No, you're right Tina, I need to work harder to use
Ice, tunnels and the exploitation of glitches.
But seriously, I decided yesterday to only make levels
that do not employ the use of glitches or "tricks" as
you call them, in order to be solved. I think this is
bad for the game. It's not straight forward and will
only lead to frustration to newer players.
I think it's wrong to set up an environment whereby a
potential new player can be stuck on a level for
weeks, only to find out that there is a 'gimmick' that
allows you to shoot a block under a tank. What if he
never finds out that there is a 'gimmick' and finally
either skips levels, or abandons lasertank altogether,
feeling a little dumber than he used to?
Please keep in mind that I have been playing for
several years, but never really knew there was a group
or message board. I had downloaded the game on my pc a
few years ago, and played it off and on while at work,
didn't really know there was a subculture (he he).
I really like the older version of lasertank just
fine, and at this point, refuse to exploit glitches to
solve puzzles. The sad thing is though, that now I
have to grudgingly learn the glitches just so I can
account for them and avoid an 'easy' shortcut when
making new levels.
Finally, I think a few of you might benefit from a
little introspection just to ensure that you're not
predisposed to downgrading levels when they do not use
tunnels/ice and glitches.
PS: just food for thought, I solved level #290
(Sokoban2?) in about 10 minutes. (five minutes of
thinking, followed by five minutes of block
manipulating). And I solve deadly and hard levels on a
fairly regular basis. Many of them, I would deem
nothing more than medium. If I want to sit down and
make a really difficult puzzle, I can, and will do
that, and no one will mistake it for "kids".
Thanks!
--- chdvl <[email protected]> wrote:
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Ice, tunnels and the exploitation of glitches.
But seriously, I decided yesterday to only make levels
that do not employ the use of glitches or "tricks" as
you call them, in order to be solved. I think this is
bad for the game. It's not straight forward and will
only lead to frustration to newer players.
I think it's wrong to set up an environment whereby a
potential new player can be stuck on a level for
weeks, only to find out that there is a 'gimmick' that
allows you to shoot a block under a tank. What if he
never finds out that there is a 'gimmick' and finally
either skips levels, or abandons lasertank altogether,
feeling a little dumber than he used to?
Please keep in mind that I have been playing for
several years, but never really knew there was a group
or message board. I had downloaded the game on my pc a
few years ago, and played it off and on while at work,
didn't really know there was a subculture (he he).
I really like the older version of lasertank just
fine, and at this point, refuse to exploit glitches to
solve puzzles. The sad thing is though, that now I
have to grudgingly learn the glitches just so I can
account for them and avoid an 'easy' shortcut when
making new levels.
Finally, I think a few of you might benefit from a
little introspection just to ensure that you're not
predisposed to downgrading levels when they do not use
tunnels/ice and glitches.
PS: just food for thought, I solved level #290
(Sokoban2?) in about 10 minutes. (five minutes of
thinking, followed by five minutes of block
manipulating). And I solve deadly and hard levels on a
fairly regular basis. Many of them, I would deem
nothing more than medium. If I want to sit down and
make a really difficult puzzle, I can, and will do
that, and no one will mistake it for "kids".
Thanks!
--- chdvl <[email protected]> wrote:
>============================================================================
> Hi smtpowerhouse,
>
> Maybe the term "kids" should be changed in "very
> easy" :-)
> Maybe it's also time to discuss the fact that GHS
> hunters play kids
> lvl's ??
>
> Your biggest problem in this case are the GHS
> hunters
> Even if Donald would place your lvl's in ( for
> instance) challenge III
> the hunters would re-rate them as kids and/or send
> them to beginners
> Because Donald is not stupid and is aware of this
> fact he does this
> right away
>
>
> I still hope your not offended by my opinion.
>
>
> Bye,
> Tina
>
> --- In [email protected], Geo
> <smtpowerhouse@y...> wrote:
> > Is the term "kids" too broad then? Is a 5 year old
> > player pretty much the same as a 15 year old
> player?
> > Perhaps change the level known as "kids" to: "Kids
> > under 7" and then change the level known as "easy"
> to:
> > "kids over 7" ??
> >
> > Here is a comment to Jim Kindley from back in
> 2000,
> > followed by his response:
> >
> > Temp level 227
> > Monday 6-Nov-2000 15:52:04
> > ����������������������������������������
> > this level is rated easy but its kids! it only
> takes
> > 3 moves and no shots and
> > the most you do is watch tanks shoot!
> >
> >
> >
>
> =============__________________________________
> > ________________________________________
> > Re: Temp level 227
> > Saturday 11-Nov-2000 14:01:38
> > ����������������������������������������
> > I know it is super easy but a young child would
> not
> > be able to understand what
> > is going on. I usually do not set levels with
> mirrors
> > and complex operations as
> > kids levels.
> >
> > Kids levels are easy but can be understood by a
> > young child.
> > Jim
> >
> > =======================
> >
> > So to quote Jim, mirrors and complex operations
> should
> > not be rated "kids" since young kids will not
> grasp
> > them. You can't honestly tell me that the
> "hindsight =
> > 20/20" level does not require manipulating mirrors
> and
> > complex operations, can you?.
> >
> > --- chdvl <w.a.de.vries@h...> wrote:
> > > --- In [email protected], Donald Drouin
> > > <ducky@g...> wrote:
> > > > Here's the file George.lvl, it contain the 7
> > > levels sent by
> > > smtpowerhouse.
> > > > In my opinion these 7 levels belongs to the
> > > Beginner-II.lvl file.
> > > > Please try them and tell me if you agree.
> > > >
> > > > Donald
> > > >
> > > >
> > > Hi smtpowerhouse,
> > >
> > > I downloaded the george.lvl and I have to agree
> with
> > > Donald that they
> > > belong to the beginner.lvl.
> > > I hope you are not offended
> > >
> > > As you probably know, Yono is a very good lvl
> > > creator, maybe you
> > > should remember his tips
> > >
> > > About some bugs in the game: I think everybody
> > > agrees that they make
> > > Ltank more fun playing :-)
> > >
> > > Happy weekend,
> > >
> > > Bye Tina
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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