eggrock, because Eggrock's textures are already in SRB2, so it could be faked)

 

[SSNTails]

Rather than SRB2FFH, I thought it might be cool to have something like "YouSRB2".. set up like YouTube where users create an account, and instead of posting videos, they post WADs with screenshots that people can then comment on and rate.

 

[Kaysakado]

Oh, you know, I tried coding that, but then without an SQL table and googlepages not supporting having pages upload, I pretty much hit a brick wall and didn't go further.

 

[Eidolon]

Kaysakado, there are hundreds upon hundreds of free hosting services out there that allow SQL databases, PHP and FTP.

You should check out http://www.free-webhosts.com/

As for the topic, welcome back JJames! We've certainly changed a bit. New admins, new srb2fun ops (!!), new members, etc.

 

[Kaysakado]

lol@ PhpBB thinking "ftp." is a link.

Anyways, I'll try out this so-called free-webhosts.com of which you speak.

 

[clairebun]

I never played the SRB1 mod.

...What is wrong with you!? Go play it. Now! It's just plain awesome.

I haven't played it either. The only reason why is that I hate how 2D mode is handled in 1.09.4. The camera is too close to the character (and is unadjustable), and unlike SA mode, your character won't turn the opposite direction when you press the arrow key, but rather when you've stopped moving in the other direction. This royally screws me when trying to thok, among other things.

Rather than SRB2FFH, I thought it might be cool to have something like "YouSRB2".. set up like YouTube where users create an account, and instead of posting videos, they post WADs with screenshots that people can then comment on and rate.

I've been working on something similar to that, but life got a hold, so it hasn't yet been fully constructed.

 

[Rob]

I never played the SRB1 mod.

...What is wrong with you!? Go play it. Now! It's just plain awesome.

I haven't played it either. The only reason why is that I hate how 2D mode is handled in 1.09.4. The camera is too close to the character (and is unadjustable), and unlike SA mode, your character won't turn the opposite direction when you press the arrow key, but rather when you've stopped moving in the other direction. This royally screws me when trying to thok, among other things.

I do not care. Play it, or perish.

 

[JEV3]

When I first saw this, I thought it was a copy of amyrose's topic about how far someone has come from when they started on the internet. -_-

As for notable releases, I can't give you an opinion on the best recent match map without being slightly biased... However Arid Ruins 2 was really good, Nuclear Sunset 2 is pretty good if you'll ignore the randomness of it, and the low difficulty. (though the secrets will make that a little better) SRB1 remake is really good, though they didn't keep some of the old badniks which is something I missed. Thats all that is really notable for the past couple of months.

EDIT: Whoops forgot Jazz Attack... some really neat levels there. Though there are a few that suffer from some major flaws, it is probably the best match map pack I've seen, aside from Multiplayer Fusion.

 

[Mystic]

I haven't played it either. The only reason why is that I hate how 2D mode is handled in 1.09.4. The camera is too close to the character (and is unadjustable), and unlike SA mode, your character won't turn the opposite direction when you press the arrow key, but rather when you've stopped moving in the other direction. This royally screws me when trying to thok, among other things.

Shockingly, it works amazingly well. The only time I really had fun playing 2D mode. Part of it is that the stages were originally designed for an engine so much worse than even our 2D mode. Use the included character WAD so you can't thok, and suddenly it's incredibly playable.

 

[JJames19119]

I see almost everyone has been working on a "YouSRB2"...why though? Why can't we all work on it together, if we all do it seperately, we'll just end up competing with each other or ruining others' hard work. :|

Also, "YouSRB2" is a really, really lame name IMO. There needs to be a better suggestion for this. (Super Mario War has something extremely similar coming out soon called SMWStuff...maybe we could take a few hints from that name?)

 

[Rob]

Honestly, it'd be interesting seeing a bunch of collective coders who could do that kind of thing pull it off...You know, there's the SVN server, you could see if Alam would be willing to make a section for that.

 

[_Manic_]

Also, "YouSRB2" is a really, really lame name IMO. There needs to be a better suggestion for this. (Super Mario War has something extremely similar coming out soon called SMWStuff...maybe we could take a few hints from that name?)

Uh.. SRB2Storage sounds like an interesting name. Or SRB2ube. >_> I'm not so sure how it'd work, though. Since people still upload their Shadow with a changed SSKIN and renamed it to something like "Wodahs the Hedgehog" or "Zonikk" to the FFH.. Though, the idea of a picture of the WAD sounds neat. And then it might go out of hand, maybe. If there's a WAD with a pornographic image on it.. >_>; And isn't noticed, or reported.. That's bad.

 

[Kaysakado]

Well, you know, it isn't really that hard, all you need are 2 SVN tables: One for the users, and one for the WADs.