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Does anyone else encounter l33t c***0rs who try to tell you what weapons to kill them with (ONLY when playing UT:RA)?
I was on a server in east coast USA, 1 on 1 against some yank LPB. My ping was about 180 odd, which was playable enough, and we're trading rockets and suchlike. The LPB begins having fun with the sniper rifle at your humble narrator's expense, but yours truly adjusts by occupying positions where "assload of rockets" becomes an effective countering tactic (this being a fairly small arena).
After a couple of rounds, we find ourselves both on the ground floor of the arena. Yours truly is feeling quite healthy, but the LPB is surely in danger of kicking the bucket. Next, the LPB opens up with alt-fire pulse gun (at close range), which makes my health drop rapidly and the screen becomes that very distracting colour. The floor is pretty level and there's only a central pillar for cover.
From my 100% abstinence from pulse and mini so far, it is clear that this LPB is looking to quickly finish off your humble narrator. I am slightly offended by this development, thinking to myself that it is surely near the top of the list labelled "rude tactics from rude fellows who stare death in the face".
I decide to respond in kind, and only a few bullets from my minigun have to nick the guy before he keels over. Cries of "gay" emanate from the petulant loser of this particular round. On questioning, it transpires that the minigun is always lame (at whatever range and whatever ping) whereas the pulse gun at close range and in the hands of an LPB is never lame! Well **** me! I obviously didn't know as much about the game as I thought!
Sorry for this boring story, which is true except for a bit of artistic license, but it is necessary background to highlist the set of double standards that a lot of l33t cunt0r players seem to employ as their code of honour.
There are other examples of this kind of double standard that I can think of, such as LPBs cynically taking maximum advantage of their ping advantage and constantly using the sniper rifle against modemers in open arenas. This is not wrong in itself, but it is pure hypocrisy when the same LPBs start moaning about what weapons the other guy is using.
When it comes to choosing between minigun and pulse gun, I go for minigun because I have a key handy for it (from playing DM). To me there isn't a lot of difference between the pulse gun and the minigun. Both can mess up a dude quickly and both are often used as 'finishing weapons'. That's just me though - some players may be able to use one of those two better than the other though.
Personally, I would like to play UT:RA using all of the weapons. Generally speaking, if somebody uses a particular type of weapon, I will respond in kind. All those l33t c***s can **** off.
I was on a server in east coast USA, 1 on 1 against some yank LPB. My ping was about 180 odd, which was playable enough, and we're trading rockets and suchlike. The LPB begins having fun with the sniper rifle at your humble narrator's expense, but yours truly adjusts by occupying positions where "assload of rockets" becomes an effective countering tactic (this being a fairly small arena).
After a couple of rounds, we find ourselves both on the ground floor of the arena. Yours truly is feeling quite healthy, but the LPB is surely in danger of kicking the bucket. Next, the LPB opens up with alt-fire pulse gun (at close range), which makes my health drop rapidly and the screen becomes that very distracting colour. The floor is pretty level and there's only a central pillar for cover.
From my 100% abstinence from pulse and mini so far, it is clear that this LPB is looking to quickly finish off your humble narrator. I am slightly offended by this development, thinking to myself that it is surely near the top of the list labelled "rude tactics from rude fellows who stare death in the face".
I decide to respond in kind, and only a few bullets from my minigun have to nick the guy before he keels over. Cries of "gay" emanate from the petulant loser of this particular round. On questioning, it transpires that the minigun is always lame (at whatever range and whatever ping) whereas the pulse gun at close range and in the hands of an LPB is never lame! Well **** me! I obviously didn't know as much about the game as I thought!
Sorry for this boring story, which is true except for a bit of artistic license, but it is necessary background to highlist the set of double standards that a lot of l33t cunt0r players seem to employ as their code of honour.
There are other examples of this kind of double standard that I can think of, such as LPBs cynically taking maximum advantage of their ping advantage and constantly using the sniper rifle against modemers in open arenas. This is not wrong in itself, but it is pure hypocrisy when the same LPBs start moaning about what weapons the other guy is using.
When it comes to choosing between minigun and pulse gun, I go for minigun because I have a key handy for it (from playing DM). To me there isn't a lot of difference between the pulse gun and the minigun. Both can mess up a dude quickly and both are often used as 'finishing weapons'. That's just me though - some players may be able to use one of those two better than the other though.
Personally, I would like to play UT:RA using all of the weapons. Generally speaking, if somebody uses a particular type of weapon, I will respond in kind. All those l33t c***s can **** off.