So after discussing earlier, I have decided to experiment a bit like I like to do. I thought about monthly items, and how that was a cool aspect but not sustainable due to the dev time needed, then I had an idea - Monthly base weapons.

These are variants of existing weapons or completely new base weapons, only obtainable during select months (fairly rare). These will repeat each year automatically, and there's support for multiple bases a month rather than just always 1, there can be multiple for variety.

On top of this, I will be adding a new item (maybe a craftable) that acts like Rune of alter/greater alter, but has these monthly bases in the pool at a set rate (any month available within these, older ones being less likely than current ones), when I get time. This doesn't mean those bases are guaranteed with this rune, they are a set chance, the normal pool is still there.

I will also highlight a few things I think will be frequently asked below:

Do these replace the Bimonthly pass? Are these related to old monthly items at all?
No, and No. These are mini monthly frg updates. New weapon types to look forward to using. Not new items entirely, just new weapon BASES. Like MP7, Silenced M16, new laser based gun, etc. Things like that, that you can get on already existing FRG Tiers/uniques, such as Heroics.

How does this work?

Each monthly base defined has a list of weapon classes that it can "replace" (I use this term loosely here), that means, if I make a new AR, and define it to 'replace galils', any weapon that can roll with a galil will now have a chance to get this monthly base weapon on it, during the month. Note, this doesn't mean ALL galils will be this, it just means it looks for items that support galils as applicable items.

This is so certain tiers that have a limited pool of weapons can't go too far outside that realm, but is still possible if a similar monthly base is defined to look for one of its classes. (Such as those in the molten pool)

So once an item is dropped, it'll look through and see if that item can support a current monthly base, if so, it'll try to proc the monthly base on it. If it procs, congrats! You now have an item with a monthly base! These come with fancy new icon visuals to indicate what they are, as well as a description in the item tooltip.


How and where can I obtain these?
You don't need to do anything extra to obtain these. Any item obtained from pretty much anywhere has a chance to turn into one of these bases, given the item is supported by the current monthly base.

Can I craft weapons into these bases?
Yes if the item itself is applicable and supported by the defined monthly base.

Will you be using existing monthly items as bases?
Not planning on it. If I re-use anything, it'll likely be already existing base weapons from some seasonal items or maybe some forgotten prim uniques, but tweaked/changed to make them more in line with being a base on many things. (Such as silenced M16 - currently has been around for the entirety of FRG but only used recently in Mercurials)

Will I be able to view the available bases in !monthly?
Eventually. Currently I don't have them listed as I want to make a way to ensure they aren't leaked before they drop.



I forgot to mention:
There's setting per crafting tier to enable auto dismantling of monthly bases. Currently they are disabled by default!

basically the same as last years, but to recap:

you MUST post a reply to this thread if you want to participate. (if you want to include what kinds of items you like for your gift-giver, you may, it might be helpful)
this is just for my recordkeeping, if someone tells me in discord that they want to join, that message will be lost within the hour and i may forget. so you HAVE TO REPLY TO THE THREAD!!

Everyone should participate, even new players or people who cant think of something to give!
there are certainly items you can give which would be good gifts.

sometime in early december, when there are "enough" participants, I'll randomly roll a name for each person.
You are their "Secret Santa" and will trade me the item you wish to gift to them, after I have DMed you their name on discord.

it is very very highly encouraged that the item you gift isn't "worthless" and you'd be happy receiving it in turn. If everyone gives really bad gifts- the whole event is moot.

these gifts will be handed out to the recipients around 2 weeks from now, on December 11th, any time i am on which will probably mostly be that evening.
Additionally, courtesy of myself and any other generous gifters who would like to contribute (DM ME IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE),
there will be a "BONUS GIFT" pool to ensure that no one receives a "bad" gift.

I'm going to be making a spreadsheet of all the items received to assure everyone that I'm not a scammer.
Feel free to DM me on discord at @pickle#9090 if you have any questions

Happy Gifting!

Rules of the giveaway
1. NO CHEATING AND/OR EXPLOITING
2. Speed run mode (you have to record and honestly time yourself)
3. top ten teams of two to beat the first boss after one week will move on to the final round.
4. the twenty remaining people (the ten teams) speedrun to the second boss (SOLO)
5. fastest ten people after three days win the items listed below.
6. RULES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE.
7. All videos posted to YouTube and uploaded to this thread
8. NO BOOSTING OTHER PEOPLE
This will start January 1st 2023

sky to void is a mod pack version of skyblock made by black parade.


The goal of the first part of the speedrun challenge is to defeat Tenpenny the mayor.
The second part of the speedrun is you have to beat Bellum the sky watcher




 List of items
enigma
ornate speedster
idruuch's dusk
calamity
boosted star-gazer
grim's beloved
eleos
2nd eleos
onuris
onuris #2
thrakos
nexus
gilded epilogue
tartarus
megalodon
crimson crusade
scylla
finality
+10 oracle
cerberus
+10 bloodfury
+10 first prayer
glaedr
glaedr #2
ascultone
bloodsurge
dark matter
anon
nyx's nightmare
doomguy
dominion
+10 hailstorm
juggernaut
voice of insanity
huginn's legacy
hellhound tech
toy rocket cata
gemstone 1
gemstone 2
Fist of R.P.S
ring of trick or treating
H.T.A.A.S.
granabus hilt
crystallized crate
case of the seraph
crescent case 2

Bagnarock (name tbd)
Pass Tier 7 Prim

Santa sack designed for taking rather than giving.

Holding left click will charge up an overhead swipe. A headshot will snatch a player, trapping them in your sack. Hitting anywhere else will do a small amount of damage with a slight push.
After trapping a player you can hold them for 12 seconds, but the victim can struggle. Struggling, done by repeatedly tapping the strafe keys, can reduce the time to a minimum 6 seconds.
(You could add a hidden option to extend the duration by struggling with different keys for players who want to goof around)

Holding a player won't result in a mobility penalty, but the victim's struggling will push the user around.

Left clicking with a captured player will drop them out with a light push.
Hold right click will wind up a progressively stronger toss. (Charging for 12 seconds should throw them comically far, like potentially enough to scale a construct tower)
After being thrown the release timer will continue to go down, but should not release before landing.



Freljordian justice
Device Exotic

Left click is just the average 2 tap slow melee swing.

The hammer will need to either have a freeze mechanic via left click headshot or via a bloodweep-type projectile
The right click will wind up a powerful hit (reference: bone bludgeon) but its primary purpose is to shatter frozen targets. After a shatter, the target will have an ice retextured ruby curse corpse and ice shards will explode off of them. (bonus points for working on other ice cube weapons)

https://cso.fandom.com/wiki/Warhammer_Storm_Giant



Christmas Morning
Pass Godlike/Exotic

Each rightful kill will spawn a present somewhere on the map the round after.
Presents can work as the pumpkin clip refill trait, give a slight random stat buff, contain a d20 stacked item, or have a mildly rare chance to do nothing.

Wrongful kills will spawn vengeful spirits that are unkillable and apply Christmas debuffs when they hit you. The vengeful spirits can either be reskinned deathballs, or survive teleporters, or a split of both.

Included is a flamethrower because I think it'd be pretty good at causing you to create vengeful sprits. I would not be opposed to a weapon change though.
https://cso.fandom.com/wiki/Salamander



This last item could be split into different items if you desired.
If left as a single item this would make for a good fight unique.

Based on tboi purity.
Item transforms every time the user dies.

Form 1: Christmas Past

Shotgun with mobility somewhere between durins and swift

Slippery floors no longer inhibit control and boost the users speed. Ice traits also apply the same speed boost.
Pellets leave behind a brief slippery surface. Pellets that hit a target leave a recolored wound trail, and as the victim moves they leave behind a slippery trail.

https://cso.fandom.com/wiki/BALROG-XI


Form 2: Christmas Present

LMG designed for pve damage output.
Alt + E super cools the LMG allowing it to shoot much faster. This comes at the cost of freezing the user in place and dealing incremental damage that requires healing to survive the entire duration. (bonus if the weapon skin changes from default to variant during ability use)

https://cso.fandom.com/wiki/M2HB_Devastator


Form 3: Christmas Future

version a) designed for the instance where the hammer doesnt get added
-headshots shatter target into ice shards, but unlike the hammer there is no corpse left behind. (for the hammer the shards come from the ice block, but the sniper turns the victim into shards)

version b)
-Morningstar buddy is spawned above victim's corpse.

https://cso.fandom.com/wiki/Bendita

TY for your time

minimum word count established. cya

Holy Cow! Its that guy Jed!
No way he is stealing Brash's idea?!?!?!? (love you buddy)

Well Ladies and Gentlemen, (And you Pri) Its almost that time for the yearly giveaway and instead of only having one we are doing two of them!
So, the basis is the same as Brash's other giveaways, post your discord name down below, maybe a hate filled message too for stealing this format.

*As usual I will use none of my hard earned cash for these giveaways as well as all in game FRG Stuff.

I believe that is everything that needs to be said. The following list will state all the items being given away and will be updated accordingly. Smile

Good luck to everyone that enters.
-Jed Smile

Special thanks to the following people for donating, <3
DarkHero, without them this giveaway wouldnt exist as it is almost entirely his items. SwedishSubmarine, Mr. Glitch, Bathory, and GoldenGuy.

The Prizes!
Stacked Diabolical https://i.imgur.com/N2sfhOz.png
Mutable SMG https://i.imgur.com/7t06NIt.png
Mutable Glock https://i.imgur.com/1VmTv8i.png
Soulblaze https://i.imgur.com/huJX6Og.png
Supreme lucky rabbits foot (x2) https://i.imgur.com/f0bdzFQ.png
Rat staff https://i.imgur.com/ZVzaWnc.png
Branch of the snowwalker https://i.imgur.com/ENHQYo7.png
Shiny Nova Ripper https://i.imgur.com/QAfbyT0.png
Sag Ascultone https://i.imgur.com/LzVlxvC.png
Cursed Daggers https://i.imgur.com/0RX1myD.png
Snowflake Shurikens https://i.imgur.com/H3G8bhR.png
Gilded ECCD https://i.imgur.com/VN4jAoC.png
Idruuch's Dusk https://i.imgur.com/LVJ7lpc.png
Lucky Swift Rifle https://i.imgur.com/F0TI2xT.png
Aquarius Thrakos https://i.imgur.com/6qCujxZ.png
Rock https://i.imgur.com/6KVKhqY.png
Enigma https://i.imgur.com/f6nLkRF.png
Nyx's Nightmare https://i.imgur.com/9LoEw3E.png
Mercurial Mini Uzi https://i.imgur.com/Nh6nbOk.png
Soulbound tec9 https://i.imgur.com/ybGMvkP.png
Trash cannon (x2) https://i.imgur.com/4n9xH3k.png
Firework Launcher https://i.imgur.com/cQoKWb5.png
Eldritch Spellbinder https://i.imgur.com/5b6oy6y.png
Base Nova Ripper https://i.imgur.com/KUs8k1o.png
Peashooter https://i.imgur.com/eEOcMGs.png
Crap Cannon https://i.imgur.com/5hoeSY3.png
Charple on Vacation https://i.imgur.com/O5daHZU.png
Speedster https://i.imgur.com/f3jy5q0.png
Another Nova Ripper https://i.imgur.com/j6NNkwH.png
Last Egg https://i.imgur.com/IQelxW2.png
A special mystery bag provided by Golden https://imgur.com/t/echidna/WufMBmJ

And two winners will get a shardlike bundle!

Oh man this is a tough post to make.

NTG and then later FRG have been a massive part of my from 2013 onwards. I really can't understate how important this community has been to me. NTG was my main source of socialization and an escape from an unfortunate situation from the years 2014-2016. I spent a ridiculous amount of time on the server, probably way too much, but I don't regret it at all. I met so many people, made so many friends, and had a lot of unique experiences. Getting promoted to manager had been a goal of mine on the server for a long time and when I finally achieved that it was a massive highlight in my life at the time. Unfortunately, making a 16 year old manager/head of staff probably wasn't the best idea, especially since the server was struggling enough at the time anyways. Stepping down sooner is definitely something I should have done, but I'm still proud that I was ever manager at all lmao.

After NTG died, I took a bit of a break from TTT before migrating here. A lot of my old friends were here and I mostly just wanted to interact with a lot of you guys again. As expected, you guys were all super welcoming and I got a lot of help getting started on here. I remember Tarra giving me pretty much his entire inventory at the time which was extremely generous. So many others that I hadn't interacted with in years remembered me from NTG and did what they could to get me more involved on the server. Running events with Edit, Hockey, Enchantable, and Loqacious is probably something that sticks out to me the most about my early days on FRG. I had a really great time with you guys back in the day and never really found a group to replace that group for consistently running events.

Over the last few years I went from playing for hours daily to playing occasionally when I have the time. Unfortunately, having the time has become a pretty rare occurrence these days. My class schedule has been brutal the last few years and even when I do have the time I don't enjoy FRG or TTT nearly as much as I used to. On top of that, life has a way of kicking me in the ass every few years, and it has been one of those years. I've had a lot to think about the last few weeks. Like a lot a lot. I've pretty much completely revaluated and recalibrated what I want to do with my entire life moving forward and I don't think FRG should be or even can be a healthy part of it.

There is so many things I could say about this server, NTG, my friends here, and all the memories I have but it's hard to decide what to talk about and I definitely can't talk about all of it. Overall, I really just want to say thank you to everyone I've had the chance to meet and get to know here and thanks especially to Brassx for creating something that has been such a massive part of my life up until now.

I'm really going to miss you guys.

Age:19

Steam Name(Current):Swedish Submarine

Time played on servers?(!time username to check):994 hours on TTT and 482 hours on Lobby, a couple more on random other events

Where did you hear about this server?:NTG og gang

Have you ever been banned and why?:Yes, and if i remember correctly it was for saying a form of the hard R but with NTG as it. Back in 2017 in my edgy era

https://forerunnergaming.org/forums/showthread.php?tid=5890 (my unban request)

Why do you want to join?:I think its about time, been apart of this server for ages now and haven't really done this yet. I'd also like to start the journey to mem+ and maybe farther, so I can help with reports.

Referred by: No one I guess, just thought it was time to get a role lol

Additional Details: Name used to be Friend so if you need to find anything else before like 2020 it'll be under that

Guess I'm in the forums now. Figured I'd get in on this just so I could use the Trade menu.

Suffixes and Traits

of Candy Canes: 1 in x chance to shoot a candy cane that deals x damage.

of the Northern Lights: has a 1 in x chance to shoot a condensed beam of light from the Aurora Borealis and apply a random Christmas trait on the target.

of Frostbite: has a 1 in x chance to afflict the target with frostbite, reducing their movement and reload speed and dealing a small amount of damage over time (Stackable up to 3 stacks).

of Christmas Eve Sleep: has a 1 in x chance to make the target see visions of sugar plums, candy canes and Christmas trees.

Of Santa Morph: has a 1 in x chance to prompt you to morph into Santa and present tp you when taking damage and replaces your loadout with snowballs.

Of Snowman Head: tbh not really sure about the buffs on this one, really would be up to brass but similar to pumpkin head.

Of KEVIN: 1 in x chance to play the sound clip from Home Alone of the mom screaming "Kevin".

Of Jingle Bells:  1 in x chance to cause the hit player to hear the sound of bells around them for x seconds, drowning out all other sounds.

Of Snowman: has a 1 in x chance to shoot a snowman head, dealing x damage and icing the hit player/giving a walking on ice effect.

Candy Cane Fever:  A trait that covers the targets screen in a red and white stripped pattern (stackable, at max stacks their vision is compeltly obscured for 5 seconds).

Sugar Rush: A trait that has 1 in x chance to increase your speed greatly for x seconds but then cause you to "crash" reducing your speed by x seconds.

Consumables

Mysterious Ornament: The Christmas Cracker of this years Christmas (so its not just Christmas Cracker 3).  Description:  A mysterious ornament that fell off Santa's own tree.  It feels like something is inside, I wonder what it could be?

Christmas Star:  The jewel for this event (so its not just Jolly Jewel 3).  Description: A topper for a Christmas tree.  It contains the essence of Christmas itself, allowing it to be used once in an attempt to give a gun or item the blessing of Christmas.

Reindeer Whistle:  A Consumable that summons one of Santa's reindeer on lobby (Depending on which reindeer they could give you varying amounts of presents, coal/peppermint, or a rarer thing like a Christmas jewel or the Christmas Cracker type thing but they might also give you nothing or play a joke on you).  Description:  Hopefully the reindeer decides you've been nice and not naughty...

Pass Player Models

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=182842151&searchtext=gingerbread+man+playermodel Gingerbread man.  Desc: You'll never catch me.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1179146098 Snowman.  Desc: Frosty isn't going to play nice this year.

Unique Guns and Items

Spy-cicle: A godlike melee, the item from tf2. It could turn anyone killed with it into an ice statue or freeze them after x hits.

The Christmas Shopper: Comes with the trait/suffix Christmas Shopping which has a 1 in x chance to take a small amount of ammo, max hp or mobility from them and add it to your own.  Description:  What's mine is mine and what's yours is...well also mine.  I really need that present more than you!

Martha May's Christmas Lights Launcher:  shoots Christmas Lights at the target, wrapping them up and greatly reducing their mobility/blinding them for x seconds.  Description:  Did you really think you could beat me at Christmas Decorating, Betty Lou?

Winter Storm:  A gun that has a chance on hit to create an ice storm in the area that applies ice and frostbite to everyone inside of it with the severity of the debuff decaying the further from the center those effected are.

Cruelty of Jadis/Jadis: A unique gun/item that turns the killed target into an ice statue on death.  Desc: The power of the cruel ice queen resides in this gun.

Christmas Spirit: A godlike that drops with a new trait that plays a random christmas song that loops like chest sound so you cant stop it with stopsound, the snowbird trait, the drop ammo on limb hit trait, Rimy, Christmas Spirit and Growing Pains.  It has its damage done reduced to 1 damage a shot and has high recoil but has a high RPM and big clip.  Desc: You are going to feel the Christmas spirit, whether you like it or not.

Manifestation of Cocytus: A godlike or exotic katana. Unable to push with this weapon with right click activates the ability Wail of the Frozen. Wail of the Frozen freezes anyone hit with it in the last 60 seconds for 10-30 seconds and causes frostbite when the freeze effect ends, dealing a small amount of damage and slowing movement speed for its duration. Description: This blade was blessed by Cocytus, so that more souls who were frozen to death shall join his waters.

Gingerbread Man Cookie:  A cookie that explodes on impact when thrown.  Description:  Was it the Gingerbread Man or the Snowman that explodes...?

Kevin's Brick: A throwable item that knocks back and disorients the hit player.  Desc: Direct Hit!

Santa's Sack:  A useable item that takes up your primary/secondary slot but gifts you a random weapon with Christmas traits on it to use for the round.

Tier Ideas

Sugary:  A tier that comes with the trait/suffix Sugar High which can be used to increase your mobility greatly for 30 seconds at the cost of a decrease in accuracy and stability.  Has a long cooldown time.

Sweet Dream: A tier or gun that comes with a trait/suffix that has 1 in x chance to make the target see visions of sugar plums, candy canes and Christmas trees.

Snowman: A tier that has a chance on a kill to spawn a mini Snowman that gives you various random buffs.  Description:  Frosty is that you?

Silent Night:  A prim tier or godlike gun.  Comes with the trait Silence which has a 1 in x chance to mute the targets voice, chat and hearing for x seconds.  Description:  Shhhh, I’m trying to listen for Santa.

Cosmetic Ideas

Snowman Pet - a mini snowman that follows you around.

Candy Cane Aura - creates an aura in which little candy canes pop up.

Santa Pet -  a mini Santa follows you around.

Snow Storm Aura - creates a snow storm effect around you.

Christmas Tree Aura -  creates an aura around you where little Christmas trees pop up.

Elf Pet - a mini elf follows you around.

Boss Idea

Change Santa to the Grinch and have Santa in lobby with a quest to take back the presents stolen by the Grinch.

Bring back Krampus as the boss.

Minigame

Bring back the snowman hunt minigame if possible, it was fun.

Mixtape Song Suggestions

(I can't figure out how to upload an mp3 so I'll just post the YouTube links to the songs and if Brass wants the mp3s I can send them to him or Parade.)