IntroductionCurrently between games while we wait for A Realm Reborn's beta to surface, I'd like to invite you all to join me in what will hopefully be some fun in an old game everybody played, sometimes for hundreds of hours, but nobody really played
together. Lots of people are excited for Starbound, but that's not out yet, so I'd like to invite you all to play Terraria one last time.
But if we're going to play a game everybody already played, we need to switch things up a bit to make them interesting. We shall be playing
Hardcore Survival. All participants will play at the same time in a single time-slot, with perma-death hardcore characters. Once you die, you're gone for good. This will hopefully ensure everybody panics at the slightest thing and we'll all be laughing ourselves to death.
The entire game will be live-streamed, recorded and later uploaded to YouTube for our enjoyment. If people help fraps footage, we'll even combine them for the YouTube video so we'll have multiple cameras and don't miss any action.
Rules- All characters are made fresh, starting equipment only.
- All characters are set to Hardcore mode.
- All players on voice chat, no exceptions. Yes, that includes me.
- All loot is finders keepers. Trading and passing is allowed.
- Upon death, you are out of the game. There will be no respawning.
Goal- The goal of the game will be to defeat the Wall of Flesh, or die trying.
- A time limit will be placed on the game to prevent it dragging on, and make it easier for participants to put aside time for the challenge. Not certain what this time limit will be yet, but possibly around 2-3 hours.
- If players are not in a position to summon the Wall of Flesh by this time limit, or if only a single player remains and they are not ready to fight the Wall of Flesh, all bosses will be summoned simultaneously for a hilarious ending.
Supplementary Rules- Server world will be set to small. This will speed the game up by placing mined resources closer together and reduce travelling time.
- All players will be on Red Team so that we can see everybody's location and current HP value.
- No grenades, bombs, or dynamite. Yes, it's funny, but forcibly ejecting another player from the game with perma-death is not. These will be banned server-side.
- Ownership of the game is not required. I have 4 spare copies of Terraria I will gladly give for free if you agree to join the challenge. If you'd rather not play but would like to watch, the live-stream will also be available.
Hints & Tips- Don't wander off on your own if you can help it.
- Don't be outside at night time until you are adequately geared for it. If you're used to playing Terraria with end-game gear, you'll forget how easy it is to become trapped with a zombie or swarmed with floating eyes you can't get away from when you have crappy weapons and no high/double jump.
- Watch out for falling damage. It's pretty easy to one-shot yourself if you fall in a hole or jump off a hill by accident, especially with fresh HP levels.
- Use potions sooner rather than later. I'd recommend somebody concentrates on setting up a potion farm with clay pots and seeds. Obsidian Skin potions are going to be pretty important if you want to survive hell without dying.
When?Right now there isn't a time or date. This thread is to gauge interest before going ahead, and I know there will be some people who won't even see this thread in a timely manner. So we may be talking a week or two before it happens. It will
probably be a weekend evening, as that usually makes it easier for most people. Once we know who's interested, we'll see if we can set a time.
If all goes well, I'm hoping we may even want to do it again in future with another game. Or if we all die horribly in the first 15 minutes, perhaps a second attempt would be in order. Anything is possible.
If you're interested, leave a message!