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My bro and I were fightin out at Blood Gulch and we killed each other at the same time. He got killed by me and i got killed by The Guardians. His name was Dark Lord. If u got anything pop in.

  • 07.24.2004 7:16 PM PDT
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I got a football.

  • 07.24.2004 7:19 PM PDT
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This phenonminal is due to the fact that it is theoretically impossible for one person to kill someone when he / she is dead.

When two players kill eachother, the game gets confused, because it cannot use the name of a dead player as the name of a player who killed another player.

When two players kill each other, the game is forced to use "the guardian" as a place holder.

I hope this is not confusing.

  • 07.24.2004 7:32 PM PDT
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I am so confused...

  • 07.24.2004 7:45 PM PDT

that is not confusing, but also not entirely correct. between the time you hit the melee attack button and when that melee attack hits, there is a melee animation. if someone is executing a melee attack that would kill another player, but dies between the time the button is hit and the melee connects, the player that was about to get meleed is killed by the guardians. that's the summoning ritual to release the guardians. after you do that, there is lots of fun to be had with guardians.

bob has no sheild and one red bar of health left. tod runs up to bob and hits the melee button, but before bob gets smacked, tod gets shot in the head by a sniper and dies. bob is killed by the guardians.

it is entirely possible to get kills after you are dead, it happens almost every single game.

[Edited on 7/24/2004 9:33:56 PM]

  • 07.24.2004 7:47 PM PDT
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Yeah, but doesn't it also say on both of your screens that you were killed by the guardians if you both kill each other by meleeing at the same time?

  • 07.24.2004 7:47 PM PDT

when both meleeing at the same time, i've had one die by guardians, and both die, but i've never had a double guardian kill. it might still be possible, though.

  • 07.24.2004 7:49 PM PDT
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thanks yan yin

  • 07.26.2004 11:03 AM PDT
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I've had a double guardian kill before it only happens on all whack games tho....

On another note that whole thing about not being able to use your name while your dead can't be the reason because grenades kill people all the time after their throwers die and are still dead.

  • 07.26.2004 11:30 AM PDT
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i thought the game used the guardians because it got confused on who killed who or sumthing like that

  • 07.26.2004 12:13 PM PDT