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Paranormal Activity - Place Review

2013-05-21T12:52:00.001-07:00

I looked at the front page, and there's this new game, it's called 'Paranormal Activity', there's a reason I never let the front page decide whether a game is good. And this review may explain why, but not to the point, if you know what I mean.

I was expecting to join the game and it look like the front page, but it's obviously not. 'Never judge a book by it's cover'. I did, bad move.

I was lucky enough to join a server with nobody in it, allowing me to see all the special effects, they're not anything special, just some tacky CFrames and tacky scripts- the effects aren't even in the player's Current Camera, so once the effect has been used- it can't be used again. That's just stupid.

The game is sorted into teams, useless teams telling you whether you're in the office or outside. To be honest I never remember having to be told which environment I am in, I can work out by myself thanks! There's also a pointless, noticeably free modeled 'Seconds Alive' leaderboard, as well as a 'Chat Gui' obviously not made by the creator - the chat Gui I have seen in many other games.

Some of the tacky effects looked cool, like the small blood footprints that I followed, but it still didn't impress me. I'm also not a fan of games like 'Paranormal Activity' in which you enter and do not get scared even the slightness, it gives the game no purpose, I think I'd find 'Rose Tyler' more scary than this game. Back to the point.

When you spawn, you are greeted with some awful characters with the name above their heads saying their thoughts, I always thought bringing Dialogs in was supposed to avoid that, that's just a poor use of Roblox Resources, I would have used a billboard gui, I would have used items that would make my game look better, attract more users.

The game also consists of stupid buildings, like the buildings that are completely white with no interior worth looking at what-so-ever. Also, when I finished the tiny little obstacle course I was killed, I think to myself, 'What was the point in me even entering the game, if all I entered for was to die?'.

Don't visit this place, you may die, because it's so scary...

Scripting: 4/10
Not professional or good in any way.

Building: 4/10
Could have done loads better, take a lesson from Cameron Stickley.

Overall: 4/10
Awful, awful and awful.

This game was also stolen from 1Dev2.

Thanks for reading.

~Zakary Wilson

Memorial Day Survey: Retexture Race

2013-05-20T16:00:00.000-07:00

Hi. IBarrageI here back from what seems a big break. (Exam troubles and whatnot have caused me to be inactive with RN for some time). But I am back now, ready to bring you more posts.

This post is about the Memorial Day poll going on right now. And this post is specifically about the retextures being voted in the survey to be published. (Side note: arbirator has told me to be totally unbiased when it comes to this post due to me being mentioned in this post. I might have difficulty with this :P)

First off we have the very humble "Sock" by the ever amusing Phantomazing

Phantomazing made this retexture /number/ months ago to celebrate the Olympics, but it sadly never got published. So now the time has come for a survey with a chance to get a retexture published if enough people vote for it, he took it upon himself to start advertising it with this Sock-tastic ad.

This ad has proved to be effective as it has passed 1500 takes. Not bad for such a humble retexture.

Secondly we have the clown mask by Plasticine.

Ok, I'll admit it, I'm scared of clowns, (I think that's because of the fact they seem to be always smiling) and I am also scared of this retexture. This retexture is an inventive one, using the comedy mask to then create such a creepy and awesome clown mask. This retexture is also being advertised using a block style ad with a dark theme to it.

Spooky.

Plasticine's retexture has passed 1900 takes, and is one of the retextures in with a good chance of getting high in the rankings.

Next we have the silver tea kettle by the upcoming retexturer Sporeman15.

Now, I understand how much work has been put into this retexture, as I know how the texture on that mesh is made up. As quoting from the man himself "it wasn't easy, it was a massive game of trial and error".

He has currently got 2 ads running on this retexture and boy are they eye catching.

Giving a users a question to answer in an ad is a great way to bring attention to it, meaning that now over 2100 people have taken it making it one of the 5 front runners in this retexture race.

Next we have the Rainbow Crown of Ozymandias by JewleyCat

Once again I understand the pain that must of gone into this retexture. As there are so many different parts to this texture that you wouldn't believe, even if you located them all on the mesh, you would still have a hard time retexturing it. I salute you *citation*, this is an incredible show of determination

Now we are coming up to main "power forces" in this race, and this is where I break arbirator's rule.

Here we have the Bluesteel Bathysphere. A "comical?" creation by DarkGenex.

Ok, I'll say it. Is Bluesteel rust proof? I guess I wouldn't want to be the person finding out.

DarkGenex is an old hand when it comes to these surveys, while he recently got Blizzaria: The Frozen published for the President's day sale via the survey, due to it being mass advertised. And now he is back and more crazier than ever with his masterful creation? Mass advertising once again.

He is using maximum bids of 99,999 tickets on ads, and this now has gotten him over 6800 in the time of just 4-5 days (yikes).

Brighteyes revealed a few days ago that DarkGenex's retexture and another one are roughly 20 votes apart. "What retexture?" I bet you are all asking.

Well I have left the best till last (I'm disappointed in you ~arbirator), and there is no doubt that this is the best retexture in the race (seriously you're fired ~arbirator). It is the amazing (I won't tell you again ~arbirator) Crimsonwrath, Lord of the Magma by IBarrageI.

Ok, less of the bias now and more of the explanation behind this retexture. Ok so the first time I saw the original hat, I thought to myself, "that is an interesting mesh, I bet I could make that more impressive" and then just decided to be unoriginal and turn it into Crimsonwrath but more dark and rock covered. I have tried on many occasions tried to get it published via the Black Friday/President's Day surveys but failed miserably. So this time I decided to mass advertise it to give it attention. 8 ads all running at the same time, I eventually got 5000 copies taken within a 4-5 day period and has now become slightly viral with many other retextures such as the clown mask by plasticine and the bathysphere by DarkGenex creating ads "slamming" Crimsonwrath.

Examples of the slam ads:

But less of my story. Who do you think is going to win?
Let us know in the comments below. And we'll see if you are correct.

(Have you got an awesome retexture story you'd like to tell me about? Pm me on roblox (username: IBarrageI) and I may end up interviewing you for roblox news.)

Five New Job Vacancies at Roblox News!

2013-05-19T13:00:00.000-07:00

Today I bring the exciting news that Roblox News has five available job vacancies!

At RN we look for the best of the best. Staff who are responsible and able to tackle challenges are at the top of our agenda. We recognise those who have unique skills, talents and attributes. We are looking for experienced players who enjoy ROBLOX and whom enthusiastically engage with the community. Here at Roblox News, we are looking for passionate writers to join our ranks. Writers that can communicate their opinions effectively and with an aspect of style. We let our individual writers express their opinions and love of the game through the medium of our blog.

Remember: our blog is all about detail and accuracy of information. On top of this we make sure the posts are enjoyable to read for our blog's visitors.

We will require writers to be very active on the blog; publishing several posts a week. They will be required to attend team meetings and briefings from editors and managers. Roblox News staff are given a large amount of freedom in what they post; they will be assigned the section of their choice i.e games, catalog or site news.

The fivepositions are as follows:

Catalog Analyst
Site News Journalist
Site News Journalist
Game Journalist
Game Journalist

If you believe you meet all the above requirements, please email an application to: robloxnewshelp@live.co.uk !

What should the application include?

1) To kick off the application, a paragraph describing yourself should be included. This should be consist of your talents that you would bring to Roblox News. You should also include any hobbies and personal interests you may have.

2) A paragraph about why you would you like to join Roblox News and why you want to apply for the chosen role (Game Journalist/Catalog Analyst/Site News Journalist). Including what interests you the most on ROBLOX is a definite plus, and you can also include your favourite past times on the site. Information about you have previously engaged with the community would also be a plus.

3) Finally, include a sample article of your choice. If you are applying for the role of Game Journalist, please send a place review, strategy guide or news report on an upcoming game project. If you are applying for the role of Catalog Analyst, please send an item review, investment article or comparison post (Gear, Hat, Package). If you are applying for the role of Site News Journalist, please send an article based on a recent update to the ROBLOX site. This could include dynamic lighting, ROBLOX's presence at the Maker Faire or news about the upcoming BLOXXYs.

Remember to include your ROBLOX username and your email you use to log in to blogger - we will need both of these if you are chosen to join our team!

The deadline to send in applications is Thursday 30th May 2013.

Good luck to all applicants! We are looking forward to reading them!

-Arbirator

Editor of Roblox News

Double Gear Review- Trollamom and Laser Pointer Fingers!

2013-05-19T11:00:00.000-07:00

With the recent release of dynamic lighting, ROBLOX decided to release some gears that manipulate the features of dynamic lighting! Here is the first of a new series; Double Gear Reviews.

Trollamom is, in a nutshell, an upgraded version of the Trollamon gear. This gear has two features. The first, and main feature, is that Trollamom can shoot lasers. The lasers give off a dim red hue, and they deal a decent amount of damage. You have a quick reload time, and it takes about two shots to kill someone. That's not all. Occasionally Trollamom will summon the Trollamon, which fires targeting fried chicken missiles at your opponents. Quite the OP gear. This gear was originally 650 robux (price of trollamon plus an additional 250 for the laser feature) and was timed because it was meant as a Mother's Day gear. Overall, this gear gets a 8/10. It's a very quick and easy to use gear, but it looks a bit dull and isn't the most creative gear invented.

The second gear is the Laser Finger Pointers, an extreme dynamic lighting gear that is worth a whopping 1000 robux. Like Trollamom, this gear's main feature is a dynamically lit laser. However, there are three different lasers. You can use either the red damage laser, the green health laser, or the blue trip laser. All three lasers are automatic and clicking changes the laser. The red laser can be used to harm players, but it is REALLY SLOW because it doesn't deal much damage per second. The green laser works the same way, except it heals. Meaning, it also is REALLY SLOW. The blue laser is fun to use because it makes other players fall over, but it isn't hard to recover from falling over, and it isn't the best trip gear I've seen in ROBLOX. Overall, this gear gets a 6.5/10. Creative idea and excellent manipulation of dynamic lighting, but it is too weak to be worth 1000 robux.

This week's winning gear is Trollamom! Check back another day to see which gear wins next!

- NonstopEpic, Catalog Manager

Bargain of the week: Lightning Baseball Cap!

2013-05-18T16:00:00.000-07:00

Greetings fellow experts and virtual items enthusiasts! Today I bring you a post dedicated to a new addition to the ROBLOX catalog: the Lightning Baseball Cap which you can bag for a cool 35R$. This cap is pefect for completing simple retro looks, and makes for good hat combinations with black shades that offset the striking yellow colour.

Building on the base of the Corduroy Baseball Cap's original texture and mesh, the Lightning Baseball Cap adds extra 3-D realism through the use of the lighting bolt on the centre of the cap. The bolt is raised adding depth to the hat and differentiating it from other caps within the 20-40R$ price range. The colours of the cap also make for an interesting combination with the bright yellow offsetting the dark navy background on the base of the hat. If you take a closer look, the rim of the cap also has slight cross-hatching adding a nice finishing touch and distinguishing it from other caps.

As mentioned in the introduction, this hat is worn effectively with other facial accessories such as shades. If you are lucky enough to own a pair of Ice Cold Stunnas (the greatest eyewear item every created) then I would highly recommend wearing it with the lighting Cap as displayed in the image to the right. It would also suit headphones and headsets well!

The Lightning Baseball Cap just goes to show that often the best hats are cheap, simple, and just plain retro! For 35R$ you receive a simple cap, with a neat texture, awesome mesh features with the bolt and a great contrasting colour scheme. This hat really is a bargain!

Thanks for reading!

-Arbirator
Editor of Roblox News

Interview with Keyrut!

2013-05-18T14:41:00.004-07:00

Today I bring you an interesting dynamic lighting themed interview with Keyrut; an active ROBLOX forumer. Here is what he had to say!

Q) Do you believe dynamic lighting can add suspense to ROBLOX horror games? Why?

A) I believe it adds in a new feeling to games on the way it is used, and if it is used correctly it can, such as horror games, or even war games, it adds a whole new element of fear.

Q) Which do you prefer; dark games, or light games? Why?
A) I like both dark and light because in dark games it showcases the full potential of dynamic lighting, and in light games it has the new set of shadowing in certain areas of the game that are intentionally made dark, which is also pretty cool.

Q) What do you believe is the best aspect to the dynamic lighting update? Why?
A) I love the Global Shadows property, mainly because it completely transforms a old game to a new game, it makes it just feel simply, amazing.

Q) Upon its release, describe the game ideas that immediately came to mind?
A) The first Idea I had were Muzzle Flashes (this has now be implemented into Battlefield), and Police Cars. ( Haha, I know not the best but pretty cool)

Q) How do you think dynamic lighting adds to the ROBLOX experience?
A) It adds in a lot more awe into games, other then that it also shows ROBLOX not only is beautiful but has successfully been able to make a game beautiful and with virtually no lagg!

Q) What is your favourite place with dynamic lighting implemented?
A) Strobe!

Q) Are there any features you would add to dynamic lighting? Describe them
A) I would probably add a further distance for shadows to be show and possibly more Range for point-lights and spotlights.

Q) If you were a ROBLOX developer and were asked to design an item with dynamic lighting properties, what would it be?
A) A Mining Helmet, because you know, lights on hats would be cool.

Q) Out of the five gears that currently alter dynamic lighting. which is your favourite?
A) Lightblox Jar

Q) Finally, sum up dynamic lighting in one word!
A) Nani (Beautiful in Hawaiian)

Thanks for reading!

-Arbirator
Editor of Roblox News

Place Review - Battlefield (Pre-Pre Alpha)

2013-05-16T13:00:00.000-07:00

Battlefield is an excellent game, it's by far the best first-person-shooter on ROBLOX, with an excellent FieldOfView and aim. The game uses dynamic lighting in an epic way, each time you shoot there is a light that surrounds your character, and I think that just gives off the perfect effect.

Battlefield is an amazing FPS, it includes many different guns that you can choose and customize with multiple attachments and camos, each gun allows you to have two attachments, plus a third one with a special perk. The classes you have also include perks, you are also limited to two perks, that is a great limit, not too much not too little. The game has recoil and hit-markers. Hit-mark always gives a great effect and tells you when you have hit a player.

Battlefield cycles through many different maps, and DeadzoneZackZak has allowed the public to submit one of their maps to him and perhaps if it's good enough to be used in Battlefield, I think that is a great thing DeadzoneZackZak has done. The public love to get involved.

Although the game is in Alpha, it is very intense and fun, I love hiding round corners and camping, each gun has an accurate aim and shoot. I love how I can aim and have the exact same scope as I do on normal Call of Duty, Battlefield feels like the Call of Duty style.

Once you die on Battlefield you respawn with your camera circling your gun, with a billboard gui allowing you to change your guns attachments and camo. This is a very good addition ZackZak has done, it just gives a better effect to the game. This game is a big step from Deadzone's previous game, Deadzone, and it's pretty epic too.

I have played it many times and even bought a game pass for it. There are many attachments and ZackZak is a very public person, therefore what the people suggest countless times is usually added. Battlefield is also well moderated, earlier Cameron Stickley and I were playing Battlefield and there was somebody claiming to be a moderator, blatantly spelling moderating wrong by saying "modify", and a moderator, Philcutie, told ZackZak the player's name and got them banned for impersonation. I believe that is great moderation.

Battlefield is my favourite FPS because it is a perfect aim-down sights. It also has a brilliant use of Dynamic Lighting and the Lens flare that the game contains is blocky but very, very effective, ZackZak managed to keep the same style of gameplay, he managed to keep the game realistic but at the same time standard ROBLOX (blocky).

Scripting: 10/10
Excellent scripting, definitely one of my favourite scripters.

Building: 7/10
Although many of the buildings are made by the public, they are all at a good standard.

Tools: 10/10
Excellent aiming and excellent guns.

Overall: 8/10
Great job, I love games like this, it's definitely a long-time favourite, just like Sword Fighting Tournament.

Thanks for reading,
~Zak

Hat Review: Donald P. Sullivan - Gold Edition

2013-05-12T13:00:00.000-07:00

Donald P. Sullivan

Gold Edition

Mesh: 7/10

There isn't all that much to say about the mesh. It's the exact same mesh as the original Donald P. Sullivan hat. A cylinder-headed robot with angry-looking eyed, a bowler hat, and a fancy-looking moustache. The original hat wasn't too popular at first, so they made a package to go along with it.

Texture: 10/10

Even if this is just an edited version of an old hat, you have to admit the texture looks awesome. Everything is gold. The head is gold, the bowler hat is gold, his hair is gold. Even his moustache is gold. The only thing not covered in gold are his eyes. If the eyes were gold, it would have looked worse, so I'm glad they kept the eyes as they were.

Price: 3/10

I don't know what on earth the ROBLOX staff were thinking when they priced and stocked this hat. It's 7,500 robux with 350 in stock. When my hat notifier told me this came out and I saw the price, I expected it to have 50 or 100 in stock. But I was extremely disappointed when I saw how many there really were. Even with it completely coated in gold, it's taken[to this point] 5 hours to sell out, and 105 still remain. I estimate it will start out at around 9 - 10,000 robux and then drop to around 5,000. If the stock had been lower, it probably would've sold out long ago and be at around 20-30k right now. In all the years that limited items have been around, the ROBLOX staff still doesn't seem to be improving at pricing and stocking them.

Overall: 6/10

This hat looks good, a totally gold-covered revamp of an old, non-so-popular hat. But the price and stock are ludicrous and the staff should've known better. It will fail as a limited item. So if you have 3-4,000 robux, I'd suggest you wait until it sells out and buy it for a discounted price, because it will NOT profit.

However, I do like the idea of "gold edition" hats. I wonder what, if any, other Gold Edition hats will come out. My vote goes to Shaggy - Gold Edition.

Eggcentric Retextures Contest Winners!

2013-05-12T11:00:00.000-07:00

A long time ago in a galaxy far away, I launched an egg retexture contest for the Roblox News Egg Hunt. Now some of you may be wondering why has this post taken so long; and I have a couple reasons to offer in answer to this.

The egg hunt was delayed a few weeks as our lead programmaer Zinc707 was busy with a very important exam and he wanted to release the game when it had reached the highest quality. This meant the contest winners could not be announced earlier.
I too have also been extremely busy recently with revision for my 9 exams this summer, so I have been unable to post regularly to RN.

However, that's enough excuses for one day: it's time to reveal the winners of the Eggcentrix Retextures! As always, the quality of the retextures were top notch and it was difficult to narrow it down to 3 winners, but a decision was finally made! The entries chosen provided a careful balance of colour, design and creativity which is paramount when retexturing. The winners are as follows:

1st Place - Demons Heart Egg by McVisibility

Boasting a menacing colour scheme and intriguing egg design, this entry screams flare. The frosted glass style pattern on this Fabergé egg paired with the detailed shading makes for an effective aesthetic combination. The colour of the base blending well with the main design adds a nice finishing touch.

2nd Place - Hexagon Egg by mew1226

This entry features a brilliant colour scheme coupled with a detailed, eggcentric design. Making up the overall texture of the egg, the hexagons add a huge amount to this entry. The six pointed star on the front of the design adds real dimension to the egg.

3rd Place - Weaved Fabergé Egg by rebellion666

Featuring an excellent weaved design and great colour mapping, the Weaved Fabergé Egg boasts originality. The weaving looks incredibly realistic with a high level of detail, with the colours ading feel of directional lighting to the design.

So, there are our winners! A massive thank you is owed to everyone for their patience in waiting for the results and to everyone who entered in their egg retextures! There were many fantastic designs with several runners up to the winners!

The winners will be implemented into the Roblox News Egg Hunt 2013 with a unique ability created by the devious mind of Zinc707. Each egg will come complete with a cool looking badge and prestige as these will be the rarest eggs available!

Thanks for reading!

-Arbirator

Editor of Roblox News

Place Review - Molten Depths Minigames

2013-05-11T08:34:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone, PeerPants here with another place review. Today I am reviewing Molten Depths Minigames by SilentSwords. I will be talking through the different aspects of the game, so, enjoy the review!

The Lobby

When you join the game, you're placed in the lobby. The most popular part of the lobby is the viewing area, which is a glass section sticking out of the lobby, where players who aren't participating in the current minigame can watch other players take part. The lobby also has a shop where you can buy a selection of different badges with the points earned in game.

I am now going to go through all of the different minigames available to play, and give each one a rating out of 10.

Lucky Cages (8/10)

Lucky Cages is a really fun minigame. There are four cages, red, yellow, blue and green. Each player picks a cage to go in, and the cage doors suddenly close. One cage then falls into the lava. Players can then either choose to go to a different cage, or stay in their current one. Another cage then falls, and the process is repeated until there is only one remaining cage. The player(s) in the remaining cage receive their share of the winnings.

Volcanic Swordplay (7/10)

The rules are simple, fight to be the last survivor. Each player is teleported to the map, and after three seconds, each player is given a sword. They must then battle to be the last player alive. The last 3 surviving players each win a share of points, with the person who was 1st collecting the most.

Voltage Mayhem (10/10)

This minigame is really fun. A VIP controls where the lasers go, they can either move up or across. The aim is for the VIP to kill all the players, and for the players to dodge the lasers by jumping over them. If the VIP successfully kills every player, the VIP wins all the points. If players survive the lasers, the players who are still alive collect a share of points.

Lava-Hot Battle (9/10)

Each player is given the classic battle tools, a bomb, a rocket launcher, a linked sword, a trowel and super-ball. They must then all battle it out to be the last survivor. However, there is a twist. While players fight, around them lava rises, threatening to burn them alive. So you'll need to stay away from the lava if you want to succeed in this minigame.

Fierce Jumping (10/10)

This is probably my favourite minigame. A series of platforms appear, and you have to jump from one platform to the next, kinda like Frogger, I suppose. Anyway, you also have to avoid spikes, and last until the end of the game, or else you will fail!

Boulder Dash (2/10, Broken)

At the time of review, this minigame isn't working. However, I played it while it was working and it was really fun! You had to dodge boulders that the VIP sent crashing down to you. If you managed to dodge all of the boulders by the end of the game, you won! If everyone died, the VIP won.

Going Up High (8/10)

The aim of Going Up High is to click as many times as you can, more than all of the other players. The player who clicks the most, and has the biggest ball, wins the points. People in 2nd and 3rd places also get points.

Rusty Platforms (9/10)

Rusty Platforms is another game of chance. At the start, there are lots of platforms, and one by one, they take it in turn to drop. This game requires fast reactions to win, as you need to jump away from your current platform if it is falling.

Rating

Gameplay 9/10

Creativity 7/10

Effort 10/10

Overall 9/10

SilentSwords has done really well with this game, just a few more fixes and finishing touches would make the game perfect!

Place Review by PeerPants
Suggest A Place: Twitter | ROBLOX

Gear Review: Double Damage Frog

2013-05-10T20:08:00.000-07:00

Hey all, today we'll be taking a look at the Double Damage Frog, one of the newest gear items released by ROBLOX. I thought today we might skip the introduction, and instead delve right into the review. So, without further ado, let's get down to the review!

Abilities/Effects: I've got to say right off the bat, this isn't one of the best gears in recent times. While the Double Damage Frog will allow you to double the force of your attack, there are a few things that must go right first before you get a good shot at the enemy First, your opponent must walk into one of the frogs you've set loose, which, after 10 minutes on Catalog Heaven, only occurred once. After coming into contact with the frog, his/her character will turn a light shade of blue for the duration of 20 seconds; during these 20 seconds, any damage you deal will be doubled. However, it is rather unlikely that you'll get near your opponent to begin with, as most of the time they tend to be moving around as opposed to being sitting ducks. And, since the effects of the frog last for only 20 seconds, the window of opportunity (which was already quite small to begin with) shrinks down even more. Not one of my favorites. 5/10.

Appearance: There's nothing very appealing about the frog itself; it's a dark shade of blue with a few black specks thrown around to add some texture to the item. It somewhat resembles a poison dart frog, which I presume is what its effects are modeled after. It's not bad, but it isn't great either. 6/10.

Pricing: This item hit the Catalog at a price of R$500, and is currently selling for, more or less, the same price. However, after the 30% Tax is deducted, results in a loss for the seller. Personally, I wouldn't recommend buying as an investment. 7/10.

Overall: 6/10.

Thanks for reading, and be sure to follow me on twitter! @U98RBLX

Dual Plunger Gear Review

2013-05-08T13:00:00.001-07:00

Hi everyone, pajke here. Today I bring you an article on the Dual Plungers. I was taken by surprise when it came out, in a good way.

The plungers came out on Friday, 3rd of May 2013, priced at 450 robux, with over 2000 sales this has become a pretty successful gear.

Abilities: 2 plungers, 2 hands, with this gear you can throw them! Your arms start moving like rotor blades on a helicopter. Slowly in the beginning, but in just a matter of seconds it speeds up and the plungers catch fire! If you hit a player a plunger gets stuck on his face. The gear does moderate damage, the animation and the fire look cool. You can dispatch an opponent in seconds with dozens of plungers hurling in every direction. I'll give it a 9/10, after all nothing is perfect.

Appearance: Individually the plungers look pretty plain and boring, just the color of the plunger itself, I feel like it needs a bit more contrast. But no one's really gonna mind that. Now, the first thing you notice when you see someone wearing this is that they're upside down! I'm happy they made this, it fits well with9 theme. I'll give it an 8/10 since its a kinda plain.

Pricing: The one thing wrong about this gear, is that it's not limited. I'm pretty sure that everyone reading this agrees with me. The price is okay, I am hoping that it goes off-sale in the near future so that it remains uncommon. 7/10

Overall: An overall rating of 8/10 would suit this just fine.

Hat Review: Rock 'n Shades

2013-05-08T13:00:00.000-07:00

Rock 'n Shades

Mesh: 10/10

Rock 'n Shades is no doubt one of the coolest hats to date. If you keep up with the limited item market, you'll know that some of the most wanted items are shades and headphones, of any kind. Well, Rock 'n Shades are shades AND headphones in one awesome package. The shades are actually attached to the headphones at the end, technically making it one hat instead of two. But you still have to admit, it looks awesome.

Texture: 10/10

Rock 'n Shades is a very colorful hat. The shades are black with plastic blue rims. The headphones are a variety of colors. The rim of the earphones are blue and green, with an orange design on the side. The top of the headphones have a sort of foam texture, making it look more realistic and not just boring plastic.

Price: 7.5/10

The pricing and stock of this hat caused a good bit of controversy on Let's Make a Deal in the few hours after it was released. It was a good price for shades and headphones, 1,000 robux, but it was very overstocked with 1,000 in circulation. It sold quite a few copies in the first few minutes, but sales slowed and it took a few hours to completely sell out. At first, prices stayed at a failing rate of about 1,200 - 1,300 robux, but over time they passed the profiting point of 1,429 robux and now sell at about that price, or higher. Occasionally somebody will sell it for a bad price, but I see more profit in this hat's future. With shades and headphones both in one, how can you go wrong?

Overall: 9/10

Overall, this hat was very cool, being, unless I'm mistaken, the first REAL 2-in-1 hat ever made. The stock could've been lower, but it looks awesome on your avatar and will probably raise in price slowly over the next few days.

Cinco De Mayo Hats 2013!

2013-05-07T13:00:00.001-07:00

Sombreros, sombreros, and even MORE SOMBREROS seemed to be the theme this year on ROBLOX for Cinco de Mayo. Without further ado, here is a quick rundown of everything that happened!

Before Cinco de Mayo, ROBLOX re-released the 2010 Cinco de Mayo Sombrero. It was at a price of 250 robux and was timed, meaning it was confirmed to go and stay off-sale again like usual. This sombrero is not the best looking sombrero on ROBLOX (I consider the classic 2007 sombrero mesh to be the best), but it is a solid addition to your ROBLOX sombrero hat collection.

The first new hat released was the Sunbrero (pun intended), the only published Cinco de Mayo retexture this year by rebellion666. At a cheap price of 50 robux, this sombrero is a good deal. The whole idea of it is clever and the texture looks well done. In my opinion, this is probably the best sombrero released this year.

Hours after the Sunbrero was released, the Fiesta Sombrero, a sombrero very similar to the Sunbrero, came out. It was originally 150 robux and had 2500 in stock (honestly, item stocks seem to be getting too high these days). Currently it is selling for around 300 robux, making it a small win. The blue texture is very interesting, and makes it look neat for a sombrero.

The last sombrero, the Mexico Sombrero, was released hours after the Fiesta Sombrero. It was uniquely a tix hat, costing 1,000 tix. This sombrero resembles the Cinco de Mayo Sombrero in many ways, such as having text on it and the colors resembling a flag. Well, for a sombrero, it does not look bad.

Overall, this Cinco de Mayo was a pretty decent one. I personally would have liked it if there were other hats besides sombreros. However, the one thing that disappointed me was that NOTHING had happened to the Bluesteel Sombrero.

The Bluesteel Sombrero was a big item released last Cinco de Mayo, and was worth 5,000 robux. This expensive hat was timed meaning it went off-sale with 339 owners, making it even rarer than the Bluesteel Domino Crown. Nowadays, people are wanting it to go limited, and it is getting high offers if it were to go limited. Other users were hoping for it to go on-sale again, and even rumors were spreading that BrightEyes confirmed once that it would go limited. Nothing at all happened to it. One thing about ROBLOX off-sale items that annoys me is that there are tons of rare old items in the catalog that deserve to go limited over other things that go limited (such as Red Domino should have gone limited in February instead of Dual Illumina, which were released months earlier and now are probably one of the most fail rare gifts). Hopefully it'll go limited next year.

- NonstopEpic, Catalog Analyst

Community Article: Interview with best3000!

2013-05-07T12:15:00.000-07:00

In today's community article we have an interview with best3000; one of the winners of the Dynamic Lighting Video Contest! His winning entry can be viewed below:

Q: Rank from 10 to 0 how good you are at making videos.
A: Mostly like to be 3, as because I work alone with not many skills as to edit the acting/showing footage.

Q: Rank from 10 to 0 how good you are at lua programming.
A: -1, no kidding. From the start (08 Feb 2008) I always play the games that other people created with awesome lua skills. When I go in the studio I ought to look left and right then say "I have no knowledge of lua".

Q: What inspired you to do what you did?
A: The first segment of the video of John's dynamic lighting footage give me the idea to inspire to make that part as in my contest video. But it seems so small and did not show everything as I wish it to be. So I enlarged it and it perfectly lags up my computer, it even put my fps to 3-5. The second one I was inspired by realflow flooding, but it seem so pale without lights. So I dump up the light and that is the result. About the Tetris, I have in idea for the last segment so I think up the game that can present up the dynamic lighting and Tetris came up in my mind. In before all of that happens I have the first idea that seems to be a fail (it is). It consists of a car In the night with some street lights, slender man with flashlight, top it off with nothing (or something that I have forgot). And it tells of stuff with a board with some words on it. I eventually scraped that idea and bring up a new one. Showing of before and after style, example : spiral stairs,offices,dark corners. I end up scraping that one too, the only thing that remains today is the beauty of dynamic lights.

Q: What do you think of your work? Is it good or bad in your opinion?
A: I think it is "pretty good". Turns out I'm the oddballs among the winners of the dynamic lighting group. Where I show the beauty of it through lighting spheres and Tetris. Where other people shows up the beauty of dynamic lighting through epic structures and building.

Q: Did you have help?
A: Not at all. I was alone and tends not to ask for any ideas, as if my friend in roblox didn't online that much and friends in my steam don't know anything about roblox or dynamic lighting at all.

Q: What did you use in order to complete your video?
A: I used : Roblox studio 2013 (duh) , a lot of spheres and screen shots , Playclaw (a recording software) and Sony Vegas 12.

Q: Anything you regret?
A: I regret that I could have done it better.

Q: Would you like to be famous?
A: A "Well known" would be enough for me.

Q: Did you get anything for being in the top 10?
A: I did get some lesson and a hat from this. A lesson : keep trying, your persistence hasn't died just yet to enter the contest. You can be better than this. A hat : epically "Worth it!".

Thanks are owed to will78962 for submitting this excellent interview to Roblox News. We will be looking forward to future interviews from will!

Community Article: City of London

2013-05-06T14:00:00.000-07:00

There are some places on ROBLOX that closely resemble real life places, towns and cities, one of them is London. User cooldude215 has replicated London in such a good way with his place 'City of London' It would be close to impossible to completely remake London as it is now in real life, imagine the lag! cooldude has managed to bring some of the iconic London landmarks and put them together on a map, including the Houses of Parliament, Downing Street and even Buckingham Palace! Not only that, but he’s brought the City to life, replicating services such as Police and Foot Guards (Guarding the Royals). He’s even got a Government and a Royal Family!

I myself am a Police Officer (Constable) and get the tools real life Police Officers would get (Apart from a baton). It’s the same with the other teams, like the Foot Guards and MI6, they get the tools they would usually have in real life. They even have Groups to go with them, and real life ranks.

Of course, in order to do a job, there are certain places to guard. The Police have a duty to guard the Houses of Parliament, Civilians are not allowed in. Trespassers can be arrested or killed if they go past the flags. Police also have a duty to guard Downing Street, although constant guard is not required as there are gates. Again, people who trespass in Downing Street will be arrested or killed. Police also have cars, along with MI6 so they can get around the City fast. Police also have a duty to write criminal records of people if they commit a crime other than trespassing. Again, this is another real life comparison. Foot Guards have to job of guarding the Royals, they usually hang around Buckingham Palace, and again, trespassing will get you shot.

The amount of detail that has been put in is amazing, all the replica buildings look like their real life equivalents. Cooldude has really done a good job making London look like the real one. The community is great, everyone helps each other and it’s just a really fun place to be. When there aren’t many Police on duty, the Army (BAF) help keep the peace.

Overall, this is an amazing place. Built well, scripted will, and has a great Community. It’s definitely a place worth visiting. Overall: 9/10

Thanks for Reading!

We'd like to thank THEKILLER7777 for submitting this well constructed, and detailed community article to Roblox News! We'll be looking out for more articles by him in the future!

ROBLOX Scripting: Using a non-PVP Humanoid

2013-05-06T13:00:00.000-07:00

Humanoids can be debated as the most important item that lies within the character of a ROBLOXian, I believe that's true. Without the Humanoid, we do not have the Sitting down property, nor do we have the WalkSpeed, neither run. With a humanoid, you gain the option to have death, but what if you were to, perhaps be Non-PVP, or not allow somebody to kill you with a sword, well. You'd change the name of the humanoid (SUPER SIMPLE), and if you were to convert a sword so that it still works with you even when your humanoid's name is different, that can also be simple.

A simple roblox sword, is a very long script. Each sword is programmed to kill a person with a humanoid named humanoid. You would have to slice through the code to stop a sword from killing somebody with the name "Humanoid" and change it to, well I don't know, "TheNoob". In this case, the sword would only take health from the character with the Humanoid named "TheNoob". In my case, that's what my humanoid is called!!!

But that is way too advanced for now, at the moment I am doing simple scripts.

So, to change the humanoid's name would simply be a script inside the StarterGui, the script would contain...

script.Parent.Parent.Character.Humanoid.Name="Zakary99IsAMassiveNoob"

This would stop players from being able to kill that person, if you are a person who hates that stupid force field, (like me), then you will like this. In my game, Classic Sword Fight, I use an AFK Gui, within the game I have a sword named sword that is inside the lighting, and each player has the same sword. This is the script for the button that turns the player into afk mode..

location;

I would suggest using this as an afk script, it's very reliable, and hasn't let me down yet..

Thanks,

~Zak

MarketplaceService: How-to utilize it.

2013-05-05T23:00:00.000-07:00

Hello Robloxians!
zinc707 here - today, I will be teaching you guys how to use the new feature of Roblox, the MarketplaceService.

What is MarketplaceService?
MarketplaceService is the new service that was unlocked by Roblox recently. It holds a variety of features that scripters can utilize to create in-game purchases (And also retrieve information about an item from the catalog.)

How do I use it?
The methods of MarketplaceService have very few limitations. The only limitation is that if you try to prompt a purchase on a guest, it'll throw you a warning asking you to avoid prompting purchases with guest users (This won't halt your script, it'll just warn you in the output.) Otherwise, there are no other main requirements.

Methods that you need to know:
PromptPurchase
GetProductInfo
PlayerOwnsAsset

PromptPurchase()
Limitations: None.

Arguments: Player,assetId,equipIfPurchased,CurrencyType

What you need to know:

In order to use PromptPurchase, you have to get the service that manages in-game transactions (MarketplaceService). To get the service, you would use this simple line. game:GetService("MarketplaceService")
What the arguments mean:

Player is player, ie: game.Players.Player1.

equipIfPurchased - if the object the player purchased is a gear item, automatically have the character equip it.

CurrencyType, specifies what desired currency (If it's for sale with that currency type) is preferred. Ie: Wanting a user to purchase an item in-game with Robux instead of Tickets. If the item is on sale for only tickets, and you try to specify Robux, it'll prompt the purchase with Tickets, and vice-versa. Two enums (1 = Robux, 2 = Tix). You can also specify which currency you want by using it's name (Ie: "Robux","Tix")

Example script:
game.Players.Players.PlayerAdded:connect(function(player) -- Player entered.
player.Chatted:connect(function(msg) -- Player spoke.
if (string.lower(msg) == "don8pl0x!") then -- See if the non-capital letter version of the message is equal to 'don8pl0x!'
game:GetService("MarketplaceService"):PromptPurchase(player,20573078) -- Prompt the player to purchase the hat 'Shaggy'.
end
end)
end)

GetProductInfo()
Limitations: Excessive requests with this method get throttled. In a nutshell, don't go getting product info for an item every available second, otherwise it'll prevent you from pulling info for a while.

Arguments: assetId

What you need to know:

This is a method that advanced scripters can utilize to pull the product info on an item (Ie: Name, price, date created, etc.) directly from the website.

Warning: Geek language incoming!

When you use GetProductInfo, it returns the information in JSON format on the item you used the method on. By JSON format, I mean that all the data that is returned is in a table for easy access.

Returns: AssetId,ProductId,Name,Description,AssetTypeId,CreatorId,Name,Created,Updated,PriceInRobux,PriceInTickets,Sales,IsNew,IsForSale,IsPublicDomain,IsLimited,IsLimitedUnique,Remaining,MinimumMembershipLevel, and ContentRatingTypeId.

Breaking down what GetProductInfo returns.
AssetId: The AssetId of the product you looked up.
ProductId: Not used by users.
Name: Self-explanatory, returns the name of the item.
Description: Returns the description of the item.
AssetTypeId: Returns an enum that signifies what type of item the asset you looked up is.
CreatorId: Returns the userId of the creator of the asset.
Name: Name of the creator.
Created: Returns YYYY-MM-DD + TT:TT:TT as to when the item was created.
Updated: Returns YYYY-MM-DD + TT:TT:TT as to when the item was last updated.
PriceInRobux: Returns how much the item is priced at in Robux, returns null if it isn't for sale in Robux.
PriceInTickets: Returns how much the item is priced at in Tickets, returns null if it isn't for sale in Tickets.
IsNew: Returns a bool as to whether the item is new or not.
IsForSale: Returns a bool as to whether or not the item is for sale.
IsPublicDomain: Returns a bool as to whether the item is free to take or not.
IsLimited: Returns a bool as to whether the item is limited or not.
IsLimitedUnique: Returns a bool as to whether the item is LimitedU or not.
Remaining: Returns how many (If the item is limited/limitedU) copies of the item are remaining, otherwise returns null.
MinimumMembershipLevel: Returns a number as to what minimum membership level is required to purchase the item.
ContentRatingTypeId: Returns 0 if the item is under 13+, 1 if it is over 13+.

Example script: print(game:GetService("MarketplaceService"):GetProductInfo(20573078)) -- Run in the command bar with the output window open.

PlayerOwnsAsset()

Arguments: Player,assetId

What you need to know:

This is a simple method that tells you if a player owns an item or not.

Player is player, ie: game.Players.Player1

assetId is the assetId of an item you want to see if the player owns or not.

Example script:

game.Players.PlayerAdded:connect(function(player) -- Player entered game.
if game:GetService("MarketplaceService"):PlayerOwnsAsset(player,20573078) -- Does the player own Shaggy?
player:Destroy() --NOOB!!!
print("Noob!!!")
else
print("Ok, he's not a noob.")
end
end)

That's it for the new MarketplaceService - there are more methods and features of the MarketplaceService for more advanced scripters, but these are the basic three methods that you should know.

Thanks for reading! Feel free to PM me on Roblox if you have any questions.
~zinc

ROBLOX Scripting: A Buy Button

2013-05-05T16:05:00.001-07:00

I've been on ROBLOX for a fair time now, and I've advanced myself to high scripting knowledge, but when I first started learning to script, this was a hard job. So, I'm going to make it easy for you..

When you're making a shop in a gui, you'll wanna know how much of their leaderstats that player has. And if they have that many then it will take it away, this can be performed with a simple "if" statement. Like so:

My leaderstats name is cash, and my button is in a screengui which is in startergui..

if script.Parent.Parent.Parent.Parent.leaderstats.cash.Value>=20 then
game.Lighting.Item:clone().Parent=script.Parent.Parent.Parent.Parent.Backpack
game.Lighting.Item:clone().Parent=script.Parent.Parent.Parent.Parent.StarterGear
script.Parent.Parent.Parent.Parent.leaderstats.cash.Value=script.Parent.Parent.Parent.Parent.leaderstats.cash.Value - 20
else
print("Can't be bought "..script.Parent.Parent.Parent.Parent.Name.." doesn't have enough.")
end
end
script.Parent.MouseButton1Click:connect(click)

This would take away 20 cash if the player has 20 or more cash, it would also print that the player doesn't have enough cash if they can't buy it.
To see a full understanding of if statements click here.

Thanks for reading this short, and easy post..

~Zakary99

Questions?
Pm me on ROBLOX
or
Tweet me on twitter @RBX_Zakary99

ROBLOX Scripting: Explaining Values

2013-05-02T17:42:00.002-07:00

When being a scripter, having values are essential, I could use a few Values to make a simple inventory system, or to tell whether a plowing field is being used, using a Boolean Value. If you are to be a successful ROBLOX scripter, on your journey you must learn a Value, so I'm gonna teach you.

On the current game I'm making, Forgotten Fate, I have used a various amount of Values with a varied choice of which Value, I used the Boolean Value on a crop field, and a String Value for finding the crop that you want to plant. Somehow with a Value everything can be simpler, most of the Values I uses are implemented on the if statement, for example:

if script.Parent.NoobValue.Value==true then
script.Parent.Parent.Parent.Character.Humanoid.Health=0
wait()
end

That meant if the person is a noob, then they will be killed, that is just one of the simple things you can have done with a value.

You could have an inventory model, which had lots of boolean values, each named after a sword, and if the sword = true then the sword would clone to the players Backpack. Boolean Values and Number Values are probably the most useful in my point of view, Boolean Values are my best friends, well, Lolfunny12345 is my best friend. A boolean value can also take place in a script, like debounce.

local noobboolean = false

That would be how you denounce a boolean value in a script. To have a better understanding of Values, you would have to use them, because I had no idea what ipairs was until I used it. It's all in your brain, it depends on the best way you learn, which makes something easier, I'm writing for people who can learn from articles and reading. But you could probably learn from more ways, perhaps YouTube would have a tutorial somewhere along the line.

Visit Roblox Wiki

Thanks for reading.
Zakary99

Gear Review: Korblox - Fallen's Spine Blade

2013-04-28T11:00:00.000-07:00

Korblox - Fallen's Spine Blade

Mesh: 10/10

The mesh looks very epic and deadly. It's a sword made entirely out of bones. The bones of Korblox's ememies, I'd assume. The blade of the sword is made of what looks like a spine with sharp points sticking out both sides. The handle looks like an arm or leg bone of some sort, and the point in the middle looks like a thigh bone. You can tell a group of warriors is one not to mess with when they craft swords out of their foes' bones and use it against them.

Texture: 8/10

The texture of the sword's bones is a shiny black metal surface. It looks like the Korbloxian soldiers coated the sword in metal so it would be more durable in battle and not break so easily like regular bones. In between each of the spinal cord bones is a dull blue glow, like electricity or some blue energy holding all the bones together rather than just glue.

Usage: 7/10

You'd think that because it's a Korblox sword it would have some sort of special move or power, or at least some special attribute to it. But it doesn't. It simply slashes downward and that's all it can do. But it does about 50 damage per hit, making it a 2-hit-KO sword. And when you kill an opponent with it, it turns them to bones via the Skeleton Package in the catalog, which is an awesome effect - but not a new one; other gear also have this effect.

Price: 4/10

The pricing definitely could've been better. At first because it's an amazing sword made of bones, you'd think it would profit. It was 800 robux with 999 sold, even less of a price than the piano from last friday. But its average price stands at around 1,143 robux, which is the lowest the price can possibly be with the owners making 800 robux. So really, the sword made no profit whatsoever. It may raise or lower during the week, but I'd suggest selling or trading it away now as to not take any chances.

Overall: 7/10

The pricing could have been better due to there being zero profit, and it gets boring after a while considering it only has one attack maneuver, but the Korblox Fallen's Spine Blade looks epic, is powerful in battle, and can LITERALLY reduce your enemies to bones. It's not good in investment, but it's definitely good in a fight.

Shoot The Rapids - CFrame Review

2013-04-27T13:00:00.000-07:00

Although this game may seem like a place, it's actually CFramed, and many non-scripters don't understand the time and dedication we put into these epic games, just look at The Roblox News Egg Hunt. This is sort of like a roller coaster, it's a very neat one too. The game has lots of pathways to the area and the coaster takes place in a river at first, and then you go into the air and down, sort of like a real coaster I suppose.

The first thing I thought to myself when I entered this game was "This is empty?", but then I realized it was just a spawn. I scurried through the pathways and came to a COASTER CART, that was filled with NOOBS. But, remembering noobs are epic, I jumped into the cart with dignity, and began the rollar coaster ride of my life.

We started off taking a few small turns, very nice, smooth turns. Then we reached a railing that was sort of diagonally pointing vertical, and we naturally went up it, not knowing what was going to happen next. The game is quite a site from the top too, although there's not that much CFraming compared to games like Serene Mill and Tarnished Coast.

We reached the top of the line, and then we realized we were about to take a massive dip down, so I jumped out.. FAIL.

Round 2:
We did the same as above, and this time I didn't jump out, when we reached the bottom of the treacherous railing, we were forced right, and left again. After that we got another horizontal line going up and down, that wasn't so scary, so I lived. We then got bored because the ride had finished...
THE END.

Now to the review.
The game had many small, detailed CFramed parts, some just hard to appreciate as they were difficult to spot - very subtle. And some were just epic. Lots actually. And so I liked it. The fact that the roller coaster moves extremely smoothly and was scripted by the same user who created the map; a multi-skilled individual.

Scripting: 8/10
Could fix some tiny glitches.

Building: 9/10
Great Cframing and coaster design

CFraming Overall: 8/10
Although they were very small I couldn't have been happier, well I could have.

Overall: 8.6/10
It's a very nice game, but to improve on user experience, the place could benefit with a more exciting coaster track with loops and sharp turns.

Thanks,
~Zakary Wilson

Random Hats Going Off-sale?

2013-04-27T11:00:00.000-07:00

Note: this post will be updated as more hats go off-sale

Ever since Wednesday, the 24th of April, something strange has been happening in the catalog lately. It seems to be that each night tons of random old hats go off-sale, and why? Right now the main purpose of this is unknown, but I have some ideas. It could well may be that ROBLOX is taking all these hats off-sale and has a plan to make some of them limited items in the future. Or maybe they will be updated into better hats, such as how the Creator's Top Hat was taken off-sale and made into a better hat.

Picture: Old Creator's Top Hat compared to new Creator's Top Hat.

Or it could even be possibly that ROBLOX just wants to remove a ton of items from the backlog because there's too many hats. The choices of which hats go off-sale is also unknown, however the only thing noticeable about them right now is that they are really old hats. (like almost a year old and greater) Also, some hats are updated and taken off-sale later, so if you find one of these hats, I'd buy it if I were you. Here's a list of the current off-sale hats. (not counting the earth day retextures that went off-sale because they were a special theme)

Perseus: Now off-sale with 66 in stock.

Nature's King: Now off-sale with 168 in stock.

The Juicer: Now off-sale with 199 in stock.

Leather Punk: Now off-sale with 361 in stock.

Trancos: The Services Warrior: Now off-sale with 1,700 in stock.

Woodland Hooded Disguise: Now off-sale with 2,081 in stock.

Chocolate Bunny Ears: Now off-sale with 7,129 in stock.

Copper Helmed Guard of Dasypodidae: Now off-sale with 691 in stock.

Common Superhero: Now off-sale with 550 in stock.

Victorious Victor: Now off-sale with 119 in stock.

Pilgrim Bonnet: Now off-sale with 1,304 in stock.

Red Samurai Helmet: Updated recently, should be going off-sale soon.

Eternal Frost of Fate: Now off-sale with 1,275 in stock.

Flaming Space Pilot: Now off-sale with 6,586 in stock.

Lancer: Now off-sale with 4,471 in stock.

Boar Cap: Now off-sale with 491 in stock.

Future Space Hero: Now off-sale with 1,776 in stock.

Sabretooth Tiger: Now off-sale with 1,766 in stock.

Angry Tiki: Now off-sale with 930 in stock.

Helm of the Dragon Rider: Now off-sale with 806 in stock.

SpiTie: Now off-sale with 414 in stock.

Bird Cage: Now off-sale with 2,174 in stock.

- NonstopEpic, Catalog Manager

Gear Review: Deluxe Blue RoPed

2013-04-26T13:00:00.000-07:00

Deluxe Blue RoPed

Welcome readers! Chubbs21 here again with another gear review! Today we will be reviewing the Deluxe Blue RoPed!

Mesh: 10/10

It's exactly like it's it supposed to look like, an electric scooter. I happen to have one so I know that it looks good. The base seems to be just like mine, and so do the wheels. (Except the colors and stuff of course) There is no mistakes in this scooter.

Texture: 8/10

The texture nicely fits all the interesting parts of this RoPed. On the base there is a cool arrow pattern with the ROBLOX logo on it. The only thing that upsets me is there really is no texture on each part. Just a simple color. Roblox could of at least made the tires like like tires and the metal parts with a steel like texture or so.

Controls and Abilities: 8/10

To control this gear, just use the WASD keys.

It is pretty hard to turn with the A and D keys because it usually turns to far.

To speed up, hold W. To slow down and/or go backwards, hold S. This RoPed is noticeably faster than the red one.

Money Value: 9/10

The cost of this deluxe RoPed is 500R$ just like the red. I say it's worth each robuck. Even though it may be a BIT expensive for some, I really like it. It's fun doing tricks and flips and races with this scooter!

Overall: 8.75/10

The mesh of the scooter is really cool, the texture is fine, the cost is just fine. the controls could use a bit more fine tuning to improve handling, but is very fun to use in a race!

~chubbs21

Gear: http://www.roblox.com/--item?id=112593687

Snake Sniper Gear Review

2013-04-25T13:00:00.000-07:00

Happy late Earth Day everyone! I'll be reviewing the Snake Sniper today, I mean snakes are creatures of the earth right?

Abilities: Equipping it makes you lay down in a casual sniping pose. There's not really a variety of abilities on the gun itself, it's just simple click n' shoot. Now, as I mentioned before it shoots out snakes. When these snakes hit a target they will leech onto them, sucking away half their hit points! That's right, two shots from this, and your opponent is done for. 8/10

Looks: When you look at this, what's the first thing you notice? The scope? No. The trigger? I don't think so. It's the hostile snake head striking fear into your heart. The bullets are also snakes. Overall it has a greenish color scheme, a bit of camo going on at the stock. The ammo gui has a snake scale texture, and we also have the scope which is yet again a snake head. 9/10

Pricing: It's price is 1,000 robux, and it's going offsale. If it goes limited, then it was worth to buy it before it did. If not, it's just another gear in your inventory. Doesn't look really that nice when equipped on your character. I doubt you'll use it much, it's not that much fun. 6/10

Hand glitch

Overall: Has some nice features, but I think it might be a bit overpriced. Also, there is a glitch and your hand positions get stuck just like on the sniper animation if you unequip it. 7.5/10