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'''''Ace of Spades''''' is a free
To sum it up simply, it's what you might get if you were to cross [[Team Fortress 2 (Video Game)|Team Fortress 2]]'s [[Capture the Flag]] mode (using a briefcase as the intel) and color coded teams with [[Minecraft]]'s building blocks and boxy character models. It has a small, but dedicated, userbase.▼
▲To sum it up simply, it's what you might get if you were to cross ''[[
By default, the game takes place on a large, randomly generated map with hills on Blue Team's side (west), and rivers on Green Team's side (east). You play as a member of one of these teams, with the choice of weapons between a rifle, a sub-machine gun or (as of v0.58) a shotgun. You other equipment consists of a spade (for removing and acquiring blocks), 50 blocks (for building), and three grenades. The point of the game is to capture the enemy's intelligence a certain number of times. You may change the color of the blocks you place by using the arrow keys to look through the pallet, or by right-clicking something else to sample it's color. A popular strategy is to build a foxhole in the side of a hill, using the same color blocks as the hill, and sniping in there with a rifle.▼
▲By default, the game takes place on a large, randomly generated map with hills on Blue Team's side (west), and rivers on Green Team's side (east). You play as a member of one of these teams, with the choice of weapons between a rifle, a sub-machine gun or (as of v0.58) a shotgun. You other equipment consists of a spade (for removing and acquiring blocks), 50 blocks (for building), and three grenades. The point of the game is to capture the enemy's intelligence a certain number of times. You may change the color of the blocks you place by using the arrow keys to look through the pallet, or by right-clicking something else to sample
There is no kill-cam, so you do not know the location of your killer unless you manage to spot him before you fall.
On December 2012, [[Jagex Games Studio|Jagex]] released their own version of the game, ''Ace of Spades: Battle Builder'', developed with the original development team's collaboration. It plays rather differently, with less emphasis on building and more on shooting and jetpacks. It was followed by ''[[Block N Load]]'' in 2015. The Jagex version of ''Ace of Spades'' shut down in 2018.
The fan community hosting the Classic version of the game is located at [https://www.buildandshoot.com/ Build and Shoot], and the old game's wiki is [https://web.archive.org/web/20121120160716/http://aceofspadeswiki.com/index.php?title=Main_Page here] (archived).
Jagex hosts a [https://web.archive.org/web/20170714143740/http://aceofspadeswiki.info/wiki/Main_Page wiki] for their version of the game.
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* [[Death Is Not Permanent]]
* [[Do Not Drop Your Weapon]]: Not even when you die.
* [[Dronejam]]: In small doorways, players may have to wait turns.
** Fixed as of 0.58 by making it possible to walk through other sprites.
* [[Emergency Weapon]]: The entrenching tool can now be used for a [[One-Hit Kill]] at melee ranges, an [[Ascended Mod]] of sorts since it was added by the third-party server software. Occasionally a source of frustration if [[Friendly Fire]] is switched on, because digging and attacking are performed with the same command and it's embarrassingly easy to accidentally deck a teammate.
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* [[Built With Lego]]
* [[Everything Fades]]
* [[Fast Tunnelling]]: For a given value of "fast", anyway. It's much faster than would be possible in real life, but
* [[Fire-Forged Friends]]: What happens with you and your teammates, if you're lucky.
** The mod, Psyspades, adds squads. This, with many close encounters, firefights, and saving of lives, either makes you hate your squad, for respawning you in front of an enemy with a Smg or Shotgun, or trust them, where they snipe enemies who try to sneak up on you, heal you, and move with coordinated precision.
* [[Floating Platforms]]: Generally averted, if you remove all the blocks under another, it will fall to the ground and vanish, but occasionally a glitch will leave a few in place.
** However, if a structure spawns floating at the beginning of the map, it stays floating.
* [[Follow the Leader]]: To ''[[Minecraft]]'' and (arguably) ''[[
* [[Gaming Clan]]: Quite prominent. There are Major League Gamers, [[Dwarf Fortress|Bay 12ers]], and *Color* Veterans.
** Oh, and special mention must go to the [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
* [[Game Mod]]: Mods can range from skins that revise weapons or iron sights, or make your character look like a [[Space Marine]] wielding a crossbow.
* [[Green Hill Zone]]: One of the default maps in the original version.
* [[Griefer]]: Rampant, usually
** The problem is a lot less acute now that bans are IP-based rather than nickname-based.
* [[Guide Dang It]]: Its highly recommended to read or watch a guide before playing. Even changing certain game settings can take a while to figure out (edit config.ini in the game folder).
* [[Hold the Line]]: Missions on some of the smaller and narrower maps frequently end up like this.
* [[Hollywood Darkness]]: You will always be able to see, even in an enclosed space.
* [[Invisible Anatomy]]: You can't see yourself.
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* [[The Points Mean Nothing]]: Players get points when they kill enemies and capture the enemy flag. They're only for bragging rights.
* [[Redshirt Army|Blueshirt Army]]: and [[Not So Different|Greenshirt Army]]
* [[Real Is Brown]]: Many of the more natural maps. Actually justified by the quasi-[[World War
* [[Reality Ensues]]: For an FPS that looks like
* [[Respawn Point]]: It shifts around a bit each time, but it's always on your team's side of the map.
* [[Scenery Gorn]]: Whatever structures the mapper has set up at the start of the game will ''not'' be intact by the time the game is over.
* [[Schizo
** Actually considering the rifle is ([[Word of God|supposedly]]) the M14, it's possibly even ''more'' Schizo because of the 1960s weapons... ''being used to fight First World War trench combat!''
* [[Short
* [[Shotguns Are Just Better]]: It's decent range and ability to blow through blocks like a hot knife through butter make this trope even doubly so.
* [[Sickening Crunch]]: When you take any damage at all.
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* [[Stealth Expert]]: You need to be this if you want to even see the enemy intel.
* [[Stuff Blowing Up]]: Grenades
* [[Taking You
* [[Unbreakable Weapons]]
* [[Unusual User Interface]]: There's no
* [[Video Game Caring Potential]]: Will you protect your intel and teammates with your life?
* [[Video Game Cruelty Potential]]: Or will you destroy your team's defenses and teamkill them?
* [[Water Is Blue]]: Averted. It can any color of the rainbow.▼
* [[War Is Hell]]: A common saying among the playerbase.
* [[Wartime Cartoon]]: A few of them exist for the game, as well as propaganda for the two teams.
▲* [[Water Is Blue]]: Averted. It can any color of the rainbow.
* [[X Meets Y]]: ''[[Minecraft]]'' meets ''[[
* [[Zerg Rush]]: Less experienced players often default to this. [[Reality Ensues|It seldom goes well.]]
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