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Matt H
Dark Trooper Phase 1
Joined: 24 Sep 2003
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 Posted: Apr 17, 2004 19:43 Post subject: Coober (*) |
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Coober by Ted Imboden (*)
Crow's Nest: 25%
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Barry Brien wrote:
Constantly battling it out with Mines for the title of 'Worst df mission ever'. The word 'Coober' written in df architecture. Brilliant.
Worth playing just to see how ridiculous it is.
Sheldon wrote:
Why don't we have a contest someday to see whether Imperial Mines or Coober wins the title for the worst DF level ever written? Of course, everyone should be able to enter their own levels!
Barry Brien wrote:
I proposed the idea of a Hall of Shame ages ago, but others were against it. I think it's a brilliant idea.
Llyren wrote:
Heck, I think the HoS is a great idea.
Lionel Fouillen wrote:
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Nottheking
Kell Dragon
Joined: 29 Sep 2003
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| Posted: Apr 19, 2004 17:16 Post subject: |
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Most definitely one of the most spectacular levvels ever, presuming you mean spectacularly bad. A complete nonsense of enemies, thrown into a series of rooms, makes this levvel laughable.
Unfortunately, it seems to be the most worthless of all levels/levvels. It fails to compare with mines: while mines is legendary for its own stupidity (and I wonder how a novice editor managed to create that rift in DFUSE/WDFUSE), Coober falls short of such achievements, as well as having an avergae wall/sector ratio.
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Fish
Gamorrean
Joined: 29 Sep 2003
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| Posted: Apr 22, 2004 16:05 Post subject: |
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Yes, it's so bad it doesn't deserve the first place in anything, not even the "worst levels" list!
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Nottheking
Kell Dragon
Joined: 29 Sep 2003
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| Posted: Apr 27, 2004 21:05 Post subject: |
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I forgot to give Coober a rating. Yipes! Here we go:- Quality: 0%
- Atmosphere: 10%
- Innovation: 5%
- Gameplay: 40%
- Overall: 14%
Perhaps I was being a little lenient...
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Barry Brien
Dark Trooper Phase 1
Joined: 26 Sep 2003
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| Posted: Apr 30, 2004 14:06 Post subject: |
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I once had Coober as a super-secret area in AoNS, but I decided to take it out when the lev file was getting too big. Maybe I'll stick it in DT4 
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Burning Gundam
Kell Dragon
Joined: 28 Sep 2003
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| Posted: Apr 30, 2004 15:55 Post subject: |
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God NO!!!!! That will infect the overall quality of everything!
Unless you used it as INF elevators...
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Nottheking
Kell Dragon
Joined: 29 Sep 2003
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Burning Gundam
Kell Dragon
Joined: 28 Sep 2003
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| Posted: Apr 30, 2004 18:32 Post subject: |
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I know what you mean. I was looking for INF stuff from that level as reference for my series and it took me a while to find the right script. But it was very clever how Jeff Walters used them as a part of his level as well.
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Burning Gundam
Kell Dragon
Joined: 28 Sep 2003
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| Posted: Apr 30, 2004 18:33 Post subject: |
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Oh, and I make my dummy sectors so that the main ones like "complete" or other main ones look like the first letter. So the complete sector looks like a 'C'.
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Nottheking
Kell Dragon
Joined: 29 Sep 2003
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| Posted: Apr 30, 2004 21:26 Post subject: |
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Actually, most of my work uses the LEC-style simply, tiny triangle dummy sectors. That way, I can easily leave them by the areas they service until it's complete, so I can easily understand what's where. The major, "global" INf dummies are used for NTK - for my level, they're complete, boss, and another one...
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Burning Gundam
Kell Dragon
Joined: 28 Sep 2003
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| Posted: May 01, 2004 06:12 Post subject: |
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Ditto. I do the simple triangles for the ones I don't need to go back to.
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Rory Duffy
Ree-Yees
Joined: 29 May 2004
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| Posted: Jun 17, 2004 13:22 Post subject: |
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Hall of Shame is a great idea! Hands down, we should do it...I'm getting all sorts of creative ideas as to how to create the worst level. 
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Nottheking
Kell Dragon
Joined: 29 Sep 2003
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| Posted: Jun 20, 2004 22:36 Post subject: |
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Rory Duffy wrote:
Hall of Shame is a great idea! Hands down, we should do it...I'm getting all sorts of creative ideas as to how to create the worst level.
Worst level? I don't know what you're talking about. If you mean levvel, you cannot possibly beat Mines. I don't know if you've played it yet, but I do know that there are two types of DF-players:- Those who have played Mines, and
- Those who will play Mines.
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Ye Olde Schoole
Trandoshan
Joined: 07 Apr 2004
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| Posted: Jun 23, 2004 15:20 Post subject: |
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This levels design is astounding (Spelling?).
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Lonestar
Dianoga
Joined: 14 Jun 2005
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| Posted: Jun 15, 2005 01:14 Post subject: |
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I just played Coober. It was cool! I was surprised when I feel into that giant hole! But the Ice Part Sucked.
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Burning Gundam
Kell Dragon
Joined: 28 Sep 2003
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| Posted: Jun 15, 2005 07:27 Post subject: |
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Uhhhhh....... Some one actually played and ENJOYED playing Coober!? 
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The MAZZTer
Death Star
Joined: 25 Sep 2003
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| Posted: Jun 16, 2005 13:42 Post subject: |
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He obviously hasn't gotten to Lahara Hotel yet or the Dark Tide series etc 
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Lonestar
Dianoga
Joined: 14 Jun 2005
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| Posted: Jun 17, 2005 00:40 Post subject: |
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I have played Dark Tide 1-2, Kill Darth Vader, The Ties that Bind, Condition Red, Operation Archangal, Discovery at Ironfort, etc.
Coober was a break from the more serious levels where there are confusing puzzles and stuff.
Someone should make a Coober 2.0, Revenge of the Coobers. That would be cool.
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Jackson
Dark Trooper Phase 2
Joined: 24 Sep 2003
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| Posted: Jun 17, 2005 03:10 Post subject: |
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Coober definitely is a fun, not-at-all serious level.
Except for the ice and Dark Trooper combo, of course.
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Barry Brien
Dark Trooper Phase 1
Joined: 26 Sep 2003
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| Posted: Jun 17, 2005 03:50 Post subject: |
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It's inexcusable. Nobody should be allowed to release a level like this.
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Nottheking
Kell Dragon
Joined: 29 Sep 2003
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Jedi Cheddar
Gamorrean
Joined: 13 Sep 2004
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Fish
Gamorrean
Joined: 29 Sep 2003
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| Posted: Jun 20, 2005 12:29 Post subject: |
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Contrary to Coober, Mines has charmé.
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Ye Olde Schoole
Trandoshan
Joined: 07 Apr 2004
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| Posted: Dec 13, 2005 22:35 Post subject: |
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Mines is a work of art. It is seriously needs a hall of fame all of its own.
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Jackson
Dark Trooper Phase 2
Joined: 24 Sep 2003
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Fish
Gamorrean
Joined: 29 Sep 2003
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| Posted: Dec 14, 2005 13:30 Post subject: |
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A legendary site - I still remember the excitement and academic approach while writing the article about Mines' architecture, background, etc.
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Barry Brien
Dark Trooper Phase 1
Joined: 26 Sep 2003
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| Posted: Mar 11, 2006 16:52 Post subject: |
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Oh, thats's long gone I'm afraid.
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Jackson
Dark Trooper Phase 2
Joined: 24 Sep 2003
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| Posted: Mar 11, 2006 18:12 Post subject: |
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I'll give a go at rebuilding it sometime this week. The screenshots, I just noticed, are all still there... I'll get in touch with Fish to see if he held onto the pictures used in his article (which, rereading now, is absolutely amazing).
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Fish
Gamorrean
Joined: 29 Sep 2003
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| Posted: Mar 23, 2006 14:42 Post subject: |
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Here I am, and believe it or not - I still have somewhere the original Mines Analysis source file and its pictures. Should I upload it here?
If you want to contact me direct, go ahead through E-mail: ?ribic?@?pcekspert.com (remove the question marks).
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Jackson
Dark Trooper Phase 2
Joined: 24 Sep 2003
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| Posted: Mar 23, 2006 18:26 Post subject: |
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A-HA!
I guess I had the wrong email address... feel free to either upload the article and pictures here or ship 'em over to me at achtungjackson (at) gmail.com.
Thanks!
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