Stickball
by bos45redsox

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YouTube - XFeature - Stickball

ATTENTION! Never, under any circumstances, play more than 8 people on these maps, UNLESS, the map says you can. If it doesn't list 5v5 and up, do NOT try to play a match with that many people. Thanks.

How Stickball Came To Be:
Hello Forgehub! Before I begin my long post of my most prized possessions yet, I want to give a little back story as to how Stickball exactly came to be. It started one night after playing a couple games of Grifball, as well as an old school dodgeball map on Halo 3. I was getting tired of Grifball, mainly because I was horrible at it, and when I played the dodgeball type game, it gave me a brilliant idea! I decided to meld the two together, in order to get a "Grifball with stickies" feel. The first build of the map that nobody but me and a few friends have seen, was pretty good, but after I saw how good it was, I decided to forge a "complete" and "official" version on Foundry. After a few nights of getting the walls interlocked neatly, I added the grenades and plant points and out of the blue, Stickball was born! I played countless games on it (Stickball Court). I knew I had to post it here with the relax crowd we are, but at the same time the Mythic Maps had just been released. Now, I am finally posting it on Forgehub, where I hope it is well received as well! Anyways, now onto the good stuff =P

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On The Court:
When on one of the three different courts, you will notice a few things. First off, is that each side is marked with a color barrier. I know I might be stating the obvious, but remember, this is NEUTRAL BOMB! After each round you will spawn on the opposite side, so if you are red, you will get a few rounds in on the blue side, so don't freak out! Secondly, you will notice that the bomb always spawns in the dead middle/center of the map. Third, the plant points are ALWAYS on the walls of your opponents side (I can recall many people saying "Dude WTF where is the plant point?") Lastly, the grenades on the map are set to spawn instantly, but I have found that if you don't use them, they stay where they dropped, unless you throw them.

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Game Settings

3 Rounds
3 Minutes
Unlimited Scoring

Base Player Traits

Normal Traits
200% Shield Recharge

Carrier Traits

50% Damage Resistant
90% Speed
75% Gravity
Forced Color Gold

Respawn Traits

1 Second Duration
500% Damage Resistant

The Custom Powerup:
The Custom Powerup is a great tool to use when on the court. Not only will is confuse and distract the opposing team, but it has its perks as well.

-110% Speed
-75% Gravity
-Gold
-Visible to ALLIES only (Messes the opposition with the real ball carrier)

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Advice Going Into a Match:
Going into a game of Stickball, there is a little advice I can give you in order to help you succeed. Although it won't help much when you have countless plasma and spike grenades flying in your direction, they can help give you a slight advantage just by doing them.

-When your team has the bomb, pick up a Custom Powerup. You will confuse the enemy, giving you that extra second or two to score!
-For the most part, have a teammate play ONLY defense. Have him rack up the kills to make it easier for your team to score
-REMEMBER, the Bomb Carrier can be puched once for the kill. Likewise, he can do the same to you (Melee at your own risk)
-The Plasma Pistol isn't completely useless. Charge it up and drop shields

The Maps:

The Stickball Court

The original court that started the addiction.
3v3, 4v4

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It's a War Zone

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Will He Make It?

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Got Em!

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Red Spawn - Spikes Galore!

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Blue Spawn - Plasmas Galore!

Stickball Ct.
The official Stickball Court
3v3, 4v4

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This map is pretty self-explanatory if you already know what Stickball is. It is the now official map for the game of Stickball. Some nice aesthetics have been forged by GunnerGrunt, while the main layout was forged by myself. GunnerGrunt came up with the idea of forging the map as a "miniature Crypt", which I think turned out nicely. He also forged the awesome letters on the wall. This map is slightly bigger than the Stickball Court on Foundry, making it better suited for 4v4, which is what it is intended for - although 3v3 works just as good.

Pics:
Here are some more pics of the game and map.

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And for you Recon lovers...

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Special Thanks:
A special thanks goes out to GunnerGrunt for forging the great aesthetics on the map! It wouldn't look this good without you man!

Download Gametype: Stickball
Download Foundry Map: Stickball Court
Download Sandbox Map: Stickball Ct.