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Re: MMO Asteroids

#21

Post by Kiro » Sun, Apr 01, 2012, 9:24 PM UTC

hobin wrote: post #16

joshes wrote: post #9

Could this be an April Fools gag? I wish I had screencapped it, but at one point I found myself in the middle of the screen, watching four swarm-like quadrants of fellow ships (top-left, top-right, bottom-left and bottom-right) all moving in relative unison. Anytime a swarm started to get close to me, I would inch away for a few seconds before the swarm turned back. I was able to stay in this middle, peaceful area fo…

Yes. Another way to see this is that few (perhaps even none at all) other ships are constantly firing at maximum rate. If this were multiplayer, that'd be what most people would be doing.

Yeah, the ships are not moving "natural" at all. If this is just a joke I must say I'm disappointed.

Re: MMO Asteroids

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Post by wildbunny » Sun, Apr 01, 2012, 9:26 PM UTC

zedr wrote: post #17

joshes wrote: post #9

Could this be an April Fools gag? I wish I had screencapped it, but at one point I found myself in the middle of the screen, watching four swarm-like quadrants of fellow ships (top-left, top-right, bottom-left and bottom-right) all moving in relative unison. Anytime a swarm started to get close to me, I would inch away for a few seconds before the swarm turned back. I was able to stay in this middle, peaceful area fo…

Try unplugging the network cable.

For those who can't be bothered - the game just keeps playing, with all the players following/attacking etc.

I.e - it's fake. Such a shame!

Re: MMO Asteroids

#23

Post by [deleted] » Sun, Apr 01, 2012, 9:27 PM UTC

hobin wrote: post #16

joshes wrote: post #9

Could this be an April Fools gag? I wish I had screencapped it, but at one point I found myself in the middle of the screen, watching four swarm-like quadrants of fellow ships (top-left, top-right, bottom-left and bottom-right) all moving in relative unison. Anytime a swarm started to get close to me, I would inch away for a few seconds before the swarm turned back. I was able to stay in this middle, peaceful area fo…

Yes. Another way to see this is that few (perhaps even none at all) other ships are constantly firing at maximum rate. If this were multiplayer, that'd be what most people would be doing.

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Re: MMO Asteroids

#24

Post by Kiro » Sun, Apr 01, 2012, 9:28 PM UTC

zedr wrote: post #17

joshes wrote: post #9

Could this be an April Fools gag? I wish I had screencapped it, but at one point I found myself in the middle of the screen, watching four swarm-like quadrants of fellow ships (top-left, top-right, bottom-left and bottom-right) all moving in relative unison. Anytime a swarm started to get close to me, I would inch away for a few seconds before the swarm turned back. I was able to stay in this middle, peaceful area fo…

Try unplugging the network cable.

I just did and it's either so next level you no longer need a network connection to play against 2000 other players or a hoax.

Re: MMO Asteroids

#25

Post by matthewgifford » Sun, Apr 01, 2012, 9:28 PM UTC

joshes wrote: post #9

Could this be an April Fools gag? I wish I had screencapped it, but at one point I found myself in the middle of the screen, watching four swarm-like quadrants of fellow ships (top-left, top-right, bottom-left and bottom-right) all moving in relative unison. Anytime a swarm started to get close to me, I would inch away for a few seconds before the swarm turned back. I was able to stay in this middle, peaceful area fo…

It's easy to get this to happen. Just stay motionless until you have the attention of 3 or 4 ships. Then book it in a straight line. Suddenly, it zooms out and the ships start behaving like schools of fish.

Re: MMO Asteroids

#26

Post by jbellis » Sun, Apr 01, 2012, 9:28 PM UTC

Too bad it's fake. I wouldn't mind an xpilot revival at all.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XPilot

Re: MMO Asteroids

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Post by i_cannot_hack » Sun, Apr 01, 2012, 9:30 PM UTC

DoublePlusWill wrote: post #20

joshes wrote: post #9

Could this be an April Fools gag? I wish I had screencapped it, but at one point I found myself in the middle of the screen, watching four swarm-like quadrants of fellow ships (top-left, top-right, bottom-left and bottom-right) all moving in relative unison. Anytime a swarm started to get close to me, I would inch away for a few seconds before the swarm turned back. I was able to stay in this middle, peaceful area fo…

Here's a good screenshot I got after playing for 10 minutes. This tended to happen to me about every 1-2 minutes. Either those are some incredibly synchronized humans or it's just an April fool's joke. http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/832/screenshot20120401a...

You are right, this is not multiplayer.

How I know? I turned off my internet connection, and the game continued to work .

Re: MMO Asteroids

#28

Post by randall » Sun, Apr 01, 2012, 9:37 PM UTC

jbellis wrote: post #26

Too bad it's fake. I wouldn't mind an xpilot revival at all. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XPilot

Or subspace! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SubSpace_(video_game)

Re: MMO Asteroids

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Post by unimpressive » Sun, Apr 01, 2012, 9:37 PM UTC

joshes wrote: post #9

Could this be an April Fools gag? I wish I had screencapped it, but at one point I found myself in the middle of the screen, watching four swarm-like quadrants of fellow ships (top-left, top-right, bottom-left and bottom-right) all moving in relative unison. Anytime a swarm started to get close to me, I would inch away for a few seconds before the swarm turned back. I was able to stay in this middle, peaceful area fo…

A quick removal of your network cable proves it a hoax.

I almost want to learn JS and Node to build a real one. Just to spite the OP.

Re: MMO Asteroids

#30

Post by h2s » Sun, Apr 01, 2012, 9:44 PM UTC

Anyone else only realise this was fake when they eventually opened the Network tab in developer tools to find out how it worked? After that, I double-realised when I noticed that none of the other ships ever idled while everyone else attempted to figure it out simultaneously.