Roblox Community General Thread

[tookhisshoeslikeblackops2]

It's honestly incredible how much autistic (and I mean seriously autistic) Milsim LARPing there is on Roblox. People will recreate places from Afghanistan with super realistic vehicle and gun models accurate to the specific period of the GWOT they're in, all while using Blocky humanoids for the player models.
I remember finding this video in my sidebar one time, and I was laughing at how it was a "realistic" Roblox Milsim game being edited like a war aesthetics video

I haven't watched in a while but I think you can hear some squeaker's voice in it

Autism as it finest.

 

[Adash]

Unfortunately, I haven't seen anyone mention anything about Creatures of Sonaria and its shithole of developers so I will have to bring light to these assholes.

This sucks, but it's a dime a dozen when it comes to Roblox games.

Around 11 days ago the creator of HELLMET had a breakdown after both losing the bloxy voting, and having a video made on him - accidentally exposing his tard tactics which lead to closure of his discord.
Way back the devs community discord (Migato Creations - 17k members) for all of his games began a practice of preemptively banning youtubers / reviewers or prominent users to avoid interacting with their fanbase. The game itself is known to go on forced shutdown to prevent "raiding" / or if Sensei decides too many people are asking for the next update to punish them.

Really? So if I say, make a video criticizing this game I'll get banned from it because the dev is that much of a retard? I also do find it funny they're trying to keep the game from 9 year olds, when the game is barely aimed at adults. Sure it has blood and stuff like that, but the presentation isn't very serious. I'll use this time to sperg about HELLMET and the wider Roblox Milsim genre now.

Spoiler: HELLMET rant

One thing I do not understand about HELLMET is the setting and story. I don't fucking get it, the first opening cutscene feels like these guys were playing Half Life right before where some dude who looks like the G-Man talks to you right before you start. Any ounce of a grounded story is gone at the end of the final mission where you face off against a chinese "Dominian" guy in a damn exoskeleton and you have to create bombs to hit him because he becomes invincible to all bullets due to the magical properties of cocaine. Is this really worth it all to link to one of your other games? Because it's hard to take seriously when you're wanting to break into the tactical SWAT shooter genre and try to be "realistic" by using a helmet cam perspective while having all this shit. I know I shouldn't be expecting a criticism of modern policing or stuff like that, but I expected more substance, even with Roblox's limitations.
In general, most mil-sim Roblox games' playerbases are pretty much people who are too broke for SWAT 4, Ready Or Not, Arma 3, Insurgency, etc etc. They don't do anything new (except for maybe one or 2 things) and they're too janky to actually be played well.

will try and make archives later

Archives: 1, 2

 

[Space Lazer Shark]

Oh shit, My bad! I wasn't even aware they had their own thread! Thanks homie. I'll keep that in my watch.

CoS is mid, Dragon adventures is the superior creature collection slop game.

 

[Stuckinatoaster]

It should be acknowledged that Erythia and the CoS community's antics have a live (albeit very dead) thread of their own under her name. Bumps related to either or both would be better suited for that thread first.

While on the topic of lame bumps, how have Pressure's "main" creators been doing?

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(Tweet #1, Tweet #2)

Oh. LOL. LMAO. The replies to both—but especially the replies to Zeal's tweet—tell enough of a story on their own.

No need to be sad about the future you chose!

Late edit to not doublepost:

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(Tweet)

Related to above, the game got its first update today, adding the accessibility feature toggles and more. Not included in the patch notes was this:
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(shit quality because it's from a clip, taken from a frame of his new kill animation)

Nice wedding band. It's even given a dedicated animation in Sebastian's idle cycle.

Had to work it in somehow, huh? If only the inevitable hadn't already happened in spades and people gave a fuck about him being totally canonically married (to a dev) outside of justifiably finding it weird that a developer would be allowed to act this way.

If Zerum would have, I don't know, probably made a version of themselves in the game instead of just making it how it is, this type of shit would not be a thing?
I highly doubt that would make anything better because they are pretty fucking delusional as it stands with this fish.

It still doesn't make any sense to put that much energy into clarifying marrying a mutated fish but each to their own I guess lol

 

[Digital Thunder]

If Zerum would have, I don't know, probably made a version of themselves in the game instead of just making it how it is, this type of shit would not be a thing?
I highly doubt that would make anything better because they are pretty fucking delusional as it stands with this fish.

Zerum more formally cementing herself in the game's canon (IME) would've taken away from the semi-serious set-up the game's going for just by virtue of it being a "canon" multiversal ship (the term "multiverse-hopper" + the associated "shippy" types come to mind for me). Even if they did take those steps to solidify her in Pressure's universe as a real character, it wouldn't have done anything to stop what's come afterwards, and it's far too late for those changes to do anything now.

Great timing, by the way, because...



(Archive with full thread + replies, full screencap in attachments for posterity)

Highlights include having to clarify that not wanting crossdressing fanart posted in-community isn't transphobic (?), reemphasized pleas to keep shipping/etc. out of the community server, Eyefestation pronoun discourse (???), and damage control over how aggressive the outrage towards Zerum has been with added clarification that her "input on the game is minimal".

TL;DR:

Spoiler: Tangential Note

In addition to Sebastian having a wedding band added to his finger, there's also a portrait of his supposed~*canonical*~ wife turned away from player view on the table in his shop.

...Yeah, really not beating the "delulu"/over-possessive/self-insert/etc. accusations with this one. This and the (her) mishandling of criticism is awfully reminiscent of the antics the waifuists get up to. Not quite a good look.

Spoiler: Even more tangential (trying to avoid excess bumps, prease understand)

On the accessibility settings section added in the game's current update, there's a toggle to disable all thalassophobic elements in the game:

This is very obviously a joke option. It kicks you from the game upon clicking it, with a note stating that you ought to play something else if you can't handle the things listed in its description (the ocean, fish, and octopi, to spare a Google).

People are now angry at it.

(Tweet)

There's even more that can be found in the suggestions threads within their community server, provided anyone's willing to brave it for themselves*, and it's all over accessibility and offensiveness concerns. Just today, I've seen posts ranging from "Please remove all pentagram imagery from the game, as it's offensive to me as a Christian" to "Please give us a toggle-off option for the passive hallucinatory monster you have to manually trigger by interacting with an obscure item you aren't guaranteed to find during any given playthrough, as it's offensive to schizophrenics and its whispering makes me dissociate". Zeal gave these people an inch by making a "deaf mode", and now they're taking the Earth's circumference.

*...Or not, because the entire forum these existed in apparently got nuked. Oh dear.

Nice audience you've got there.

ONE FINAL UPDATE EDIT, I SWEAR: The entire Discord server is currently locked down due to all of the discourse, infighting, and trolling. Whoops!

The game itself, meanwhile, has a new pop-up warning upon loading in... mentioning an unironic laundry list of phobias you shouldn't play the game with. Thalassophobia Toggle is also gone entirely. Can't have shit even when it's funny

(Not mine)

And, actually finally, Zeal stated he's going on an extended break after today's events. This game has been released to the public for barely over a month, by the way.

 

[Point Man]

game flops at bloxys partly due to said gatekeeping

Hellmet is also just an ass game that isn't fun to play, the only reason why people like it is because it's made on Roblox so it's somewhat impressive that they were able to make something like this on the engine. But the controls are clunky, there's zero feedback for pretty much nothing, the helmet cam gimick is cool for all of 5 seconds and instantly gets really old when you realize that you have to play with it. There's plenty of better Roblox games out there that provide a decent "tactical" shooter experience like Fireteam, Deadline, and even Blackhawk Rescue Mission 5.

In general, most mil-sim Roblox games' playerbases are pretty much people who are too broke for SWAT 4, Ready Or Not, Arma 3, Insurgency, etc etc. They don't do anything new (except for maybe one or 2 things) and they're too janky to actually be played well.

All Roblox games are pretty much like this. When a game lists a real game as some kind of inspiration, 9 times out of 10 the game is going to be a direct copy of whatever their inspiration is, or they steal ideas and aesthetics from it. A really good example of this is Ultrakill, if you see a Roblox game claim Ultrakill as its inspiration, the game is just going to be Ultrakill. The "too janky to actually be played well" part is also spot on, with just how Roblox is and how you're constantly forced to be in a sever, games that try really complex shit usually fall short. This is one of the reasons why I hate the idea of Roblox fighting games, I've never played one that ever had satisfying combat because of lack of feedback and lagginess.

 

[Digital Thunder]

This is one of the reasons why I hate the idea of Roblox fighting games, I've never played one that ever had satisfying combat because of lack of feedback and lagginess.

I've avoided Roblox-based rhythm games like the plague for the same reason. Roblox's netcode just can't, and even when it tries and gets some headway it's subpar either due to additional faults on Roblox's end or the development team's end.

 

[Metallic Blood]

This is one of the reasons why I hate the idea of Roblox fighting games, I've never played one that ever had satisfying combat because of lack of feedback and lagginess.

This is one of the reasons why I think ROBLOX being taken as a "professional game development" tool should have never been a thing. (but of course there was easy business with the premise, but I digress)

Even non-fighting/rhythm games struggle with the engine, it just takes one update for the physics to go haywire or one decal to be deleted because of crappy moderation to ruin an entire game experience.

Reminds me of a game called Vibrant Venture, that the owner got so pissed off by ROBLOX updates constantly breaking his game (a simple 2D Platform) that he decide to remake the entire thing in Unity and sell it on Steam.



I never played the game myself, (I hate "Early Access" and it has been 4 years, sheesh) but I always have a respect for the guy's story, and I wish most ROBLOX Devs would do the same and move to a better engine... but of course they won't do that, how can we exploit our fellow 8 year olds with their stolen parents' credit card that way?

 

[Adash]

I've avoided Roblox-based rhythm games like the plague for the same reason. Roblox's netcode just can't, and even when it tries and gets some headway it's subpar either due to additional faults on Roblox's end or the development team's end.

Hard agree. Roblox has absolutely dogshit netcode, no matter if it's hitreg with FPSs, fighting games, or rhythm games, it's always fucking delayed. I've always felt like my shots barely hit, and the only game I think that feels smooth to play is Phantom Forces. Can these devs just use Itch and Godot already?

All Roblox games are pretty much like this.

If more children knew how to pirate games I doubt most of these Roblox copies would get as much players.

This is one of the reasons why I think ROBLOX being taken as a "professional game development" tool should have never been a thing.

It was never meant to. It was always a competitor to Second Life or fucking Club Penguin. The engine is held together with duct tape. People saying this obviously do not understand the intricacies of roblox game dev or got lucky and made 1 bajillion dollars even after Roblox took 75% of it.

 

[overture]

The entire Discord server is currently locked down due to all of the discourse, infighting, and trolling. Whoops!

Everyone suffas

Not sure why they're shocked their character got the Tumblr sexyman treatment. It sort of reminds me of the FNF drama where the Mid-Fight Masses creator was begging people to stop making NSFW of their (underage) character despite sexualizing him themselves.

The petty self-shipping slapfight is great though.

 

[Viper the rappah]

You know what i hate most about roblox nowadays?
The avatars
Look at this garbage. Just a poor imitation of 2000s culture. That's all they do, just try to replicate the old stuff without understanding nor caring for it beyond the visuals. You know what's the funniest part? Everyone wants to be quirky and act different and pretend they love these underrated indie stuff that's always some popular or semi popular shit but second something actually different and unique shows up everyone shits on it. They hate problem solverz but then consume same shit but it's ok because this one is "ironic".

I mean honestly what's the difference between these 2 in design other than one having shitter colours somehow
Difference is you are allowed to like one because everyone else said so but second one is shit because everyone else said so.

 

[Rent-a-Twink]

Look at this garbage. Just a poor imitation of 2000s culture. That's all they do, just try to replicate the old stuff without understanding nor caring for it beyond the visuals

yikes, handed the privilege of limitless customisation and you're creatively limited to distorting the lifeless corpses of a formerly prosperous subculture. when the magic has faded all that remains is a gay little nu-culture minus the quality and nostalgia COLONIZERS need to sledgehammer this into their skull

 

[Autistic Gunspergings]

You know what i hate most about roblox nowadays?
The avatarsView attachment 6296863
Look at this garbage. Just a poor imitation of 2000s culture. That's all they do, just try to replicate the old stuff without understanding nor caring for it beyond the visuals. You know what's the funniest part? Everyone wants to be quirky and act different and pretend they love these underrated indie stuff that's always some popular or semi popular shit but second something actually different and unique shows up everyone shits on it. They hate problem solverz but then consume same shit but it's ok because this one is "ironic".

I mean honestly what's the difference between these 2 in design other than one having shitter colours somehowView attachment 6296864View attachment 6296889
Difference is you are allowed to like one because everyone else said so but second one is shit because everyone else said so.

the amount of horrid avatars I've seen has grown exponentially since UGC was added, absolutely zero soul in them. Nowadays its nothing but retards trying to be speshul and/or edgy. absolute madness.
we need to go back...

 

[TTDAdvocate]

You know what i hate most about roblox nowadays?
The avatarsView attachment 6296863

Jesus that avatar looks terrible, I can sense the “14 year old pooner fujoshit regretevator/phighting fan” vibes from it… though the ones i’ve seen are a little more eye bleeding than this, along with wearing tranny/gay flag ugc because they have no other personality other than that.

 

[Jonas1102]

You know what i hate most about roblox nowadays?
The avatarsView attachment 6296863
Look at this garbage. Just a poor imitation of 2000s culture. That's all they do, just try to replicate the old stuff without understanding nor caring for it beyond the visuals. You know what's the funniest part? Everyone wants to be quirky and act different and pretend they love these underrated indie stuff that's always some popular or semi popular shit but second something actually different and unique shows up everyone shits on it. They hate problem solverz but then consume same shit but it's ok because this one is "ironic".

I mean honestly what's the difference between these 2 in design other than one having shitter colours somehowView attachment 6296864View attachment 6296889
Difference is you are allowed to like one because everyone else said so but second one is shit because everyone else said so.

and the fact that even if you want to imitate 2000s roblox culture without living through it, YOU CAN FIND A MILLION EXAMPLES WITH 1 SEARCH.

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=robloxapp+before%3A2015+after%3A2007

 

[Metallic Blood]

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=robloxapp+before%3A2015+after%3A2007

Spoiler: Literally the second and third result (Haram Content)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9-0-f9F2ck

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHJzkrsITPY

 

[Adash]

Literally the second and third result (Haram Content)

Roblox never changes, does it?

the amount of horrid avatars I've seen has grown exponentially since UGC was added, absolutely zero soul in them. Nowadays its nothing but retards trying to be speshul and/or edgy. absolute madness.
we need to go back...

Outside of the fact that most look like shit and they slow my game down, I fucking hate how a lot of UGC creators do not know how to resize correctly (or intentionally do it for the meme) and have their shitty avatar take up half my screen.

 

[Coolio55]

Spoiler: Literally the second and third result (Haram Content)

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9-0-f9F2ck

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHJzkrsITPY

Hot damn, I remember that pictionary game.

 

[Unyielding Stupidity]

the amount of horrid avatars I've seen has grown exponentially since UGC was added, absolutely zero soul in them. Nowadays its nothing but retards trying to be speshul and/or edgy. absolute madness.
we need to go back...
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Honestly, I can't hate the newer users that wear UGC slop, because I know full damn well that I would've wore similar slop if public UGC was a thing when I was a kid. Still wish the people making these cosmetics would stop uploading blatantly sexual ones, or ones that are several hundred times the size of the player.

 

[jungle]

It's honestly incredible how much autistic (and I mean seriously autistic) Milsim LARPing there is on Roblox. People will recreate places from Afghanistan with super realistic vehicle and gun models accurate to the specific period of the GWOT they're in, all while using Blocky humanoids for the player models.
I remember finding this video in my sidebar one time, and I was laughing at how it was a "realistic" Roblox Milsim game being edited like a war aesthetics video

I haven't watched in a while but I think you can hear some squeaker's voice in it

Making a Milsim game that steals models from tons of other games is honestly the coolest thing you can ever do on ROBLOX