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Revision as of 08:49, 13 October 2019

Laughter
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Basic Information
Developer(s): {{{map-developer}}}
Map Info
Environment: Carnival / Halloween
Setting: Night
Hazards: Crocodiles,
Underworld
Map Photos
Loading screen photos.
Map Overview
Laughter overview.png
Map Stamp
Item icon Map Stamp - Laughter.png
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The ride never ends... no refunds!

Laughter is a fast-paced King of the Hill event map with a focus on chaos and interaction. With a handful of fully-functioning carnival games, exploding balloons, and an otherworldly Funhouse, there's something for everyone on the pier - after all, you can't spell Slaughter without... Laughter!
Laughter publicity blurb

Laughter is a community-made King of the Hill map released during the Scream Fortress 2019 update. It is a Halloween version of the custom map Slaughter.

Laughter was contributed to the Steam Workshop.

Features

Underworld

Similar to other Scream Fortress maps, Laughter features an underworld section. Periodically, doors near the control point will open, which contain a portal to the underworld. This section requires players to navigate down a randomly generated underworld, which will contain 3 of the following:

  • A twisted room
  • A rotating room
  • A room with bouncing pads that bounce with unusual direction and force*
  • A room with zig-zagging floors and ceilings
  • A room with slanted platforms and rings of fire in between them*
  • A room with a conveyor belt moving backward*
  • An upside-down room where players must climb on a mantle to exit
  • A room with several different doors in a hallway
  • A room that gets increasingly small as you go along, with the exit being so small players must crouch to fit through

* = It is possible to die in that room (via a bottomless pit)

There is a small chance for the Bombinomicon to place a bomb on your head if you stay inside it for too long. Players may not place buildings in these rooms. Stepping into the last portal instantly teleports the player back into the main map, and grants invulnerability, a 200% overheal, a speed boost, and a crit boost for a limited time.

Locations

RED Side
  • Badlands Bandito: The titular carnival game is located inside of RED's spawn room. Upon hitting the BLU target 10 consecutive time, the player will be rewarded with a Halloween pumpkin. However, if the player hits a RED target, the carnival game will be reset.
  • Bottle Buster: Another carnival game, seemingly out of order.
  • Gift Shop: An out-of-bounds decorative building.
  • Sawmill of Love, upper Point flank. This building allows for classes to travel between RED spawn and the opposite side of the control point. This building also houses one half of the conveyor belts.
  • Log Chute of Love, lower Point flank. This functions much the same as the Sawmill of Love, taking a lower route underneath the building.
  • Train Ride, Point.
  • Mad Mansion, Hall of Hales, upper Point flank.


BLU Side
  • Pirates Plunder, BLU Spawn.
  • Pumpkin Smash, a decrepit carnival game.
  • Arcade, another inaccessible building.
  • Monster Basher, lower Point flank. This mirrors the Log Chute of Love.


Central Point
  • Conveyor Belts: These belts flank the sides of the control point, allowing classes to drop in from the buildings.
  • Underpass: A small corridor runs under the point, surrounded by environmental hazards in the form of crocodiles.
Underworld

See Features for a full list of rooms.

Strategy

Update history

October 10, 2019 Patch (Scream Fortress 2019)

  • Added Laughter to the game.

October 11, 2019 Patch

  • Updated koth_slaughter_event.
    • Fixed players being able to survive and build in the crocodile pit.
    • Fixed an issue with the conveyor in the Funhouse.

Trivia

  • A skull with a glowing blue eye with the upper part of a Paka Parka can be found in an inaccessible area on the terrace behind the BLU spawn. This is a reference to Sans, a character from the game Undertale.
  • A Sledder's Sidekick wearing a Scout's headset can be found looking at a group of monitors within one the ending sections of the Underworld. This is a reference to the secret "Dog Ending" of the game Silent Hill 2.
  • The map contains multiple Easter eggs referencing popular online streamers:
    • One of the two shops behind RED spawn is named Vinny's Water Ice. This is a reference to streamer and founder of Vinesauce, Vinesauce Vinny.
    • Behind the window on the upper floor of the RED tunnel, a skull with glowing red eyes can be seen, wearing a blue Toadstool Topper with Grenadier Helm's horns. This is a reference to fellow Vinesauce streamer, Vargskelethor Joel.
    • There is an attraction just outside of RED spawn called J. Elbertson's Robotic Sideshow. This is a reference to another popular streamer, Jerma985.
  • There is a broken Horseless Headless Horsemann animatronic in the sewer tunnel under RED spawn.
  • In the gift shop, license plates reading "BORT" can be found. This is a reference to a joke in the "Itchy & Scratchy Land" episode of The Simpsons.
  • The posters for "Yeti Cakes" labeled as extinct may be a reference to Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee, specifically a poster in the game's intro for a product called "Meech Munchies".
  • A green skull wearing a Pyromancer's Hood can be found behind the Madd Manor building on the roof. This skull bears a resemblance to Skeletor, the main antagonist of the Masters of the Universe franchise.
  • A skull with red eyes tipping an Ebenezer can be found in the queue area above the gift shop. This is a reference to the titular character of the internet meme "Mr. Bones' Wild Ride".
  • A dog can be found controlling a large computer system in the underworld. This is a reference to a secret ending in the Konami game Silent hill 2.

Bugs

  • Rocket jumping in the underworld room with the bouncing pads will give the effects of leaving the underworld (crits, uber, chat text), but without actually leaving the underworld

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