Crimson Catseye Tophat Hat Review

Here's the review of the Crimson Catseye Tophat!

Mesh: The mesh of this hat is more of a Bowler Hat than a Tophat. The spikes coming out of the front look deadly and sharp, which is probably the intended effect. It is a retextured hat as well, so this is not the first time this mesh has been used - I think it's been used about twice before. Still pretty nice. 8/10.

Texture: It may look good from a distance, but if you look up close, it's actually very pixelated. The eye on the front is actually part of the texture from the hat "The Crimson Catseye", hence the name "Crimson Catseye Tophat". The use of the eye is good, but everything being so pixelated - ugh. 3/10.

Value For Money: This hat is a Limited U, and it was originally 650 Robux and it had 650 in stock (Lol that matches). 650 Robux for a pixelated "Tophat"? Seems kind of overpriced. Maybe 400 or 500 Robux? Right now it's selling for about 1300 - 1500 Robux at the least. Buy it if you want, I know I won't be. 6/10.

Ease Of Retexturing: This hat seems easy, but hard to retexture. Here's the link to the texture: http://www.roblox.com/o-item?id=74937637. On a scale of 1-10, 1 being hard and 10 being easy, it seems to be a 7, maybe 6. 6.5/10.

Overall: Overall, this hat seems deadly, sharp and creepy, (which is probably intended) but way too pixelated. I give it an overall 6.2/10. Which is also known as 620/1000. See, I'm fun and educational!

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Roblox's New Site Update- Bad, or Good?

Recently you all have noticed the new site when you go on Roblox, and some people hate it, but others don't. There's still problems with the site's new update, and there are great usages from it too. The main thing is, why would roblox do it? So I've decided to give you the pros and cons about the new update.

Pros:
1. Easy access to the menu bar now.
2. Loads faster.

Cons:
1. The new scroll feature makes the site look like Facebook.
2. The ad is under the menu bar, creating that feeling of intrusion.

I for one was shocked when I logged on, but I've grown used to it. The question is, will you grow used to it?

Screen Shots:

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Easter Retexture Contest: Eggstravagant Retextures!

With Easter fast approaching we thought we'd launch a themed retexture contest. Not just any theme however, in this particular contest you have to produce egg retextures! There are many fantastic ideas which can be panned out onto the simple ROBLOX egg as well as the more complex Fabergé egg! Where your egg be covered in sand or glitter like a disco ball; it's all down to you! So get cracking! [Terrible pun, I know]

If you'd like to enter simply follow these instructions:

1) Create a retexture of a classic egg, or a Fabergé egg. (Beware, the classic egg has a bit of a weird texture map and so extra thought is needed in the design process.) Then upload the retexture as a model. Make sure the model is 'public domain' or 'free' so we can take a copy if we like it!

2) Send your entry to 'robloxnewshelp@live.co.uk' titled 'Eggstravagant Retexture' - make sure you leave your ROBLOX username.

3) We will view every entry and pick a number of winners!

IMPORTANT: As some of you are aware, a few members of the Roblox News team are working on the RN Egg Hunt project; the winners are going to be used in the egg hunt and will have scripted behaviour, coded by the lovely zinc707!

-Arb

Editor of Roblox News

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Hat Review: Paper Hat

So, today I decided to have a look at the "Paper Hat", an old favourite hat of many, and this is how the review went.

Basic Stats:

-Created 5/5/2009

-Favorited 7,386 times

-Total Sold 23,125

Genre: Adventure

-Description "Set sail to the Lands of Imagination!"

Mesh:

The mesh of the hat is very well done for an old hat, it

fits perfectly onto many other hats if you want to combo

it with another hat.

8/10

Texture:

I thought the texture for it was very well done, if features

a number of words on it which you would probably have to

look at the texture in flat view to make them out. I love the

classic Newspaper theme of it, because it's what many of us

are familiar with when it comes to making hats in real life

10/10

Creativity:

This hat is so creative and original, and when you wear it you

can pretend to be a pirate, an explorer, and so much more, the

possibilities are endless with this hat, because it pretty much suits

any type of avatar you wish to come up with

9/10

Price:

It doesn't get much better than this, at only 30 ROBUX it's a definite

steal. Many users with low income could probably afford this, very

affordable for such an amazing hat.

9/10

Overall:

I highly recommend buying this hat, it's fitting, affordable, and just looks

great overall, so nab one today!

9/10

Link to hat: http://www.roblox.com/Paper-Hat-item?id=10476359

-Rob498

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The Trading System Imminent!

The trading system is finally arriving! Hallelujah!

An hour ago, John Shedletsky - creative director at ROBLOX, tweeted this:

April is, obviously, just around the corner and so this news will make many ROBLOXians jump with glee! The trading system has been talked about for well over a year now and users have been quite literally begging for them to produce one.

John thought that it was a good investment for the site and its users and so began work on it, however, before anything could be constructed; they had to decide how it should operate and what the user interface should look like. This became a bit of a problem as all fours types of trading system had their advantages and disadvantages.

(Courtesy of shedletsky.com) The four options were:

- Real time face-to-face trading


Pros:

• Trades happen quickly once someone you want to trade with is found
• Easy to understand so players can get right into trading
• It has a fun feel and nice personal touch

Cons: 

• You can only trade with players who are online 
• You have to find someone “good” to trade with – they have to want what you have and have what you want. If you are looking for rare items, this can be very difficult.

- Bulletin board trading 


Pros:

• You can trade with people who aren’t online. Other people can trade with you when you are not online. This means more potential trading partners. 
• Easy to find people offering rare items. Common trades (between like-valued objects) can be executed instantly, since you don’t even need to talk to another person. 
• Offers are public, so everyone has a good idea of what different items are worth.

Cons: 

• Complicated trades involving many items are hard to find matches for. Ex: A, B, C, D, and F for X, Y, Z, and Q. 
• All trades are public – you don’t specify who on the other end you trade with. Harder to wheel and deal

- Send Specific Offers Through Private Messages


Pros:

• You can trade with people who aren’t online.
•  You can trade with specific people. 
• Pretty simple to understand. 
• Wheeling and dealing happens in a public forum, so it’s probably harder to get ripped off because someone will tell you a trade is bad.

Cons: 

• Takes a lot of “leg work” to find a good trading partner. 
• Trading can be slow – by the time you hunt down someone who has the item you want, they may have traded it away already. It might take you 1-3 days to find out he doesn’t even have what you want any more.
•  Have/Want lists posted to a forum doesn’t seem like a very advanced system. Forums were not built with the idea of trading in mind, and Option C makes a forum “the spot” where all the trading action happens. A dedicated interface would offer better affordances.

- Real Time Auction House Best Offer


Pros:

• A real time auction would be exciting for rare items or expensive sets of items. 
• The buyer gets the best possible deal anyone present is willing to offer. So it’s hard to get ripped off. 
• The results of the auction are public, so everyone has a good idea of what different items are worth. 
• This is a super easy way to unload 50 worthless items at the same time and get back something good in return.

Cons:

• A real time auction would be boring for common items or cheap sets of items. 
• You can only trade with people who are: 1) online and 2) present in the auction house. This probably makes it harder to get the best possible price for a rare item that may not have many potential buyers. 
• When you want to trade, you want to trade. You don’t want to stand in line to sell items.
•  If there aren't enough buyers logged into the auction house, the whole system stops working.

Arb

-Editor of Roblox News

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Interview with Jmanfh!

Today I caught up with regular forumer: Jmanfh!

1) When did you join ROBLOX? How did you find out about it?

I joined ROBLOX in the summer of '09, while I was browsing through Google, and I saw "Free Games at ROBLOX.com", and I tried it out, and loved it.

2) What were your first impressions of ROBLOX?

I thought it was going to be another one of those boring 2D flash game websites, but I realized it's very creative.

3) What was the first item you bought?

The first item I bought was the "Summertime 2009 R&R&R".

4) What was the first game you played? Was it fun? Why?

The first game I played was the "ROBLOX Titanic" game by TheAmazeMan. It was very fun, because I love to roleplay with friends.

5) When did you begin foruming?

I began foruming in 2010.

6) Which forum to do you usually post actively in?

The forum I usually post actively in is Roblox Talk.

7) What is your favourite part of the ROBLOX website?

My favorite part of the ROBLOX website would have to be the forums.

8) Do you enjoy building? What is your favourite creation?

When I get bored, I sometimes build. It's not my favorite thing to do on ROBLOX, but sometimes it can be enjoyable. My favorite creation would have to be my "Fall Down a Hole to Heck". (I'm not a very good builder.)

9) Marmite, love it or hate it?

Hate it.

10) Pancakes or waffles?

Waffles, obviously.

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Caution!; ROBLOX Comments

Hello everyone! TheEasterZombie here, and in my first post on Roblox News I'll be taking a glance into the shadowy underworld of offsite links in comments.

The comments are a place where people can share their opinions on places, items and hats, right? Well, it was, a long, long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. ROBLOX commentry is filled with place advertising, phishing and plain ridiculous offsite links. All in the day of a comment stream.

Today I'm going to be looking at three offsite links I have seen in the past week in the comments page of some popular ROBLOX hats. But always excersize extreme caution when clicking an offsite link (unless you're absolutely crazy like me, and are willing to sacrifice your computer, your ROBLOX account and your soul to Korean gangsters. Who play ROBLOX. There are many).

3; Mediafire Links (A.K.A. Not even being subtle about it)

Mediafire links, I hear you say? Why would anyone click, even less, download these things? People do. Although anyone above the age of 10 should know that downloading things of questionable origin is a no-no. Here's an example I plucked from a comments page;

And there are a million reasons why you shouldn't click something like this. However I want to get this post done sometime this millenium, so here's reason #1; Do you like having a computer?

2; rewards.roblox.co.cc (A.K.A. Looking professional and fooling the masses)

rewards.roblox.co.cc was perhaps the most sophisticated phishing ROBLOX site ever invented. Promising 10,000 R$ to anyone who spams thier link 10 times, and giving a real-time counter of users who qualified for this, the website really looked and felt legitimate.

They even listed off thier server providers and website information-- luring people even further into a sense of security. I tested this out with an alternate account. Without posting any spam, I entered my account name and password-- And then the page told me this account didn't have Builder's Club. Clever, clever.

The next day, I checked my alternate account; lo and behold, someone had logged on. But they didn't change my password, or even steal my money, they just bought the Mildly Disturbing mask and moved on. Some very nice phishers let the sprats back into the waters.

Overall over 500 accounts were compromised by this website-- until the ROBLOX admins got it shut down. And the user came back; rewards.robloxtmp.co.cc is live and collecting more and more accounts. You're very welcome to take a look around the site-- just don't pop your password in or start spamming. You get nothing for it.

1;medejong.com (A.K.A. not even ROBLOX related,  but hilarious for it)

medejong.com That is all.

Generally, you should avoid clicking anything in the comments that links offsite and you should probably be pretty cautious of anything on-site too. Believe me; A Roblox Browser which I forget the name of ended up killing my computer. Stabbed right through the system32. So in short, a list of what to click and what not to click on ROBLOX comments. Remember, it's a jungle out there.

What to click;

ROBLOX Links (generally)

What not to click;

Anything else

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The Life and Times of an Easter Zombie

I am one of the thousands of Easter Zombies born into ROBLOX via the Radioactive Egg of Undead Apocalypse. All you heard was the glamorous side, the view of the Easter Zombies in the ROBLOX 2010 Egg Hunt. I will tell you my story from then; although when I say that this is my story, this is the story of every Easter Zombie just like myself.

Easter time in 2010. Our inception into ROBLOX. I'm not really sure how or why it happened. All I remember is the impact. The life-giving impact. Once we touched down, we were freed from our confinement. We wandered, happy to be alive. If we were alive. We had no knowledge of this new world, we had no idea where we were, what our goals were. We attempted to interact with the locals. They were displeased to see us. We had not yet learned the ROBLOXian greetings of handshakes-- we found feasting on their faces was less appropriate a greeting as time went by.

Suddenly, it was the day of reckoning for our people. I can only describe it as a consuming darkness. They took our home. They consumed the egg. They picked it up and put it in their baskets. Suddenly we grew weak, and what was once a strong, able body became little more than dust on the wind. We were awaiting our rebirth. We were in another dimension, awaiting our return to this strange land. This land of ROBLOX...

In this other dimension... I visualized things I could never have before. My senses became amplified, and I could visualize things as though they existed. I imagined an egg created by bees. I had no idea what a bee was, but I knew that it was a creature just like me. It worked in groups like we did. This dimension told me... Hive-mind. We were hive-minded creatures.

I was reborn again in time. The eggs landed. We stumbled back into the ROBLOX Universe. But something golden caught my eye. I picked it up. This was my dream. My creation. And then one of the natives sliced me in half. Killed the mood really. Although I was planning to eat my creation's face, had it one.

And then we faded again. Unlike the first fade, we knew deep in our hearts that this was our end. We remain in the in-between. Not home. Not the world of ROBLOX. We lie in wait, creating things, learning things. I once learned of the leprechauns of Ireland; small, mythical beings. But the truth about this in-between is that there is no escape.

We, the Easter Zombies, await our second coming. The day where we may return to the ROBLOX universe. The day where we walk amongst the natives in harmony. In peace. Without pain, without hardship, without judgement. We don't know when this day shall come, two days? Two weeks? Two years..? Only time will tell.

We shall rise again.

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Interview with wwemaniac99!

Today I managed to catch up with well-known forumer and investor, wwemaniac99! He took some time to answer these questions for us to get to know him a little better, and here's how we got on!

Q 1. When did you first join ROBLOX and on what account?

A 1. March 10, 2010 on this account.


Q 2. When did you first start foruming?

A 2. November 2010


Q 3. What forum do you mainly post on?

A 3. Let's Make a Deal

Q 4. How many forum posts do you have as of now?

A 4. 20,500

Q 5. What is the rarest item you've owned?

A 5. Bharama Guardian

Q 6. You're part of a team called "Speed-Studio", what is it?

A 6. A group of 6 friends striving to make the best games seen on ROBLOX.


Q 7. How long have you been a part of Speed-Studio and who works with you?

A 7. Since July 6, 2011, the day it started. I work with BobCowMan, Frivo, nickcool9999, Cocorebals, and RandomCowGoesMooo


Q 8. What are you guys' plan for the future?

A 8. Get Zombie Base Defense (http://www.roblox.com/Zombie-Base-Defense-v11-2-Instructions-in-Desc-place?id=74480643) Front Page, and get ROBLOX Chair Racing (http://www.roblox.com/ROBLOX-Chair-Racing-v4-5-place?id=55700795) to 1 million visits.

Q 9. What is your main goal on ROBLOX?

A 9. Probably to get one of my own games front page, or get Top 100 Poster on the forums if they fix the system.

Q 10. Final question... Pancakes or Waffles..?

A 10. WAFFLES

Thanks wwe for the great interview!

-Rob498 Have question? Follow me on Twitter @Rob498RBLX

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RSTF... Resized?

I know this might be old news to some of you, but I'm just filling in the people that don't know.

 

 So, like I said, the Red Sparkle Time Fedora was resized. As some of you may not be aware, the RSTF was undersized (which means it was smaller than what it should of been.) If you look at IBarrageI's review of the RSTF, there's a picture that clarifies this. So people went to Twitter, etc and started tweeting the Roblox Admins (mainly Brighteyes) about how it was too small.

Something was done about that, and BAM! The RSTF was resized.

The RSTF is now the same size as both the original STF and the PSTF, thus keeping the consistency in the hats.

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Roblox News: The Past & The Present

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Fancy Leprechaun Hat Review

Hai. First of all, I would like to welcome TheEasterZombie to RN. WELCOME :D! Here's the review:

Mesh: The mesh of this hat is nice, but is a bit small. It complements the texture nicely. It looks very fancy (hence the word "Fancy" in the name of the hat). Like I said earlier, the mesh is bit small, and it shows a tiny bit of your avatar's head, which I personally don't like. 7/10.

Texture: The texture is green, because it was made for St Patrick's Day. It looks like something a fancy leprechaun would wear. The belt and buckle around the hat are nice, and the belt buckle has a clover on it, if you can see that. Very good. 10/10.

Value For Money: The hat was 350 Robux, which I think was a good price for a top hat, seeing that Roblox top hats are USUALLY expensive, so I think this was underpriced if anything. 1000/10.Overall,

I give this hat a 9/10. The value for money and texture are great, the mesh is great. The fact that your head is kinda exposed irritates me. Oh well.

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Place Review: Nullified

As a few of you loyal readers who followed the Terrain Building Contest 2012 know, this is part of WiiG's prize that he won. To remind some of you denial readers, I'm not being biased in any way. Some of you readers say "Oh, you gave him a good review because he's [place reason here]" I'm not being biased at all.


Like in every review I write, I'm going to review the thumbnail. The thumbnail to me looks amazing already. Why? Well, WiiG shows the scenery in the thumbnail giving me a small idea of what his place is about. I then took a journey deeper into the place (I visited it).

I visited Nullified not knowing what I was going to be faced with. I spawn very high up in the air thinking to myself "What in the world..." I then realized, judging by the weapons, this was a battle map. I started to travel around the map looking at all the scenery displayed by WiiG, everyone was right, this place is amazing. The scenery is phenomenal, the fog adds better scenery as well.

I was then confronted by a challenger, who's name will remain anonymous to protect his/her identity. But, the challenger looked as confused as I was, so he left when he couldn't access me with his sharp sword. I then felt lonely and decided to leave. Oh look a new rating! :)

Scripting: 10/10, no scripting is required, free ten points. :)
Tools: 10/10, all tool necessary are provided.
Building: 10/10, phenomenal use of terrain.
Community Enjoyment: 10/10, it's unknown if others like it, free ten.
Originality: 10/10, NEVER have I seen another place like this.
Creativity: 10/10, no comment.
Deals with Problems: 10/10, no problems.
Reviewer's Experience with Lag: 10/10, no lag was experienced.
Difficulty: Medium.
Reviewer's Enjoyment: 10/10, enjoyed it.
Reviewer's Recommendation: 10/10, recommend it with a group of people to play with.
(NEW!) Scenery: 10/10, NICE.

Overall: 8.8/10, I did give free tens because there wasn't any need to rate them. Great place by WiiG.

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Telamon's name change!

Many of you will slate this as 'old news', but since there has been no real official announcement or forum post; I just wanted to let you guys know!

Telamon has changed his username to Shedletsky - which is his surname and also his username for his twitter account. This will make it easier for users to find him on twitter as now both his ROBLOX and twitter usernames are the same. 

It is not strictly true however, that his username was changed; it was actually swapped with his alternate account which was previously called Shedletsky, but which is now called Telamon.


Some old users may dislike this change as they have been used to John Shedletsky being known simply as 'Telamon'. However, it has standardised his username which from his point of view is a positive thing because more ROBLOX users can follow him on twitter and give him their feedback on all things ROBLOX.

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Community Article: Interview with Badcc!

Today I got to Catch up with Badcc for an Interview.

1. When did you join Roblox?

January 18, 2008

2. What is your favourite thing to on Roblox?

My favourite thing to do on ROBLOX is build and create games.

3. What got you into this activity?

I never really played games as much as studied how they work. When I look at a game I say "How could I do this?"

4. What got you into Roblox?

My cousins best friend found it and showed my cousin. Then he played it a long time and told me about it. At first I was like "Pfft. I don't really think it is that fun.." Then I played it and I thank ROBLOX so much because I now know I am going to be a Programmer as a Job.

5. If you were to meet a famous Robloxian, who would it be?

I have become very good friends with all the Famous Robloxians that I look up to, but if I did not know them at all I would look up to Crazyman32.

6. What was your biggest Roblox accomplishment?

My biggest ROBLOX accomplishment was getting 10,000 Place Visits before I got my Veteran Badge. If I really tried I could probably get a lot more in less then a year, but I had JUST joined so it was big for me.

7. What is your favourite hat and gear on Roblox?

My favorite Hat on ROBLOX is the Clockworks Shades, I used to have them but nolonger do, I still achieved my goal of getting them so I am proud of that. My second favorite hat would be the Sparkle Time Fedora.

My favorite Gear on ROBLOX would have to be either the Illumina because of it's Epic Sparkles or the Ghostwalker.

8. What is your favourite type of game to play?

My favorite ROBLOX Game to play.. I can't really answer this because I play a game, get REALLY addicted to it but then play it so much that I eventually stop playing it as much as I used to.

9. Cats or dogs?

Both >:D

Thanks are owed to DCHop13 for providing us with a great article!

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Welcome TheEasterZombie to the Roblox News team!

TheEasterZombie is a popular retexture artist who is renowned for producing the Golden Fabergé Egg of Hivemind retexture for the ROBLOX Summer Egg Hunt 2010. He also likes to forum in Roblox Talk and engage with the community.

I believe TheEasterZombie will make an excellent addition to the Roblox News team as he is a very talented, creative individual who has great opinions on various subjects and areas around the ROBLOX site and within its community.

TheEasterZombie will be working as rant author; publishing humorous articles raving on about certain things we see everyday on our favourite sandbox game! He will be also working on a couple of Roblox News projects, so look out for that!

So, let's give him a warm welcome and I'm looking forward to reading his first post from his smoking keyboard!

-Arb

Editor of Roblox News

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Interview with CONTESTFREEK!

Today I caught up with CONTESTFREEK, an avid forumer!

1) When did you join ROBLOX? What was the first game you played?

December 20th 2009. It was something like Avatar Tycoon.

2) If this place still exists would you visit it now? Why?

Yes. Because that's where I came to understand how games work, I will never forget how friendly people were to me.

3) What were your first impressions of the site?

A unique lego-type site.

4) What was the first item you ever bought?

The 2009 visor.

5) How often do you forum? Which forum do you usually visit?

Used to forum a lot, not as much now but plan on returning. I visit RT.

6) If you were to decide a forum update, what would it be?

Bring the C&G forum selection a bit higher, so that other forums selections like RT wont be flooded with annoying war/clan guides, rules and ways to get "promotions".

7) What is your favourite gear item in the catalog?

Probably Ghostwalker. Why? I like the idea of bloxxing an opponent and then getting super natural-type powers.

8) When browsing the games page, what do you look for?

A unique, fun game to play.

9) What is your favourite kind of soda?

Dr. Pepper

10) Wedges or fries?

Fries.

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Interview with Mentalmath!

Today I caught up with Mentalmath, an avid forumer!

1) When did you join ROBLOX, what appealed to you the most?

I joined ROBLOX through school in 2009, it was all my best friend was talking about.

2) What was the first game you played?

I would always go to my own place, but I often went to War! CTF by scripttester123

3) Was this game memorable? why?

It was because I enjoyed choosing different vehicles to ride in. I liked flying in the plane and shooting down on the other team.

4) What is your favourite part of the site? Why?

My favorite part of the site is the forum because there are many interesting discussions.

5) Who is your favourite player? Why?

My favorite player is Sheeppie because he makes a lot of great clothes and has the same interests as me.

6) Do you enjoy foruming?
I love foruming, even though I have only been foruming on ROBLOX for about 4 months.

7) Which is your favourite forum section?

I like Off Topic the most, but I still frequently go into ROBLOX Talk.

8) If you were CEO for the day, what would you add or improve on ROBLOX?

I would want to improve user creativity by creating more tutorials to follow when you join the game.

9) What is your favourite type of chocolate?

I like white chocolate, it's creamy and rich.

10) Pork or Steak?

Steak is good.

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Roblox News Themes

Well we have 2 themes ready for windows 7. All you need to do is download the theme pack [Found here] then run it. After that you can delete the Theme pack.

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Bargain of the week: Celtic Warrior!

As it it St.Patrick's day, ROBLOX has been releasing several user made retextured hats to the catalog. There are all sorts of retextures, but one caught my eye in particular: the Celtic Warrior!

The Celtic Warrior features a great colour scheme, with a blend of light green and light brown. This hat goes fittingly with the bright shamrock badge in the middle of the helmet. This hat also has a brilliant mesh, with realistic looking horns and a great design to the face pieces and curved rims.

This hat will go well with any St.Patrick's day themed shirts and pants as well as medieval and fantasy themed items. It could also fit with other fantasy helms, creating some awesome combinations. You could perhaps make your character a wood elf, or even an irish eco-warrior!

So, for a price of just R$150 - much lower than the original; you receive a well retextured helmet with a detailed mesh and a cool texture.

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Roblox News Wallpaper

I have been planning on releasing a set of Roblox News Wallpapers with the help of IbarrageI and ccoommppuutt, After talking it over with Arbirator he agreed it would be a very cool. Once they have made HD Wallpapers, we will make it available as windows theme, as well as individual downloads. I made a simple one, you may use it as a Desktop wallpaper if you wish.

Dimensions: 1280x1024
This image was taken in Roblox News Paintball Arena
Click here to view/download the Wallpaper


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Bone Warrior Hat Review

Hio! Here's a review of the Bone Warrior hat.

Mesh: The mesh of this hat is nice, A skull (or a cranium, whatever you want to call it) with a spiked helmet. Though, I do think ROBLOX should have been more... How do I say this... Generous with the spikes. What I mean is, one is not enough. Maybe two. 7.8/10.

Texture: Whilst the skull face on the texture looks realistic and nice, the helmet looks bad (the texture of it), with an ugly colour, and it just looks bad. I mean, if you were dead, and wearing a spiked helmet, wouldn't the helmet be slightly dirty? Apparently not. 3/10.

Value For Money: Ugh. The 275 Robux price tag on this hat is way overpriced. It should be lowered to 100 or something. Maybe 150. But definately not 275. No way. 0/10.

Overall: Overall, I give this hat a 4/10. An okay mesh that is ruined but the texture and price. Maybe make it cheaper.

-BillCheesey5

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Shamrockin' Retextures Contest Winner!

St.Patrick's day is tomorrow, and Brighteyes has taken a load of retextures to publish throughout the day! There were dozens of great entries and even making it to our featured entries post deserves a round of applause. However, there can only be two winners!

Yes, Brighteyes viewed the best entries and chose to take two of them. These users have received R$500 Robux from Brighteyes as a reward for their soon to be published retextures.

So without further or do, the winners are:




Classy Leprechaun - By TheEasterZombie

Personally, I really liked this entry, as it is both simple but visually elegant. With it's dark shade of green, suiting buckle and contrasting orange flower it hosts a multitude of colours which blend extremely well together!

Goldtargeting Oculus - By DominiumHex

I also was very fond of this entry; it is different to the kind of hats users usually retexture and has a sense of originality that some retextures do not. The neon green colour scheme suits the texture well and the added shamrock, pot of gold and text really complete the retexture.





-Arb

Editor of Roblox News

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And the winners of the Terrain Building Contest 2012 are....

Before I begin, I'd like to apologize for the major delay on the announcement of the winners.

Fan Choice Award: Nullified by WiiG! Since he's NBC, he'll get a review of his entry.

4th place: Rocky Mountains by mikemaximum33!

3rd place: Nullified by WiiG! Again, because he's NBC he gets a review of a popular place of his choice.

2nd place: Island of Prosperity by tonitoni!

1st place: Roleplay by zakary99!!!

Since, us judges all loved Nullified, we had to improvise by choosing a different entry. :P

The winners HAVE TO contact me in a Private Message or on my Twitter (which can be found on the Staff page) in order to receive your prize. If you lost, don't feel bad, we'll hopefully have a TBC2013! Thanks for entering and we'll see your entries in the next contest! :) Again, I apologize for the MAJOR delay on the announcement.

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Shamrockin' Retextures: Featured Entries!

As the contest is drawing to a close and I've already seen several brilliant entries, I thought I'd feature the best of the best!

Mystic Leprechaun - by idontkno




Goldtargeting Oculus - by DominiumHex




Counterfeit Irish Beard - by gkku





Fancy Leprechaun Hat - by firefeind1




Patrick The Lucky - by Hammer124




Lucky Clover Cap - by firefeind1




Classy Leprechaun - by TheEasterZombie 




Knight of the Irish - by david3435




Clover Crown - by Sonicfan0405


Thank you to everybody who sent their wonderful entries in, all of them were of good standard and I'm hoping to see more of your creative work! The contest ends at 12:00 AM GMT, so if you still want to enter; do it quick!

-Arbirator
Editor of Roblox News

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Bargain of the week: Rogue Trooper!

Another week, another cool selection of hats and gear. Some pricey, some extremely affordable, but one hat in particular stood out to me this week: Rogue Trooper. This hat is BC Only.

What impresses me most about this hat is that the mesh is very realistic and looks like an authentic infantry helmet, complete with shotgun rounds strapped round the rim. The colours are also true to real life, with a blending colour scheme similar to that of US soldiers who fought in Vietnam. This hat would go brilliantly with military themed shirts and pants such as these shirts and pants, but also goggles and bandanas such as the Renegade Bandana - also released today.

It is a highly detailed hat, with realistic features and colour scheme. For a price as low as R$100, it is a must buy for all Builders Club members!

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Galactic Domination Review

Looks awesome doesn't it?

Space, the final frontier. These are the reviews of the A.R.N Enterprise. It's ongoing mission, to explore creative new places. To seek out new ideas and brilliant places. To boldly go where no robloxian has gone before. After exploring robloxia extensively I have found a brilliant new place.
Gameplay 10/10
The basic goal of this game is to conquer all the planets. To do so you need to destroy all the buildings on the planet and then take over the control point. You can make buildings on your planet in order to defend it such as turrets, ship spawners, and reactors. Each building has a specific purpose. The reactors give you credits so you can buy more buildings, turrets constantly fire on enemy ships. There are also extremely intense dog-fights in this game that rely on skill and agility. There are 6 different ships and all are good for different things. The scout is great at looking at other planets but is terrible in combat. The fighter can take out most ships but is slow. The bomber has a lot of health but is very slow. There are also other ships called blast boats that are very slow but do devastating amounts of damage.
Effort 10/10
There are tons of scripts at work here. There are 6 different ships, a ton of buildings that are scripted to do certain things. The maps are also brilliantly made.
Creativity 10/10
This game is completely unique. I have never seen another game like this, sure there have been sci-fi games but none of them ever went to this scale.
Overall 10/10
Suggestions

• Add more buildings
• Add a secret cake planet
• Fix the glitch where you spawn on top of the space station (add more spawns?)
• Add some kind of KO/WO system.

If you want your place reviewed simply contact Banjobug on twitter or send me a private message on ROBLOX. The next post could be about your place! I'll be glad to give you ideas on your place and help make it better. Also, if you find a place that is absolutely awful and on the front page send me a PM and I might make a RANT about it!

Also, you should follow me on twitter even if you don't have a RANT or review request! Sometimes I invite my followers to go to places with me to help review them.

Place Reviewed: Galactic Domination
Reviewed by: Banjobug

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Community Article: Grimgold Periastron Beta Gear Review!

The description of this sword is "The sword men use to fight bears... in space." When I read that and saw the sword, I was laughing at the fact Roblox would make that as it's description. Definitely underestimated. If you want a sword that literally can fight bears... in space, then definitely keep reading.

 

Mesh: 10/10
The mesh really fits the 'out of this world' look as it has a futuristic appearance. It almost has the appearance of a light-saber when observing the actual blade. The angel wings with the circle at the handle adds a nice touch as well as the almost woven, circular handle.

Texture: 7/10
The texture is okay, but what it doesn't have is a color scheme. The 'flaming' blade is a nice color blend, but the green handle somewhat throws it off. The angel wings and the rainbow colored symbol add a nice touch to the gradient-looking blade.

Ability: 9/10
Definitely a sword you would want to have in a fighting situation. This sword looks cool and threatening no doubt, maybe taking a little of the threat away with the colors, but the abilities are trembling. First of all, the sword has a variety of different movements it makes when someone slashes it, which gives a nice range of attack. It also uses the new common lunge in which you actually slide toward the position your mouse is pointing to. Not only that, but when you press q, the sword starts spinning around! Try experimenting with first person and MouseLock camera modes to get the best effect of the spinning sword. The only reason I gave it a 9 instead of a 10, is because there are no sounds, which kind of takes away from the cool abilities.

Overall: 8.7/10

Pros:
Mesh is great
Abilities show true strength

Cons:
No sounds when attacking
Colors don't 'blend'

This sword is a great weapon and a really nice design and idea from the ROBLOX staff. The sword, being Limited Unique, was once on sale for 2000 robux and sold 400 copies, which sold out rather quickly. The sword's current average price is around 3,500 robux, which gives the original buyers a pretty nice profit. I expect that the price will go up between today and tomorrow, so I would hold on to it if you were lucky enough to purchase this one-of-a-kind swords.

Thank you CODSniperKid for this detailed gear review!

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St.Patrick's Day Retexture Contest: Shamrockin' Retextures!

With St.Patrick's Day fast approaching (Saturday, 17 March 2012), it is time to create some wonderful themed retextures. These retextures should obviously be green but also contain shamrocks, clovers, gold and whatever else you can muster. So, put your magical retexturing skills to work and get designing!

*CONTEST IS OVER*

To enter the contest, simply:

1) Create a retexture model on ROBLOX - if you aren't sure how, check out this guide.

2) Email the link to the model to robloxnewshelp@live.co.uk
(Titled 'Shamrockin' Retextures') - make sure you leave your ROBLOX Username!

3) We will look at all the entries then judge the winners!

The contest ends on Wednesday 14th March. 12:00 AM GMT. This time is subject to change.

Winners will be featured on the blog and their work will be shown to Brighteyes!

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Interview with JosephPie99!

Hi! I usually don't write interviews, but here's an interview I had with my friend JosephPie99! Here we go!.

When did you join Roblox?

5th October 2010.

2. Who is your favourite Robloxian?

TheFurryFox.

3. Who showed you Roblox?

BillCheesey5 (You).

4. Who is your favourite admin?

Matt Dusek :D

5. What is your favourite game on Roblox?

Survive the Disasters by TheFurryFox :P

6. What is your favourite hat?

Azure Pinstripe Fedora.

7. What was/is the largest amount of Robux you've ever had at once?

2.5k Robux.

8. What's the coolest thing you've ever seen on Roblox?

When I entered my place in a contest and when me and you went on it to test the game, there was another person playing :D

9. Red or Blue?

BLUUUE!

10. Cats or Dogs?

DOGS!

11. Waffles or Pancakes?

Pancakes :P

12. Would you like fries with that?YES!

Well, that was my first interview! Thanks JosephPie99 for answering these questions!

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Community Article: Interview with andymewborn!

Q1. When did you join ROBLOX?
A1. October 7, 2008, I made an account and left. Then came back in October with a whole different account

Q2. What is the most R$ You have ever had at once?
A2. Just a little over 200,000 R$

Q3. How did you find out about ROBLOX?
A3. Through an ad, then found Roblox again through my friend in real life the second time. Ryan54391 on Roblox.

Q4. This or that?
A4.  That!

Q5. Who is your best friend on roblox?
A5. Not counting real life friends, it would be crazyman32.

Q6. If you could be any robloxian, Which one would you be and why?
A6. Crazyman32, of course. He makes awesome quality games with everyting Roblox has to offer.

Q7. Do you have any future plans?
A7. A sweet game that has to do with planes. Notsaying much :P

Q8. What is your favorite feature of Roblox?
A8. The scripting.

Q9. Who is the most famous person you have ever met?
A9. Well I do not usee the word "famous" when it comes to people that are well-known by their games. Crazyman32 would have to be it, not counting any admins.

Q10. Red or Blue?
A10. Blue!


This interview was written by 18cwatford. Thanks for the article!

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Goodbye Ambassador Program!

Today, ROBLOX decided it was time for the Ambassador program to go. Here was the System Notification Telamon sent out:

 

"ROBLOX has decided to discontinue the Ambassador's Program. As of today, it is gone. It was an interesting experiment and we would like to thank all of our users who participated. Ultimately we think it was too spammy in a way that conflicted with our company core values, so it had to go."

 

For some of us, this will be a huge change in the source of income. And others, it's just a little, unnoticed feature, gone. I have to agree with Telamon though, the Program was getting a bit out of hand. I hope none of you relied on it too much for Tickets.

 

-X

 

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How does he do it?

     This is a post I decided to write on how I think of the places I review and how it all comes together. This post was planned to be written towards the middle of this year, but I decided to write it now. Remember, this isn't how Banjobug writes his Reviews, I have no idea how he thinks of his.

     First, I search for a place with an interesting thumbnail and an interesting description. If it's interesting to me, I play the game. I enter the game and play it until I can discover hidden secrets or when I can complete it.

     When that's accomplished, I leave the place and come to RN. I then make a new post, this is where it gets more creative. I think of what to say and what to do. I try not to make my posts as short as my review of the Destruction Derby, which can be found here. I write professionally, the way your teachers make you write. I also try to use the best grammar and spelling possible. If I can't spell a word correctly, I try using another one. It's not hard to make a review, but when it comes to the Rating, it's pretty hard and makes me indecisive.

     Where did your Rating thing come from? It came from Briguy's Roblox, where I too wrote Reviews there. It actually did work out, I remembered when I first joined RN that I used to use that method, so I used it here. It was first introduced when I wrote my first Place Review a few months ago. On an unrelated note, I've been on RN for 6 months already! Half a year! :) Anyway, the Rating is what everyone is reading because if they haven't played the place yet, it could give them an idea of what it's like. I try to give them at least a two instead of a one because I don't want to be too harsh. I never give zeros because I don't want anyone's feelings hurt. Most of my reviews consist of a four or above, which is good. I slowly add more and more Ratings monthly or every two months if possible.

     After the post is finished and ready to be published, I ask for Arbirator to publish it. He does all the time (obviously) and it's on RN! So, now you know how I do it, thanks for reading!

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Fan Choice Award Voting!

It's time to begin voting for the winner of the Fan Choice Award! I will showcase all of the entries below and you will pick the winner! Your choice will be kept private and secure. Here are the entries to be voted for:

Reminder: Everyone was eligible.

1.) A Search for the Gold - Greenball10
2.) Roleplay - Zakary99
3 and 4.) My house, and Island of prosperity - tonitoni
5.) Carnival Map - TERMONATORKILLER
6.) Rocky Mountains - Mikemaximum33
7.) Nullified - WiiG
8.) Project UNDERTUNNEL - BillCheesey5


To vote for your favorite, send a Private Message to rnplacereviews on ROBLOX! The winner will be announced on March 3rd, the rest of the winners will be announced March 4th.

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Google Chrome Roblox Hat Notifier.

Many users on Roblox want to know if they can catch the new limited before it goes out of stock or get the new headphones everyone has heard about. You'll be the first one to know!


I'll be interviewing the Roblox Hat Notifier!


Today I'll show you where to get it and how it works. It's 100% certified  trustable, meaning there are no keyloggers, spyware, or malware.


The Interface:

As you can see, at the bottom left corner there are notifications explaining the results of the new hat. At the top right it shows that Roblox is on, if the bar is red, it means Roblox is offline.


How It Works:

The extension constantly checks each new item for the class "Hat". The notifier will then supply a notification showing "It looks like a brand new item!" with it's name. When it shows "New Hat Changed", most of the time it is a limitedU item. You then go Roblox symbol in the top right corner. 

•DashBoard:

You are able to click the top three updated hats and loading is fast as a rocket. It takes you right to the page!

Problems/Downfalls:

There are a few problems that can cause this app to not function and things that it doesn't have.

It is Hat only

Depending on the amount of people using it, it can delay updating time

Causes erroring during the clicking

A possible KeyLogger (The Source is trusted, but must access your account to work. So...)

Ratings:

1. Scripting: 10/10 [Speechless]
2. Updating Speed: 8/10 [The amount of saved user data is quite low, making the speed slow and errors]
3. Design: 9/10 [Flashy enough, extra tabs to submit bugs should be added and maybe a texture]
4. Accessibility: 9.5/10 [It's small enough for easy access watch in games, yet buttons glitch]
5. Overall: 9.1/10 [It's good, too good and the best Roblox extension this year]

Get Yours Today: Click Here

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He's Baaaaacccck...

Hey guys and gals, though it has been a long and grueling hiatus, I am back to helping out on RN. Some of you may remember me since last fall, as I was community manager of RN for a good amount of time. Unfortunately, junior year in highschool came out of nowhere and destroyed my free time (not to mention being grounded for a month and a half doesn't help either). But now I'm back into the swing of things and I hope I can get back to helping keep RN at the top of the charts. For now I will just be focusing on general publishing as my schedule is still a bit sporadic, but I plan to help whenever necessary. I always have some way to connect to the blog and others no matter where I am and that is always helpful in last minute emergencies and such. In case I am a new face to a large majority of you all, I think we can all benefit from a little description of myself so nobody is unsure about my personality and such.

As I said, I am a junior in highschool, and have been playing roblox for over 4 years, and still going strong. I am a music fanatic and I can't go anywhere without a pair of headphones (preferably my studio Beats) and my iPhone with me. I'm really into every kind of music from house techno, to dubstep, to smooth jazz, to heavy metal.

One thing everyone should be aware about me is that I am fairly argumentative and pretty stubborn. If I believe I am right, I will argue until I fall asleep. I have gotten very good at arguing due to the fact that I have a tendency to argue about everything ever since I was born, so if you feel the necessity to argue with me, you might want to make sure you are 100% right before you enter my verbal battlefield.

I've been gaming since I was around 6 years old and I now play too many games to keep track of all of them. If anyone has anymore questions about what I am going to be doing on RN or just about me, you can contact me on skype at "attemptedsuccess," on twitter @NovaRBLX or on steam at "No Vindication".

Supernova90

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