- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
This is something that came across my mind. Would surround sould be an advantage or a disadvantage. Now most of you probably will think its an advantage, you can tell wich direction the footsteps are coming from, wich direction there is gunfire in, and wich direction someone is talking to you from via voice chat.
But think of it this way, as mentioned avove you can tell wich direction the noise is coming from, in other words, your attention will go to that direction.
Lets say you are guarding the base in a CTF game. A hog comes charging in, horns blaring. Now if every member of your team has surround sound, EVERYONE will face that direction, and start running that way. But actually, they are falling for the enemy teams plan, while the hog goes in from 1 direction, another squad will sneak into the enemy base from the other side and grab the flag.
If you think of it like that surround sound could be a disadvantage.
My conclusion is that it can be a disadvantage at times, but most of the time it will be an advantage. And also, if eveyone uses surround sound (although I doubt that will happen =P) it will add alot of strategy to the game.