[QUOTE=Drury;47467045]It's funny how paradoxically Team Fortress invented headshots, which is what ruins a lot of modern FPS games for me. Headshots is pretty much the game telling everyone it's not afraid to give more skilled players a free damage bonus on top of their ability to land most of their shots, it makes the game less accessible to new players and less fun to just play casually. TF2 is beautiful in that it blurs the line between skilled players and less skilled players - of course it's impossible to fully remove, but even as a pro on a Valve server you will die.
/also interesting to note how Mannpower throws all that out the window and 100 killstreaks aren't unheard of[/QUOTE]
TF2 get away with it because headshots are [i]not[/i] giving "more skilled players a free damage bonus." In fact, I'd argue that the opposite is the case.
Each time a headshot is registered, there are a particular string of events that must take place beforehand in order. The order changes based on whether the Sniper has a direct visual or is anticipating an enemy entering his line of sight.
In the former case:
Visual contact, enter scope, movement is impaired and jumping disabled, scripted delay between entering scope and headshot registering, trigger pulled without being jarred. All of this happens in the span of about half of a second, and typically that time isn't sufficient to make a substantial dent in the Sniper's liveliness, but it gives enough time to hit him a couple times in hopes of throwing him off completely so you can break that line of sight and exploit his weaknesses.
In the latter case:
Enter scope, movement is impaired, jumping disabled, tunnel vision engaged, time passes, visual contact, trigger pulled without being jarred. The obvious candidate here is the tunnel vision, and some maps are a bit too lenient on this. That's a map problem more than it is a class problem. A map with that same problem is going to be easy to lock down with sentries and explosive classes, alternate pathways and sufficient cover make for interesting skirmishes in most terrain. The counterplay here is to blindside the Sniper, avoid his sightline, or spam him out and force him to retreat.
Every class has weaknesses that can be exploited. Sniper's weaknesses are that he's vulnerable when he's most-damaging, his most-damaging can only deal at-most 150 when under pressure, and his health pool is low enough to be quick to dispatch and cannot hold his ground well. Technical skill notwithstanding, every Sniper player has to cope with these penalties in some way or another.
I'm not talking about snipers though. They handled them excellently in TF2.
I'm talking about how paradoxically Team Fortress as a series came up with the mechanic that is the scourge of FPS nowadays.
[QUOTE=Drury;47468198]I'm not talking about snipers though. They handled them excellently in TF2.
I'm talking about how paradoxically Team Fortress as a series came up with the mechanic that is the scourge of FPS nowadays.[/QUOTE]
The Team Fortress mod and Goldeneye both came out at around the same time, both sporting the locational damage bonus that is the headshot. Games don't' happen overnight, so there was definitely some overlap during their development periods where it could be reasonable for either of them to be the true father of the mechanic.
A few quotes from Robin Walker regarding something else but still relevant:
[quote]But, it’s not at all surprising that there are similarities between the work each of us is doing: we have a similar starting points, and we probably have much the same game design goals – convergent evolution will take care of the rest.[/quote]
[quote]I can see how it would look eerie, but it’s more I suspect that you took much the same path [...] that we did. It’s pretty amusing to see the level of similarities even in the bugs though![/quote]
Basically "great minds think alike." And with the FPS genre blossoming around that time, it's not uncommon for people to have those kinds of ideas to innovate in parallel but working on different projects.
[video=youtube;ICj29I9gzO0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICj29I9gzO0[/video]
Early release of a friends video. Enjoy.
I made this a while ago and never released it because dumb inside joke and took 10s to make
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9vLVWQLunE[/media]
[t]https://41.media.tumblr.com/b7cadb51b331a560aa4be263aa3a965d/tumblr_nmgmlhvXaL1tk7qc3o1_1280.png[/t]
(You guys let me know if I get spammy with fems and shipping and such. I'll gladly back off if y'all would rather not see this type of stuff.)
[QUOTE=Dragara;47478239][t]https://41.media.tumblr.com/b7cadb51b331a560aa4be263aa3a965d/tumblr_nmgmlhvXaL1tk7qc3o1_1280.png[/t]
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What are those little symbols underneath their normal class insignia?
Actual feedback: the folds in that clothing is god-like
[QUOTE=Johnny Joe;47478454]What are those little symbols underneath their normal class insignia?[/QUOTE]
Oh, I forgot I put those there. :v: They have to do with an AU story-type deal I'm working on that involves many, many more mercenaries than 18 and they're split up into squadrons signified by Greek letters. Sniper and Femgie here are members of BLU's Alpha squadron, so those ugly little scribbles are supposed to be alphas.
[QUOTE=Dragara;47478506]Oh, I forgot I put those there. :v: They have to do with an AU story-type deal I'm working on that involves many, many more mercenaries than 18 and they're split up into squadrons signified by Greek letters. Sniper and Femgie here are members of BLU's Alpha squadron, so those ugly little scribbles are supposed to be alphas.[/QUOTE]
Oh, I was thinking it was to raise awareness for prostate cancer, either way I'll take 20, high gloss.
[QUOTE=Johnny Joe;47478529]Oh, I was thinking it was to raise awareness for prostate cancer, either way I'll take 20, high gloss.[/QUOTE]
May I ask what exactly made you think it was that?
[QUOTE=Dragara;47478606]May I ask what exactly made you think it was that?[/QUOTE][T]http://puu.sh/h5vJE.jpeg[/T]
I honest to God thought it was a little light blue ribbon, then again, my eyesight ain't 20/20.
[QUOTE=Dragara;47478506]Oh, I forgot I put those there. :v: They have to do with an AU story-type deal I'm working on that involves many, many more mercenaries than 18 and they're split up into squadrons signified by Greek letters. Sniper and Femgie here are members of BLU's Alpha squadron, so those ugly little scribbles are supposed to be alphas.[/QUOTE]
imo the extra symbol on the class insignia is still unnecessary
[QUOTE=Blackavar;47479884][video=youtube;Yfmg22t8bzg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yfmg22t8bzg[/video][/QUOTE]
He put too much misleading information in that video.
[video=youtube;JzuLQ211wb8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzuLQ211wb8[/video]
Take this as you will
[QUOTE=BTTFfan96;47481627][media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grEVVLV8FVQ[/media][/QUOTE]
That heavy invis watch bit reminds me of when I first started TF2 and i couldnt wait to unlock the invis watch for heavy so I could sneak around the back and minigun everyone... I was such a derp
Might as well post
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OsF0O5vd1s[/media]
[QUOTE=EliaMoroes;47480660][video=youtube;JzuLQ211wb8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzuLQ211wb8[/video]
Take this as you will[/QUOTE]
I was looking forward to the Spy vs Engie short and then you leak it. Thanks, man. :(
[QUOTE=Blackavar;47479884][video=youtube;Yfmg22t8bzg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yfmg22t8bzg[/video][/QUOTE]
this was the equivalent to fox news. the amount of bias and personal views on a subject presented as facts are way too much, to a point it worries me how much does this actually helps the project
[video=youtube;QFcbl0XrEfY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFcbl0XrEfY[/video]
This is what happens when a bunch of friends go all heavy in a Valve pub.
Ladies and mentlegens I present to you Korean TF2:
[video=youtube;TnAvqZ5OyIs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnAvqZ5OyIs[/video]
Skip to 7:56 for actual gameplay.
its a dude screaming/overacting in korean about his first run on TF2. all of the whole 22 minutes.
unless you're into people screaming nonsense in korean, you wont find anything relevant on that.
[QUOTE=Metaru;47486243]its a dude screaming/overacting in korean about his first run on TF2. all of the whole 22 minutes.
unless you're into people screaming nonsense in korean, you wont find anything relevant on that.[/QUOTE]
Well yeah! I just found it funny that he felt the need to shout every time he shot someone. I mean I never did that not even when I was little. You can't help but find a little weird.
its basically every youtuber-doing-games ever made. but in korean.
i'm not going to lie, saw that on my feed but i though it was going to be something interesting, but nope. just 22 minutes of some dude screaming every time something happens on screen. in korean.
Something I meant to post for a while don't know if it's late:
[video=youtube;PzfsiP8F-Jg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzfsiP8F-Jg[/video]
Also you should check this Girl's channel she makes some pretty damn impressive animations with TF2 characters: [url]https://www.youtube.com/user/CuteCanCill[/url]
