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| − | In December 2004, Yukwunhang created a dodgeball map and the mode to be played with M79. About a year later, Yukwunhang happened upon IRC, and started testing the mode with other players. A few improvements came to mind and it shaped | + | In December 2004, Yukwunhang created the custom sub game-mode and one map for it. It was played back then with [[M79]]. About a year later, Yukwunhang happened upon IRC, and started testing the mode with other players. A few improvements came to mind and it shaped. |
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| − | knife CTF with survival mode enabled would be the perfect Soldat dodgeball mode. There was the one map by Yukwunhang but it lacked jets, so I edited the amount of jets and also made the background darker to be able to see knives more clearly. I modified the speed of the knife to be slightly faster so that it could reach across the map. To my knowledge, this was the first dedicated knife dodgeball server, and it quickly became very popular when made public. It was constantly filled (32 slot server since back then one of the Soldat server hosting companies gave a flat rate and not per-slot pricing) with 16 vs 16 dodgeball action... which would be played until the server stop letting people be killed and needed to be restarted. After running a single-map mapslist for about a month, the server slowly the server got a few more maps from people on our channel.
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| | + | The mode is ever since played with the following settings: [[Combat Knife]] only, [[Capture the Flag]] & [[Survival]] mode enabled |
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| − | The name of the server in the lobby was #FU Dodgeball, or some variation of that, for anyone who can remember. We constantly advertised a graphics and sound mod based on the Dodgeball movie (with Globo Gym vs Average Joes) made by one of our members, but never felt the need to post on Soldat Forums. However, you can see people (two from this thread) talking about the server here. | + | The speed of knives are modified to be slightly faster so that it could reach across the map. |
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| − | Since many dodgeball servers started popping up and we began to grow tired of the mode, I change the server back to a private normal mode at the end of April 2006. Afterward, more people made dodgeball servers and also started advertising them on the forums, including EnEsCe and Shoover. There were a few other unadvertised servers, too. Playing 16 vs 16 dodgeball with people hiding under dead bodies, jumping into the "hobo pit" and popping out, or just commenting on the game while waiting to get back in was a great time in Soldat.
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Latest revision as of 01:52, 21 April 2018
Introduction
In December 2004, Yukwunhang created the custom sub game-mode and one map for it. It was played back then with M79. About a year later, Yukwunhang happened upon IRC, and started testing the mode with other players. A few improvements came to mind and it shaped.
Features
The mode is ever since played with the following settings: Combat Knife only, Capture the Flag & Survival mode enabled
The speed of knives are modified to be slightly faster so that it could reach across the map.
Back to: Game Modes
