Skulk rush pwns j00

Infinitum · November 2002

<div class="IPBDescription">Name says it all folks</div>hmmmm I AM going to be writing up a very tasty synopsis on all aspects of NS, but by far my favourite moment is when me and 2 other guys pwned the marines in about a minute.

I have come to refer to this tactic as Skulk Rushing, and on Caged it is EXTREMELY easy to decimate the marines before they even got a portal up. I chomped down on 4 tasty marines before I got killed. Skulk rushing is great if you can get enough aliens to rush, certainly makes you feel better about being out ratioed 3:1

MWHAHAHAHAHAHA

*skulks away into the shadows, with celerity, redemption and cloaking upgrades to perform more evil*

Pitdragon · November 2002

I hear that! I just finished a game where 3 other aliens and I mopped the floor with the marines. At first we were going a little slow and it took a little while to get our second resource tower set up, and I hung back at the main hive as a gorge building offense and defense chambers all over the place.

The marines were steadily expanding, and then I showed the other aliens on my team over to the marine spawn. Since our main hive was fairly close to it I told them to forget about anything but getting carapace upgrade and destroying the cc. It took awhile, but finally my teamate destroyed it.

Meanwhile a gorge on our team went around building resource towers while the marines were distracted. The marines didn't think ahead to build another command console, and all began rushing. The other two skulks and I were absolutely decimating their squads, by hiding above doors, attacking in groups, and sneaking up behind them.

Finally the gorge got a second hive set up, so another skulk and I evolved to fade. We waltzed over to the marine base and started ripping their turrets and infantry portals to shreds. We both got killed by turrets (they had at least 8 in their) but when we respawned we still had enough rp's to re-evolve to fades, thanks to our thoughtful gorge and his resource towers.

We made it back to the marine base and ripped a couple marines who were heading out of the base to pieces, then attacked their two remaining infantry portals. We got rid of one, then the other, before I got killed and the other fade ran off. The gorge had just finished his third hive.

With 2 marines left and no way for them to respawn, we all celebrated. Just then a marine was killed by one of the gorge's offensive turrets (they had killed quite a few marines due to his shrewd placement tactics). So it was the alien team and one marine. I was a skulk and I decided to use the xenocide. I ran out to start looking for the marine, when popped out from around a corner and started shooting at me.

It was a little too late for him though... Thanks to my lvl 3 carapace I was able to get up to him and detonate myself, taking him with me. We had won. I laughed over the mic. When we respawned, the aliens all congratulated each other on a job very well done, and then I left the server, and here I am.

About the mod being unbalanced: Find a server where you have a decent ping and the admin didn't decide to be a retard and alter the resource model, and play a game out. I can guarantee that the aliens and marines are totally balanced, and winning depends on which team has better players. If you can get a team to work together efficiently with a decent enough strategy, they will win.

This mod is absolutely wonderful.

PriNcE_oF_SpAcE · November 2002

I hear you...just finished a game where we skulk rushed the marines 3-4 times in a row killing them before they set up a base...I don't remeber the name of the map...but it was the one with the satelite array....it was so funny! <img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'>

Kung_Fool · November 2002

I also remember a good teamwork situation. I was a Fade and I was sneaking around the facility, when I came to a room full of turrets. As I entered the room all the turrets started firing at me and got me down to about 10 health and 30 armor. I rushed back into the corridor in desperation, not knowing what to do. So I sat there, deciding that it would be best to take at least one turret with me, and prepared to rush back in when I suddenly realized that my health and armor began to boost again. I looked behind and saw a Gorge who was healing me, and after I was fully healed he typed "Helping Kung Fool". I was so much amazed by him that I totally forgot my fear and thought: "Team, I won´t let you down!", rushed in, took a turret down and then came back to be healed. So we sneaked through the room, using cover whenever possible and we were able to take out all the turrets on our own, with me as an attacker and the Gorge as a healer. And to make the moment perfect, he sent a short message: "Good job, Kung Fool!"

Boy, I would give a lot to feel like that again. <img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'>

BTW: If u read this, thx again m8! (Shame on me for forgetting your name <img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=';)'>) <img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'>

Cyborgguineapig · November 2002

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> (PriNcE oF SpAcE @ Nov. 02 2002,12:05)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">I hear you...just finished a game where we skulk rushed the marines 3-4 times in a row killing them before they set up a base...I don't remeber the name of the map...but it was the one with the satelite array....it was so funny! <img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>
haha, i'm pretty sure i played that one with you. That was cool. Then one round the marines became smart, imagine that, and kept us off for a long time. We surrounded their respawn with hundreds of hives making it impossible for them to get out even with their grenades. Ownzs

PriNcE_oF_SpAcE · November 2002

really...hmmm what's your nick in game...I'm "Morpheus"
don't remember the exact ceneriao you talk about but I did do something like that in a game....that was on nancy where we rushed the messhall and build the marines in....we won like 3-4 times in a row...total ownage....that was a really great game because all the aliens were communicating really good even thouhg only 2 or so had mics. the best teamplay I've ever seen....

thx to all of my teammates that made that game possible(sorry don't remember your names)

DeadalouS · November 2002

<img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'> nice to hear all these stories after all the "OH NO THE MARINES ARE TO GOOD POSTS...." <img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'>

But skulk rushing is good.... with some guy who called himself Rawh (got his msn) we charged the marines... and i didnt know the map.... so i just lucky, as i am, ended up in the marine base about 15 seconds after start.... and me and Rawh just went rampage 5 marines down in 10 seconds... portal destroyd and chomping on command console <img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'> thats A GAME <img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'>

Jikx · November 2002

does this remind anyone of a zergling rush <img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'>

Well, on the servers i played.. the marines got smart and built 4+ CCs.. but used so much resources that we got all three hives and spent the game xenociding and bile bombing, but alas the server started the next map <img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':('>

Johanz · November 2002

Well when im with mariens, they have a need to go by themselves, well it seems like they that, they say : "Give me armor and HMG and i will kill, wmauhaha!" Later, they get squished without getting to far away from the base... Teamwork is needed! And i hate when i run out of ammo when im a soldier, then the skulks starts to roam against me, then is me and the knife hehe... Ya know what happens next <img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=';)'>

Jonneh · November 2002

We were just playing a 1 hour+ game and getting totally raped due to every single marine having heavy armour + hmg/gl, and turrets everywhere. They finally won after killing wave after wave of skulk attacks and the new level started.

The next round we were all annoyed so we decided to ALL zergling rush (with generous shoutings of "KEKEKEKEKE ^__^ ZERG RUSH!") and wiped them out in 2 minutes five times over. I'm still giggling like crazy.

The marines can keep their heavy armour, grenades, and turrets, nothing can overcome or equal the power of ZERGING RUSH!!!!11

BedwettingType · November 2002

Today I had an awesome game on Bast. Me and another guy went gorge and immediately put up resource towers. We controlled most of the map's resources, but the marines held the Freewater hive area with all their turrets, so we couldn't get an Onos. By then the marines had turrets set up at their base and everything. So I went fade and climbed through the vent parallel to the marine base to scout it out. I managed to blinked past all their turrets, straight up to their command console and took it out. The marines surrendered soon afterwards. <img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'>

I LOVE THE ALIENS!

Skulk rush pwns j00

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