Interview with Meowmixxed.

Today I was lucky enough to catch up with my friend Meowmixxed, former Leader of RAT (ROBLOX Assault Team), and former owner of The Domino Crown. I got to ask him many questions and find out information about his time on ROBLOX and future plans. And this is how we got on.

Q 1. When did you first join ROBLOX and on what Account?
A 1. I first joined ROBLOX on November 16th, 2009 - and on the account, "Benblue8".

Q 2. When did you first start foruming?
A 2. I first started foruming in January of 2009 - on General Discussion (now ROBLOX Talk).

Q 3. What was your first major rank in a ROBLOX Clan?
A 3. My first major rank in a ROBLOX Clan was 'Leader' in UCR.

Q 4. Which is the biggest clan you have ever managed/owned?
A 4. I've owned RAT (ROBLOX Assault Team)

Q 5. What is your current status concerning clans?
A 5. I run the United Powers Clan Alliance, which is the largest alliance of clans on ROBLOX (~360,000+ members). I am also a General in FEAR, General in Sleet Clan and Secretary of State in UCR.

Q 6. When did you first start investing?
A 6. Around November 2010

Q 7. What is the rarest item(s) you have ever owned and how much did you buy it/them for?
A 7. The rarest item I've ever owned is the Domino Crown (which I've owned twice) - and I purchased it for a net amount of 1.6+ million ROBUX (in items)

Q 8. What is the most robux you ever had at once?
A 8. About 900,000 ROBUX

Q 9. What are your plans for your future at ROBLOX?
A 9. To run my clan alliance, and assist with the clans of ROBLOX. I do not intend to continue investing on ROBLOX.

Q 10. Do you have any advice for someone who wants to start investing?
A 10. To never trust a soul on this game when it comes to trading and to be patient with the limited system. The way all limited items prices are inflated now is a shame, but with some patience the system can be beaten.

Q 11. The big question... Pancakes or Waffles?
A 11. Pancakes, obviously. ;3

Big thanks to Meowmixxed for the great answers in the interview!

-Rob498
Have a question? Follow me on Twitter @Rob498RBLX

ROBLOX Base Wars FPS Review

Recently ROBLOX has been making a lot of ROBLOX FPS games. They've been using the new terrain generating feature and have created incredible battlefields. ROBLOX Base Wars is one of their newest ones and it has a few differences.
Gameplay 10/10
The gameplay in this place is about the same as the others. The goal is to capture the control points for your team and hold them. The different thing about this place is that you can change your class. When you change your class you get different HP, Speed, and weapons.
There are five classes, Trooper, Assault, and Brute, Support, and Sniper. The trooper is armed with a shotgun and a sword. They're extremely balanced and aren't especially good at speed or health. The assault class is extremely fast. He is armed with a machine gun but he doesn't have very much health. The Brute is armed with a rocket launcher. He has a lot of health but isn't very fast. The support team has an automender which is used to heal teammates. He is also armed with a machine gun. The sniper has a very well scripted Sniper rifle that can be used to pick off distant enemies with ease.
Effort 10/10
This map is much better than the previous FPS maps. It has a lot more attention to detail. They've also added the class system and a killfeed.
Creativity 8/10
ROBLOX has been adding a lot of FPS maps however this one is very different.
Overall 9/10
Suggestions

• Add a map so you know where the control points are
• Make it so you cannot see the enemies' names through walls
• Add a hidden area with cake.

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.


Follow @RNPlaceReviews on Twitter to get up to date on future reviews, contests, and more! That account is shared between me and Refreshingwater, follow it now!

Reviewed Place: ROBLOX Base Wars FPS
Reviewed by: Banjobug

Interview with JohnnyFlight!

Today I managed to catch up with JohnnyFlight, forumer, investor, and Red Banded Top hat. I got to ask him some questions about his career on ROBLOX, and this is how we got on.

Q 1. When did you first join ROBLOX and what was your first account?
A 1. Most PMs I get are asking about that, I joined in late 2009, my first account was really wealthy til it was left. I will release it's name once the trading system comes out.

Q 2. When did you first start foruming?
A 2. December 2009.

Q 3. What is the rarest Limited item you have ever owned?
A 3. Good question, it's probably Crimson Catseye, I sold it sadly, hopefully I can achieve it back again.

Q 4. What is the most amount of ROBUX/Tickets you have ever spent?
A 4. Probably over 400,000 tickets. To achieve all ticket items on roblox. It took a lot of thanks to the Trade Currency.

Q 5. How many forum posts do you have as of today?
A 5. Over 20,000 counting all my accounts.

Q 6. Which is your main forum to post on?
A 6. Let's make a Deal, It's pretty fun, mostly in the summer when I'm more active,

Q 7. When did you get the "Red Banded Top Hat"?
A 7. I get about 15 PMs a week about this question, probably because it's pretty hard to obtain, I got the tophat SQLed to me by reporting the OBC Theme glitch, its when your OBC runs out, you can keep the theme for as long as you want.

Q 8. How did you manage to attain it?
A 8. I asked John Shedletsky (Telamon) To SQL it for njay.

Q 9. What is your main goal to achieve on ROBLOX?


A 9. Get my hat published, this coming valentines day, I hope for my Heart Cap to be published, Brighteyes and Tarabyte have taken it, Hopefully, it'l be published on this account's veteran date (Valentines Day 2012). Link to Heart Cap: http://www.roblox.com/Heart-Cap-tarabyte-took-BRIGHTEYES-TOOK-item?id=71213891

Q 10. The toughest question, Pancakes or Waffles?
A 10. Pancakes all the way.

Awesome fact: Johnny also happens to own ALL the ticket hats for sale on ROBLOX. Yep, including the 250k tix Classical Glory. And to top it off, he got them ALL in ONE day too. Now that's something to be proud about. Great job Johnny.

Thanks Johnny for a great interview with great answers! Stayed tuned to ROBLOX News for more interviews.



-Rob498
Have a question? Follow me on Twitter @Rob498RBLX

Community Article! Gear Review: Bucket

At first glance the bucket gear might seem very plain. But when you test it, and use it, you will notice that it's not like any other gear. When you are fighting someone, try and get as close to them as you can, before whipping out your trusty bucket and taking their gear. It's good for annoying noobs; just don't let the noobs annoy you with this gear!

Pros:
-You can take other people's gear. 'Nuff said.
-It's good for playing tag
-Some people don't know it loots other people's gear, so you can playing an unsuspecting prank on them
-It's a social item, and most games allow social items
-It's pretty cheap for a bc'er

Cons
-It doesn't look that great
-If it's in the wrong hands (eg. a noobs) it can be very -ahem- annoying.

I would rate this gear 7/10 overall. You should definetely buy this awesome gear!

Thanks Starz4ever6 for this awesome article!

-X

Terrain Building Contest 2012

Yes, it's that time of the year where we have a building contest. Our genre for this contest (as explained in the title) will be a Terrain building contest. Here's a short explanation of what you must do, make a terrain wonderland! Here's an example of what is quality work.

RULES
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1.) Users are limited to 2 entries ONLY, no further exceptions.
2.) Anyone is allowed to enter, this includes RN Staff.
3.) The place MUST be playable by EVERYONE, this means that the place can't be BC, Friends, PBS, or anything else, it MUST BE PUBLIC!
4.) The place MUST be completed.
5.) Free Models are acceptable.

JUDGES
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Refreshingwater
Banjobug
Arbirator
NonstopEpic

PRIZES
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1st: 500 ROBUX
2nd: 250 ROBUX
3rd: 100 ROBUX
4th: Mystery Prize
Fan Choice Award: 100 ROBUX

The Fan Choice Award will go to the person who the fans voted for, more details on that soon when we get a lot of entrants.

HOW TO ENTER
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Step 1.) Make your entry!
Step 2.) Email your entry to rnplacereviews@gmail.com
Step 3.) Clarify that IF you win you'll contact us ASAP.
Step 4.) Wait to be judged.

The deadline is 3/3/12, plenty of time to impress the judges.

WHAT TO PUT IN YOUR EMAIL
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1.) Link to your entry.
2.) Agreement to contact one of the judges if you win.
3.) Your username.
4.) A reason why we should pick it.

GUIDELINES
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There aren't any, just be as creative as possible. You can add extra things like trees, houses, roads, cars, anything!

More details will be released soon. Our goal is to get MORE than 10 people entering.

Radiant Retextures Contest Winner!

The time has come to announce the winner of our retexture contest we held during this week. After sifting through many wonderful entries I narrowed it down to 1 great retexture. There could only be one winner, but there were some other great pieces of artwork which you can view HERE.

So, without further a do, the winner of the Radiant Retextures Contest is: helloppl1404 with his entry: Seriously Disturbing Secret Admirer!

Well done to helloppl1404; his entry has been shown to Brighteyes but also been taken by Tarabyte - an admin who produces items for the catalog.

-Arbirator
Editor of Roblox News

Epic Hat Day!

Ok! So theres two new hats in the Catalog, and their both classics! The first one released was early this morning, and that was the Frost Vision Goggles created by the owner of this blog, Arbirator! They are 5,000 Robux and they are well worth the money. Even though they aren't limited, those goggles are still amazing!

The next hat released was the Cardinal Fedora, which is the third fedora in the series! The fedora was 1,000 Robux and was a limited item. In terms of profit, the hat isn't a bad buy. The prices are currently hovering around 2,000 Robux, and people say they will raise a few hundred. The hat isn't very original, but it still looks epic!

Thanks ROBLOX for the epic new hats :D

-X

200k Pageviews!

Yes, Roblox News reached 200k pageviews a few weeks ago, I just forgot to make a post. Silly old me.

Anyway, this is a great achievement and milestone for both myself and the rest of the team. I would like to thank all our loyal readers who view our articles everyday, and of course like to thank the staff who contribute to the blog; without you guys, there wouldn't be Roblox News!

-Arbirator
Editor of Roblox News

Radiant Retextures: Featured Entries!

The contest is now over, so please do not enter any more retextures!

Here are a few entries that stood out to me:




Seriously Disturbing Secret Admirer - By helloppl1404




Cupid's Honored Assistant - By RoyMer




Lord of Valentine's Army - By GruntyThe1AndOnly




Valentines ROBLOX Hat! - By GruntyThe1AndOnly




Heart Shades - By Sonicfan0405 (Vorvex)

Snowboarder Hat Review

Hello all, Today I will be reviewing the Snowboarder hat. Here we go.

Mesh: The mesh is really great. It actually looks like something a snowboarder would wear. It has a beanie and some goggles. If only it had some hair or something with it. 7.5/10

Texture: The texture is okay. The goggles look great, with nice detail, but the beanie is rather... Plain. It's just black. Nothing else. There should be flames on the side or something cool. 4/10

Ease of Retexturing: This hat looks relatively easy to retexture. The different colours (You may think I spelt colour wrong, but I didn't.) are separated into seperate bunches. Shouldn't be too hard to retexture. Good for beginners! 10/10

How Well it Fits on Your Character: It fits on your character very nicely. It looks awesome with the 8 Ball Headphones or the Earthphones. Maybe even the Clockwork's Headphones if you have them. 10/10

Overall: This hat has very good value for money, and is totally worth the 35 Robux. There is room for imrovement, though. I also suggest retexturing it. 8.79/10

-BillCheesey5