Lol, it doesn't count if they suck. I've taken on 6 bot skulks at once with a knife, just because I could stay behind them and circle strafe with more control. Obviously, that doesn't count. Knife is only last resort against anyone paying attention/not disoriented. However, sometimes you can crouch behind an onos, and he won't notice you (tend to get in a rage, feelings of invulnerability, etc)...
Well, when you unload a full lmg clip and one pistol into two onrushing skulks, the one you do not kill is guaranteed to be hurt. Knifing is the only way to go sometimes... <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
Yeah, against a halfway decent skulk: 0. Against absolute newbs, my record was like 6 with guns and a further three with knife before they brought me down. But again, that's like bragging about beating a parapalegic in a footrace.
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Well, normally only one or two. But once the rest of my team was dead, com mwas out of cc defending base and i was tuck with a knife versus the lurk that killed all my buds, and 5 skulks. I knew i couldnt run. Gritting my teath, i ran at them screaming "IF i go your going with me!" I jumped and to my suprise the lurk fell, another skulk leapt at me in time for me to turn around and knife him. Now i was cornered by 3 more ,and i let them have it as well. The last guy...well he parasited me and ran, i wisely ran towards base. But i was attacked along way, and i pulled down a few more. By this time ihh ad 3 hp i think, and i was almost home. Then i came face to face with an <!--emo&::onos::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tiny.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tiny.gif'><!--endemo--> and well, you can guess what happened next. I later did manage to kill him with a welder, he ran in as i was reapirng a turret and i thurst it in his face and got him <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
<!--QuoteBegin--Jim+Jan 27 2003, 05:53 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Jim @ Jan 27 2003, 05:53 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> knifing fades when they think they're safe under the umbra of their buddy is great fun <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Only from behind, because it doesn't take that much of an effort to take out slash and press fire two times. I've knifed a fade from the front once before... another marine just emptied a clip into while it was acid rocking him - dunno why the fade didn't slash, as it was almost point blank - and I was out of ammo due to another encounter, so I just took out my knife and charged the fade, swinging the knife, and killed it with the first hit <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo--> Sure, it doesn't take much skill, but it was funny as hell... the fade just stood there looking puzzled (and out of adren) while I ran at it with my knife.
the trick is crouch jumping - once we were welding open vent hive on caged, and i was covering, and all my mates died and i killed lotsa skulks but the game kidna depended on this so they were coming like nothing else, and i stayed alive for like 40+ seconsd just jumping in circles slashing while 5 skulks attacked me
<!--QuoteBegin--NecromanZer+Jan 27 2003, 11:15 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (NecromanZer @ Jan 27 2003, 11:15 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->the trick is crouch jumping - once we were welding open vent hive on caged, and i was covering, and all my mates died and i killed lotsa skulks but the game kidna depended on this so they were coming like nothing else, and i stayed alive for like 40+ seconsd just jumping in circles slashing while 5 skulks attacked me<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> Sorry to say it but in my opnion crouch jumping is an exploit. Ok it might take some skills to jump and crouch at the same time, I dont know since I dont do it, but your just taking advantage of the messed up hitboxes.
<!--QuoteBegin--NecromanZer+Jan 28 2003, 04:15 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (NecromanZer @ Jan 28 2003, 04:15 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> the trick is crouch jumping - once we were welding open vent hive on caged, and i was covering, and all my mates died and i killed lotsa skulks but the game kidna depended on this so they were coming like nothing else, and i stayed alive for like 40+ seconsd just jumping in circles slashing while 5 skulks attacked me <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> I don't wish to rain on your parade but crouch jumping is very close to 'cheating' as marines hit boxes are a bit screwy (so are aliens but thats another story) if you crouch jump you are effectively making your target area smaller than it should be - it's a bug not a feature and you were exploiting it. If this was not your intention then fair enough, you got lucky but I would not condone intentional use of this bug.
I have not gone for knife only attacks, my personal favourite knife killing spree was mid firefight, our second base was under very heavy attack and we were all going berserker trying to push the fades back, when I ran out of ammo I when kamakazi with the knife and took out 2 fades and a skulk after a health drop I chased a gorge down a dead end and finished him off too. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo--> My close second was after three of us ran into an onos' we kept runninga round lmg'ing but he got my friends and I ran out of ammo so I circle straffed and took him out in half a dozen knife slashes. We were all too busy laughing and celebrating our small victory when the second ono's wiped out me and the backup squad that had come to save me! We lost the game a few minutes later but it was nice to slash and onos.
<!--QuoteBegin--Okabore+Jan 28 2003, 12:03 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Okabore @ Jan 28 2003, 12:03 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Sorry to say it but in my opnion crouch jumping is an exploit. Ok it might take some skills to jump and crouch at the same time, I dont know since I dont do it, but your just taking advantage of the messed up hitboxes. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> So we are supposed to stand around and let skulks eat us?? <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif'><!--endemo-->
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Why the hell it took that many aliens to kill an out-of-ammo marine I'm not sure.
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I got a group of 3 health marines with my parasiting adrenaline skulk once...
I stood in a forest of DCs, pumping sites into them...that was really fun(made me play two hours longer than I first intended to...)
Against absolute newbs, my record was like 6 with guns and a further three with knife before they brought me down. But again, that's like bragging about beating a parapalegic in a footrace.
-K
Only from behind, because it doesn't take that much of an effort to take out slash and press fire two times. I've knifed a fade from the front once before... another marine just emptied a clip into while it was acid rocking him - dunno why the fade didn't slash, as it was almost point blank - and I was out of ammo due to another encounter, so I just took out my knife and charged the fade, swinging the knife, and killed it with the first hit <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
Sure, it doesn't take much skill, but it was funny as hell... the fade just stood there looking puzzled (and out of adren) while I ran at it with my knife.
Eater.
But I have also taken down a lerk and a skulk but i was in Heavy Armor so I dont think it counts
U stand there with a knife and let 2 skulks try and eat u. If on the server i play i will give a 100 $ if u can.
Sorry to say it but in my opnion crouch jumping is an exploit. Ok it might take some skills to jump and crouch at the same time, I dont know since I dont do it, but your just taking advantage of the messed up hitboxes.
I don't wish to rain on your parade but crouch jumping is very close to 'cheating' as marines hit boxes are a bit screwy (so are aliens but thats another story) if you crouch jump you are effectively making your target area smaller than it should be - it's a bug not a feature and you were exploiting it. If this was not your intention then fair enough, you got lucky but I would not condone intentional use of this bug.
I have not gone for knife only attacks, my personal favourite knife killing spree was mid firefight, our second base was under very heavy attack and we were all going berserker trying to push the fades back, when I ran out of ammo I when kamakazi with the knife and took out 2 fades and a skulk after a health drop I chased a gorge down a dead end and finished him off too. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo--> My close second was after three of us ran into an onos' we kept runninga round lmg'ing but he got my friends and I ran out of ammo so I circle straffed and took him out in half a dozen knife slashes. We were all too busy laughing and celebrating our small victory when the second ono's wiped out me and the backup squad that had come to save me! We lost the game a few minutes later but it was nice to slash and onos.
Also 2 onos shanked in one game was fun, but reduced by the fact that the same game my friend got 3 onos. (This was when they were still really buggy)
So we are supposed to stand around and let skulks eat us?? <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif'><!--endemo-->