Lame? Not Lame?

Corrado · March 2003

I just had an interesting game, resulted in me dropping a cc + ips inside a hive and shooting it to hell and back. In the rr, the aliens immediatly shouted "lame!". This seems to happen with jp rushing, 2 hive lockdown, and sometimes even tech up to ha/hmg vs fades. Now i ask this...why must players complain?

And that other question...what <b>isn't</b> lame?

tbZBeAst · March 2003

The way it goes some games, the only thing not lame for the opposing team, is losing to them.

I'm of the oppinion that virtually any tactic, if it works should be regarded as un-lame ("elite"?) - there are obvious exceptions to this, cheats exploits etc, and some tactics should be <i>avoided</i> because they aren't enjoyable for the other team (spawn rushing) but are valid nonetheless. I was told I was lame for siegeing a hive....phrr my ornamental siege cannon.....

Vimstl · March 2003

If you dropped a cc and ip in a hive location where there was already a hive, and your marines were able to build both of them unmolested by aliens, and then you took down their hive - then those aliens were LAME beyond belief.

You, on the other hand, are very creative. Good job. However, I must say that your strategy is a risky one - because if the aliens had their act together, they would have destroyed those structures and the marines trying to build them, and you would have been out a lot of res.

My philosophy - if it works, it's not lame, unless you do it OVER and OVER and OVER (like JP rush ...)

Ego · March 2003

lame;marine =>if<or

{= jetpack rush

{= heavy armor rush

{= upgrading weapons

joo = lame/noob ++

lame;Kharaa => if<or

{= hives=2+fades

{= teamwork if:as Kharaa

{= redemtion + use

if; Lame = Them, ; then lame = NS

exe.compile

compiling....10....20...30....40...50...60...70..80...90...100% - done

Finished Compile Ns.game

exe.Ns.game

-- = -- write

Ns = lame, any tactic when playing, that doesnt inculde rambos or soloing like CS

- = -
Ego
- = -

[FACT] - Sans Serif font rox

GWAR · March 2003

Nothing is lame, Except for people using known exploits.

Tech rushing is near impossible for aliens to counter, but its a perfectly legit tactic to use.

Supernorn · March 2003

the only thing i think is lame is when the gorges hide in their defence tower fortresses when the last hive dies.
very annoying indeed....unless they manage to get the hive up afterwards..

killswitch · March 2003

To me, the "funnest" games are the ones where the aliens get fades, and the marines get HA/HMG (in sufficient quantities and managed appropriately). THAT is what NS should be.

typicalskeleton · March 2003

whoa.. I disagree, killswitch.

why should ns be about heavy armor vs. powerful aliens?.. what is this, dm?

ns is should be about a lot more than that, IMO. should be much deeper. though that may be the most fun to you, that's fine.

ViolenceJack · March 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (supernorn2000)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>the only thing i think is lame is when the gorges hide in their defence tower fortresses when the last hive dies.
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Marines can also do this but they dont need no thing healing them. plus its annoying the way the comm neva comes out of the cc when there are no ips left and u gotta destroy it and then kill him making it a complete waste of time.

somin that is lame is normaly somin that is annoying and there isnt really anyway to get around it. Like jp/hmg rushing (plus jp is bugged, sometimes u hit some one with jp loads and they dont die <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif'>)

scanning shouldnt work for seige cannons as well. lets get those scared **** marines out of there holes for once and attack.

Aldaris · March 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (typicalskeleton @ Mar 3 2003, 11:01 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> whoa.. I disagree, killswitch.

why should ns be about heavy armor vs. powerful aliens?.. what is this, dm?

ns is should be about a lot more than that, IMO. should be much deeper. though that may be the most fun to you, that's fine. </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'>
Thats not what he means. When you have ha hmg vs fades, its mid to end game, the greatest tactical options are present and it can swing either way. Everything you do at this point changes the outcome of the game

ainfect · March 2003

the thing that makes me sick about this game is that the loser are such SORE losers. everything is lame when they lose. or their comm was a noob, or the aliens did this exploit and that exploit, or whatever. makes me sick sometimes. i just laugh at those who shout lame as they head to the ready room...

GWAR · March 2003

I have a special bind...

Bind m "Say You died."

Push M when someone says "WTH!!!11oneone" or "OMG"

Torgo · March 2003

Wow, Ego, I respect you much more and realize your awesomeness since you replied that way, You're cool!

Savant · March 2003

There are plenty of things that ARE lame, and I don't think we need to list them. Bunny hopping like a noob on crack is lame. However, what I find interesting, is that the design of the game is such that all of these 'lame' tactics are strictly used by marines. I can barely think of one 'lame' alien tactic. (gorge web as an attack, but most say if you can't kill a gorge then webs are not the problem.)

All the other cheap tactics are exclusively the marine territory, which tends to support the balance issues in the current build.

I'm sure there will be less of these 'lame' tactics in the game once 1.1 comes out and removes most of them.

Regards,

Savant

ViolenceJack · March 2003

tbh the worst ppl are the ones that just leave the second they think there gonner lose and not saying anythin.

Lead · March 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>CODE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='CODE'>lame;marine =>if<or</td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'>

what kind of lame language is this? <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'>

Roobubba · March 2003

I just killed two marines in less than a second (yeah I know they were hurt) through webbing and healspraying them on tanith.

If you ask me, they weren't lame, they were unlucky <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'>

Da_Sarge · March 2003

Most tactics that people can't counter, or can't come up with a counter quick enough, will be considered lame.

Ankan · March 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (supernorn2000 @ Mar 3 2003, 05:29 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> the only thing i think is lame is when the gorges hide in their defence tower fortresses when the last hive dies.
very annoying indeed....unless they manage to get the hive up afterwards.. </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'>
Or when they've built DC's in some really strange place, choosed regeneration and sit in a vent healing over and over and over...

EDIT: Changed build to built.

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