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    • Klutz's Map Emporium

      hi nerds

      Matchmaker maps

      Tournament Standard medal

      Stickleback Ridge (August 1v1 pool)

      5km * 5km
      Stickleback Overmap
      Stickleback Vanity

      Adaptive Alpine Valley

      10km * 10km
      Alpine Overmap
      Alpine Vanity

      Finished, uploaded

      Frozen Firefight

      15km * 15km
      Frozen Firefight Overmap
      Frozen Firefight Vanity

      Thermal Springs (July 2v2 pool)

      10km * 10km
      Thermal Springs Overmap
      Thermal Springs Vanity

      Unfinished, uploaded

      Mangrove Delta (Aiming for all pools, future 3v3 and 4v4 TMM included)

      20km * 20km
      Mangrove Overmap
      Mangrove Vanity

      Desolation (Aiming for 2v2 and 3v3 pool, all testers welcome)

      15km * 15km
      Desolation Overmap
      Desolation Vanity

      Unfinished, not uploaded

      Other maps

      Finished, uploaded

      Paradise Survival

      20*20km hard 'protect the objective' wave survival
      https://youtu.be/8YMnjnSqYKY

      Grand Barrens Survival

      20*20km hard 'protect the objective' wave survival

      Dreadnought Chasm (Request by Jordy_)

      40*40km waterworld
      Chasm

      Unfinished, uploaded

      Unfinished, not uploaded

      Concepts and Pending Requests

      -empty for now-

      I am currently taking all kinds of feedback, ideas and requests.

      Hope you enjoy my maps!

      posted in Mapping
      CaptainKlutzC
      CaptainKlutz
    • Fear, fruit, and f***ed up hardware: 10 questions with Banani after the Summer Invitational

      Hello everyone. I decided to conduct an interview with @banani after the Summer Invitational, and this is the transcript.


      Hi Banani, thanks for agreeing to this interview.
      For those unaware, Banani is a high 1800 rated player who has just competed in their first tournament, the Summer Invitational, placing top 12; a very respectable placement alongside players such as Se7en, Luceid and Adjux.

      So, for those people who are getting to know you, could you share something about yourself?
      My friends introduced me to FAF. I've played around 1200 hours of faf over 2.5 years; I mostly play ladder but you can also find me chilling with my buds in minigames or non-standard FAF game modes.

      Some people didn’t know this but in the Summer Invitational you had some technical issues, could you talk about those?
      My PC died 5 days before the starting of the main group stage. I went to my friend's house and borrowed his laptop to play and got a bit rusty and had done no prep. I even lost my gamepref file which got me really frustrated.

      What do you think affected your gameplay the most?
      The thing that almost got me depressed was getting used to a new mouse and keyboard. I always missed the right additional buttons and used wrong hotkeys that I have in muscle memory. Also, I cant deny there was a lack of apm, I'd say it was reduced by 2 times at least and I felt crippled.

      Do you think you would have gotten further without these issues?
      Blast_Chilled was the opponent most on par with me and my games against him were deciding factor for me to advance, and if I had had my PC, I do think that I could've advanced further.

      Some players read others’ build orders and prepare for certain tournament maps. How much did you prepare for the tournament and how were you invited or scouted?
      As I've said, my pc got broken so I had no time or opportunity to prep for the group stage; in the end, I used my ladder experience. I wasn't scouted, I decided to register in it when I noticed the post on forum. My friends said I was crushing, and I was bored of the same 4 opponents in my range, and I decided it would be a good testing ground for my playstyle.

      Now, even without your hardware issues, many players were calling you an underdog due to your newcomer status. How do you feel about this?
      When I first saw the bracket and all those flashy nicknames, I was really worried at getting at least in top 12 qualifier, and about showing my skills from ladder. But when it came to actually playing I did not feel anything but the joy of advancing to next opponent.

      Were there any players you were worried about facing, or were you approaching each game similarly?
      I was scared of almost everyone and I treated them as if they were 10 steps ahead of me. Almost all of the players were new to me and I did not know about their playstyle; I was just happy that I was able to play Seraphim.

      During the qualifying stage, some people called your victories unexpected or upsets, especially those against Inspector_Kot and Blast_Chilled. How does this make you feel?
      To be honest, each of my victories made me feel that my efforts have not gone to waste and they felt truly great. I don't find those victories unexpected since I'd beaten them a few times in ladder and become even stronger since then.

      If your PC was fixed and your group offered you a rematch, would you take it now or would you take time off to relax and improve? Will you rewatch any of your games from the tournament?
      Yes, I'd instantly take that offer since I am yet to become rusty. If they gave me more time to improve I would've shown them an even better perfomance. As for my replays, I don't think I'll watch them since I believe all my mistakes were related to pc problems than skill.

      Can we expect to see you in future tournaments, be they Invitationals or fun tournaments like Crazyrush and Astro Crater?
      Sure thing. But next time I'll be joining with an intention of winning. My intentions are to face against all those rare and skillfull opponents!


      Now for some quickfire fun questions:
      Any maps from the map pool you hated or loved?
      Loved crazyrush and hated 5x5 Neroxis (editor's note: random map generator).

      Is there anything you do to get into a competitive mood? Got a favourite playlist?
      Total Annihilation music mod.

      Any other players you look up to?
      All of the players 1800+ on ladder.

      How does it feel being able to call yourself a FAF pro?
      Dunno. I can't say I am a pro yet. Wait till I beat Tagada.

      What helps you focus on your game the best?
      A strong opponent.

      Can you give us a tip for aspiring pro FAF players?
      You can get better by spamming games.

      Where did you get your name from?
      Better to be a fruit than a vegetable.

      Thank you so much for your time, Banani. What a warrior's spirit, always searching for the best and fairest challenge. Good luck in your future tournaments!


      (Want to see more interviews? Please leave me some feedback and ideas!)

      posted in General Discussion interview
      CaptainKlutzC
      CaptainKlutz
    • Map Bounty Thread

      What is the idea?

      Some matchmaker-viable maps aren't played enough, and either make it to the ladder with bugs or never make it at all. We (me, alongside the FAF creative team) aim to change that by forcing exposure for maps in exchange for rewards.

      How does it work?

      You complete:

      • fair, unstaged game(s)

      • with replays that don't desync

      • that fulfils a bounty posted below

      • and post a link to the replay here

      First valid replay to a bounty wins the points.

      Rewards

      You can cash out your Map Bounty Points (TM pending) for the following rewards below at any time.

      5 points

      Map Hunter tier I badge (badges in final polishing stage)

      10 points

      30 minutes to an hour with me or Jip to discuss map designs and map ideas

      25 points

      $10 towards official FAF tourney of your choice under a name of your choice (Current stock: 10/10)

      Map Hunter tier II badge (requires Map Hunter tier I)

      50 points

      Your name on a decal on my next map

      $40 commission credit with me for mapping

      Map Hunter tier III badge (requires Map Hunter tier I + II)

      More rewards will come in the future as we approve, code and make resources for them.


      Definitions

      • Very low level: Rating 500 or below (ladder where appropriate, otherwise global)

      • Low level: Rating 500-1000

      • Mid level: Rating 1000-1500

      • High level: Rating 1500+

      • Very high level: Rating 1800+

      Ratings do not have to be exact (+-150 allowed)

      You will get bonus points if you include detailed feedback or bug reports with your replays.



      The 1st bounty batch

      Hargreven by Tron-

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      • Very low level 1v1 best of 5: 5 points to each player

      • Low level 1v1 best of 5: 5 points to each player

      * Mid level 1v1 best of 5: 5 points to each player Claimed by Amygdala and failer

      • High or Very high level 1v1 best of 7: 10 points to each player

      Verisimilitude by CaptainKlutz

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      • Very low level 1v1 best of 5: 5 points to each player

      • Low level 1v1 best of 5: 5 points to each player

      • Mid level 1v1 best of 5: 5 points to each player

      • High level 1v1 best of 5: 5 points to each player

      • High or Very high level 1v1 best of 7: 10 points to each player

      Parched River by Kauderwelsch

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      • Very low level 2v2 best of 3 lasting at least 30 minutes total: 5 points to each player

      • Low level 2v2 best of 3 lasting at least 30 minutes total: 5 points to each player

      • Mid level 2v2 best of 3 lasting at least 30 minutes total: 5 points to each player

      • High level 2v2 best of 3 lasting at least 30 minutes total: 5 points to each player

      • Very high level 2v2 best of 3 lasting at least 30 minutes total: 5 points to each player

      Corina's Hourglass by CaptainKlutz

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      • High level 1v1 best of 3: 5 points to each player

      • Very high level 1v1 best of 3: 5 points to each player

      • Mid level 2v2 best of 3 lasting at least 30 minutes total: 5 points to each player

      • High level 2v2 best of 3 lasting at least 30 minutes total: 5 points to each player

      • Very high level 2v2 best of 3 lasting at least 30 minutes total: 5 points to each player

      • Very low level 4v4 lasting at least 30 minutes total: 5 points to each player

      • Low level 4v4 lasting at least 30 minutes total: 5 points to each player

      • Mid or High level 4v4 lasting at least 30 minutes total: 5 points to each player

      We retain the right to reject replays if they do not provide sufficient information on how the map plays.

      posted in Mapping
      CaptainKlutzC
      CaptainKlutz
    • The Settling Scores Tournament ($160 total prizepool, 1v1)

      SS2021Title

      The Settling Scores Tournament

      Got a score to settle? A rival you just can't seem to pin down for a fight? Someone who you want to decisively say you play better than? Well, this is the tournament for you.

      Dates: 02 October 2021

      Tournament Director: CaptainKlutz

      Challonge: https://challonge.com/eurjj0fz
      IRC: #SettlingScores

      Prizes: Tournament Champion avatar + $20 for the 8 highest rated victors

      This tournament is open to everyone with a 1v1 ladder rating of 1500 or higher.

      How does it work?

      • Pick someone within 200 ladder rating of you who you've played many games against or with and challenge them to a best of 7.
      • The more history between you, the better! We want to see rivalry and revelry!
        If they accept, and I approve of the pairing, then you'll play on October the 2nd.
      • The winner of the Bo7 will get $20 plus an avatar.
      • If more than 8 pairs sign up, only the 8 highest rated pairs will get a payout so I don't go bankrupt 😄
      • The tournament will take place on October 2.

      Final Schedule

      Preliminary schedule:
      Saturday 02 October
      First match start time | Players
      13:00 UTC (15:00 CEST, 9:00 EST) | Swkoll vs archsimkat
      14:00 UTC | JaggedAppliance vs Tex
      15:00 UTC | Auricocorico vs grimplex
      16:00 UTC | EspinoTorreto vs TheWheelie
      17:00 UTC | Jip vs Javi

      Sunday 03 October
      First match start time | Players
      16:00 UTC (18:00 CEST, 12:00 EST) | Tagada vs TURBO2

      Map Pool

      SS2021Pool

      Rules

      • Ties are replayed.
      • Pick and ban order is done between the players (Dota 2 style):
        Dota2PB
      • You will be allotted a timeslot to play in the week before the tournament; you will be evenly distributed (approx. 1 matchup starting every hour) to ensure good coverage by casters. Don't expect to play earlier than 1200 UTC or later than 2100 UTC. I will coordinate with each pair to ensure good start times for each party.
      • All participants need to be in the IRC chat of the Tournament 20 minutes before their slot starts.
      • All tournament code of conduct rules apply.
      posted in Tournaments tournament
      CaptainKlutzC
      CaptainKlutz
    • RE: This is how you get more people to play ladder

      Ban maps. They are horrible. 99.9342% of games end. 100% of maps are not fun. All the maps are garbage and depressing. If you ban maps from the ladder pool you will get more people touching grass. Maps are anti-productive, they are anti-fun and anti-everything. Would you enjoy playing a game with strategy that changes based on the playing field, no, nobody would, in exactly the same way nobody likes maps.

      Please consider banning them from the pool, or at least drastically reducing them to 1, MAYBE 2 in the pool if they must stay. They are toxic.

      posted in General Discussion
      CaptainKlutzC
      CaptainKlutz
    • RE: The Settling Scores Tournament ($160 total prizepool, 1v1)

      A little post-tournament summary infographic:

      infographic

      Missed out? Find the vod uploaded here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XK_Wx1PUIyo

      posted in Tournaments
      CaptainKlutzC
      CaptainKlutz
    • RE: 'Brigadier Fletcher' Mapping tournament

      Making my post early because I'm unsure how busy I'll be during November.

      Adaptive Fangtooth Islands

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      The idea was to create a navy-dominant map with strong land elements (air was always going to be relevant due to map size). Here we can see this idea manifested in multiple long islands that can be fought over by land but cut off by sea. Most of the mass on the map is vulnerable to navy, so that secures it as the primary theatre, but the capability of hover vehicles to navigate the numerous ridges should not be underestimated.
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      Features considerable Adaptive mex spawning for meaningful games regardless of player configuration.
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      Note: The map is still actively under development, do not take the version currently on the vault as the final product until the week of the deadline.
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      Thanks to Jip for hosting.
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      posted in Tournaments
      CaptainKlutzC
      CaptainKlutz
    • RE: Klutz's Map Emporium

      Uploaded:

      Adaptive Alpine Valley

      10km x 10km with adaptive settings for 1v1 and 2v2, featuring invincible civilians.





      (Images taken on v.0001 which does not have the field rock reclaim present on v.0002)

      posted in Mapping
      CaptainKlutzC
      CaptainKlutz
    • On the idea of map bounties

      It's no secret that there are a lot of potentially viable new maps that have not received the amount of attention, competitive testing or approval needed to be put into matchmaking and tournament pools. One of the hardest things to do as a mapper, apart from actually make good maps, is 'break into' the competitive mapping scene. The second hardest thing to do is make sure your map has no issues before hitting matchmaker.

      I wish to start a bounty thread along with @Jip. The idea is we post bounties, such as:

      • 1v1 on Verisimilitude: 1500+ rating, Bo7. Reward: 10 points to each player
      • 4v4 on Argon FAF version: 500+ rating, min. 2 games or 40 minutes gametime. Reward: 5 points per player

      These are just examples to illustrate the idea. We'd post bounties regularly and issue points to the people who complete them first.

      The question is, what sort of rewards would you like to see?

      Some examples:

      • Custom badge/avatar: 5 points
      • $10 towards tournament of your choice: 10 points
      • $5 Steam or GOG credit: 20 points
      • Tier 2 bade: 25 points
      • $40 commission credit with CaptainKlutz: 25 points

      Again, just for illustration.

      What are your opinions on this?

      posted in Mapping
      CaptainKlutzC
      CaptainKlutz
    • RE: Talking about the Fatty

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      posted in Balance Discussion
      CaptainKlutzC
      CaptainKlutz

    Latest posts made by CaptainKlutz

    • RE: The Billy Nuke needs to be nerfed

      @sainserow or even a single lobo dropped in between 3 t2 mexes will kill them all (if nothing else interferes), so t1 arty should cost 2k mass at least 😂

      building a billy or telebilly and having it work requires your opponent to basically be completely unprepared to deal with any number of TMLs greater than 1 and also behind on eco, while you sink massive amounts of resources into the upgrade

      posted in Balance Discussion
      CaptainKlutzC
      CaptainKlutz
    • RE: Reclaim in hard-to-reach places

      If there's a significant amount of anything only reachable by one faction on a map, that's the map designer's fault, not the game balance's

      posted in General Discussion
      CaptainKlutzC
      CaptainKlutz
    • RE: Klutz's Map Emporium

      @nflanders Very few people play dualgap clones in any meaningful quantity, the original is timeless for a reason. There are so many dualgap maps already that it would be a waste of my time compared to the number of players it would get. Even with this in mind, I only make maps I want to make, not what I think would be popular. While it's a fine map, I personally don't enjoy the gameplay dualgap enables and don't want to create something in that vein. And finally, I think creating a very derivative work would be disrespectful to the original author. Hope you understand. Thanks

      posted in Mapping
      CaptainKlutzC
      CaptainKlutz
    • RE: Klutz's Map Emporium

      Hey everyone, new survival map now on the vault based on the Survival Genesis script.

      PushAndPull Survival

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      Push the enemies on the left and hold your position on the right. Supports 1-8 players. Mod compatible. Games last 15 minutes - 1 hour.

      posted in Mapping
      CaptainKlutzC
      CaptainKlutz
    • RE: Why do so many things have friendly fire disabled?

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGpFEv1-mAo

      posted in General Discussion
      CaptainKlutzC
      CaptainKlutz
    • RE: Why does everything suck so much right now?

      There is one thing that should be made crystal clear:

      FAF, as a game, does not suck.

      The numbers for monthly games and users don't lie- people love playing the game, the network issues are trending back to stability. The maintainers and contributors to the game have done an excellent job in ensuring this game lives on.

      Where FAF sucks, then, is elsewhere. Community, expectations, and the experiences of the people who have given the most to the game. It sucks for the dedicated players, the ones who have given the most of their time to the game over the years. It sucks for contributors on every level, from news crew, to game team, to map makers, to modders. Why?

      In my opinion, it's because there's a gross disconnect between the expectations of where FAF is and should be going. I believe there was a period of stagnancy after massive changes, such as the engy mod integration, where the meta ideas of FAF stabilised. Jip is not incorrect when he says the first year of work he did mostly aligned with what people expected of FAF and where it should go. But other, bigger changes see much more resistance because the massive majority of pro and casual players got used to the meta developed by the relatively stagnant periods of development.

      In my mind, it's a good opportunity for everyone invested to step back and thoroughly evaluate not only their expectations for FAF but what others expect too. FAF cannot stay completely static but it may also be too late for drastic changes. Contributors want space to try new things that may result in great experiences, but they take time and require patience from the people most sensitive to changes like this.

      For myself, the answer I found was that making maps is not terribly rewarding as people have developed favourites from the past years, and so I have decided to only contribute when I feel the desire to express myself creatively, rather than chase being on the matchmaker pool every month.

      I think a reassessment on where things should go on a personal and game design level is a healthy thing that everyone should be doing right now.

      posted in General Discussion
      CaptainKlutzC
      CaptainKlutz
    • RE: Issues with the heightmap in the FAF Map Editor.

      @roweynoob that is indeed possible, and it's why the brushes are hosted on github, so they can be pulled over to the editor's repo whenever needed

      posted in Mapping
      CaptainKlutzC
      CaptainKlutz
    • RE: Username rules updates

      long time players are being way too elitist about this and the moderators are being way too tough in their proposals. constant renames and casual imitation with no persistent IDs are super annoying for the casual half of FAF and for those who don't play but still watch the game. let's be real, some people are dumb with respect to renames, they're allowed to be, especially if they happen often and imitate other users' names. I don't blame the 20% of people who have trouble keeping track of how many people WillowWisp, WillowNoob, FemboyWillow etc are and how many are just renames. But the reaction from the mod team is absolutely medieval. This sort of problem merits like, you know the thing that highlights which players spawn where with markers at the start of the game? Yeah, something like that, but with the unique username of the player. Like discord, steam, any serious gaming infra does, you have a name you signed up with and then a display name. You don't add nothing at all to the system and prevent people changing names for a full year. That's absurd

      posted in General Discussion
      CaptainKlutzC
      CaptainKlutz
    • RE: banani vs Bullydozer BO21

      calling it now it's gonna be 9-7 to banani after a 5 game winstreak comeback before unforseen faf network issues end the tournament early and everyone goes home salty

      posted in Tournaments
      CaptainKlutzC
      CaptainKlutz
    • RE: Fast start mod idea: Free instant factory of your choice

      Unlimited build speed and resource buff until a certain amount of mass is spent?

      posted in Modding & Tools
      CaptainKlutzC
      CaptainKlutz