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| Smeghead 2005-02-17, 10:28 pm |
| I was just in a pub server where I was actually *criticized* for
playing base defense!
It was an almost full server, so there's the usual pandemonium. The
map was "Minotaur". So you know the inventory stations are a prime
target.
I hunkered down in heavy, with a repair pack and stood in back of the
base between the two invs. Someone else did the typical camera's lined
up to narrow the entry and slow heavies trying to push through the
field.
While I'm standing there, I smack down a few would-be disruptors of
our base. Defense isn't everyone's cup of tea, I understand that. It
requires a modicum of patience.
Anyway, this guy stops stone still, obviously typing something. Says,
"Don't play base D!!!"
Why not?
Someone else chimes in, "Why no D?"
He replies, "I'm talking to Smeg, he's just standing in the base like
a nub."
A nub? I think to myself. I'm standing here like an abruptly truncated
appendage? I figure he must mean noob. But then, I could be wrong, I
*have* been tarred as a "nub" very recently. There may be no limit to
what I don't know.
Someone else quips, "maybe he is a nub! so what?"
"If you mean 'n00b', I've been playing Tribes since day one." Trying
to dispell my growing "nubbie" status.
"Besides, I have to keep the inventory stations up for you Glamour
Boys." I say. "Tell you what. XXXXit. Keep 'em up yourself."
So I got an inventory pack, went somewhere remote, deployed it,
chaingunned it till its internal beacon died, and repaired it, so only
I would know where it was. Spiteful? Hell, yes.
In a mere matter of moments, the cry went up, "Repair our inventory
stations!" And the crier was none other that Mr. XXXXtard Criticizer
himself.  Ah, satisfaction.
Who criticizes players for their chosen role?! Especially when it is
chosen based on the current need of the team.
I suppose a new breed of Quake-head has entered the pool.
--
--==< S m e g h e a d >==--
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| Adrian Ng 2005-02-17, 10:28 pm |
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"Smeghead" <tribesfan@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:rlea11p2te2udbm41f80pv200hb0g84iet@4ax.com...
quote:
>I was just in a pub server where I was actually *criticized* for
> playing base defense!
>
> It was an almost full server, so there's the usual pandemonium. The
> map was "Minotaur". So you know the inventory stations are a prime
> target.
>
> I hunkered down in heavy, with a repair pack and stood in back of the
> base between the two invs. Someone else did the typical camera's lined
> up to narrow the entry and slow heavies trying to push through the
> field.
>
> While I'm standing there, I smack down a few would-be disruptors of
> our base. Defense isn't everyone's cup of tea, I understand that. It
> requires a modicum of patience.
>
> Anyway, this guy stops stone still, obviously typing something. Says,
> "Don't play base D!!!"
>
> Why not?
>
> Someone else chimes in, "Why no D?"
>
> He replies, "I'm talking to Smeg, he's just standing in the base like
> a nub."
>
> A nub? I think to myself. I'm standing here like an abruptly truncated
> appendage? I figure he must mean noob. But then, I could be wrong, I
> *have* been tarred as a "nub" very recently. There may be no limit to
> what I don't know.
>
> Someone else quips, "maybe he is a nub! so what?"
>
> "If you mean 'n00b', I've been playing Tribes since day one." Trying
> to dispell my growing "nubbie" status.
>
> "Besides, I have to keep the inventory stations up for you Glamour
> Boys." I say. "Tell you what. XXXXit. Keep 'em up yourself."
>
> So I got an inventory pack, went somewhere remote, deployed it,
> chaingunned it till its internal beacon died, and repaired it, so only
> I would know where it was. Spiteful? Hell, yes.
>
> In a mere matter of moments, the cry went up, "Repair our inventory
> stations!" And the crier was none other that Mr. XXXXtard Criticizer
> himself. Ah, satisfaction.
>
> Who criticizes players for their chosen role?! Especially when it is
> chosen based on the current need of the team.
>
> I suppose a new breed of Quake-head has entered the pool.
>
>
> --
> --==< S m e g h e a d >==--
Unbelievable. Some people are just jerks, man.
Go on don't take that shit.
And...er he was a team mate?
Why on earth would he not want you to defend, duude?
Far out.
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| Smeghead 2005-02-18, 4:34 am |
| On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 01:16:55 +0000 (UTC), "Adrian Ng"
<spam.ng@btopenworld.com> wrote:
quote:
>Unbelievable. Some people are just jerks, man.
>Go on don't take that shit.
>
>And...er he was a team mate?
>
>Why on earth would he not want you to defend, duude?
>
>Far out.
Unbe-freaking-lievable, innit?
It's like... I dunno... like... um... freaky. Yeah.
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--==< S m e g h e a d >==--
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| Hellmark 2005-02-18, 4:34 am |
| Smeghead's last words before the Sword of Azrial plunged through his body
were:
quote:
> On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 01:16:55 +0000 (UTC), "Adrian Ng"
> <spam.ng@btopenworld.com> wrote:
> Unbe-freaking-lievable, innit?
> It's like... I dunno... like... um... freaky. Yeah.
I hate quakers. By their mentality, if you aint "fragging" the other team,
you're only slowing down the server. Assholes.
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| On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 19:11:29 -0600, Smeghead wrote:
[Snip]
quote:
> "Besides, I have to keep the inventory stations up for you Glamour
> Boys." I say. "Tell you what. XXXXit. Keep 'em up yourself."
That was *always* my attitude on that particular map. They whine when
you're not 'helping'...
quote:
> In a mere matter of moments, the cry went up, "Repair our inventory
> stations!" And the crier was none other that Mr. XXXXtard Criticizer
> himself. Ah, satisfaction.
.... and whine when you 'decide to help'.
So, sod them. On that particular map, do whatever you want.
quote:
> Who criticizes players for their chosen role?! Especially when it is
> chosen based on the current need of the team.
Morons do.
quote:
> I suppose a new breed of Quake-head has entered the pool.
I wish I could be bothered to fire T2 up again.
--
"A riot is unt ugly thing, unt it's about time we had one!"
R.L.U. #300033, running WM 0.80.1 under MDK9.1½
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| Smeghead 2005-02-18, 6:46 pm |
| On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 10:37:23 +0000, Mr K <duffstuff@hotmail.com>
wrote:
quote:
>On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 19:11:29 -0600, Smeghead wrote:
>
>[Snip]
>
>
>That was *always* my attitude on that particular map. They whine when
>you're not 'helping'...
I'd rather help someone who is GOOD at capping and keep the supply of
heavies to their base flowing than to be another body on the ground
just outside the base due to mortar spamming.
quote:
>
>... and whine when you 'decide to help'.
>
>So, sod them. On that particular map, do whatever you want.
Exactly. And my kill count defending gens / base is usually fair
considering the number of cloakers and fat bastards trying to push
through the defense screen.
Also, when you *do* wind up being a thin paste splastered about the
room because some heavy manages to get one off, your corpse has a
convenient repair pack laying in the wreckage. No need to jet over to
the tower, just to be 'fuser slapped once your there so that you have
to make another attempt. And every delay makes the opposition
stronger.
But some "nubs" evidently don't realize that.
By the time I respawn and get back inside the base, either someone
else is repairing, or I can snap up the lost pack and do it myself.
Very minimal downtime. Very good for the TEAM. My personal score may
suffer, and it may not be the most adrenaline producing action ever
experienced in Tribes. But still fun.
quote:
>
>Morons do.
Morons who think that Tribes is yet another clusterXXXX deathmatch
game.
quote:
>
>I wish I could be bothered to fire T2 up again.
I do too, K! We, the forces of Reason & Sanity need you!
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--==< S m e g h e a d >==--
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| ScratchMonkey 2005-02-22, 7:41 am |
| "Smeghead" <tribesfan@hotmail.com> wrote in
news:293c115dkk96ukduqj8dnf17mi3kd7qkrt@4ax.com:
quote:
> By the time I respawn and get back inside the base, either someone
> else is repairing, or I can snap up the lost pack and do it myself.
What I really hate is when I run back in just as some moron walks over the
pack, doesn't know he has it, and jets off to enemy territory.
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| ScratchMonkey 2005-02-22, 7:41 am |
| "Smeghead" <tribesfan@hotmail.com> wrote in
news:rlea11p2te2udbm41f80pv200hb0g84iet@4ax.com:
quote:
> Anyway, this guy stops stone still, obviously typing something. Says,
> "Don't play base D!!!"
It pays to ignore these guys. But if someone is actively screwing things
up, and the server doesn't have a team balancer, I'll switch teams and make
that moron my XXXXX. (BTW, I hate balancers that base the decision on team
size instead of score. I prefer being with the underdogs.) I so miss the
ability to waypoint an enemy in TV and other non-T2 games.
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| On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 06:06:06 GMT, Hellmark
<hellmark@gmail.XXXXSPAM.com> wrote:
quote:
>
>I hate quakers.
but they make good oatmeal!
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| Andy Smith 2005-02-22, 7:02 pm |
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"ScratchMonkey" <ScratchMonkey.blacklist@sewingwitch.com> wrote in message
news:Xns960526D6A232Fscratchmonkey@216.196.97.136...
quote:
> "Smeghead" <tribesfan@hotmail.com> wrote in
> news:rlea11p2te2udbm41f80pv200hb0g84iet@4ax.com:
>
>
> It pays to ignore these guys. But if someone is actively screwing things
> up, and the server doesn't have a team balancer, I'll switch teams and
make
quote:
> that moron my XXXXX. (BTW, I hate balancers that base the decision on team
> size instead of score. I prefer being with the underdogs.)
I like to play for the side that needs help too. Makes me feel good if I can
tip the balance.
quote:
>I so miss the
> ability to waypoint an enemy in TV and other non-T2 games.
There's games other than T2?!?
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| Smeghead 2005-02-22, 10:31 pm |
| On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 05:46:31 -0600, ScratchMonkey
<ScratchMonkey.blacklist@sewingwitch.com> wrote:
quote:
>"Smeghead" <tribesfan@hotmail.com> wrote in
>news:293c115dkk96ukduqj8dnf17mi3kd7qkrt@4ax.com:
>
>
>What I really hate is when I run back in just as some moron walks over the
>pack, doesn't know he has it, and jets off to enemy territory.
Oy!
I've seen that happen far too often too.
And then you get guys who pick it up, fix one station and step on it
with a whole new loadout.
Ideally, if you're not going to continue general repairs, chuck the
pack to the side, so someone else can repair, before it gets
"reconfigured" into a new loadout.
--
--==< S m e g h e a d >==--
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| John Doe 2005-02-26, 7:40 am |
| "Smeghead" <tribesfan@hotmail.com> wrote:
quote:
>I was just in a pub server where I was actually *criticized* for
>playing base defense!
>
>It was an almost full server, so there's the usual pandemonium. The
>map was "Minotaur". So you know the inventory stations are a prime
>target.
>
>I hunkered down in heavy, with a repair pack and stood in back of the
>base between the two invs. Someone else did the typical camera's lined
>up to narrow the entry and slow heavies trying to push through the
>field.
>
>While I'm standing there, I smack down a few would-be disruptors of
>our base. Defense isn't everyone's cup of tea, I understand that. It
>requires a modicum of patience.
>
>Anyway, this guy stops stone still, obviously typing something. Says,
>"Don't play base D!!!"
>
>Why not?
>
>Someone else chimes in, "Why no D?"
>
>He replies, "I'm talking to Smeg, he's just standing in the base like
>a nub."
>
>A nub? I think to myself. I'm standing here like an abruptly truncated
>appendage? I figure he must mean noob. But then, I could be wrong, I
>*have* been tarred as a "nub" very recently. There may be no limit to
>what I don't know.
>
>Someone else quips, "maybe he is a nub! so what?"
>
>"If you mean 'n00b', I've been playing Tribes since day one." Trying
>to dispell my growing "nubbie" status.
>
>"Besides, I have to keep the inventory stations up for you Glamour
>Boys." I say. "Tell you what. XXXXit. Keep 'em up yourself."
>
>So I got an inventory pack, went somewhere remote, deployed it,
>chaingunned it till its internal beacon died, and repaired it, so only
>I would know where it was. Spiteful? Hell, yes.
>
>In a mere matter of moments, the cry went up, "Repair our inventory
>stations!" And the crier was none other that Mr. XXXXtard Criticizer
>himself. Ah, satisfaction.
I'm glad you can come here and whine about it.
quote:
>
>Who criticizes players for their chosen role?! Especially when it is
>chosen based on the current need of the team.
>
>I suppose a new breed of Quake-head has entered the pool.
>
>
>--
>--==< S m e g h e a d >==--
>
>
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| Quixote 2005-02-26, 6:45 pm |
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"John Doe" <jdoe@usenet.is.the.real.thing.com> wrote in message
news:Xns96091F2C145A0wisdomfolly@151.164.30.48...
quote:
> "Smeghead" <tribesfan@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> I'm glad you can come here and whine about it.
He is in here sharing this with his friends, why do want to be an XXX about
it?
Quixote
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| Smeghead 2005-02-26, 10:31 pm |
| On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 09:03:47 GMT, John Doe
<jdoe@usenet.is.the.real.thing.com> wrote:
quote:
>I'm glad you can come here and whine about it.
So am I.
It's nice to have a place to vent about the more obtuse players in a
game I enjoy. Especially within a group of people whom I respect. Some
I know personally. Some I've only "met" within the game itself.
It's nice to be a productive, contributing part of AGST.
--
--==< S m e g h e a d >==--
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| John Doe wrote:
quote:
> I'm glad you can come here and whine about it.
The fellows in here were polite in their replies to you.
I won't be, you anonymous XXXXtard. Smeghead is a
long-time regular in here, as well as a friend of most.
You're just an idiot posting anonymously to whine
about something you're incapable of comprehending.
--
quote:
>^,,^< Miracle
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| Smeghead 2005-02-27, 10:30 pm |
| On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 23:01:11 -0700, ">^,,^<" <miracle@spamcop.net>
wrote:
quote:
>John Doe wrote:
>
>
> The fellows in here were polite in their replies to you.
>I won't be, you anonymous XXXXtard. Smeghead is a
>long-time regular in here, as well as a friend of most.
> You're just an idiot posting anonymously to whine
>about something you're incapable of comprehending.
vgcs
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--==< S m e g h e a d >==--
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| Smeghead wrote:
quote:
> On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 23:01:11 -0700, ">^,,^<" <miracle@spamcop.net>
> wrote:
>
>
> vgcs
I searched my feeble memory cells in vain, I'm afraid, and
I'm too comfortable to go find my cheat sheet, so I'll simply
assume that was a compliment of some sort and say, "Thank you!"
:-D
--
{{{{{HUGZ!}}}}}
quote:
>^,,^< Miracle
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| Hellmark 2005-03-01, 6:52 pm |
| >^,,^<'s last words before the Sword of Azrial plunged through his body
quote:
>were:
> Smeghead wrote:
> I searched my feeble memory cells in vain, I'm afraid, and
> I'm too comfortable to go find my cheat sheet, so I'll simply
> assume that was a compliment of some sort and say, "Thank you!"
> :-D
You're not the only one who didnt know what that is. All I can make out is
"Very Good", but I think the CS is "Concise Statement".
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| On Tue, 01 Mar 2005 17:23:34 GMT, Hellmark wrote:
quote:
> You're not the only one who didnt know what that is. All I can make out is
> "Very Good", but I think the CS is "Concise Statement".
Er.... "V"oice "G"lobal "C"omplient "S"hot?
--
"There's violence to be done."
R.L.U. #300033, running WM 0.80.1 under MDK9.1(and a half)
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| Hellmark 2005-03-01, 6:52 pm |
| Mr K's last words before the Sword of Azrial plunged through his body
were:
quote:
> On Tue, 01 Mar 2005 17:23:34 GMT, Hellmark wrote:
> Er.... "V"oice "G"lobal "C"omplient "S"hot?
DUH, I wasn't even thinking about the Tribes short cuts.
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| Quixote 2005-03-01, 6:52 pm |
|
"Hellmark" <hellmark@gmail.XXXXSPAM.com> wrote in message
news:pan.2005.03.01.17.26.36.153205@gmail.XXXXSPAM.com...
quote:
>
> You're not the only one who didnt know what that is. All I can make out is
> "Very Good", but I think the CS is "Concise Statement".
It's a Tribes voice bind key sequence. I can't remember what it says
either.
Quixote
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| Smeghead 2005-03-01, 6:52 pm |
| On Tue, 01 Mar 2005 19:32:54 GMT, Hellmark
<hellmark@gmail.XXXXSPAM.com> wrote:
quote:
>Mr K's last words before the Sword of Azrial plunged through his body
>were:
>
>DUH, I wasn't even thinking about the Tribes short cuts.
Hehehe, he's right. vgy!
Voice
Global
Yes!
Voice
Global
Compliment
Shot.
"Great shot!"
vgw
"Whoohoo!"
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--==< S m e g h e a d >==--
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| Quixote wrote:
quote:
> "Hellmark" <hellmark@gmail.XXXXSPAM.com> wrote in message
> news:pan.2005.03.01.17.26.36.153205@gmail.XXXXSPAM.com...
>
> It's a Tribes voice bind key sequence. I can't remember what it says
> either.
>
> Quixote
Suddenly, I don't feel so all alone........... ;)
--
{{{{{HUGZ!}}}}} from one geezer to another,
quote:
>^,,^< Miracle
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| Quixote 2005-03-04, 4:45 am |
|
">^,,^<" <miracle@spamcop.net> wrote in message
news:38qcaqF5qpi3dU1@individual.net...
quote:
> Quixote wrote:
>
>
> Suddenly, I don't feel so all alone........... ;)
>
> --
> {{{{{HUGZ!}}}}} from one geezer to another,
>
Man geezer is right. My third grandchild is on the way now.... :^)
Quixote
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| Hellmark 2005-03-04, 4:45 am |
| Quixote's last words before the Sword of Azrial plunged through his body
were:
quote:
> ">^,,^<" <miracle@spamcop.net> wrote in message
> news:38qcaqF5qpi3dU1@individual.net...
> Man geezer is right. My third grandchild is on the way now.... :^)
Y'all aint old, what you talking about?
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| Frank van Schie 2005-03-04, 7:03 pm |
| >^,,^< wrote:
quote:
>
> Suddenly, I don't feel so all alone........... ;)
I'm 25 and I don't recall exactly, either.
I'm from the computer generation.
I don't have to remember stuff, damnit!
--
Frank
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| Quixote 2005-03-04, 10:31 pm |
|
"Frank van Schie" <frankNOSPAM@email.it> wrote in message
news:0OSdncb5s8DGQbXfRVnysA@casema.nl...
quote:
>
>
> I'm 25 and I don't recall exactly, either.
>
> I'm from the computer generation.
> I don't have to remember stuff, damnit!
Frank, you are such a youngster, I would have never guessed....
Quixote
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| Smeghead 2005-03-04, 10:31 pm |
| On Fri, 04 Mar 2005 23:08:59 +0100, Frank van Schie
<frankNOSPAM@email.it> wrote:
quote:
>
>
>I'm 25 and I don't recall exactly, either.
>
>I'm from the computer generation.
>I don't have to remember stuff, damnit!
I'm 38 and can't remember the gist of this thread.
--
--==< S m e g h e a d >==--
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| On Fri, 04 Mar 2005 18:41:18 -0600, Smeghead wrote:
quote:
> I'm 38 and can't remember the gist of this thread.
What's a thread?
--
"There's violence to be done."
R.L.U. #300033, running WM 0.80.1 under MDK9.1(and a half)
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| Mr K wrote:
quote:
> On Fri, 04 Mar 2005 18:41:18 -0600, Smeghead wrote:
>
>
> What's a thread?
That thing you hang by?
(Wait for it................................)
--
quote:
>^,,^< Miracle
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| Frank van Schie wrote (snipped):
quote:
> I'm 25 and I don't recall exactly, either.
Wow. I just realized that you were a teenager
when I started lurking in here.
--
{{{{{HUGZ!}}}}}
quote:
>^,,^< Miracle
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| Smeghead 2005-03-05, 10:31 pm |
| On Sat, 5 Mar 2005 00:42:41 +0000, Mr K <duffstuff@hotmail.com> wrote:
quote:
>On Fri, 04 Mar 2005 18:41:18 -0600, Smeghead wrote:
>
>
>What's a thread?
It's the past-tense of the word "threat".
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--==< S m e g h e a d >==--
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