You thought you were clever, didn't ya?
Normally, I don't brag much. Sure there's the occasional, "That was freaking awesome and you know it," and "Wow, you got raped." But not serious bragging, most of the time. In this case, I have to make an exception. Not only did I have a score so much larger than his, the multiplier is a negative number, but he wasn't exactly playing fair either. So I'll start the story now.
I know this person at school. I don't particularly like them, but they know that I play Halo 2 several hours a day and wanted to see how good I was. So they get a friend of theirs to be on my friends list, Stump22. Stuff happens. Nothing interesting. Until.
After playing a fun few games involving me winning and a lot of total ownage, I received an invite to play in a game with him. Upon joining, I find the gametype to be Team Snipers in the recently released map, Containment. Containment is a huge map, and a sniper could be hiding anywhere, especially considering the invisiblity powerup, which is normally only partial, gives the user so much invisibility against the background that they can be near impossible to see. There are two people in this game. Stump22 and DUCE32 are both on the red team, I'm on the purple team. I switch to red and accidentally end the game as a side effect, before even joining. So they both are back in a pregame lobby with me. They restart the game, telling me to change teams, because they want to be on the same team as each other. At this point, I knew I'd be winning, but I had no idea how badly I'd beat them, or what they might do about it. The game begins. I spawn at red base, with them. Realizing the spawn system often spawned the two teams relatively close together in such large games with so few players, I first scan the base I'm in. I spot both of them, and two headshots quickly sends them spawning at the other base. I pick up the corpses' ammunition and hop in a nearby banshee. "Fools," I think, "To put a banshee in a sniper game. The banshee is impervious to sniper rounds." While I would be proved incorrect, the banshee proved to be the ultimate undoing of their team, and ultimately, their aims. The other two got in a Spectre at the blue team's base, and proceeded to cross the map back to red base in it, open up a gate to get the spectre inside, then get the spectre on top of the map. I was watching, more curious than amused, until the thing started climbing the face of the cliff. I flew over to the blue base, knowing a way atop the map without the use of a vehicle. I'd forgotten that this method requries more than one person and at least one sword. I look at the most likely place for the enemy pair to be, if atop the map, and sure enough, they're standing on top of the highest structure in the map. I can't quite manage to stop from saying to myself "Oh my god you noobs...think I don't know what you're up to..." I figured they'd recently discovered this glitch, which I'd known for more than a week already, and were inviting random people to join games against a single person for the sole purpose of harrassment. Well I was NOT going to be another victim, if this was the case. Soon, a friend of mine, x Montes x, joined the game. He switched to my team, and while we tried to get on top of the map, unsuccessfuly, the other team spotted the spectre climbing the face of the opposite cliff. I figured they would, they can see almost the entire map from where they were. One of them jumped down from the peak and walked along the rim of the level, trying to snipe us before we could figure out a way up. Thanks to x Montes x, this player was promptly sniped after I died. There was no other way for him to get on top of the map using his old and insufficient information, without either retrieving the spectre from atop the map or bringing the other person down. Neither were practical for them. I figured the enemy would run around the center of the map, where the actual legitemate gameplay takes place, and try to kill us. Soon, there were 6 people in the room. Both the new people had joined the red team and were all providing cover as the enemy attempted to get more people on top of the map. By this point x Montes x had to leave. I took his sniper rifle ammunition and ran forward, planning to assult their base and rack up some kills. I walked down a cavern, spotting an enemy in a banshee, then retreating. He got up to the edge of the cave and got out, appearantly attempting to snipe me if I should show my face. "Idiot...you REALLY makes this too easy..." I let him go, then walk out and get in the banshee. Now, there are three things in Halo that I feel like I'm good at. Sniping, Dogfighting, and outsmarting my enemies. They'd made this too easy for me. They gave me a sniper rifle, a banshee, and a poorly planned strategy intended to piss me off. I get in a banshee and see another three people join the enemy team. That set the team sizes to six for them, one for me. It wasn't getting any harder for me, nor easier for them...they just thought it was.
I fly across to the enemy base and begin to attack two spectres going up the cliff face. They are completely defenseless while doing so, and were easily destroyed before they could find the hole in the barrier keeping players within the level. Then their banshee took off from underneath me. I chased it across the level and back, seeing someone on my friends list was the pilot. There was a dogfight over the base, in which I shot him up, and before I killed him, I made a proposal. "Join my team or I'll shoot you down. And tell your teammates they're a bunch of noobs and they can't win." I got no response, other than continued attempted evasion. I shot down the banshee with very little difficulty, though the dogfight prior had blown off one wing and damaged the door. It didn't effect the handling of it, it just made it a smaller target. Immediately, I saw not just one, but three people join my team. Now the scales were tilting. I flew back over my own base, as the new people that switched attempted to get on top of the map as well. I gave them cover from enemy snipers by making myself a more prominent, if invincible target. It worked, but the Spectre kept falling. I abandoned the job and flew back over their base. Another banshee was airborne; I shot it down as well, with little difficulty. While I'd been across the map however, the enemy was back to it's old tricks with the Spectre. I shot at one of the two that were on the cliff face, watching it attempt to flee, abandoning the position on the wall before exploding. The other, however, made it through. Not to be outsmarted by such a foolish vermin, I rammed my banshee into the side of the cliff, near the top. I passed through the invisible barrier that the Spectre had, and continued to harass it. While it did get away, it was a very minor advantage for them. Stump22 was alone on top of the map, with limited ammo, and he didn't know you couldn't snipe a banshee. I flew in circles around the enemy base, Stump22 above me, the other team below me. In this time, most of the members of my team switched back. I destroyed their freshly spawned spectre and banshee before they became threats, and followed three people out into the open, who were seeking an active camo powerup, exceptionally effective on this level. One never made it off the base. One never got to the camo. The third picked up the camo and ran behind a rock. I flew around and gunned him down, but still minding the glitching noob overhead. After I killed him, I got what Halo 2 players refer to as "Blue Screen of Death 2", a screen indiciating that the host had quit and the game attempted to aquire a new host. When it resumed, there were only two people left playing. I was one. The other was Stump22, at that point, out of ammo. I killed him to get it over with, and put him in the proper playing field. I stayed pretty much around the red base, because I had the blue base's banshee, which would not respawn, and it was impossible for him to get back up if I was there, because I would just shoot him down. The Banshee respawned beneath me almost 10 times, as the coward took shelter inside a cave which I wouldn't enter because he could take my banshee and do that to me so easily it wasn't funny. After killing him several times, the score was 22 to -2. I rubbed this in his face, because not only was he losing colossally, but he had cheated in an attempt to prevent this, then brought in friends to help him more, and they had all abandoned him. I rubbed this into his face so hard, hovering just above the cave he was in, yelling into the mic, so he could undoubtedly hear me.
He ended the game after I killed him one last time. Final score of game, 23 to -2, him losing after cheating, getting an overwhelming defending force, and generally being an asstart. The postgame lobby opened up. "I hope you learned a lesson," I said, "about trying to cheat to beat me. It doesn't help. You're a noob. Have a good evening."
To keep up with Keti tradition, I'm going to attach a moral to the story. Several in fact. Several that Stump22 needs to learn.
"Skill takes care of itself."
No matter what the circumstances, a properly armed opponent, and even a poorly armed one, can be a challenge to defeat if he is more skilled.
"Just because you outnumber the enemy and have an advantage doesn't mean you'll win."
In reality, team games that are setup as 1vsX give the lone player an advantage. He has X targets to shoot at. The majority has one target. And even a nearly invincible opponent can be brought down quickly if he is outsmarted.
"Cheating gets you nowhere."
Play by the commonly accepted rules, and everyone's life will be easier. In this case, it helped achieve only disgrace.
"Preparation is key."
Their plan would have succeeded, if not for several flaws. They included banshees in a game of snipers. They gave me a weapon I am quite good with. And they pissed me off. That mixture is explosive.
"Don't underestimate your enemy."
I can't imagine what I'd feel joining a game that is 4 against 1, that one person completely destroying an enemy team, especially if the majority team is cheating AND losing. They massively underestimated my intelligence, my skill, and my resolve never to succumb to cheaters.
"Don't underestimate the power of knowledge."
There were certain things, such as the banshee being almost handed to me, that screamed out that their team had as many clues as points. And they had a negative score, if that's saying anything.
And one which I've never heard said, but will say anyways.
"Anyone that lives for the purpose of spiting others does not live long."
I hope this resounds with truth in the ears of all creatures, human or not.
I know this person at school. I don't particularly like them, but they know that I play Halo 2 several hours a day and wanted to see how good I was. So they get a friend of theirs to be on my friends list, Stump22. Stuff happens. Nothing interesting. Until.
After playing a fun few games involving me winning and a lot of total ownage, I received an invite to play in a game with him. Upon joining, I find the gametype to be Team Snipers in the recently released map, Containment. Containment is a huge map, and a sniper could be hiding anywhere, especially considering the invisiblity powerup, which is normally only partial, gives the user so much invisibility against the background that they can be near impossible to see. There are two people in this game. Stump22 and DUCE32 are both on the red team, I'm on the purple team. I switch to red and accidentally end the game as a side effect, before even joining. So they both are back in a pregame lobby with me. They restart the game, telling me to change teams, because they want to be on the same team as each other. At this point, I knew I'd be winning, but I had no idea how badly I'd beat them, or what they might do about it. The game begins. I spawn at red base, with them. Realizing the spawn system often spawned the two teams relatively close together in such large games with so few players, I first scan the base I'm in. I spot both of them, and two headshots quickly sends them spawning at the other base. I pick up the corpses' ammunition and hop in a nearby banshee. "Fools," I think, "To put a banshee in a sniper game. The banshee is impervious to sniper rounds." While I would be proved incorrect, the banshee proved to be the ultimate undoing of their team, and ultimately, their aims. The other two got in a Spectre at the blue team's base, and proceeded to cross the map back to red base in it, open up a gate to get the spectre inside, then get the spectre on top of the map. I was watching, more curious than amused, until the thing started climbing the face of the cliff. I flew over to the blue base, knowing a way atop the map without the use of a vehicle. I'd forgotten that this method requries more than one person and at least one sword. I look at the most likely place for the enemy pair to be, if atop the map, and sure enough, they're standing on top of the highest structure in the map. I can't quite manage to stop from saying to myself "Oh my god you noobs...think I don't know what you're up to..." I figured they'd recently discovered this glitch, which I'd known for more than a week already, and were inviting random people to join games against a single person for the sole purpose of harrassment. Well I was NOT going to be another victim, if this was the case. Soon, a friend of mine, x Montes x, joined the game. He switched to my team, and while we tried to get on top of the map, unsuccessfuly, the other team spotted the spectre climbing the face of the opposite cliff. I figured they would, they can see almost the entire map from where they were. One of them jumped down from the peak and walked along the rim of the level, trying to snipe us before we could figure out a way up. Thanks to x Montes x, this player was promptly sniped after I died. There was no other way for him to get on top of the map using his old and insufficient information, without either retrieving the spectre from atop the map or bringing the other person down. Neither were practical for them. I figured the enemy would run around the center of the map, where the actual legitemate gameplay takes place, and try to kill us. Soon, there were 6 people in the room. Both the new people had joined the red team and were all providing cover as the enemy attempted to get more people on top of the map. By this point x Montes x had to leave. I took his sniper rifle ammunition and ran forward, planning to assult their base and rack up some kills. I walked down a cavern, spotting an enemy in a banshee, then retreating. He got up to the edge of the cave and got out, appearantly attempting to snipe me if I should show my face. "Idiot...you REALLY makes this too easy..." I let him go, then walk out and get in the banshee. Now, there are three things in Halo that I feel like I'm good at. Sniping, Dogfighting, and outsmarting my enemies. They'd made this too easy for me. They gave me a sniper rifle, a banshee, and a poorly planned strategy intended to piss me off. I get in a banshee and see another three people join the enemy team. That set the team sizes to six for them, one for me. It wasn't getting any harder for me, nor easier for them...they just thought it was.
I fly across to the enemy base and begin to attack two spectres going up the cliff face. They are completely defenseless while doing so, and were easily destroyed before they could find the hole in the barrier keeping players within the level. Then their banshee took off from underneath me. I chased it across the level and back, seeing someone on my friends list was the pilot. There was a dogfight over the base, in which I shot him up, and before I killed him, I made a proposal. "Join my team or I'll shoot you down. And tell your teammates they're a bunch of noobs and they can't win." I got no response, other than continued attempted evasion. I shot down the banshee with very little difficulty, though the dogfight prior had blown off one wing and damaged the door. It didn't effect the handling of it, it just made it a smaller target. Immediately, I saw not just one, but three people join my team. Now the scales were tilting. I flew back over my own base, as the new people that switched attempted to get on top of the map as well. I gave them cover from enemy snipers by making myself a more prominent, if invincible target. It worked, but the Spectre kept falling. I abandoned the job and flew back over their base. Another banshee was airborne; I shot it down as well, with little difficulty. While I'd been across the map however, the enemy was back to it's old tricks with the Spectre. I shot at one of the two that were on the cliff face, watching it attempt to flee, abandoning the position on the wall before exploding. The other, however, made it through. Not to be outsmarted by such a foolish vermin, I rammed my banshee into the side of the cliff, near the top. I passed through the invisible barrier that the Spectre had, and continued to harass it. While it did get away, it was a very minor advantage for them. Stump22 was alone on top of the map, with limited ammo, and he didn't know you couldn't snipe a banshee. I flew in circles around the enemy base, Stump22 above me, the other team below me. In this time, most of the members of my team switched back. I destroyed their freshly spawned spectre and banshee before they became threats, and followed three people out into the open, who were seeking an active camo powerup, exceptionally effective on this level. One never made it off the base. One never got to the camo. The third picked up the camo and ran behind a rock. I flew around and gunned him down, but still minding the glitching noob overhead. After I killed him, I got what Halo 2 players refer to as "Blue Screen of Death 2", a screen indiciating that the host had quit and the game attempted to aquire a new host. When it resumed, there were only two people left playing. I was one. The other was Stump22, at that point, out of ammo. I killed him to get it over with, and put him in the proper playing field. I stayed pretty much around the red base, because I had the blue base's banshee, which would not respawn, and it was impossible for him to get back up if I was there, because I would just shoot him down. The Banshee respawned beneath me almost 10 times, as the coward took shelter inside a cave which I wouldn't enter because he could take my banshee and do that to me so easily it wasn't funny. After killing him several times, the score was 22 to -2. I rubbed this in his face, because not only was he losing colossally, but he had cheated in an attempt to prevent this, then brought in friends to help him more, and they had all abandoned him. I rubbed this into his face so hard, hovering just above the cave he was in, yelling into the mic, so he could undoubtedly hear me.
He ended the game after I killed him one last time. Final score of game, 23 to -2, him losing after cheating, getting an overwhelming defending force, and generally being an asstart. The postgame lobby opened up. "I hope you learned a lesson," I said, "about trying to cheat to beat me. It doesn't help. You're a noob. Have a good evening."
To keep up with Keti tradition, I'm going to attach a moral to the story. Several in fact. Several that Stump22 needs to learn.
"Skill takes care of itself."
No matter what the circumstances, a properly armed opponent, and even a poorly armed one, can be a challenge to defeat if he is more skilled.
"Just because you outnumber the enemy and have an advantage doesn't mean you'll win."
In reality, team games that are setup as 1vsX give the lone player an advantage. He has X targets to shoot at. The majority has one target. And even a nearly invincible opponent can be brought down quickly if he is outsmarted.
"Cheating gets you nowhere."
Play by the commonly accepted rules, and everyone's life will be easier. In this case, it helped achieve only disgrace.
"Preparation is key."
Their plan would have succeeded, if not for several flaws. They included banshees in a game of snipers. They gave me a weapon I am quite good with. And they pissed me off. That mixture is explosive.
"Don't underestimate your enemy."
I can't imagine what I'd feel joining a game that is 4 against 1, that one person completely destroying an enemy team, especially if the majority team is cheating AND losing. They massively underestimated my intelligence, my skill, and my resolve never to succumb to cheaters.
"Don't underestimate the power of knowledge."
There were certain things, such as the banshee being almost handed to me, that screamed out that their team had as many clues as points. And they had a negative score, if that's saying anything.
And one which I've never heard said, but will say anyways.
"Anyone that lives for the purpose of spiting others does not live long."
I hope this resounds with truth in the ears of all creatures, human or not.
posted by Keti 'Kotaree at 6:45 PM
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Keti, j00 rock my socks :) . Oh, and it's me, icky, from HCF.
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