Mppt

MonsieurEvil · February 2002

<div class="IPBDescription">It will pwn j000</div>As was announced today in IRC, the Natural Selection mod is now dead. We have come up with a completely new direction, and we think you are going to be thrilled. It's name?

<b>'My Pretty, Pretty Teapot.'</b>

In MPPT, you will play various tea-related objects and battle in a furiously-paced, high-adrenaline environment. MPPT is a new genre known as the RTFPCBS (Realistic Tactical First Person Cafeinated Beverage Simulator). We believe the days of the boring 'plain jane' FPS are done, and the time has come for something truly revolutionary. Some of our features include:

*Class-based - play as saucers, teacups, kettles, and more!
*40-50 realistic weapons - silver spoons, sugar cubes, scones, etc.
*Lace doilies - with intricate patterns!
*And more!

So be sure to get on the bandwagon, and give MPPT a hearty new welcome. We leave you with our new mascot, Chad the tea bunny.

MonsieurEvil · February 2002

Late breaking news! We have managed to finish our first render, and we think it's a doozy. Here's a shot of the newly-designed 'tea turret'; more over at PHL. This shot was done in our heavily modified Daikatana engine.

<img src="http://www.altguides.com/teapot/teapot2.JPG" border="0">

Scythe · February 2002

Okey-Dokey then.

Tell me, would you preffer white or grey walls in the asylum? I think most people here would be happy to chip in a few bucks to get you the attention you deserve.

--Scythe--
the_only_scythe@yahoo.co.uk

Comprox · February 2002

*slaps monse with a cactus*
Comprox valiently charges into the fray of spoons and forks. The fight stops as a new predator cuts a spoon down the middle, and chops a fork in half! The KNIFE cuts, dices, chops, mutilates and cleans the carpet all at once*! Expect this exeptional character to be in the first beta!

* - Charge of $99.99 for cleaning materials

Man, I need some sleep, some people in IRC already heard my valient struggle of turning on my electric blanket and struggling to my bed, after fighting through a day of school afte a gruelling 1 month break from teacher strike

<b>*EDIT*</b>: Contrary to popular belief, I was not crazy when I wrote this or on drugs, I had a severe case of Flayritis during my post, and it hampered my small brain from thkning straight. Blame Monse for making me suffer from the disease!

realityisdead · February 2002

One word:

SWEET!

Comprox · February 2002

Pfft, after my thoughtful and intelligent* reply, all you say is SWEET!

* - thoughtful and intelligent to a killer tepot

Greedo · February 2002

Right, anyways.

I'm leaking some information here (don't kill me MonsE), but you didn't hear it from me:

1) Character names will include "Lipton", "Long Island Ice", and, yes, even "Earl Grey"
2. Death animations will involve someone drinking you! Sooo fun.
C. At the end of the round, the wining team sits down and sips tea quite civilly, if you count using fingers for stirrers and corpses for chairs civil. Sooo sweet.

Much more info later.
Tea-do386 over and out.

realityisdead · February 2002

I am currently converting my map Space Station Nothing to further reflect the new theme of the mod. It is now entitled "Stove Top Nothing", and will feature all the latest in modern cooking technology. I plan to incorporate usable burners, blinking lights, and a working timer. Due to the open nature of the map, r_speeds may get a bit high in some places... Don't say I didn't warn you.

MonsieurEvil · February 2002

Dang Tea-do386, you're giving away all our best secrets. Romero is gonna be ticked!

Darth_Moo · February 2002

expect sweet new shots from my upcoming map, mppt_kitchen in the near future!

MonsieurEvil · February 2002

Ken is our new lead mapper, as Relic25 demanded to make a level called mppt_decaf and we just couldn't see it working out. Merkaba, being British, was of course onboard from the start. His new level seems to be something about Boston and Indians and the Colonies; not sure exactly, but he sure mumbles under his breath about it a lot.

Also, the Readyroom will soon be undergoing a DNS change to 'The Russian Team Room', and Ken's hosted site will now be known as 'The Art of Darjeeling'.

realityisdead · February 2002

Right, I'll introduce the new site once I finish my article "Altitude and Temp".

Moleculor · February 2002

*biting his fist to avoid waking his roommate with laughter*

Hey, don't forget the tea-bag armor!

(What -is- that second shot, anywho?)

Greedo · February 2002

The second shot? Why that's just one of the many different possible personalized characters available. Yes, that's right! You can completely customize your character. (Again, you're not hearing this from me.) The many categories include pot color, cap color, spout length, handle type, discharge method (you know, you press a lever to open the spout cover and what not), and even, brace yourselves for this one, an entirely customizable, user defined doilie for your teapot to rest on (MonsE was only hinting at the possibilities with this last one in his initial mission statement). Imagine the possibilities! Scratch that; you can't! Know why? Because they're endless!!

And don't even get me started on gameplay possibilities! There's the "traditional tea bag vs. modern stick in a plastic wrapper that has little holes in it" mode, then the "cream vs. sugar" mode, and even a "hot vs. iced" mode! Pick your side and duke it out Ye Olde English style! You'll never want to touch another mod again. (Just think! An actual reason to go out and buy Daikatana! )

Wurmspawn · February 2002

i heard a rumor about a group combo attack involving coordinated kamikaze scalding...
MPPT is gonna kick butt! dont forget the cucumber sandwich health kits...
/me goes off to brew some tea
(dont have to play starcraft or something to simulate NS anymore, ha! now i can have my tea and dream of MPPT)

chalupamonk · February 2002

I've managed to hack into the NS's team's picture database, and lo and behold this marvel! They weren't kidding when they said players were fully customizable! Check out this shot of the new Sniper Pot!

Truly amazing.

pielemuis · February 2002

Will the pots be able 2 use radiocommands? Or will they use morse code with their build-in wistles, or will they use smokepuffs comming out of their spout for communication?

realityisdead · February 2002

We really need to tighten up security a bit, MonsE. We were saving that shot. Isn't that the one that's going in The Russian Team Room logo?

Anyway, Work on ST Nothing is progressing along nicely... Who's for a fully functional microwave on the nearby countertop? Perhaps a boiling pot of water?

MonsieurEvil · February 2002

Another ingame shot available. Here you see the sniper-pot, crouched on top of a tall pedestal. Damned campers!

<img src="http://vangogh.cs.tcd.ie/ugrad/projects/sipp/teapot.gif" border="0">

Spooge · February 2002

*goes to change his pants because he wet himself while reading out loud to his girlfriend*

Jacius · February 2002

I think we should name the smallest teapot "Bob"!!! That would be so COOL!

And there should be a level-2 pot that can spit out tea and then the stains will make all the other teapots more steamy-powerful!!!

And then theres always the level-5 kettle with his "primal whistle" that boosts all the teapots stats temporarily! **tooOOOOoooot**!!

Can I get a alpha release of MPPT?? Pleasssee!!? And is there gonna be a mappers release for the teapot mod?

-Jacius

chalupamonk · February 2002

Here's another image I found while digging around. This one features the new stealth camouflage applied to the sniper teapot. If you can see it...you're already dead.

<img src="http://chal.basicbee.com/spiffy/stealthteapot.jpg" border="0">

This technology is frightening.

UnCritical · February 2002

You guys scare me.....you really do.

neag · February 2002

this is mppt not ns.
The smallest teapot should be named rob.

is ice-tea in, I want to be ice-tea.

Greedo · February 2002

Yes, iced tea is in, and as a special bonus, Ice-T has offered to do some voice work for us!
"Yo, check it, bizotch, you be steppin' on my tuffet. Ya bettah get off, 'fore I stir yo ### good."

Scythe · February 2002

I believe Mole has almost finished modeling the sugar tongs. These deadly devices are able to hurl a lump of deadly sucrose distances of up to 12 centimetres! I beleve the "Tea leaf strainer" is next on the agenda, able to remove annoying leaves from your teammates! Move over TFC healthkit!

--Scythe--
the_only_scythe@yahoo.co.uk

Merkaba · February 2002

Check out the first exclusive <i>in game shot</i> <a href="http://www.natural-selection.org/cgi-bin/ikonboard/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=4;t=701" target="_blank">HERE.</a>

RhoadsToNowhere · February 2002

Pardon me while I laugh myself to death.

Oh wait, already done. Never mind.

WE WANT THE MMPTTR!!!11

Silver_Fox · February 2002

Well ... you knew it was coming ...

The MPPT spray!

<img src="http://www.linkline.com/personal/nuthouse/tpsm.jpg" border="0">

<a href="http://www.linkline.com/personal/nuthouse/teapot.jpg" target="_blank">In Game</a>

God .. I have no life ...

<img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='???'>

Silver_Fox · February 2002

Heres one thats not an OCTET attachment ...

wtf are those anyway?

steppio · February 2002

######## u r crazy ...
/me goes to make a skin for the level-5 teapot - a fully functional teapot with different heat temperatures, fully automatic boiling release and a double-wammy-bar (got that 1 from Waynes World)
anyway as i was saying ludricrous idea - never work

Mppt

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