Taken from the 2217 patch change list

Feep! · Post by **Feep!** » 15-03-2003 11:45

Gameplay:
"spectators can only chat with spectators"

maybe you know why i think this is poison
for deathball. i hope countermeasures will
be taken

regards

NitrousOxide · Post by **NitrousOxide** » 15-03-2003 11:54

Maybe Epic are trying to tell us that Deathball is so excessively spam orientated, with game rules that were decided with 1 seconds thought and it should be converted into a chat mod, where we all go into spectate mode and fly round the maps...

We can then wait around for another mod, where the design team arent hell-bent on not upsetting their peers (i.e. combining a set of rules with no balance), at the cost of destroying what was a nice concept in its infancy.

fro · Post by **fro** » 15-03-2003 12:04

Spectators only chat with spectators

This will be optional in the next beta patch (and off by default).

- Steve

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Steven Polge
Epic Games

fro · Post by **fro** » 15-03-2003 12:39

NitrousOxide wrote: Maybe Epic are trying to tell us that Deathball is so excessively spam orientated, with game rules that were decided with 1 seconds thought and it should be converted into a chat mod, where we all go into spectate mode and fly round the maps...

We can then wait around for another mod, where the design team arent hell-bent on not upsetting their peers (i.e. combining a set of rules with no balance), at the cost of destroying what was a nice concept in its infancy.

can i have a link to your mod please?

when youve made one, pm me.

thanks.

Post by **DavidM** » 15-03-2003 13:34

since its optional its even better than now

i also am trying to make tnse make a list with all spectators (on f4 probably)
its hard, but I keep trying

Surge · Post by **Surge** » 15-03-2003 14:33

wont programs like IRC reported and some other mut's throw that off a bit cause they occpy a game spot?

Zanboo · Post by **Zanboo** » 15-03-2003 17:50

IRC reporter doesn't take a spectator spot

Bazzi · Post by **Bazzi** » 15-03-2003 22:33

We need an ignore function, too!

mannyfresh027 · Post by **mannyfresh027** » 15-03-2003 22:49

the new patch kicks ass

i have it and the changes theyve made are amazing

you'll love it when you get it

Sarevok3k · Post by **Sarevok3k** » 15-03-2003 23:26

i have that problem that i don't have rings around the ballcarrier when i have the new beta patch installed, and the "can't sprint bug" happens quite more often than with 2199.

mannyfresh027 · Post by **mannyfresh027** » 15-03-2003 23:50

there are no rings, but for some reason i dont care

its fine in deathball

Goldeneye · Post by **Goldeneye** » 16-03-2003 02:08

well just played 2 maps with the new patch online and in the first one (cube) i had no rings around ballcarrier, but in the second one (november) the carrier had these rings again. so possible reasons may be: rings don't like cube, you need a mapchange on the server to make them visible for you, there are no rings for you if you join midgame.

ZET · Post by **ZET** » 16-03-2003 04:15

rings arround ballcarrier?
what do they look like? think i never had them =)

edit: aha it looks like this? http://www.planetdeathball.com/potw/potw.jpg

edit2: tested in lan carrier had rings...strange have too look at it tomorrow =)