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I thought it would be nice, as I am rather impressed with the way 1.9b is looking, to give a bit of praise to TV and, dare I say it, DavidM :p

So what do u like about 1.9b?

If you don't have anything positive to say, go post in the clan-bunnies forum or something...

What I like about 1.9b:

The bounce...

I have loved the idea of bounce since i first discovered it accidently while playing 1.4...and now it's better than ever.

I like the lower speed threshold so u can bounce a slower ball than before and i like the way u can still do what u want when u accidently catch it while trying to bounce.

1 of my favourite tricks now is to bounce dribble against the wall...try it, see what i mean...hold down bounce and run sideways up the field looking at the wall.

Best of all, theres no more silly über-fast bounces, which were annoying.

The bots...

Although they are still far from finished, it is now possible to have a good time offline on deathball now, and more importantly, to learn DB offline...n1 makush.

The keeper bot is almost perfect IMO...hard to score against, but not impossible...
The sweeper is good too, a little too good on godlike IMO, but thats only cos the attacking bots suck, so u never get a good pass, etc.

General feel...

Is good...I like it...have done since 1.7 and it feels the same (ish) now, I think with the new bug-free bounce we will see a new breed of player develop (it's started already) using the bounce as a quick 1-2, a set-up for a volley, to dribble, to do a little knock-on into space. Also using unlocked passes, shoot-passes, and volleys to pass, making the game generally faster paced, and more exiting to watch.

GG TV (non-sarcastic)

Glad you like it.
Current beta is a bit fucked up 'cause new HUD is only semi-implemented and you have no powerup bar, but hope we'll get that fixed today.

mm, new hud make db looks like more "pro", i pretty like it

all in all, 1.9b looks good, waiting for final version to make up my mind

DavidM wrote: you have no powerup bar, but hope we'll get that fixed today.

I assume you mean the new power-up bar is no implemented, because I can still see the normal one.

I've said this before, but I've never enjoyed a beta as much as 1.9b. It feels so much more responsive...The code optimisation as well as weaponchange are to thank...It's all very much heading in the right direction. Although there are still some bugs dating back loads of versions (mulitple speech bubbles on one player, passing spree coming up after 2 passes etc.) I am confident 1.9b will be still be the best DB to date.

up to 1.6 or 1.7 i was experimenting with possible new stuff. now we know what we want and concentrate on improveing the existing stuff

pass spree coming after 2 passes....yeah, ill tell the coders again

im too lazy to look for anyone else who said this but can you plz fix this or at least option it

1: when you catch a ball and you keep the button pressed during catch it doesnt start charging automaticly
im used to it and maybe others are too.
its part of my fast play

ya, it's an option, or at least i told makush to make it an option, because i knew some would prefer it the old way.

i am too, it cost me a goal in 1.9b earlier

when i played it cost the other team a goal

<3 db

Just wanted to add...

<3 whoever had the idea to remove the latency after a bounce.

I was gonna post a thread asking you to remove it, but thought you'd never listen.

<3 bounce

<3 no latency on bounce

<3 Deathball

I was gonna complain about the "acme" effect on volleys now, but after trying it for a while I actually like it...but it does kill fps a bit.

Still don't like the multi-jump effect tho

:p

never heard anyone complain about bounce latency, and i never knew there was some cuz bounce code was always fucked up, now i seriously started playing around with bounce and realised there was a latency (for no reason) /o\

i should have asked earlier then.

I noticed it in 1.7, but thought it was intentional...

some things are just there and just happen, and there are soooo many things, you can never think about anything
you'll just notice most by playing

are we getting the new models in 1.9b or 2.0?

also what does the new ball model look like?