OMG I rule/suck...

Grunty · Posted: Fri May 14, 2004 12:10 am Post subject: OMG I rule/suck...

Just now I was playing on Kalt as an allie and went something like 43-9 as a rifleman. I was an unstopable killing machine.

Then the next map was Anzio which I avoid, so I switched servers. What do I see but Kalt on another Ville server, so I join as Axis. And suck worse than I've ever sucked before, I was 0-8 with no caps before I even got a kill. I mean five minutes earlier I couldn't miss a shot and then all the sudden the only person I was killing was myself, with nades. I think there should be a most inconsistent player award, cause I would have it for sure.

fixthegarand · Registered User Joined: 25 Apr 2004 Posts: 108

Same thing happens to me all the time. I have a good game then I have a bad game. I also have periods in a game where I rail everything with a garand and then periods where every other shot is 90 dmg or a miss. Welcome to Day of Random Everything.

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Ten · Registered User Joined: 12 Feb 2004 Posts: 636

I think every player is consistent for the most part, it's just that teams aren't. Depending on the collective skill of the other team and your own - you may kick serious ass or you may get your ass kicked. I've developed my own selfish way of solo-playing (I've always played DoD as if it was Halo on Legendary :\ ) where I can usually survive and do reasonably well regardless of what my team is like. But the other team can often be troubling. But personally I'd rather have excellent competition than a 2.50+ K : D.

... Anyway, Grunty, I think what you're discovering is that the dynamics of a game change depending on the nature of the teams. Are they camping? Are they moving up? Can they shoot? Can they communicate and work together? Any given player would be very consistent in a perfectly regulated game environment - even though we all have days where we can't hit a damn thing.

Simpleman · Posted: Fri May 14, 2004 12:55 pm Post subject:

Stevo · Posted: Fri May 14, 2004 1:03 pm Post subject:

Well did you try reading the directions where is said type cl_xhair_style x (replace x with a number).

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Killer KoolAid Man · Posted: Fri May 14, 2004 2:18 pm Post subject:

yea...i know what its like to have bad days...altho i can usually rebound in the same game an always end up wit an even record...i get sad when i rarely get an under .500 rating

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fixthegarand · Registered User Joined: 25 Apr 2004 Posts: 108

Well it's very true that teams can be very important to how well you do individually. It's very easy to rack up a score against a bunch of new players, but if you've got 2 cal level players and a few decent other guys on the team you probably are going to die more. Similarly, if you are on a good team you have less to worry about, but if you are on a bad team that doesn't cover, snipe well or attack then you probably are going to die quite a bit.

Another thing I've noticed is how important sniping balance is between teams... if one team has one or two players who know how to snipe and the other has really awful snipers, then more often than not the team with good snipers will win if not destroy the other team. Of course, it depends on the map. Snipers aren't as important on Anzio as they are on Caen or Meredet for example, where two decent snipers can decimate a team by themselves.
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