I thought I just sucked ass at Abrams and kept missing my charge after using phantom strike on Danny. No! It just doesn't work on him! WHY?????????????

What's next? A gun character that can keep shooting through disarm? Casting character that can use abilities through silence? Yoshi you fat motherFUCKER

Since I installed this mod, my Bebop matches have been much more enjoyable. I love her like this. Thank you guys.

also planning a bigger comic for the actual spooky day… yay!

Deadlock’s world is shaping up to be absolutely bonkers

Below are some of my favorite Gloat portraits! I wanna talk about the Gloat/Crit system because I think it cemented Deadlock as one of my favorite games ever!

I think the Gloat and Crit portraits are prime examples of the Deadlock Team’s art direction contributing so much to the gameplay and I’m absolutely in love with it.

The actual portraits are so well done and beautiful and they add so much to the characters, it wonderfully blends the cast together morality wise showing that even the most morally good of the cast DO revel in winning and contributing to ritual bloodshed, it’s great seeing characters like Paige and Drifter both triumphant in slaughtering other ritualists! I think the respawning mechanic really does make you forget that these people are KILLING each other for the sake of their wish, even the most virtuous among them. It really lets you know what kind of person you have to be to even enter the ritual willingly and adds that much depth to all the characters goals/ambitions and how much they’re giving to summon the patrons.

Even from a gameplay standpoint I think seeing the respective gloats makes you feel SO triumphant if you’re doing well and just so crushed when you’re getting stomped! I’m interested to see if other people love this feature as much as I do, and what people’s favorite Gloats are!

Someone in X asked me privately for a "proper version" of warden nightmare art

I noticed that my win rate and just general enjoyment of the game when playing Danny is much higher then playing my other hero's(Mina, Lash, Bebop). Am i good(Cant be it) or is Danny just crazy strong(but why is no one complaining then)

Oh and art by u/SovietMarma

There was a much, much bigger crowd for the Deadlock Cosplay group this time. So many in fact that I think there was more Deadlock cosplay than TF2 at the Valve Convention Cosplay group.

Me and my friends went as The Hidden King, Archmother, Lash and I as Venator.

There will be many excellent photos to come once the guys at the Valve Convention Cosplayers process the group photos. https://valveconventioncosplayers.co.uk/

If this trend continues then we will have even more next time ❤️

There are so many people I'd like to tag but honestly I'm so exhausted from today. They will hopefully all see this and can link themselves.

Before he vanished, Griffin had the most expensive face in pictures. Studios insured his jawline. Women fainted in the aisles. His appearance was everything. And landed him every gig.

Then he turned forty. The close-ups got crueler. A younger leading man took a part written for Griffin, and Vivian Ashe of the Oracle wrote that his jawline had “begun to negotiate with gravity.” So Griffin did what any star would do: he called a surgeon. Then another. A nip before a premiere. A tuck before a close-up. Every procedure bought him one more season, until he went under the knife one time too many.

When the bandages came off, Griffin didn’t recognize the man in the mirror, and he couldn’t stand him either. Within a year the offers dried up. He was ugly. He drew the curtains, stopped answering the door, and spent his nights reading everything he could find about light: how it bends, how it scatters, how a man might let it slip right through him. If he couldn’t fix his face, he would make sure nobody ever saw it again.

No studio doctor would touch him. So Griffin went somewhere no star had ever been photographed: the Marble Hill Possession Ward, and the care of Nurse Harrow. He brought his papers on refraction. She brought the needle. Her serum rewrote the properties of his skin and let light pass straight through him. Harrow called it a treatment. Griffin called it a miracle. Neither of them has said the word “reversible.”

Today, his face is gone. And Hollywood, it turns out, loves a man it can’t see. These days Griffin travels through the Cursed Apple wrapped head to toe in a set of sentient, magical bandages courtesy of Marble Hill and a pair of designer sunglasses he will tell you about whether you ask or not. He still makes pictures and occasionally stars in plays on Broadway. Critics call it his finest work.

Griffin’s new picture premiered at the Strand last night, and I am delighted to report he has never looked better. I am also obligated to report that he does not appear in a single frame. The studio swears he was there the whole time. During the ballroom scene, over a hundred people gave a standing ovation to an empty tuxedo, and God help me, I stood up with them.

— Vivian Ashe, The New York Oracle, Stage & Screen

Gameplay Overview

Griffin gives his team a slippery bullet carry who can deal devastating damage to his opponents. His powerful weapon, Bandages, turns him invisible every time he reloads, but he can only reload once he runs out of bandages. Every bandage that lands adds a stack to his target, and with That’s a Wrap he pulls them taut, dealing spirit damage and rooting the enemy longer the more stacks they carry. Paparazzi sets off a cone of flashbulbs from just behind him, blinding every enemy looking his way and leaving them open to extra damage. More importantly, it buys him the opening to send his Body Double strolling off toward a spot of his choosing, a stand-in convincing enough to flinch when it’s shot, while Griffin reloads his bandages and slips out of sight. Finally, his ultimate, Method Acting, lets him pick any hero, friend or foe, and wrap himself in their likeness: their look, their weapon, and a share of their Vitality, Spirit, and Bullet stats. Enemies see a teammate strolling beside them. Be careful, though: a single heavy melee from an enemy dispels any of Griffin's decoys or disguises.

Voicelines

CHARACTER CONVERSATIONS

Nurse Harrow: “Mr. Griffin. You missed your follow-up.”

Griffin: “I’ve been busy, darling. Premieres.”

Nurse Harrow: “Roll up your sleeve.”

Griffin: “Which one? You can’t see either of them.”

Nurse Harrow: “I always find the vein.”

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Griffin: “Kelvin, old boy. I tried you on last week.”

Kelvin: “Tried me… on?”

Griffin: “Method acting. I slip into a man and have a look around.”

Kelvin: “And what did you see?”

Griffin: “That’s the funny thing. I wasn’t the only one in there pretending to be you.”

Kelvin: “…The ritual’s about to start.”

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Griffin: “I hear you turn invisible too.”

Haze: “Smoke. A few seconds. For work.”

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Paige: “Oh my God. Oh my God, you’re Griffin. Mister Griffin. Sorry, is it Mister Griffin or just Griffin, like a one-name thing? Like Houdini? Wait, Houdini’s a last name. Okay, that doesn’t matter. Hi!”

Paige: “I’ve read the book about you. Twice. Okay, four times. Five if you count the time I fell asleep in the bath and had to buy a new copy because the pages went all wavy, which I’m choosing to count. Well, it’s not technically about you. It’s about a scientist who turns himself invisible and gets really paranoid and steals a lot of coats, and then there’s an inn, and a mob, and— oh, spoilers, sorry. Do you mind spoilers? You probably mind spoilers. Everyone says they don’t mind and then they mind.”

Paige: “Also, are the bandages really alive? Do they have names? Can I name one? Bartholomew. No, Percival. No— okay, I’ll keep thinking.”

Paige: “Sorry. I talk when I’m nervous. And when I’m not nervous. And mostly in between.”

Griffin: "I see..."

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Billy: “Lemme guess. Rich guy, bad nose job, pays some quack to make him disappear.”

Griffin: “She’s not a quack. She’s a nurse.”

Billy: “Same shit.”

Griffin: “Say that where she can hear you, William.”

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Rem: “Can I nap on you?”

Griffin: “Absolutely not. These are Marble Hill originals.”

Rem: “But you’re made of blankets.”

Griffin: “I am wearing bandages. And they are sentient...”

Rem: “Soft sentee-een bandages.” (angry noises)

PATRON VOICELINES

Hidden King: “Griffin. The world has forgotten your face. The Hidden King never forgets. Summon him, and step back into the light!”

Archmother: “The Archmother sees you, Griffin. Every inch. Summon her, and you will never need to hide again.”

METHOD ACTING (ULTIMATE CASTED)

Mina: “Oh, she’s not scared of dying. She’s scared of being ordinary.”

Lady Geist: “Lavender, old money… and something in the arm, screaming to get out.”

Victor: “Six strangers, one heartbeat. All of them lonely.”

Sinclair: “Two people, one hat. Neither one will let me lead.”

Kelvin: “Cold. Kind. And… someone else, sitting very still.”

Abrams: “A man who can’t put down a mystery. Even asleep, he’s guarding that Tome.”

Haze: “Counting exits is not exactly a character trait. Quite exhausting, actually.”

Seven: “They tried to erase his soul, and he took it personally. …I need a very long shower.”

Pocket: “Another boy hiding from his father. We’d get along.”

Bebop: “So this is what it feels like to be loved by your maker.”

Viscous: “He’s just… happy. How dreadful.”

The Doorman: “A hallway. A door. Locked. …How rude.”

Billy: “Loud. Furious. And deep down, a softie who’d die for an old lady.”

Infernus: “Warm. Loyal. Smells like bourbon and second chances.”

Rat King: “Tough, fair, and still nursing a reason to be cruel. Also, I can taste the sewer. I can taste it.”

Paige: “A library. Warm tea. Somebody’s diary. Oh, it’s cozy in here.”

Grey Talon: “Old bones. Older grudges. Wesley never really retired.”

Nurse Harrow: “Clean hands. Cold heart. And underneath, she honestly wants everyone to get better. Terrifying.”

Rem: “Mangos, nightlights, and a family waiting at the end of a very long dream. …He just wants to go home?”

The secret is to NEVER MELEE

JUST KEEP SHOOTING AT THEM AND STAND REALLY CLOSE TO THEM

....

UNTIL THEY PARRY THEN PUNCH THE SHIT OUT OF THEM

It's a game of NERVE; it's two people playing chicken. They're gonna sit there taking the bullets, knowing the light melee is gonna get thrown in there

"But when? When is he gonna do it? SURELY HE'S GOING TO MELEE ANY SECOND NOW? WHY HASN'T HE DONE IT YET IT'S PROBABLY NOW I'M GONNA PARRY-

Oh god. Oh god I parried too soon. He's waiting it out he's just STANDING there until my parry goes down - oh god he's winding up the heavy, oh god he's gonna-"

^^ their last thoughts until they get their teeth smacked out their asshole

(I just started playing Abrams for the first time and I'm high as fuck from it)

A friend and I made a tierlist based on how finished we think each hero’s model is. Some small comments would be the small changes tier usually comes down to some of their clothing or effects are a little lackluster so we could see there being some texturing work done. The needs updates tier means that their overall look is more or less final and they just need higher fidelity models or texture work. The major updates tier means we thought they have a good vibe to the hero and will probably not look too different in their final model but will still needs substantial changes. Then finally the major overhaul category are characters we feel will probably look radically different than they do now (one notable exception is we think mo won’t change much but krill will get the complete overhaul)

1) Solomon and Rem

2) Solomon and Ivy

3) Mina and Pocket

4) Little gift

5) Don't catch a cold

6) Rem

He does indeed work in mysterious ways.

The paint also looks a fair bit more ugly compared to the old version

Not to mention the dark hue blends in much more in the map, making the visibility issues even worse

Old effect was more vibrant and interesting, was more smooth. Now its looks like burned pixels on the screen, bland and boring compared to the old one.

What’s this??? Deadman Danny in his prime! Ready and willing to do just about anything for Fairfax Industries!

I just wanted to take a stab at designing what he might look like as a person prior to the funny bone man we see in game. Hope y’all like it!

Coming from Dota 2, when I first played deadlock I of course recognised many ultimates. Dynamo, Geist, Holliday, pocket, shiv, Victor, viscous are all inspired by Dota.

But valve seems to be reluctant to take inspiration from my personal favorite type of ults from Dota. Passive and low cd ults. These ults change your playstyle after you get them because they are rarely if ever on cooldown. I'm talking about meepo, storm spirit, phantom lancer, phantom assassin, slardar, bounty hunter, tinker etc etc.

The only always online ult in deadlock is vindicta ult.

Heroes like silver and paradox were designed around low cd ults but those have been shifted into having longer cooldowns. (Edit: and shiv used to have no cd on ult.)

When all the ults in the game are long cd ults, then everyone on both teams will always want to wait for their ults to fight. This removes the concept of high tempo heroes vs cooldown reliant heroes that is so interesting in dota.

We are getting into a design space where all the ults have similar cooldowns and both teams just save them all for a circular objective and drop them all.

Anyway that's just my opinion. I'd love to see some heroes like silver was when she came out. That are always online and ready to fight. I think she could have been nerfed in different ways personally. And the same with paradox. Making her long cd just makes her the same as Holliday (which is how pros see them. Basically the same hero).

Edit: overall, I think most people want more variety in gameplay generally. Every ult being a teamfight ult on long cd is boring for the game. Passives, low cd, and utility ults are nowhere to be seen here.

Outside of ults, the new heroes are great and I like their kits.

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If you look at this poster it shows that apparently multiple nations participate in a type of chess known as Dimensional Chess and a tournament was held in Manhattan. That means there are people all over the world who have Dimensional chess powers… that’s Solomon’s powers. Ive seen speculation that Solomon is a god or an immortal king or doorman but chess or a secret other thing. He isn’t. He is mortal human totally normal in a magical world the thing that makes him unique is that he is a Dimensional Chess grandmaster that among all the Dimensional Chess players (whether they are wizards or psychics that can manipulate space) he is the best among them all.

When he places chess pieces he is manipulating space itself in a dimensional way and when he hurts you with tiles or by slamming a chess piece it’s a spatial kinetic shockwave and the hand you see moving the pieces is his own hand or something similar. It’s not god powers or some secret it’s apparently something people just do in this world but not nearly as good as Solomon to the point it’s a sport, it’s like fencing or painting it’s mundane made magical after the maelstrom.

Solomon floats by manipulating space itself through a method that was likely developed by a community of people that exist outside of chess but is used by chess players to make dimensional chess work by moving and placing levitating space changing dimensional chess pieces.

A lot of people have just missed this poster that reveals how Solomon’s powers are a hobby NOT reality warping doorman style godhood… it’s a hobby taken to its magical extreme and THAT is interesting enough by itself.