Throwback Thursday... or Space infested Sunday!

[Darkcypher]

Basically going back to the old pre alpha map. Every Thursday or Sunday.

Some of us pre-alpha guys like the nostromo map and would be a lot more active if it was brought into play.

I think if every Thursday you throw a throwback day or on Sunday you set it back to the nostromo map but with all the Alpha updates. Etc so we can actually pick up huggers. As it such close quarters Boilers would be more effective. Crushers can run down the corridors. Marines can equip up with Ripleys and fight the crushers head on. I think this is a great idea as most of the pre-alpha people would thoroughly enjoy going back to the map even when it is less buggy. I even think once you add new maps you add a voting system with the map pool with Nostromo even on it.

You guys can slowly put the map into effect with the throwback thursday stuff. Then if the community like it or people get more active add it to the map pool and add the voting system.

But hey.. it is just an idea right?

[KeyWii]

+1 I've had more fun on the three rounds of Pre-Alpha I've played today than the 40 rounds of Alpha I've played this week.

I can't contain my nostalgic feels

[Boltersam]

Oh, hell yeah! This would be an awesome event and boilers would actually be useful in the narrow corridors!

Do we still have that spoopy destroyed Ripley near the bottom? Also, +1.

[TopHatPenguin]

+1 I've had more fun on the three rounds of Pre-Alpha I've played today than the 40 rounds of Alpha I've played this week.

I can't contain my nostalgic feels

This is basically my reasoning as well right here but then again i'm a nostalgic fuck who loves pre-alpha even with it's defects.

ON the other hand the nostromos map wouldn't work with current code due to quite a few compatibility issues as well as some alien and marines ones aka, the Sadar and crusher are the big ones, the sadar because it could breach ( then again i suppose it could just be taken out of the vendor for the day.) and the crusher who could dominate a corridor with it's stomp annihilate squads, either way if we get both of those things sorted it should be good.

I mean the compatibility issues could be sorted by making a 1:1 rebuild of the nostromos, but nobody probably has the time for it, so that won't happen.

[LouisLouiz]

WE HAVE PRE ALPHA TODAY???? SHIT IT'S PAST 12:00

[Arachnidnexus]

Wouldn't mind the Nostromo being in the map rotation, but the actual pre-alpha gameplay and lag is kinda awful. Not to mention that lots of things are broken and that things like emitters being used to block off entire hallways and aliens not being able to carry huggers exist in the April Fool's build.

[TopHatPenguin]

Wouldn't mind the Nostromo being in the map rotation, but the actual pre-alpha gameplay and lag is kinda awful. Not to mention that lots of things are broken and that things like emitters being used to block off entire hallways and aliens not being able to carry huggers exist in the April Fool's build.

I mean if we had a good ol'hotfix to fix most of the bugs and some game issues like bursted bodies causing lag, I think it would be fine imo.
Might even be nice if there was an old cm server and the alpha cm server but eh that's just a dream heh.

[Darkcypher]

Referring to penguin (no clue how to do the reply thing on a mobile) I would think the map would actually put consideration of the use of the Sadar like the CO screaming not to use it "unless you want your squad to die" type of thing... Or like you said remove it for the day. I just think it would actually bring consideration of do we take this route... Or de we want to destroy everything "fuck it" type of thing.

[Egorkor]

why not go farther and toss in the hivebuster build in.

[crono23]

Yes please +1

[Kerek]

+1, I would love to see the way that colonial marines used to be.

[Joe4444]

I mean...even if we went back to the god awful code,just for a round a on Thursday or sunday...I'd be happy.If the devs can get the map into alpha code then I'd love to see a day for it.

[LordLoko]

This is basically my reasoning as well right here but then again i'm a nostalgic fuck who loves pre-alpha even with it's defects.

ON the other hand the nostromos map wouldn't work with current code due to quite a few compatibility issues as well as some alien and marines ones aka, the Sadar and crusher are the big ones, the sadar because it could breach ( then again i suppose it could just be taken out of the vendor for the day.) and the crusher who could dominate a corridor with it's stomp annihilate squads, either way if we get both of those things sorted it should be good.
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The now deactivated Daedalus prison solved this by not making the SADAR usable, and the granades would only destroy the floor.

[TopHatPenguin]

The now deactivated Daedalus prison solved this by not making the SADAR usable, and the granades would only destroy the floor.

Granted the sadar problem could be fixed but there is still the issue of a crushers and boilers having a field day on the nostromos in the tight areas and making some hive areas near impossible to get into aka, Xenobio, viro and potentially Perma brig.

[Bigchilly]

+1, just remove crushers, since snipers still can be used the boiler problem isnt relevent. Even if the sniper takes 4 shots before even killing a boiler (sniper is trash).

edit: It should legit just be a map, or just a change to the older pre(pre)-alpha code?

[Aeleto]

The nostalgic on me says yes, but last time we tried pre-alpha it was bugged to fucking hell, and I'd rather not go back to that.

[forwardslashN]

It's pretty bugged. If we do throwback days, it would likely be an event that we announce ahead of time.