- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
After a week of thinking and another week of building and testing....I have done it. I present to you Dodge Ball in all its glory. The Basics of it are Simple, Start out in Starting Area, Teleport to Arena. Rush the Middle and Grab the dodge balls (plasma grenades) and start chucking them at the other team! Don't go to their side or you will be penalized. After you eliminate the other team, rush their side and Laugh at them in their "Jail" as they watch you victory dance.
Ok, here is the breakdown, I know the game seems Basic, but it isn't...... it was so complicated just to figure out a way to get people to come out and throw plasmas at each other without rushing the other side. you cant depend on people to follow the "Rules" so you have to make the game enforce the rules itself. So i accomplished this by making the game territories. basically at the beginning, you capture your own territory without even trying because you start in it. but during that time you have no shields thats why you have to teleport into the arena. because when the game recognizes you as a "attacker" of a territory. but once you capture it and your a defender you get over shields and a 200% recharge rate, so the only thing that can really kill you is a plasma.
You rush out into the arena on your side, the other team on their side, there is a middle zone where the map is that is marked off with cones and the grated part of the foundry map, you can go here freely, but you cannot cross into the other teams zone, well you can.......but you will be penalized, by turning black, losing your shields, not being able to do any damage, move very slowly, and you will probably die. the other team can see you turn black and one shot with the magnum will kill you, so stay in the middle part and on your side!!!!!! the opposing team can also come into the middle, its the only place that has plasmas. there are 7 rounds. Why seven? because sometimes the last 2 people on the map will stick each other, and then everyone is trapped in the "Jail/Spectator" zone, so the rounds are only 1 min long.
the Jail is where you go when you Die, you can watch the match from a distance but you cannot participate in the fight, but you can cheer your buddies on.
When you Eliminate the whole other team, you go over and Take their territory. that is how you win/score. so you basically have to eliminate them off their side and take their territory. then after you do that, you go up to the jail and talk smack to the other team till the next round starts.
Its a FUN Fast paced game like Grift Ball. and I'm hoping it spreads around. a lot of work and play testing and tweaking has gone into this to make it a fun game and i hope you enjoy it and share it with your friends!!!!
Best with 5vs5 or 6vs6 but can have more or less, its even fun 1 vs 1
you need the MAP and the Game for it to work.
Get it off my file share.
http://www.bungie.net/stats/Halo3/FileShare.aspx?gamertag=Ran cor2001
Map name is Dodge Ball 002
Game Variant is Dodge Ball