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General / Holy Devil Wins
« on: April 02, 2005, 05:41:08 PM »Quote
I believed it for a second [well like 3 minutes] and then I saw an "olo it's april fools thread" on the NSF, and then I recalled LB saying something about having something planned several months ago when I had an random april fools idea I was trying to pitch. When all that fell into place, so did the "meh" in edit2
Call it morbid curiosity, was HD really in the bant! catagory, or a slightly changed version of bant! that let him watch the fun stealthily?
And whadyamean haven't seen this much drama since TLM was a cs server HD? It was fun back when we had the CS server, and I really didn't notice that much drama surrounding it... [maybe it was just me][snapback]45204[/snapback]
it was the real bant group, i had to log out of this acc to see any part of the forums at all =O
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What was the drama with the CS server? I wasn't around back then.
drama with that was everyone either asking if we could cheat, or people threatening to leave the community entirely(extreme hatred for cs), lb got a TON of pm's very fast, all whining ones. he got rather angry and killed the joke kind of early, was rather dissapointed as well.
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General / Holy Devil Wins
« on: April 02, 2005, 09:34:01 AM »Quote
That was kind of elaborate.
EDIT: I just read the stickied admin post. Were you cackling to yourself as you wrote the PR post, HD?[snapback]45174[/snapback]
best laugh i've had in a few weeks, yea.
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General / Holy Devil Wins
« on: April 01, 2005, 09:05:05 PM »Quote
GG. :blush:gg![snapback]45128[/snapback]
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I'll be sure to keep in mind to ignore anything the admins say/do a week before and after april fool's next year.
Oh, and sorry for having feelings on any topic, I didn't know that was censured.[snapback]45130[/snapback]
don't mind, idea was to get mixed reactions and whatnot. just say you were helping the prank
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General / THE april fools prank.
« on: March 29, 2005, 04:35:07 PM »
yea lets go with just me, everyone seems to not know about me hacking anyway. male/gray: let me review the demos first, i want to make sure nothing about the joke was mentioned over admin chat during them
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Off Topic / Pros and Cons of Tongue Piercing
« on: March 29, 2005, 12:47:25 PM »
theres a lot of concern related to metals and piercings as it is, even spray deodorants(aluminum cans), so best bet is so stick away from impaling yourself with metal for the time being, until further research proves it wrong or right(rather be safe) i forget which problem/disease has this exactly, i think alzheimers(sp), is caused due to some sort of left over metals collecting in the brain. i may be wrong, thats off the top of my head.
but as you can see from above and what i can just pull out of my head randomly, there are things to be concerned with, so at the very least do a bunch of research first, don't want to lose my favorite duck
but as you can see from above and what i can just pull out of my head randomly, there are things to be concerned with, so at the very least do a bunch of research first, don't want to lose my favorite duck
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Sorry for messing up by accidentally putting down SCs instead of DCs earlier in Metal today. Then to add insult to injury I got slotted, and when I did manage to get back in, I ended up on marines.
Is it truly bannable if someone was willing to switch teams with me? I seriously wanted to go back on aliens and to go down with the team for my mistake.
*goes back into the corner to make amends for my stupid mistake.*[snapback]44634[/snapback]
don't worry about that so much, happens from time to time =] as for the switching thing, its considered llama to switch mid-game yea, so if you get slotted just make do on the team you get stuck with, if you're on the winning side now, try to make it end faster. if you're on the losing side, go for a moral victory
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General / THE april fools prank.
« on: March 26, 2005, 10:12:03 AM »
how about instead of saying you guys specced me (which you HAVENT YOU LOSERS) we say i submitted a demo for a cheater in the admin ftp, and someone viewed it with demofreak, and saw a cheating cvar. proceed as planned from there :?
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General / advice time.
« on: March 24, 2005, 01:37:30 PM »Quote
Yeah, people need to pay attention to text, and also, people using mics need to remember to type if people aren't responding. I always mute everyone on my team except the commander because people are almost constantly talking, and it makes me lag more than I already do. People who use voice chat need to keep in mind those who don't, such as myself. I always have second thoughts about muting people because I feel like I'll miss important information.QuoteIf you have 50 res, and we have a hive already, then fade.
Wait.. for the aliens, are resources collected individually? Or does the res count I see on the screen apply to the team as a whole? I'm very new and I'm constantly learning more as I go along, specifically with the aliens. Up until a few days ago I had no idea the aliens could switch between attacks, much like the marines switch between weps.[snapback]44377[/snapback]
muting people ignores their text too, fyi.
aliens res bar = your own, personal res. no one else can touch it
res system works as so: say 3 res towers, 6 players. every 4 seconds, half the team(3 people, 3 res towers) gets 1 resource. marines commander gets all the res as far as marines go thoughaliens weapons= linked to hive, weapon1 is permanant. weapon2/3/4 are linked to hives 1/2/3, and you can't select the new weapon until that hive is up(you need 3 active hives to have every weapon)
and im glad everyone is giving positive feedback, i'd really love to see better games, like the one legion is referring to.
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General / advice time.
« on: March 24, 2005, 09:13:03 AM »
alright everyone.. time to get off your rear and start playing. i'm tired of the half-assed playing mode people get into =\ lack of effort or caring, whatever it may be. it ruins a lot of games, and pisses some people off(myself included).
first of all, aliens aren't overpowered. they can only do what marines allow them to. comms, this means be offensive instead of defensive. upgraded armories are more important than ever. if the aliens are using half hte team in gorges to stop a siege hive death, get one gl in there, he'll take care of everything at once. literally. also, counter the chambers aliens have. if they have sc, don't waste time on mt. keep the obs up for pings, have the teams main group thats pushing pinged 24/7, so it gives people a reason to not rambo off(they'll just die without ping so). get obs at every spot you push to, hive locations or good central ones. 2-3 obs is usually enough to keep pings up until marines can build an obs. i'll list full counters;
dc = weapons upgrades, better to try to counter with hmgs/sgs though, and focus on the other more deadly chambers
mc = motion tracking, unless sensory/mc mix. if its mc first though, get mt asap. silence > marines.
sc = obs as said above. armor is a gigantic help as well, but thats a general thing imo.
as for the marines themselves, SHOOT. ALIENS. can't tell you how many times i've picked a marine off in the back of a group because no one turned around. if you're in a group, call incomings. anything aside whats directly in front of them. call fades/onii, whatever. if you have anything but an lmg, let the lmgs build unless so directed by the comm. if someone is trying to be stealthy, don't walk up and make tons of noise as well, please. ninja pgs are still useful when theres no sc =]
aliens, make people save for things. drop res asap if you have nothing to save for or would prefer gorging, etc. generally, you'll need a good fade, two people for chambers asap, one hive, rest nodes. can't stress the following enough, so: LISTEN TO TEXT CHAT. some people don't have voice/can't use it at the time. so pay attentino to text as well as voice. i'm guilty of ignoring it from time to time myself, but if its something important i'll repeat it over voice comms. i suggest others do this as well. alien team work = communication.
now that i have that out of my system, i feel better. so get it through your heads, neither side is overpowered. its just more skill based than before. no, i don't care what goes on in clan matches/pugs. that isn't lm. marines just need more teamwork than ever, since aliens can actually *OMG* have upgrades.
first of all, aliens aren't overpowered. they can only do what marines allow them to. comms, this means be offensive instead of defensive. upgraded armories are more important than ever. if the aliens are using half hte team in gorges to stop a siege hive death, get one gl in there, he'll take care of everything at once. literally. also, counter the chambers aliens have. if they have sc, don't waste time on mt. keep the obs up for pings, have the teams main group thats pushing pinged 24/7, so it gives people a reason to not rambo off(they'll just die without ping so). get obs at every spot you push to, hive locations or good central ones. 2-3 obs is usually enough to keep pings up until marines can build an obs. i'll list full counters;
dc = weapons upgrades, better to try to counter with hmgs/sgs though, and focus on the other more deadly chambers
mc = motion tracking, unless sensory/mc mix. if its mc first though, get mt asap. silence > marines.
sc = obs as said above. armor is a gigantic help as well, but thats a general thing imo.
as for the marines themselves, SHOOT. ALIENS. can't tell you how many times i've picked a marine off in the back of a group because no one turned around. if you're in a group, call incomings. anything aside whats directly in front of them. call fades/onii, whatever. if you have anything but an lmg, let the lmgs build unless so directed by the comm. if someone is trying to be stealthy, don't walk up and make tons of noise as well, please. ninja pgs are still useful when theres no sc =]
aliens, make people save for things. drop res asap if you have nothing to save for or would prefer gorging, etc. generally, you'll need a good fade, two people for chambers asap, one hive, rest nodes. can't stress the following enough, so: LISTEN TO TEXT CHAT. some people don't have voice/can't use it at the time. so pay attentino to text as well as voice. i'm guilty of ignoring it from time to time myself, but if its something important i'll repeat it over voice comms. i suggest others do this as well. alien team work = communication.
now that i have that out of my system, i feel better. so get it through your heads, neither side is overpowered. its just more skill based than before. no, i don't care what goes on in clan matches/pugs. that isn't lm. marines just need more teamwork than ever, since aliens can actually *OMG* have upgrades.
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Off Topic / See how good your memory is
« on: March 23, 2005, 09:05:15 AM »
my memory and attention span are too small to bother myself to do this <_<
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General / Newborns elec RT Strat.
« on: March 22, 2005, 01:11:34 PM »Quote
QuoteHow does 5 minute a1 work againist 30 second SC aliens?! Did they forget to get fades, chambers and a second hive?[snapback]44197[/snapback]
Supposedly, they couldn't afford them.[snapback]44199[/snapback]
very much showing how much people underestimate the alien res system. its actually quite good, even with like 2 nodes. very slow, but the res and rfk adds up very fast. with the lack of armor/weapons etc, aliens will recieve even more rfk. then you add in the fact that its going to be spent in less places since you have electrified everything, you'll see MORE fades+onii and chambers. kind of hurts you more if you can't pick up the game fast enough by the time they get it. you need early pgs/armor, quite badly =\
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General / Newborns elec RT Strat.
« on: March 22, 2005, 11:48:53 AM »Quote
Funny how people keep saying that it won't work, it won't work, without even trying it. Well, it works, and it's pretty damn frustrating, knowing the marines have ~4-5, or even 3, nodes, and you can't do anything about it. Last night, on eclipse, Dead_Meat and I tried to take down T-junction node that was electrified, while our hive was Maintenance. We bit the node a few times, went back to heal. Rinse, repeat - and this took ~3 minutes, enough for the node to pay for itself. There's just one example of how this strategy is quite useful, but it's more of a hit and miss thing - I'm sure the Aliens can do something radical and just win the whole thing right there. Maybe base rush? Or something.[snapback]44182[/snapback]
i've used the strat since elec came out man. its really crappy now. i'm sorry. it works GREAT versus newb alien teams or ones that lack teamwork, etc. situatinos any strat would win. but its crap when you have good players on aliens fading, onosing, and giving advice. early base hit with assistance by all the aliens will cause a total loss. chair will die before marines can get back to ms.
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General / Newborns elec RT Strat.
« on: March 22, 2005, 12:16:12 AM »
its actually quite horrible =\ every chamber gotten early(before 1-2m) counters it entirely. focus exploits the lack of armor, allowing skulks to completly remove the marines ability to push until he gets an armory, arms lab, upgrades etc. silence allows skulks again, to completly own marines. theres really no counter viable to that in this strategy, it doesn't allow for MT to be bought early enough. DC, you get cara. cara skulk > vanilla rine =P
as for taking down the nodes, once a fade shows up(i can fade before 3 minutes if i try enough) its basically game over. fade vs vanilla rines. focus enhances the horribleness of it, the fade can probably take the entire team alone.
and all else fails, you get an onos.
as you can see its flawed in so many ways =P its no longer a realistic strategy. it was nice back when in like 2.01 when no one knew how to counter it, and every chamber except dc was never used anyway.
as for taking down the nodes, once a fade shows up(i can fade before 3 minutes if i try enough) its basically game over. fade vs vanilla rines. focus enhances the horribleness of it, the fade can probably take the entire team alone.
and all else fails, you get an onos.
as you can see its flawed in so many ways =P its no longer a realistic strategy. it was nice back when in like 2.01 when no one knew how to counter it, and every chamber except dc was never used anyway.
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General / THE april fools prank.
« on: March 20, 2005, 05:00:23 PM »
i love the other admins in on it idea =p anyone wish to volunteer for that? preferably someone around as long as i have been. maybe device, since he's most likely to assist me in coding a hook? the rest will go as stated above. also, what time exactly do you think we should do the ban? i'll go in a bit earlier obviously, then the other admins can kinda join slowly and vin joins then a minute or so later bans me then you all just leave without a word said.
as for a demo, i doubt that will work out very well. personally, i have no idea where to get a ns hook(i know cs stuff but not ns at all :p )
then you all just leave without a word said.as for a demo, i doubt that will work out very well. personally, i have no idea where to get a ns hook(i know cs stuff but not ns at all :p )
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General / THE april fools prank.
« on: March 20, 2005, 12:40:17 PM »
okay so we're closing in upon the 30th. obviously i'm the one being banned, so i'll leave it up to you guys to decide to cover it up or decide what you want to do :p
but what we have planned thusfar is that on the 30th when a bunch of people are on, vinnie will join the server, spec me for a round or so perhaps, then proceed to be like LOL HAXU!?? THANK YOU COME AGAIN *BAN*
then i'll get banned from #lunixmonster (cuz i'll be bitching like wtf vin and stuff, and say i was banned from admin chan too, but leave me there ^_^) and proceed to post upon the pr forum, get banned shortly thereafter from forums.
sounds good to me, vinnie probably can't wait =p jhunz has dibs on the channel/forum ban i believe. the 31st will be quite the strange day, everyone will be confoosed :X
any suggestions, etc? built this up about as good as i can, been trying to pull some bs stuff off lately as well. staring into walls and moving randomly sometimes as well =p of course its pure chance, i have no idea if im staring at nothing or not >_<
but what we have planned thusfar is that on the 30th when a bunch of people are on, vinnie will join the server, spec me for a round or so perhaps, then proceed to be like LOL HAXU!?? THANK YOU COME AGAIN *BAN*
then i'll get banned from #lunixmonster (cuz i'll be bitching like wtf vin and stuff, and say i was banned from admin chan too, but leave me there ^_^) and proceed to post upon the pr forum, get banned shortly thereafter from forums.
sounds good to me, vinnie probably can't wait =p jhunz has dibs on the channel/forum ban i believe. the 31st will be quite the strange day, everyone will be confoosed :X
any suggestions, etc? built this up about as good as i can, been trying to pull some bs stuff off lately as well. staring into walls and moving randomly sometimes as well =p of course its pure chance, i have no idea if im staring at nothing or not >_<