Monster Hunt still going strong
I was browsing around the BeyondUnreal Forums the other day, and came across an 11 page thread, with around 720 replies, about Monster Hunt. Interested to see what’s up, I checked the CSports rankings for Unreal Tournament, and was shocked to find MH is the #4 most played UT gametype in the world. Coming in after CTF, DM, and TDM.
Seems people have been making maps like nuts, there seem to be over 300 of them, there are a few mutators and mods available for it as well. I found there’s even a pretty large fansite, Planet Monster Hunt.
Not too bad for a mod I thought I had retired nearly four years ago ;).
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This is true. Monster Hunt has grown by leaps and bounds in the last several years. I run the server “Monster Hunt Mayhem” and have been for about a year now. Back when I found MH there were only a few servers. Now there are about 30. Maps have been very hard to come by as they are very hard to build properly for this mod. A choice few mappers have stepped out and up to the challenge. Namely Rob, Derdak2rot, Cardiologist and Nr2000. This group has made maps worth playing and brought MH back from the clenches of being fragged. A guy named Skillz worked very hard to put up http://www.PlanetMonsterHunt.com at his own cost. I think MH has turned a little more extreme since its original conception but it was forced by the fact that noob map makers made the boss’s (final monsters) way too strong. I even got Nalicity to put up a map section for MH.
My main point for saying all of this is in the hope that Shrimp will take back his rightful place with Monster Hunt. Bring the old website back up to date. Fix the links. Especially, turn back on the forum and just sit back and watch what happens. MH will explode! This mod is fun but needs to managed. We have done well without help but we need the home of MH to have the lights on. Please consider delegating the webpage to someone active with MH so our community can flourish. I have to point to Skillz for this as he has already done so much and appears to be willing I bet.
Monster Hunt will be around for a very long time as will UT. Lets make it better while we still can. There are lots of able people here too that need to get involved with Monster Hunt and see for yourselves! Maybe a trusted person here can take the reigns! Please don’t pass up on this opportunity. MH is still a Diamond in the rough. You grow it, it gets noticed, you get hired by Epic and Monster Hunt gets officially released in UT2010….Imagine! The money, the fame, the historical value knowing that 30 years down the road as the game is still played, that someone here helped engineer this to happen. In the words of the great “Nike”…………….”Just do it!”
monsterhunt is #1 to me and my UT friends. thanks shrimp!
and you are welcome to visit dogs-of-war mh server: 69.12.73.209
Lol
Well, i dont know about updating the old MH website. If i were in Shrimps position i wouldnt want to, simply because its so out of date that it would take alot of work to get it to a decent state again. That and the fact that he (as he said) retired it 4 years ago.
It seems to me that if there were to be a new main MH site that PlanetMonsterHunt would be the logical choice, simply because we already have the framework for it. Not only that, but we have support and resources for development, including the MH mapping guide, and continuing work on TeamMH (a mod that will add a new gametype to the existing MH). Plus, Skillz and I are working hard to get as many maps uploaded as we can (could use some help though. Anybody can upload maps to the site). And im sorry if it seems like im shamelessly self-plugging our site here, but its true. Unless someone knows of a bigger MH site….
Anyways, Im just happy to hear that you (Shrimp) are aware of all of us out there still working to make it a better mod (and get rid of its reputation for bad maps (and there are an awful lot of them, lol))
On a side note, if there are any talented scripters out there reading this who are interested in MH, please check out http://www.PlanetMonsterHunt.com and have a look in our programming forum at the TeamMH thread. We could really use some help with this, as right now I seem to be the only one interested in actually working on it. The thread explains the concept and goal of it….
Monster Hunt is a great mod well it was till the Japaness
got it and realy messed it up with very bad muts and maps.
Now the Server Admins just add to it with running bad maps and muts
now MH is more of a joke that a great mod is was
Not all servers running MH are the same, but nor should it be anyways. Some variations are good & FUN is the name of the game.
Viva la MH! 
Btw, it’s also mentioned on the wikipedia website under the Unrealtournament heading (I edited some stuff too). Further expansion on the mod itself would be nice on there too.
The mut that is referenced in #3 is probably UTJMH. Most people like it. It is rather entertaining and has really helped to put MH on the map. The kill sprees are great too. MH is like french fries. UTJMH is like ketchup. They go great together
You did a great job on creating the MH package. Thats the only reason I still have UT99 installed on my system. People enjoy playing it. My server is busy all the time. The maps coming out now are outstanding. There are some really good mappers making maps for your creation. There are even new monsters for it. If I had a request at all it would be for more monsters. Well that and maybe a full revision to the UT99 engine. But thats asking for a miracle
Keep up the good work. Don’t suppose there is a MH 600 on the way?
Hi, MH is the best mod i ever play for UT, but i need to know one thing, how can i add more monsters to the map, this in a server. please someone answer ..
i will be waiting…