- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Posted by: Bobby Rex
Posted by: MOOdapiller
so it is agreed that the Br is the best weapon? right!
so i suggest to you, that it is not a "PRO" weapon because a "PRO" does not need the best weapon to kill, a true pro can snipe with a pistol, point blank with a sniper (not two piece)
collateral with a grenade (not whore the grenades but use the surrounding such as fusion coils and airborne targets off an edge.)
a real "PRO" can use any weapon effectively within its respectable limits (I.E. a plasma pistol to board a vehicle instead of killing or to drain an over-shield, or a rocket to clear enemy territory, not camp in a corner)
if anyone can show me a video where a rocket kills a BR at cross level range (both know of each others position), ill show you a pro. if you can show me someone who can kill a pistol with a Br from across the level, i will show you a coward.
the Br eliminates skill, because it is no longer a players ability to better another but a players capability. a shotgun will never snipe a BR across the map, because the shotgun is incapable of that, therefore the kill is not the players skill., but the player just had a better weapon. although a BR can kill a shotgun at close range, although it is highly unlikly, it is possible. (i have done it my self.)
what happened to the day where people would gloat about humiliating the other team by winning with outlandish conditions? like pistoling someone across the map, or running a victory lap for your last flag capture (driving around the map just to gloat the win.) or playing a game with only beat downs or a handy cap? what happened to showmanship? all i ever hear now is "get four shot!" i question that because isn't it easier to win a fight if you 4 shot? wouldn't it sound better if u said "GET 12 SHOT, i gave you 12 shots worth of time to kill me and u couldn't pull it off!"
personally "get four shot" sounds to me like "HA I'm so insecure of my skill to give you a chance to fight me so i killed you from far away as fast as possible so u couldn't possibly beat me!" id rather hear "id let u empty your first clip before i shot 1 round and i still killed u!"
and I'm tired of hearing "I owned you!" after you get double or more teamed. id rather hear "u double teamed me and i still killed both of you!.
and that last thin thats annoying is weapon control wins. may i allude to "Arby and the Cheif"
"awww man i gatta' get the sword! if the sword isn't there im gana be pissed! YES! i got sword! now for rockets! yes i got rockets! im now i just gata camp here... aww man im soo good, im MLG im a pro, im soo damn good, i cant get over it, aww yeah, im soo good!"
i apologize if i got that quote wrong, its been a while since i seen that show.
I respectfully disagree. Some weapons are better for some situations than others, no arguments there, but it is knowing how and when to utilize a particular weapon that defines skill. For example, mindlessly tossing grenades down a hallway is not skill, but timing a perfect grenade BR is. The tools are important to the game, but it's the mind behind the tools that is important.
You are armed with a splazer and sticky grenades. A Warthog is speeding towards you, very close, the gunner just beginning to rotate in your direction. The splaser could absolutely decimate the 'hog, but you know that the gunner would be fully turned around by the time it charged up, or the warthog would hit and splatter you. The skillful player would opt to tag it with a sticky grenade, as it would be faster. It might not destroy the warthog, but at the very least it would flip the vehicle. You would then have time to charge up the splaser to finish it off without the risk of a turret shredding you.
Know what weapon is best for the job at hand and how best to use it, and you're on your way to becoming skilled. But if you hit the grenade and his sheild goes down theres a pretty big time to hit him in the head with your random bullet spray across his head, and half the time the grenades thrown are also random.