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by scorchgeek
Thu Oct 22, 2009 8:41 pm
Forum: Help: Tactics and Playstyles
Topic: What are U best at?What's your skill that makes you special?
Replies: 87
Views: 65706

Re: What are U best at?What's your skill that makes you special?

I'm great at shooting sprays of difficult shots that kill someone, then sit amazed that I made the shot, while my own bullet comes back and hits me ;)
by scorchgeek
Fri Oct 09, 2009 8:53 pm
Forum: Help: Tactics and Playstyles
Topic: How Do you Dodge GM Bullets?
Replies: 3
Views: 3002

Re: How Do you Dodge GM Bullets?

Basically, try to drive perpendicular to the GM. When it starts to turn, turn with it so you are still driving perpendicular. You will need to continue this (basically driving in a circle) until the GM hits the ground next to you. Watch for walls; if you get blocked from continuing and the missile s...
by scorchgeek
Fri Oct 02, 2009 12:15 am
Forum: Players
Topic: what flag do you pwn with?
Replies: 103
Views: 51361

Re: what flag do you pwn with?

Depending on the map, ST, WG, or GM. I hate laser when I'm up against it because there's nothing you can do to dodge it, but I'm pretty good when I have it. I hate sitting and sniping, but on Castle Warfare I like to go under the enemy base and kill everyone coming down. Can rack up lots of easy poi...
by scorchgeek
Thu Oct 01, 2009 8:42 pm
Forum: Help: Tactics and Playstyles
Topic: Dodging GM's while in the air
Replies: 38
Views: 21546

Re: Dodging GM's while in the air

I thought the same thing at first that Bambino said. So I went into an empty map with a friend and he did it and I did it....and it is quite useful in Rabbit games where like I said...he (or she, since I'm a she) thinks he got you and moves on to the next hunter. Then you've got him (or her)... ha....
by scorchgeek
Mon Sep 21, 2009 7:59 pm
Forum: Players
Topic: New player shooting
Replies: 13
Views: 4391

Re: New player shooting

they could always just put "newb" or something like that in their email... :roll: I've seen people like that and am always tempted to tell them to remove it...even for me it tends to give me a feeling of "this player doesn't know what he/she is doing". IMHO, identifying "ne...
by scorchgeek
Fri Sep 04, 2009 8:40 pm
Forum: Help: Tactics and Playstyles
Topic: Dodging GM's while in the air
Replies: 38
Views: 21546

Re: Dodging GM's while in the air

...Usually, there isn't a good way of dodging a GM, except with a building, because a lot of people (myself included) fire a spray of GMs when the person is perpendicular to the person with GM. When parallel, you can usually kill someone with one shot. I disagree. As long as the shot speed on the s...
by scorchgeek
Mon Aug 31, 2009 9:48 pm
Forum: Help: Setup / Hardware / Performance Issues
Topic: Network issue and suggestion
Replies: 5
Views: 1279

Re: Network issue and suggestion

I prefer typing "o" then enter because I'm less likely to get shot while I'm entering it :D. It does the exact same thing.
by scorchgeek
Mon Aug 31, 2009 9:46 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Voting
Replies: 77
Views: 17392

Re: Voting

My god! Anyone who is lame enough to steal the callsigns of good players should rot in hell for all eternity! If someone did that with MY callsign, I'd take personal responsibility to get him forever banned from playing this game EVER AGAIN IN HIS LIFE! Huh? what callsign? The ones in the screensho...
by scorchgeek
Mon Aug 31, 2009 9:36 pm
Forum: Help: Tactics and Playstyles
Topic: Beginner tips?
Replies: 12
Views: 5652

Re: Beginner tips?

If you're playing on a map with superflags, learn to dodge GM's (adjust your course to travel perpendicular to them, thus making part of a circle as it approaches you). This can save you lots of lives, as well as really annoy the person trying to shoot you, which is fun :D. Note that on some servers...
by scorchgeek
Mon Aug 31, 2009 9:32 pm
Forum: Help: Tactics and Playstyles
Topic: GM locking on
Replies: 5
Views: 2260

Re: GM locking on

press your defined identify key when looking at the person. It usually locks on to the closest person that's in front of you. Especially if it's a teammate ;) Yeah, this gets really annoying. Especially when you jump in the air to get a better shot at someone and then your GM heads halfway across t...
by scorchgeek
Mon Aug 31, 2009 9:29 pm
Forum: Help: Tactics and Playstyles
Topic: Dodging GM's while in the air
Replies: 38
Views: 21546

Re: Dodging GM's while in the air

If you have good aim, and you see the GM before it fires or they have limited shots and you dodge their first ones, this is a fairly reliable approach, assuming you're confident that you can score a hit, as GM's lose their lock when the shooter dies. Thus you can kill it and then jump and it will go...
by scorchgeek
Mon Aug 31, 2009 9:27 pm
Forum: Help: Tactics and Playstyles
Topic: Specific OO flag question.
Replies: 6
Views: 2602

Re: Specific OO flag question.

You can't shoot, back up, or jump while sealed. If the OO user is sticking out even a millimeter, you can usually shoot him normally. Also, if there's a geno flag on the map, that would obviously work :).

Other than that, the only thing is SB or SW.
by scorchgeek
Thu Aug 20, 2009 7:54 pm
Forum: Help: Tactics and Playstyles
Topic: Dodging GM's while in the air
Replies: 38
Views: 21546

Re: Dodging GM's while in the air

I don't see why jerking backwards and forwards would do anything. You're just racing against the GM's turn rate; it has instantaneous reaction time. The best way to to dodge is to be moving at maximum speed (forward) at an angle as close to 90 degrees to the path of the GM as possible. Well, it see...
by scorchgeek
Thu Aug 13, 2009 10:59 pm
Forum: Help: Tactics and Playstyles
Topic: Dodging GM's while in the air
Replies: 38
Views: 21546

Dodging GM's while in the air

I have learned how to dodge GM's while on the ground--my biggest problem is while I'm in the air. Recently I've seen several people with Wings give a funny little twitch and get away from missiles that were about to hit them.

Anyone know anything about this?
by scorchgeek
Thu Aug 13, 2009 3:36 pm
Forum: Help: Tactics and Playstyles
Topic: Mouse Vs. Keyboard
Replies: 274
Views: 213628

Re: Mouse Vs. Keyboard

gentle giant wrote:neither, go touchpad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Do you really use touchpad? That seems...like a suggestion from someone who's never seen bz played :wink:
by scorchgeek
Tue Aug 11, 2009 7:54 pm
Forum: Help: Tactics and Playstyles
Topic: flags and tactical capabilities
Replies: 15
Views: 5480

Re: flags and tactical capabilities

There is at least one server in which the geno flag works in reverse, i.e. if someone of the blue team hits a green team member with geno, the entire green team dies. How is that in reverse? Isn't that how geno usually works? It Isn't real clear, but the person with geno is the green team in the ex...
by scorchgeek
Mon Aug 03, 2009 10:26 pm
Forum: Players
Topic: How can i shot myself with Guided Missile?
Replies: 7
Views: 2747

Re: How can i shot myself with Guided Missile?

I don't think this was supposed to be a flag idea. I think he thinks he shot himself and wonders how this is possible (no ideas myself).
by scorchgeek
Mon Aug 03, 2009 8:16 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Voting
Replies: 77
Views: 17392

Re: Voting

You can use name completion by pressing the F2 key (assuming you don't have it mapped to another function). So, you can type "/poll ban q03" and hit F2, and it will complete the name out automatically, and even include quotes if they have spaces in their name. It's not perfect, but it can...
by scorchgeek
Mon Aug 03, 2009 1:04 am
Forum: Help: Tactics and Playstyles
Topic: flags and tactical capabilities
Replies: 15
Views: 5480

Re: flags and tactical capabilities

yosefk wrote:There is at least one server in which the geno flag works in reverse, i.e. if someone of the blue team hits a green team member with geno, the entire green team dies.
How is that in reverse? Isn't that how geno usually works?
by scorchgeek
Thu Jul 16, 2009 4:43 pm
Forum: Help: Tactics and Playstyles
Topic: Colors, I need your help with it!
Replies: 11
Views: 5385

Re: Colors, I need your help with it!

Thanks! Other than that, it works great. I'll just play carefully sometimes not knowing what color the flags are until the next version.
by scorchgeek
Wed Jul 15, 2009 2:28 pm
Forum: Players
Topic: what server can you kick butt at?
Replies: 201
Views: 94386

Re: what server can you kick butt at?

Desert War. I just got a 14, my all time high score (don't laugh, I just started playing on and off last year.) Yet, at that server, I usually end up in the top 3 or 4. I also have a problem with telling apart the team flags due to colorblindness (and haven't figured out how to change the textures y...
by scorchgeek
Tue Jul 14, 2009 3:50 pm
Forum: Players
Topic: Who of your bz mates you know in real life?
Replies: 71
Views: 29570

Re: Who of your bz mates you know in real life?

My friend 'Flametux' who introduced me to the game. He practically never plays, though, and the one time we played each other one-on-one it was sad. I think I capped his flag about 10 times in fifteen minutes.
by scorchgeek
Sat Jul 11, 2009 2:21 pm
Forum: Servers: General Discussion
Topic: Driving along wall in Castle Warfare
Replies: 2
Views: 1852

Driving along wall in Castle Warfare

Several times now playing on Castle Warfare I have noticed a weird glitch. I'm on the lowest level of one of the castles (haven't kept track of which side or if it's both) and have been trying to drop down to the ground while right next to the wall. However, I keep driving through the air like I'm s...
by scorchgeek
Fri Jul 10, 2009 2:31 am
Forum: Help: Tactics and Playstyles
Topic: Mouse Vs. Keyboard
Replies: 274
Views: 213628

Re: Mouse Vs. Keyboard

I use mouse. One day I tried playing with joystick, but I really sucked. It takes too much motion to even reverse direction, whereas my mouse is set very sensitive (since I have dual monitors and a lot of screen space to move across), so I can scroll across the entire screen (and thus turn, reverse ...
by scorchgeek
Thu Jul 09, 2009 7:35 pm
Forum: Help: Tactics and Playstyles
Topic: Colors, I need your help with it!
Replies: 11
Views: 5385

Re: Colors, I need your help with it!

That works quite well. Only one problem: There don't seem to be textures for the team flags. How could I change those--or are those in a different spot?