Catacombs Plays of the Week 58 Released

[Ignatz]

Plays of the Week 58 - Now with Top 10 Goodness (http://potw.thecatacombs.net/POTW_58.avi)

Thanks to Thrash for suggesting this song to me a year and a half ago.

Thanks to everyone who submitted, obviously with Top 10 format that means a lot of plays got left out, but not to worry, I'm going back to free-form format for #59 and it will be 5 minutes or more, so most of the plays that didn't get used will go into that one. I may do #60 as well, so keep submitting.

It's my first Top 10 avi, kind of harder because you have to pick which plays are better than the other ones. I tried to lean toward using all different maps too, which means that a few plays on redgiant got left out even though they were pretty good. See above.

Still, I feel I did a decent job arranging them, and I was pretty stoked because I got to include my own clan in a POTW for the first time. 3v4L yo.

Enjoy.

[RaXoR]

D/ling lolz!?

[valk]

Lol Aussie First

edit: 2nd goddamit

[Karms]

LOL HI VALK :o

[_loche]

wow smack, that was awesome.

i have always been sort of a harsh critic with these potw's but i have nothing bad to say about this one. definately one of the best

[JuiCe]

best potw by far. the video quality was amazing... not to mention the flag icon :p

[valk]

hi karmzanus

[-Dirby-]

d/ling now...I've already been told I made #1 play :p

But I can't wait to see it, will edit when I watch it.

[Aic]

Very nice. Now that song is going to be stuck in my head forever.

[decap]

that was an awesome potw, sick text/music, gave it a really cool theme. good quality and the dirby shot was ridiculous. ill submit for next week, top 10 is cool.

yeah that song is stuck in my head still playing lol

[Deca-_x]

- Loved the style, but sometimes had trouble reading the font, especially since the clips were pretty short

- The plays were alright

- Fun song

Overall, this POTW is well done, nice and short and with simple, but effective graphics - i've always been a fan of stencil effects.

Good job on the avi Smack, keep them coming! :)

[-Dirby-]

was awsome smack, loved the a/v sync and the song was good...

I love how I just stand still after my play despite the fact a scout has the flag...lol. I was amazed too. Can't wait for 59!

[Ignatz]

I have already been asked about 5 times so let me just put it here. The main font and icons from the titles all come from here:

http://www.chank.com/freefont_detail.php?sku=1095

Lucky find on my part, I found it after I had already selected the music for this avi, was making the rounds of some of my favorite font sites to see what was new, and wouldn't you know, there was the perfect font. ;D

Edit: This is an OpenType font and apparently it may or may not be compatible with normal Windows operation. I use a font manager program (Extensis Suitcase) so I am not familiar with how OpenType fonts work straight up with Windows. Maybe someone can help with that.

[FlanK]

lol that was me in #1
...:( the poor medic that is

[BlackThoughT]

great editing, plays,
I loved the song
cool text
etc

one of my favorite potw's

[Frag]

i love that song
SOMEBODY UPLOAD IT :D

[valk]

fucking sweet avi as always smack :D

[nord]

fuck yea man, soooooo good!

[valk]

ozfortress feedback! (http://www.ozfortress.com/showthread.php?p=347926) zomg0dz flames?! :D

[busdriver]

pretty much perfect


..nice sig valk :D

[FINAL]

Nice POTW bud. Sorry I haven't been around for 3v matches too :( IRL shit every sunday :(.

That was really nice though. Top 10 definately brought in a lot more plays. I sorta missed that format. Now we have some competition in them and shit.

ns dirby too :p

[Nirvana [Dragon]]

im dling it right now. I know its going to be good already :P.

[Karms]

dirby's shot was quite possibly the best play ive ever seen.

great potw smack, are you accepting demos for 59 now?

[Dogysamich]

i like the quality of the avi, i like the theme.

I like how you went back to the old school top 10, that makes me wanna submit again, although I dont think I can beat my record of plays in potw since you put them basically as top 10 people of the week.

BUT

how the fuck is the #1 play an airshot in a gather!?, especially after you built up with all the other stuff.

I feel like i've been robbed. :(

--edit-- Just thought of something else.

And another thing

UGC 9v9 platinum?

is ugc 9v9 still around and nobody knows, or was that a typo? I'm hoping that's not an ancient clip. :/

[eia]

nice effects, damn cool song and like the top ten. Overall it was great :)

[valk]

whats the song called? i couldnt quite read the text :X

[Karms]

i like the quality of the avi, i like the theme.

I like how you went back to the old school top 10, that makes me wanna submit again, although I dont think I can beat my record of plays in potw since you put them basically as top 10 people of the week.

BUT

how the fuck is the #1 play an airshot in a gather!?, especially after you built up with all the other stuff.

I feel like i've been robbed. :(

--edit-- Just thought of something else.

And another thing

UGC 9v9 platinum?

is ugc 9v9 still around and nobody knows, or was that a typo? I'm hoping that's not an ancient clip. :/


they must have played crossover 9v9 then.

and dirby's play was awesome :(

[Jarek]

god dammit why does everyone get awesome plays against AGT
very nice job smack

[Nirvana [Dragon]]

Flag Icons (http://fortresspimp.konspiracy.org/?search=PRO_HUD_2-0604100710.zip&page=search&action=Search)

[BlackThoughT]

whats the song called? i couldnt quite read the text :X
Pistolero by Juno Reactor I belive

[MastaFlex]

that was HAWT, nice work Smack.

Maybe I'll submit some stuff next week, if i'm not so god damn lazy :p

[Ignatz]

'] Flag Icons (http://fortresspimp.konspiracy.org/?search=PRO_HUD_2-0604100710.zip&page=search&action=Search)
omg nice

[Nirvana [Dragon]]

omg nice
omg your video owns hardcore. :P Smack you need to tell me how to do fancy stuff with w.e program you use to make avis. any sites? or anything?

[[GoW]HK]

nothing to crit. sickest potw yet.

[hate]

I agree w/ dogy, great work, just personally didn't like how a pickup was used.

[Karms]

Nirv.. holy shit, nice hud man :o

[Ignatz]

My reasoning on pickup footage vs. match footage is this. The quality of the play has to be inversely proportional to the level of competition. Therefore, to use pickup footage, the play in question has to be very good. Dirby's play was very good.

Following this reasoning, I would use a pub play, IF it was like a conced triple-airshot juggle with a twist of lemon.

[shaft]

i liked it, but the #1 play annoyed me. mainly because it was a gather and he stopped playing after he hit the shot while a scout got the flag, but also because #2 and #3 were way cooler. still, nice job smack.

[Cer]

very nice. Best one in a while and I liked the top 10 theme.

[Thrash]

Any AVI where I pick the music, rocks.

[CoZoFDeatH]

thats awsome:D

[Nirvana [Dragon]]

Following this reasoning, I would use a pub play, IF it was like a conced triple-airshot juggle with a twist of lemon.
lol

[-Dirby-]

i liked it, but the #1 play annoyed me. mainly because it was a gather and he stopped playing after he hit the shot while a scout got the flag, but also because #2 and #3 were way cooler. still, nice job smack.

yeah, after I did it. Flank (the medic I hit) typed "wtf" and I, "holy shit" just due to the fact it happened so fast...

[Ricky`]

Badass POTW. I loved it! Good job on those plays guys :D

[sani]

anybody who types after a shot should be banned B-A-N-N-E-D

[sc`]

amazing, mad props.

[-Dirby-]

anybody who types after a shot should be banned B-A-N-N-E-D
:o

[Edy]

rofl dirby, nice types.


Great potw, liked the theme here, but lol at ugc 9v9.

[Jarek]

airshots that are really good are worthy of POTW even if they are in PUGs considering airshots don't change matches in the first place. for a good O run clip to be in there it needs to have an effect on the outcome of the round, which generally pickups dont matter.

[CZ_]

i love you smack amazing, didnt expect less from you

[QuAnTuM-woOdY]

I bet named is dancing to that song.

[Mashi-Knight]

dang I though my play was decent, o well, nice potw. enjoyed it

[Milosenpotion]

What happened in #2?

[Gogeta]

What happened in #2?
2 scouts go in at once
one takes det
other scoops up flag and runs out the base

:)

[CZ_]

i thot the adl clips shuda been 2, and the 2+3 behind it

[PSYCOSACK]

amazing smack. so good you were able to do a unique style of top10 working with a difficult song and have a smooth outcome that could be viewed by people without ADD/ADHD. The order of the plays I would definatly have chosen differently (the spider_waffle w/ juice scout snipe would have been my #1, and I wouldent have put the blue pipe on ofire in at all), but overall very well done.
gj

[BoSlim]

awesome job, and although #1 was good, and to a degree this game is a lot of luck, the way people were talking about it i figured it was gonna be some narrow through a crack shot that hits someone escaping with flag or something. Great job overall tho...Outlaw rapes.

[darkstar-]

dling read feedback cant wait.

edit: was good like it keep um coming!

[pitsniper]

best one i've seen for a while, flowed really well

[MoonGuardian]

my only complaint... voice icons showing up ;)


If you dont know how to get them to go away, I can share my secret, its oh so simple :-)


Otherwise, damn Smack, I was going to make another POTW, but ffs, I cant top that quality. Oh, why those conc sprites? They look "spacy" haha.

Good mix, and I actually liked seeing transparent weapons this time, usually I dont.

The small detail taken in places I really liked. Example, when you would flash a new *#* that it would flash in, show, and do a small pulse...

Just that bit of detail really did it in for me, instead of just having plain text sitting there.

The flag icons looked funky, to me, I'll update my divx/xvid again, and see if it makes a difference. (small details were not so fine)

[colin]

Edited.

Unlikely, Coco, since Pistolero is from a distributed CD.

[jabroni]

#9 CLOSE! should have been 99. it was bad.

[EdgeCrusher]

Match or no match.. the #1 play of the week deserved its spot as a single effort by one player. I would say that most people here would have bragged/talked about that play if they in fact did it themselves for at least a day or two to their buddies. The outcome after it where the scout gets the flag dosn't matter. The main thing it was fun and wild to see on the video, as it looked great! You have to admit, a lot of these plays come from good timing and a lot of luck to follow.

Twas a entertaining vid with good music. Good work overall.

[ArmoredBullet]

nicely done :o some decent plays this week

[Hampster]

Definitely a tough song to work with - your theme seemed to keep the .avi on the right track. Some repeating seemed really redundant, but then again I haven't seen many 'top 10' POTWs. Nice work, definitely got some talent. :D

[donn]

i dont know anything about ADL so i duno how routine or hard that #4 was, but it was one of the coolest things ive ever seen, woulda put it higher in my uneducated opinion. i like the top10 format cause then people can debate/argue over the spots, a neat twist imo tbh.

overall very nice avi well put together with the av/sync and overall feel. gj.

[valk]

clever sig hampster

[HustlerOne]

voice_enable 0
and clan h0 rocks

[di.oof]

i dont know anything about ADL so i duno how routine or hard that #4 was, but it was one of the coolest things ive ever seen, woulda put it higher in my uneducated opinion.You should actually play that map (Palermo) and get a good feel for how far that distance actually is. The jump is not exactly that difficult but damn it's so elegant and kick-ass (better hope noones in the way). Plus its Spider-Waffle :rolleyes: :p

The interesting thing about Palermo (and many "jump friendly" maps like it) is that over the course of time the jumps keep starting farther and farther away from the cap pts and getting more ridiculous (which is one of the reasons why I love ADL). It used to be after capping 1 just go down to the floor and pipe launch from the ground to cap 2. Then it became from cap1 bag, then it pull it back behind cap 1 in the corner, to now as far as the respawn gate itself (nice try on that sniper launch from the gates YYZ ;) )

[Stop by #adlpickup for some real A/D action]

[di.oof]

Ooh Hampster - I'd be careful with that sig!

I can see someone making one showing a soldier killing a medic with a single rocket and labeling it "CTF" on the left side, and then a soldier with 4 rockets, 2 nail grenades and 4 frag grenades piled onto a scout and labeling it "ADL" on the right side. "Which are you?" :P

[jokes]

[Telos]

voice_enable 0
and clan h0 rocks

actually you also need a custom blank sprite to get rid of the speaker icon for when you are talking. That command only removes the tags of other people talking.

[the Paper]

Good music and a/v sync, interesting ideas, although some of the plays I thought were sort of unimpressive. The adl clip was the best though.

[BlackThoughT]

amazing smack. so good you were able to do a unique style of top10 working with a difficult song and have a smooth outcome that could be viewed by people without ADD/ADHD. The order of the plays I would definatly have chosen differently (the spider_waffle w/ juice scout snipe would have been my #1, and I wouldent have put the blue pipe on ofire in at all), but overall very well done.
gj

I'm not at all saying this because the openfire clip was mine, but you mention not putting that one in, but leave out omitting clips that are far less impressive or interesting (imo) such as #8 or the #6 series on chemflow, which arent really all that impressive to me either.

just a thought

[Jarek]

u need a variety in there, the blue pipe shot was good enough cause it was kind of an assisted shot. i don't see how u can not think bottle's first run on chemflow was worthy, that was some nice control on his part man. the first haste one is pretty good too, the second is just a generic haste conc tho.

i get the feeling smack didnt place the palermo jumps anywhere else because they were so perfectly a/v synced where they were :)

[Telos]

that is another very difficult aspect of the top 10. A/V sync is waay more difficult as you can't really pick and choose your plays to fit where they do. Props to smack for still working it out!

[Ignatz]

i get the feeling smack didnt place the palermo jumps anywhere else because they were so perfectly a/v synced where they were :)

na, actually i figured if i made that #1 then people would say i was a homer, both for ADL and for 3v.

Also, the POTW audience is still primarily a CTF audience and there are still a number of people who don't get or don't like ADL. It's so apples-to-oranges, comparing plays like that to good CTF plays, so #4 seemed like a good place for it. It all worked out because of how it fit into the song, so I got to give the play(s) a unique emphasis all the same.

[Karms]

im going to overload smack with demos in hopes i get in.

[44-]

yeah,standing still compeltely ruined the last airshot, =/.gj anyways though.i have that red lion dude icon on my shirt that im wearing right now!

[Hica]

Probably the best POTW I've seen, good work! My only gripe was that the font was a bit hard to read, but it went really well with the rest of the production so it wasn't a huge deal.

[wraithforger]

i don't really watch these very often, but i definately liked the old western theme with the music...and, (coincidentally?) seeing "outlaw" as the 1st person kinda fit the theme as well ;)

[Tr0uBl3m4k3r^]

I'm not at all saying this because the openfire clip was mine, but you mention not putting that one in, but leave out omitting clips that are far less impressive or interesting (imo) such as #8 or the #6 series on chemflow, which arent really all that impressive to me either.

just a thought
f u :P

[PSYCOSACK]

I'm not at all saying this because the openfire clip was mine, but you mention not putting that one in, but leave out omitting clips that are far less impressive or interesting (imo) such as #8 or the #6 series on chemflow, which arent really all that impressive to me either.

just a thought
its the whole 'imo' part about POTW top10's that make them fun

[BlackThoughT]

point taken...

seems the general consensus though

SMACK FOR PERMANENT POTW MAKER!!! WOOO!

[JuiCe]

come watch our hltv, we do this shit every sunday

[CptnSilent]

Wow. By FAR the best POTW in the 50 series. Love the 10 play countdown and how you show a few plays by some people. Just fucking wow...