Archers Rant
Archer_V2_0
Join Date: 2002-11-10 Member: 8142Members
Join Date: 2002-11-10 Member: 8142Members
<div class="IPBDescription">A Topic Devoted To Morons..</div> Today in a server, I was playing as a marine. Following orders, searching out hives etc. When I hear the commander say build Turret Factory in the horseshoe, I go there. To find no one, I build, build the Rtower, build turrets. Then I die from a skulk or..whatever it was.
I spawn and find all my "helpfull" marine buddies sitting near the armory. Begging for HMG's Heavy Armor, Shotguns etc. We had 2 of the 3 hives secured tightly. I don't see why they needed HMG's and HA to defeat a group of skulks.
One of the morons really got mad at me. He started swearing up a storm and making classic little comments.
Moron: LMG pwnz HMG anyday archer stfu
(I wonder why he needs an HMG to fight a skulk? Or even help build defense?)
Moron: Because I want to kill things in 2 hits not 30 like LMG
(Oh I'm sorry - I wasn't thinking of your score, oh that's right MARINES DON'T HAVE PERSONAL SCORE)
Moron: I'm not a n00b I've been playing this game since 1.00
(Which was what...2 weeks ago?)
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What my point is, I think people are still a little too concerned with score, and having the biggest baddest weapons right away. Marines are pretty much disposable, so if your told to build. Build **obscenity**.
I spawn and find all my "helpfull" marine buddies sitting near the armory. Begging for HMG's Heavy Armor, Shotguns etc. We had 2 of the 3 hives secured tightly. I don't see why they needed HMG's and HA to defeat a group of skulks.
One of the morons really got mad at me. He started swearing up a storm and making classic little comments.
Moron: LMG pwnz HMG anyday archer stfu
(I wonder why he needs an HMG to fight a skulk? Or even help build defense?)
Moron: Because I want to kill things in 2 hits not 30 like LMG
(Oh I'm sorry - I wasn't thinking of your score, oh that's right MARINES DON'T HAVE PERSONAL SCORE)
Moron: I'm not a n00b I've been playing this game since 1.00
(Which was what...2 weeks ago?)
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What my point is, I think people are still a little too concerned with score, and having the biggest baddest weapons right away. Marines are pretty much disposable, so if your told to build. Build **obscenity**.
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He was commander, and doing an average job, but noone else wanted to be commander (including myself, i hate commanding). While most of the squad is off taking triad and horseshoe, we see 2 skulk kills. Each group thinking the casualty is from the other, we continue building. about 15 seconds later we see urgent messages flooding over the text (not voice, comm didnt have voice) regarding skulks in the base wrecking everything. So we all rush back. turns out its one skulk that was chomping on the cc. We kill it, and move back out.
skulks attack, we die, we kill them, all is normal. That is until someone realises we arent spawning. So we start yelling at the commander to build portals. He then gets OUT of the cc (probably to 'make sure' they werent there). Someone else takes matters into his own hands and jumps in the cc. These are the only 2 people alive at this point. He slaps down 2 portals, and starts placing down other stuff that was destroyed by the skulk. He tells the first guy to start building the portals.
Now the idiocy gets better. The first guy starts yelling at us (the dead guys) saying 'wtf you guys talking about, we've got 2 portals'. we all yell at him that they arent built. he yells back that they are, he can see them right there. <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='confused.gif'><!--endemo--> A deep sigh of despair from the dead guys. We tell him that those are just the templates, he has to build them for them to work. he doesn't understand, he says hes looking right at them and they look normal. finally one guy yells 'hit use' on the portals. 'which key is that?' At that point skulks had finished our expansions and entered the base.
man that was a bad round. yeah, i know, everyone was new to the game at some point. but this guy was doing pretty well as commander, i cant see how he didn't know of such a basic concept as having to build structures.
and marines can view their kills by typing status in console.
<a href='http://www.box7.co.uk/ec' target='_blank'>EC</a>'s server (198.77.205.24:27015) may be passworded quite a lot of the time, but even when unpassworded we look after and moderate nearly all games. We want people to play the game as it was intended, with teamwork and fun.
Cynical saying, but true enough.
After someone got ?accidently? stuck in a turret at base, they calmed down...
Not everyone can be 1337 like us Arch. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
Keep the stories coming folks.
And I dont see what the big deal is for a commander to drop a few HMG's if he has plenty of resources... The LMG is not horrible, but obvouisly a HMG works better
Another game i was commander doing a good job mind you and we had destroyed all three of their hives. All the other aliens(since they couldnt spawn back) left the game because the got bored because the last 2 alive aliens hit in the ventilation shafts or somewhere. Not attacking, just hiding. I think there should be a limit if there is no way they can win and they just decide to hide to prolong the game. After 5 minutes of hunting, the grunts <!--emo&::asrifle::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/asrifle.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='asrifle.gif'><!--endemo--> one <!--emo&::skulk::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/skulk.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='skulk.gif'><!--endemo--> and it was another 5 minutes before we finally killed the other @$$hole.
He was commander, and doing an average job, but noone else wanted to be commander (including myself, i hate commanding). While most of the squad is off taking triad and horseshoe, we see 2 skulk kills. Each group thinking the casualty is from the other, we continue building. about 15 seconds later we see urgent messages flooding over the text (not voice, comm didnt have voice) regarding skulks in the base wrecking everything. So we all rush back. turns out its one skulk that was chomping on the cc. We kill it, and move back out.
skulks attack, we die, we kill them, all is normal. That is until someone realises we arent spawning. So we start yelling at the commander to build portals. He then gets OUT of the cc (probably to 'make sure' they werent there). Someone else takes matters into his own hands and jumps in the cc. These are the only 2 people alive at this point. He slaps down 2 portals, and starts placing down other stuff that was destroyed by the skulk. He tells the first guy to start building the portals.
Now the idiocy gets better. The first guy starts yelling at us (the dead guys) saying 'wtf you guys talking about, we've got 2 portals'. we all yell at him that they arent built. he yells back that they are, he can see them right there. <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='confused.gif'><!--endemo--> A deep sigh of despair from the dead guys. We tell him that those are just the templates, he has to build them for them to work. he doesn't understand, he says hes looking right at them and they look normal. finally one guy yells 'hit use' on the portals. 'which key is that?' At that point skulks had finished our expansions and entered the base.
man that was a bad round. yeah, i know, everyone was new to the game at some point. but this guy was doing pretty well as commander, i cant see how he didn't know of such a basic concept as having to build structures.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Hehehe, i remember that <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
The map was eclipse and his name was something like Graviton213 right?
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Well, although I woulnd't beg, I can totally understand why this guy would want HA and HMG... I mean, even skulks can take down an "out of the box" marine in 2 chomps... I know that because i've taken down almost an entire light armored marine team by myself as a <!--emo&::skulk::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/skulk.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='skulk.gif'><!--endemo--> before. On the contrary, I could probably count on one hand the times i've killed a HA/HMG marine start to finish, with a skulk. So this guy probably DID have a valid reason for needing it.
On the other hand, if resources were low he should have just left with his lmg. But nothing ticks me off more than when the team has like 200-300 resources and the commander wont buy anyone any guns or armor (usually the reason why we have 200-300 <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo--> )
Now, in response to typhons post, THAT was TRUE idiocy. Lmao. <!--emo&::asrifle::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/asrifle.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='asrifle.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--emo&::asrifle::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/asrifle.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='asrifle.gif'><!--endemo-->
I think I entered the server beginning-midgame
The team were all using voice
No one understood eachother
They were arguing
All wanted hmg ha and jet packs
Bad thing is we had 14 rs
We ended up getting humiliated by <!--emo&::onos::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tiny.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='tiny.gif'><!--endemo--> x3
Horrible game.
Things are looking very good, we secure every resource node from our base to the empty hive, we have upgrades weapons and AR, HMG the works. Move into the hive.
Then it happens, the game takes a turn for the worse, I’m sitting at this hive, empty, no sign of anything, so I tell three of the 5 people there to go out and try to secure another resource point close by. EVERYONE leaves the hive, with me alone in there with a LMG and fades haunting the halls. I’m ok with this, TF coming soon, we have the resource. Until my entire team dies.
Ok, lemme put this into prospective for you, good game 100 resource, empty hive, already have fades, good commander, things looking up. Entire team dies, entire team spawns, and entire team stands around pitifully begging for weapons and what not. The commander sticks with me, because his smart enough to know that if we don’t get the hive, we lose.
So what do the angry other team mates do? You guessed it, vote out the commander. Some idiot hops in there, and starts wasting all the resources on weapons for the team. Then promptly hops out.
Needless to say, it all goes down hill from there, the good commander says goodbye to me, because we had been working very well as a team then leaves. I get angry, and go over to the alien side of things to kill the idiots, good fun in the end.