“I Hate Him So Much”
Ah, what better way to start a blog post than to refer to some of the comments about the Emo.
Universally hated by his surprise detonations, catching experienced players just as much as the new ones. Will he stay in the game? Yes for several reasons. I need the unpredictability and I also like Stevo’s Elmo jokes! Where else would you get “Watch out, the Elmo is coming!” or “Tickle me Emo”.
But more specifically, players need to become more aware in the game. Unlike TF2, where players are accustomed to watching out for spies or sneaky Demo attacks, DoDS is predictable as bread with butter. When you clear a flag, you don’t expect anything to come behind you, or kill you as you go around a corner.
So I enjoy reading all the “God I hate that guy” or “No..the f***in’ Emo” comments!
Now the Witch…she’s in the same boat of hatred but for different reasons….she’s overpowered or she’s too fast or she’s too random. I don’t know, but she isn’t THAT hard to kill. When she targets you, she is pretty hard to kill, but I find the knife is excellent, or better yet, back up against a wall or sandbags and crouch.
Playing the game overnight is an experience on its own!
The variety of countries playing means that chat becomes a mish-mash of languages and if they want to communicate with others on the server, English is used. We at the Ville, mostly cater to players from the US and Canada, so having players from abroad is fun! Also means huge pings… 
By Patrick Fisher, Tuesday December 22, 2009 @ 12:25 pm
I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again: If the model was more distinct, I think people would have less of a problem with it. The model is so similar to the regular zombie that I was having problems figuring him out for a while. That said, with a few hours of it under my belt now it’s not a problem, but it certainly isn’t “plug and play” friendly in my mind.
You could always have it so that Elmo salutes after he blows up. Just, y’know, to add realism to it.
By Dog, Tuesday December 22, 2009 @ 1:40 pm
Meh…I can spot him coming coz he’s dressed in black!
Within DoDS, there’s not much hope of getting him to salute….the models are pretty rudimentary and you work with what you got.
Of course, if I knew how to model in DoDS, then things might be better!!
Maybe I should take Stevo suggestion and get someone to actually model an Elmo….
By Trevor Houts, Thursday December 24, 2009 @ 11:04 am
Oh yes… I got to meet the Emo plenty of times yesterday. Every time someone had to comment about it! If anything it taught me not to stand too close to the zombie spawn.
By Plinko, Friday January 1, 2010 @ 11:54 am
Hey, I thought the Tickle Me Emo was my joke!!
By Dog, Friday January 1, 2010 @ 12:18 pm
LOL!
I think it was!
By Dog, Friday January 1, 2010 @ 12:28 pm
Oh and Patrick, you might want to delete your Emo models – the wrong ones were uploaded…