Alright, so if you have made it to this second tutorial, you have either already known the basics and how to code spawn/attack/etc. skills, or you just read my first tutorial and are moving on to bigger and better things.  Originality is a big factor in races, that means no copy and pasting.  Custom races help you learn more, think differently, and become popular like no other.  First off, if you made it to here, you must know that after my first tutorial you took my advice and learned a bit more on your own.  This is a little more aspected tutorial, so if you are not up to par with understanding everything after the first tutorial and from basic knowledge of looking at someone elses coding and getting the jist, then you may be lost away down the road.  This tutorial is to help strengthen your originality and make you more popular then being the kid that sits at a computer screen 24/7.  Anyways, either go back and learn some more, or we can get at it and Code On!

Originality seems to be a key factor to get people's attentions.  It doesn't matter how little, how obvious, or how extravagent it may be, anything is original.  Take this for example, wcs is not the only mod out there, so why not use that idea to your advantage.  Make a mod race for instance.  Here are a list of mods/games that I know of for people to get a general idea on what they can do...

Sticky Nades
Gun Game
Rpg Gun Game
WCS Mod
Zombie Mod
Half-Life
FEAR
Team Fortress
etc...

Why did I mention these random games?  Because it is time to get original.  Each one of these have an idea towards a race if you look hard enough.  Take sticky nades for instance.  You can make a sticky nade race, where one skill can be sticky nades, another gives unlimited nades, and another gives extra nade damage, with for just giggles and lasts, make a sticky atom bomb ultimate .  See, basically anything can be made in to a race, even things we see in every day life.

Trees
Cats
Dogs
Teachers
Birds
Gangs
Students
Books
etc.

Each one of these can be put in to a race idea if you just thought hard enough.  Trees can have a skin of a tree, which can be found in the hl2 files everyone has when owning a server.  They can also have a skill called breeze, which allows you to jump high, or you can have the ultimate idea timber, which paralyzes people in a certain radius around where you fell.  Say like if you jumped in the air, if freezes you, sets god mod on you, sets your gravity to 10000, then unfreezes you, set a delay to the point where you just fell, get the radius, and stun the people into a shake/freeze/foggy vision.  Trust me, this ultimate is hillarious and works.  It is also original and something people would want to look at and see how it works, but the best part is it is EASY.  All of it is basic commands with nothing tricky.  Do not overcomplicate things or everything will turn to crap and/or not work.

All this tutorial is made for is to motivate you guys into making something original rather then the usual copy and paste crap, no offense.  Anything can be made, it just takes you to try and learn it.  Thanks, and Code On!

-Zawmbee

Thanks, I think lol.  What's with the irony?

You removed my post which had my egg nog christmas special, and called it offensive?
then you make a christmas special post and copy my idea into your own version of a shopmenu item?

So Basically you took a post on originality of all things and deleted my post and then copied it? (SUPER IRONY)

Try finding something that shows it is copy and paste...  You can think what you want, but you helped give me the idea to make a present one.  However, I did not copy and paste...
Other then that, I took your topic off because one you were advertising your stuff on this column and two there are people who look at this tutorial and you say they won't make it as a coder if they do?  I am sorry if you are getting pissed, but that is not my intentions...

Mine:
Chance to either be faster, jump higher, jump longer, be less visible, be a headcrab, have more hp, get more xp, receive more money,have an m4a1 with increased clip and ammo, respawn, have a speed... gravity... longjump combo, be a bird, or get nothing for Christmas, all with different gift names.  Will be adding more as well...

Yours:
Chance to add health, faster, set gravity with long jump, give regeneration, deal damage to yourself, give exp, reduce your speed, poison yourself, and do nothing.

Some have same skills, but it looks like it is not the same coding, however.  Anyways, like I said, you gave me the idea just like when I see a batman movie I get the idea to make Batman, or The Joker.  Anyways, think what you want.

Well, it doesn't have to be the same exact skills, but it's not original. The idea of T.C was to have a random choice, with effects that could help/not help you in gameplay. That was T.C idea on his code. Your's (If I'm correct) had the same outline, just different effects. It was new, not copy and paste, but it was not original (Oh the irony)

im not sure how the words tutorial and originality are in the same sentance

Lol, changed it...  Made it called Keeping it Original