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No, I mean breaking as in taking the original concept of the game and breaking it. Take MMOs that make "Support classes" for example. I take those "Support" classes, and go solo with them, and FIND WAYS to succweed, despite the fact that they are not suppose to be used that way to uphold supposed "Game balance" Basically, if I can't usurp the balance of a game, then it is fine. And a lot of MMOs have had that balance broken by me. As well as regular, non-internet games.KH and rogue galaxy, like some I admire, I am going to break those by playing through the whole games and not taking a single hit. There is much more to it, but I don't feel like trying to explain it. Though you are referring to breaking like when I use a codebreaker to hack Donald and Goofy in KH2 to replace them with Bosses, to make triple bass battles vs. Sora alone.

And I know you are not going MMO, I figured it was a game period that could be played on the comp and had actual playable characters in it. I really don't get into RTS for the most part, Warcraft is alright but you actually wore them out for me somewhat with the Fan-made Starcraft rooms. DBZ and NAruto? I mean, this is suppose to be a WAR game, not a "ruin the game with my obsessions" game. And no, eva I can see, because they had things that could pass for Angels and evas.

Also you should broaded your horizons a little, RTS is good, butif you want to take off, try having a bit more variety, or your company will just become another "Amatuerish attempt to make a new RTS" in the eyes of many, and most people will dismiss it for more successful companies like Blizzard. Speaking of which, take a look at Blizzard; they are extremely successful, not just because of Warcraft and Starcraft, but because of Diablo and WoW as well. You have the potential, but you need good framework; a single game is not going to get you noticed, and not quickly enough either. You have to have stuff to fall back on, and the game has to be complete and finalized before you even make the demo. Of course, this is all just my opinion based on my knowledge and the facts already present, considering you lready went through school for this, you have certifications that will make it easier for you to take off with this.

Just wanted to give my twosense, if you don't like it oh well, I spoke my mind at least. I'd like to get a demo when you make one though, so I can give it to Albert and Mondo to test out. If anyone can test out an RTS, they can, as they play starcraft, warcraft, and others all the time(Like, LITERALLY all the time) and they are quite good at those games.If they like it, then the majority of players will like it, as Albert has extremely high standards with games, and if there is even a tiny minute little flaw or problem he WILL notice it.

I will be working on the tournament setup, as to who will go against each other. Now if only we could pass the RP more quickly...

And I just noticed your thoughts on WC custom games. Naruto Wars/Third Shinobi Wars, and DBZ Tribute though great maps, aren't all I play. Perhaps the most addicting custom map I play (and is about the only map that I will brag and call myself a true pro in), is Castle Fight. A rather unique strategy based map where you can pick a race of units to construct, build their base building, and the computer takes over to do all the tedious unit control for you: all you have to worry about is out strategizing the other team.

Typically, I play with these game commands on: -rr3, -nt, -nt, -envice. What they mean is -rr3 = you play till one side wins three rounds, and in each round you recieve a randomized builder. (Picking is for noobs), -nt = no taxes. There's a tax system in the game where periodically the game takes a small portion of tax from you based on your number of buildings and their tax rates. Though it does make the game harder, it's meaningless is there's coins on. which brings us to -nc = no coins. Normally, coins would spawn to give you free gold to spend. The main reason for them is to give you a chance to get back gold you lost from taxes. But this is more of a pain then anything if you have greedy team mates. And finally, -envice is just a fun little command that turns the scenery from a medival summer into a frozen winter. Theres also a lava based one, but its painful on the eyes.

There's a strategy for the Naga race that me and another guy have created into a must do strategy for pros, called the Play Pen. Basically, you set up Murloc camps in the corner of the map, and turn off most of the spawns, only keeping the unit spawns on the Murlocs that will get trapped in the Play Pen. (You go to the lower corner of the map and make half a box shape to close it off) Then in the top corner of the Play Pen, you put a Coral Statue to repair any damage that is going to happen to it, and to heal the Murlocs inside of it.

Now, what this does is it actually lures the artillery and debuffs of enemy buildings. Why? Becuase generally as the game mechanic goes, the buildings will typically (not always) target the highest concentration of units in a single area. Murlocs spawn two per building (thus, making four murlocs per spawn inside the playpen) thus it quickly builds up. The second greatest thing about the Play pen, is if the buildings blocking off the Murlocs exit gets destroyed, they'll have to try and survive an endless onslaught of Murlocs. (At four Murlocs per spawn, they spawn roughly every minuet. So within 5 mins, that's 20 murlocs already. Not exactly pleasant)

That's the great thing about WC3 map making, the map editor is like a game engine all in its own. You can create complete custom maps and units. Even upload character skins you've made yourself.

And trust me, I know picky games, I'm one myself, lulz. But I find it's actually the older games I enjoy more then newer ones; granted there's some amazing ones (Gears of War, Team Fortress 2, Dynstasty Warriors 6, ect...) But all we see now are mindless shooters and half assed RPGs. Fightings games are almost unheard of anymore.

And yea, Bob and I figured out Diablo three was finally getting worked on when a site with the name Diablo3.com was bought by blizzard themselves, and on the offical blizzard site, there was hiring for 'project hydralisk'.

And man I love fighting noobs that cry hacks. I might've mentioned the story before, but there was one map of Anime Wars Allstars v3.1 I was playing one night (Wait no, I did mention a story like this one, but not this one), and I randomed and got my best character in it, Yusuke Urameshi. So, i went straight in to my build of godlyness (High armor with tons of mana and high attack speed) and I was raping the whole team we fought against, which was pathetic because they had Ichigo (Whom is designed as a nuker), and Neji (Designed to mana rape and hold enemies in place for the rest of the team to gank) and neither of them did much... The only one on their team of use had Sephiroth (Another nuke character), but my team mates would do a good job of keeping him busy.

Vids are finally uploaded and ready to go:

Part One
Part Two

Part two shows off some basic sketches done for the game. And shows why I'm not on the art/design team...

yea, I was reading a bit into the 360 coding and apperently it's very simular to PC coding, as well as the game engine we're working with currently (Torque) was designed to have the most lag free internet connection for battle; even dial up users should be able to handle a good 10 v 10 with thousands of units and structures active in game.

The Cam picture with another guy in the bath.

Well, sold some more useless dvds and my cube, with ddr as well. Made out like a bandit on the returns and fully researved the PS3 version of Soul Calibur 4 (I couldnt stand the idea of trying to play it on 360 >.> I need my D-pad) as well as picked up Digital Devil Saga and Yu Yu Hakusho The Dark Tournament ($3, you can't go wrong).

and i still got $18 left over, so I can grab freedom 2 once I see a used copy.