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You can never call yourself a veteran of a game until youíve been through it all, and I believe I have.
You see, for the past couple of hours, I have been taking part in a non-stop continuous 2 hour Quake 3 marathon, playing Quake 3 Revolution in Asylum with 5 nightmare bots, and I kicked butt, notching up a mighty 793 frags. Thatís a frag every 15 seconds. I now know everything there is to know about Quake 3, including every tactic, secret, method and skill. I was triumphant, victorious, nothing could beat me. In short, I was the arena master. My skills are so finely honed that I can zero in on any target using the dual shock, I can see invisible player like they have a big arrow above their head saying ìshoot meî, I can frag people in mid-air with the rocket launcher and score 100% accuracy with the rail gun.
One of my favourite tactics is the ìblood screenî. If there is a bloodbath in a corridor, shoot some of the dead bodies on the ground, this sends up a screen of blood. Fire manically through this and you will dominate. Fire at the bodies of your subsequent victims to keep going until you run out of ammo. Then, run like a madman into the screen with your gauntlet, theyíll never see you coming. Using this technique you can score at least 15 frags.
A good skill to learn is turning whilst moving. This doesnít sound hard at first, but it takes practise to perfect. You have to make a full 180ƒ turn whilst maintaining the same direction. Itís tricky, but is really useful for when someoneís tailing you. However, this is useless if you donít know theyíre there in the first place, but after 2 hours of living and breathing Quake, you get to learn the telltale signs. These include bullets bouncing off the wall in front of you, the sound of bullets hitting a wall and even the footsteps of your pursuant. You get so in tune to the gameís atmosphere that you have absolute knowledge of your gameís surroundings and atmosphere, so that minute changes are instantly noticeable.
So you think you know Quake, Unreal or Counter Strike? In my opinion, no one can make such a claim until they have lived, breathed and fought the game for several hours and won against the hardest of opposition. Only then, are you a veteran.
You see, for the past couple of hours, I have been taking part in a non-stop continuous 2 hour Quake 3 marathon, playing Quake 3 Revolution in Asylum with 5 nightmare bots, and I kicked butt, notching up a mighty 793 frags. Thatís a frag every 15 seconds. I now know everything there is to know about Quake 3, including every tactic, secret, method and skill. I was triumphant, victorious, nothing could beat me. In short, I was the arena master. My skills are so finely honed that I can zero in on any target using the dual shock, I can see invisible player like they have a big arrow above their head saying ìshoot meî, I can frag people in mid-air with the rocket launcher and score 100% accuracy with the rail gun.
One of my favourite tactics is the ìblood screenî. If there is a bloodbath in a corridor, shoot some of the dead bodies on the ground, this sends up a screen of blood. Fire manically through this and you will dominate. Fire at the bodies of your subsequent victims to keep going until you run out of ammo. Then, run like a madman into the screen with your gauntlet, theyíll never see you coming. Using this technique you can score at least 15 frags.
A good skill to learn is turning whilst moving. This doesnít sound hard at first, but it takes practise to perfect. You have to make a full 180ƒ turn whilst maintaining the same direction. Itís tricky, but is really useful for when someoneís tailing you. However, this is useless if you donít know theyíre there in the first place, but after 2 hours of living and breathing Quake, you get to learn the telltale signs. These include bullets bouncing off the wall in front of you, the sound of bullets hitting a wall and even the footsteps of your pursuant. You get so in tune to the gameís atmosphere that you have absolute knowledge of your gameís surroundings and atmosphere, so that minute changes are instantly noticeable.
So you think you know Quake, Unreal or Counter Strike? In my opinion, no one can make such a claim until they have lived, breathed and fought the game for several hours and won against the hardest of opposition. Only then, are you a veteran.
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Phft you didn't even mention the age old tactic of Rocket Jumping.
Spiriatii wrote:
Eeep. Anyway I took on this guy yesterday and won in every
> match we played on every difficulty setting and mode 10-0. The only mode he got
> in a kill was when I was on -10 health and he was on +10...
Maybe I should
> have stopped sitting on the place the Golden Gun respawned... :)
Lol!
You cheating newbie basher! :-D
Eeep. Anyway I took on this guy yesterday and won in every
> match we played on every difficulty setting and mode 10-0. The only mode he got
> in a kill was when I was on -10 health and he was on +10...
Maybe I should
> have stopped sitting on the place the Golden Gun respawned... :)
Lol!
You cheating newbie basher! :-D
Most of my freinds aren't interested in Computer Games (øwhy?)
Joe_Poly wrote:
> I wish I could just have a go at the multiplayer on the GBA, it's supposed to be
> a big selling console, but no-one I know has one :(
WHAT?! About seventy people at my school have one and many more are in the middle of getting one now or at Christmas!
Don't worry, I think it will pick up soon :)
> I wish I could just have a go at the multiplayer on the GBA, it's supposed to be
> a big selling console, but no-one I know has one :(
WHAT?! About seventy people at my school have one and many more are in the middle of getting one now or at Christmas!
Don't worry, I think it will pick up soon :)
I wish I could just have a go at the multiplayer on the GBA, it's supposed to be a big selling console, but no-one I know has one :(
I challenge all of you to play me at Quake 3. We should meet up at an SR somewhere.
I'm not bothered about being a 'veteran' at a game, as long as I enjoy playing it.
GasMask wrote:
*After practice*
Nothing can beat me!!!!
Unless they make a superdog :D
Eeep. Anyway I took on this guy yesterday and won in every match we played on every difficulty setting and mode 10-0. The only mode he got in a kill was when I was on -10 health and he was on +10...
Maybe I should have stopped sitting on the place the Golden Gun respawned... :)
*After practice*
Nothing can beat me!!!!
Unless they make a superdog :D
Eeep. Anyway I took on this guy yesterday and won in every match we played on every difficulty setting and mode 10-0. The only mode he got in a kill was when I was on -10 health and he was on +10...
Maybe I should have stopped sitting on the place the Golden Gun respawned... :)
Yes, some skills are lost if you don't play that much.
Or if you haven't played for a long time. I used to kick rear on Goldeneye now, probably a measly dog could beat me :o)
*After practice*
Nothing can beat me!!!!
:o)
Unless they make a superdog :D
Or if you haven't played for a long time. I used to kick rear on Goldeneye now, probably a measly dog could beat me :o)
*After practice*
Nothing can beat me!!!!
:o)
Unless they make a superdog :D
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