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Made it to number 1 on Europe for a while. The best thing about W is using it to grant largesse to any smaller blobs you take a liking to once you're top dog.

Wag said:
WTF is up with the racism? A swastika? Really?
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Yeeeahh.

Allowing people to name their blobs "NAZI" or "hitler" is one thing (coming up with a workable, automated ban list is by no means easy or free), but actively encouraging it by giving them skins?

That's gross.
 
The game is fun as hell but I find I only have a decent experience when I start a game with everyone on a level playing field (so late in a current game when the server resets to a new game). Joining a game midway through which is pretty much all the time is a pain because you have four or five massive entities that are impossible to surmount which is not fun at all. The developer needs to remodel the game so it starts fresh every time. It's unfair to join a game twenty or so minutes in when you're automatically behind and in a weaker position.

The random server resets also need to be looked in to as well. I think I was in the number two position and about to absorb the number one cell (who split himself by accident) and was mere seconds from taking the number one position when the game randomly reset. An Unreal Tournament style timer would work wonders. It's disheartening when you put thirty minutes in to a game then take the lead position and then have to start all over again. So overall it's a fantastic, super fun concept that still needs some modifications and work to be perfect.

Outside of that it's fucking amazing. Addictive, rewarding and fun. Looking forward to the full release.
 
Par Score said:
Yeeeahh.

Allowing people to name their blobs "NAZI" or "hitler" is one thing (coming up with a workable, automated ban list is by no means easy or free), but actively encouraging it by giving them skins?

That's gross.
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There's an argument to be made that it increases the competitiveness of the game. Also, just because an image is available in a game doesn't mean it's endorsing the idea behind the image.
 
Scrooged said:
There's an argument to be made that it increases the competitiveness of the game. Also, just because an image is available in a game doesn't mean it's endorsing the idea behind the image.
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Putting in certain names gives your character a different skin. This is different than there being a swastika texture in a WW2 game. I don't think "increased competitiveness" is a much of a defense. This isn't much different than having a KKK skin, if at all.
 
udivision said:
Putting in certain names gives your character a different skin. This is different than there being a swastika texture in a WW2 game. I don't think "increased competitiveness" is a much of a defense. This isn't much different than having a KKK skin, if at all.
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Why does it need a defense, exactly? There is no narrative or context to anything. The names and skins are just a metagame that you have to impart meaning into.
 
The way eject works and it being possible to make more spikes by ejecting into the spikes is very cool.

People wanted me to become their leader.
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Qurupeke said:
Did I understand something wrong or they spikes can attack now?
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Eject now shoots in the direction you are moving now. And now you can eject into a spike which causes another spike to grow out of it and then head in the direction you were ejecting.
 
DaBoss said:
Eject now shoots in the direction you are moving now. And now you can eject into a spike which causes another spike to grow out of it and then head in the direction you were ejecting.
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Daaamn. This apparently killed the guy that was first and I absorbed him... only to meet the same fate.
 
I got killed by someone ejecting into a green spike and then ejecting a green spike at me, but I tried to do the same thing and it didn't work. Not sure how this mechanic works :/
 
Exploding8 said:
I got killed by someone ejecting into a green spike and then ejecting a green spike at me, but I tried to do the same thing and it didn't work. Not sure how this mechanic works :/
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Press 'W' to eject. You need to put like 5 or so blobs into the spike.
 
They complicated a bit the mechanics. I'm not so hooked on it anymore.

I've played this game for like a week and already want a classic version of it.
 
Par Score said:
Allowing people to name their blobs "NAZI" or "hitler" is one thing (coming up with a workable, automated ban list is by no means easy or free), but actively encouraging it by giving them skins?

That's gross.
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It's worthless anyway. I played as "Nazi" and "Hitler" when the skins were newly implemented (just look at two pages ago). It has no significance for me, I don't care. Heck, people can write whatever they want on the internet. Acting it out in real life is a whole different matter though.
Also, do you think it being available has any effect of the symbol representing the atrocities of WW2? People and things like that get demonized to teach kids about it but in reality, you will never grasp the situation and everything that happened because you didn't live in that time and you haven't experienced something relatable (talking about the Western world).
Heck, just look at how the words are abused these days. Greece mess up and newspapers there make comparisons and give names. Some third world country's leader is annoyed by something and tells Germany that they are Nazis and should keep out of his affairs.
 
DaBoss said:
Eject now shoots in the direction you are moving now. And now you can eject into a spike which causes another spike to grow out of it and then head in the direction you were ejecting.
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This makes the mid-size game soooo much more interesting, especially around the big battles if there happens to be a spike
 
DaBoss said:
Press 'W' to eject. You need to put like 5 or so blobs into the spike.
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Oh man thanks so much, really useful. Hopefully they'll put that on the intro screen eventually.

Played a lot last night, got really big as "YouKnowNothing" and someone made a "Jon Snow" and just sorta sat next to me for a while, it was awesome. A couple guys tried to go after him and I killed them for him :P
 
I saw a Piccolo, so I became Gohan and kind of circled around Piccolo. He then began chasing after me (despite being like 10x my size) :(
 
Damn this is so fun. I had a decent one going but decided to check what the spikey cell does, got split apart and immediately eaten, shame :(
 
MikeDip said:
I was going to say the same thing. The boundaries need a visible boarder.
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No way, a critical part of fat-cell strategy is to eat up all the pellets in a corner so no one can tell its a corner, hover innocuously nearby, then when some small cell floats up think it's going by you with no problem you can gently and slowly drift down upon them like a single-celled cloud of death.

And if you're split into 2 or 4 it works even better, because you can line up all your bits parallel to the wall, then as you come down your meal can see freedom, but also that they will never make it.

Muahahahahaaa...
 
Scrooged said:
There's an argument to be made that it increases the competitiveness of the game. Also, just because an image is available in a game doesn't mean it's endorsing the idea behind the image.
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Exactly, most people are joking with their nametags. Nothing to get worked up about.
 
tcrunch said:
No way, a critical part of fat-cell strategy is to eat up all the pellets in a corner so no one can tell its a corner, hover innocuously nearby, then when some small cell floats up think it's going by you with no problem you can gently and slowly drift down upon them like a single-celled cloud of death.

And if you're split into 2 or 4 it works even better, because you can line up all your bits parallel to the wall, then as you come down your meal can see freedom, but also that they will never make it.

Muahahahahaaa...
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This is by far the best part of the game.

You will never escape Gluttony!
 
Finally made it to the top of a server. I was easily twice the size of the next guy, and we just kept getting kills by cornering other people and making them choose the form of the destructer. Eventually, I died when a spike anemone thing spawned under me. I broke into pieces so I deliberately fed everything to the second biggest guy. Now he's probably twice as big as I was. Good look, Killbutt2.
 
The new feature allowing you to spit cells out in a chosen direct is ruining the game. I've been on at least 3 boards today in which I've witnessed groups of cells actively feeding one another and dominating the board.
 
Maximus P said:
The new feature allowing you to spit cells out in a chosen direct is ruining the game. I've been on at least 3 boards today in which I've witnessed groups of cells actively feeding one another and dominating the board.
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Tell me about it dude. Just hit up a Chinese server for kicks and the dominating cell that was fucking massive had his own sidekick who he repeatedly boosted and fed. I've been playing this today and it's not as fun as when I played last night. This isn't a co-operative or team game and the new mechanic is making it one.

Hope the devs issue a fix. I had a blast on this last night. Not so much today.
 
Par Score said:
Made it to number 1 on Europe for a while. The best thing about W is using it to grant largesse to any smaller blobs you take a liking to once you're top dog.



Yeeeahh.

Allowing people to name their blobs "NAZI" or "hitler" is one thing (coming up with a workable, automated ban list is by no means easy or free), but actively encouraging it by giving them skins?

That's gross.
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Watch it get cleaned up for the potential Steam release. It's a really fun concept so I hope the edgy 4chan humor is phased out.

I like naming myself uPlay and going after guys names Steam. I'm horrible
GaimeGuy said:
I saw a Piccolo, so I became Gohan and kind of circled around Piccolo. He then began chasing after me (despite being like 10x my size) :(
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I saw someone named Perfect Cell. I named myself Krillin for some self sacrifice shenanigans but alas, he was already gone.
 
Easy_D said:
Watch it get cleaned up for the potential Steam release. It's a really fun concept so I hope the edgy 4chan humor is phased out.

I like naming myself uPlay and going after guys names Steam. I'm horrible

I saw someone named Perfect Cell. I named myself Krillin for some self sacrifice shenanigans but alas, he was already gone.
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I named myself Future Trunks so I could chuckle about killing cells... and then someone was android 18 and I ate them repeatedly. Lol. I wanted someone to be Imperfect Cell, then to eat 17 and 18 and change to perfect cell. Too amusing.
 
DaBoss said:
Eject now shoots in the direction you are moving now. And now you can eject into a spike which causes another spike to grow out of it and then head in the direction you were ejecting.
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So that's why I exploded out of nowhere.
 
lol, I was playing over the weekend as Josuke Higash. and I swallowed some guy named Joseph Joestar who was in 2nd or something. It's fun trying to butt references head to head :p
 
Maximus P said:
The new feature allowing you to spit cells out in a chosen direct is ruining the game. I've been on at least 3 boards today in which I've witnessed groups of cells actively feeding one another and dominating the board.
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Yeah, I saw "I'm_ur_teammate" and decided to take him up on it by feeding him one mass unit. He responded by inflating me from ~100 to his size, then we proceeded to destroy the rest of the board. Spike in your way? Who cares, one of you runs into it and then feeds the resulting bits to the other, who then in turn reinflates your remaining cell. Someone catches you mid split ? Jokes on him, for you are already swelling up while your feeder is cutting off his escape. We'd spit out mass and watch little dudes swarm, then split and eat them just for fun, then eat half the split and reinflate the other. I don't really know any way we could have been stopped. Quit at 13000.
 
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