I'd venture to say that only 20% of the bullets hit. That's why we can circle for 20 seconds.
I haven't played much halo at all compared to how much q3/dod/cs I've played and I'm a lot more used to the "one hit and you're dead" gameplay. But I know that with less effective weapons you can practically strafe across the map with each other.
...it seems the plasma blasts are more affected by your velocity(Does that sound right? I don't know how to explain it...
I know what you mean. I seem to think of it like this: if you are strafing right and fire a bullet when you arrive 1m to the right of your original position, it may arrive 1.5 meters right of your starting point on the back wall. (although people have disagreed with me on that)
I'm sure you are aware of this, but most people who post on/. with a registered account are highly intelligent, even extremely intelligent......above level 10 or so, you get to the right side of the bell curve...the smarter ones.
I don't know if you were illustrating range of intelligence in halo2 or if you meant something else. I don't consider myself extremely intelligent, but I usually find myself being in the top 1/2 of a group of 10/30 people. I've grown up with geek friends and pothead friends simultaneously and I've developed a relatively unique personality (never met anyone like me) and I can say some odd things at times.
...He's good at hitting strafing people, but not the ones he can't predict...
A friend of mine has played A LOT of q3 and I would consider him in the top 25% but once I got to know his style I could predict his routes etc and also how many seconds it would take him to line up his shot with the railgun, to the point where I would jump and he would shoot at where my feet were (apparently a 1 hit kill??). I figured he would have equal knowledge of how I acted so I decided to emulate the style of "the typical noob" (in my mind) and totally threw out my strategy. After that, I seemed to have a definite advantage over him (for a short while, say 5 or 10 kills tops). Being predictible is often unpredicted.
btw sorry if that doesn't make sense, it's 6am (my first week of adsl)
...circle with them, they'll circle with you for 20 seconds...
Ah, I see. If, indeed, you encounter someone who does not see their enemy and start firing straight up or run for cover then perhaps they can be easily outwitted with such skilz as strafing round them in circles, and you are correct.
However, you are the first person I have ever come across who would not immediately fire at the enemy. In my experience it is more likely that someone in that situation (attacker) will be killed running towards the victim, however I do not play halo 2 live (even though I have two copies due to parents not communicating) and I know that there are some stupid people out there. (Perhaps you've noticed that they are dumb cunts and that is why you've chosen to take this course of action?)
As for q3 excessive, I totally agree with you now that I know that the bfg doesn't do splash-damage. I have fucked around with rocket jumping (as everyone has) and mainly plasma climbing.
Strafe right 2 seconds, left 1, right 4.
This is very insightful and I will try to adapt it. I'm well aware of how most people's movements (including mine) are extremely predictible but the most I've done to prevent it is when coming out from a corner I don't strafe out about a meter as most people do, I jump out and continue running for about 3 meters and then run back.
I more often outwit my opponents as opposed to out-battle (for lack of better term).
For instance, halo2. Run around them in a circle, get behind their back and melee them (donkey punch). Even in Q3 excessive, in a battle use your bfg to jump on a ledge and kill 'em while they're still trying to find you. UT2003, just strafe a lot.
I don't see how donkey punching them is "outwitting" them, especially if they know you're there.
When I think of outwitting someone, I think of throwing a smoke grenade in the main route of the map and then taking the side way, while still throwing flashes over the buildings and into the center area, only to end up coming round the back and raping them all from behind.:)
lol@assassin!
Oh and I suppose bfg'ing up to a ledge is sort of outsmarting them, but I don't think the health-loss would ever be worth it unless you're very desperate to live (ie have no health) and only DA would try it then.
...won by the person with the lowest ping time.
I find it very annoying when people get owned in cs and then blame it on "lag" even though most of the time their ping is below 40. Anything below 250 seems about the same for me, and I know people on du who are fuckin decent with 900 ping (although there is some definite lag at that latency).
btw in css and probably most mods "cl_cmdrate 1" gives you (most connections that I've seen) a ping of 5.
Slashdot Mirror
pizza: If you must use a notebook, get a 12" or smaller model. It's not just uncomfortable for you, it's uncomfortable for anyone sitting beside you.
...to the person poking me
monk: Fucker... we're flying coach cuz we spent our money on that 17" 'portable' computer.
Yes. And if someone was poking me in the side with their elbows for a 1-12 hour flight I would certainly say something...
An open letter! Why didn't I think of that?
Spyware doesn't stand a chance now.
All I got from that was that she doesn't like slashdot. The rest just contradicted itself.
10 years or so from now, you'll have this much power in a little 1" x 1" box (probably priced around $100 dollars, too)
yes...refer to subject line
so then you can have 100.001% of the burgulars(sic!) covered.
ok, it's a nitpick. mod me down
no, no...the dog must have been intended as -0.001% security...who the hell owns a poodle anyway?
...he says that the word "gullible" is not in the dictionary.
really?
I'd venture to say that only 20% of the bullets hit. That's why we can circle for 20 seconds.
...it seems the plasma blasts are more affected by your velocity(Does that sound right? I don't know how to explain it...
/. with a registered account are highly intelligent, even extremely intelligent... ...above level 10 or so, you get to the right side of the bell curve...the smarter ones.
...He's good at hitting strafing people, but not the ones he can't predict...
I haven't played much halo at all compared to how much q3/dod/cs I've played and I'm a lot more used to the "one hit and you're dead" gameplay. But I know that with less effective weapons you can practically strafe across the map with each other.
I know what you mean. I seem to think of it like this: if you are strafing right and fire a bullet when you arrive 1m to the right of your original position, it may arrive 1.5 meters right of your starting point on the back wall. (although people have disagreed with me on that)
I'm sure you are aware of this, but most people who post on
I don't know if you were illustrating range of intelligence in halo2 or if you meant something else. I don't consider myself extremely intelligent, but I usually find myself being in the top 1/2 of a group of 10/30 people. I've grown up with geek friends and pothead friends simultaneously and I've developed a relatively unique personality (never met anyone like me) and I can say some odd things at times.
A friend of mine has played A LOT of q3 and I would consider him in the top 25% but once I got to know his style I could predict his routes etc and also how many seconds it would take him to line up his shot with the railgun, to the point where I would jump and he would shoot at where my feet were (apparently a 1 hit kill??). I figured he would have equal knowledge of how I acted so I decided to emulate the style of "the typical noob" (in my mind) and totally threw out my strategy. After that, I seemed to have a definite advantage over him (for a short while, say 5 or 10 kills tops). Being predictible is often unpredicted.
btw sorry if that doesn't make sense, it's 6am (my first week of adsl)
...circle with them, they'll circle with you for 20 seconds...
Ah, I see. If, indeed, you encounter someone who does not see their enemy and start firing straight up or run for cover then perhaps they can be easily outwitted with such skilz as strafing round them in circles, and you are correct.
However, you are the first person I have ever come across who would not immediately fire at the enemy. In my experience it is more likely that someone in that situation (attacker) will be killed running towards the victim, however I do not play halo 2 live (even though I have two copies due to parents not communicating) and I know that there are some stupid people out there. (Perhaps you've noticed that they are dumb cunts and that is why you've chosen to take this course of action?)
As for q3 excessive, I totally agree with you now that I know that the bfg doesn't do splash-damage. I have fucked around with rocket jumping (as everyone has) and mainly plasma climbing.
Strafe right 2 seconds, left 1, right 4.
This is very insightful and I will try to adapt it. I'm well aware of how most people's movements (including mine) are extremely predictible but the most I've done to prevent it is when coming out from a corner I don't strafe out about a meter as most people do, I jump out and continue running for about 3 meters and then run back.
I more often outwit my opponents as opposed to out-battle (for lack of better term).
:)
For instance, halo2. Run around them in a circle, get behind their back and melee them (donkey punch). Even in Q3 excessive, in a battle use your bfg to jump on a ledge and kill 'em while they're still trying to find you. UT2003, just strafe a lot.
I don't see how donkey punching them is "outwitting" them, especially if they know you're there.
When I think of outwitting someone, I think of throwing a smoke grenade in the main route of the map and then taking the side way, while still throwing flashes over the buildings and into the center area, only to end up coming round the back and raping them all from behind.
lol@assassin!
Oh and I suppose bfg'ing up to a ledge is sort of outsmarting them, but I don't think the health-loss would ever be worth it unless you're very desperate to live (ie have no health) and only DA would try it then.
Your "strat" for ut is strafing? omglolwtfbbqrofl
...won by the person with the lowest ping time. I find it very annoying when people get owned in cs and then blame it on "lag" even though most of the time their ping is below 40. Anything below 250 seems about the same for me, and I know people on du who are fuckin decent with 900 ping (although there is some definite lag at that latency). btw in css and probably most mods "cl_cmdrate 1" gives you (most connections that I've seen) a ping of 5.