Labyrinth of The Destructaur!

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Labyrinth of The Destructaur (LoTD for short) is a Peasant Hunt/Minotaur style map with a twist, co-forged by BuddhaCrane, xxxMentalxxx, and Mander A1.

To play the game you assign one person to be on the Blue Team - he will be the Minotaur - and his job is to kill the Red Team- the Peasants. Everyone only has one life, so the goal is to survive.

The Map.

The map is designed as a maze/labyrinth with tight corridors. The maze is split into four sections/quadrants with shield doors indicating when you are moving from one section to the next. Within each quadrant is a teleporter in the far corner of the map that will take you to a receiver elsewhere inside that same quadrant - Only the Peasants can use these. You cannot be teleported from one quadrant to another. Also, the teleporters are not always active ;)

The Minotaur

As the Minotaur you are given a Custom Powerup at the start of the game that grants invincibility; this powerup lasts for 1 min and 30 seconds, after which point you will become vunerable and the Peasants can try to take you down. All you have to do though is head back to the centre of the map to grab the CP and become invincible again. So the Peasants will mainly just be trying to survive, with sometimes a small opportunity to fight back.

There's the Custom Powerup above the Minotaur's head. When his CP runs out he can use his Jet Pack to grab another one.

The Minotaur is Brown when invincible and Blue when vunerable. Mouse over the image to spot the difference ;)
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As the Minotaur you also have a super awesome super power of awesomeness: you can delete all of the walls around you! While the Peasants run around the maze like headless chickens, you can just crash on through the objects in your way, able to cut corners and head-off any fleeing victims. It's crazy, glorious mayhem! To balance this out you move slightly slower than the Peasants.

This red guy is just chillin' in an alleyway, the coast looks clear. Mouse over the image to see the deadly surprise that awaits him! Nowhere is safe!
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The Peasants.

Within each map section/quadrant there are two weapons that may assist you in pushing back the Minotaur and keeping your distance. If, however, you need to move from one section of the map to another then you cannot take those weapons with you! the shield doors that connect each quadrant remove any weapons you may have picked up in the previous section - Sneaky! Be warned that if the Minotaur gets too close to you then you will also lose your weapons.

Below you can see a person travelling through one of the shield doors. Mouse over the image to see what happens to his weapons - oops! Those poor peasants!
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The Hologram Armour Ability.

It's not all bad news though for the Peasants. There are some pieces of experimental technology lying around: These appear as Hologram Armour Abilities, but they do more than just act as a distraction! With the Hologram equipped you can de-phase windows in close proximity, allowing you to open up a brief shortcut and make a quick get-away when you might need it most! Unfortunately the window can only be de-phased from one direction, which is indicated by flag stand objects.

Here we can see a player pick up the hologram and remove the window temporarily. (Mouse over).
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The Hologram Armour Ability has another nifty effect too. In each of the map's sections there is a Mongoose. Normally this vehicle is useless since it cannot be driven anywhere, but if you enter the mongoose while you have the Hologram equipped then you de-phase the mongoose with you on it! This causes you to "reset" and be respawned somewhere else in the maze, allowing you to make a speedy exit while fleeing the Minotaur. In doing this though you destroy the Hologram and will have to pick up another on the map. As a beneficial side-effect you will also regain any lost health. On the flip-side, you will have a waypoint marker over your head for 5 seconds, advertising your new location to the Minotaur - better not hang around!

Here the Peasant uses his Hologram with the vehicle to perform a disappearing act on the Minotaur. (Mouse over)
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To balance out all the benefits of the Hologram ability, you are unable to equip any weapons that are on the map. This makes the Hologram a tactical choice between maneuverability or firepower.

And that's everything! It can be quite a lot to absorb at first but you don't need to fully understand what's going on to have a blast. The main things to take note of are highlighted below.

One guy on Blue Team is the Minotaur. Avoid him!
The Minotaur deletes any walls around him. Beware!
The Minotaur is invincible for 1.30 mins and then requires a new CP from the centre of the map. If you see that he's blue, use that moment to strike!
Peasants can pickup weapons on the map to help them survive but the weapons cannot be taken passed any shield doors (they will be deleted)
Hologram armour abilities allow you to delete windows from one side and use mongooses to teleport, but you cannot pickup weapons.

I hope you enjoy the chaos that is The Labyrinth of The Destructaur!

I leave you with a video showing the Minotaur wrecking havoc.

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