Zombification Discussion Thread

[Slade]

Thanks, DBZ!

Btw, the third head is in the middle, MMX.

 

I've incorporated the feedback and updated the list.

 

Tier 1: Human

 

Tier 2: Zombie

 

Tier 3: Space Monkey, Monkey Zombie, Denizen of the Forest

 

Tier 4: Hellhound, Gas Zombie, Ghost Lady / Sarah

 

Tier 5: Shrieker Zombie, Phasing Zombie, Pentagon Thief

 

Tier 6: Napalm Zombie, Jumping Jack, "Him" / Avogadro

 

Tier 7: Astro-Zombie / Cosmonaut, Brutus, Panzer Soldat

 

Tier 8: Cerberus / Beast, Giants, George Romero

 

Tier 9: Agarthan Zombie

 

Tier 10: Ancient Evil, Samantha Maxis, Edward Richtofen, Ludvig Maxis

 

I think we're nearly there.

 

 

I agree with Boom that Sarah fits better in the fourth tier.

Giants may not be  'enemies' but Humans aren't either.

So they shouldn't be excluded, IMO.

 

I'll have a chat with Lithium so we can continue our work.

 

[MysteryMachineX]

Urgh, well I guess we can't agree on everything. Close enough I guess. Good art, btw Slade.

 

EDIT: Oh btw, it is Giant Robot. Not Giant.

[InfestLithium]

MMX: Craig told me multi-tiers that allow a choice of rank is not possible. It could be done, but would require a large amount of coding that we are not sure how to accomplish, nor do we know if it affects other system codes/mods. We are settling for simplicity at the moment. If we can learn of doing multi-tiers, then we'll see to it.

Glad to see that everyone is liking these! Slade did a terrific job whipping up some of these (and his rendering puts mine to shame haha). Also, the list is starting to fit nicely.

[MysteryMachineX]

Aw that stinks. So how about this, first we set in stone how many ranks there will be. Then we should try to all agree on which ones. If we can't have all of the bad guys, let us try to agree on which ones we do.

[nayrcraig]

Tier 4: Hellhound, Gas Zombie, Ghost Lady / Sarah

 

 

Tier 6: Napalm Zombie, Jumping Jack, "Him" / Avogadro

 

 

Tier 8: Cerberus / Beast, Giants, George Romero

Just to throw in my 2 cents

 

I think I think George Romero, Sarah Faraday and Cerberus sound the best for there respective ranks (if it is possible to fit the names in), but do agree that Sarah belongs at tier 4 rather than 8. "Him" would also be my preferred name.

 

I also think the giant (Robot) should be included somewhere as he is a very iconic entity in Origins and I think he looks good in the userbar. I would definitely like it as a high rank.

[Hells Warrrior]

@MurderMachineX

I was told then it wouldn't be possible, so I dropped it and went with the tier list Rissole made.

 

Well, technically speaking that's not true, I said it was not possible  previously, it is. It's just not automated. After further checks, manual intervention would be required to change the text, to whatever it was that was being requested. It would be on a per user basis, rather than a per group basis (which is what I thought it was).

 

[Rissole25]

I mean, I guess that could work. You would personally have to set up a thread to take the requests though. What about the userbars, are they changeable to the respective group? And what would the default list be (it's got to automatically change to something)?

Regarding Denizen, I think it's full name is way to long to fit. If you somehow made it fit, the font would be smaller or the background picture would be covered.

I think everything is good though. Those userbars and pictures are so good Slade and Infest. :)

[MysteryMachineX]

I think an automatic process would be better than a manual one. I fear for a day when things go for weeks without being updated. I would prefer not to have to rely on manual input if at all possible.

 

As for Denizen, just have two lines:

 

Denizen of

the Forest

[Slade]

I've put a poll up to see which bosses people like to see become a reality.

 

You can vote on more than one, unfortunately I can't set a limit on how many you can place your vote on.

So please, limit yourself to three.

 

We'll see which one's are popular, and work from there.

I know we still haven't decided on just how many total ranks there will be, but that doesn't mean we can't continue working.

 

Anyway, cast your votes, everyone 

[Boom115]

I've put a poll up to see which bosses people like to see become a reality.

 

You can vote on more than one, unfortunately I can't set a limit on how many you can place your vote on.

So please, limit yourself to three.

 

We'll see which one's are popular, and work from there.

I know we still haven't decided on just how many total ranks there will be, but that doesn't mean we can't continue working.

 

Anyway, cast your votes, everyone 

You should have people vote as many times as there are ranks. Do you have an exact number set?

[MysteryMachineX]

What boom said. Or conversely vote for the ones you DON'T want set. That would work too. The way it currently is set up is purely a popularity contest.

 

Not to mention the fact that your pole excludes a bunch. I'll say it again, Zombie God should be the ultimate reward.

[Slade]

@Boom

We don't. That's the problem.

I'm taking into account 10 - 12 at the moment.

And that's almost as many as there are available options.

 

@MMX

That was done deliberately.

You'll notice that I've only put forward bosses that were added with the whole 'multiple selectable titles per tier' in mind. (Space Monkeys, Regular Zombie Monkeys)

 

Ranks which we already know will be realized (like Zombie God, Human, Zombie) don't need to be in the poll.

 

It works either way. You're just rephrasing the question.

[MysteryMachineX]

Oh I'm sorry. I didn't realize that.

[Tasha]

Wow, I love them !

Great job boys. 

[GRILL]

Great work here, my votes hath been cast. I'm so excited for this to be a reality!

[Hells Warrrior]

What I would like to start seeing if you can. is userbar plus 1 tally, 2 tallys, 3 tallys and so forth and then userbar and 1 perk bottle, 2 perk bottles and so forth and then userbar and 1 shield / hud, 2, shields / hud and so forth.

 

This will give us a chance to implement them to see how they look. If you can do that, that would be great.

[Slade]

So like having the userbar + x amount of tallies / perks / hud thing all in a single image?

[Hells Warrrior]

If you can, implementing them as two separate images is going to require a bit of editing in the code, which isn't impossible (actually fairly straight forward) to do but I would rather not do this. To much editing of the original source file becomes a pain in the rear end come upgrade time or security patch time.

[Slade]

No problem. 

I'll get on it.

[Strwrsbob]

These are looking awesome, amazing work guys!

[InfestLithium]

Rank images have been uploaded. Note that they are only temporary until we can get the other ranks in. Tallies/perk shields/perk bottles/whatever will be implemented when a consensus about which image to use is made. Until then, enjoy your new ranks.

 

Edit: The only missing rank is Zombie God. For those who have >5,000 posts, I apologize for your image-less rank. 

[Nemesis_96]

Oh sweet they're on!

Also, lol, no one likes ghost lady

Edit: 420th post hahahaha #BlazeIt #yoloswag360noscope420mlg2k12

[Slade]

Nice! 

I've updated the OP, adding in all the ranks we currently have. (and those damn, dirty apes)

Also updated the tier list. 

We're now looking at 15 ranks. 

Not sure yet how the perks will come into play, but we're working on it.

We also have something special in mind for some of the top ranks.

 

Enjoy!

[ETEl2NAL407]

Just to reiterate my suggestion regardless of which we choose from (tallies, bottles, shields). I'll refer to them as Icons for the time being...

 

Only use 10 total and divide by the total number of posts within the Tier. I'll go ahead and do the math based on a Tier structure similar to one suggested earlier, but reworked to be easier mathematically

 

01-10 = 1 Icon per post

10-30 = 1 Icon per 3 posts

30-80 = 1 Icon per 5 posts

80-140 = 1 Icon per 6 posts

140-210 = 1 Icon per 7 posts

210-510 = 1 Icon per 30 posts

510-1000 = 1 Icon per 50 posts

1000-1600 = 1 Icon per 60 posts

1600-2300 = 1 Icon per 70 posts

2300-3200 = 1 Icon per 90 posts

3200-5000 = 1 Icon per 180 posts

5000 = Full perks constantly

[GRILL]

Eternal, I think that's way over complicating. Either that or I simply don't understand lol. Also that tallies/bottles/shields conversation is in the "zombification" thread - this is just for the user bars (to avoid confusion).

Looks awesome guys. Seriously badass.