Reflex Roundup is a summary of Reflex related news that is released at the beginning of every month. The series covers happenings in the competitive community, the latest development updates, and finally looks showcases some of the best community created content.
The Overdrive Duel Cup, which was hosted by F14m3z, occurred last weekend, with four strong participants showing up for the event. Unfortunately, due some reason or the other, a number of the anticipated participants were not available, so the event was shrunk into a four man, round robin tournament featuring HAL_9000, Tr1pwire, Lunokhod-2, and Rama. The results were a little bit shocking, but due to an unfortunate connection problem, HAL_9000 would earn a big ol' donut, and go through with the tournament with zero wins. The match of the series was a tense 4-3 victory for Tr1pwire, over Russian promoder Lunokhod-2, and the surprise result of the tournament wad definitely French newcomer Rama overcoming Lunokhod-2.
Upcoming Tournaments
DP4 Invite Minicup
We broke the news about this event a few weeks ago, but just a reminder that the DP4 Invite Minicup will be hosted on December 12, 2015, with matches starting at 16:00 UTC. This is an invite only tournament, set to show-off some competitive matches on def's dp4. The current list of invited players feature some familiar faces, including: Danskq, Kyto, gaiia, Pill, Terifire, Tr1pwire, and pupz.
In the middle of last month, LordSloth announced that he will be hosting a Reflex online duel cup, through his FPS Gaming Lan brand. Scheduled for January 31, 2016, this event appears to be a single elimination bracket, best of three tournament with a confirmed prize pool of 140 USD. Notable signups include memphis, gaiia, as well as a host of other skilled individuals.
Quite a few things came to light over the past month, most of which you can find below, and TurboPixel Studios teased that something "new and big is coming." Word on the street is that the latest update will bring in new purchaseable content such as customized weapon skins, and models, to give players a way of standing out from the robot crowd, as well as fund development.
Upcoming Meshes
The Reflex art team having been working hard to get a whole new slew of meshes into the public, and have been showing some of their work off to the public. With an anticipated Gothic theme set to be released in one of the next few patches, YasashiiKyojin shared some interesting images with the community. Check them out below.
The new meshes mappers are hoping to get their hands on soon.
Mouse Input
By this point, I suspect this image has ciruculated on every Reflex based forums, and chat-room but newborn put out an image of the sort of control, and customization the developers are hoping to give players. To be quite honest I have a hard time deciphering what all these options are, but none-the-less, it's cool to see the depths the developers are trying to explore. Please note the "Learn" tab, which will hopefully be the first implementation of resources for newer players to the game, and to the genre.
Mouse configuration options.
New Robo-Goo Effects
Finally on the development, newborn also showed off some new "blood" effects. You can see from the series of pictures, that the splattering of oil all over your weapon as an enemy is fatally struck.
Latest blood effects.
Community Content
Reflex & Chill -- Terifire's First Reflex Frag Movie
Well known promode dueler Terifire has been beating people to a pulp for a while now in Reflex, and in celebration of his best frags he released a short film publicly shaming all his victims. With a lo-fi look, and an early 2000's feel, check out this throw-back of a movie for some pure action.
Cinematic CAPabilities
Another, shorter, movie also came out in the past month for Reflex. Demonstrating some sublime skills Bjarke, shows off exactly how quickly you can cap a flag on Monolith but rocket jumping around like a demon, going from base to base in just under six seconds.
Marduk
Promeus has been busy, and the latest screens from his upcoming map Marduk are spectacular, as he once again demonstrates exactly how good the Reflex engine can look, making clever use of meshes, and lighting to create a unique atmosphere.
Those angel statues and skeleton meshes are some of the best I have seen in Reflex yet. Marduk is an insanely good map too so I cant wait to play on the arted version
Every patch for this game gets me so keen