Topic, Game "BLockoban"

  WOW, didn't notice all this exchange of posts and I have to confess I didn't go that far. The only thing that crossed my mind (and i think i wrote it) was that I usually hold a small basket when it comes to words. I prefer actions even if it means I have to admit my initial skepticism. I consider myself a BB freak and I have been an active member for 9months and before that I was also playing BB as guest for a year. I can only say that 800lvls is very difficult to create and it may take 4-5 yrs to do that. Having said that I am still amazed by the fact that CD is (or claims to be) 13yrs old and I ought to give the benefit of the doubt.

In my opinion his only statement that I want to be true is his age. If this is the only truth the I can forgive and forget without being offended almost everything. If everything is true then we may have found the young triple B [BBB or Beethoven of BB]. I have to admit that the first signs are very promising and I hope it comes from a true work.

I am more pleased though to finally see PA not only back for real but in a mood to participate and intervene in our community's work. A warm welcome buddy as I expect a cold winter...hehe

  @CD: concerning edit1: You can't see what difficulty a level has from the level's info to the right. You have to go to the menu above this message where you see the first 12 official levels. Above that again you see a red "SELECT"-tab. Press that! Then you can see ALL the levels in this game. If you hold the mouse-cursor over a certain level, you will see info about it. Or else you can see a small "c" right above the number of stars a certain level has got. The colour of that "c" indicates the difficulty. Blue=kids, black=easy, red=medium and green=hard.
Two lines below the "SELECT"-tab, you can see the "UNPLAYED"-tab. By pressing this you will only see the levels you haven't scored on yet.
Understand?

  A Dragoon is a Mounted soldier. So what is a camouflaged Dragoon?

  Is not ruled out the possibility that Joe is a super-gifted kid (lol), But in my opinion, this possibility is remote. Why did he not tell us the truth? Please, CD, tell us who you are!

  Yes that was what I was concerned about Paul. All the messages and postings seem to be far above and mature for a boy of 13 years of age. As do the difficulty and quality of the levels. If this is true, then hats off to CamoDragoon, because I am very impressed. But if that is not the case, then we should be offended because it is not in the true spirit of the game, if someone trying to pull something over on us. Also 30 messages in less than two days?

  I had not thought about it, Jim. Why do so at one of CD's posted, adopted shortly after Elizea? And to be honest, the level of CD not seem to be created by a boy of 13 years old. Does the true identity of CD is "E..."? =]

  Greetings CamoDragoon. As an administrator, like PA I am also concerned, who are you. You claim to have over 800 levels to post, your profile posts you at 13 years old. How did you get cleared as a new member to post five accepted levels in one day. It seems as soon as you post a level Elizea approves it within a few minutes.

@ Elizea. Is this approved or is this a hack with a fake ID.

  Ok, edit2 cleared up but can someone anwser edit1?

  ok. welcome to BLockoban.

  He has been here without an account for over a year, and now made an account and is posting the levels he had made =].

  Hey CD. Who are you? You're a experient player who is using another nick? Indeed, their levels are not amateurs. What is your true identity? =]

  I doesn't DO anything, it's just a way to sort levels and you have to choose one to get it evaluated. One benefit is that you then can select to just play easy levels if you want. And it's kind of a "warning" to other players if you select hard. And people rate the levels partly based on which category they're in.
It has nothing to do with official or not. Officials are both kids, easy, medium and hard. jp chooses which levels that becomes official.

  @Martin:I know, but when I play Blockoban, I don't see any impact choosing the category made. My question is what it "does" when you choose the category. Is it just for if it becomes official or something?

Edit: Thanks Martin, clarified everything except (sorry if I'm frustrating you) how you see a level's difficulty. Meaning, I don't know if I'm playing a level what difficulty it is (other than scores and common sense) and I don't know how to pick levels of a certain difficulty.

EDIT2: Why don't I have the level designer achievement? Also, my ranking in blockoban doesn't appear on my profle page either.

  @CD: When you create a level, you can choose the category by pressing on one of the red arrows on either side of "ALL CATEGORIES"!

  if I had 1 more point my score would be 1337 :3
(I know I suck i'm not a BB player normally)

  AK, that time was literal; i cant log on again until then. Also, does anyone know what choosing the difficulty for a level does? Is there a categories area for all levels or does it appear somewhere on the level?

  It's not late, AK... I could stay up for about 3 days playing video games if I had the time. >:3

  6:00 AM?!?!?!?

Do you get ANY sleep?

  Almost out of computer time. After that I can't use the computer until 6:00am tomorrow. I will read all comments upon my return, so no need to wait until tomorrow! Get ready for another wave of CD levels! XD

  Crap. Not another BB player with super hard levels. I rarely ever play this game because the "easy" levels are always hard and the "hard" levels are always "fgewjdbcjhcbeiugjkdbdijkwedjhxkasjhisja is that even POSSIBLE!?!?!?"

I just think a beginner should tell admins what categories levels should be in, because some experts think some levels are easy, even though 90 % of people can't do it.

  Thanks TM. That "small improvements" thing is definitely thought about in my JG2 levels :). I always try to think about the balance between just spouting off levels and making good, fun levels. I try to (or tend to, at least) put a lot of variety into my works, which means mixed feelings for me as a level creator are almost guaranteed (from other players). Many of the levels (in fact, most of the levels) I make aren't extremely hard; they're usually kids or easy, sometimes medium.This, combined with the facts that I rarely have a structured design in my head before a level is created, and much of my joy in this game is creating enjoyable levels and having them evaluated (by players), I spout out many levels every day. Most of them will be pushovers to most people, but I hope I bring enjoyment to players of this game. (especially amatuers :) )


EDIT: And sorry about edit4. Should have figured that one out :).

EDIT2:Don't worry AK. I will usually lean towards hard in a situation where a level may be categorized hard/medium. Trust me, most TM/Murat "hard" levels are categorized "near humanely impossible" for me XD. If I call a level kids, it's because I know that an 8-9 year old could easily do that level straight away, if not after a few tries.

  WELCOME ABOARD CamoDragoon!!! No Offense but from now on u are CD...hehe. I can assure u CD that our thirst for the game is so much that we always welcome new and fresh ideas. I apologize for not responding earlier but as very accurately Simon noticed we all live in different time zones. All i can say is Good Luck and I promise you have ur comments as anyone else. Every designer deserves a comment either good or bad. As for the 800 I really can't wait to start playing and enjoying lvls but one has to hold a small basket too. The good thing is that the first view is quite positive and I trust you have many others similar. A small suggestion: Try improving quality rather than quantity, meaning from your 800+ lvls choose wisely each time the next upload and before doing so try to improve it or alter it to make it better. And a HUGE tip: Whatever happens don't get disappointed because of bad critics or ratings. We are a community with all sort of ppl and opinions and the bad thing is that BAD critics often prevail. A good critic may not be posted while a bad one is 10times more possible to be on the board. Anyway, that for now and again WELCOME!!

  @edit4
Not everyone will comment directly on levels, we live in different time zones.

  Good to see an other enthusiastic BB level maker(you say you have made 800+ levels o_O, can't wait to see them)

  TM and SimonM check your pm if you are there. Have fun.

  The next day I was no longer top of the list.so perhaps, you are top of the list when you achieve the best score that day. Then the the next day; new person. Anyway, just knowing you you did it feels good whether you are on the top or the bottom!(of the list)

  From my observations playing this game for the last two years I have seen that similar scores used to be recorded in the order they were completed. JP would know how it works now but I noticed it changed about 6 months to a year ago. For example, in levels where there are several people with the same score, I really can't predict where I will be placed when I first record my score. Seems like about 3 out of 4 times it places you at the end of the list, and the other times it either places you first or right in the middle of the list.

  The rank goes after how did complet the all the levels first.

  Perhaps the system rank similar scores after the date the players profile was established?

  I still think the system is more sophisticated than we all think and it just knows how many tries each score was given and I believe the order follows that rule. Therefore even if smn is the first to post a high score i.e. after 4 tries then the next guy to post a similar score with less tries (i.e.1-3) will be ranked first irrespective of time. I really can't believe a scoring system can be configured to work RANDOMLY. Even in excel (that you expect it to work randomly if not given a formula) ranking follows at least an Alphabetical or other sort of priority. We could always try to c if I'm right or wrong but needs a good coordination.