skynet
Hi Mate thanks for the reply and the very generous offer
I did say that you have zero clues on how to play CTF (I didn't say you were DMing - no offense, you don't seem to have an aim for that), but not only to you but also to Lou and Octoman. While they both are nearly useless in any given game, at least Lou kinda goes after the flag carrier from time to time, to stretch his legs from constant crouching as he camps.
I agree about the aim its something I am working on
I do sometimes camp in the defense zone I was figuring it was wasting my time going a long way to get killed and therefore I might be more useful at the back as as soon as I am killed I am back nearly to where I started.
I played UT Dom in the early 2000’s mostly with the translocator , so it took a little while to master the grapple , I never mastered the double shot shock rifle (it was low down on my list ) but now I have found insta and its so much fun , I have taught myself to double shot [though standing still unfortunately ] , AI has recommended some training tools for me.
With the double shot you have to predict where the enemy will be , if they cotton on they are often quick enough to see its me and predict what attack method I will use
Octoman on the other hand is totally useless, I will repeat that publicly and without any holding back. I even tried to help him with some guidance (no abuse, just help) in the past, but he just doesn't listen and makes absolutely no progress to improve his game.
I've played with and against you a couple of times and you seem to be a novice player, so I'm taking this into account when comparing or judging players. But having all 3 of you on the same team means mindless spam that serves 0 benefit to the team. While you're all spamming away you're blocking shots from other players on your team that will probably make that kill. Or you push the same players back into enemy base, while they're trying to get out with a flag. So instead of helping, you're actually working against your team. So I have 0 tolerance for spam and I've been very vocal about this and am probably known to be a major dick for every player that's known for spamming/camping on ESU.
It never occurred to me I might be hampering the team , though occasionally I have hit the returning carrier , from my team , by mistake
I actually pride myself on being far from mindless when the map allows , I take time to analyse the opposition for instance I know one player who favours the same spot on Egypt so I have some success double shotting him there (until he cottons on of course ) I have also made suggestions on team chat about how we might take a certain route , but they are roundly ignored of course 😊 I still think in a six player team you should have 2 defend 2 mid and 2 attack but then fluctuate that if you find someone is underused , you have to really know the maps for that though and I hardly played ctf until about 3 months ago (early retirement in May so have time now to D*** around on UT )
However I can see why you might think I am being mindless given the standard of my play 😊
Since you're referring to a specific game, in that game there were 5 players in our team towards the end... me, Newbee, you, Lou and Octoman. All three of you did the exact same thing and left me and Newbee in a position to go against opposing team alone. We need help. We need help in: grabbing the flag, covering and defense. None of you 3 did that. I don't expect you to cover, but I do expect you to at least defend or go for grabs and we'll cover you. All I saw you 3 do is mindlessly spam around the map with no clue what to do. That's not team play. It's like being on a football field and just running around in circles, blindly kicking your feet in hopes you will hit the ball eventually. That might be fun for you, not really fun for everyone else.
Again its not intended to be mindless b ut I can see why you think so , maybe we do what I used to when playing DOM you have a team leader who does team chat and or use the I need more backup or even boost someone out of defense to indicate you need help
If you need any assistance in helping you play better, I'm here and I'll arrange a training session for you or anyone interested on improving their game. A few other players might want to do the same and we can have a nice training session. I am in no way a pro player, but I know a few things and I'm sure I can help you improve if you need to or want to.
That’s a super kind offer thanks ! I am trying the AI tools first as I need to improve my aim (mostly by calming down and letting the target come underneath my cross hairs )
I proposed training sessions on Amsterdam server to Snowguy (the admin) and didn't get any response from him yet, so maybe he's still figuring out how to properly do this without being bothered by random players that aren't part of the training session. We'd need server locked for a period of time.
I am thinking of renting a cheap UT server , If I do I can offer a training camp
Since you're mentioning abuse, like it or not it's part of the online gaming. If that throws you off, just mute us players that you think are abusive. I'm not sure how old you are, but most of the people playing here were probably teens when UT came out, so we're mostly well used to it already.
Yep the mute button is my n0065t option which would be a shame as I like the chat
Why taking it seriously? It's a zero-sum competitive game. We against the other team.
I stopped playing in the 2000s as it started interfering with my work now I am free to do whatever I want
I haven’t proof read this so there may be some errors – thanks for your comment !
