Plutorus

Thought it might be fun to take a short walk down memory lane. Some of my favorite anecdotes and pilots, randomly: Sasquatch, who spoke no words except for Sasquatch> "Sasquatch!" that he'd randomly yell in pub. Always got a kick out of this Wormhole Fiend, who would spend his day rotating around the wormhole, waiting to trap victims with his wall. Most unique gameplay style ever? Dino722, for longevity, class, and tomato sauce... Montezuma, a friend, for fanning the flames and always adding a splash of Down Under. Nobody incited more politically charged discourse! C H I R P, whom patrolled the tunnels during my nascent days. Another great playstylist! Ethylene!, for forcing me to fly jav. I can't think of anyone else that has so consistently maintained a legion of detractors for so long. There is a charm buried somewhere within that disgruntled exterior... To me, the most fearsome pubber was NME. I don't know how many countless times we faced off outside of the castle, but I do know that it was me who found himself greening after most of them. Best record: Some might say Chemical's run, which included a crazy avg, but he had heaps of swarmy help. The best solo performance I've seen was by RaVen!, who went well over 100-0. He did it the hard way, by wading through and mowing down busy 2004-ish traffic. Best lifetime body of work? Only two nominees here - Snafu and Starscream And of course all of the squaddies on Ballistics. Ace-high, Kepi, Agentsteel, Mac-man, a du kit, drevok, Cavitation, Absocold, Dantos, Demerol, Largo, Mobboss, Bortas, WORDS. WORDS. WORDS. What happened to Bukkwild? Gruntster? Semi? Wolverine^? Pushead? Don Cherry? Jolly Roger? Would love to hear your memories - old, new, or current - share below! -Plutorus/AOL

Nine, I've always sort of selfishly liked the idea of no safe zones, but I'd need far more than a single line proposition for my vote. Obv, it would be a massive change to what has traditionally been in place, and as I haven't given it proper consideration myself, I'd need muy pros/cons/thoughts before being able to say "yes, I support that". Can you start us all off with more info?

Voting for 9 hour limit - IMO, the incentive here to stay ingame outweighs the negatives in this case. And if it were also put to vote, I'd go with streaks ending when entering a safe or a minute or two afterward. Thanks for the poll!

Well, that explains the sudden reappearance of Birdman Jr! Ka Kaw!

I like the new castle modifications. But the radical "Wobbit House" still gets my vote - it's fresh, energetic, well-designed, and most importantly, very fun to play

Two thumbs up!

Party like it's 2009!

Eye of Ender looking good! Skills improving with each image, Jabbb

I sensed the same; there was some fresh electricity in the air this weekend!

This is good info. Maybe worth a sticky?

Hiya Nude. Thanks for your comments, I appreciate it. I had purposely left out gameplay logistics from my initial post, because it wasn't really worth considering if the technical ability weren't feasible... My inspiration for posing the question is tied to the previously more severe bonus ability of "REVENGE!", which allowed you to explode a target of your choosing. Revenge was a lot of fun, and I think a large part of that was simply having yet another way of engaging/damaging your enemies (outside of bullets, bombs, mines, or thors.) Implementing anything of this nature would definitely require gloved, delicate handling. Off the cuff, you could make it super expensive, for example. Over the course of a reset, I'd love to be able to zap a rocket from Ethylene! for 20 bonuses or so. But I wouldn't be able to afford this pricy bonus very often, especially for such a low-rent tweak! Btw, I like the idea of a rare all-deplete green! The rush would be on to toss your thors at your nearest opponent Trigger is really intriguing too! -Plut/AOL

DZA settings weekend sounds great, very much looking forward to it!

Comment: I really like the addition of the red bullets/bombs to the bonus list. It opens up a lot of interesting challenges and options. Question: Would it be technically possible to offer downgrade bonuses that you could use on others? Like using some bonus points towards zapping a target's antiwarp away, or their level 2 bullets to level 1's, etc. Bonus Wars!! AOL/Plut

I love the safe zone in castle, but I also would prefer if the inner structure were re-opened so you could fly around the entirety of it. It's definitely an important fixture.

It's the amazing community of chaos that keeps me coming back for more. For me, its almost like an episode of Cheers (showing my age now), and seeing the same old personalities flying around and chatting it up, day after day. My favorite moments in chaos? When Dino722 is slip n' sliding that terrier across my screen, firing those same double barrels he was firing at me in 1999. =) AOL/Plut

Happy New Year Axe/All! I'm loving the passion and brainwork in this thread. On this specific point, Axe, I'm not sure I envision that a 4v4 squad has much more incentive to visit CZ if minimum freqs are set at 4 (as opposed to 3). From my experience, whenever my past 4v4 squads have wanted league practice, we'd definitely stick to the 4v4 arenas. Although, to your point, there is more activity in CZ today than in those arenas, which are now often empty... If we were waiting for a prac to start, hanging around or just catching our breath - we might come to CZ to let off steam. But this could be any combination of pilots, 5/6 as readily as 4, so we'd usually split up to different freqs as necessary. Just my two-penny, gray-haired perspective on a small bit of a larger conversion Plut/AOL