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Old Team Fortress 2 Thread: Oh god Littleboots is murdering me!

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  • RCagentRCagent Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Probad wrote: »
    Really? Most of the PA TF2 crowd seems either pretty chill or pretty silent.

    There were a couple people on one game I was on today who were telling the snipers on our team to switch to the rifle if they couldn't counter-snipe with the bow. That pissed me off a little bit.

    "That makes sense! Fuck my enjoyment of the game, I'll just start up Flippy_D's Point and Click Adventure so you can win the video game. Thanks for letting me know what a dick I'm being by not bringing my A game to a casual server."

    Counter-Sniper? Fuck that, the best sniper counter is going scout and bonking the shit out of them. Its also a good stress reliever.

    RCagent on
  • FightTestFightTest Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Aside from people who bitch non-stop I can't think of anything that would justify being upset at the people on PA servers, and really that's just annoying more than upsetting. I've certainly never quit over anything other players have done.. aside from like voting for granary.

    Too many people taking internet games seriously tonight.

    FightTest on
    MOBA DOTA.
  • His CorkinessHis Corkiness Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    The worst part of playing Sniper is Sniper duels. It'd be about 10x more fun if Snipers couldn't shoot each-other.

    His Corkiness on
  • QuidQuid Definitely not a banana Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Though kudos to mrflippy for being a beast of a demoman.

    Quid on
  • L|amaL|ama Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    yes, things are so much more fun for everyone when half of your team are bow snipers doing exactly dick-all useful and another quarter are spies trying to figure out how to actually play as spy and you just get raped round after round. But sorry, your enjoyment is the most important, not the entire team's.

    L|ama on
  • QuidQuid Definitely not a banana Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    If that happens I just opt for dicking around too. Sometimes your team just isn't going to win, no reason to let that take away the fun.

    Quid on
  • MarsMars Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Going with the rifle just to be a little better at counter-sniping is pretty dumb. If you're any good with the bow, you're going to be ravaging their front lines, not getting into stand-offs with one other player. You don't want to give that up to focus on one enemy, especially since you should be getting scouts, spies, and pyros out there to harass him anyway.

    Edit: And if you're not any good with the bow, you're probably not very good with the rifle either, so you might as well stick with something slightly useful/fun instead of being cannon fodder for the other sniper.

    Mars on
  • FightTestFightTest Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    If nobody else is taking it srsly then it's your fault for trying to. The PA servers provide a good mix of heated matches, complete idiocy, and occasional steamrolls. If you happen to get one you don't want that's life.

    If you're convinced you have to win to have fun when you have 4 spies and 5 snipers on your team then the problem lies with you, sir.

    FightTest on
    MOBA DOTA.
  • tofutofu Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    if you aren't having fun you can always quit

    why would you continue to play and get angrier and angrier

    tofu on
  • TheScrupleTheScruple The Oldest of BridgesRegistered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Warning, rant behind spoilers:
    "Getting rolled" happens, usually on one map, then teams change the next map. There is usually at least some give-and-take. What wears me down is when the same goddamn teams roll from map to map. There was never any resistance, no challenge. We tried being coordinated, building ubers, coordinating our attacks and such, but there was no point against the better team. Especially on that second-to-last round of dustbowl, when we threw ourselves at the five-sentry nest complete with perpetually firing heavies and bonking scouts and airblasting pyros, who never seemed to miss when we charged in with an uber or three.

    Eventually we stopped trying. The result was the same as when we did try. Only with more shit-talking. Hey, we've already stacked up the teams, why not rub it in. You stay classy, PA servers.

    I realize I'm not the best player in the world, not by any stretch of the imagination. Usually that doesn't stop me from having fun, feeling like I can contribute to a team. Tonight, I just felt completely powerless. Even though I had a bunch of points and contributed by blowing up sentries or using ubers or killing mans or whatever, it made no difference to the outcome whatsoever.

    Ugh, I'm going to get some sleep. I'll probably be back on tomorrow, since I love playing this game. Nights like tonight make me doubt that.

    TheScruple on
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  • SagaxusSagaxus Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    TheScruple wrote: »
    Warning, rant behind spoilers:
    "Getting rolled" happens, usually on one map, then teams change the next map. There is usually at least some give-and-take. What wears me down is when the same goddamn teams roll from map to map. There was never any resistance, no challenge. We tried being coordinated, building ubers, coordinating our attacks and such, but there was no point against the better team. Especially on that second-to-last round of dustbowl, when we threw ourselves at the five-sentry nest complete with perpetually firing heavies and bonking scouts and airblasting pyros, who never seemed to miss when we charged in with an uber or three.

    Eventually we stopped trying. The result was the same as when we did try. Only with more shit-talking. Hey, we've already stacked up the teams, why not rub it in. You stay classy, PA servers.

    I realize I'm not the best player in the world, not by any stretch of the imagination. Usually that doesn't stop me from having fun, feeling like I can contribute to a team. Tonight, I just felt completely powerless. Even though I had a bunch of points and contributed by blowing up sentries or using ubers or killing mans or whatever, it made no difference to the outcome whatsoever.

    Ugh, I'm going to get some sleep. I'll probably be back on tomorrow, since I love playing this game. Nights like tonight make me doubt that.

    You can always join a different server, bro. Bash some pubbie skulls to cool off or something.

    Sagaxus on
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  • Zen VulgarityZen Vulgarity What a lovely day for tea Secret British ThreadRegistered User regular
    edited June 2009
    I generally avoid the people who consistently get annoyed and don't communicate well

    Which leads me to join or want to join teams who have fun and communicate well

    Guess who wins more

    Zen Vulgarity on
  • AdusAdus Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Being a medic without a reliable mic is such a lonely, frustrating feeling.

    Adus on
  • tofutofu Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    I generally avoid the people who consistently get annoyed and don't communicate well

    Which leads me to join or want to join teams who have fun and communicate well

    Guess who wins more

    whichever team you aren't on

    tofu on
  • StreltsyStreltsy Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Team stacks are bad, people who stack teams and attempt to justify it are fascists. Go look it up, it's true.

    edit:
    horrible top, I also realise I undermined my own position against stacks with hyperbole. Fail :(

    Streltsy on
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  • BlindPsychicBlindPsychic Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Probad wrote: »
    Really? Most of the PA TF2 crowd seems either pretty chill or pretty silent.

    There were a couple people on one game I was on today who were telling the snipers on our team to switch to the rifle if they couldn't counter-snipe with the bow. That pissed me off a little bit.

    "That makes sense! Fuck my enjoyment of the game, I'll just start up Flippy_D's Point and Click Adventure so you can win the video game. Thanks for letting me know what a dick I'm being by not bringing my A game to a casual server."

    This was me.
    FightTest wrote: »
    Aside from people who bitch non-stop I can't think of anything that would justify being upset at the people on PA servers, and really that's just annoying more than upsetting. I've certainly never quit over anything other players have done.. aside from like voting for granary.

    Too many people taking internet games seriously tonight.

    Same, 24/7.
    I generally avoid the people who consistently get annoyed and don't communicate well

    Which leads me to join or want to join teams who have fun and communicate well

    Guess who wins more

    ibid.



    Good dbowl turn around tonight with Starbuck. As much as I didn't want to play medic I had no choice and we won. Yggi whatever, if you're posting here, you gotta keep moving and healing as medic man, play a little more as pyro or something and get the feel for whats happening.

    BlindPsychic on
  • BasilBasil Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Adus wrote: »
    Being a medic without a reliable mic is such a lonely, frustrating feeling.

    I prefer to think of it as a liberating exercise in method acting and behavioral modification through positive reinforcement.

    Basil on
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  • tyrannustyrannus i am not fat Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    blind and I are destined to never play together

    tyrannus on
  • AdusAdus Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    That or an exercise in going insane, which at least the other players may accept as the more likely scenario, as I still have the tendency to hit my mic button.

    I have a mic but it sucks, and everytime I hit it I'm sure I sound like:

    "BBZZZZSHHHSHSBZH!!!"

    That translates to "Spy" by the way. Just for future reference.

    Adus on
  • GoombaGoomba __BANNED USERS regular
    edited June 2009
    I hope nobody gets angry at me going on about how I blew the scout until he burned to death because it's nothing personal or even really serious I just really hate scouts.

    Goomba on
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  • BlindPsychicBlindPsychic Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    tyrannus wrote: »
    blind and I are destined to never play together

    I think we got one full game in, but it was close. I think someone else actually got switched.

    BlindPsychic on
  • Custom SpecialCustom Special I know I am, I'm sure I am, I'm Sounders 'til I die!Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Proro

    Custom Special on
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  • VerrVerr Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Goomba wrote: »
    I hope nobody gets angry at me going on about how I blew the scout until he burned to death because it's nothing personal or even really serious I just really hate scouts.

    We love you too!

    Verr on
  • rakuenCallistorakuenCallisto Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    edited June 2009
    Goomba wrote: »
    I hope nobody gets angry at me going on about how I blew the scout until he burned to death because it's nothing personal or even really serious I just really hate scouts.
    It's ok cause I really hate pyros.

    rakuenCallisto on
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  • rakuenCallistorakuenCallisto Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    edited June 2009
    tyrannus wrote: »
    blind and I are destined to never play together
    everytime i join the server after spamming join for 25 min, you leave and a tear descends from my cheek.

    rakuenCallisto on
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  • KungFuKungFu Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    I have been playing a lot lately under the name 'Theft 4 Bread'

    Can jonxp update the map rotation of his server? Throw in some cp_steel maybe. Maybe one of the other new maps like freight or whatever too. Or hoodoo.

    I'm just saying is that this rotation is getting a little tired.

    KungFu on
    Theft 4 Bread
  • LightRiderLightRider __BANNED USERS regular
    edited June 2009
    Huntsman is awesome!

    Also, I predict that next E3, they'll launch L4D3 and have a preview trailer for L4D4.

    Episode 3 will be "coming soon."

    LightRider on
  • StericaSterica Yes Registered User, Moderator mod
    edited June 2009
    When we have one Medic, you don't get to complain about which weapon I use, damn it. Roll a Medic, use the Medigun, and put me to shame. It's not difficult.

    Sterica on
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  • FellhandFellhand Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Streltsy wrote: »
    Team stacks are bad, people who stack teams and attempt to justify it are fascists. Go look it up, it's true.

    edit:
    horrible top, I also realise I undermined my own position against stacks with hyperbole. Fail :(

    The worst are the people that complain when they are not on team stax and then brag about massive ownage when they are on team stax.

    I am fortunate that I have not torn my ears off yet because of such horribleness.

    Fellhand on
  • BlindPsychicBlindPsychic Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    LightRider wrote: »
    Huntsman is awesome!

    Also, I predict that next E3, they'll launch L4D3 and have a preview trailer for L4D4.

    Episode 3 will be "coming soon."

    Bizzaro Valve time jokes belong in the L4D thread bro.



    And yeah rak I wanna see you guys duke it out. That sentry spot at A is new to me, or atleast, I've never used it to such great effect. Its not really a "drop this here while we defend B" sentry spot. But I've learned another teleporter exit spot that would be good for offense that spies can't reach.
    Rorus Raz wrote: »
    When we have one Medic, you don't get to complain about which weapon I use, damn it. Roll a Medic, use the Medigun, and put me to shame. It's not difficult.


    Man I've been playing medic since this game came out and I'm completely sick of it. Its my most played class (not counting my Soldier time, because I split this account with my dad and he only ever plays soldier). 150 hours of it now man, I wanna play something different for once. We need a new crop of medics to take over.

    BlindPsychic on
  • Mandalorian RoosterMandalorian Rooster Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Fellhand wrote: »
    and then brag about massive ownage when they are on team stax.

    Who does this? I'll be honest, sometimes I'll stack. Depending on how bad the stack is(and my mood), I usually switch to something besides Medic though. There are people I prefer to play with. But as bad a stack as I've seen, I've never seen anyone brag about it.

    Mandalorian Rooster on
  • GoombaGoomba __BANNED USERS regular
    edited June 2009
    But man that scout was going for water and I just trapped him in the corner and blew him over and over again and it was wonderful.

    Goomba on
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  • BlindPsychicBlindPsychic Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    I hate team stacks because when we get it on a map like Well or Granary which I really like and never get to play, its always over in 5 minutes and its back to Dustrushpitline.

    BlindPsychic on
  • UltimaGeckoUltimaGecko Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    whoa soal wtf is up with your ping

    ...

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    UltimaGecko on
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  • FightTestFightTest Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Same, 24/7.

    Yeah woo! Hi-5 granary sucks! Yeah!

    (i'll create fellow granary haters if I must)

    FightTest on
    MOBA DOTA.
  • BlindPsychicBlindPsychic Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Thats not what I meant at all, I mean that I bitch non-stop.

    BlindPsychic on
  • StericaSterica Yes Registered User, Moderator mod
    edited June 2009
    Granary is awesome and the haters also hate puppies.

    Sterica on
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  • SarksusSarksus ATTACK AND DETHRONE GODRegistered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Grannery is a great map. I love Grainary.

    Sarksus on
  • YggiDeeYggiDee The World Ends With You Shill Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Yggi whatever, if you're posting here, you gotta keep moving and healing as medic man, play a little more as pyro or something and get the feel for whats happening.
    Yeah, that one was me. All I have to offer in my defense is severe noob- PC gaming, Multiplayer gaming, and FPS gaming are all things I have only properly encountered in the past several days; years of JRPGs had long ago worn away my meager reflexes. I have been playing Pyro a lot (two whole hours woo!) as there is no joy quite like jumping a pack of players and torching the lot regardless of my own survival. I figure I'll get better with practice and once I actually know where shit is I can probably fake being a decent player. Regardless TF2 is some of the most fucking fun I have ever played even when I have 60+ deaths and 3 kills.

    Also no team needs 3 snipers all of you should stop being snipers.

    PS does "team stax" refer to an unbalance of classes or an unbalance of players? Is it possible to manually switch teams without disconnecting and re-connectiong to the server?

    YggiDee on
  • FightTestFightTest Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Is there any idea who's getting the next update? I heard engineer bandied about in the past but I don't know if that was speculation or if they ever said.

    FightTest on
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