To plan a joke...

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Zaccix

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Around this time last year, some of us were sitting in #planetunreal just chatting (as you do). Then Yellow5 had an idea... Attached is the unedited log, and a blast from the past if ever there was one :) )

That map was never actually made, but was still fun to talk about :)

(I would've posted the log as a thread, but the forums still come up with the "Too many images" message even if you disable smileys before posting. Also, the original txt file came out wrongly formatted if downloaded as an attachment, so this time it's a zip. Big bugs, I'd say).
 

hal

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Here's where I jump in and save you lazy people with mah l337 n0t3p4d sk1l55. :D

To plan a joke...
<Yellow5> I'm tempted to post a false trick on the PU news page, just to see how many people will try it.
<Zaccix_TC|PuF> hehehe
<Zaccix_TC|PuF> well April 1st is coming up :)
<Yellow5> Oh yeah.. perfect.
<Zaccix_TC|PuF> thanks for the early warning :)
<Yellow5> heh
<Jerith> Well, I just found out where Rooster has been tonight... installing Win2K.
<Yellow5> It
<Yellow5> bah
<Yellow5> It'll have to be good tho
<Yellow5> LIke fake map secrets or something.
<Zaccix_TC|PuF> or how to play Face without ever getting sniped :)
<Yellow5> bah
<Yellow5> Impossible. ;)
<Yellow5> Oh I got one..
<Zaccix_TC|PuF> "EXCLUSIVE: The Facing Worlds "Un-sniperble" Trick" :)
<PissedMyPants|PuF> the secret door in Face
<Yellow5> An invis walkway in face that lets you "walk on air" all the way to the other base.
<PissedMyPants|PuF> those triggers open it
<Yellow5> People would be jumping off all day
<PissedMyPants|PuF> yours is better
<PissedMyPants|PuF> like in Faith
<Jerith> Thats funny .
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<PissedMyPants|PuF> U have to do a rocket jump to get to the path
<[CMi]Soul-Crusher> Hello folks...
<Yellow5> No no.. A redeemer jump. =)
<Jerith> You know I heard that there are textureless surfaces on Face in the big open holes in front of the bases.
<PissedMyPants|PuF> have em blowing themselves to bits
<Zaccix_TC|PuF> hehehe
<Zaccix_TC|PuF> hey soul
<[CMi]Soul-Crusher> So what's the haps?
<Yellow5> We're talkiing about the new CTF Face trick
<[CMi]Soul-Crusher> Ahh..right
<[CMi]Soul-Crusher> Saw some screenshots of that
<Yellow5> No this is different
<Zaccix_TC|PuF> it rocks apparently, although I haven't tried it myself
<[CMi]Soul-Crusher> You're not talking about the hidden surface hiding area?
<Yellow5> Similar
<[CMi]Soul-Crusher> oh
<Yellow5> YOu can actually walk all the way across to the other base.
<[CMi]Soul-Crusher> really??
<[CMi]Soul-Crusher> now THAT's interesting
<[CMi]Soul-Crusher> sounds like a serious bug to me
* Yellow5 has pissed himself.
<Yellow5> I am kidding. ;)
<[CMi]Soul-Crusher> hehe..I'm about to....brb
<Zaccix_TC|PuF> hehehe
<Yellow5> We are trying to come up with a nice April 1st joke for PU news. =)
<Yellow5> See, it would work..
<Xylene|PuF> hi;)
<Zaccix_TC|PuF> yeah, and I can imagine the forums in the aftermath :)
<Yellow5> OMG the hate mail would be incredible.
<Zaccix_TC|PuF> yeah hehehe
<[CMi]Soul-Crusher> back
<[CMi]Soul-Crusher> Heya Xy
<Yellow5> I get enough of that as it is.
<Xylene|PuF> hi:)
<Xylene|PuF> hehe
<Xylene|PuF> aw
<Xylene|PuF> yello you'll never get hate mail from me :)
<Zaccix_TC|PuF> hmm we might do an April Fool joke of our own at Capture >:)
<Yellow5> True
<[CMi]Soul-Crusher> Capture should do a review of the worst CTF map ever, and give it a 10 :)
<Yellow5> Xy is too nice to send hate mail.
<Yellow5> Or make a new map.
<Xylene|PuF> :)
<[CMi]Soul-Crusher> yeah
<Yellow5> And then review it
<[CMi]Soul-Crusher> a really really crappy one
<Yellow5> Like two big boxes
<[CMi]Soul-Crusher> hehe
<PissedMyPants|PuF> that would be great
<Yellow5> With disco lights
<[CMi]Soul-Crusher> or both the flags right next to each other
<Yellow5> hahaha
<Yellow5> YES!
<Xylene|PuF> hehe
<[CMi]Soul-Crusher> DISCO LIGHTS!!!
<[CMi]Soul-Crusher> HAHAHAHA
<Xylene|PuF> ya know
<PissedMyPants|PuF> if people say you're wrong: just say no it's subtle
<Xylene|PuF> if i ever learn how to use a map editor
<[CMi]Soul-Crusher> yes!...Saturday night Capture!
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<Xylene|PuF> i wanna make austion power's pad
<PissedMyPants|PuF> staying alive!
<Yellow5> You have to do this for Capture
<[CMi]Soul-Crusher> hehe
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<Zaccix_TC|PuF> we will hehehe
* [CMi]Soul-Crusher <singing> Ah- ah - ah - ah - capture the flag - capture the flag <to the tune of stayin' alive>
<Zaccix_TC|PuF> ROFL
<PissedMyPants|PuF> oh boy
<[CMi]Soul-Crusher> hehe
<Yellow5> And you have to get the Stayin Alive disco music
<Xylene|PuF> hehehe
<[CMi]Soul-Crusher> heheh...YES
<Zaccix_TC|PuF> we'll need someone who can map tho
<Zaccix_TC|PuF> (or not, as the case may be :)
<[CMi]Soul-Crusher> It would be two disco halls....and a street....
<Yellow5> Oh that's easy.. I'm sure someone like Willhaven would do it.
<Zaccix_TC|PuF> probably
<Yellow5> Just have them use a false name like "K00lM4pp3r"
<[CMi]Soul-Crusher> And you need a new Leisure Suit skin to go with it.
<[CMi]Soul-Crusher> Or whatever they wore in the disco era
* Zaccix_TC|PuF is still laughing :)
<[CMi]Soul-Crusher> :)
<Yellow5> Or make on huge box, with a single glass wall.
<Yellow5> With one small area to tele through
<Yellow5> Have to trans through it.
<[CMi]Soul-Crusher> You have to have the screen shot of the map with the player named John Travolta
<[CMi]Soul-Crusher> lol Yellow
<Jerith> Yellow you could never score a capture...
<[CMi]Soul-Crusher> I was just thinking that
<Yellow5> I know!!
<[CMi]Soul-Crusher> hehe
<[CMi]Soul-Crusher> hahaha
<Jerith> Thats FUNNY!
<[CMi]Soul-Crusher> YES!
<Yellow5> Thats the beauty
<[CMi]Soul-Crusher> that would be the point!
<Xylene|PuF> hehehe
<[CMi]Soul-Crusher> hahahaha
<[CMi]Soul-Crusher> that's great!
<Jerith> EVIL!
<Yellow5> The best CT Fmap EVER! Everyone wins!
<PissedMyPants|PuF> if someone say they can't capture,
<Zaccix_TC|PuF> i'll send a log of this chat to whoever the lucky mapper is, cos I could never explain it properly :)
<PissedMyPants|PuF> just say they don't know how
<[CMi]Soul-Crusher> hehehe
<Zaccix_TC|PuF> i can just imagine the email :)
<[CMi]Soul-Crusher> they ain't got da skillz
<Yellow5> Or mock them for being idiots because they "don't know the trick"
<PissedMyPants|PuF> CTF_EVIL
<[CMi]Soul-Crusher> hehe
<Zaccix_TC|PuF> CTF-SaturdayNightCapture - great name :)
<[CMi]Soul-Crusher> CTF-CantFindTheHole
<Jerith> lol
<Yellow5> omg my sides hurt.
<[CMi]Soul-Crusher> ;-)
<PissedMyPants|PuF> CTF_IsItInYet?
<[CMi]Soul-Crusher> hehehehe
<[CMi]Soul-Crusher> oh dear
<Xylene|PuF> hmmmm
<Zaccix_TC|PuF> i think i've woken the neighbours :)
<[CMi]Soul-Crusher> hahahahaha
<[CMi]Soul-Crusher> Hopefully not by yelling out "CANT FIND THE HOLE! AHAHAHAHA"
<Yellow5> It's got to have every damn annoying UT map trick known to man.
<Yellow5> Strobe and disco lights, terrible custom music.
<Zaccix_TC|PuF> one spawn spot :)
<[CMi]Soul-Crusher> hehe
<[CMi]Soul-Crusher> hahahahaha
<[CMi]Soul-Crusher> yes!
<Zaccix_TC|PuF> for both teams :)
<Jerith> Don't forget really tight spiral staircases!
<Yellow5> oh my..
<[CMi]Soul-Crusher> I can just read the review now...hehe...oh man
<Yellow5> and LOTS of lava or slime
<[CMi]Soul-Crusher> "This map is great. I expect to see it on all the popular servers. GO GET IT!"
<Jerith> A spiral staircase is NOT a spiral staircase if you don't have to pick up the mouse three times to move one rotation.
<Yellow5> One small spawn area, with tiny stepping stones across a large lava area
<Zaccix_TC|PuF> we'd have to get a news post on PU declaring it the "best CTF map ever! or something like that :)
<[CMi]Soul-Crusher> hehe
<[CMi]Soul-Crusher> hehehe
<Yellow5> Oh the news post is no problem. MAP OF THE YEAR!
<[CMi]Soul-Crusher> hahah!
<Zaccix_TC|PuF> hehehehe
<Zaccix_TC|PuF> "This Map will OWN you! Hard!"
<Yellow5> Get CliffyB involved and have him nominate it for "This Map Owns!"
<[CMi]Soul-Crusher> haha!
<Zaccix_TC|PuF> LOL!
<Jerith> I'm sure CrankySteve would love it.
<Zaccix_TC|PuF> this would be one hell of a heist to pull off :)
<[CMi]Soul-Crusher> hehe
* Zaccix_TC|PuF needs a drink :)
<Yellow5> This has to be done.
* [CMi]Soul-Crusher ponders opening up his editor and playing some funky music, white boy.
<Jerith> Whats scary is that as far as map-making goes I don't think we are discussing something very hard. I bet we wouldn't even have to make one, there are probably dozens of "my first maps" out there that already fit the bill.
<Zaccix_TC|PuF> oh absolutely :)
<Zaccix_TC|PuF> the thing is, this would be even beyond the crapness of THOSE maps :)
<Yellow5> We are forgetting one thing...
<[CMi]Soul-Crusher> eh?
<Yellow5> Custom messages in the map
<[CMi]Soul-Crusher> The scrolly ones?
<Yellow5> Nothing worse than having a message pop up in the middle of the screen every 5 seconds.
<[CMi]Soul-Crusher> hmm...haven't seen those
<Zaccix_TC|PuF> like a DJ who keeps saying "PLAY THAT FUNKY MUSIC, WHITE BOY!"
<Yellow5> You know, like in SOB-Forst when someone gets a redeemer.
<Yellow5> sob-forts
<Xylene|PuF> hehe
<Zaccix_TC|PuF> "YEAH LOVE THE POLYSTYRENE HAIR!"
<[CMi]Soul-Crusher> We need a scrolly one that says something like "[CMi]Soul-Crusher leads the Disco with 14 straight hours dancing."
<Yellow5> And duh...
<Zaccix_TC|PuF> hehehehe
<Yellow5> Only have redeemer in the map
<[CMi]Soul-Crusher> hahaha
<Zaccix_TC|PuF> hehehe yeah
<Xylene|PuF> Yellow5 is a bad mother shut-yo-mouth
<Yellow5> lol
<[CMi]Soul-Crusher> hehe
<Xylene|PuF> )
<Xylene|PuF> :-o
<Zaccix_TC|PuF> see how many people download it :)
* Xylene|PuF was smacked down by the theme song to Shaft
<[CMi]Soul-Crusher> hahaha
* Zaccix_TC|PuF can hear that butt guitar even now :)
<Xylene|PuF> make the map a huge platform shew :)
<Xylene|PuF> shoe
<Xylene|PuF> haha i can spell today
<[CMi]Soul-Crusher> hehe
<Yellow5> We'd need a framerate killer in there too...
<Yellow5> Like all of the walls are mirrors.
* [CMi]Soul-Crusher now wishes he had spent more time practicing 3DStudio...I have so many ideas for a Disco level
<Xylene|PuF> hehe
<Zaccix_TC|PuF> hehe
<Xylene|PuF> 5 fps would rock
<Zaccix_TC|PuF> get a mirrorball hanging in the middle made up of thousands of polys :)
<Yellow5> Just like Q3A. ;)
<[CMi]Soul-Crusher> You know...I could probably whip up this architecture in a few minutes...after all...the worse the better
<Xylene|PuF> hehe
<[CMi]Soul-Crusher> the spinning lights would take more time
<Xylene|PuF> i can't figure out how to work unrealed ;(
<Xylene|PuF> it crashes my puter
<[CMi]Soul-Crusher> did you get the patch?
<Xylene|PuF> no
<[CMi]Soul-Crusher> The dll thingy?
<Xylene|PuF> it runs
<[CMi]Soul-Crusher> oh
<Xylene|PuF> but f i click on something
<Xylene|PuF> poof
<[CMi]Soul-Crusher> anything?
<Jerith> I goofed around with it before I installed Win2k, but I have not tried it yet since.
* Zaccix_TC|PuF is listening to BeeGees - Stayin' Alive
<Xylene|PuF> it makes my cursor disappear
<Zaccix_TC|PuF> :)
<Xylene|PuF> then i can't shut it down
<Xylene|PuF> till i do ctrl alt del
<Xylene|PuF> then it gives me a bsod
<[CMi]Soul-Crusher> I've started a few maps...and I am working on an idea for a new one...one that I want to actually finish
<[CMi]Soul-Crusher> that sucks Xy
<Xylene|PuF> how about a massive circle the size of hall of giants
<Xylene|PuF> that's just covered with a really ugly pattern
<Xylene|PuF> hehe
<[CMi]Soul-Crusher> hehe
<Yellow5> Dammit! Lots and I mean LOTS of fog!
<Zaccix_TC|PuF> or mirrors :)
<Zaccix_TC|PuF> hehehe
<[CMi]Soul-Crusher> hmm...fog....
<Xylene|PuF> i hate fog :)
<Jerith> Ya! Its not fog if you can see.
<Xylene|PuF> oh wait what else do i hate
<Xylene|PuF> hey water sucks
<[CMi]Soul-Crusher> damn...I want to make this level now...actually...I want to make a GOOD version of this level....
<Xylene|PuF> make it totally underwater and put no scuba gear
<[CMi]Soul-Crusher> haha
<Yellow5> hahahah
<Zaccix_TC|PuF> basically if a Geforce user gets 5fps, it's doing it's job :)
<Jerith> Or standing water cubes!
<Xylene|PuF> hehe
<[CMi]Soul-Crusher> haha
<Yellow5> CTF-glubglub
<[CMi]Soul-Crusher> or stuff that totally doesn't belong...like a waterfall in the middle of the Disco....
<Xylene|PuF> hehe
<Yellow5> All underwater.
<Xylene|PuF> make an acid trip map
<Xylene|PuF> hehe
<Zaccix_TC|PuF> make the bots just stand in the corners and dance :)
<[CMi]Soul-Crusher> "I put it in cause I thought waterfalls were cool."
<Xylene|PuF> just um totally unreleated and weird shit :)
<[CMi]Soul-Crusher> hahaha
<[CMi]Soul-Crusher> if the bots would dance...that would rock
<Xylene|PuF> how about face but upside down so you fall every time you respawn
<[CMi]Soul-Crusher> haha
<Zaccix_TC|PuF> actually there's a map called CTF-Rave you might be interested in :)
<Xylene|PuF> you jiust have to hope you catch the edge of the buildings right
<Xylene|PuF> really ?
<Zaccix_TC|PuF> brilliant but annoying strobe lights :)
<Yellow5> Theres a dancing map already
<Xylene|PuF> hehe
<Yellow5> for Unreal.
* [CMi]Soul-Crusher is going to a rave again soon...weeeeeee
<Xylene|PuF> haven't got unreal :-(
<Yellow5> One of the early maps
<[CMi]Soul-Crusher> Unreal kicked ass
<Yellow5> A map full of monsters dancing.
<Zaccix_TC|PuF> CTF-SaturdayNightUnderwater :)
<Xylene|PuF> hehe
<[CMi]Soul-Crusher> haha
<Xylene|PuF> jenny is tired
 

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How about an inverted Face map that dropped you into a inescapable body of water, with no scuba gear and a disco ball at the bottom made of thousands of polygons? More features:

*Flashing strobe lights.

*One flag.

*One spawn point.

*Redeemer Arena.

*Loud-screechy music.