Teeird Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 Here's a quick guide on something I thought of; unusual originality. How many effects are unique in the game (meaning no alternate colors with different effect names). We all know Valve loves making one effect and then have two or three different colors for em. I find their method of unusual creation very lazy. Red lettering means there are alternate effects with different coloring Blue means these effects are awfully similar, but are slightly different. Green means completely original and unique (number) means which effect they correlate to. ------------------------------------------------------------ First Gen Unusuals Originality: 43% ------------------------------------------------------------ Green Confetti (1) Purple Confetti (1) Haunted Ghosts (1) Green Energy (2) Purple Energy (2) Circling TF Logo (2) Massed Flies (3) Burning Flames (3) Scorching Flames (3) Searing Plasma (4) Vivid Plasma (4) Sunbeams (4) Circling Peace Sign (5) Circling Heart (6) ------------------------------------------------------------ Second Gen Unusuals Originality: 25% ------------------------------------------------------------ Bubbling (5) Steaming (6) Orbiting Fire (7) Orbiting Planets (7) Nuts n' Bolts (8) Smoking (5) Stormy Storm (1) Blizzardy Storm (1) ------------------------------------------------------------ First Gen Halloween Unusuals Originality: 25% ------------------------------------------------------------ Cloudy Moon (2) Eerie Orbiting Fire (7) Flaming Lantern (9) Cauldron Bubbles (5) ------------------------------------------------------------ Second Gen Halloween Unusuals Originality: 0% ------------------------------------------------------------ Knifestorm (1) Misty Skull (2) Harvest Moon (2) It's A Secret To Everybody (2) Stormy 13th Hour (1) Robo Unusuals Originality: 0% Phosphorous (8) Sulphurous (8) Memory Leak (9) Overclocked (9) Electrostatic (10) Power Surge (10) Anti-Freeze (11) Roboactive (11) Time Warp (12) Green Black Hole (12) ------------------------------------------------------------ Third Gen Unusuals Originality: 71% ------------------------------------------------------------ Kill-a-Watt (13) Terror-Watt (13) Aces High (10) Cloud 9 (11) Dead Presidents (12) Disco Beat Down (13) Miami Nights (14) ------------------------------------------------------------ Third Gen Halloween Unusuals Originality: 0% ------------------------------------------------------------ Arcana (14) Spellbound (14) Darkblaze (15) Demonflame (15) Hellfire (15) Poison Shadows (16) Something Burning This Way Comes (16) Chiroptera Venenata (16) ------------------------------------------------------------ Overview Total unusual effects ingame: 56 Total original unusual effects ingame: 14 Percentage of originality: 25% Percentage of unoriginality: 75% ------------------------------------------------------------ ________________________________________________ One in four unusual effects are unique. Pretty sad huh? Surprisingly enough, the dreadful Summer 2013 effects are the most original effects Valve has put out. Percentage based. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Dr. Professor Hamster Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 miami night and dbd are quite similar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teeird Posted March 27, 2014 Author Share Posted March 27, 2014 miami night and dbd are quite similar. Not really. TF/Peace is more similar than the above effects, but I still find them unique enough to not be like the moons/weather effects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Balloon Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 I'd say aces high and dead presidents are very similiar :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slocumruls Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 cloud 9 is extremely similar to circling heart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
★Jest★ Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 I'd say aces high and dead presidents are very similiar :/ Not really, mainly because aces high changes colors based on team, and Dead Pres. does not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
★Jest★ Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 cloud 9 is extremely similar to circling heart No.... just because it has a heart too does not mean it is the same, and cloud 9 does not circle the hat, like circling heart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teeird Posted March 27, 2014 Author Share Posted March 27, 2014 cloud 9 is extremely similar to circling heart Using this logic, Burning Flames and Orbiting Fire are also "extremely similar". No, they're not similar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AwesomeMcCoolName Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 Well, if there are two very similar effects than one is still original, its only the slightly different one that is unoriginal. So, first gen should really be 71% original (or 64% since logo/peace are pretty similar). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teeird Posted March 27, 2014 Author Share Posted March 27, 2014 Well, if there are two very similar effects than one is still original, its only the slightly different one that is unoriginal. So, first gen should really be 71% original (or 64% since logo/peace are pretty similar). Which one is original and which isn't then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AwesomeMcCoolName Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 Which one is original and which isn't then? Irrelevant. The effect is still original; its just not unique. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swaveboard SKREECH))) Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 And Gaben is sitting there muching hamburgers, waiting to release an Orbiting Fire with a Green Flame and a Blue Bubbling Effect in a press of the button. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Radiated Banana Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 Im suprised that the originality of the robo effects are under 10%. I thought there would be at least a few original ones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blatch Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 Don't forget that Orbiting Fire/Eerie Orbiting Fire are similar to the Flaming Bat trio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pearly Gates Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 cloud 9 is extremely similar to circling heart no.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 I'd put Misty Skull under the unique category. There is nothing else like it in game, knifestorm is almost in the same boat too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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