‘Tis the Season to be Critting

I haven’t really posted a proper “blog” page for quite some time, so I might as well dig it out and give a small update on life while the Holiday Seasons roll in.   JSSG has grown to 8 Members, double the size of when it was founded. Quite an improvement I say. The following Members have joined outside the original 4 (in order of joining) Admiral Skeybar (represented by a RED Pyro) PurpleKirby54 (represented by a RED Engineer) sovietCake (will be represented by a BLU Pyro) Some other guy who Kirby has yet to tell me the name of (will be represented by a RED Medic)   Because of the growth, I set up a small, invite-only group on Steam so it’s easier to plan larger events like the (ended up failing, though practice was fun) Battle Royal.   Second order of business; the status of Champion GamesTeam Fortress 2 Tactics is close to a beta release. The Beta will include 6 weapons per class, the stock weapons and the class update weapons, exceptions being the Sniper and Demoman. Sniper will receive, in addition to stock, the Sydney Sleeper, Jarate, and Bushwacker. Demoman will receive, in addition to stock, the Loch-and-Load, Scottish Resistance, and Ullapool Caber. Currently a simple-artwork version of 2fort will be the initial map. An improved version (with Badwater hopefully) will come with the full release of the game. DO NOT ASK FOR A RELEASE DATE PLEASE, AS I HAVE NO IDEA WHEN THAT WILL BE. Luckily Kirby has jumped aboard to help me get the game finished, so progress could pick up.   March of the Reds has been redesigned to be a bit simpler. Nothing to show visually yet.   I have also stared sketching down ideas for yet another game. This time, it will be a science fiction RPG-type cooperative game. It has influence from a particular computer game as well. I’m keeping the title and what-not confidential for the time being.   Finally, a bit of Personal updates. I be praying to get a PS3 this Christmas, and the cards seem to be dealing in my favor for that regard. I be chugging through my senor year of high school, all fair so far. Kirby and I have started coming as TF2 classes to the school’s “Board Game Marathons” (basically 4 hours of games of all kinds, including video games). The first one we went as Engineer (me of course) and Scout (Kirby had one hell of a convincing costume). The second one (coming up in 2.5 weeks) is a smaller marathon, so we be switching it up going as Spyper and Intelligent Heavy (from Minifett’s classic Gmod vids). I already got a bullet belt picked out and currently searching for a good pot. Kirby has a decent Sniper costume, so he just needs to hunt down a good mask. Pictures may come, eventually. Other planned combos; Tin Soldier and Sniper Heavy and Medic Anyhow, that be enough from me. If you’re interested in catching a game with me, currently I be lurking around in Alien Swarm and Minecraft. ALWAYS expect me to be on TF2 on the weekends (or slow school nights). Cya on the battlefield!I haven’t really posted a proper “blog” page for quite some time, so I might as well dig it out and give a small update on life while the Holiday Seasons roll in.   JSSG has grown to 8 Members, double the size of when it was founded. Quite an improvement I say. The following Members have joined outside the original 4 (in order of joining) Admiral Skeybar (represented by a RED Pyro) PurpleKirby54 (represented by a RED Engineer) sovietCake (will be represented by a BLU Pyro) Some other guy who Kirby has yet to tell me the name of (will be represented by a RED Medic)   Because of the growth, I set up a small, invite-only group on Steam so it’s easier to plan larger events like the (ended up failing, though practice was fun) Battle Royal.   Second order of business; the status of Champion GamesTeam Fortress 2 Tactics is close to a beta release. The Beta will include 6 weapons per class, the stock weapons and the class update weapons, exceptions being the Sniper and Demoman. Sniper will receive, in addition to stock, the Sydney Sleeper, Jarate, and Bushwacker. Demoman will receive, in addition to stock, the Loch-and-Load, Scottish Resistance, and Ullapool Caber. Currently a simple-artwork version of 2fort will be the initial map. An improved version (with Badwater hopefully) will come with the full release of the game. DO NOT ASK FOR A RELEASE DATE PLEASE, AS I HAVE NO IDEA WHEN THAT WILL BE. Luckily Kirby has jumped aboard to help me get the game finished, so progress could pick up.   March of the Reds has been redesigned to be a bit simpler. Nothing to show visually yet.   I have also stared sketching down ideas for yet another game. This time, it will be a science fiction RPG-type cooperative game. It has influence from a particular computer game as well. I’m keeping the title and what-not confidential for the time being.   Finally, a bit of Personal updates. I be praying to get a PS3 this Christmas, and the cards seem to be dealing in my favor for that regard. I be chugging through my senor year of high school, all fair so far. Kirby and I have started coming as TF2 classes to the school’s “Board Game Marathons” (basically 4 hours of games of all kinds, including video games). The first one we went as Engineer (me of course) and Scout (Kirby had one hell of a convincing costume). The second one (coming up in 2.5 weeks) is a smaller marathon, so we be switching it up going as Spyper and Intelligent Heavy (from Minifett’s classic Gmod vids). I already got a bullet belt picked out and currently searching for a good pot. Kirby has a decent Sniper costume, so he just needs to hunt down a good mask. Pictures may come, eventually. Other planned combos; Tin Soldier and Sniper Heavy and Medic Anyhow, that be enough from me. If you’re interested in catching a game with me, currently I be lurking around in Alien Swarm and Minecraft. ALWAYS expect me to be on TF2 on the weekends (or slow school nights). Cya on the battlefield!