Spiral Knights - What would happen if a Game Master could ...?

What would happen if a Game Master could ...?

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Sat, 01/26/2013 - 08:48

Altairio

Ok so me and some of my guildees got stuck in the Vana glitch where he just stops moving all together. We were stuck right before he puts out the fire to fight. I put in a bug request, about 30 seconds later Cronus came and helped us out. Afterwards when he got us back to Vana he left. We beat Vana, and went back to our guild hall. We started talking about what Cronus would drop if we could kill him like a monster. Someone said he would be kinda like Jelly King, he would like choke and stuff, then explode rainbows and candy. Others thought he would drop millions of ce. I thought we would drop 300 of every item in the game.

What do you think would happen if you could fight a GM like a boss battle? What would they drop at the end?

Do you think GMs could be playing as a regular player in their free time? You never know O_o they might even be one of your guildmates.

Questions for the GMs:

Do you ever get any free time to just play SK? If so about how long?

Is it fun being a GM, or is it a pain in your butt?

Do you like potatoes? :O (Random Question FTW)

Sat, 01/26/2013 - 09:16

Hexzyle

@Cometblazer

Is it fun being a GM, or is it a pain in your butt?

I reckon GMs must get really sick of pulling silly players out of the same old stupid places, or just getting irritated at the overall derpiness of the community.

Once a friend of mine was doing one of the Prestige missions that ran through Clockwork Tunnels, and it was the module where there's a diagonal row of indestructible blocks running across a square room. There are 4 ghost blocks on different sections of the indestructible blocks, and both the ghost blocks and the indestructible blocks respawn.
Turns out my friend, while chasing an enemy, had stumbled onto the far corner block while the others around him respawned, and he had no way of escaping.
When we finally got a GM to help us out, the GM actually asked us if it was done intentionally. (it wasn't, the respawn rate of the blocks was just rediculously fast)
That is probably one of the rarer cases, but the amount of times I've seen people place down Titan Statues inside wheel launchers and needing GMs to pull them back out is quite disturbing. The GMs even ask the party to try to avoid doing that, so I feel their frustration.

And then there's the billions of questions they get bombarded about like "when's such and such being released" etc.

Sat, 01/26/2013 - 09:53

Canozo

"What do you think would happen if you could fight a GM like a boss battle? What would they drop at the end?"

One does not simply beat a GM, ever heard of the Ban stick?

Sat, 01/26/2013 - 10:28

Mzculet

Exactly xD
You don't want to see one of those cx

Sat, 01/26/2013 - 10:55

Canine-Vladmir

wait.

GMs have fallen. theres a couple of derp videos of nooby GMs accidently dieing.
but when they do die, theres a disturbance in the force. the force is embarrased.

Sat, 01/26/2013 - 13:33

Aureate

The Ban Stick

it's the only weapon that still has 'friendly fire'.

No, seerusly. If you're in range of that thing when the charge goes off, you're going to take damage, even if you're an ally.
It is that badass.

Sat, 01/26/2013 - 14:02

Fallconn

FALCON PUNCH!

The ban stick is easily avoided if you have competent dodging skills, Or maybe the GM we were playing around with didn't really care about hitting us :[

Sat, 01/26/2013 - 14:33

Klipik

what if...

A GM played a Lockdown match?

Sat, 01/26/2013 - 14:42

Ubernerd

"omg crowbar spamz"

Sat, 01/26/2013 - 15:12

Canine-Vladmir

O_O

the ban bomb.
a bomb that works similar to the Snarby Bombs.
instead of shooting barbs out, it shoots ban Sticks.

Sat, 01/26/2013 - 15:59

#10

Mrfunnym

"Do you ever get any free time to just play SK? If so about..."

I believe that GMs have alt accounts, because it would be boring to go around just murdering anything that murder.

Sat, 01/26/2013 - 16:03

#11

Oboron

The Grand Hammer of Game Masters!

Yeah I think GMs would get pretty frustrated with getting Knights out of the same situation over and over.

When a GM died Energy with a few crystals should start to swirl around the GM like a tornado. While that is happening the GM should start to glow and when it gets really bright it would explode. :D Then drop Crystal energy as glowing blue crystals :DDDD

The Grand Hammer of Game Masters! The ultimate weapon of GM Doom.

Ban Bazooka - I'm pretty sure the name speaks for it self :O

Ban Bomb (Idea from Canine-Vladmir) - Just like Dark retribution but instead of dark energy orbs circling it, Ban sticks will. Then they all explode like Shard bombs :D

-Fallen Night

Sat, 01/26/2013 - 16:40

#12

Shamanalah

Ban stick!

One does not simply beat a GM, ever heard of the Ban stick?

It does not ban you if it hit you

No, seerusly. If you're in range of that thing when the charge goes off, you're going to take damage, even if you're an ally.
It is that badass.

Actually the weapon is only a resking of whatever the favorite weapon of the GM is, like their suit/helm. Only the shield is intact

The ban stick is easily avoided if you have competent dodging skills, Or maybe the GM we were playing around with didn't really care about hitting us :[

Most of the time their troll their friends. I have one guild member that is friendly with 2 GM and one popped in his LD game and messed around. Also I know someone who ask to be hit by the ban stick and he survived. He took a lot of dmg though (1 swing o.O)

See trolling here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yk9ezB3K5c

Edit: Fun fact: Siberius is not my friend ^ ^

Sat, 01/26/2013 - 17:28

#13

Hexzyle

@Shamanala

Actually the weapon is only a resking of whatever the favorite weapon of the GM is, like their suit/helm. Only the shield is intact

This I did not know, I wish I could get a screenshot to verify :(

The Leviathan Blade version of The Ban Stick does roughly 8k damage on per swing :P

Sat, 01/26/2013 - 17:44

#14

Shamanalah

@ hexzyle

If you check my video you will see what Atalanta is wearing (HD in full screen helps to read :S)

Just have to check with other video of people inspecting other GM :D

Sat, 01/26/2013 - 21:49

#15

Hyperion

I can't speak as to what we'd

I can't speak as to what we'd drop if beaten (though personally I think Clotho is a pinata full of rainbows and happiness), but we do have "civilian" accounts we play the game on. We get plenty of free time if we want to - it's like any other job, we don't get chained up in a cupboard and brought out to work! ;) Personally I've been a little obsessed with trying to beat Dishonored without anyone seeing me, lately - the Whalers, man, they have eyes everywhere -, and that's been taking up my gaming time.

Potatoes are win. Especially baked ones. Mmmmm. My fellow GMs can also attest to my affection for leek and potato soup.

I love my job. There are some situations I like less than others, either because they make me sad (scammers are a good example here) or because they're a tad frustrating (someone mentioned the stuck statue thing - I think that's at the top of my list for "things I really wish we could pin down the cause of" at the moment. The totems don't get stuck, so I recommend using those over the statues if you feel you have to block the wheels. If you do get stuck, please file a bug report!) but on the bright side I can make sure scammers don't scam again, and I can rescue folks who are stuck, so that's satisfying. Some things, I can't do anything about, and that's frustrating for me and the player who's experiencing whatever issue it is. Generally speaking, knights are awesome and really fun to talk to. We do speak with the odd person whose frustration overcomes their courtesy, but that's rare enough that most of us can actually name all the knights that's happened with (we won't. Don't ask.), because it's rare enough to be memorable.

Actually, one of the parts of my job that's mostly just a small side-effect has been that lately my business has taken me into a bunch of Guild Halls, and it's really neat seeing how everyone's decorated theirs, big and small. There was one a few weeks ago that looked like Winterfest had exploded all over it, and I'd been having a rough day, and it cheered me up to no end. There was another where the knights had made a mosaic out of various colors of plants, and that was super cool.

Sat, 01/26/2013 - 22:19

#16

Thinslayer

You're awesome.

Darn, being a GM sounds like so much fun!

I reckon you're not allowed to talk about your "civilian" accounts, right?

And, what kinds of issues require your presence in a guildhall? I really have no idea.

Sat, 01/26/2013 - 22:32

#17

Hyperion

We're allowed to talk about

We're allowed to talk about our own civilian accounts, but we prefer to keep them private - I don't know of anyone who's named themselves. For Guild Halls, sometimes rooms get stuck and it's easiest for us to go there and poke at it. We usually do that when it's empty, though. If it's something that requires us to concentrate, we'd prefer it if people don't feel ignored.

Sat, 01/26/2013 - 23:16

#18

Autofire

Hmmm.....

If a GM had a weakness, it would have to be something like a "Un-ban" armor or something. :P

Oh, did you ever see how fast GMs can run? They run so fast that they can run on the air. O.o

Let's see...wasn't Hyperion the Rocket-Snipe guy? I swear I have to find a place for those in CradleBound.

Sat, 01/26/2013 - 23:24

#19

Doctorspacebar

Hey, Hyperion. Do you GMs have private Ban Stick Lockdown matches?

Sat, 01/26/2013 - 23:27

#20

Softhead

Can a banstick have the mechanics of all weapons?

Do you have a DA? Why do most have cali-based ones?

Is there a BAB one?

Sat, 01/26/2013 - 23:28

#21

Amaki

When a GM is defeated ...

There is a brief rip in space-time in which every change ever rendered to the game via patches briefly unravels, allowing manifestations of items or creatures that have not existed in some time. Reported anomalies include multiple previous-version Radiant Sun Shards bursts, sleep mists over a wide area, the appearance of giant honeycombs, and, in at least one incident that resulted in several civilian casualties, the sudden appearance of a rather infuriated Vog Cub. The assassin usually dies in the resulting chaos, which may or may not be intentional. Fortunately, the GM respawns shortly thereafter.

Sat, 01/26/2013 - 23:37

#22

Softhead

There was a thread when the GM got killed.

//////////lol

Sun, 01/27/2013 - 04:25

#23

Rabeet-Ahsan

@Hyperion

Well someone did discover some other GM's civilian account in a guild called J**t De****ts who was named Tr****e,now he suspected as a OOO account because there was a very unique Embelm on the left to his/her name.
Please if anyone guesses these names don't reveal them on the forums or to anyone in the game.

Sun, 01/27/2013 - 04:37

#24

Softhead

It's already known.

Sun, 01/27/2013 - 04:47

#25

Rabeet-Ahsan

By everyone?

Sun, 01/27/2013 - 05:01

#26

Troupe-Forums

The jempire killed cronus

The jempire killed cronus once. He turned into a snipe.

Sun, 01/27/2013 - 05:03

#27

Softhead

Anyone who read that thread,

Which could be alot.

Sun, 01/27/2013 - 17:11

#28

Korakc

Kittens!

What I would give if I could find out the GMs civilian accounts so I would know who they were watching...

;_;

Mon, 01/28/2013 - 05:41

#29

Altairio

Awesome

I thought that you guys go through so much crap with all the bug reports and shiz, but its really not all that bad. :3 I don't mind you guys popping into my JK runs just to say hi or something. Hyperion I'm betting you also explode rainbows and happiness :O mainly on Winterfest Day.

Mon, 01/28/2013 - 15:34

#30

Eurydice

Community Manager

Hyperion explodes into yummy

Hyperion explodes into yummy candy.

Mon, 01/28/2013 - 16:34

#31

Waffleconecake

Oh I love this forum,

Oh I love this forum, it is tempting me to give those 50 points back just form the positive responses the GMs are giving. It's uncommon for forums to actually have active GMs who care about the game past a job imo.
(reason why 50 points were lost was Machina-kai's thread on mobs.)

Mon, 01/28/2013 - 16:47

#32

Grantgalitz

That statue glitch, eh?

@hyperion Maybe I should video capture (and bug report) the statue bug in a suicide run that's bound to perma-glitch (I'll just leave when it glitches). It's apparently repeatable.

Mon, 01/28/2013 - 17:24

#33

Grantgalitz

Alright... Got a Video Of The Statue Bug

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaVyT9KY3no&t=27

Mon, 01/28/2013 - 18:57

#34

Not-Impressed

This space is for rent.

Why would people do that on purpose? I can understand putting them in front of the wheel but putting them IN the wheels? ._.

Mon, 01/28/2013 - 19:04

#35

Grantgalitz

Well I had it previously

Well I had it previously happen by accident (When slags are around ya, you sometimes rush things). I made this video so they can fix it.

Tue, 01/29/2013 - 05:58

#36

Xxpapaya

The papaya cracks up ^^

@Grantgalitz
WHAT KIND OF SORCERY IS THIS? XD

@Shuhnaniguhns
Step 1: Go into an FSC run
Step 2: Cause the glitch >:)
Step 3: Get a GM to come and help you
Step 4: Laugh at the GM since you scammed him/er
Step 5: Get banned
Step 6: Create a new account and start raging on the forums
Step 7: Get banned again
Ste-[THE REST OF THIS POST IS REDACTED DUE TO INAPPROPRIATE USE OF PAPAYAS-Papayadice]

@Eurydice
Mmmmmm, /think about killing Hyperion and eating candy >:)

@All GM's out there
I wanna know all of your names >:) But if I met you guys in real life, I'd still call Eury, Eury ^^ Hyperion, Hyperion, and Nick, Impostocube :P

Tue, 01/29/2013 - 21:00

#37

Hexzyle

Whenever I'm using the

Whenever I'm using the statue, I always stand on one of the buttons and face either north or south before dropping it, instead of facing the wheel.

Tue, 01/29/2013 - 21:08

#38

Sciger

NYANYANYA-*splode*

I think, if battling a GM and (somehow) winning, they'd drop a proto sword. Just to spite you. :D

Ofc the GMs have their civilian alts to enjoy the game like the rest of us. :D I know I would if I was a GM because this game. <3 I don't think any are guildies though. Even if one was, I'd love 'em all the same as the rest of my beloved guild. c:

Tue, 01/29/2013 - 23:16

#39

Autofire

You are experiencing a PICNIC ERROR!

Seriously speaking, what would a GM give you? Being I want to make a RPG fan game, I'm planning on having an easter egg that features 4 or 5 of the GMs in one exceedingly difficult boss fight. Tou can't actually kill them, but when they run out of health it would say something along the lines of Hyperion disconnected, leaving an explosion of yummy candy!. (This line makes me think you would take damage from the yummy-candy-explosion.)

I think yummy candy would be a consumable which would fully heal and fully re-energize your whole party. Currently, the only other item that might come from the fight would be the shadow espresso.

EDIT: I think the GMs have their special guild. I don't think it's likely for some non-GM to be in that guild. I may be wrong.

Wed, 01/30/2013 - 00:37

#40

Blinnx-Da-Cat

Random question.....buuuut.

If all the GM's are part of the Three Rings Guild...........don't you wonder what that guild hall looks like o.o

Wed, 01/30/2013 - 05:44

#41

Hyperion

Somewhat snipe-infested. We

Somewhat snipe-infested. We may have gone a little nuts.

Wed, 01/30/2013 - 07:28

#42

Hexzyle

@Hyperion

You should make it public on certain special events :O

Do you guys have ranks in your guild or is everyone a GM? (eh, get it? ok, ok, bad pun)

Wed, 01/30/2013 - 08:30

#43

Heavy-Dragon

They should have a 1%

chance to drop their ban stick, which is actually just a reskinned levi/acheron/combust/voltedge/glacius.

Name of item: Stolen Ban Stick.

Should flag player as having defeated a GM too. c:
(legitimate defeat, too. 1v1 defeats, not dogpile defeats.)

Wed, 01/30/2013 - 08:29

#44

Fallconn

FALCON PUNCH!

I imagine Nick's civy account is a gunner.

Wed, 01/30/2013 - 09:44

#45

Cronus

Game Master

Hyperion: Somewhat

Hyperion: Somewhat snipe-infested. We may have gone a little nuts.

Um... we? Don't you mean you?

Wed, 01/30/2013 - 10:08

#46

Hyperion

I'm reasonably sure you

I'm reasonably sure you placed at least one.

Also, in regards to beating me in a PvP match, I'm not sure that'd be much of an achievement. I subscribe to the Leeroy Jenkins, Esq. school of tactics.

Wed, 01/30/2013 - 10:16

#47

Heavy-Dragon

Well, if you're predictable~

^ Then maybe having staggering melee power wouldn't be enough. (GM Trojan)

Still, there's a bit of a sense of accomplishment in being able to pvp and "best" a GM.

Wed, 01/30/2013 - 10:43

#48

Blandaxt

I love

I love this thread, im so happy i go tot read. GO GM's, you make our world go round. :)
(or whatever shape our world on cradle is :P)

Wed, 01/30/2013 - 10:41

#49

Fallconn

FALCON PUNCH!

^They make snipes fat too.

Wed, 01/30/2013 - 12:35

#50

Nearo

Well,

I imagine he'd fall down like any other knight, just like in PvP, if we wasn't invincible with a one hit kill crowbar anyways.
+ Yes, GMs do have normal accounts, and do play. Quite confirmed. There's in fact a guild for just GM's normal accounts, though some do join other people's guilds too, and most certainly could be in anyone's.

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