the purpose of this blog is to document all the weird stuff i see on roblox. this isn't a "cringe" blog so much as a "wtf" blog. most of this stuff is harmless! don't seek out these people and bully them. I genuinely think they're funny!
about the mod
moderator is an adult, early 20's, who uses he/him pronouns. i am neurodivergent, but it's no one's business but mine exactly how.
the roblox games i play the most lately are royale high and theme park tycoon 2, but i occasionally boot up other games that i played a lot as a kid for the nostalgia. some other favorites include get a snack at 4 am (and related games), disaster survival, really old hide and seek games, sushi shop simulator, and really any of the more artsy/artfully crafted pretty games on the site!
about submissions/guidelines
i will post suggestive text (working on a tag for that for those who want to block it) but i will NOT post any explicit imagery.
no bigotry, etc.
can be either a text or image post but must contain a screenshot of the thing that happened... i won't click videos from strangers, sorry.
also if you see people with slurs/explicit usernames, etc, and you feel it isnt appropriate for a kid's game, do report them on roblox. like, i'll post them, but do report them. this blog is meant post that behavior and laugh abt how strange roblox is and that includes weird ways people get around the filters. but that doesnt mean the actual kids on roblox should see that stuff! yk?
what would yves klein think of me dressing as blue monochrome (1961) in dress to impress. what kind of commentary about modern art is it that i did place but only behind starry night and girl with a pearl earring.
true to the spirit of the painting, i'm wearing a fair amount of accessories. like it's actually a detailed outfit, you just can't see them because they're literally all the same blue
royale high blackwood manor (shooter minigame) tips
hi everyone, idk how much the Greater Royale High Community (tm) knows this stuff or how much people have figured it out, but i know a few friends haven't so im making a guide full of tips some of my friends have found useful.
blackwood manor is, with a little aim, EASILY the fastest way to farm candy (and for me the most fun). i've written this guide assuming that the player doesn't have much experience with the shooter genre at all just so i can cover all my bases.
THIS IS NOT A CANDIES GUIDE. it's a gameplay guide + analysis that may result in you getting more candies. all screenshots in this guide were taken on graphics setting 9.
this post includes:
what i consider the best FPS setup
how to see
some thoughts i have about how projectiles/enemies work
cosmetic tips
a tl;dr because it's too long
LASTLY, A DISCLAIMER: this is helpful for ME!!!!! if you have another system that works for you, feel free to share! this is not an attack on how anyone else plays the game or a presumption that i am the best royale high blackwood manor gamer, it's just a bunch of things i've found that my friends think is helpful.
how to play as an FPS the easiest way + visibility tips
DON'T PLAY ON MOBILE. i mean someone out there is gonna prove me wrong by being awesome at this game on mobile but i've heard nothing but complaints from mobile users playing this game. i have no clue how it handles on xbox. i play on PC with mouse and keyboard because it's how i play most shooters.
royale high has the shift button mapped to sprint, so playing as a TPS, you'll be right clicking and dragging a lot *or* toggling shiftlock all the time. FPS is the way to go.
when you zoom in, you may be met with your gun blocking your screen like this:
the surest way i've found to get rid of this is to use the "ninja" or "crawl" walkpack. it's under animations -> walk packs. if you're unfamiliar with RH, note that you have to jump or walk to reset the walk pack. here's the FPS view for ninja, then crawl, both idle and when fighting at a standstill:
the main benefit to using crawl is that the gun is basically never visible, even when running and shooting, because it's below the HUD. this means you're never gonna have it blocking your vision. but when you look down, you're gonna see your RH nickname, since it's in front of your first person view sometimes. you can get rid of that by resetting your RH nickname to display your normal roblox display name, but the RH nickname is such a big social part of RH that idk if that's a benefit unless you really, REALLY can't handle seeing the gun shake.
that said, with ninja equipped, your gun WILL be in view when running and not shooting... so it depends on your preferences.
(i also suspect that you may have slightly less range with crawl. but i also suspect that is not actually an advantage in this minigame. more on that later.)
the elder animation is also pretty solid, but the takes up a lot of the screen when shooting. here's that for comparison.
lighting tips
now you have to worry about seeing. it could be my monitor settings, but i see better WITHOUT the night vision goggles. (you can turn them off if you have them equipped in case you want them just for the looks.)
when i first wrote this i swore by the headlamp - but i turned my graphics settings down and noticed the effectiveness of the headlamp entirely depends on your graphics settings. to summarize:
on settings 1 and 2, it's so muted i can only tell it does something looking at my avatar. it hardly projects onto the environment at all.
on 3, its brightness is slightly more noticeable, but still pretty terrible.
on 4 and above, the spotlight is much clearer and it has a noticeable effect on the environment around it.
luckily, there's another way to make the environment glow that's fairly effective at all graphics settings: items designed to emit a nondirectional glow. this includes things like candles, lanterns, etc. a lot of wings i thought would do this don't; dewdrop mist does for some reason but it only helps a little. the items i listed will be the most effective, and they're best with the light source set to white. this will largely just help you with your immediate surroundings (i.e. running into a wall) but it does help. on graphics settings 1 thru 3, this is your most powerful option.
if you don't have any, there's a new item this royaloween that emits a good glow: the pumpkin wand. equip this and change the colors however you want, but make the light itself white. if you don't have the item, google a guide for royaloween 2023 chests and it'll be in there.
two warnings: 1) it'll look in third person mode on your avatar that stacking tons of glowing items adds more glow, but in first person mode i don't know if they help much. 2) not every item that has a bloom glow effect will emit an actual light source anywhere near your avatar.
top: just the headlamp. middle: headlamp + Nightmare Cavern Lantern item. bottom: headlamp + Nightmare Cavern Lantern + Pumpkin Wand.
the game is always gonna be super dark appearance-wise, which is actually one of my least favorite things in a shooter. most of my navigation is done by just knowing the map, which is kinda unfortunate.
some combat thoughts i've had
the game is definitely designed to encourage you to seek out the ghosts. they can lose you by moving through walls, but they move at roughly your own walking pace. and while you can't go through walls, your bullets can. this means when they go through a wall, you can sprint to find them in a reasonable time frame, all while shooting at them.
your gun shoots a projectile which travels a short distance in front of you in an arc. i THINK the projectile is actually dealing damage to the ghosts, because shooting something out of range will miss if the projectile goes below it but your cursor is on the ghost. it also feels like the damage isn't dealt until the projectile lands on the ghost, so there's no invisible instantaneous damage arc.
this means you can arc your shots by firing them higher. if you haven't played a game where this is important, this means taking advantage of how the arc from the gun is shaped. if you aim slightly higher than the target, you can hit a target further away. if you've played a game with a bow and arrow, like botw/totk, you've probably done this. the same thing applies to this game.
that would be really useful, BUT!!! the ghost-sucking mechanic also encourages you to follow them. it can be REALLY tempting to stand around getting arc-snipes on the ghosts, but that means when it's time to capture them, you're across the map from them fighting your way thru dark walls trying to close the distance and someone else will get the ghost! you'll still collect candies for shooting the ghost, but you can collect even more if you suck them. plus, the timer means for some ghosts, you REALLY won't capture them alone unless you start immediately.
so when is arcing shots useful? simple: the biggest ghosts. the ghosts all hover about the same distance from the ground, and the ghosts with the highest XP are the tallest. these ghosts are going to attract a lot of players. if you want to get the most candy out of them, you NEED to be pumping damage into them. so if you can't pursue it and maneuver thru the map at the same time, it can be beneficial to hang back and aim at it from far away, THEN close the distance once it's almost time to capture it.
i think this is clever not only because "big ghost = more HP" makes a lot of sense if you've literally ever played a game before, but because their height encourages players to arc their shots anyways. the highest HP ghosts are the easiest to aim at from a distance. the tall skinny ones take a little more aim, but they're still easier to hit at a distance not just from the bigger hitbox, but because it encourages you to aim in a way that maximizes your range. pretty cool, huh?
just remember, if you've never played a shooter before: at range you need to aim ahead of the target with slower projectiles like the ones in this game.
also: the distance your gun travels is DEFINITELY dependent on how high it is from the ground. your range feels like it's HALVED when using crawl compared to ninja. this means the ideal way to play the game seems to be to equip super high heels and then use an animation that keeps the gun away from your vision.
cosmetic tips
save an outfit with the goggles and/or headlamp and you'll be able to use them year-round. i've been using the goggles all year this way. here i am wearing an outfit in royale high with them. second pic is to show you that the headlamp still works!
you can change the colors of the headlamp and night vision goggles. the night vision goggles even support patterns on the metal part. adding a pattern to the glowing eyes will make them stop glowing.
the headlamp will equip an average color if you try to use a pattern with the band. using a pattern or a dark color will cause the glow effect on the item to stop working, but the light emitted to the environment doesn't appear to depend on the color you select for the headlamp at all. ugly combination of the two for demonstration:
if the headlamp doesn't go with your outfit, the skull crown layers really fantastically over it. it'll look like the skull is glowing.
and, of course, combining that with the ability to change the colors of the lamp/goggles, you basically get custom glowing skull this way:
my favorite combination for the night vis goggles is the breathe me mask. this is a super unpopular outfit item, but it works really well with the halloween gear. when it glows, it blocks the bulkiness of both items and only the lights show through. equipping a dark color or pattern will let all the details show through. both effects are super cool for a sci fi vibe.
but honestly, i will put these goggles over ANYTHING.
in conclusion:
FPS is the best way to play the minigame. it gives you the most aim control while moving. if RH could map sprint to anything else TPS might be viable. but right now it's not. to play FPS, make sure you've got an animation equipped where the gun isn't in your face.
SAVE AN OUTFIT WITH THE EVENT ITEMS SO YOU CAN USE THEM ALL YEAR. THEY ARE FREE and if you play sunset they are SUPER HELPFUL IN SPACE/SCI FI THEMES.
equip a glowing item with white light to help you see.
royale high players do not understand my avant garde cyberpunk metal tron kinnie fashion taste on royale high and i continue to lose sunset for it
also, seasonal reminder to save an outfit while wearing the halloween event night vision goggles so you can continue to equip them year round for cyberpunk fits
in case anyone is wondering, the murder zipline in the new royale high school has a ~54.5 degree slope - about 35 degrees steeper than the original somethingawful child destroyerline
my current serious plan for my rh dorm is to make a room inspired by the legend of zelda, mostly link's twilight princess house but also ocarina of time since they have similar vibes? like i want a little loft bed/sleeping loft (which he also had in botw, but that house was more like a normal house) and lots of natural wood, rugs, some plants (normally the exterior but i think it would help sell the vibes in a more modern setting)...
like ive never even finished either of these games although ive gotten WAY closer to finishing oot than tp (not for lack of trying, my tp disc seems busted and i am currently in another state bc that disc is at my dad's house) but like. this is peak interior design to me. also the BED LOFTS? im not even a fan of those irl, i tend to uhh. hit my head on them. but in a video game? SO COZY
but im not going to spend the money i have saved up rn on my dorm because i want to buy the halloween sets. after that though? im either going with this or like, a hardcore tron aesthetic, but this feels a lot more fun
