Moving the team flag

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Moving the team flag

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so, what do you think when someone starts moving the flag around, trying to confuse the opposing time or just for fun. I personally find it quite annoying. I was once playing and the guy moving the flag was tk-ing me so he could move it. So, is it a tactic, or is it not? Opinions please.

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Re: Moving the team flag

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Yeah, can be avery annoying if someone puts your flag in a bad position, and always move it there even if you move it back, and tell them to leave it..

Hmm.. Is there really many opinions on this topic? I find the answer obvious.

But what do you mean, "is it a tactic or not"?
Yeah, it can be smart to move the flag around, but not to bad positions, e.g. in front of a pyramid..
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Hmmm. Tough one. It is kind of a tactic, but it can be very annoying, especially when a n00b puts it in a teleporter of a pyramid...So here is my verdict: If you're good at it, its a tactic. If your not, then it is VERY annoying.
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It just makes me nervous when people do that.
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Well, if he was tking, that's bad, tactic or not. It wouldn't really confuse the other team much, as they have an arrow on their HUD pointing to it at all times. Of course, if they know what they're doing and they're moving it to the right place then that's good. Check to see if they're high on the scoreboard (although that doesn't guarentee it obviously). Also on most ctf maps its a good idea to move the flag off your base to some more easily guarded spot after you get capped. I guess there's really not much you can do about it, and it really shouldn't be a problem. If he's taking it towards the enemy base, then you should tell an admin, the enemy team, or as a last resort kill him.
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It's definitely a tactic, but it can certainly be pretty annoying. TKing to move or get any flag is completely unacceptable. I don't move the flag unless someone's clearly going to get it if I don't (e.g. halfway across the map, next to teleporter, right where another player is going to take it). If someone keeps moving it away, then I would just forget about it unless it ends up in a very dangerous place. Obviously, if someone on your team keeps taking it somewhere and then they get killed and enemy takes it, it's time to do something about it...
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just let them be.. if they dont learn a lesson in a number of days then tell them how to place the flag
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