Mythic II DLC Ocean Arena

Ell3ment · 10-17-2009

Authors:
ell3ment, Gunnergrunt

Map Name:
Ocean Arena

Map Canvas:
Longshore

Map Size:
Medium

Player Count:
2-8

Supported Gametypes:
King of the Hill, Oddball, Team Slayer, Water Polo

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Description:

Ocean Arena
Created by Ell3ment and Gunnergrunt

Supported Gametypes:
Water Polo

Recommended Players: 2-8

Download Ocean Arena

Download Water Polo <--Recommended gametype

Download Water Ball <--\
Download Water King <---l-Optional gamtypes
Download Water Slayer <--/

20000+ downloads so far.

Quote:

Originally Posted by NOKYARD

This is the first community supplied variant of Grifball EVER to be featured on the front page of Grifball.com, which is usually reserved for official Grifball League news.

Bungie Blogged! - A link to the bungie blog on Water Polo

Featured on Monitorbuilt.com

Map Description

This is the newest creation from the great forging duo that is Ell3ment and Gunnergrunt. The same people who brought you great maps like Rock Solid, Blast Off!!, and Gold Rush are now intruducing you to a whole new level of awesome.

Ocean arena was created to house the new Halo 3 sport Water Polo. Water Polo seems similar to grifball in a sense but in no way plays the same considering it is made completely out in the water with literally no floor beneath your feet(you float). The whole idea behind Water Polo is based on the use of longshores water physics blended with some forged assistance to accomidate the use of it. The only downside to floating is that you can and will sink after about ten seconds unless you get hit by an opponent or by one of your teammates(firendly fire is off) which will make you float an additional five or so senconds. Another little tactic you can use is sinking yourself under the surface for a "submarine" attack or bomb plant, just hold crouch and you will sink below the surface, be careful though since if you sink to low you will die.
Water Polo consists of five rounds in which your team has three minutes to score or be scored on.
Also included in this post we included three other team game variants such as Oddball, SLayer, and KOTH. Water Polo plays the best and is recommended but feel free to download these other fun variants to spice up the night.

Well, there's not much more to say, on to the pictures.

Overview

Other side OVerview

Picture from blue corner

The crane with the ball spawning on the bottom

Now i can show you how the spawns work.

At the start of each round you spawn in a teleporter box, one for each team

Then through each team specific teleporters on each spawn side

Putting your team out on each side like so

This all has to be done to compinsate for death that can occur at the start of each round since it takes a split second for the grav lifts to spawn. The grav lifts are also in place to conpensate for another respawn flaw which would cause you to sink if you were holding forward.

But anyway lets just get down to some action shots!!

This is how you plant

Epic sword battling

Remember to keep your guard up

Strong left hook

Underwater Scuffle

Round start ball scuffle

Sole survivor(did we mention dead bodies float?)

Back flip grab

Till we meet again, my love.

Thanks to all our testers for there help and feedback.

Download Ocean Arena

Download Water Polo <-- Recommended gametype

Download Water Ball <--\
Download Water King <---l-- Optional gametypes
[b]Download Water Slayer <--/

Gunnergrunt · 10-17-2009

YouTube - Water Polo

THERE IS NO FLOOR TO THIS MAP! That is all I have to say.

here's our logo again, in signature form!

rifte gifle · 10-17-2009

0:52 in the vid. I was testing teabagging in the water...

Glad you two finally finished this map, it's incredibly unique and you've used the water in longshore incredibly well. Gameplay is fun and addicting, I find it much more enjoyable than regular grifball.

I love going underwater and popping up just behind the other team.

x DREAM 76 x · 10-17-2009

Looks epic man. I just watched the video and I will prob play it tomorrow. Nice work on this. I never knew you could skim across the water like that. What speed did you choose. Is that like 150 or 200? I really like the idea. The arena looks sweet as well. Nice job. I will have to see how the game plays out.

Gunnergrunt · 10-18-2009

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Originally Posted by x DREAM 76 x

Looks epic man. I just watched the video and I will prob play it tomorrow. Nice work on this. I never knew you could skim across the water like that. What speed did you choose. Is that like 150 or 200? I really like the idea. The arena looks sweet as well. Nice job. I will have to see how the game plays out.

Our gametypes use 150% speed. We tested several other speeds too, but it was the best for gameplay. There are tons of different games you can play on this arena, so feel free to try other settings. I highly recommend a game of team snipers. Just use our Water Slayer gametype and switch the weapons to sniper (and swords secondary is optional). Rockets are also a blast. They look like torpedos underwater!

x DREAM 76 x · 10-18-2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gunnergrunt

Our gametypes use 150% speed. We tested several other speeds too, but it was the best for gameplay. There are tons of different games you can play on this arena, so feel free to try other settings. I highly recommend a game of team snipers. Just use our Water Slayer gametype and switch the weapons to sniper (and swords secondary is optional). Rockets are also a blast. They look like torpedos underwater!

Very cool. Yeah, I used 150 for my Shark Tank map. I will have to try this game & the others. Great job.

Reincarnation · 10-18-2009

YES! Another awesome minigame! You 2 did an awesome job on this map, but you always do though. I'm looking forward to playing this tomorrow with my friends in customs. I know they will love it as do I. I like your little crane, it's cool how you put the ball on it. None the less, another great map. - 10/10

P.S. I CAN'T BELIVE THERE IS NO FLOOR!!!

OhNoez64 · 10-18-2009

May I ask how the floorless thing works? I'm incredibly intrigued by it.

Gunnergrunt · 10-18-2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by OhNoez64

May I ask how the floorless thing works? I'm incredibly intrigued by it.

50% gravity and increased speed. But our spawn system is pretty complex. To start a round floating, we had to use grav lifts and teleporters. You may want to just check it out for yourself. Its a bit complicated

l33tmeerkatslol · 10-18-2009

Great job guys. Seeing this in the Grifball Double XP weekend would be amazing. Testing was really fun. I hope to see more awesometastic maps in the future from you two!