Love Shacking

Sukit

<div class="IPBDescription">Dc's in the Vent after gg</div> You all know it, the long held ritual of shacking it up in the vents with 2 dcs after the alien team has been pwned.

Ive enjoyed the odd love shack in my time, was just wondering wat ppls thought on them were and if they thought it was time for them to go.

To stop people shacking would be easy, just remove the dc's (or all upgrade chambers) ability to heal after all 3 hives were killed.

I find shacking pretty annoying at times, but i also think its a classic part of the game and would be sad to see it go in some regards.
Wat ya wreckon ppl?

Sukit.

BadMouth

You lose means you lose. dont drag it opn. its kinda like spawn camping. You win already but u just drag the game on. in this case, u lose already but u somehow drag the game. sure, it is fun for the guy hiding but annoying for his teamates. Of course, there is this magical button called F4.

coris

Just siege the dcs, that's what I always do when I comm. There's also the possibility of JPs, mineladders and boosting marines. Love shacks are fine.

SLizer

One place you can only get by jps is the eclipse ms-horse vent. Once ha 10 min ownage there due hive rush start <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> (no sieges dont make it!)

Zaggy

Dragging the game is sooo annoying, it is for the losing team that is waiting for the end.

Twelve

Lol @ love shacking, first time I've heard it being called that. It depends on the people you're playing with really. I don't mind it, just last night a fade got welded to death by 5 heavies while sitting in his loveshack - good times.

TOmekki

i love admins that kick/ban if you f4 because of the occasional idiot venthugger gorge.

SuitePee

Love shacking; keep it on. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
The marines would do the same if they had the chance,believe me. You don't tell me they don't jp away and hide sumwhere. The aliens wouldn't need the dc's if they didn't start dying once the hives went down.
In that way the marines have the 'advantage' of being able to move freely after they lose it all.
Perhaps it's time the aliens didn't suffer this,or the marines should...... <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->

TOmekki

the end-game hassle with hiding marines and vent gorges IS NOT natural selection, its pure stupidity and wastes everyones time.

not every lame act can be countered with tweaking the game some more, thats why there is F4.

by the way, in b5 with the spawn-dead-after-game-start bug/something, i suggest that if the game starts with the marine team having half or more players dead, just f4. and start a new round. earlygame is what matters most, and if half the marine team is dead then.. gg.

Akalamanaia

Actually it totally serves to the title of Natural Selection, its all about adaptation. I managed to many times hide in vent with few dc's and a SC and few oc's and wait for the marines leave(they didn't leave any pgs or anything), and i set up the hive, and managed to come back(admittetly, the SC just and just covered the hive with its cloak, otherwise the rines wouldve killed it when they scouted the hive 2 times). But if you camp in the vent and don't wait for best chance to get a hive up for one last time, thats laming, but some people just want to wait until they get a chance to atleast try set up a hive and try a comeback.

aonomus

<!--QuoteBegin-TOmekki+Jan 31 2005, 04:56 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (TOmekki @ Jan 31 2005, 04:56 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> i love admins that kick/ban if you f4 because of the occasional idiot venthugger gorge. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
rofl at that too...

Sukit

just it sorta gets annoying if ppl set out to shack it up from like midway through the game.

you get people who go "oh well all is lost time to shack" even if theres still potential for the team to win, but there too busy wasting res doing nothing.

Sukit.

Cerebral

<!--QuoteBegin-Akalamanaia+Jan 31 2005, 07:29 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Akalamanaia @ Jan 31 2005, 07:29 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Actually it totally serves to the title of Natural Selection, its all about adaptation. I managed to many times hide in vent with few dc's and a SC and few oc's and wait for the marines leave(they didn't leave any pgs or anything), and i set up the hive, and managed to come back(admittetly, the SC just and just covered the hive with its cloak, otherwise the rines wouldve killed it when they scouted the hive 2 times). But if you camp in the vent and don't wait for best chance to get a hive up for one last time, thats laming, but some people just want to wait until they get a chance to atleast try set up a hive and try a comeback. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
sounds like you were playing some retarded **** marines...drawing out the endgame with no chance of winning is stupid and boring

f4 and get it over with kthx

SLizer

Cerebral I know your gorg on matches but do you do anything else?
I might guess you go rt-chomp?

Omega_Death

I love making Fatty Forts. I know it's annoying but any marine with a grenade launcher can handle them.

TOmekki

<!--QuoteBegin-Omega Death+Jan 31 2005, 11:42 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Omega Death @ Jan 31 2005, 11:42 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I love making Fatty Forts. I know it's annoying but any marine with a grenade launcher can handle them. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
you know its annoying? then why keep doing it? sure any marine with a gl can handle it, but VERY few of your teammates can. do them a favour: stop f***ing around, and realise the game is already lost.

edit: flipping word filter

DC_Darkling

I do not mind this as it keeps the game going on another point. Its just another step.
If you got a team not being able to get the kharaa in under 2 minutes, there all idiots.

Smae for kharaa not finding that one hiding rine. hehe

Apos

Wasn't there a build where the loss of the last hive disabled all chamber effects? Or was that just a custom mod?

Fire_Eel

Dragging the game on through "houses" is just another form of gameplay. I like it too, esp when I am the gorge itself, or the jetpack marine who goes around looking for the house.

Alkiller

21 siege salute.

SDJason

U want a fun time... go on a 12V12 Server on the Map tanith

Get ur aliens to ALL go gorge in that vent by waste (the room with 2 entrances... make lots of d chambers and tell the marines they cant GL or Siege you

Spit spam and watch the fun commence.....


Medspam/Welder heavies crouch walking down that channel in a fury of 12 gorges spitting... or trying to tower in the other way while getting spit to death

Oh my god

If the marines arent lame and dont siege... it can be so friggin fun

~Jason

Florp_Incarnate

Gorges hiding in vents with DCs prolongs the game and wastes everyone elses time. On the OldF servers we admin_f4 anyone who does that.

That_Annoying_Kid

never heard the term love shacking, but it's a keeper

Endgame bases are fine, any competent team will end it quickly, and even then some admins will end it for you

it's always best to make it so you can have a last stand, like at the top of cargo with dc's and oc's in ever corner, with one having more dc. me and stacle were up there I was <!--emo&::gorge::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/pudgy.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='pudgy.gif' /><!--endemo--> he was <!--emo&::lerk::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/lerk.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='lerk.gif' /><!--endemo--> we killed a couple jp, it was fun <!--emo&::tsa::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tsa.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tsa.gif' /><!--endemo-->

Gree

If this goes the marine turtle should too.

Drummer

yeah, it's MUCH easier for marines to hide. i was outside of MS on hera. on one of those beams, up near the top. if you slowly walk to the edge of the beam, you get into a shadow. i was hiding there for 5 mins, until the comm decided to med spam me with an onos and 2 skulks killing the RT out there <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->

DC_Darkling

don't even get me started on places I hide in, successfully.

Raza.

Bah, "love shacking" is just boring.
If there are just 1-2 survivors I normally get the alien team to F4 or tell the marines where the hideout is, because it's no fun at all for the majority of the alien team.

Traken

If they are actually trying to put a hive up: Sure
If they are sitting in Red Room as an onos: Hell no

kill4thrills

i dont' see a problem with it. Marines have their end game Alamos, so let the aliens have theirs. you know the game is over anyways so just have fun trying to knock down their gorge fort. its especially funny if there's an alien larger than a lerk holed up within the fort

Traken

Heh, I just thought of something. Compare a single gorge loveshack to a whole team of rines couped up in base with GLs. Which one is more pathetic/annoying?

Rushakra

It depends on the team you're playing with. If you've got an awesome hiding spot and the Marines are just stupid, it's pretty fun. I'll sit and laugh as the Marines try to find a Silenced Gorge for 10 minutes because it's just so friggin' hilarious. They lob a grenade into a vent, don't get a kill, then just walk away. "What's a scanner sweep?" If you can get a good enough 'fort' going and the Marine team is sufficiently dumb, you CAN drop a Hive. I've won games with an extremely disciplined team by dropping a Hive with res gained sitting in my fort.
Generally, as long as you have people on your team who are playing for fun and not just domination, you'll get cheered on for a minute or two as you harass Marines with spit. Most of the people who seem to have a problem with it are the "l33t klan3r vetzz" or those who think they're one of those. If you're bored, F4. Play on a server where chambers are disabled after all the hives are down. Don't curse and scream and type in Caps lock. Doing that sort of thing only makes people want to hide MORE, just to spite you. Have some fun at the Marine's expense and see how long you can chill. Make a sandwich or something ffs.
When the Marines are owning my hive it's always a race to see if you can get out without being spawncamped and build a gorge fort. I've held out for six minutes on the floor of Cargo Hold on ns_lost without MCs, in plain sight of turrets and PGs. My team was cracking -up.-