Why do you take any criticism as big evil?

You need to move past shite like replay save files

Excuse me, what? How would I do gifs then? And how would a league function without replays? You're not going to say "just record the games", right?

I'm afraid to say that you are way off track here. Recording third-party software records video! A video file generated by a third-party software has no value to the community. Why?

1. The file size is large.
2. Not even %1 of the gamers will ever bother with recording their game. Not to mention if their machine is suited for such task.
3. It is only a video. No processing can be done on a video file.

What is a replay file?
The game itself records user inputs such as keyboard strokes, mouse movements/clicks etc. When the replay file is opened, the game simply plays it as if user inputs are coming off the recorded replay.

Pros:
1. File sizes are small.
2. Game auto saves the replay file. The process happens in game and would be tiny. That allows us to ask anyone to provide their match replay.
3. Replay file could store what external modules the user might be using while playing. (catching cheaters)

the game needs to move with times

Yet you suggest moving backwards by cutting functionality.

new versions come out it gives new content to stream

You seem to imagine the difference between the latest version and Team17 WormNET1's lowest allowed version, 3.6.31.0, bigger than it is. Content (maps, schemes, flags, ...) has always been community's responsibility; 3.6.28.0 is the last version I remember that heavily expanded the possibilities for content, because big maps.

The "Keep everyone on latest version" way definitely has reasons behind it, but wouldn't that make the Elite Caste of Streamers appear even more disconnected from normal players, who'd be kicked simply because they have a different version that barely matters?

And don't bring up 4.0,

Work on it hasn't even begun

, especially when the much more likely 3.8 superfails its deadline.

Realistically speaking Backwards compatibility should not be a thing.

Replay files.

@WTF - no issue with you shooting down ideas

I'd say I merely voiced my concerns on certain points.

with 3.6.31.0 being popular because it's the last version that works with Project X

Yet PX isn't anywhere as popular as 3.6.31.0; when I was playing PX on public hosts, I've only seen the same familiar faces again and again. I dunno, maybe they want to be on the same version as HostingBuddy, imagining this gives the least desynch chance. Or go "I'll try PX... someday" but procrastinate to.

Notify MonkeyIsland so he can fix it?

Here's the list of missing maps sorted by author alphabetically. If you have any of them, please send them to me.

https://www.tus-wa.com/mapsmissing.php

would you rather have those 120 visitors idle on snoopers?

new version 0.8.7.2 is uploaded

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<Neo-Tokyo> wouldnt you say suicide is a permenant solution to a temporary problem?
<`[6]> I'm a Buddhist, I'd say suicide is a temporary solution to a permanent problem.

Quote from: Kradie on January 30, 2019, 06:15 PM

both DC & CS have expressed the motivation to provide incremental update after the release of 3.8

Now it seems you're just saying things to say them. CS told us long time ago he's basically not even working on a game anymore.

but

It is really demotivating to implement a feature or even bugfix, then see it waste away for years in a row in secret alpha builds that only a few people see.

We are in agreement, though, that we need to get back to releasing updates frequently. Hopefully this can become reality instead of another "when it's done" deadlock

https://worms2d.info/Post-game_awards#Most_Entertaining_Team_and_Most_Boring_Team

If a team uses a lot of super weapons and causes a lot of damage and kills, but also takes a very long time to perform their turns, then they can actually achieve both the Most Entertaining Team and Most Boring Team awards at the same time!

I'd assume worm-specific awards work the same way