LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, N 2.0 BETA

[unoriginal name]

Oh. My.

Please let me jump with up. ;_;

Can't understand how you people walljump like this.

I myself don't understand how people walljump with anything else.

I'm no supergod like you, but left and right keeps my hand busy. It can't take the whole burden.

also

[00:33:58] <noeloomp> Hahahahah.
[00:34:24] <noeloomp> I just went to respond to a post on the forums, and I clicked "edit" out of habit.
[00:34:38] <noeloomp> And then was confused why it wasn't quoted properly.

[kkstrong]

I strongly dislike the new timer system. It puts a much heavier emphasis on first completion than excellence and precision. I also strongly dislike the last level on hard

[otters~1]

except for the suicide, the keys were actually like i usually play so cool.

I love everything and all and everything but man, would I love it more if it weren't so damn laggy on windows 7 :<

it's totally not

also gloomp i meant to be like <flag> yeah i do that all the time

but i forgot

[Seneschal]

I've only played the Hard column so far, but these levels are all pretty fantastic, and that's coming from someone who strongly dislikes most of the original metanet levels.

[vankusss]

For anyone who cannot play with z as jump key, you can use this program http://www.randyrants.com/2006/07/sharpkeys_211.html to remap your keys in windows (it will remap them in whole system, not just n, so after playing you need to redo it to work properly). I guess it's a pretty good temporal workaround.

[ska]

I've only played the Hard column so far, but these levels are all pretty fantastic, and that's coming from someone who strongly dislikes most of the original metanet levels.

BLASTPHEMY! ;)

also, I was going to suggest something like what van did...

[Fdaniel]

Don´t like it at all.

[Equilibrium]

Congrats to everyone else who finished it, too hard when there are some levels filled with gold and then suddenly there is 5 levels in a row where there is no gold and then you start the sixth level and its very long and you have 12 seconds left....!

[Apakenua]

I strongly dislike the new timer system. It puts a much heavier emphasis on first completion than excellence and precision. I also strongly dislike the last level on hard

This. I hated it.
The fact that you lose now by time instead of going through a long, tiring, phycological process and making yourself quit is a very bad decision. That is what N was based upon, IMO. The fact that you can continue, and continue, and continue as long as you mentally can before exploding was all the fun in the game.

If this is what the 2.0 is sticking with, I'm staying downgraded.

[ska]

I strongly dislike the new timer system. It puts a much heavier emphasis on first completion than excellence and precision. I also strongly dislike the last level on hard

This. I hated it.
The fact that you lose now by time instead of going through a long, tiring, phycological process and making yourself quit is a very bad decision. That is what N was based upon, IMO. The fact that you can continue, and continue, and continue as long as you mentally can before exploding was all the fun in the game.

If this is what the 2.0 is sticking with, I'm staying downgraded.

Jeez, calm down a bit, mate. The "Arcade" mode is just a new mode you'll be able to play, there will still be the classic format as far as I know; so just play that if you don't like it...

[OneSevenNine]

Yeah, this arcade mode thingy requires a completely different type of level anyway. (Imagine playing through, say, the 80's column in this mode. Suicide.) It's just an option.

And, honestly, continuing until you "mentally explode" just amounts to ragequitting. And I don't like that feeling. I prefer losing because I lost.

[乳头的早餐谷物]

That tiring and precise process is definitely a valuable and essential quality of the game, but, uh, I'm not sure I would exactly call it "fun". It's one of the main reasons I don't play it these days. On the other hand, I'm loving this new challenge mode, which as ska points out won't replace the original style of gameplay.

It's not as if the game doesn't require skills and precision when played this way—if anything, it demands those qualities even more, as well as adding the element of consistency. It just challenges these skills in a different way which I find very refreshing.

[otters~1]

I've only played the Hard column so far, but these levels are all pretty fantastic, and that's coming from someone who strongly dislikes most of the original metanet levels.

I legitimately thought, "these remind me of Seneschal maps" while I was playing hard.

[LouDog004]

The fact that you lose now by time instead of going through a long, tiring, phycological process and making yourself quit is a very bad decision. That is what N was based upon, IMO. The fact that you can continue, and continue, and continue as long as you mentally can before exploding was all the fun in the game.

Try to get a top time, I assure you you'll have that same joyous shitty feeling.

[Apakenua]

Yeah, this arcade mode thingy requires a completely different type of level anyway. (Imagine playing through, say, the 80's column in this mode. Suicide.) It's just an option.

And, honestly, continuing until you "mentally explode" just amounts to ragequitting. And I don't like that feeling. I prefer losing because I lost.

I prefer losing because I lost as well, but N has gathered it's little fame by making players lose by ragequitting. I think if they change that, it'll still be good, but it won't be the original platformer that it used to be. Also, if this is just a secondary mode, and "normal" mode will still be available, then I say go ahead.

[TheRealOne]

Yeah, this arcade mode thingy requires a completely different type of level anyway. (Imagine playing through, say, the 80's column in this mode. Suicide.) It's just an option.

And, honestly, continuing until you "mentally explode" just amounts to ragequitting. And I don't like that feeling. I prefer losing because I lost.

I prefer losing because I lost as well, but N has gathered it's little fame by making players lose by ragequitting. I think if they change that, it'll still be good, but it won't be the original platformer that it used to be. Also, if this is just a secondary mode, and "normal" mode will still be available, then I say go ahead.

I like this idea for a Holiday Challenge but just that. It is an interesting take on column speedrunning which I would have sworn that M&R sneaked in to IRC oneday and biggie backed of this idea. If episode highscoring becomes this type of challenge it will be very interesting. The runs will be much sloppier than they are now because people wont be able to suicide and retry after messing up. I think this is ok so long as level highscoring remains the same. People need to be able to suicide and retry at infinitum. That is truly the essence of what this game is. The grueling mind game you have to endure to try so many times until you come out with a perfect run.

[Apakenua]

Yeah, this arcade mode thingy requires a completely different type of level anyway. (Imagine playing through, say, the 80's column in this mode. Suicide.) It's just an option.

And, honestly, continuing until you "mentally explode" just amounts to ragequitting. And I don't like that feeling. I prefer losing because I lost.

I prefer losing because I lost as well, but N has gathered it's little fame by making players lose by ragequitting. I think if they change that, it'll still be good, but it won't be the original platformer that it used to be. Also, if this is just a secondary mode, and "normal" mode will still be available, then I say go ahead.

People need to be able to suicide and retry at infinitum. That is truly the essence of what this game is. The grueling mind game you have to endure to try so many times until you come out with a perfect run.

THIS is what I was trying to say.

[OneSevenNine]

That is truly the essence of what this game is. The grueling mind game you have to endure to try so many times until you come out with a perfect run.

I would argue that this is considerably more valid for highscorers than people like me who mostly just map and can't even imagine competing against some of the runs up there.

But it's moot because M&R are smart enough to know that removing features/modes does not an update make.

[ska]

I'm no supergod like you, but left and right keeps my hand busy. It can't take the whole burden.

Heard of a vagina? It's amazing.

[moonlight]

Does anybody know how to download when it is blocked at my school? :(

[unoriginal name]

I'm no supergod like you, but left and right keeps my hand busy. It can't take the whole burden.

Heard of a vagina? It's amazing.

TYPICAL SKA

[Universezero]

I'm no supergod like you, but left and right keeps my hand busy. It can't take the whole burden.

Heard of a vagina? It's amazing.

TYPICAL SKA

OH SKA, YOU ARE SUCH A VIRILE BEAST OF A MAN. I WISH I GOT HALF AS MUCH VAGINA AS YOU GOT.

[Limer]

1 thing I don't like is the start button being the same as jumpas I have a tendency to excitedly tap start in anticipation...

[ska]

OH SKA, YOU ARE SUCH A VIRILE BEAST OF A MAN. I WISH I GOT HALF AS MUCH VAGINA AS YOU GOT.

YOU COULDN'T HANDLE THAT MUCH, YOU'D STROKE OUT BRO!

[乳头的早餐谷物]

OH SKA, YOU ARE SUCH A VIRILE BEAST OF A MAN. I WISH I GOT HALF AS MUCH VAGINA AS YOU GOT.

YOU COULDN'T HANDLE THAT MUCH, YOU'D STROKE OUT BRO!

and ska knows a lot about stroking
his cock
because he doesn't actually get any poon