The "parasite Decoy Suicide Run"

slaps · March 2003

<div class="IPBDescription">Do you guys perform this unselfish act?</div> Yeah I started doing this 'cos basically it makes sense! <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'>

Got half your health, been "para'd". Simply tell your comm to stop med spamming you and trot off in the opposite direction to the hive your team is trying to secure. You may waste a <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/skulk.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='skulk.gif'> along the way or draw a few of 'em away from your team-mates .

At least you won't die in vain! <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'> <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/asrifle.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='asrifle.gif'>

NecromanZer · March 2003

every time im parasited i suicide rush somewhere, its the best thing to do <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'>

only thing to do really

Sinister · March 2003

Heh, on a game not long ago I got parasited, so I loaded up on some ammo and ran off by myself and camped... I managed to take out 5 skulks before I died... <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'>

ZiGGY · March 2003

as a commander I need my boys at their stations, they already know youre there ffs. They wont have much of an advantage of knowing exactly where you are.

eaglec · March 2003

tell com your parasited and offer to be a decoy by all means but he may not want or need you to do that.

Ollj · March 2003

- if parasited
-- if i have important equipment
--- if there are lots of ppl around me going the same way -> go with them but stay behind
--- if not -> defend base
-- if not -> play catch with aliens going in a direction were NOBODY ELSE would go to.

see-you-in-disney-land · March 2003

Unless going for an ultra sneeky seige or pg I usually stay in the main group. It's going to be about ten seconds before an alien finds you even without parasite, and the extra gun comes in useful.

FlatlineUTD · March 2003

I'll either go off and scout, or I'll stay to defend the base and pretend I'm a building.

Keep in mind if you don't move, you show up exactly the same as a parasited building does.

Many times a greedy Skulk has come in expecting to take out an Arms Lab only to meet a shotgun barrel.

MedHead · March 2003

Yes, I do it often. However, I only run off by myself if the marine team hasn't yet gotten to the objective, and been spotted. If the aliens know we're there, there isn't much point running off by myself. Chances are it would only distract 1-2 of them. However, if the marines are on their way to the next objective, or they are there already and haven't yet been found, I will run off alone to keep the aliens away.

Error404 · March 2003

When I'm parasited, I always ask for a shotgun.

taboofires · March 2003

Shhhh 404, don't want people to think you're serious <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'>

If you aren't doing anything important, and you get parad, go ahead and die. Take out a res or dc while you're at it. Only problem: why aren't you doing something important (guard something, build something, group up and assault something)?

Of course, if the game's victor is decided without a doubt, go do whatever you feel like. Maybe even with a shotgun.

That_Annoying_Kid · March 2003

if it's parasited and it moves, and I have the time, I will try and go kill it, but another marine in the forward base means another gun I have to get thru, and you would help your team (which is what NS is all about) more

Error404 · March 2003

If you get parasited, basically it's your mission to die. Do it by typing 'kill' in the console, or go out in style, put a clip into a hive or take out a RT.

If you know where an empty res node is, you can go and sit there. The gorge won't even bother going to it, if he thinks its occupied. Sit there, and play a sad tune on your harmonica, LMG at your side, and pistol on your lap. Damn, marines, gotta be so tough.

sekdar · March 2003

when i'm parasited i usually wait for my comm to say, "okay, everyone move to <insert hive name here>" before i run off to a kharaa RT on the other side of the map and begin knifing it.

eaglec · March 2003

Pulling a stunt like that will really iritate a good comm. Unless he knows why your doing it, and you give him the option of countering your suicide run he may well write you off as a rambo/n00b for the rest of the game.
Communicate for christ sake. If you comm knows 3 marines out of the 4 he was going to send are parasited he can adjust his tactics. If not and he says "you 4 go here" and you all run of in the other direction like muppets he will most likely be very anoyed.

M-K · March 2003

When I'm pasasited I just sit and defend my base.

The aliens already know where the base is (if they aren't n00bs that it xD) and so it doesn't matter if they can see you on the hive site. They might not know that you are in your base, so they coming running in, and get turned into a stain by your LMG and/or turrets.

Also it does no harm having some extra defence while you comm is busy securing a hive. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'> <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/turret.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='turret.gif'> <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/turret.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='turret.gif'> <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/turret.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='turret.gif'> <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tiny.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tiny.gif'>

Immacolata · March 2003

Come on guys! Parasite isn't end of your spawn-cycle <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'> I don't give a rats arse about me having parasite UNLESS I am sent out on a Ninja Mission to lock down some hive or something Secret. Then I tell comm that I got parasite and he says "So what ,get going anyway" or "guard this, guard that". You can guard a nozzle and if it lasts one more minute because you defended it, that's more res to the Cause.

Only time I "Kill "myself is if I got low health and am in the base or Comm says "get to base for HA HMG" <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'>

Error404 · March 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Immacolata @ Mar 18 2003, 04:16 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Come on guys! Parasite isn't end of your spawn-cycle <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'>

 </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> 
I beg to differ, Parasite is a life threatening disease, and it's highly contagious.

Dunkin_Dynamite · March 2003

I always rambo whenever I can.

Generally if the comm needs my skills he will call upon me.

On good servers I will cooperate much more. In which case the comm will also trust my decision to rambo. I will no longer be among the best anyway so will wait until equipment spam to get my toys.

PS Of course I follow orders and such unless they are stupid. I use sense as well eg building arms lab upon spawn instead of humping. Stuff like that. Or take out hives, sneak phase, intercept reinforcements, etc but now a lot of those are ramboish anyway, so, in conclusion, I have fun <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'>

Eclipse · March 2003

I've actually lost a few crucial points on a map cuz I half of my squad got parasited and decided that running off was a better idea than killing that gorge about to build the wall of lame.

Aliens arent retarded folks, and unless their humping their gorge for a lil' bit o lovin' running off solo isnt going to save your team much, a patrolling skulk will find the marines en route and notify his/her team and then their all on their way to stop you.

The only 2 cases I ask for a death or a distraction run is when I <u>really</u> need to ninja my way into something, in which case I'll send a pair, 1 parasite, 1 no parasite off in common siege place or something; or if its in the beginning of the game I'll just have them ~kill so aliens arent tracking our intial movements easily.(Although this is usually nullified in about a minute or so by the paragraph above <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif'> )

Confused · March 2003

bind ";" "say_team IM PARASITED!!"
when parasited press ;

tehn stay still and let teh comm decide what you do

he says go kil ur self
you do
he says gaurd that**** RT you miserable****.
you do that
simple

HoMIciDaL_PuPPy · March 2003

yeh i usually suicide rush to outside of their hive but i dont do it right <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'> i dont die till after i kill like 4 skulkies! what kinda suicide is that :/ lol

ripped0ff · March 2003

When I'm 'sited I do one of two things:

1. Offer to play welder man/builder/base defender if it's early game and your comm is struggling to build in your base or a hive you've secured.

2. Mention to the comm that I'm 'sited and aks if he'd like to use me as a decoy.

However, don't forget that just because you aren't 'sited you can still play a decoy. More then once I've drawn away attention from a column of approaching rambos by knifing a res node or just LMGing a hive. Pump one clip into a hive, and every Kharaa this side of the Mississippi will come running.

Thanatos121 · March 2003

Parasite can be a pain, but as was mentioned before, it's not the end of the world. I mean - if you kill yourself after getting tagged, then the skulk's dweeby little ability has suddenly become an uber powerful sniper rifle <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'>

Often, the aliens know where the marine strike team is since they'll be chatting over voice comm. What one alien sees is probably known by the rest of the team regardless of hivesight. You're not losing a huge stealth element...unless you're doing something really sneaky (Secret PG or Siege) as was mentioned.

The real key is to realize whether or not you have motion tracking. If you do, then you and the aliens are simply on an even footing. Marines have the range advantage - if both a marine and an alien can see each other coming, the marine will come out on top.

Black_Ops_Lerk_Master · March 2003

I remeber on bast i was playing a 4vs4 and i was on marines, aliens had one hive and we were going to take refinery. I am shooting at a gorge and i get parasited, i think no worries i'll die soon now.

I stayed alive a while and forgot i had the parasite, and when we went to refinery comm told us to crouch walk so we wouldnt make noise and i remebered. It was like 'stop making all that noise dont want aliens to find us' me: 'umm....i have a parasite'

The "parasite Decoy Suicide Run"

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