Whine/praise
Naughty_Brembo
Join Date: 2002-05-30 Member: 701Members
Join Date: 2002-05-30 Member: 701Members
<div class="IPBDescription">letting off some steam</div> OK, this started out as a whine in my head but ends up as a big kudos to Flayra:
Last night, I had three games in a row lost because of ONE player:
1) Newb goes gorge and starts building OCs like there´s no tomorrow. Helpful hints to build upgrade chambers or res towers gets the reply: "we need defenses, n00b!". He then walks off on his own and soon gets killed near the marine base. "Please, man" I say, "youre wasting our resources, don´t get killed as a gorge!!" to which he replies "Aliens don´t share their resources, idiot!"
("Gah! Must...control...myself......aneurysm...rupturing......intracranial.....bleeding....")
The rest of that round went downhill in a hurry. We simply couldn´t rectify the situation fast enough with another gorge, so the marines had a walk in the park...and they werent even that good.
2) Another newb goes commander and starts off with 1IP 1TF 2SG....and no ammo dispenser. We beat off the first skulk rush, then a second one. Still no ammo dispenser, despite everyone telling him to build it. Giving up, I tell my team to go for eclipse (aliens had maint), thinking the ammo disp will surely come any second now and base defense can build it...We kill a few skulks in eclipse with our last pistol rounds and ask for ammo and a PG...no such luck. I died soon after that only to find the base still without an ammo dispenser, so I ask again that the comm drop one. "OK, sorry" hes says, and I relax...we can still get this squared away and win the round...
This is when he drops a comm chair in the middle of the base as the ammo counter on the LMG reaches 0.
We eventually get a new comm but never succeed in regaining the momentum. Game lost. Some friendly guy says "We all have to start somewhere" but man...a good place to start would be reading the manual.
3) This time, our decent comm manages to get phases up at generator and sewer vestibule...I tell the team to divide and cover both places, and we handle the skulks pretty well. After a while, though, both PGs are getting kind of yellow/red so I ask for a welder to fix them up. Comm drops it but this wanker picks it up and runs off somewhere, welding our base SGs as he goes. Me, knowing the phase gates are about to go down in a few bites, yells at him to "GO WELD THE PHASE GATES FAST!!!!"
A minute later both phases are dead and the slow march to oblivion begins. I reclaim the territory we´ve lost twice, but being somewhat alone I can´t hold it. We never get phases up again. (OK, so it wasn´t JUST that one guy who sucked, but it was his mistake that turned the game around.)
Conclusion: Thanks Flayra, you´ve really pulled off a game where every team member counts, team communication and cooperation wins the round. It´s a bit annoying when a crappy gorge/comm can wreck everything, but it´s worth the sacrifice IMHO. We could´ve had a twitch-god bunnyhopper on our team, and still would´ve lost.
You can be gaining ground and feel like you´re winning, but then one poor sap might steal that welder you needed and the tide turns...one small mistake, by one man. Aggravating, yes, but ultimately good for the game.
Bet you wish you could have your 2 minutes of your life back now, don´t you?
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Last night, I had three games in a row lost because of ONE player:
1) Newb goes gorge and starts building OCs like there´s no tomorrow. Helpful hints to build upgrade chambers or res towers gets the reply: "we need defenses, n00b!". He then walks off on his own and soon gets killed near the marine base. "Please, man" I say, "youre wasting our resources, don´t get killed as a gorge!!" to which he replies "Aliens don´t share their resources, idiot!"
("Gah! Must...control...myself......aneurysm...rupturing......intracranial.....bleeding....")
The rest of that round went downhill in a hurry. We simply couldn´t rectify the situation fast enough with another gorge, so the marines had a walk in the park...and they werent even that good.
2) Another newb goes commander and starts off with 1IP 1TF 2SG....and no ammo dispenser. We beat off the first skulk rush, then a second one. Still no ammo dispenser, despite everyone telling him to build it. Giving up, I tell my team to go for eclipse (aliens had maint), thinking the ammo disp will surely come any second now and base defense can build it...We kill a few skulks in eclipse with our last pistol rounds and ask for ammo and a PG...no such luck. I died soon after that only to find the base still without an ammo dispenser, so I ask again that the comm drop one. "OK, sorry" hes says, and I relax...we can still get this squared away and win the round...
This is when he drops a comm chair in the middle of the base as the ammo counter on the LMG reaches 0.
We eventually get a new comm but never succeed in regaining the momentum. Game lost. Some friendly guy says "We all have to start somewhere" but man...a good place to start would be reading the manual.
3) This time, our decent comm manages to get phases up at generator and sewer vestibule...I tell the team to divide and cover both places, and we handle the skulks pretty well. After a while, though, both PGs are getting kind of yellow/red so I ask for a welder to fix them up. Comm drops it but this wanker picks it up and runs off somewhere, welding our base SGs as he goes. Me, knowing the phase gates are about to go down in a few bites, yells at him to "GO WELD THE PHASE GATES FAST!!!!"
A minute later both phases are dead and the slow march to oblivion begins. I reclaim the territory we´ve lost twice, but being somewhat alone I can´t hold it. We never get phases up again. (OK, so it wasn´t JUST that one guy who sucked, but it was his mistake that turned the game around.)
Conclusion: Thanks Flayra, you´ve really pulled off a game where every team member counts, team communication and cooperation wins the round. It´s a bit annoying when a crappy gorge/comm can wreck everything, but it´s worth the sacrifice IMHO. We could´ve had a twitch-god bunnyhopper on our team, and still would´ve lost.
You can be gaining ground and feel like you´re winning, but then one poor sap might steal that welder you needed and the tide turns...one small mistake, by one man. Aggravating, yes, but ultimately good for the game.
Bet you wish you could have your 2 minutes of your life back now, don´t you?
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Comments
We all have them games sometimes..these people are obviously total n00bs and as you (and i) say.....a good place for them to start would be to read the manual...
some people however are incredibly arrogant...even if your actions win the game..because they are not considered traditional methods..the player is considered insane and a total n00b..i would go into how i came about this theory, but im sure no-one actually cares...