"I hate you campers! Everybody bloody hates you!" -Demoman
Tired of people incessantly firing overpowered rockets into your spawn? Can't get out of spawn because a Spy is stabbing you from across the map? Let the Spawnkill Ion Cannon handle them.
The Spawnkill Ion Cannon is a mechanic on UberUpgrades player-versus-player servers that punishes spawn campers. UberUpgrades higher-ups do not like spawn camping. Although nobody knows where the beam originates, the SIC's beam is sure to set back whomever it hits.
How the SIC works[]
The SIC works on a strike principle. Upon killing a player located in a protected spawn area, a text warning will appear in the chat that reads "Warning: Spawnkill (1)" in bright red. This is the one warning the system will give. This strike lasts for the remainder of the player's in-game life.
If the player kills another player in a protected area, the SIC will deploy. The message in the chat reads "Spawnkill Ion Cannon deployed." Targeting columns of blue light that extend to the sky surround the offender in a cage formation that gradually tightens. The player is frozen in place, though they can still attack. After about five seconds, a huge laser blasts down from the sky and obliterates the offender instantly. A huge cloud of thick smoke and a telltale ring of energy dissipate from the blast site. This laser cannot be blocked by resistances whatsoever.
To further discourage spawn camping, the SIC leaves a temporary debuff on the offender. This debuff disables all the offender's upgrades for 2 minutes, causing him/her to be set severely back.
Cons of the SIC[]
Though the SIC does its purpose well, it has a few drawbacks:
- The SIC's blast has an immense blast radius. This can result in being killed from across the map, even if players dealt no damage to players in spawn.
- On some maps, the mechanic will cause a double standard. Players in protected areas may fire out into the battlefield while players outside cannot stop them without being punished. This may happen on Dustbowl Stage 1 and Badwater Basin's first spawn area, both for BLU.
- Sometimes the SIC's beam will not disable upgrades. It might not be enabled on that particular server or day, or may be disabled altogether.