Thoughts from the Trucker - BZIdeas
Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2005 7:19 pm
Greetings fellow BZGamers,
Here are just some thoughts that I have. Some may be cool. On the other hand, they may all be bad ideas. But, they're just thoughts that I had. Please feel free to give some feedback. If any ever get any kind of consideration, I'd be flattered; however, my feelings won't be hurt if you all think that my ideas all stink. At any rate, I look forward to seeing you all out there...
1. Haunted BZFlag. I have seen some awesom new maps recently. What would you folks think of haunted BZFlag - maps and such centered around haunted house themes? Check this out: also have "ghost" tanks. These tanks would randomly appear to shoot at you and then leave. Perhaps they could be like bot phantom tanks that could shoot real bullets but only be able to be "thwarted" by SW or avoided with swift skill Perhaps these ghosts could even go after tanks with wings in the air. Even more, imagine that if they were drawn with cob webs, weeds, dragging chains, and such on them. Maybe, a first warning might be a ghostly "Oooooooooo" (doesn't quite have the same effect in text - lol). Another cool thing would be that only the player being attacked by a ghost tank could hear and/or see the ghost.
2. BZFlag for broadband. BZFlag for broadband would be an idea to allow streaming music, voice chat, and/or more complex maps, textures, and sounds. I've read about the idea of voice chat being flushed down the toilet. Would it be possible for BB-only users? Streaming music would be cool. On the other hand, I wonder if there would be license issues (does a radio station have to pay for playing an artists music on the radio? Would BZFlag with streaming music be considered radio?)
3. Teleport flag. Perhaps using right click, this flag would teleport you instantly away to another part of the map (like shield it would be one use, drop flag). This might be useful if death is on the way in the midst of a dogfight - and it would certainly beat having to resort to deliberate suicide to prevent the other player from scoring off of you
4. Super shield flag. This shield flag would shield you from the same number of shots as the max shots allowed on a server. For example, if a server is a 10 shot server, you would be shielded from 10 shots. If it is a 5 shot server, you would be shielded from 5 shots, and so on.
5. Waffle House. This would be a spot on the map where you wouldn't get killed, but you could sit down and have some smothered hash browns and coffee without getting booted for idle time. Lol... just kidding. Being a trucker, I had to throw that in
Here are just some thoughts that I have. Some may be cool. On the other hand, they may all be bad ideas. But, they're just thoughts that I had. Please feel free to give some feedback. If any ever get any kind of consideration, I'd be flattered; however, my feelings won't be hurt if you all think that my ideas all stink. At any rate, I look forward to seeing you all out there...
1. Haunted BZFlag. I have seen some awesom new maps recently. What would you folks think of haunted BZFlag - maps and such centered around haunted house themes? Check this out: also have "ghost" tanks. These tanks would randomly appear to shoot at you and then leave. Perhaps they could be like bot phantom tanks that could shoot real bullets but only be able to be "thwarted" by SW or avoided with swift skill Perhaps these ghosts could even go after tanks with wings in the air. Even more, imagine that if they were drawn with cob webs, weeds, dragging chains, and such on them. Maybe, a first warning might be a ghostly "Oooooooooo" (doesn't quite have the same effect in text - lol). Another cool thing would be that only the player being attacked by a ghost tank could hear and/or see the ghost.
2. BZFlag for broadband. BZFlag for broadband would be an idea to allow streaming music, voice chat, and/or more complex maps, textures, and sounds. I've read about the idea of voice chat being flushed down the toilet. Would it be possible for BB-only users? Streaming music would be cool. On the other hand, I wonder if there would be license issues (does a radio station have to pay for playing an artists music on the radio? Would BZFlag with streaming music be considered radio?)
3. Teleport flag. Perhaps using right click, this flag would teleport you instantly away to another part of the map (like shield it would be one use, drop flag). This might be useful if death is on the way in the midst of a dogfight - and it would certainly beat having to resort to deliberate suicide to prevent the other player from scoring off of you
4. Super shield flag. This shield flag would shield you from the same number of shots as the max shots allowed on a server. For example, if a server is a 10 shot server, you would be shielded from 10 shots. If it is a 5 shot server, you would be shielded from 5 shots, and so on.
5. Waffle House. This would be a spot on the map where you wouldn't get killed, but you could sit down and have some smothered hash browns and coffee without getting booted for idle time. Lol... just kidding. Being a trucker, I had to throw that in