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right, firstly Im a big fan of playing Halo online, but Ive got one complaint. One thing that really TICKS ME OFF.
Its not newbies.campers.heavyweaps or anything like that, rather its...

WINGERS.

"Ahh rod noob!" "stop running me over!" "lucker!" (what does this mean exactly?) "stop camping!".

Jeez will you guys shut the hell up?

why should I run you entire team over in Ctf? or storm your base with a Green gun of doom? or even, oooh, cardinal sin this, camp the turret spawn point in a Scorpion tank on Death Island?!
I mean, Halo is a wargame, and since when has war ever been fair? Before anyone starts, I often go running riot with a pistol, but I like to kill people in other ways and hogs are FUN.
What gets me is, CTF is a team game, so why shouldnt you sit and suppress the enermy so your buddies can nick the flag?
Also what gets me is all these n00bish/camping tactics are easily countered if you have any of this so called "skill". for example, some guy in a hog? try shooting and jumping and try and tip him with a nade. Scorp on the hill? grab a sniper rifle and sneak round.
Can someone direct me to a server that bans "wingers"?

That is all.

Peace.

[Edited on 2/16/2005 2:06:31 PM]

  • 02.16.2005 2:06 PM PDT
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Damn it, you are absolutely right. There is nothing worse than a whiner.

  • 02.16.2005 2:14 PM PDT
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I will not let this be buried, Im sure im not the only player who hates whiners and believes that any methord of killing is acceptable.

  • 02.18.2005 7:24 AM PDT
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you are not the only one who feels theis way. any stratagy can be countered, with the possible exception of the unbalenced weapon, however, usualy that does not even matter

  • 02.18.2005 7:57 AM PDT
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*signs petition to ban whiners*

yeah man i agree, god get a life, its only a game

  • 02.18.2005 8:15 AM PDT
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I think their point is that an unfair game is only fun for one person. Playing dirty, by camping and using methods which give your opponent no fair chance to retaliate, means that the game is only fun for you. It's a very selfish way to play a multiplayer game, which is meant to be enjoyed by all. It's also very cheap, getting kills using no skill what so ever.

You said Halo is a wargame. True, but you focused on the wrong part of that. It's not a War, it's a Game. War isn't fair, and it isn't fun for anyone who's not winning. Games are meant to be fun for all who participate, they're meant to be fair, and players are expected to have some degree of sportsmanship and to use their skill, instead of lame-ass tricks and tactics to gain an unfair advantage.

If you think this concept is beyond you, then perhaps you don't belong in multiplayer. It sounds like you ruin a lot of games and spoil a lot of people's enjoyment, for your own personal gain. If that's all you want to do then play against a computer.

  • 02.18.2005 8:33 AM PDT
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In answer to Skippys remark. Do you or do you not have fun when you kill someone who is using cheap tactics? of course you do thats one of the best feelings. It is fun killing people who have killed you and your team mates over and over and games aren't always fair which gives you the challenge of making it fair and challenges are fun.

  • 02.18.2005 10:06 AM PDT
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Heyyo,

I'm with skip. Fuelrods are for the weak who couldn't aim a pistol to take out a tank.

If you need a fuelrod to kill 2 inexperienced players? maybe you're inexperienced too. I can mow down quite a few poeple with just a pistol and 120 bullets of pain. I give them a fiar chance by using a skilled weapon, not my fault they usually charge at me with an ar. ;)

Tank on poral? that's a really ghey tactic. 1 sniper, you're dead. It's not that effective either as the tank doesn't have much of a downards angle, and since it's accuracy's not very good, a skilled player could be ontop of the main base structure and whup the tank. Just stand near the left ledge and watch as the tank can't hit the groud beside you to kill you, especially if the tank tries to hit you directly with a tank blast, lol.

A good strat on that level is to just drive a hog in for the flag. Most of the time the players are too busy playing Team Slayer ontop of the level, or running amok with hogs on the outside to even play ctf.. I once just drove 3 laps around death isl with a hog grabbig the flag each time, and won the map in less than 5 mins.. tactics? lol, right.

Sniping's pretty fun, and require lots of skill due to the need to lead your shots. I love it when I run around the top of deathisl and kill a lot. (note, never stay in the same place, that's just dumb. You stay there? people you kill will know where you and and slay you eventually, run around, make yourself random, you'll live longer, and they can't call you a camper since you don't stay still). ;)

Now, for fulerodkilling? lol, no, I don't get any kick outta it. Wow, I can shoot peple with a cannon made for people that are lacking in skills. I usually just use it to tip over hogs, then switch to a gun like a pistol or shotty, blast the crap outta them. Nothing's more rewarding than a point-blank, 1 shot to the face with a shotty. They light up with lots of sparks and fall flat down defeated in just miliseconds. with a fuelrodgun, all you see is green blobs...

On wizard, when I hear those killtaculars when I'm just blasting away with a shotgun as people run from me? oh, that's a great feeling. When your buddies shout on teamspeak, "MarD, you are the shotty master." It makes your ego grow. On ut2k3 and 2k4? Almost each match, I at least once get awarded with "Flak Monkey." No other gun rewards you so for fragging with it frequently. :)

  • 02.18.2005 11:45 AM PDT
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fuel rod guns are there to be used thats why they made the gun. What you think Mc would rather have FRG or a pistol?

  • 02.18.2005 12:08 PM PDT
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The thing is, if you are more skilled than the person using the FRG, you should be able to kill them with the pisol quite easily. Same thing with the banshee. You complain because you aren't good enough to take it out, and so you call the person using it a n-o-o-b or something of the sort. Every weapon and vehicle in the game is balanced. Find one that truly isn't, you get a cookie.

  • 02.18.2005 1:06 PM PDT
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Just edit your settings to exclude the fuelrodgun. Or anything else you want.

Or leave the game and join another one.

  • 02.18.2005 1:19 PM PDT
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Oh, and camping just makes you a better target. People keep getting killed by the same man in the same place and they eventually find a way to kill you

[Edited on 2/18/2005 1:24:39 PM]

  • 02.18.2005 1:22 PM PDT