Thanks Thanatos, that was the funniest thing I've read in a long time. Every server should have a skulk-herder. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
Love the story, I love when that stuff actually works, and the marines are like.....*whistleing building*do do dodooooo...*taptita tapita tapitatap* Wha...*turns around* AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!
Just thought I'd be the first to point out Flay's post muahaha <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
I've been part of a massive organised skulk rush about three times, and each time we won, from marines securing a second hive to us taking it back and eventually winning the game...
My most favourite one was on ns_nancy. The marines had secured subspace very well... They had so many turrets there I'm suprised it didn't crash the server <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo--> lol... even the vents above subspace had mines in them placed by jetpackers...
We decided to try to take subspace back, but soon realised it was too well secured to have one skulk run in at a time and get slaughtered by the turrets while trying to chomp their phase gate, so one geezar on voicecomm told all skulks to meet at Engine (our only hive) and we all happily obliged... (he had a real go at the only one that didn't come down - lol - but we decided afterwards to do without him (maybe he had voice turned off or something))... We agreed for all skulks to go only for the phase gate, take it down before the turrets got us lol...
So we set off... this was probobly the most fun part of the whole thing... seeing about seven of us rushing down a corridor was hilarious... I felt very secure in that group - lol - who wouldn't?
We hit the hive, phase gate went down almost automatically lol .... most of us then died by the turrets, but getting the hive back was pretty easy after that... We all just ran down and took down those turrets, joined this time by that one skulk who decided to simply wander around instead of attack with us...
We ended up winning that game too in the end... taking back the mother hive with fades was a simple enough job <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo--> Gosh that was fun <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
GrendelAll that is fear...Join Date: 2002-07-19Member: 970Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor, NS2 Playtester
Course, that kind of tsunami type skulk action becomes vastly less effective in clan play, because FF means that even if you don't kill another skulk, a single hit will strip away about 1/3 of his health.
<!--QuoteBegin--Coyote399+Mar 24 2003, 10:33 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Coyote399 @ Mar 24 2003, 10:33 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin--Codeman+Mar 24 2003, 09:45 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Codeman @ Mar 24 2003, 09:45 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> one marine cannot 0wn 5 skulks, unless he mine spams a corridor (walls, roof and floor) and waits at the other end....
-- Codeman <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> neg, ive done it <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> I've done it too. 4 with one LMG round and 1 more with my pistol. They weren't carapaced, though.
The worst thing to ever happen is be in a huge pack, then find a squad of marines at the end of a long, long corridor mow you all down. It's a mixed blessing however because then it shows marine teamwork, another oddity on publics.
Oh my God, you just ripped me up bad <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo--> Great to see that at least someone still cares for REAL teamwork <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
Heck, might even try that meself sometime <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
Lol, that skulk herder was probably me, i do that in almost every game i go in as alien. I even got 14 people in a 32 player server once to rally and attack a hive. Needless to say we still lost (they had ha and hmg) but we held them off for a good 30+ minutes.
I've had a similar experience but it didn't end happily.
The map was Nothing. We started in Power Silo. Right away 4 of the 8 people on the team said "we need to rush to cargo" So i figured we wouldnt get another marine cargo rush because the aliens actually know what to do. All eight of us show up to cargo only to see 7 marines. In a hail of bullets and flashing teethwe kill all but 2 marines but all fall. By the time we get back to cargo they have re located. Ok one guy goes gorge and the rest of us try to contain the marines. We get Viaduct up. Our gorge relocates to Red Room to try and seal it off. Several marines try and push for Viaduct. 4 alines stay at Via to hold back the marines. The others are on RT hunting duty. A couple of minutes later someone over voice com screams OMG SILO! All us skulks dutifully run off to Silo 3 HMG/HA marines 3 hmg/jp marines, good bye silo, we barely had enough time to get 3 fades and 2 of them died defending Silo, the last one dies trying to kill the marine pack heading for Via. By the time those HA's get to Via we are all respawned as skulks. It was a long and drwan out battle for Via. We stopped 3 HA/HMG rushes as skulks. Anytime they tried to build a TF all 8 of us ran out as one chomped the TF and any marines around and ran back to the hive for healing. Finnaly the marines made it to the floor in Viaduct and we stopped one more rush before we had no chance. The marines left one guy up top to build a phase as the other 6 continued to rush the hive. Best game I ever lost.
That_Annoying_KidSire of TitlesJoin Date: 2003-03-01Member: 14175Members, Constellation
<!--QuoteBegin--MMZ>Torak+Apr 7 2003, 05:44 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (MMZ>Torak @ Apr 7 2003, 05:44 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Best game I ever lost. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> NS is all about having fun! <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo--> losing uber fun games is more than alright with me
Ive had a similar experience. On a 12 vs 12 game, we where 5 mariens, and out of a vent a WATERFALL of skulks appered (around 9 of them total I think). Of cource they got torn apart, too bad for them we all had HA and HMG.
That's a really great story. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
We need more skulks to take charge like that one did.
I just re-read the initial post, still makes me laugh <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
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Teamplay is king.
My most favourite one was on ns_nancy. The marines had secured subspace very well... They had so many turrets there I'm suprised it didn't crash the server <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo--> lol... even the vents above subspace had mines in them placed by jetpackers...
We decided to try to take subspace back, but soon realised it was too well secured to have one skulk run in at a time and get slaughtered by the turrets while trying to chomp their phase gate, so one geezar on voicecomm told all skulks to meet at Engine (our only hive) and we all happily obliged... (he had a real go at the only one that didn't come down - lol - but we decided afterwards to do without him (maybe he had voice turned off or something))... We agreed for all skulks to go only for the phase gate, take it down before the turrets got us lol...
So we set off... this was probobly the most fun part of the whole thing... seeing about seven of us rushing down a corridor was hilarious... I felt very secure in that group - lol - who wouldn't?
We hit the hive, phase gate went down almost automatically lol .... most of us then died by the turrets, but getting the hive back was pretty easy after that... We all just ran down and took down those turrets, joined this time by that one skulk who decided to simply wander around instead of attack with us...
We ended up winning that game too in the end... taking back the mother hive with fades was a simple enough job <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo--> Gosh that was fun <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
-- Codeman <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
neg, ive done it <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
I've done it too. 4 with one LMG round and 1 more with my pistol. They weren't carapaced, though.
Heck, might even try that meself sometime <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
Keep up the good work. <!--emo&::skulk::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/skulk.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='skulk.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--emo&::skulk::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/skulk.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='skulk.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--emo&::skulk::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/skulk.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='skulk.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--emo&::skulk::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/skulk.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='skulk.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--emo&::skulk::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/skulk.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='skulk.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--emo&::skulk::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/skulk.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='skulk.gif'><!--endemo-->
The map was Nothing. We started in Power Silo. Right away 4 of the 8 people on the team said "we need to rush to cargo" So i figured we wouldnt get another marine cargo rush because the aliens actually know what to do. All eight of us show up to cargo only to see 7 marines. In a hail of bullets and flashing teethwe kill all but 2 marines but all fall. By the time we get back to cargo they have re located. Ok one guy goes gorge and the rest of us try to contain the marines. We get Viaduct up. Our gorge relocates to Red Room to try and seal it off. Several marines try and push for Viaduct. 4 alines stay at Via to hold back the marines. The others are on RT hunting duty. A couple of minutes later someone over voice com screams OMG SILO! All us skulks dutifully run off to Silo 3 HMG/HA marines 3 hmg/jp marines, good bye silo, we barely had enough time to get 3 fades and 2 of them died defending Silo, the last one dies trying to kill the marine pack heading for Via. By the time those HA's get to Via we are all respawned as skulks. It was a long and drwan out battle for Via. We stopped 3 HA/HMG rushes as skulks. Anytime they tried to build a TF all 8 of us ran out as one chomped the TF and any marines around and ran back to the hive for healing. Finnaly the marines made it to the floor in Viaduct and we stopped one more rush before we had no chance. The marines left one guy up top to build a phase as the other 6 continued to rush the hive. Best game I ever lost.
NS is all about having fun!
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losing uber fun games is more than alright with me
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We need more skulks to take charge like that one did.