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tfeign
Profile Joined June 2004
United States2980 Posts
Last Edited: 2004-08-10 13:15:30
August 10 2004 13:13 GMT
#1
You know what I'm talking about? Greed, Slaughter, Sudden Death, and Capture the Flag.

I have absolutely no clue what each of these game modes mean. I tried to search for them but to no avail. Does anyone know how each these game modes are played?


Also, is there anyone who would like to play in one of these game modes? After 1000s of melee games I think we should take a small break and play some of these game modes because I think it would be fun for a bit. Who's interested? Leave your sn and gateway you play on and I'll come to catch you (but find out how these game modes are played first)
Liquid`Jinro
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
Sweden33719 Posts
Last Edited: 2004-08-10 13:19:12
August 10 2004 13:17 GMT
#2
I'm the fucking king of CTF FFA :D
I was soooo close to winning a 4 player FFA CTF by taking everyones flag ;D Was vs Stimey Shadow and overtlogic I think Matrix dropped my way to ovlos and shadows flags, then I took stimeys but my dship died to his mass bcs in my base just when I unloaded

CTF = basically you get a flag on a beacon a couple of minutes into the game and then you try to protect your flag and steal others (by bringing scv to it and taking it to beacon).

Greed I think is just some money whoring thing.
Slaughter just most kills I guess, sudden death is like all the units on low ground dies after a set amount of time I think :o or minerals run dry, I can't remember!
Moderatortell the guy that interplanatar interaction is pivotal to terrans variety of optionitudals in the pre-midgame preperatories as well as the protosstinal deterriggation of elite zergling strikes - Stimey n | Formerly FrozenArbiter
Chogs_User
Profile Joined January 2004
United States410 Posts
Last Edited: 2004-08-10 13:20:40
August 10 2004 13:19 GMT
#3
Greed is the first player to reach a set number of minerals. I think default is like 10,000.

Slaughter is first player to reah a set number of unit kills.

Sudden Death..dunno.

Capture the flag is Awful. You each start with a beacon near your base with a flag in the middle of it. Then, it's the first player to retrieve the other player's flag wins. Only a drone/scv/probe can pick up enemy's flag. It might be a more interesting game if you set a time limit before you are allowed to capture your friend's flag.

You did not mention team melee, so I am guessing you know how that setting works.

Edit:: FrozenArbiter is a speed typist.
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Liquid`Jinro
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
Sweden33719 Posts
August 10 2004 13:22 GMT
#4
The flag doesn't appear for a few minutes anyways :D
Moderatortell the guy that interplanatar interaction is pivotal to terrans variety of optionitudals in the pre-midgame preperatories as well as the protosstinal deterriggation of elite zergling strikes - Stimey n | Formerly FrozenArbiter
Chogs_User
Profile Joined January 2004
United States410 Posts
August 10 2004 13:23 GMT
#5
oh my bad, It's been a while
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tfeign
Profile Joined June 2004
United States2980 Posts
Last Edited: 2004-08-10 13:34:26
August 10 2004 13:33 GMT
#6
You want to play CTF FrozenArbiter?

Anyone who wants to play any of these game modes msg tfeign on west
Petachu
Profile Joined October 2003
Canada354 Posts
August 10 2004 13:45 GMT
#7
sudden death is when your cc/nexus/main hatch dies... then you lose the game
Liquid`Jinro
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
Sweden33719 Posts
August 10 2004 13:52 GMT
#8
Sorry, 8 am here - I'm going to sleep :D
Moderatortell the guy that interplanatar interaction is pivotal to terrans variety of optionitudals in the pre-midgame preperatories as well as the protosstinal deterriggation of elite zergling strikes - Stimey n | Formerly FrozenArbiter
Waxangel
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
United States33584 Posts
August 10 2004 13:52 GMT
#9
in sudden death you lose when ANY hatch/cc/nexus dies, sucks for zerg -_-
AdministratorHey HP can you redo everything youve ever done because i have a small complaint?
Waxangel
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
United States33584 Posts
August 10 2004 13:53 GMT
#10
they had a sudden death league on OGN a few years ago for fun, it was pretty boring.

the players played random because they were for fun games, which I've always hate. The "for fun" games become awful when the players start sucking ass with races they don't know how to play

anyway I think ssamjang won that league? I forgot T_T
AdministratorHey HP can you redo everything youve ever done because i have a small complaint?
Muhweli
Profile Joined September 2002
Finland5328 Posts
August 10 2004 13:55 GMT
#11
yup
River me timbers.
red.venom
Profile Joined October 2002
United States4651 Posts
August 10 2004 14:16 GMT
#12
On August 10 2004 22:53 Waxangel wrote:
they had a sudden death league on OGN a few years ago for fun, it was pretty boring.

the players played random because they were for fun games, which I've always hate. The "for fun" games become awful when the players start sucking ass with races they don't know how to play

anyway I think ssamjang won that league? I forgot T_T


Haha that sounds funny;[ I don't like for fun stuff either though.
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pheered.user
Profile Joined March 2003
United States2603 Posts
August 10 2004 14:18 GMT
#13
ffa sudden death is awesome "I dare you to expo"
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tfeign
Profile Joined June 2004
United States2980 Posts
August 10 2004 14:23 GMT
#14
Damn..no one has msged me yet. Guess you all dont want to give a change of pace a try.
[GiTM]-Ace
Profile Joined September 2002
United States4935 Posts
August 10 2004 14:25 GMT
#15
lmao fakesteve hosted a sudden death tourney not to long ago... I thought it wa sonly main hatch/nex/or cc so i expoed and go tclicffed and he killed expo and everything blew up !!!! BM!!!!!
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Resonate
Profile Joined October 2002
United Kingdom8402 Posts
August 10 2004 18:31 GMT
#16
they're all imbalanced in favour of terran (except greed - Zerg)
Memory lane in nice
Babar
Profile Joined July 2004
Barbados128 Posts
August 10 2004 18:35 GMT
#17
There should be special maps for these modes. Then it could work, but maybe not.
Pob
Profile Joined February 2004
880 Posts
August 10 2004 20:54 GMT
#18
On August 11 2004 03:35 Babar wrote:
There should be special maps for these modes. Then it could work, but maybe not.

soem of the original blizzard ums maps have these sorts of types eg 'king of the hill' , also theres that single player mission where you have to collect 10,000 crystals (and infest as many cc's as possible)
hitchhiker
Profile Joined March 2003
Portugal337 Posts
August 10 2004 21:09 GMT
#19
CTF is a fun game mod..

ppl should play it more often ^^
:?
tfeign
Profile Joined June 2004
United States2980 Posts
August 11 2004 01:17 GMT
#20
Okay if anyone wants to play some of these game types just give me a PM with your account and gateway you're using.
Prose
Profile Joined June 2004
Canada314 Posts
August 11 2004 01:29 GMT
#21
I love Team Melee because it enables me to train my friends who are newbies in the art of StarCraft, or is it in the craft of Star Wars? Anyhoots, they get to see my clicking patterns. I'll make a reaver drop and they'd watch it instead of making more units and buildings in our base. It's fun. The newbies love it.
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pooper-scooper
Profile Joined May 2003
United States3108 Posts
August 11 2004 01:35 GMT
#22
On August 11 2004 10:29 Prose wrote:
I love Team Melee because it enables me to train my friends who are newbies in the art of StarCraft, or is it in the craft of Star Wars? Anyhoots, they get to see my clicking patterns. I'll make a reaver drop and they'd watch it instead of making more units and buildings in our base. It's fun. The newbies love it.


Yes this is very helpful, I wish that I had learned this way with someone better, but the guy that showed me, I learned a decent amount from too.
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MaGnIfIcA
Profile Joined October 2002
Norway2312 Posts
August 11 2004 01:43 GMT
#23
Team Melee is so much fun, one macro one micro. Art stuff ~~
Wannabe sMB member yo, so spankable-.-v;;
Excalibur_Z
Profile Joined October 2002
United States12240 Posts
August 11 2004 01:45 GMT
#24
On August 10 2004 22:53 Waxangel wrote:
they had a sudden death league on OGN a few years ago for fun, it was pretty boring.

the players played random because they were for fun games, which I've always hate. The "for fun" games become awful when the players start sucking ass with races they don't know how to play

anyway I think ssamjang won that league? I forgot T_T


I heard that when Boxer played his Sudden Death games he would turtle then use EMP+Nuke or mass Yamato focus fire to win =)
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Kacas
Profile Joined July 2003
Brazil3143 Posts
August 11 2004 01:48 GMT
#25
Melee - Standard starting forces and resources, alliances allowed.

Free For All - Standard start, alliances and shared vision are disabled.

One on One - Free For All for two players only.

Capture the Flag - Standard start. Each player controls a flag that appears after a few minutes. The flag location (beacon) can be moved once at the beginning of the game. Flags can only be carried by workers (SCVs, Drones, Probes). Bringing an enemy flag to another player's flag beacon instantly kills the flag owner.

Greed - Standard start. The first player to accumulate the specified amount of resources (Minerals and Gas) wins the game.

Slaughter - Standard start. The player with the most kills when time runs out wins.

Sudden Death - Standard start. The loss of ANY "town hall" (Command Center, Nexus, Hatchery) is instant defeat. Expand carefully!

Ladder - Standard start. Alliances and shared vision are disabled, "Fastest" game speed may not be used, only official ladder maps are allowed, game results are automatically reported. The StarCraft Ladder FAQ contains detailed information on official scoring.

Use Map Settings - Uses the map's preset starting forces, resources, and enables any map-specific Triggers and Objectives.

Team Melee - Same as Melee, but with Team play (shared units) enabled.

Team Free For All - Same as FFA, but with Team play (shared units) enabled.

Team Capture the Flag - Same as CTF, but with Team play (shared units) enabled.

"Standard start" indicates each player starts with one Command Center / Nexus / Hatchery, 4 workers, and 50 minerals.
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jtan
Profile Blog Joined April 2003
Sweden5891 Posts
August 12 2004 02:07 GMT
#26
Playing 2v2 teammelee is also fun^^ (1v1 game that'll be).
Funniest is the start when both players are trying to do different bos like buildpylon-->cancelpylon-->buildpylon^^ Late game one can micro one can macro. Sounds cool, but doesnt work haha
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STIMEY d okgm fish
Profile Joined August 2003
Canada6140 Posts
August 12 2004 14:47 GMT
#27
team stuff is just shared units. if there was a competitive level of it, it would be cool. except replays saved from it aren't watchable (bug) :/

CTF is kinda flawed.. cuz ppl just defend their flag a bunch basically which throws off the balance, one player gets huge and destroys the other probably. maybe u could try 1v1 CTF (same race matchups) or 2v2 CTF. chasing down some guy who has a flag doesn't come into play very often but maybe if people got better at it they would focus more on being ready to intercept the flag than just defending it.

greed can be interesting but really if you get in a position where u have to attack to stop them from reaching the goal (N res to win) u probably gonna fail. so it's pretty throwaway in its current incarnation.

sudden death means someone loses all their shit (losing the game) if they suffer 1 hatchery, nexus, or cc death (razing). so basically ppl have to be a lot more conservative, same problem as CTF. might be okay if you love same race matchups, might be worth trying in 2v2s or 3v3s etc. for quicker games.

slaughter is actually somewhat interesting. there is a time limit. if the time limit is reached, the player with the most kills wins. of course this completely changes units because you wan't to avoid giving away too many kills. at the same time, u dont want to lose before time is up either -- u might even try, or be forced to try to win before then. i think this is an improvement on traditional FFAs. it might not be bad for 2v2 play either (with a higher time limit).
littlechava
Profile Blog Joined March 2004
United States7221 Posts
Last Edited: 2004-08-12 16:54:26
August 12 2004 16:52 GMT
#28
anyone wanna play ctf msg me at vdp]chava on euro :O
also if any of you have the ums of half life team fotress (kinda like an improved ctf imo) or snowball wars msg me please
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STIMEY d okgm fish
Profile Joined August 2003
Canada6140 Posts
August 13 2004 00:42 GMT
#29
oh yeah and all of blizz's ums's deserve a review as well because, for one thing, we could actually edit them as needed
green-tea
Profile Joined January 2004
United States59 Posts
August 15 2004 04:03 GMT
#30
On August 10 2004 22:45 Petachu wrote:
sudden death is when your cc/nexus/main hatch dies... then you lose the game
hahahaha, I'd just suicide tanks in Dships all day, Terran would win that everytime with repair.
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