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MM8BDM Discussion / Re: MM8BDM V4A - RELEASED!

« on: May 17, 2014, 02:50:01 PM »

IT'S TIME.

Now to go through the campaign in like an hour and question if this is what I've been waiting for all this time  

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MM8BDM Discussion / Re: MM8BDM v4 Public Thread - TRAILER!

« on: May 16, 2014, 03:11:21 AM »

Honestly, I think the Tournament Robot is best left with their name and face ambiguous, the big reason for that being that they have no reason to be defined as a character.  The content of their character, if indeed there is any, does not factor into their actions at all; they are merely some Robot, like the rest of them, who wanted to participate in the tournament and got sucked into something far more important than just themselves.  Plus I think it's more fun for the player to put on a persona instead of being told "you're this person."

Another minor reason is that they're hella overpowered.  Mega Man nearly died against the Evil Energy that Doc Wily harnessed in MM8, whereas the Tournament Robot took on the Evil Energy Robot and won.  Right now that's still kind of acceptable because they're The Player, not a character in any regard; making them a character, though, would call a lot more attention to that.

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Events / Re: [CLASSES] "Back to Basics" (19/24 SLOTS FILLED)

« on: April 26, 2014, 02:16:20 AM »

Oh sure I'll hop in and get my face destroyed why not

Cutstuff Username:  CHAOS_FANTAZY
In-Game Alias(es):  CHAOS_FANTAZY, all day every day
Classes:  Bubble-Man, Bright-Man, Shade-Man, Sword-Man
Time Zone:  Eastern Standard Time
Location:  Midwest US
Times available:  3 PM - 10 PM on weekdays, all day on weekends (May refuse to play if homework takes priority)
Contact:  CHAOS_FANTAZY on Skype; CHAOS_FANTAZY on Steam

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Projects & Creative / Re: TMK4's Workshop (Saxton Hale Rebirth v1b released!)

« on: April 26, 2014, 01:04:13 AM »

Alright, I've only got one more Hale idea for now, and ultimately, I'm not sure how many people are really interested in her.  But I'll go ahead and post her for public review anyway.

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Name:  Peacock
Skin:  
Theme and Sounds:  I would say Skullgirls – Anti-Skullgirl Lab for the theme, but it's out of our Legal Zone.  Next thought is WizzyWhipItWonderful's custom-made Peacock Theme, which would be legal, but I am open to suggestions.  Peacock's voice clips can be found over here, but they're all in one file—they'll need chopping up.

Upon Entering the Game
“Don't think I'll go easy on ya!”
“Here comes trouble!”
“Time to paint the town red!”
“Of course you know, this means war!”
“I'll gladly pay ya Tuesday, for a knuckle sammich today.”
“I'm feelin' scrappy!”

Upon Kills
“Garbage day!”
“You're outta here!”
“Never wanna see ya again.”
“Either you're dead...or my watch has stopped.”
“I never forget a face, but for you, I'll make an exception.”

Upon Using Jump Skill
“Open, says me!”
“Hocus poke-you!”
“Zim-ba-da-boom!”

Upon using George Bomb
“Here, catch!” (x3)
“Bombs away!”

Upon Using Rage 1 (Argus Agony)
“Argus AGONY!” (x2)
“Eyes...of Argus!” (x2)

Upon Using Rage 2 (Lonesome Lenny)
“Fall down...go boom!” (x2)

Upon Using Rage 3 (Goodfellas)
“All together, now!” (x2)
“The gang's all here!” (x2)

Upon Death
“Time for the big sleep...”
“Et tu, brute...?”
*Scream*

Other Graphics:  The devteam of 8-Bit Mega Man-styled Skullgirls fangame, Annie of the Stars, might be willing to share any sprites they have if we ask real nice-like on their Tumblr.
Description:  Trying something new.  Peacock, being a zoning character, is going to be centered around projectile spam.  In addition, her multiple Rages, meant to emulate Skullgirls's Dramatic Tension, is something we don't see in any other boss so far.  It could be a thing all her own.
The multipliers by her voice clips means that there are multiple editions of that voice clip, and any/all of them can be used.
Health is a blind shot in the dark.  Lonesome Lenny can be removed from Goodfellas/swap positions with Argus Agony if it's deemed too overpowered/deincentivizes players to use the Lonesome Lenny Rage too much.  Not really fond of the obituaries so they can be fixed if anyone else has a better idea.

Health:  100 per Player
Main Attack:  Toon Revolver.  Peacock brandishes her cartoonish revolver, which fires just about as quick as she can mash the fire button.  Like Fake-Man's revolver (MMSPSiN), though, it will need to be reloaded after every six shots.  The bullets, which are cartoonishly large, do only a decent amount of damage, but their real strength lies in how fast they fly.
Super Jump:  Teleport.  Peacock jumps through a cartoonish hole on the ground, and pops up again behind a randomly selected player.  Like the HHH's variety, she will have a slight delay between using this and being able to use any offensive ability again.  50-second Cooldown.
Items:  
> George Bomb.  Peacock's companion with an explosive personality, she can throw this bomb out at will to deal with opponents.  George Bomb can be sent out in one of two ways:  on foot, in which he wanders around and looks for an opponent to run into before his fuse runs out (Exploding on fuse hitting 0 or on contact), which is slower, but does more damage; or in a toy airplane, which is basically the same, only in the air, faster, and doing less damage.  15-second Cooldown.
Rage:  Peacock has three unique rages, depending on how much Rage she has when she uses it.
If she has 1/3rd or more, but less than 2/3rds, Peacock uses Rage 1:  Argus Agony.  Firing a single multi-hit laser first to stun opponents directly in front of her, Peacock then flares her arms out and fires a bunch of lasers rapidly from the eyes on her arms.  These are weak, but fly fast and appear in such vast numbers in this Rage that anything Peacock manages to hit with the initial laser is doomed to die, or at least come close.
If she has 2/3rds or more, but is not fully charged, Peacock uses Rage 2:  Lonesome Lenny.  Dropping George's older cousin down on the battlefield, his fuse starts wearing down.  Survivors and Peacock alike can attack Lenny to shove him around and reduce the time left on his fuse, but when it hits zero, a huge explosion occurs, catching anyone inside it for 100+ damage—including Peacock herself.  ...What?  No!  This isn't a clone of Morshu's Super Bomb at all!  What are you talking about?
If her Rage is fully charged, she uses Rage 3:  Goodfellas.  She brings in the entirety of her band of cartoon cronies, spawning Lonesome Lenny in a random place as well as bringing in the rest of them.  They will wander around for a certain duration (For which the timer to respawn George Bomb should be lessened), and when this timer expires, they all pack up and move out.
Tommy Ten-Tons is slow, but powerful.  If he spots a survivor, he'll leap into the air and try to crush them with his overwhelming weight.  This does send out paralyzing shockwaves and deal damage if you're within a certain radius of it.
Andy Anvil runs and jumps around at quick speeds and aims to punch out any opponent he sees.  He also shares a jump attack with Tommy, but his, although moving faster, doesn't produce shockwaves and doesn't do nearly as much damage.
Avery is small, but don't miss him, or you'll regret it.  Flying overhead, he provides support by dropping various random objects on the foes' heads, which do various amounts of damage depending on what they are.

Obituaries:
Toon Revolver:  %o was shot dead by Peacock's (%k) Toon Revolver.
George Bomb:  %o was blown up by Peacock's (%k) loyal minion, George.
Argus Agony:  %o was agonized by Peacock's (%k) Argus Agony.
Lonesome Lenny:  %o was caught in the blast of Lonesome Lenny (%k).
Tommy Ten-Tons:  %o was pancaked by Peacock's (%k) loyal crony, Tommy Ten-Tons.
Andy Anvil:   %o was punched out by Peacock's (%k) loyal lackey, Andy Anvil.
Avery:  %o didn't keep (his/her/its) head up for Peacock's (%k) right hand, Avery.

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Skins & Bots etc / Re: CF's Small Skin Shop - Proto-Spring Release

« on: April 18, 2014, 08:35:38 PM »

While I'm touched you decided to bump my thread...please read the fine print next time.  Those skins are the property of Yellow Devil (I made the bots, which is why they're on my download page).  YD himself despises those TF2 skins now, and, to be quite frank, I don't quite see the appeal in them either.

I have no interest in making the rest of the TF2 cast (Nor skinning in general these days, it seems), even less so in making them lazy edits like the rest of the cast was.

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Projects & Creative / Re: TMK4's Workshop (Saxton Hale Rebirth v1b released!)

« on: April 06, 2014, 04:26:54 AM »

While I wait for the skins I need to magically fall from the sky to post the remaining sketches I have, I decided to take a request from the community.

A Perfect Pair of Plumbers

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Name:  Mario Bros.
Skin:  
Theme and Sounds:  Oh, man...options.  I recommend using this demade M&L battle theme, but man...there are lots of choices.  Take SFX from Super Mario Bros. 3, I guess (I'd link but VG Resource appears to be down at the moment).
Description:  A simple little Duo Hale based on two beloved brothers.  I'm a little surprised no one's tried something like this yet, but whatever!  Let's go ahead and give it a swing.
Like always, Mario is a bit slower and jumps a bit lower than his taller, leaner brother; but Luigi has a bit of slipperiness to his controls (This can be forgone if too difficult) and has less health.  Also, if the Bros. Jump on a survivor, the jumpee should take massive damage—not quite enough to OHKO, but darned close.  Defeated enemies by the Mario Bros. should sometimes randomly drop powerups for them to use (Detailed in the items below).
* 150 is an arbitrary number; like health, feel free to tweak it for balance.


Mario
Health:  135 per Player
Main Attack:  Spin Attack.  Taken straight from Super Mario Galaxy, Mario throws his arms out and spins in a circle.  This does poor damage for a melee weapon, but it hits in a radius around Mario and knocks hit foes away.
Super Jump:  Default Super Jump
Items:
> Fire Flower.  Mario powers up with the Fire Flower, giving him the ability to hurl balls of flame from his hands.  This functions similarly to the Fire Flower weapon crafted by TheBladeRoden, only perhaps with a damage buff (Because it's a Hale weapon now) and a nerf to the rate of fire (To make up for the new infinite ammunition).  Once Mario sustains 150* life points of damage, he “drops” this powerup and reverts to his normal form.  Limited use (Sometimes dropped by a downed enemy).
> Tanuki Suit.  Mario equips his old Tanuki Suit (Could just be a palette swap).  His spin attack remains the same, though now performed with his tail, but now, pressing main fire in the air turns him into a stone statue which falls like a rock through the air, and makes him invulnerable to attack until pressed.  Once Mario sustains 150* life points of damage, he “drops” this powerup and reverts to his normal form.  Limited use (Sometimes dropped by a downed enemy).
Rage:  Hammer Suit.  Donning a black-and-orange suit (Could just be a palette swap), Mario temporarily gains the ability to hurl hammers about.  For the duration of the Rage, Mario's main attack is replaced with a hammer throw, which flies up, then down in a gravity-based arc.  These are very powerful and have a decent rate of fire, so Mario had best use this opportunity to deal some damage.

Luigi
Health:  120 per Player
Main Attack:  Hammer.  Luigi brandishes a cartoonishly large hammer and brings it down in an overhead swing.  This has a narrow range, but is much much closer to dealing traditional hale-weapon damage.
Super Jump:  Default Super Jump
Items:
> Ice Flower.  Luigi powers up with the Ice Flower, giving him the ability to chuck balls of ice.  Ice balls function similarly to fireballs, but do very little damage and  temporarily freeze foes in place, giving Luigi a chance to get in close and do some real damage with his hammer.  Once Luigi sustains 150* life points of damage, he “drops” this powerup and reverts to his normal form.  Limited use (Sometimes dropped by a downed enemy).
> Super Bell.  Luigi equips the new Cat Suit (Could just be a palette swap).  Like Mario's Tanuki Suit, the main attack remains functionally the same, though it's now replaced with a swipe with a pair of cat claws; but now, using main attack in the air causes Luigi to pounce forward and down like a projectile, dealing ripper damage to anyone whose path he crosses.  Once Luigi sustains 150* life points of damage, he “drops” this powerup and reverts to his normal form.  Limited use (Sometimes dropped by a downed enemy).
Rage:  Poltergust 3000.  Luigi whips out his old ghost-bustin' vacuum and flips it on.  For the duration of the Rage, Luigi's main attack is replaced with a large, holdable, far-reaching wind tunnel that pulls enemies towards Luigi as well as slowly draining health from them.  Enemies that get very close to Luigi will lose health a lot faster.

Obituaries:
Jump:  %o was goomba-stomped by Mario (%k). / %o was goomba-stomped by Luigi (%k).
Spin Attack (Normal):  %o was spun about by Mario's (%k) Spin Attack.
Fireball:  %o was roasted by Mario's (%k) Fireball.
Spin Attack (Tanuki):  %o was tail-whipped by Mario's (%k) Spin Attack.
Hammer Suit:  %o was clocked out by Mario's (%k) hammer.
Hammer:  %o was smashed by Luigi's (%k) Hammer.
Ice Ball:  %o was chilled by Luigi's (%k) Ice Ball.
Cat Claws:  %o was scratched up by Luigi's (%k) Cat Claws.
Cat Pounce:  %o was ambushed by Luigi's (%k) Cat Pounce.
Poltergust 3000:  %o was sucked up by Luigi's (%k) Poltergust 3000.

I'm rather proud of this one; unlike Dark Bowser, it well represents the Mario series as a whole, and in general seems to be fairly sound.  I particularly like the item-pickup mechanic, though that needs playtesting to prove whether or not it's fun.

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Forum Games Archive / Re: SUPER HAPPY FUN CUT-IN-LINE MAFIA 2 - Day 3

« on: March 30, 2014, 02:55:31 AM »

Ghost of Chaos here, coming in to tell you that this whole thing has quickly become very stupid.

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Forum Games Archive / Re: SUPER HAPPY FUN CUT-IN-LINE MAFIA 2 - Day 2

« on: March 25, 2014, 06:29:07 AM »

> Vote for BiscuitSlash because I'm too cool for bandwagons and purposefully pointing out how you vote for no one is an excellent way to draw attention to yourself.

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Projects & Creative / Re: TMK4's Workshop (Saxton Hale Rebirth v1a Official Releas

« on: March 15, 2014, 11:37:25 PM »

Horseless Headless Horsemann
In this system it's kind of counter-intuitive to have this guy when we have been focusing on making sure bosses can deal partial damage if their attack is not direct. However the idea in general is pretty good, though if we were to follow the format of Versus Saxton Hale, this would have to be Horseman Jr. since the other version only appears during Halloween time. Btw, custom obituaries are fine as well, though I personally would just remove the part just after the name of the one controlling him. Also, I personally feel his health is too high.

I see.  That was not a convention back in the Balrog days when that sketch (And, indeed, all following it) were written.  The delay before swinging might be enough to counterbalance what would otherwise be a need for delay, but if it turns out not to be, I'd be fine with it being replaced with the graze system.
Personally, I never understood why they never didn't just opt to call the TF2 edition the actual HHH; they don't exhibit any unique qualities that make them different from the original.  But that's a personal qualm.
200 HP per player was made without balance in mind, to be honest; it was intended to be a reference to the actual HHH's health formula, which is 3,000 + 200(p) where "p" is the number of players on the server.  If it needs to be tweaked, that's fine.

Copy Robot
I see an issue with this concept, actually. What if he ends up getting a weapon like Flash Stopper or some other weapon that is generally situational? He should have the ability to grab another weapon. I can see some people switching weapons real quick to one that would handicap Copy Robot just so they can finish the boss off quickly. Based on what this boss can do, I see his health being a bit too high, maybe around 150 per player or something since he sometimes can get weapons that make it hard to approach him (imagine infinite Napalm Bomb or Thunder Beam). The clones also sound quite a bit overpowered if they are able to do the exact same things he can do. I'd probably do maybe 75 health per player for the clones, because remember that in a large server he can rage more than once. This honestly needs a little more work if I can find quite a few things wrong right away.

Perhaps he could have a list of copyweps that he can't get (Which, upon defeating someone equipped with it, he would just keep the weapon he has instead).  Such a list would include situational weapons like Flash Stopper and the ones that are broken with infinite ammo (Skull Barrier, Time Stopper, so on and so forth).  Admittedly, it is an idea I've neglected to polish, mostly because this is the first real feedback I've ever got instead of just "I like this" or "I hate this" or "Chaos your hale ideas are bad and you should feel bad".

Hidden Shadowman
For one thing, his item may very well have been his rage instead. Some people like Celebi and myself may be able to use this boss effectively, but I doubt many of the others would understand this boss's concept. Also, the Super Jump is too underpowered and thus fails the Crash Man test, since some of the holes in the stage will be beyond his reach unless we make it more powerful, and to balance that out would require nerfing something else in his behavior. This doesn't stand much of a chance. I understand the need for more Mega Man bosses, but they need to be of good quality, and this isn't that kind of quality that I am looking for.

I suppose it is very true that The Hidden is a very different beast from your typical VSH fare.  I would like to see someone try to port it, but it would be very out-of-place in a VSH mod.

Airman James
We already have a MM8BDM meme in Scrooge, so we don't need another. Way too much health for someone with his mobility, and his main attack would make him too reliant on getting enough Rage.

The idea behind his main attack was so that James could do some TF2 Pyro-esque airblast-into-pit action, while still being able to kill in the case that the map didn't have any pits.  The reason he has a kind-of-ridiculous health bar is for that reason—if the level has no pits, he's going to be at a disadvantage by default, so I felt the need to counterbalance that.  Of course, this probably needs tweaking.  Maybe he could have a charged edition of it that does better damage?  I dunno.

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Projects & Creative / Re: TMK4's Workshop (Saxton Hale Rebirth Public Beta is out!

« on: March 10, 2014, 02:27:37 AM »

...
It is here.
This day was spoken of in the prophecies.
But now it is here.
Luckily, I have come prepared.
...
What?
What do you mean the submission format has changed?
And custom skins are required coming in now?
...
That significantly limits my options coming in.
Well, let's see what I've got...

Okay, like always, I'm helplessly clueless on balance, so if something wouldn't be balanced, feel free to fix it up.

The Horseless Headless Horsemann

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Name:  The Horseless Headless Horsemann
Skin:   (Whenever you see one of these for a non-core skin, you can click it to go to the download page.)
Theme and Sounds:  The theme of TF2's Halloween season will do the trick just fine.  All voice clips can be found this-a-way.
Description:  Not much of a story to this one; it's a pretty clear-cut port of HHH except for the addition of Petrify.  He's always been one of my most favorite bosses in the original VSH (Demopan being my most favorite ever forever).  I really don't care if he gets in or not.

Health:  200 per Player
Main Attack:  Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker.  In his cold, dead hands, this haunted axe's power is legendary.  It OHKOs, but there is a small delay between the user clicking to swing it and the swing actually taking place.
Super Jump:  Teleport. Upon using this, the HHH will warp to one of the survivors left. However, this takes much longer to recharge than a standard super jump (about 50 seconds), and the HHH cannot swing his axe for a brief moment after teleporting.
Items:
> Petrify. The HHH paralyzes all opponents within a short radius of him in fear, keeping them from moving at all for a brief moment. The HHH will only have about enough time for one Headtaker-swing before his victims are freed, and it takes a while to recharge (100 seconds), so he had better be careful not to waste it.
Rage:  Big Scare. The HHH shouts a loud, bone-chilling "BOO!", scaring everyone on the map into walking at a small fraction of their normal speed for a short time. During this time, it's ideal for the HHH to chase down his slow-moving foes, taking their heads while they cannot run as fast as they'd like.

Obituaries:
Headtaker - %o lost his head to the Horseless Headless Horsemann's (%k) Headtaker.

(Yes, I'm keeping the Obituaries.  You can't take those away from me!)

Spiked Wall Man

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Name:  Spiked Wall Man
Skin:  
Theme and Sounds:  The best theme I can come up with is Mega Man II (GB)'s Boss theme and that's the only place I can find it.
Description:  Spiked Wall Man was honestly one of my silliest ideas.  I heard the community joke about a Spikedwallman Hale once, and I just made it happen as well as I could.
He is supposed to have a bit of a gimmick to his movement—Spiked Wall Man has constant forward propulsion, as if he were sitting on top of an old-school Wave Bike.

Health:  175 per player
Main Attack:  Spikes.  Spiked Wall Man is a little different from a normal boss. Instead of having a weapon with reach, he simply always has his spikes ready. Anyone who comes in direct contact with Spiked Wall Man instantly dies.
Super Jump:  Default Super Jump.
Items:  N/A
Rage:  Spike Scatter. Spiked Wall Man blasts a few spikes off of his wall, scattering them over the map. These spikes do not vanish, so players will have to be careful not to trip over them while evading Spiked Wall Man's charges.

Obituaries:
Spikes - %o was skewered on Spiked Wall Man's (%k) Spikes.
Spike Scatter - Spikes - %o tripped over one of Spiked Wall Man's (%k) Scattered Spikes.

Copy Robot

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Name:  Copy Robot
Skin:  
Theme and Sounds:  MM1BOSS2 should work, unless people want something more exciting.  The following song can be found in Ivory's map pack.  Alternatively, we could use the song RushJet1 made for him.
Description:  If you've known me and my Hale sketches, you know that I try to make the majroity of them do something new and interesting.  Copy Robot's new and interesting thing:  weapon stealing.  Whenever Copy Robot kills an opponent, he steals the weapon they were using, replacing whatever weapon he currently has equipped in a way similar to the Copy Beam. It would be neat if he could also steal the skin they were using (Keeping his glowy green outline), but if that's impossible, it's understandable.

Health:  175 per Player
Main Attack:  Copy Beam. Copy Robot fires a tiny bolt of lightning from his buster that does no damage. If it misses, he is able to fire it again. This weapon does use hitscan, and if it hits an opponent, he copies them and their equipped weapon becomes his permanent weapon (Copy Robot has infinite ammo, so no worries).
Super Jump:  Copy Rush Coil.  A shady version of Rush appears in front of Copy Robot, and he springs upon it, launching himself high into the air.  If this turns out to be too unwieldy make it a normal super jump.
Items:  N/A
Rage:  Holograms. Copy Robot summons two holographic clones (Either AI or piloted by foes he's already killed) that fight for him in the same way he does. Each clone boasts 500 HP and must be killed even if Copy Robot is already defeated. (Perhaps if Copy Robot dies while one clone is still out, he will get transferred to a Hologram that hasn't been destroyed...but perhaps that would be too complicated.)

(No obituaries this time; he can just use the copywep obituaries.)

Invincible Airman

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Name:  Invincible Airman
Skin:  
Theme and Sounds:  Why, Airman Ga Taosenai, of course.  (Or this chiptune demake if you want (Download in description))
Description:  Built in response to a demand for more Mega Man-based bosses, Invincible Airman isn't really anything that special, but I like him.  I think he does tribute to the original quite well, but like the HHH it wouldn't break my heart if he didn't make it.

Health:  120 per Player
Main Attack:  Air Shooter. Airman wields the Air Shooter that Mega Man got from a cheap knockoff of him, blasting three shredding tornadoes upward. These do ripper damage, but are not a guaranteed kill.
Super Jump:  Default Super Jump.
Items:
> Air Current. Spinning the fan in his chest, Airman pushes back opponents with a wind current while blasting his more standard tornadoes from his cannon. They fly forward after hovering in midair, and again, do heavy ripper damage.  45-second cooldown.
Rage:  Tornado Blast. After a brief moment of charging, Airman blasts a massive shredding tornado from his fan. Any player inside is tossed up into the air and takes ripper damage as long as they are inside. The tornado should draw in players close nearby, and slowly move forward for a time before dissipating.

Obituaries:
Air Shooter - %o couldn't defeat Airman (%k).
Air Current - %o was blown away by Invincible Airman's (%k) Air Current.
Tornado Blast - %o was cut to ribbons by Invincible Airman's (%k) Tornado Blast!

Epic Pharaohman

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Name:  Epic Pharaohman
Skin:  
Theme and Sounds:  Given his source material, I think Rockman 4 MI's Boss Theme (There's a Theme pack for it somewhere) would be a good fit, but I suppose it's not required.
Description:  Epic Pharaohman was built in the same batch as Invincible Airman, in the response to "needs moar Mega Man bosses."  I actually don't like Epic Pharaohman that much.  I think his Pharaoh's Curse item overcomplicates him, but without it, he's not very interesting.
When his health is reduced to half, Pharaohman activates his 4MI-inspired Desperation state.  He recovers 25% of his maximum health, and his default attack is replaced with the Pharaoh Shotgun (Pharaoh Shot + Damage Buff + Spread Rune + Faster Charge Time), and the cooldown on The Pharaoh's Curse is reduced to 10 seconds (So an aware Epic Pharaohman can constantly have his opponents cursed).  Epic Pharaohman might prove too hard to make because of his curses, in which case it would be better just to move on.

Health:  130 per Player
Main Attack:  Pharaoh Wave. In a snap, Pharaohman charges a wave of heated sand and tosses it, flying fast and dealing strong ripper damage.
Super Jump:  Default Super Jump.
Items:
> The Pharaoh's Curse.  Pharaohman casts a curse on the map, effecting everyone on it for a total of ten seconds.  45-second cooldown.  The curses are as follows:
>> Hopping - Players are forced to jump continually.
>> Reverse - Think the Reversed Controls chaos effect.
>> Slipping - Players lose their weapons, but dash forward in the direction they are facing.
>> Berserker - Forced firing and SV_FastWeapons 2! You weren't using that ammunition for anything, were you? This one can backfire dramatically and wind up making Epic Pharaohman take a lot of damage...
>> Roulette - The player randomly switches between their weapons.
>> Minimum - The projectile speed of all weapons is significantly reduced. Or, if not doable, maybe it could make the player move slower?
>> Fidget - All players move constantly. Or, if not doable, a player must continually move or they die.
Rage:  N/A

Obituaries:
Pharaoh Wave - %o was buried in the sands by Epic Pharaohman's (%k) Pharaoh Wave.
Pharaoh Shotgun - %o was put down by Epic Pharaohman's (%k) Pharaoh Shotgun.

Hidden Shadowman

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Name:  Hidden Shadowman
Skin:  
Theme and Sounds:  I've come to find that Doppelganger's theme from Devil May Cry well fits the mood of this boss.  Feel free to disagree.
Description:  This is not only a response for more MM-based bosses, but also an attempt to import another first-person-shooter boss battle mode:  The Hidden.  This boss should be completely invisible, and become partially visible whenever he uses an action (Or when hit) for a very brief moment before fading back into invisibility.  Homing weapons should be disabled while playing this boss, and whenever he kills someone he should recover 75 health.

Health:  50 per Player
Main Attack:  Assassinate. With a Shadow Blade in hand, Shadowman lunges, instantly killing anyone. This hale weapon has Claw-like range.
Super Jump:  Charge Jump. Point in any direction, and Shadowman goes flying in that direction. Like a Super Jump, but not as powerful and can serve multiple functions. This jump, for Hidden Shadowman specifically, has virtually no cool-down--only enough time for him to stop using the first one and land again.
Items:
> Electro Scrambler Scare. Should Shadowman's enemies be weary and cautious, or just plain annoying by forming buster walls, there is another way to get to them—with this, Shadowman can cast a deep-seated dread in anyone, making them run slower and deactivating their weapons.  30-second cooldown.
Rage:  N/A

Obituaries:
Assassinate - %o was killed, swiftly and silently, by Shadowman (%k).

Orange Juice/MusashiAA (SaviorSword HERO)

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Name:  Orange Juice/MusashiAA (SaviorSword HERO)
Skin:  
Theme and Sounds:  The only thing that immediately comes to mind is Rockman 4 MI's Chimerabot #1 theme, and I don't think that's in the Theme pack.
Description:  Ah, the original Hero Hale concept!  Takes me back.  Basically, in this Hale, the survivors' objective is to stay alive long enough for Savior to defeat OJ/AA, Savior's objective is to defeat OJ/AA and protect the survivors, and OJ/AA's objective is to kill all the survivors, at which point Savior also dies.  Also, all the survivors lose their weapons if you're battling this boss. Yeah. Originally Savior was going to have a tertiary attack called "Arm the Public" which spat out various weapons for the survivors to equip themselves with. I decided against it for now, trying not to make the Hero Hale side too powerful, but if others like it, maybe it could be implemented?

Orange Juice
Health:  150 per Player
Main Attack:  Top Whirl. Spinning rapidly, Orange Juice dashes forward. Anyone in his path is passed through, taking ripper damage.
Super Jump:  Default Super Jump.
Items:
> Spinning Top Blast. A whole bunch of Spinning Tops blast out from Orange Juice, doing the same amount of damage they do in YDClasses' incarnation of the same projectile.  60-second cooldown.
Rage:  He's on Top. For a time, Orange Juice's main fire is replaced with a more devastating weapon—the original Top Spin, which is now death on contact, when used in the air. If used on the ground, it allows him to toss a volley of Spinning Tops forward.

Obituaries:
Top Whirl - %o was left dizzy by Orange Juice's (%k) Top Whirl.
Spinning Tops - %o was spun about by Orange Juice's (%k) Spinning Tops.
Top Spin - %o was twisted by Orange Juice's (%k) Top Spin.

MusashiAA
Health:  75 per Player
Main Attack:  Time Slow. MusashiAA blasts out his Time Slow, slowing survivors for a brief period to make them easier for his companion Orange Juice to kill. This attack has a fairly slow cooldown.  If a full fifteen seconds pass between a Time Slow being ready for use and it being fired, it will be upgraded into a Za Warudo—which, like its No Constancy incarnation, completely freezes the victims for a time instead of just slowing them.
Super Jump:  None, but if Orange Juice dies before MusashiAA does, he will receive a default Super Jump.
Items:  N/A
Rage:  Time Stopper. For a brief moment, all is frozen, and only the two bosses may move. This gives them a brief moment to destroy whoever they please.

Obituaries:
Time Slow (Since doesn't it have to do one damage or something?) - %o was slowed to a stop by MusashiAA's (%k) Time Slow.
Za Warudo - %o was halted in (his/her/its) tracks by MusashiAA's (%k) Za Warudo.
Time Arrows - %o was pierced by MusashiAA's (%k) Time Arrows.

Description:  MusashiAA has a form of Desperation form, which activates if Orange Juice dies before him.  It allows him to take the offensive by letting him fire infinite Time Arrows with a non-rage Altfire.

SaviorSword
Health:  SaviorSword is in such good shape, he's invincible! The only way to defeat him is for his opposing Hales to kill the citizens he's attempting to protect.
Main Attack:  Savior's Sword. His named blade, SaviorSword's Savior's Sword is incredibly strong and laced with powerful magic. It bears similar range to a Hand Weapon-type Hale Weapon, and landing a successful hit will deal 100 damage as well as send its recipient flying!
Super Jump:  Default Super Jump
Items:
> Gravity Sword. Slamming the hilt of his blade on the ground, SaviorSword uses the power of gravity to deal damage. It acts like old Gravity Hold, doing a fair bit of damage and tossing the recipients up into the air.  60-second cooldown.
Rage:  Air Strike. Note that this rage builds as the survivors SaviorSword is attempting to protect die. SaviorSword's training in the air force helped him in many ways, but one of its key benefits are his new friends. Upon activating his rage, airplanes will fly all through the sky, dropping powerful explosive weapons all over the map. These could be custom-fashioned missiles or just recycled explosive weapons from the core, but in any case, make sure they are devastating.

Obituaries:
Savior's Sword - SaviorSword (%k) smote evil (%o) with his Savior's Sword!
Gravity Sword - %o was banished by SaviorSword's (%k) Gravity Sword.
Air Strike - %o was blown to pieces by SaviorSword's (%k) Air Strike!

Dark Bowser

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Name:  Dark Bowser
Skin:    FTX may still be working on tweaks to Hinatidez's skin to make it more resemble Dark Bowser.
Theme and Sounds:  NES demake of Vs. Dark Bowser (Download in description).  If you want sound effects, there might be some buried in here.
Description:  I commandeered this idea from FTX to accurately reflect how I believe a Dark Bowser hale should function.  He doesn't have a great deal of unique features aside from his timed main weapon (Designed to reflect timed hits in the M&L series in general).
He should also have a non-rage altfire a la Captain Falcon:  Dark Flames. Dark Bowser inhales deeply, and exhales a large blast of purplish-blue fire. The flames catch opponents on fire, but unlike Cave's lemons, this does not slow them down. The flames linger in the air for a while before vanishing.

Health:  250 per Player
Main Attack:  Dark Punch. Dark Bowser winds up a punch, his fist aglow with shady fire. The longer one waits between releasing the button to fire, the more damage the punch will do. A perfect punch will deal an OHKO and make Dark Bowser slide forward. However, if one waits too long, Dark Bowser will stumble and fall forward, doing very weak damage.
Super Jump:  Super Jump. Dark Bowser cannot Super Jump as high as other bosses, but upon touching the ground again he will emit shockwaves which deal no damage but stun briefly.
Items:  N/A
Rage:  Big Ball O' Minions. Summoning up shadowy versions of Bowser's own minions, Dark Bowser tosses them all around the level, allowing them to wreak havoc. A purplish haze falls over the survivors, obscuring their vision (if only a little).
> Dark Goombas walk around idly, charging toward survivors if they get too close.
> Dark Koopas walk around idly. If dealt sufficient damage, they will retreat into their shell, at which point they can be shot. The Dark Koopa then acts as a projectile, instantly killing other minions it collides with, and hitting Dark Bowser and survivors for about 75 of their health.
> Dark Thwomps float in one single place, coming down to instantly kill any player that tries to pass underneath them. They can only take damage from explosive weapons.
> Dark Bob-Ombs run towards players. They have low health and will explode violently upon death or contact with a survivor.
> Dark Bullet Bills charge around at high speeds, dealing high damage and continuing upon collision.
The rage continues until either Dark Bowser's minion supply is exhausted or a timer expires, at which point all still-existing minions vanish and the fog is lifted.

Obituaries:
Dark Punch - "%o was lost in the darkness of Dark Bowser (%k)'s Dark Punch."
Dark Flames - "%o melted in the heat of Dark Bowser (%k)'s Dark Flames."
Dark Goomba - "%o lost a life to one of Dark Bowser (%k)'s Dark Goombas."
Dark Koopa - "%o was shell-shocked by one of Dark Bowser (%k)'s Dark Koopas."
Dark Thwomp - "%o was crushed under one of Dark Bowser (%k)'s Dark Thwomps."
Dark Bob-Omb - "%o couldn't outrun the blast of one of Dark Bowser (%k)'s Dark Bob-Ombs."
Dark Bullet Bill - "%o was shot by one of Dark Bowser (%k)'s Dark Bullet Bills."

Airman James

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Name:  Airman James
Skin:   If a Battle and Fighters skin of Airman is ever made, that should be used here.
Theme and Sounds:  All I could ever find was this cool remix of Airman's Gameboy theme.
Description:  In a way, this guy was kind of a return to basics.  Compared to some of my others, he's not too fancy, but I still think he has a very sound moveset.  And, really.  How can we not make fun of Airman James?

Health:  250 per Player
Main:  Whirling Airblast. Airman James blasts a huge gust of air from his cannon. Does fairly little damage (Will need more than four hits to kill), but fires over a large range in front of him and pushes hit opponents back.
Super Jump:  Super Jump. Airman James's Super Jump is different, because when he jumps, he will leave a whirlwind lingering at the spot he jumped from.
Items:  N/A
Rage:  Secret Weapon: Gamma Cannon! Airman James equips a super-strong cannon infused with the powers of Mega Man 3 Final Boss: Gamma! His main weapon is replaced with three color-coded weapons that can be spammed very quickly until the timer for the ability runs out.
> Plasma Rail - Color-coded blue. Fires bolts of plasma rapidly in a tight, condensed line.
> Lightning Blast - Color-coded yellow. Send out bolts of lightning that travel outward in all directions.
> Lava Barrage - Color-coded red. Drops a bubbling mess of lava that explodes out into several towering pillars of flame upon hitting the ground.  

Obituaries:
Whirling Airblast - %o was blown away by Airman James's (%k) Whirling Airblast.
Plasma Rail - %o was disintegrated by Airman James's (%k) Plasma Rail.
Lightning Blast - %o's curcuits were fried by Airman James's (%k) Lightning Blast.
Lava Barrage - %o was melted in Airman James's (%k) Lava Barrage.

...Okay, I had more to start than I originally thought.

Coming Soon Maybe Possibly I Don't Know???  The only reason they're not here is because there are no custom skins for them...
- Gideon Graves
- Fluttershy
- Rubberfruit
- The Players

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Events / Re: Cutstuff Community Classes Contest #2

« on: March 07, 2014, 02:23:10 AM »

It's a shame I can't make classes; I read this prompt and I formulated an idea that might actually be somewhat clever.  Oh, well.

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Forum Games Archive / Re: SUPER HAPPY FUN CUT-IN-LINE MAFIA 2

« on: March 07, 2014, 01:08:45 AM »

I hate my life role but I'll play it anyway

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Anything Goes / Re: Cutstuff MMRP (Construction / Signup)

« on: March 02, 2014, 03:48:39 AM »

We don't need a Bass/Evil Robot/Sunstar/rediculousGaryStuOC running around killing everything in sight right at the beginning.

"Restricted", not banned. Also, this prevents these characters from being picked up by someone who can't handle them properly or will use them to completely take over the plot.

With your plan, we would have to wait two months of active playing before we could even introduce them.  A lot can happen in two months.  That's too long to wait before bringing in a main character.  There would already be an established plotline going on—one that was built upon the fact that they're not there—and make them seem more overpowered than they actually are, because they weren't planned for.

But let's pretend for a second that that's not a problem, or you just ban them outright.  ...You realize that's not going to stop people from being overpowered, right?  Having a certain character isn't what makes you God-Mod; being bad at Role-Playing is what makes you God-Mod.  I could grab Snake-Man, say his Search Snakes has been upgraded with deadly venom which kills Robots in minutes, and go ballistic.  I'm not Mega Man, but I'm still God-Mod.  It's not stopping anyone.  Barring these characters is like DRM.  It's not going to stop people who want to be overpowered from being overpowered; and it keeps the actually-reasonable players from playing their favorite/the most important character.

And furthermore, you shouldn't be letting bad Role-Players into your RP to begin with.

I never for certain stated that 8BDM would actually be used, but I'm certain that it can be done if there's an interest and people are willing to try. Other than that, Skype is a much less confusing way.

I reiterate that having Role-Playing in a live-action/chatroom setting encourages a lesser amount of detail, action without careful thought, and the potential to be left behind, all of which detract from the quality of the story being told.
Using MM8BDM to Role-Play it out would be even worse, as it would have the same chatroom limitation, but also artificially restrict the characters you could be in the first place, as well as determine fights by who has more skill in the game rather than the better writer/who needs to win the fight for storyline reasons.

I'm getting to that. As I said, I have a few ideas, but I decided to wait for a bit of input first.

Alright, then, here's my input for you.

Role-Plays on CutStuff don't end well.  They never have.  There are only a handful of people here who can actually Role-Play worth a stack of beans, and even fewer actually fit to be a Game Master.  Of those few, people begin to drop off, until eventually there are enough people to fit counting on one hand.  By then, normally even the GM gives up hope and bails, and the Role-Play dies.
Moving offsite has extended results, but ultimately ends the same way.
Non-Role-Players don't like Role-Players when they get too intrusive.  Making a subforum has been requested and denied, and there used to be a big fiasco about Role-Playing servers.
Your policies are a big turn-off, and you paradoxically seem to want to discourage bad players while letting them in anyway.  I, personally, would not want to play under your rules, even if you were a good GM.
If you want to Role-Play, that's fine.  Just don't do it with the Cutopians.

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Anything Goes / Re: Cutstuff MMRP (Construction / Signup)

« on: March 01, 2014, 12:53:07 AM »

> Live-action playing

Chances are, as usual, I'm getting this wrong, but:

Are you implying that this roleplay should be turn based?
Turn based roleplays, man, those are just dumb.

I hate post orders, but I hate chatroom/live-action RPing even more.  I dunno about you guys, but I need a minute, multiple minutes, even, to think of the best way to respond to a situation.  You do that on a forum, everything goes fine, post order or no.  You do that on a chatroom, you get left behind.

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Anything Goes / Re: Cutstuff MMRP (Construction / Signup)

« on: March 01, 2014, 12:20:52 AM »

> Not allowed to bleed oil
> Banned characters for being "overpowered"
> Live-action playing
> Not even any idea of what to do for a plot

2/10, abysmal, would not willingly play as a role-player.