Epic Sword Fighters Review

Sword fighting is probably one of the most commonly used things in the history of ever. Just about every group training you'll ever go to will have something about swords in it. Unlike the other classic brickbattle tools the sword has been put into tons of places simply because it's so great. So anyway, on with the review.

Gameplay 8/10
The basic goal of the game is to own everyone else. There's a store system with a ton of unique items. My personal favorite is the Attack Noobs tool that summons a large army of tiny noobs that catch on fire if they're hit with a sword. There are others that allow you to summon a duplicate of yourself and switch positions with it to confuse the enemy. Others give you a lunge that makes you go faster. However, if you die you lose all your tools. You get ten points for each kill.
Effort 8/10
Each map looks really pretty and the swords are all different and special in their own way. In layman terms. "OMG IT LOKZ SO PURTY I LUV IT CUZ ITS NIC AND STUF!!!1one11!one!1eleven"
Creativity 6/10
There are bajillions of places like this. Don't even get me started on it. However, I haven't seen these kinds of swords though so that's good.
Overall 7/10
Suggestions

• More maps
• Unicorn sword: A sword that is a unicorn. 'Nuf said.
• Combo system. For each kill you get in a life the amount you the multiplier goes up. Ex: 10:20:40:80:160 etc. 

 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!

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Place Reviewed: Epic Sword Fighters
Reviewed by: Banjobug   

Gift Guessers Day 9!

So when I first saw this new Sorcus Gift, my first reaction was "ROBLOX  DOES GIFT SEQUELS NOW?!" and this gift really caught me by surprise. Now, from reading NonstopEpic's first guessing post, I'm pretty sure we'd all know there would be a troll gift this year, but I didn't actually think this gift would get published. But what do you know, they make a sequel to one of the best Halloween gifts ever! Now this gift is priced at a cheap 707R$ and you might be wondering, why 707? What's so significant about 707? Well, actually, if you flip 707 upside down, it creates the acronym, LOL, and we all know what that Sorcus is a troll. Already 900 have been sold and if you're wondering if you should buy this, then take my opinion and minimize this tab, and go get the gift right now and then continue reading.

1. Now if you read the description that clearly states "There is definitely not an office chair in here. Not even a little chair." then we can probably assume there'll probably be a chair in here but seeing that ROBLOX already released a "chair" hat, I don't think the chances are very likely. But knowing last year's gift, and knowing our favorite admin and troll, Sorcus, we can't really trust this description.

2. This texture is completely filled with little box troll faces. There really is nothing special about the texture except the fact that there are millions and millions of trollfaces but we already know that Sorcus is a troll and whatever comes out of here is something we won't be expecting.

3. I took the word "surly" into dictionary.com and this is what I found: apparently, surly means unfriendly or hostile (what don't we know about Sorcus) and rude and bad-tempered.

4. I think we should completely disregard the shape of the box because in Sorcus's gift last year, we all expected some bridge or sword or gear of some sort to come out because of the shape but what we got was this pretty funny but awesome trollface. We could be expecting a mask again of some meme or we could also be expecting a gear (because Sorcus specializes in the gear department) that could be like this gear. 

Summary: Like I said before, if you still haven't bought the gift, I highly suggest that you go buy it right now because Sorcus isn't likely to let us down with a bad gift and seeing that this gift is at a low 707R$ and not a 1000R$ like last years was, this is the perfect gift to buy this year! We could be expecting another troll gift such as a troll mask of some meme or a gear or maybe, if the description proves itself, we might even get another chair hat/gear! Why not? But please, take my opinion and buy this now, or you'll regret it.

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Gift Guesses Day 8!

Today the 'Gift of the Cauldron Born' went on sale for R$250. It will go off sale in around 8 days.

1. First of all, the name of the gift and the shape gives us an indication of what the theme of the item inside is likely to be. From the 'cauldron' we can obviously deduce that some kind of witches item is inside. This could include a broomstick, a new witch hat or perhaps some kind of potion which grants your character extra abilities. It could also be a new cauldron - an item that we haven't seen for a while. 

2. The description reads 'Ingredients - 3 cans Witch's Brew, 1 can Bloxy Cola, 1 Haunted Cheeseburger. Mix thoroughly and heat with transumute ray gun'. For those of you don't know, Bloxy Cola and Witch's Brew are classic drink items ROBLOX released way back in 2009. The transmute ray gun was a gear released this month as a Halloween themed Game Card exclusive. The description could suggest that some kind of new drink may come out of this - a concoction of the drinks listed. It also reinforces the prediction that it could be a witches potion.

3. The horned skulls on the gift's texture could indicate that the gift has an item in that is linked with the un-dead. Perhaps it it some sort of skull hat or an un-dead themed potion. It could also be an image of some kind of demon or monster - possible a horned helmet inside.

4. As for the gift box, is is fairly large so it could well contain an actual cauldron or something of equal size.

5. In game, it is simply called 'CauldronPresent' which again suggests it could be an actual cauldron gear. It gives us no further clues however.

Overall: For the affordable price of R$250, it is definitely worth purchasing this gift as it likely to be some kind of gear, i.e a potion or a cauldron.

-Arb

Gift Guesses Day 7!

Well, first off I would like to apologize for not making a post in a while school has been insane!  Anyways this is my first gift guess so, lets see how it goes!

 Does everyone remember our Gift of the Count's Coffin and our Gift of the Jack-O-Lantern Matryoshka? Well both of those gifts have gone off-sale which means they could open today or any day now, yesterday Outrageous Gift of the Undead went on sale for 500 robux but its OBC only. My prediction: A zombie related package like the one that came out of last year’s zombie gift.

1. The description says, "What have the dead to give to the living?" It's hints that it’s going to be some zombie related item.

2. Now, if my predictions are correct and this is a zombie package, ROBLOX already made one that came out of last year’s Opened Cursed Gift of Ramses II gift, it wasn't a big fail... I mean the package that came out of it was decent but it could have been better. I’m not sure how a package can fit into a gravestone shape though so this also could be a gravestone that stands on your head.

3. In Studio, it’s just a plain headstone with a green ribbon tied on and around it. Something decent will come out of this.

4. As for size, it's medium sized with an average price so something pretty nice could come out of this.

Overall: I suggest all OBC member buy this gift because it could be a package or a cool hat inside plus it’s only 500 robux.

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Gift Guesses Day 6!

Today the 'Gift of Turbo Vision' was released. It is priced at R$500 and will go offsale in around 7 days. The gift is exclusive for TBC members (OBC members can also buy it), and sticks to the pattern of BC, TBC, and OBC gifts like last Halloween. 

1. The description reads 'Haunted Hill contains more secrets than initially thought....' which could suggest that the item inside could be some kind of unexpected item. The scheming mind of Brighteyes has been known to trick us before, so that even though the gift is covered in eyes something even more sinister comes out of the gift. The description is in reference to 'House on Haunted Hill' an American horror film made in 1959. The film is about an eccentric millionaire who invites five people to a party thrown for his fourth wife in his rented house. Each guest is promised $10,000 if they stay the night and are each given a pistol for 'protection'. The guests meet their demise to gunshots and acid. The film is full of skeletons, apparitions and ghosts - some themed goodies that may come out of this gift. 

2. The eyes petruding from the gifts mesh highlight that the gift is 'eyeball' themed and could contain the latest new version of an 'eye' hat. 

2. Inside the TBC exclusive gift of last Halloween was a Werewolf package. Perhaps this year the BC gift collection will all contain packages. A theory from TheEasterZombie is that the gift will contain another Overseer package, possibly similar to 'The Overseer' body. It could also be a Crimson Catseye package - either a retexture of the Overseer, or a whole new mesh.   

3. In Studio, the gift is simply named 'ClawedBox' adding no extra clues to what could be in it.

4. Regarding size of the gift box, it is fairly average sized, so this may lead a clue to the size of the item within, it may not.

5. Supposedly, an anonymous user has leaked a piece of eye wear called 'X-Ray vision' which would link to the eyeball theme of the gift. 

Triva: The Gift of Turbo Vision is the second gift to be released this year with an eyeball theme. 

Overall: At the reasonable price of R$500, it is a definite buy for any avid TBC or OBC member. It is likely to contain some kind of eye hat, either an actual eyeball or a pair of shades. It is also equally likely that the gift will contain some kind of package like the year before. 

-Arb

Gift Guesses Day 5!

Hello everyone, we have another Gift Guessers "episode" - the Stylish Gift of Skeletons.

TIME TO GUESS GIFTS.

Well, it does look a bit stylish I guess.

Anyways; 

Theory 1. The description. "Sixty-six stylish skeletons skulk sinisterly.". Hm. Maybe there's a hat like the one a couple Christmases back; the Grotesque Pile of One Hundred Thousand Eyeballs, but instead, it could be the Pile of Sixty-Six Skeleton Heads? I'm not sure.

Theory 2. The name says it's "Stylish", so maybe what's inside could be something stylish? Sunglasses? Headphones? Neon items? Scary neon items? Neon Slenderman? 

Theory 3. The gift itself. It's orange with green and some black. So it could be Something orange, green and black. That's kinda a bad observation, but hey, we're just making guesses here.

Theory 4. It could be a black skeleton package ? Or maybe a skeleton body with sunglasses, hipster-ish, stylish colours and other stuff? Not sure.

5. A skeleton confetti cannon. This could shoot colourful skeleton heads.

That's all I've got, I recommend buying it, for 500 R$ it's bound to be something good. 

Also - (off topic, but still) my Twitter username is now @OutspaceLeo. I changed it from @BillCheesey5 (that account is now an alt) because I felt I needed a change. Anyways; Thanks for reading. Follow me on Twitter if you'd like!

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What has Roblox done right, what has it done wrong.

Let's all be honest here, we all love Roblox dearly (or at least I'm inferring that from your reading of this Roblox fan-blog), however, we all know things that Roblox has done wrong or has yet to accomplish. You might not see some of the things I see in this article, and I might not notice the ones you do, so please leave a comment if you want to make me aware of something I didn't talk about.

Of course, before we talk about the goods and bads of Roblox, I have to mention that this is my personal opinion and that you do not have to agree on it (I hope you don't take my word 100%, I don't want to brain wash you). Also, I'll be talking about the pros and cons from a semi-experienced Roblox player's point of view, so you won't see things such as "this game has lots of lag."

It is courtesy to take a look at the good side before I dive into the criticisms. So let's get started!

As you all know, Roblox is a place for kids and teenagers to both have fun and express their creativity, programming skills, design skills, and economic skills. And Roblox nails these quite well, on a basic level at least.

With regards to creativity, there seem to be two types that exist in the game. One which is outside the game, like customizing your character, and one in game, for example, building a dream house. While in-game creativity can be expressed well because Roblox does not have too much competition (Minecraft does not allow scripting), the out of game one is not done well.


Character creation and customization alone is not enough to satisfy my personal hunger for expression. Let's compare this to a similar game (on the "out of game" side at least) Neopets. 

Many of you might have heard or even played this virtual pets game. Although it is aimed at young kids with its adorable art style and cutesy flash games, there is a large adult community present (I would estimate 8-12% of the population is ages 25+). 

The reasons for this could be many things, however, I am here to examine what this game has done right that Roblox has not done. For one, Neopets actually supports communities outside of the actual game; meaning that fanblogs (like this one), forums, and many user designed things actually get frequent spotlights to bring more attention to them. Roblox's not supporting of user-generated content outside of the official game means people are more likely to quit the game, as they have no strong community to fall back on (I don't consider groups strong communities).

Character customization is equally strong in both games, just with different styles. This is one part Roblox has done right: regularly releasing hats. 

The next part I feel Neopets has done that would make Roblox a better game is the economy. For one, Neopets has a stock market, but I don't feel it would be a great addition to Roblox anyway because of the randomness and easy profits (inflating the economy). 

Preview of crafting from
Roblox's blog.

But one things that does need to be in Roblox is the addition of "tradeable" consumable items that can be redeemed for "non-tradeable" hats/gears. This would add tons of dynamic economical shifts to Roblox (something it lacks dearly) and make playing with the economy more interesting and ultimately more profitable. 

The above could be solved with the introduction of crafting though. Soon™

Last thing that Neopets does is having a great deal of community interaction/involvement. It frequently hosts art spotlights, HTML spotlights, etc. while Roblox has NONE of these. The lack of these does nothing good to hold the community together, instead, it makes the community feel non-existent, void, empty.

Overall, I think Roblox is a really strong game that benefits from its unique game engine. However, it really needs more features added  to improve the community around it as well as the economy that drives it.

-yomamadude6

edit: Spelling

P.S. More place reviews will be coming ;)

Pac-Man Place Review

Pac-Man is one of the oldest and most easily recognized games ever created. This game was so popular they even made a TV show out of it. So it's no wonder someone decided to put that popular game into a ROBLOX place. But was it done well? Let's find out.
Gameplay 8/10
One player spawns as Pac-Man, all the others spawn as ghosts with varying colors. The ghosts' goal is to stop Pac-Man from getting all the yellow pellets scattered throughout the maze. Pac-Man's goal of course is to collect all the yellow pellets in the maze without getting caught by any of the ghosts. This can be almost impossible. In  one server there were around 4 ghosts to one Pac-Man. This may be what it was like in the original game, but those were computer AI, these ghosts are intelligent (in most cases) people that know how to trap you. You can also get certain power-ups that makes it so that if you touch the ghosts they get transported back to the center. This only lasts a few seconds so use it wisely.
Effort 8/10
A lot of effort went into this game. There are three different maps and the scripts that were used to make this game must have taken a while but this game could still use a lot more.
Creativity 8/10
Yeah, he based it off of an existing game, but not all that many ROBLOX Pac-Man games are all that good.
Overall 8/10
Suggestions

• Keep a limit on how many ghosts can be in at a time (3?)
• Have some kind of store where you can improve your Pac-Mans speed and lives with the points you get while playing the game.
• Make one of the ghosts a large fluffy unicorn and if it touches Pac-Man he explodes into a bunch of rainbow confetti.

 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: Pac-Man
Reviewed by: Banjobug  

Sword Of The Behemoth - a Walmart Exclusive

For this gear review I was looking for catalog exclusives available for Halloween. Firstly, I just typed in "gamestop" in the search nothing that cool came up. I then typed in "walmart" and this is what came up. It  it had just came out and looked pretty awesome, but then again; what WalMart exclusives aren't awesome?

Abilities/Powers: 10/10

When you left click with this sick looking sword, you basically get two different slashes. The first one starts on your left shoulder and slashes down towards your right waist. The second slash starts behind your head and moves in a circular fashion around your body down to your left waist. Both of them are fatal strikes. They do strike slowly though. The sword doesn't have any "special" abilities but it is very very powerful dealing about 50 damage per hit. I was able to wipe out an entire zombie army and the creator of the zombies with this one sword and leaving me with more that half of my health left over. It would be quite awesome if they made it so that when you hit "q" it makes an earthquake or something of that relevance. One really cool thing that I noticed was that it glows. It glows very slowly. The brightness of it just changes slightly but it is there.

Mesh: 8/10

Now, in the pic above, it may look quite small but don't let this fool you. When holding this "behemoth" in game, it is about the size of a regular ROBLOXian. I don't really think you could call this a sword really. It looks more like an "ax" of some sort. It has a very unique mesh, and it is unlike a Periastron or a Katana. I don't really have much more to say about the mesh. It's just really big.

Texture: 9/10

Now if you look really closely inside the ax (I'm calling it an ax now) you can see very intricate designs. I can't really make out what these are and I'm too lazy to put it into ROBLOX Studio and take a closer look but if you want to, be my guest. Like I said before, you can see a slight glowing effect on it and it gives it a very deadly effect. I kinda wished there would be more color, like some brown or something, but the black gives it a very cold and deadly feeling to it.

Outfits: 8/10

I was just lucky enough to be wearing something that fits this sword's colors. If you like wearing black and white, then I have nothing more to say to you. This is obviously the sword for you to use. I think rainbow would also look good with this sword but I'm not sure and I won't try. But I don't think many other colors will look nice with this. The colors are kinda dull and cold but some of you may like it like that.

User Feedback: I'm going to skip this part because I know that if I ask LMaD what they think of it they'll be all like "Not limited, don't care"

Suggestions:

1. Add some more effective colors

2. Make an earthquake ability

3. Tell WalMart to make their BC Cards cheaper so I can buy this.

Well that wraps up my WalMart game exclusive gear. Feel free to follow me on twitter @alexkylerock to hear the latest on any RN updates!

Gift Guesses Day 4!

The Gift of the Ghastly Ghostie has now opened to reveal the Ghost Tie as predicted. The tie has a nice, simple design - but we will get on to that later in a separate post. Today the 'Gift of Clawed Combat' was released. It is priced at R$1000 and will go offsale in around 6 days. It is likely to be a Werewolf themed item due to the use of the word 'clawed'.

1. The description reads 'They're just dying to get out....' which could suggest that the item inside could be some kind of creature i.e a Werewolf. This could imply that the item is a pet gear item - like some of the recent gears we have seen. 

2. The scratch marks on the gifts texture and it's name could indicate that a pair of claws gear could be inside.

2. If you think back to last year's Halloween, another similar gift to the Clawed Combat gift was released; it was named the 'Cursed Gift of the Full Moon'  and contained Leader of the Pack - a Werewolf package. Considering that a werewolf package has already been a gifted item, it is unlikely to be repeated again. This is due to the fact that ROBLOX stated that that they will never do the same gift twice. 

3. In Studio, the gift is simply named 'ClawedBox' adding no extra clues to what could be in it.

4. Regarding size of the gift box, it fairly large and wide. This could indicate something big is coming out of this gift. 

5. Supposedly, an anonymous user has leaked a wolf/werewolf pendant which would likely come out of this themed gift - this not verified however.

Overall: At the fairly expensive price of R$1000, it is likely that the gift will have something large in it. With the gifts name and texture, it is very likely the item inside will be Werewolf themed. It could be a pendant, wolf pet or maybe even a pair of claws.

-Arb