Can I have a First Person Thrower option? ^^ Thread

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DuckSauce	Jul 1 2009, 1:49pm Anchor
DuckSauce	Yeah like the thread title suggests! For mod category I can choose stuff like First Person Shooter, Tactical shooter, Strategy, etc, but my mod isn't any of those really, so I was wondering can there be the option to fill it in yourself? If not at least let me choose what category my mod really is :D a First Person Thrower! You can't shoot anything! Nor melee anything! Only throw stuff>.>
kevman125 Providing death from below since 2001.	Jul 1 2009, 2:03pm Anchor
kevman125 Providing death from below since 2001.	Snowball mod, been there seen that. Of course if you can throw stuff like jars of acid, knives, bricks, etc. that you pickup. That might be kind of cool. -- 1.7ghz P4 ATI Radeon 9600XT 768 RAM
DuckSauce	Jul 1 2009, 2:26pm Anchor
DuckSauce	This isn't some new mod been around for a while using First Person Shooter as the category, nor is it a snowball mod Speaking of FragOut: Moddb.com Anyway ability to fill in a category yourself would be pretty good, after all new mods and indie games could be making up new categories all the time. Although having the default list around is fine too, but a others option would be nice where you fill it in yourself. Edited by: DuckSauce
Gibberstein Generic Coder Type Thing	Jul 1 2009, 4:15pm Anchor
Gibberstein Generic Coder Type Thing	Surely you still want to be categorised as a FPS, so people looking for something FPS-ish will see your mod in the results. There's these wonderful things called 'description' and 'summary' that let you tell the world what makes your mod different and special -- "lets say Portal is a puzzle game, so its a rehash of Tetris" - Wraiyth points out the craziness of stereotyping games by their genre
DuckSauce	Jul 2 2009, 1:02am Anchor
DuckSauce	I suppose, it doesn't feel right to me though
Mr_Cyberpunk Game Developer	Jul 2 2009, 5:00am Anchor
Mr_Cyberpunk Game Developer	The genres exist for a reason. FPT == First Person Shooter because its the same thing just with thrown weapons- it fits into the FPS genre no matter how much you change it. --
DuckSauce	Jul 2 2009, 5:08am Anchor
DuckSauce	Not really, regardless I still think just a general Others option would be good even if you can't fill in anything yourself, would make for interesting searches when looking for Other when you're in the mood for looking for innovative stuff.
ngs616	Jul 2 2009, 8:24am Anchor
ngs616	Well either way your mod wouldn't fit into that Other category. Your mod is still an FPS. It is in first person view; and it is a shooter. Throwing something is considered shooting... (and not only in the video game world; look up the definition of shoot) Edited by: ngs616
DuckSauce	Jul 2 2009, 8:29am Anchor
DuckSauce	Yeah yeah, can we drop that subject please? Now about the idea for just mere a others category, really I think it'd be good for those truly innovative mods and games that won't fall in any existing category. P.S I guess throwing has become considering shooting since people started throwing shoes at Bush? C'mon, you'd have to throw shoes really fast for it to be considered shooting somebody. Edited by: DuckSauce
ngs616	Jul 2 2009, 8:33am Anchor
ngs616	No, throwing has been considered shooting since as long as the word has been around. Can we drop the subject? Isn't that what this thread is about? But i agree, an other category might not be a bad idea. Edited by: ngs616
DuckSauce	Jul 2 2009, 8:45am Anchor
DuckSauce	The thread is about a new category, not necessarily a First Person Thrower category. The title of the thread is that, the content of the thread is not. I suppose swinging swords around is also shooting? Because to my knowledge melee heavy games don't have their own category either, while most if not all have at least one weapon that can shoot(mostly bows) it's still something I don't consider an FPS and wouldn't look for under an FPS if were looking for melee fighting games/mods.
ngs616	Jul 2 2009, 1:29pm Anchor
ngs616	DuckSauce wrote:I suppose swinging swords around is also shooting? NO! ...you seriously don't understand? Or are you trying to get on my nerves? Using your arm to drive forth and release an object (throwing) is still considered shooting. Look up the definition of shoot. Edit: good work on your mod by the way. (i'm not being sarcastic) Edited by: ngs616
Jimi Not Jackie Chan	Jul 16 2009, 6:19pm Anchor
Jimi Not Jackie Chan	Damned fools... They're all Doom clones! How about, option to allow someone to write their own category? Of course then if someone searchs for Doom clones, then your mod could stay hidden, since they weren't looking for Second Person Thrower Launcher game... Edited by: Jimi