My thoughts about ENSL gathers as an average pub player
Fule
Join Date: 2009-06-04 Member: 67683Members
Join Date: 2009-06-04 Member: 67683Members
I've wanted to play in a gather for quite some time, but there was none when I had the time, but today (just now) I finally got the chance. I did not expect to play against THAT highly skilled players. As a marine I probably got 3 kills in one round (all skulks), but man, it was impossible to kill any fades - to be honest, I couldn't even find the fade dancing around me!
So it was not hard to decide that competetive games are absolutely not for me, I rather stay in pubs where I count as average or a little better than average, but in gathers I'm just a target.
As a skulk it was pretty much impossible for me to get kills, so I ended up with just 2 kills (one as skulk, one as fade).
Also pistol scripts look awesome.
So it was not hard to decide that competetive games are absolutely not for me, I rather stay in pubs where I count as average or a little better than average, but in gathers I'm just a target.
As a skulk it was pretty much impossible for me to get kills, so I ended up with just 2 kills (one as skulk, one as fade).
Also pistol scripts look awesome.
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http://forums.unknownworlds.com/discussion/119466/ensl-gathers/p1
Maybe as a 500 ping gorge.
Most good players can, and if you can't you just need practice at it.
I hope you didn't get too scared of the skill-level in ENSL gathers, since it's not always the case, and you'll find that in no time you'll probably be on the same level as the majority of the people there if you keep on taking part. Sure, you'll find your odd Tane or Fana there every now and then, but it should be a privilege to play alongside or against them, and a chance to learn, especially when the setting provides you with a team capable of beating them.
As an alternative to ENSL gathers, I'd like to make a small effort to advertise the IRC channel for international NS2 gathers:
#ns2.gather @ quakenet
We'd love to see more people on this channel, since it's a great and easy way for people to play gathers. You can just idle on the channel, check it every now and then, and add yourself to the pool if you feel like kicking ass in a 6vs6 NS2. The channel is by no means a replacement for ENSL gathers, and the most sensible thing to do would be to add yourself in both the channel gather and ENSL gather and see which one fires up first.
We've got some immensely good experience on the IRC gathers in the Finnish community, with 129 gathers played in 3-4 months (that's more than one per day on average!), and 10 gathers on a single day has happened multiple times so far. So if you're a Finn, please join the IRC channel #ns2gatheri @ quakenet (note the 'i' in the end and no dot in the middle), if not, then join #ns2.gather for the greater good.
Come on people, show us Finns that we're not the only ones who want to play some mind-blowing NS2 competitive action!
multiple binds for attacking allows it. thats what i do.
It's edak~
That's an example of a speed that can't be realistically obtained reliably. I direct your attention to the fact that his whole hand, save his index finger, leaves the mouse when doing that.
Good luck aiming at something like that.
It is possible to fire two bullets with the absolutely minimum delay between each shot. However, you can typically tell manual execution from a scripted one by the consistency.
It's fairly easy to do that, but you can't aim for sh*t when you do that. That video isn't proof of being able to fire as fast as a pistol script AND being able to aim well at the same time.
the more you know *star*
there are obvious users of pistol macros in E(N)SL, obviously you can fire that quickly but it still poses a massive advantage when you don't have to exert pressure constantly and have to re-aim after each shot as opposed to tracking and holding down a button, etc etc
I'm glad you decided to play in a pickup game, but I'm disappointed you didn't decide to stick with it! the skill variation in pickups is quite massive, if you keep queuing for it regularly you definitely will find a group of players you recognize who are around your skill level, and you can just queue with them and learn together which makes the process a lot more fun. I urge you to give it another few shots, they're just for fun anyway so no one should really get too worked up over playing with someone new, and it really is the only way you will improve. frankly we need more people like you who are willing to dive in and play !
He only has 1 finger on the mouse and that's firing the weapon at no point could he move the mouse let alone track and keep the firing speed.
Also this thread is not about pistol scripts, but ENSL gathers...
Combat might be good reflex practice, but if you want to get better in 6vs6 matches, you'll just have to play a lot more 6vs6 matches. Positioning and coordination is as important as aim, and you can't learn that in custom mapped 20-player combat servers.
After some of your posts concerning competitive players, your "skill" and how overrated/bad they are, I'd love for you to be able to play gathers.
Not necessarily because it'd be entertaining to spend a couple rounds stomping your teeth in, but because your presence would cause gathers to be constantly full as people lined up to do so.
Consistently with maintained accuracy on moving targets? It isn't.
The delay you can set between shots via any scripting tool is minuscule.
I signed up at ENSL and installed teamspeak (not mumble?
Yeah, I'm a nub, but I may not be the only one out there!
Any help gratefully received.
edit PS: I was worried about being picked as a captain and not having a clue what to do.
or just pm me ...
mIRC is what I use, but if you don't feel like idling on the channels all the time, you can just use webIRC in your browser (webchat.quakenet.org/) and join in whenever you feel like playing gathers.
Downloading a client software and idling is the best alternative, however, since can quickly check if other people are trying to start a gather.
All the rules for the gathers themselves are found on the channel, but it boils down to this: get Mumble, join your team's channel, join the server and play.