- KEVINBROCK
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Posted by: ICEMAN ASSASS1N
Kevin's post = breath of fresh air.
Take it from this guy people, he knows what he's talking about.
Second accounts are NOT cheating:
http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?cid=13824
Posted by: dkfrumwithin
Posted by: KEVINBROCK
I stopped button glitching a while back because I wanted to see how good I could be just by using expirence, instinct and a basic BR. I havent gotten any better or worse. I dont even get our BRd by people who doubleshot all that often because I use wall glitches and I peekshot alot. Not to sound rude, but I doubt that you get quad-shotted every game and even if you did all youd have to do is modify your tactics around what they are doing.
MLG is a game of strategy moreso than any other in Halo. The reason that all these people out here are whining about getting beating by button glitchers is simply because they arent adjusting their tactics around that to improve. You need to realize and anticipate what they are going to do and because you are completely prepared for whats going to happen, youll be able to make better decisions. You guys need to understand that you arent getting beaten because the other team is button glitching, youre getting beaten because you refuse to adapt.
I realize that when I said that everyone in here is just going to reply "I shouldnt have to adapt because they are cheating!". Think of it as them inadvertantly doing you a favor. By them button glitching you, it gives you the fuel to teach yourself new strategies that otherwise you wouldnt have driven yourself to learn. Youll open yourself up to whole new worlds of playstyles and techniques in MLG and youll find that youll be much better overall.
I dont defend the glitchers because I cant win wthout glitches, ive proven that infact, im less limited (or at least I feel that way) when I dont glitch. Ive played with and without them and so can most of the other great MLG players out there. The problem isnt with them, its with the common players inability to adapt and grow as a player.
Anyone....ANYONE is beatable.
Well yes, I suppose I exaggerated some, but I do get glitched a lot. Like I said, no biggie, I can live.
And you're totally right - there is a strategy to beat anyone. If you're up against a double-shooter, for example, you're not going to win in a 1v1 BR fight. The fact that they are doubleshooting makes them mostly incapacitated to toss nades with precision, for example - or, it at least makes it harder. So know your angles and nade/HS them. Or, get in really close - negates the doubleshot (though it does open you up to get BXR'd).
But Brock, there are definitely times where you will straight up lose against a button glitcher. Sometimes there is nothing you can do. That is what is frustrating. And you'll have a really hard (read:impossible) time convincing me that the problem with MM and MLG games isn't glitchers, and that its people like me refusing to "adapt" (aka glitch as well). Mostly good post though.
First off, like I said. Think of glitchers as them doing you a favor by forcing you to get better. Otherwise you wouldnt have been as motivated would you?
The part where you said "there are definitely times where you will straight up lose against a button glitcher" is true, but then again, that applies to just about every aspect of the game dosent it? Once again, think of it as a blessing in disguise. BxR and all the other glitches are simply weapons that are added to an arsenal of skills. If that player didnt have that weapon, hed still be good but with the weapon it gives him many more options in combat.
In a small sense, glitches are in the same category as host. They are weapons that you can use to make yourself a more complete player. If I found a briefcase on the side of the road with $1,000,000 in it and it had a nametag on it with an address you can bet your ass that id be a million bucks richer even though its illegal to keep that money. Sure, Bungie didnt mean for the glitches to be there but nonetheless, they are in the game and there is nothing you or anyone can do about it. At this point you have three options:
Keep whining about them and keep losing
Learn to adapt and change your strategies and grow as a player
Start button glitching and improve your arsenal of options
Id take either of the bottom two anyday. Not button glitching is going to limit your options in certian situations, but mentally itll make you alot stronger. Using the glitches will give you more "weapons" but most eople tend to rely on them too much and that limits their growth as a player. When I said that you needed to make one of the three choices, you need to realize that the pros made decisions 2&3 at the same time.
[Edited on 09.10.2007 11:29 AM PDT]