Is it the suckerpunsh kind of surprise ?
Thanks Utrakil for giving the operation a fitting name
What is Operation Suckerpunch?Right now, the crowdfunding campaign isn't having enough oomph. It's still increasing, but unless we bring a big killer, it's gonna fail. So it's time to show something...
epic.
I've been reading many comments on different forums. Many people lost confidence in kickstarter in general. Many people say they miss seeing the uniqueness of our game compared to warband or chivalry.
Well, let's show them.
We will announce
Epic, the combination of all the gamemodes, the combat system and strategus combined - a persistant online world with a huge area. The goal is having thousands of players online at the same time, with hundreds being able to fight at the same time.
For those that don't know, Epic will not be about grinding - just like you don't see people in Game of Thrones chopping wood, it's also not something you will have to do in epic, either - you make people do it. Unless you really want to for an obscure reason.
Epic will be about two things: Fighting, and talking. You talk with people, and if that doesn't help, you fight them.
I will go into more detail soon.
chadz, have you lost it? I mean, are you completely out of your mind?
But words are cheap. That is why we plan on releasing a "playable concept prototype" in a few days. The things we are aiming for: an area of 20*20km (=400km^2). Player mining resources and building castles. 500 to 1000 players online at the same time, in the same server. Probably no combat yet (thats gonna take a few more days), but at least a simple placeholder (think pewpew).
For today (26th Wednesday), at 22:00 CET 09:00 PM (UTC/GMT), we will invite everyone who can read this to join the server. We need to know if at least 500 people is possible, or absolutely crazy. We'll see. Expect crashes, updates, restarts, and epicness.
Download: http://download.melee.org/download-melee/MeleeLauncher.exe
user/account/password: always use the word test
