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Idea for new weekly, fortnightly or whatever event

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Post by Hypnotoad » Sat Jul 27, 2013 8:21 pm

I think it would be a good idea to have an event that showcases some of the more wacky mods made for Zandronum. There is a lot of stuff made that is not quite suitably competitive or too complex for events like FnF, and not suitable as standard survival for SNS. I'm talking about mods such as STFootball, Hangman, ZDoom Wars, Dodgeball, MoP, Collect the Coins, Boss Battles, Sector Craft, Cyberrunner/jumpmaze/rocketjump, wormsdoom, minigames and the hundreds of other wads that rarely get played due to the very popular mods like ZH/AOW/GvH getting all the players.

An event such as "Monday Mod Showcase" could fit the bill - the idea would be to seek out new or less played mods for the community to try (and to see how badly they break with lots of players ;)), furthermore an event like this might encourage those with modding talents to create new and interesting mods for it.

So what do you guys think? I'd volunteer to lead this initiative if other people are interested.

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Hypnotoad wrote: So after discussing with some people it seems Sunday would be the best time, tux suggested 8.30pm UTC+1 (2.30pm for Americans), name will probably be Sunday Shenanigans.
Hypnotoad wrote: Alright guys so we have a channel now, #SundayShenanigans
Hypnotoad wrote: So this is a rough plan so far:

Idea is to make it fortnightly-ish, spend first week looking for and testing mods, then announce when the first week of the fortnight is up if something is found.
However, if nothing is found then we simply won't make an announcement for the event and will look again next week. This gives the event a fail safe in that it's not set in stone that it must occur every x days, so it's not a problem if we cannot find a suitable mod at the time.

Also, the event will probably not aim to be too long, unlike say FnF or SnS, due to some mods not being able to sustain gameplay for more than one or two hours.
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Post by one_Two » Sat Jul 27, 2013 8:25 pm

Mhm good idea.

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Post by Tux » Sat Jul 27, 2013 8:27 pm

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Post by Roluth » Sat Jul 27, 2013 8:33 pm

Sure, why not.

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Post by The Toxic Avenger » Sat Jul 27, 2013 8:34 pm

"Wednesday Night Wackiness"?

Not really opposed to it but not hugely in favor, but I'm all for more community stuff.

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Post by Konda » Sat Jul 27, 2013 8:34 pm

It's crappy projects time! *opens up map editor*
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Post by Hypnotoad » Sat Jul 27, 2013 8:37 pm

Ijon came up with the name "Wednesday Night Wildcard"

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Post by Untitled » Sat Jul 27, 2013 8:42 pm

I have another name proposal: Monday Night MAYHEM! (Because these kinds of projects are going to go to chaos)
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Post by katZune » Sat Jul 27, 2013 8:43 pm

Sunday Morning ***** ? (add a word) i agree with you idea, there are a lot of good mods that aren't played :(

oh and i guess its better sunday because most people is free that day? (at least here)
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Post by Ijon Tichy » Sat Jul 27, 2013 8:43 pm

do it faggot

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Post by Qent » Sat Jul 27, 2013 8:46 pm

Yes, please!

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Post by Cruduxy » Sat Jul 27, 2013 9:10 pm

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Post by Hypnotoad » Sat Jul 27, 2013 9:11 pm

So after discussing with some people it seems Sunday would be the best time, tux suggested 8.30pm UTC+1 (2.30pm for Americans), name will probably be Sunday Shenanigans.

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Post by Cyber' » Sat Jul 27, 2013 9:11 pm

Interesting...keep the ideas coming guys, and I'll see what I can think of too.

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Post by CommanderKeenFsr » Sat Jul 27, 2013 9:13 pm

Tuesday Night Travesty

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Post by Hypnotoad » Sat Jul 27, 2013 9:18 pm

Alright guys so we have a channel now, #SundayShenanigans

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Post by TerminusEst13 » Sat Jul 27, 2013 9:35 pm

I'm down with this. Let's get some attention on the lesser mods out there.
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Post by Hypnotoad » Sat Jul 27, 2013 11:05 pm

So this is a rough plan so far:

Idea is to make it fortnightly-ish, spend first week looking for and testing mods, then announce when the first week of the fortnight is up if something is found.
However, if nothing is found then we simply won't make an announcement for the event and will look again next week. This gives the event a fail safe in that it's not set in stone that it must occur every x days, so it's not a problem if we cannot find a suitable mod at the time.

Also, the event will probably not aim to be too long, unlike say FnF or SnS, due to some mods not being able to sustain gameplay for more than one or two hours.
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Post by Balrog » Sun Jul 28, 2013 12:03 am

Better idea: Sunday Night Stupidity. Running stupid mod combinations for the lulz since whenever someone gets around to it.

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Post by agaures » Sun Jul 28, 2013 1:41 am

This would be a very nice addition.
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