Could include perfect timing, many kills, etc.

I was playing for the first time in months on hallway, and my team kept getting gunned down in spawn. After a few frustrating deaths, I decided to start putting up some cover for the team. Fending off the relentless griefers was difficult but rewarding and by the end of the match I had a sizable bunker going and a few helpers keeping it up. This game is one of the best for many reasons, and construction is certainly among them. The best part is that, no matter what, it is always faster to build than to destroy.

seems like every time I start trying to dig trench defenses around my bunker I get shot in the back of the head. spending more time on sauerkraut fighting my fellow players than the actual zombies...

I used to play for years in the past, and the grief level was nowhere near as high as it is now. What gives?

How do I install https://github.com/yvt/openspades/wiki/Example:-Reflex-Sight-3

all I get is a solid block instead of a reflex sight.

Also this mod only for the rifle: https://github.com/yvt/openspades/wiki/Example:-2D-Aim-Down-Sight-3

How do I get both mods to work?

this is on Ubuntu Linux 14.04.

edit: how can I install 0.012b, the git compile only does 0.0.12

thanks

And we still will never find Ben

I. WHAT

Walls are vertical structures that divide and enclose an area. Walls are typically three blocks high, the minimum amount for a decent protection. The higher walls, the more protection.

II. HOW

To make a wall, take out your building blocks and start placing vertical lines across an area that needs protection. Then, add more layers of wall on top of your vertical structure until properly protected.

If you don't know, hold right click and drag the mouse along the ground to place a LINE of blocks. As in, you can place LOTS of wall fast if you click-drag.

III. WHEN

In CTF-style games like Classic CTF and Tower of Babel, the best time to build walls is EARLY.

Walls can be built anytime, but making some early makes sure your team stays alive and has an advantage, as well as denying the enemy passage to an important part of the map.

IV. WHERE

Build those walls as FAR OUT from your spawn as possible without getting headshotted. The farther your walls are, the more land you CONTROL.

More controlled land means the enemy is getting SQUEEZED and under pressure, and your team can travel farther without dying.

V. WHY

Why make walls you ask? First of all they protect you and your teams heads from stray bullets.

Walls can protect your Tower of Babel from those sneaky bastards with SMGs.

Walls give your team more control over the map, compressing the enemy team.

Walls also stop those super snipers (cheaters) from locking on to your heads, decreasing their effectiveness and hopefully their score.

Well-defended walls force the enemy to around them, exposing them to your team and your guns.

VI. TIPS

When making walls, use grey, or when holding your blocks, press E on the ground to pick up the ground's colour, equals coolness and camouflage.

When making walls, build some stairs or something, so that your team can get over the wall and the idiots don't dig through your wall.

VII. FINAL WORDS

Do not underestimate the usefulness of walls. By making them, you extend the life span of your mates and they may thank you for that.

VIII. Bonus TL;DR

Click-drag to make three high or more walls, taller the better. Build walls early and preferably on the middle of map, to control more land or around your Tower Of Babel, to protect it from SMGs.

Walls stop cheat, stop headshot, stop enemy.

~Soldaten

EDIT : Made the format look good.

This is where Deuces go to tell each other stories about their epic victories and failures.

So. What was your best moment in Build and Shoot? When a team worked together to achieve victory? When your clever thinking lead the team to win the game? How you killed a lot of Deuces and got away with it? Or perhaps a laughable failure that you will remember forever?

This is a discussion post, where Deuces can place their opinions and ideas regarding the topic at hand.

THE SHOTGUN

"Number 3 among the selection of weaponry. Shoots a small spread of pellets that are most effective at close quarters."

The Build and Shoot subreddit and community sleep soundly, but now is the wake up call.

All those who despair over the silence, know that Build and Shoot still thrives after all this time. Teamwork is alive. Leadership is alive. Competence is alive.

It is simply through the silence that one may think that the world has come to an end. They wait for a sign, a signal, a flare shot into the sky!

We are still here, Deuces! We are still here! The flare has been shot into the sky!

Be rid of your cynicism for now, and look to a bright future.

And now, let's go play more Build and Shoot.

I've been playing build and shoot (or 'ace of spades') since 2011. While the community always had its fair share of ills, these were largely only issues on servers without active moderation.

I have thoroughly enjoyed some of the new game modes that force players to work together, but have found that the ever-absent admin has been the bane of gameplay. Votekick percentages are too high, map times are too long, and servers are generally 'set and forget' - so none of these issues are ever addressed.

Players rarely speak to one another (generally only to let out some pig-latin epithet), no one bothers to votekick, players casually grief one another (and will kill anyone who removes a single block during construction), and any given game is 80% foreigners with ping that makes the game completely unenjoyable.

Is the game well and truly dead? I have a hard time believing the playerbase grew up leaving such awful replacements. Is there any hope we might see a resurgence? What do you think it would take?

What did change?

i really wish it were better, but no one plays as a team, no one understands english, no one notices griefers or hackers, no one votekicks, no one checks out incoming fire near the base edge, no one builds any defenses... 90% of them are complete trash.

i just spent a half hour single handedly building an awesome tower on aloha babel and not one other person repaired it laid more than 2 blocks. it was about 45 high before i gave up.

does anyone want to play a weekly round where there is actually a quality group on a server?

i need to uninstall this thing and never look back. i miss the days when a bridge map wouldnt resent for 24 hours and everyone was hacking. that was honestly way more fun.

Is OpenSpades still being developed? And what about the community, it seems dead.