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GoldenShadow · August 2003

I tried my hand at comming for the first time over the past couple of days and I'm getting pretty good at it. I tell you you have to multitask like a madman! I see why most coms lose because they can't handle the pressure of 3 or 4 battles going at once and marines whining for guns and health while trying to tech up. so whats my reward for attempting the best i can and getting 6 nodes up and electrified and lvl2 weapons and armor, and lvl3 upgrading? I get ejected because I didn't hand out HMGs to the damned noob cs players when I wasn't ready to yet. I was trying to expand and invest our res on the RT defense. but I get ejected and then some other guy hops in and build a massive turret farm in the main base and doesn't give orders to anyone, just hands out weapons and turtles in. we lose all the res nodes I had gotten to onos and bile bombs. I've never gotten to finish a game as com because some noob always ejects me or my game crashes(happens quite frequently) Why eject the com when hes secured 6 res nodes vs 3 alien res with one hive locked down?<img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif'>

I wish people would stop pestering me for weapons. Especialy for me to drop guns on THEM, how selfish. its one thing to suggest a new strategy or tactic for your com to try, like lets do a shotgun rush or ha assault with HMG, no these people say"I NEED A GL!!111 FAST" they spotted a couple of OC somewhere and think its important that they kill them... if I wanted to go there, I would hand out a GL, but I'm focused elsewhere so I don't want to give out GLs it would be a waste of res! You only need one GL per squad, but <i>everyone</i> wants one as if its a railgun or something. When I do need to drop heavy weaponry, the people who sit by the armory and whine are the last ones I equip. I reward the players who follow orders.

Lazer · August 2003

If the players ejected you for that, obviously they sucked. Never play at that server again. Seems like its a noob server. Play at ones where in the motd it states "don't come in here to learn!"

Alpha_1 · August 2003

What I do if the idiots do that to me is go alien and proceed to F them up. Don't eject a comm doing his job, listen and learn.

I like that you can change teams now without reconnecting.

Private_Coleman · August 2003

happens to me a lot. Especially memorable is when i join a highly respected server only to find it filled with prats whining cause i didnt medpack spam them every single time they died or cause they sucked to much not to die continuously. The simple way is to let them try comm for a while and then they beg you to come back, and then just say, too late, ive been ejected. Then (if theyre not totally retarded) they feel guilty at ruining the game, thus ending their gayness, hopefully for the rest of their lives.

EighteenTwelve · August 2003

Don't let it get you down - keep at it. Try the more well known servers, or the redPhive/nsRadio ones. I've only once seen a commander that shouldn't have been kicked be kicked.

On a side note, what the hell is the vote percentage needed? It seems like less than 50%

Ape · August 2003

This my friends is where a microphone comes in handy.

'Ok, listen up nubs. Continue to whine, and prepare to receive waypoints on your face for the rest of the game. Oh, and I'll also make it a point to deprive you of ammo, medpacks, heavy weapons and HA/JP. Happy now? Good.'

My version of that phrase usually includes a couple *cough* of expletives aimed at specific players that've been **** me off, but that's just me. Not much you can do to avoid being ejected, but usually (if you've proved you know what you're doing) this won't happen. I guess communication is the key, if you explain why you aren't giving out big guns people generally accept this. If not, there's nothing you can do about it. If you do get ejected, either leave and try and find a decent server, or join aliens and hamm0r them.

Grimm · August 2003

I tend to avoid being Comm (and being marine for that matter, but thats a different story) because there are just too many of them out there. That combined with the fact that I'm not completely used to the hotkeys, I still need to practice a bit. One time I tried to use my mic to talk to someone, but I had selected an observatory (and thankfully only the obs) when I pressed 'v', because thats my set mic key (easier to reach).

Anyway, with how many ungrateful little so-and-sos out there, I'm perfectly happy skulking to munch on their arses.

Operaman · August 2003

I find a good way to discipline marines is to only give out weapons to the marines that follow orders, or just took out a hive, or something commendable like that. Don't even talk to the whiners, dont give them meds or ammo until they understand you arent going to give them anything until they move to their waypoint/build that protolab. Most of the time they just leave, which gets rid of him, and leaves an open space for a good player.

modie · August 2003

There are servers out there where they specifically say - 'Let the commander finish what they started'

I've also seen some server who have the vote to eject turned off. Great idea for the first month with the new 2.0

EighteenTwelve · August 2003

Some poor commander got kicked today because he relocated a base to a hive. I Swore my HEAD off at the idiots who kicked him. They proceeded to spam shotguns. Then we had no money and ONE resourcer. Good freaking job.

Volli · August 2003

the only thing that helps is to change to a server where fair and skilled gamers and admins are playing.

kittycat · August 2003

Just RELAX a bit..

There is always someone wanting large weapons. If I give expensive weapons to marines and they run after some gorg and get devoured. I don«t think that«s a bad thing. There a a lot of newbies who just don«t know how to play the game. They don«t know that teamplay is not just better - it is necessary (at least for marines). How could they know if they are still unexperienced? Just give them large weapons and let them run into traps. They will learn after some time that they will have more fun with their weapon if they stay with their squad and don«t get killed in some dark, creepy hallway.
Handing out guns only to *good* marines is impossible in the heat of battle.

Just remember how we all started playing and wanting to try out that new shiny weapon.

btw I more often get into shity situations with *skilled* players skipping my orders and going straight for a hive and getting killed on the way.

Bosnian_Cowboy · August 2003

My last game I was commander and we were about to destroy their second hive and someone started an eject vote because apperantly commanders who have lots of res to spare (I had about 200) should be giving out free crap. I'm tired of that attitude. If people want "stuff" then they should go play CS. NS is a team game and it is about winning as a team (and listening to your commander most of all), not about getting a shotgun or heavy armor. Thankfully the vote failed and I was allowed to give all of them HA/HMG to destroy second hive just as I had planned before.

We won with 400 res to spare and the entire team equiped! So I like saving up res, I still win.

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