When we are done removing the death from Deathball, everything will be supra, like here:
http://deathball.net/downloads/supraballbig.jpg

The die and respawn element will be removed from the game as well. Instead you will be kicked around and lie on the ground for a moment or something like that.
These are plans for when we go stand alone. Questions about it are still useless, trust me. :P

Since some of the latest newsposts got lost during our downtime, I'll post the 2.4w changes list again:

2.4woop
Gameplay:
-Duck has been removed, instead:
-Added new way of dodging. Need to set it unter controls. It makes you dodge to the walk direction; forward in case you don't walk.
(ducking still works until you change it. the duck key is supposed to be used for dodging...)
Maps:
-DB-SmallcubeSE: New Crowd Sounds

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Errr, just meant to say...hurray, the page is back up!
gg

It's Operation Na Pali's 5th Birthday.
For those who have no clue, it is the previous Team Vortex project, a Singleplayer Modification based on Unreal Tournament.
We developed it from January 2000 to June 2002.
Relation to Deathball? None...

We moved to a new server. Why am I telling you that?
You wouldn't even notice it.
Anyway, we can brag with php5 big time now!

Now that April 1 is over I can reveal all details of the April fools version to you.
There are 8 gimmick settings that it randomly choose a few from.
(You can get it by setting your system time to April 1)

The settings are:

*DoubleBall       1	
(2 balls)
*Gibball          2	
(ball kills players if they don't hold rmb, which can only be held 
for a short moment)
*Keeper-Stays     4	
(keeper can't leave his box; there is a trick to get out, but it 
cannot really be done in a match)
*1 Hit 2 Kill     8	
(can kill all field players with one hit)
*Multi Jumps     16	
(unlimited jumps...floating)
*Carrier No Move 32	
(ballcarrier can't move or jump)
*Elasticity      64	
(ball bounces a lot)
*Banana*4       128	
(banana intensity increased by 4)

You can still use this stuff anytime with the console 
command (eg) map db-cube?settings=X
x stands for a number, which you get out of 
the sum of the options you want to use.
So if you want to use DoubleBall and 
Multi Jumps it would be 1 + 16 = 17
so you put map db-cube?settings=17
(255 enables all)

What I got out of playing this is that some of the things 
are actually funny for the actual game (just not that 
exagerated). Multiball will be done anyway, but multijumps 
was tasty. Maybe 4 isn't enough and 6 could spice things up 
(only boosting would become way too good again).
Also the extreme banana is kinda cool. Just not x4.... 
But IMO x1.5 or x1.8 could be really cool 
(only for side banana...up and down stays). We'll see.
The other things are mainly rubbish and can be forgotten :P

Today every match will have it's own special rules. Some combinations might suck, others are funny. Never know what you get :)
Happy/random april's fools day!

Version 2.4t exe (60MB)
Version 2.4t zip (75MB)

Update from 2.4s to 2.4t (10MB)

You have to delete your deathballuser.ini to be able to use the new shot mode.

Changes
Gameplay:
-Plenty Eastereggs (will be explained in detail on the deathball.net news when it's about time :))
-Dead untouched ball spawns in the middle now
-Shake time can't get longer anymore (by getting jumped on your head)
-Magnet added (3rd firemode) - MUST DELETE OLD Deathballuser.ini for it to take effect - You can suck balls and players nearby to you. The radius is 250uu (volley is 290uu). Too fast balls are being distracted, which can also be put to good use (or ab-use).
-3rd firemode produces dump-shot when you own the ball (it can still be done via 2nd fire + 1st fire though)
(Thanks to Toxeen for the sucker sound)

Other:
-Practicemode: goal msg showing only once, assist points are being given
-Menu cursor no longer changing size (requires deletion of deathballuser.ini)
-In host and botmatch menu the "gametype" screen gets skipped
-Goal jingles fade out properly
-Added audio menu option for goal jingles
-Menu Audio sample for crowd noise has a more accurate volume and plays a crowd sound now
-Added a countdown until you can spawn for people who switched teams twice or reconnected to the server
-As spectator you now watch players in First Person View (need no more console command to switch it)
//-As spectator the camera will go back to where it was before the goal
-Removed "ball carrier can't move" option
-Fixed tooltip of shortwaittime option

Maps:
-DB-Curve: Fixed Keeper Spawning
-DB-SmallcubeSE: less shiny surfaces

Here is the way the controls are meant to be used. The best case:


Bugs:
-Sometimes one spectator camera on DB-Smallplatform is being weird
-2nd ball might show thru in replays sometimes (please tell us if you can reproduce it)
-Sometimes you see no radars and need to restart Deathball to fix it
-Bots are not yet working properly with 2.4 (they still play with 2.3 logic and fail big time)
-Match time sometimes wrong at the end
-New bot bug: once they used the magnet tool, they won't pass anymore...not giving the ball to anyone. So botplay is totally screwed atm >_<


PS: you get it all for free <3