Why The Conced Option Should Not Be Server Side

MMZ_Torak · December 2002

Too many Marine commander's like to toy with the Aliens after the control 2 hives. It will quickly depopulate a server when you can't break the strangle hold on the hives and the marines are just teching so they can have HMG/HA when they should just destroy the third hive.

Y3ti · December 2002

Man playign with the aliens s the only way to get alot of statisfactiona s a commander. Total domination.

if you're really **obscenity** off, just f4.

MMZ_Torak · December 2002

A person shouldn't have to quit the game because some commanders are poor sports.

Link · December 2002

You telling me you never sat outside a pinned marine base, acid rocketing the odd marine, when you were more than capable of taking the base with a rush? Didn't think so.

I know I've waited for a 3rd hive to build before rushing, just cos I like paralizing people. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='biggrin.gif'>

MMZ_Torak · December 2002

No I haven't, in fact I often get yelled at by other alien players for killing the IP's and CC before all the other structures (not counting phase gates turret factories and turrets). I don't believe in trying to get the most kills I can, I would rather play several quality games than sit in front of an IP and get 1000 kills.

TheHornet · December 2002

its not about getting lots of kills, its about toying with the rines, or if you sometimes toying with the aliens before you strike that last blow... theres nothing wrong with it, and i think its lots of fun <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='biggrin.gif'>

Katsuro · December 2002

Thats completely lame when the aliens sit at marines spawn and just inflate their frags by killing people on the IP once all the other stuff is destroyed. Ive never see this tactic used by marines, but it would be lame there also.

Lucid · December 2002

You gotta have a little fun everynow and then, seeing how it is a GAME and everything. Unless you are playing in a tournament it doesn't matter all that much, just don't screw up the game for other people.

ShuflY · December 2002

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (MMZ>Torak @ Dec 23 2002, 10:16 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>A person shouldn't have to quit the game because some commanders are poor sports.</td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'>
No, they shouldn't, but if you want to sit around and twiddle your thumbs while the marines tech-up, that is your choice, just like it is the commander's choice to do that to you. I would much rather admit defeat and encourage my fellow players to press F4 to get a new game going.

Be the bigger man, just press F4...

uranium_235 · December 2002

Marines are prolly sick of loosing all the time, so they make the aliens pay, get a taste of their own, etc.

MMZStickman · December 2002

Lets face it torak, this is something the game has always been about. Losing as aliens is long and drawn out and not very fun. but losing as marines is a blast. going out in a blaze of glory alamo style. i dont know if theres anything that can be done about it. its the nature of the game.

-Stick

JasonBostwick · December 2002

My personal opinion is that pressing f4 to go to the readyroom while the game is still going is the worst thing you can do - I kick people from our clan's server for it.
Stick it out, and fight until the end, even if they're delaying that end.

cindows_xp · December 2002

I agree with stickman, as a comm if we are about to lose, i will keep spawning all my guys at once. then try and push em back. it is fun to see how long we can go on, and how bad the aliens will killed.

MMZ_Torak · December 2002

Yea, I guess sportsmanship is too much to ask from some people playing this game. O well, guess I'll just avoid pub games and play on our server, where most of the regulars don't pull lame stuff like this.

Mr_Ed · December 2002

HAHA toying at the end is half the fun.

Once as marines we had a long battle on ns_nothing. We finally locked down power and cargo and were about ready to kill viaduct. Before i did i dropped a CC on the catwalk above viaduct and had a few jetpackers build it. Dropped 2 IPs on the catwalk and a TF. Sold the IPs at marine start and reloacted the whole base to that catwalk (upgraded armoury and prototype lab to boot). We stayed up there for about 20 min playing with the aliens before i finally dropped heavies and GLs for everyone and we blew the hive to bits in a glorious display of human supremacy!

Only game better then that was when we zenocided the marine base to finish the game. Even our fades evolved back to skul to join in. Our builder locked them in there base with a few walls of lame and the alien suicide rush was on. Again took about 20 min but it was fun to see who could get the most marines in one blast.

ShuflY · December 2002

See? Mr. Ed is just the kind of player that I was talking about. That's all fine and dandy that he wants to play around and such, but I just don't have the time. If I am on the winning team in that situation, I finish the game, asap. If I am on the losing team, please don't tell me I am a poor sport because I don't have all day to sit around and watch some childish players get their jollies.

I'm here to play a game, folks. If one team isn't going to finish it, I'll do it for them by pressing F4.

Quite honestly, I don't understand why anyone who really enjoys this game would have a problem with another team giving up if they have come to the conclusion that they cannot win. When the other team is in a position where they are no longer a challenge, I'd much rather they quit and we get a new game going, rather than wasting a half hour or so cleaning up the map. I am in this for the game, not to play around, once a match becomes so lop-sided that finishing the other team is more of a task than a challenge, it becomes very boring to me.

KCSA_ChickenHead · December 2002

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I am in this for the game, not to play around
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Um.... toying with the other team *is* part of the game... the game you are *playing*.... You're expending way to much effort at *trying* to have fun.

As a blatant example of how "toying with the other team" was an intentional part of the game: audible taunts. Why would the devs waste the time to add taunting sounds to the game if they didn't find "toying" with the other team part of the fun.

soapdude · December 2002

Hey not to be mean to you all but this is a game right? What do you mean you don't have time? Lol thats funny how peoples lack of patience come into play online. If you all can't handle stupid people then I suggest you move far away because there are alot of them in this world and there is really nothing you can do about it. Lastly I think pressing F4 is as lame as restarting your game when your in negatives in TFC. If you don't have the patience to wait for the end then I suggest you find something else to do. Sorry.

Why The Conced Option Should Not Be Server Side

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