- When someone is making any sound (chuckle, etc) and you are not gorge, follow them, or look to see what they are doing. They are requesting your attention.
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This is not a universal rule. Some people will chuckle for no apparent reason, or for other reasons than "follow me." Learn to distinguish between the normal chuckle and the "need healing" chuckle. If you pay enough attention, though, give anyone who passes by you a quick spray when you're Gorge. If you hear the telltale "glurg" of healing, heal 'em back to health.
[...]If you see an onos rushing somewhere, follow him but keep out of his way.[...]
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Bolded for emphasis. Umbraing Lerks and healing Gorges especially need to be wary of this. Sometimes and Onos will need to retreat MUCHO quickly, and if you're blocking him it can mean the difference between a successful escape and a dead Onos. If an Onos gores you to get you out of the way because you're blocking him, don't come running to me crying "friendly fire." I won't listen.
Marines
- For the love of comm, when the comm drops a pg outside of a hive, DONT hump the armory for ammo, if he's any good he'll drop you some, and go TO the hive, dont run away like a chicken with his head cut of!
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Absolutely correct, but this is where many comms fail. I'm not saying that you should not go through that PG - au contraire! Phase through as quickly as you can, but if you don't get any ammo, make damn sure that the commander is made aware of how unsatisfied you are with that situation (i.e. yell and holler and make ammo requests until he starts handing them clips out).
Indeed. Ambushes become so much more effective if you have a bait as well. I have gotten several kills on great players like HD and ebnar (who would otherwise trounce me even if I managed to get the drop on them) by attacking them from the side or behind while they were preoccupied.
Gorges are better bait than skulks, because they're slower and cost ten res: Killing a gorge is both easier and more damaging. Marines are more likely to give chase in case of a Gorge. However, marines also become warier with Gorges, because the Gorgelure tactic is more widely used.
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I for one, never follow a gorge anywhere. It's 99% of the time a bait.
on that note, a marine tip:
STFU.
Nothing is more aggravating as a comm than someone with "a better idea." I'm an open-minded guy, but im not going to change my whole gameplan because OGM NUB COMM U NEED TO DROP SHIRTGUNZ!!!1111
Here's a tip: Stax with barney. Gauranteed win. I promise. (I hope he breaks all the fingers on his mouse hand.)
(Very very very vey very very very badly.)
(Better yet, may they just fall off in his sleep.)
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Does he ever play aleins? I've only ever seen him rine (which he pwns at BTW)
So much killing in Black Mesa seemed to pay off :o
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Not really, HE CAME BACK WITH A VENGEANCE.
There is one GOLDEN tip for playing as a marine. Apart from aim and situational awareness it totally seperates the good from the bad. It's your ability to use meatshields. Good players die less because they avoid situations which put them in danger. Let a random person go through the doorway first and draw the skulks out, you clean up!
Yes I'm mean and totally missed the point of this server! :mellow:
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Meh, if you can shoot good I'm a willing meatshield. I kamakazi alot, cause I know I'm not the greatest shot in the world, but I am a fairly twitchy shot, so I have a decent chance of helping out the guys behind me with my spray and pray. Nothing annoys me more when good ol' NSPlayer behind me when he empties half a clip into my back while there is a skulk chomping on my ankles and then proceeds to die right after me cause he wasted all his ammo trying, in some rediculous and vain attemt, to save my worthless life.
For Gods sake, listen to MrBen, DON'T BE NSPLAYER!
There is one GOLDEN tip for playing as a marine. Apart from aim and situational awareness it totally seperates the good from the bad. It's your ability to use meatshields. Good players die less because they avoid situations which put them in danger. Let a random person go through the doorway first and draw the skulks out, you clean up!
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(only on pubs)
- When someone is making any sound (chuckle, etc) and you are not gorge, follow them, or look to see what they are doing. They are requesting your attention.
:huh: ..... :mellow: .....
I only use Chuckle to piss Marines off if I killed them, to annoy them and get their attention to a vent or something then try and get em from another angle off guard. and I just do it to do it. and beside, nobody uses the commands besides the heal one seriously. Usually I see people saying "follow me" over the mic or "*name here* follow me" in the team chat box.
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I use chuckle when I play leapfrog with my fellow gorgies. <3 gorgies