Roblox Direct!!

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I recently went to the Comments that were waiting for approval. I see this that comes out. Just read it, or, if you can’t see it, just go to the staff page, and scroll down to the bottom.

So, there MIGHT be a contest here. I dunno. All I know is that I can start thinking on it starting from August, because I’ll be back by then. But I had a idea that kinda came to my mind: A contest organized by all the major Roblox fan sites. One big one organized by all the major sites. It’s my idea that came to me, but If that hapends, then it’s not going to be easy. (even though ORGANIZING a contest is already not easy.)

Stay tune in 2 weeks to see if there’s gonna be a contest here or not!

-Sonic Boy

I’m just gonna post this to say that I am going to the beach starting from July 19th to August 2nd. Therefore, don’t PM me or expect alot of posts of Roblox Direct, I’ll be there with no Internet Connection.

I’ll post a few more posts before leaving. Oh, and sorry for not posting in a long time. I was having some fun at some random ROBLOX Places, and I was also doing videos. I also had my Birthday on July 13th!

By: chess123mate

Link to Place

I guess I haven’t done a review for awhile This isn’t a bad place! It’s got decent effort, amounts, and isn’t too bad in the line of bugs.

It’s very simple — this is a racing game, Roblox style! (I say roblox style because of the crazy physics and fun track). It isn’t heavily scripted, but what’s there is fairly good. There is a loop and large jumps, vertical walls, and a fake sense of total control [there are a few places where scripts will partially take over]. There are even 2 vehicles to choose from.

Unfortunately, the scripts could use a bit of improvement in detecting if everyone’s out of the race, and there’s no variation — it’s always one lap. Occasionally the vehicles get stuck or go flying [the latter probably can't be helped]. Also, it is possible to cut corners or completely skip pieces of track [cheating]. And occasionally the cars glitch themselves (like just a second ago we started the race and I flew off to the right even though I was telling my hover car to go forward…). Finally, even though there are 2 different types of vehicles, the formula one car has very little control making it useless to try and win with.

MARK BREAKDOWN

Scripting: 6/10. Well, the scripting is in depth, but there is room for improvement — like detecting if everyone is in the starting area rather than racing [thus re-start the race immediately], or more in depth control/variation in the tracks. Also, it’d be good to detect if everyone’s already in a car, that the race might as well start immediately. Finally, this place is stuck on the “death to respawn” concept. Teleporting and the removal of cars would be a better solution.
Tools: 4/5. Not bad tools, but since they control the vehicles I gave a mark off because they need a little more improvement.
Building: 7/10. There are cracks in the track and the walls could’ve been a bit higher, but it was good overall. One could argue that it would be better to have more “stuff”, but that would’ve created more lag.
General Enjoyment: 8/10. Most people who like racing should have a lot of fun with this game, although I got very frustrated with losing a lot due to vehicle or track error.
Originality: n/a. It’s a racing game!
Creativity: 9/10. Rarely is it so that you can’t be more creative. For example, different colours in the track would’ve shown more creativity, or perhaps more hovercars with different statistics (like one is more fast, but another can turn better [better BodyGyro]
Ease of Use: 5/10. It’s difficult to use the cars. It’s also saying something when you can get into first place without touching the controls since I was typing part of this review. How does that work?
Easy to Learn: n/a.
Deals with Problems: 2/5. There are a few problems, as mentioned above (ex. cheating, glitches, etc.). Also, there is a “cheat” at the beginning that allows you to go faster than everyone who doesn’t know it. I’m unsure whether it’s simply pressing “y” before you start, or tapping “y” multiple times, I’m unsure.
Deals with Lag: 2/2. There isn’t much extra anywhere, so that’s always a plus Though there was lag in the server I was, I think that was server lag due to other places, not the place itself. It was very un-laggy at one point.

Overall: 6.9/10. Basically, the scripts need to be worked on, and maybe colouring the track (but that’s a minor addition). A major thing would be to improve the track itself, or perhaps to change how the vehicles get around. Getting stuck is a major problem, which could be fixed by improving the tools or the track. However, this place deserves a visit, though it needs a bit of touch-up work, it’s a good place!

Nothing is better than a nice game of Ultimate Paintball CTF by miked. But when the noobs come, you wanna avoid them. Yesterday, some crazy stuff happened there. Well… The team name has been changed to lolololololol in a certain server!

Now, (here comes the good stuff) Telamon wanted YOU to send an E-Mail to info@roblox.com, with the informations on how to do that exploit. of course, there is no hunt without without prize. So what does he give?

The nethack man pages and 1000Tixs.

So only a few players got the book. But was this done on purpose? Did they just know that miked inserted a Name Team Changer from the 4 Tower game? I don’t know, maybe someone here will comment and tell me how it happened.

So in the end, the book was used for something.

In other words… the action adventure contest has finished! We still don’t know the end (like who won…), rumors say that ReeseMcBlox is taking 2 days of rest. I think she really deserves it, after all, managing the community is a very hard task.

-SonicBoy

This is probably the most requested thing for this site: More Jobs.

Now, I would deny straight away, because were fine right now. But on second hand… It’s true that Inzuki and jediknightkrazy are extremely occupied…. zap123 is also on vacations…

So yup, this means… correct! I am going to open teh jobs! But this time, it’s gonna be different:

You’ll go to a special link, where it’s a formula that you must fill out. PMs will be ignored. At a certain moment, I’ll start reading, and I’ll PM you if your accepted. Simple, huh.

Im still making the Formula, so when a “Jobs” page pops out, go there for the link.

Off-Topic: I FINNALY finished school! I can start doing more videos, play more, and most of all: Post on ROBLOX Direct!

-Sonic Boy

It’s amazing how alot of players got fooled by some trick. I’ll simply say it: This hat is NOT for anyone. This hat was created by Telamon for DocStrange. Missed the craziness? Read on:

A user was pretending to give the hat if you visited his lace, favorited him and sended him a Friend Request. Of course, at a certain moment, he demanded you to wear a certain color code, to look like teh hacker. Then, a guy called H4xx3r came to the place saying that you solved the mystery, and you will claim the prize if you visit HIS place.

Of course, after, we discovered that H4xx3r was a fake. Then, the other user was going into different places! Untill… We met him at Matt.Dusek’s Balance. His account gets deleted. That proves he was a fake too.

So there you go, the story of how alot of us robloxians got fooled by this user. But he really planned well, we should be careful, this person MIGHT attack again… Let’s hope not…

If you wanna know what’s the image on this post, it’s the image of Nethack, the game.

-Sonic Boy

I’ve been changing, revising, etc. some recent place reviews. Often there are second thoughts, input from the creator of the place, etc. that change the marks I assigned and/or how I look at the place. Mostly that includes Briguy9876’s place review, but I also changed Sweezy’s a bit as well.

This is just to let you know of these changes, and a reminder that I will occasionally do this without warning

Also, I wish to explain my marking scheme concept. Generally, I am trying to aim to arrive at a reasonable rating based on various aspects that most places have. The ratings are based on how well scripts are made and implemented, how well the building of the place has been done, how creative and original the place is, how much “fun” the place is or can be, and how well problems have been dealt with (usually hard to tell unless I’ve already reviewed a place or see things in the description or comments). I also look for how one could exploit bugs to ruin the game for others.

Here is what I think of a place with an overall rating as follows…:
-0.1 or less: This place is an insult to Roblox (or to individual people) and likely should be removed immediately. This place would have to be very stupid and then do something bad enough to achieve a penalty.
0-0.9: A very bad place. It has had little or no effort put into it and is not really fun to be in. Pointless to go into.
1-1.9: Basic effort, but still unoriginal with little creativity or thought in the creation of the game. Rarely any fun to go to.
2-2.9: Still not a good place. Whether it’s lack of theme, too much lag, and/or a boring or pointless place, it needs a lot of improvement to be good. However, some places with ratings 2-4.9 have potential to be higher. You might want to check it out for the concept that was intended, but not for enjoyment so much.
3-3.9: Not a horrible place, just isn’t very good, either. It likely needs a fair amount of work done on it to make it better.
4-4.9: An acceptable place. It might not be the greatest in Roblox, but it’s OK.
5-5.9: A good place [it passes]! There’s likely a lot of work to be done before it’s really good, but it’s respectable as is. However, such places may have a few problems (like those exploits that can ruin the fun of the game).
6-6.9: A good place with the proper features. The average place should achieve a rating of 5-6.9. Few do, though.
7-7.9: An excellent place! Such a place has all the proper features (except maybe a few), has a good theme and a good objective (ie. something to do that is challenging), often has good, original scripting and/or building. There are usually many creative aspects to the place, and lag tends not to be a problem with such places.
8-8.9: Such a mark (that I have not yet given) would be for an outstanding place! Almost everything is perfect, original, and creative.
9-9.9: Incredible! Almost impossible to achieve, since there would need to be practically no problems with the place, it’d need to be very fun or useful.
10: I doubt anyone will ever get a 10, unless the place demonstrates a concept that is so simple that all the bugs have been taken into account and fixed. If it was a full place, however, it’d have to be perfect, or have a lot of cool effects to get bonuses
10.1 or higher: Not only is this a perfect place to go to, it includes features that go far beyond what one would expect from Roblox. It should be showcased on the front page as “The Best Roblox Place Ever”!

Of course, you can’t say that a place with a rating of 9 is necessarily more fun than a place with a rating of 7. It is very possible for a person to have more fun with a 5.5 rated place compared to even a place with a rating of 10, depending on what type of places interest you. I attempt to make the rating reflect what the place could or should be, not so much compared to others. Since few people have actually “finished” their places (and those that have didn’t do much and so get a very low rating), the ratings are not as high as they could be. Other places have great features, but no theme and/or no objective, so may only get around 3-6.

Also note that I am willing to re-review a place if enough work has been done on it. I am still taking review requests, although if I don’t think the place is good enough I won’t waste my time rating down a bad place (unless it’s really popular).

I hope this explains why a lot of places that are thought “good” may be getting such low marks. Every problem I see, everything that looks like it could be better, it all goes into the mark.

Thanks for reading,
chess123mate

I recently found this in the Catalog (about time something new comes…). Uploaded by Telamon, this is called the Nethack Man Pages. What actually very weird (from Wikipedia), is that Nethack is a video game! No joke! Here’s the article in Wikipedia!

Anyway. I have a bad feeling this needs a certain requirement in order to get it. And the description is also weird:

Printed out in easy-to-read 4 point font. 1200 pages.

Man, all this thinking is driving me crazy! D: Well, maybe time will tell…

-SonicBoy

The ROBLOXian Award Hat!

Man, I log in into ROBLOX, check out the Roblog, and what do I find? This cool looking hat that just looks like a real award in the real movie festivals. Anyway, not about that…

After re-showing this hat (lemme guess, it’s still will show our bold heads. D:), I am now going to show you my video contest entry! Behold!

This video is about 4 minutes long, so don’t leave right away after 3 minutes!

Again, I am sorry for not posting alot theses days, there’s not alot going on ROBLOX, and I can only use the computer for 1 hour in the Week-Days. Don’t worry, everything will go back to normal in 2 weeks! =D

-SonicBoy

By: chess123mate

Link to Place (Below — place screenshot)

Briguy has done a good job on this place. The concept is simple: get out of the rooms. There are only 2 of them, but it can be a challenge.

You start with two basic tools: “Look” and “Grab/Use”. Technically, you don’t need the “Look”, but there are some very funny comments on some of the objects. Like the spawn point The place is practically finished, but there are updates planned (so I hear). A really cool thing about this place is that once you’re finished, you can watch everyone else! It’s like a 1-way window; you can’t see out, but everyone else can see in.

Unfortunately, this is a one-time place (as of now). There is no randomization, so the puzzle is the same every time. And it is mostly a guessing game, since there is very little that is actually logical (like why would a remote be used to something other than a TV?)

Overall, though, it’s a good place. You should check it out.

MARK BREAKDOWN

Scripting: 2/3. It’s mostly “Tools” that run this place. However, there are a few, such as the Regen and leaderboard, which are used reasonably well. Unfortunately, the timer starts “ticking” before you even get into the place (ie. while you are loading), so it could have some improvement. On the other hand, it uses a more advanced method of keeping track of how long you’ve been in the place, which I wonder if that is creating more lag.
Tools: 8/10. The tools are great, but the place doesn’t thoroughly work with them as well as it could, and some do not make sense.
Building: n/a. It’s not the building, it’s the concept. Besides, it’s from All Models
General Enjoyment: 5/10. There’s too much lag, and it is frustrating for most people without the walkthrough. However, you get to destroy stuff, so that makes up for it a little by giving a moment of fun
Originality: n/a. It’s like saying putting “Monopoly” in Roblox is original/unoriginal. This idea has been around for a long time on other websites. However, there are original aspects to it: those marks, however, are put in creativity. I decided not to mark down because of using All Models because this place focuses on the game play concepts — it doesn’t need fancy new structures.
Creativity: 9/10. Very good creativity. It could’ve been better, but there are a lot of things you wouldn’t expect that make the place challenging.
Ease of Use: 7/10. It is mostly easy to use, however a low ceiling makes it more difficult, and a cramped area, although in proportion to life, makes it difficult to see things (which is probably done on purpose to avoid being able to see some of the secrets).
Easy to Learn: 3/4. An easy concept, however many people encounter the problem of not being able to touch objects to get them: you have to use tools. It’s not a bad thing, it’s just a fact of how it is. Perhaps including something to signify they should use tools…
Deals with Problems: 4/5. There have been a few updates responding to bugs, however not all of them are out yet. Also, the scripting errors are, of course, still a problem.
Deals with Lag: 3/5. This place has a big issue when it comes to lag. I’m sure if you played it in solo mode, it wouldn’t be quite so laggy. For sure, though, it also wouldn’t be laggy if there was only 1 set of rooms — unfortunately, that’d change the gameplay since you wouldn’t be able to destroy the stuff as you take it apart XD. However, I’ve been told that not all the servers are laggy. Interesting… I guess it just depends on what server you get
Bonus: +0.2 There is a mystery that is put into the place. I don’t know if it’s fully developed yet, but I see that it is at least in progress.
Bonus: +0.1 For the fact that you can see what other people are doing after you win; very cool

Overall: 7.5/10. Mostly, the main issue is the lag and the current system. However, the place itself is brilliantly done!