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Fansites

During my anonymous edits to the external links and adding in information about the mobile version and Bosh I added two popular line rider fansites. Could somebody please explain why this was removed? 82.36.199.21 14:58, 22 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

External links

After adding some information regarding copycat flash games and a few external links to them, I noticed that in previous edits, one of these links (Line Flyer) had been added and then later removed. I think that the addition of context for these links make them a reasonable addition to the article now. If for no other reason, the existence of these copycat/hacked versions act as evidence of the popularity of the original. Thoughts on this? Seph Vellius 08:17, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

If any of the copycats becomes noteworthy enough to have its own article, then the external link should be added to that article. Linking to copycats here doesn't appear to fall within WP:EL. -- JHunterJ 20:24, 27 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Agreed. I changed my mind on the matter after the discussion below. In fact, although I continue to believe these copycats should be mentioned, anything above that, including screen captures of them, should not. --Seph Vellius 05:28, 28 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I added Line Rider "Die at the Slopes", by far the most popular clip, with currently 668,363 views. NauticaShades 18:13, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Most popular YouTube video does not meet WP:EL either, though. Reverted -- JHunterJ 13:42, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Due to the excessive vandalism in the last few days, I only recently noticed the addition of Unofficial Community into the external links section. Has this been left in the article because it is generally accepted as meeting WP:EL, or should it be removed? If there is no opinion one way or another, I intend to remove it. --Seph Vellius 17:45, 15 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]


Note: There should also be a warning about Porn links on the game now. I can't let my 11 year old play the game anymore because of the Porn ads. Thanks a lot!


cool porn let him try it

I added a link to - a top ten linerider videos, as its a great place for people to actually see some of the best linerider videos around...so therefore relevant. It was removed. The site has no advertising and the list was compiled on the linerider.org forum, so is a useful tool for those wishing to discover and understand what linerider is. there is no copyright violation as the videos are embedded from youtube, where they were added by those who created them, and the creator is cited. I think it fits WP:EL

AS I've had no response to the bit above. I'm going to add in again the link to lineriders...if you remove it please explain why. thanks

Illegal rips

Lineflyer is an illegal rip, meant to bring in money for the site owner through ads. I think they should not be linked to on principle.

In that case, perhaps the link should be removed, but discussion and acknowledgement of its existence, and the existence of other copycats, should remain. Seph Vellius 18:59, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Ok, I removed the direct link to LineFlyer and added a note about the legality of the copycat versions.
It seems someone (the owner of LineFlyer?) keeps reverting the page, removing the note about questionable legality and restoring the link to lineflyer.com.
I believe the wikibot, while correcting some obvious vandalism, reverted the article to a point prior to the addition of the legality comment. I don't believe anyone has intentionally harmed this article beyond that obvious vandalism case. Seph Vellius 08:02, 21 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps the illegal rips, particularly LineFlyer, are getting a little too much attention in this article compaired to the original game? I don't think a normal game like, say Mario, would have image examples of its flash copies in its article. --Seph Vellius 05:55, 27 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Another copycat is linerider.com while it isn't a rip it does host a copy unoffically with out the original authors permission Atomic1fire 00:32, 13 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I think you're right to say that Mario games wouldn't have links to the flash clones. The clones probably wouldn't even be mentioned. kevipapo.

Man or Penguin?

I noticed that the game description changed the protagonist from "man" to "penguin." Since the original creator hasn't specifically noted whether the geometrcally simple character is a penguin or not I substituted "penguin" for the more universal description "character." That way the article is correct regardless of what the creator intends the figure to be. Seph Vellius 06:05, 22 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I can't be 100% I think he is supposed to be a man. The proportions are wrong for a penguin with his long arms and legs. I can't remember fsk calling him "a penguin" or "the penguin" in all the time we discussed the game on irc. "Character" sounds nicer than "man" or "guy" anyway... Jheriko 12:22, 23 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The mascot design states that he's a human. End of story. 204.11.190.32 (talk) 16:14, 7 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Fansites

I would like to add a link to a fansite (the only one I believe) for Line Rider and have already, but it has been taken down. The site is free and does not receive revenue from ads so by putting the link there I do not consider it advertising. I know that fansites in general are looked down upon, but when there is no harm to come from putting the link up I don't see why this is unacceptable.

LineRiders 19:58, 28 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The WP:EL guidelines are against adding that one three ways: links to sites you own, links intended to promote a site, and fanlists. One downside is that the next editor with a fansite will feel justified in adding his or hers as well, as will the next, and so on. On the other hand, if there are many fansites, the guidelines do allow for listing one, the most popular, but that condition does not appear to be met yet. -- JHunterJ 12:16, 29 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The most popular fansite by far is www.linerider.org, I think www.linerider.de is another. But if you look you will see that linerider.org gets by far the most traffic. Is it now suitable for the external link to be added? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 82.34.81.175 (talk • contribs) 14:58, 12 November 2006 (UTC).[reply]

Are there "many" fansites? -- JHunterJ 11:48, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

How many fansites is many? -- Lumb 17:59, 27 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Lineriderfun.com is another one. -- A person.

And linerider.ca, but there's an official site out now, at official-linerider.com. Frizzle 16:54, 21 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Category?

Should this be put into the deviantART category? That's where it originated. SteveCentra 20:27, 2 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Seems reasonable to me. --Seph Vellius 12:03, 4 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Added. 203.214.64.55 13:04, 6 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Added 76.110.82.251 22:59, 25 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The New Version

Although obviously "anticipated", are the features listed for the next game based on any particular evidence, or just random speculation? --Rai 23:34, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Most of the anticipated features come from a list provided by Line Rider's creator, Boštjan Čadež, on DeviantART [1]. The addition of future hack prevention is based on his comments explaining the delay of the new release. --Seph Vellius 04:12, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

There is some kind of new evrsion on linerider.org when you click play, click the bit where it says "do you want to play the new version?"

The new features are: Some pencil thing which I don't know what it does; An acceleration line; An eraser; A flag marker; A zoom-in/out feature.


Yes, fsk has made comments about planning to add desired features such as erasers and other tools. Also, on virtually every discussion about linerider updates, those things are ones that are wanted (I don't know how to cite that though). Also, the new pencil in Line Rider Zada is the scenery pencil. It allows things to be drawn without them affecting the character. Tere is also a line snap feature and a straight line feature. -da newb

Toronto Star article

A new article about Line Rider has appeared in the Toronto Star:

http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&call_pageid=971358637177&c=Article&cid=1163890209760

Added to external links - Lumb 17:01, 20 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Page is not available. 76.110.82.251 22:59, 25 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

User Box

I've created a line rider userbox. Putting {{User Line Rider}} will result in

This user likes to ride lines.
--Pacaman! 19:36, 23 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]


Glitch Section?

I'm a new user, and would like to check if it would be okay to add a section about a glitch I found with the physics engine and so that other users may place information pertaining to other glitches that may benefit people reading this article.

KLink-NiN10col/Neotendo123 23:42, 1 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I think that would be OK. SteveCentra 12:17, 7 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Copied from linerider.ca

The "update" from linerider.org is almost an exact copy of an earlier update from linerider.ca. Should we link to linerider.ca instead?

New update?

On his journal, *fsk (Boštjan Čadež) has said that the new "update" is NOT an actual update, but another clone made without his permission. Should we re-word the section? Perhaps remove it all together? It sounds like someone from linerider.org hyping his site. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 199.237.164.90 (talk) 22:35, 7 December 2006 (UTC).[reply]

I think that we shouldn't confuse the official update with ZaDa. For example, we don't know that the acceleration lines wil be red in the official version.

Or even if there will be acceleration lines. - da newb

How to draw a straight line

Hi, I'm new to this discussion. I'd like to point out that there's another way to draw a straight line (It's for the application version of Line Rider Only, though. It's the one where you download on Boštjan Čadež Deviant Art page.

Curves

Hi, I just wanted to suggest that someone post that the "near flawless curve" some users create is called a parabola.


Nintendo DS and Wii versions coming

http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/061219/latu021.htm 69.243.128.26 18:17, 19 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

"Yahoo - Document Has Expired"

Official Version out

http://official-linerider.com/play.html —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.252.233.94 (talk) 21:51, 19 December 2006 (UTC).[reply]

Something to be fixed

"inXile will have to include some extra content in the package to convince gamers to pay for the Wii version". that doesnt seem right, someone fix?

"It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness." - Phorque 21:02, 8 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Doc, on Wikipedia, if you light a candle, somebody will blow the candle out, replace it with twenty neon arrows pointing in every which direction, and then freeze it in carbonite for fun. 80.47.190.123 02:07, 11 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Well said.--Pupster21 16:39, 2 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
lol, my point at the time was that if you're able to edit the talk page and write a coherent statement, you are probably qualified to make simple corrections to the article as well. ;) - Phorque (talk) 13:07, 13 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Zada?

Could someone clear up the relation between this Zada version and the "real" one? The artcle is a little confusing, going right from discussing unofficial modifications, then linking directly to what appears to be just another one of them. Should the linerider.ca thing be there, or not? Errick 23:09, 22 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

"Boštjan Čadež of InXile Entertainment"

Mr. Čadež works with InXile and not for them, doesn't he? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Niccus (talk • contribs) 03:51, 24 December 2006 (UTC).[reply]

the cam studio thing did not work

Yes that is true, he doesn't work for them. disconnect277

More Pictures- Techniques

Should someone add a picture of an example of a curve?72.79.59.54 00:30, 29 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]


"Official LineRider"

The site is down. Anyone know what happened?

The site works for me. Tinlion09 23:16, 9 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Features

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Protection

Do we STILL need protection on this after at least one month? 68.39.174.238 00:14, 17 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It's been over two months now, actually (Nov. 14, looks like)... I've requested unprotection. --Czj 00:58, 22 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

But note that it's on watch lists, and protection can be reinstated at any time. --Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 10:01, 22 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'd keep it protected. Hangfromthefloor 22:15, 22 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Official-Linerider.com Version

I think this version, with the background pencil, acceleration lines, straight line tool, eraser, etc, should have its own section in this article. I am going to add a whole section on it soon. --Brain 01:35, 2 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I added a section detailing all the tools. Does anyone work on this page anymore? --Brain 01:59, 2 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Nintendo DS and Wii

I think that it should be posted that it will be released on Nintendo DS and Nintendo Wii sometime in Spring 2007. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by WCS92 (talk • contribs) 22:06, 15 February 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Vandalism

I think the article should be put up for protection again seeing as all the "children" (And I use that term loosely.) are vandalising the article. - Jigsy 15:59, 6 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Line Rider is NOT a penguin

Please stop changing man on a sled to penguin on a sled. This has already been discussed above and it was determined that the character is an abstractly represented human being. I don't want to start an edit war, but penguin is incorrect. Hangfromthefloor 02:48, 9 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Umm, the creator says the Line Rider is a "dude" on his DeviantART blog, and since he's the creator of Line Rider... The ConundrumerTC 18:31, 11 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Okay, I got the source (http://fsk.deviantart.com/journal/11022495/), but I don't know how to cite sources x_x The ConundrumerTC 00:00, 14 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
He's got arms, so I'm sort of assuming that he's a man. You can tell if you zoom in on the latest version. Do penguins have fingers? 168.156.168.253 21:03, 25 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

GDC Award

Line Rider got an Innovation award at this GDC. See http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=13040 and try to include that in the article. -- ReyBrujo 03:20, 9 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Platform

I don't think the "Platform" field in the infobox is entirely correct. There are two options as I see it:

  1. Linux is added (there is native Flash support for Linux, so if Mac and Windows is there, so should Linux)
  2. Mac and Windows is substituted with "Flash" (I guess you can call Flash a platform?)

Does anyone agree/oppose? --Ysangkok 10:02, 1 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Revision 6.1/6.2?

I cannot find revision 6.2, currently on the official linerider site, the latest version is, version 2 - revision 6.1. Please either provide me with instructions on how to access this version, otherwise it will be changed. Hpfan9374 08:32, 10 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I have now changed the information in the inbox of this article, in the latest version, section to Version 2 - Revision 6.1 and NOT Revision 6.2. As 6.2 is currently not on the official linerider homepage, and therefore no where on the internet. Hpfan9374 04:04, 17 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Technically, Revision 6.2 does exist. Several people on a Line Rider fansite has permission from InExile to test it. But it's not officially released, so it doesn't really matter.The ConundrumerTC 20:12, 7 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wii Screenshot Added

I have added a supposed Nintendo Wii screenshot of Line Rider, into the article. Hpfan9374 06:58, 16 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

game or toy

its a game in the sense that there is some level of instruction as to how to play with it and there is some level of competition in building tracks (but the track videos are created with external software and somewhat difficult file finding for track distrubition which isnt directly a feature yet)but its more toy like in the sense that there are no true levels and the only objective is simple to draw lines Atomic1fire 03:42, 2 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hotkeys?

I noticed that there are no mention of hotkeys, should someone put them in? Darkebrz 14:54, 7 June 2007 (UTC)Darkebrz[reply]

Why was mysection delted?

My entire secton was deleted. There may have been a good reason- but none was given by the nameless I.P. adress 71.185.192.91. I would be very grateful if someone wiki-wise would either explain what was wrong with the article - admittedly the structure wasn't perfect but that could have been edited instead of deleting the whole thing - or give me the go-ahead to restore it. Thanks.Veggieburgerfish 21:30, 3 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

As Phorque said- It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness and really, I would have no objection to someone replacing my candle with 20 neon arrows "doc"—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Veggieburgerfish (talk • contribs).

what happend to good samaritans eh?—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Veggieburgerfish (talk • contribs).

I can't speak for the editor, but presumably it fell under the guideline that Wikipedia is not an instruction manual. --McGeddon 10:36, 25 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I agree with him. You can put it in WikiHow (or maybe even in WikiBooks), however. There are only 3 how-to's on Line Rider (none on WikiBooks), including Line Flyer. And all of them are not good how-to's. I'll go discuss this at the Line Rider forums. The ConundrumerTC 12:46, 27 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

deleted for VERY vulgar language with no meaning by Rynobax —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.238.196.51 (talk) 12:17, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Freerider game

I don't if this is a rip or not really

freerider game

Its very similar to line rider but you control the dude as you collect stars on the course you have created. ~Jesus 10:51, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

Free Rider is an independent game which is not related to Line Rider (although inspired by it) and definetely not notable enough. The ConundrumerTC 01:51, 24 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Bosh

The article claims "Bosh" has something to do with the German word for aerodynamic. Well I'm German, but I can't think of a word that would fit that description. Unless more substantial evidence is presented, I vote for deleting that phrase.
Now, has anyone considered that "Bosh" might be just an abbreviation of Boštjan - keeping in mind that an "š" is usually pronounced like the english "sh" ??? --BjKa (talk) 13:15, 25 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Toy

The creator refers to the game as a 'toy', not a game as there is no objective. I think this should be included in the article, and the use of the word 'game' should be reduced. Tkgd2007 (talk) 08:16, 8 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

emos

they are so emotional WHY?!? you suck

Tricks/Glitches

When it says "loops and other tricks" I find myself cringing - if anyone has ever really gotten into Line Rider they know that there is a lot more possible than first meets the eye. Notable and widely used tricks are nose/tail manuals (balancing Bosh on the front or back end of the sled with acceleration lines) and gravity wells, which occur from a glitch in drawing a line facing away from Bosh as he reverses to move away from the direction of the line (it does take quite a bit of practice) I'm not sure what should go in or not, but I think something should be said about the amazing things people have been able to do with the game.

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