I was supposed to enter that one Madballs video contest but shit got complicated and it never got finished. Fun thing is it was going on for months, but I only found out about it around 5 days before the deadline. Either way, I do have recordings of the past few days; expect a vid any day now.

Get it from here!

 
Any other updates to the pack will be posted here. Install instructions are present in the readme.txt file. If you spot something wrong with the pack, please let me know about it.

The sniper is one of the most powerful classes, 100% critical hit once charged? I’m there. That’s why my main class is Sniper, because I know a secret. I know that a sniper can kill any class in the game in one shot. You knew that already, right guys? I don’t think you did. Otherwise I wouldn’t hear Mr. E-Cop telling me to switch classes. You know what? Screw you, a sniper could kick you in the teeth.

You’ve played sniper, don’t lie, and you hated it. The thought of standing back behind cover and doing nothing really scared you, or you missed a lot. It’s tempting, you can aim for the head or the body, either one might score you some points (1 for a bodyshot, 2 for a headshot). But really, in today’s instant respawn servers, will those two points really be worth it? No, they won’t.

The classic Heavy-Medic combo, Siamese twins, the big guy with gun is pretty easy to scope and kill. But once again, is it worth it? Maybe, maybe not. There are tons of factors/variables that would tell you the importance of the kill, like, “If I kill the Heavy, could I kill the Medic right after? Or should I get the Medic first?” The answer is pretty clear (shoot the medic), because most likely the Heavy is under more fire than the Medic and he’d be taken down pretty quick without someone feeding him health.

So, back to the minigame I was discussing earlier (and the reason I’m writing this): I’ve noticed a disgusting habit forming among Snipers. While spectating I spotted a sniper give up two kills just to score one on another Sniper. This 2-1 ratio got me pretty mad, until I noticed that the guy was ranked highest in the server. Surely this man didn’t gain ALL these points killing other Snipers? Two points for a headshot is tempting, but getting two on an active Engineer/Medic should give you some bonus points. Which leads me to say, Snipers shouldn’t shoot Snipers.

“Okay, NOW you’ve gone too far.” Sure, maybe I have. Maybe you could prove me wrong. Go into a server and try to play Sniper without shooting another Sniper. One of two things could happen:

1)The other team won’t have any Snipers, making your job easier. Spies are the only issue (and your bad aim).
2)The other team will have Sniper(s). You’re their first priority and you’ll die again and again, unless he’s read this article in which case he won’t shoot you.

I know, this advice will fall on deaf ears. But seriously, for such a powerful class, why the bad rap? Snipers wars? Revenge? Minigames?

Well, anyway, I hope this answered some questions. This is my first article so I’m just getting my barrings. I know it seems a little disjointed but after a little guidance from my superiors I’m sure I’ll shape up. See you in the servers, guys.

Video after the jump…

Sounds a lot like something our scout would say. I’d keep a watch on their channel, the title of the video suggests more mocapped goodness in the future. The video isn’t real-time, at least from what I can gather source does not support direct input like that.

Meanwhile, check out this brilliant video of what breakdancing and motion capture can do if you haven’t already seen it. Don’t mind the awkward voice acting in the beginning, the video is a must see.

1) Saturday Night Fever Doctor by Chucrute,

2) How The Mighty Fall by Sajin, and

3) Sup ‘Yall by DaveRhodes.

Voting ends at the end of the day on Sunday (for me, which is Pacific time).

Now, GO! Vote! Democrafy! Please!

I’m a member of the Division 7 clan in TF2- come to our server, hang out. Most of us aren’t dicks. The IP’s 8.6.3.173:27015 and we have a Source TV running on it as well (sometimes). Hopefully that’ll be it as far as shameless plugs go, because I know you don’t really care.

Anyway, I haven’t got L4D yet, because it costs money. Which I do no have. Hopefully, I’ll get it for Christmas and then I can enjoy it with all you lucky people who have it already.

So, for my first real act as a writer here, I’m going to start a contest for all you peoples out there.

Here’s the subject: Deathcam shots. You know, that thing where it zooms into somebody after they kill you, and a small option pops up: to take a screenshot so you can go back later and remember the humiliation of being killed for the fifth time by some jerk.

Anyhoo, post a picture you’ve taken in the deathcam in a comment on this post, and by the end of the day tomorrow I’ll make another post with my three favorites, and we’ll have voting then. The winner will get, I don’t know, something. Probably just kudos and my gratitude for participating. Maybe EvilDaed will put it in the banner or something, I don’t know. That’s up to him.

There are no limits to how many photos you can submit, but each person will only be allowed one picture into the final three.

Well, to kick the contest off, here’s my entry (which will not actually be up for nomination to prevent a conflict of interest).

I look forward to seeing your entries!

Sounds funky, but it’s kinda funny. Get it from FPSBanana.

And in other news, there’s an even bigger version of the Mass A.I. vid up at PldX. Go check’em out, it’s a nice quality site.

Also, have some more movie stills.

Now, coop is very nice, but it does get boring, and as I’ve said before, versus was one of the main reasons I really wanted to get my hands on L4D.

Besides other dissapointments and pleasant surprises, one of the main things that still bothers me is this:

Most versus servers you try to join through matchmaking are laggy as hell! Using the server browser doesn’t seem to do much, and you really can’t consider that when you’re trying to play with friends. Besides that, the dedicated servers you get sent to sometimes are modded with melee stamina-like systems and other things. Mainly that bug/feature that only seems to allow 3 boss infected at a time. Another annoying thing is that survivors joining during a round do not join when they are ready, they forcibly get assigned to a character. This usually translates into the player taking over the bot ingame – while he’s still connecting. It’s tons of fun for the survivors to have to decide whenether to leave the guy there and press on with only three people, or try to hold out the area around him so you get the full survival multiplier at the end of the round. (Update: Okay, the lag isn’t THAT bad as I’d have you think it is these days.)

And in other news, I’m looking for a couple of chaps that would be willing to write articles for this site. Drop me a line at evildaedalus AT gmail DOT com. Mail me, and I’ll set up an account for you to see how well you do. Writing will involve knowledge of what’s going on in the TF2/L4D community, in a largely informal style. I’ll let you know how well you’re doing. If you’re under 16 years old however, please do not apply. Obviously, I won’t be able to give anything in return as the site’s only a month old and has no intention of going commercial.

Last but not least, I promised you a few higher resolution pics from the A.I vid. Okay, some aren’t actually from the vid, they’re just leftovers from recording. If you have a request, leave a comment, and I’ll try to grab a pic of it. If your request doesn’t show up it simply means I can’t do it either due to deleted footage or obsolete demos.

Pointy, Pointy2, Pointy3, Floaty, Lookie, Why sappers have no ammo counter, Armscout, A different version of the bridge scene, Creepy things happen when you mess with r_lod, and finally, a pimpcube.

Oh, and the donation drive went well, we managed to raise a whopping two dollars!

Take note, thought, that I’m the only one trying to populate our server, and every day I do that is pretty much a day not used for working on the movie, hint hint.

And in other news, since Manta Engie is on it’s own host now, I can upload this old heavy remix you might remember here for downloads that don’t eventually crap out on you.

TF2 – Who touched my gun?