Are people really this stupid?

ultsf · 2 Weeks Ago

Ok, first off, I'm not a "slayer" god. For me, I have no problem assisting in kills, or driving a hog, or manning a turret on a scorpion. I don't care about "scoring" and I do care about defense.

So, when I get a Multi-Flag CTF on Avalanche, I grab the bubble, rockets, and two stickies, then go back to base, hide behind the far side barrier and camp the flag. I've literally held the base all by myself in a game or two.

So, today, I do the same thing. And my teammate comes in front of me and stickies me. He kills me, grabs the rockets, and proceeds to charge like Rambo into a crowd (dying and giving them full rockets and a bubble).

Why couldn't he just let me defend? Are players that stupid that they think without a power weapon they are useless?

Sorry, I had to vent.

AmercanPsycho · 2 Weeks Ago

People usually don't like campers. You were camping. In Multi flag, you should play offense 90% of the time. A good offense is a good defense. Maybe they had a vehicle that your team couldn't get past and they needed your rockets. You were camping the base with those rockets. Also, you were forcing your team to spawn far back in your base which was probably very annoying.

ultsf · 2 Weeks Ago

Ok, explain this to me. How is playing defense "camping"? See, I'm in the mindset that in CTF and Assault games, you should have two or three people at the base on defense and the rest on offense. And if you can get by with just one guy on D, then, that's 1 or 2 more on offense.

AmercanPsycho · 2 Weeks Ago

You were staying in your base watching the flag with rockets...

Lol, that's pretty much the definition of camping. Do you play MLG?

EDIT: In this commentary by Roy, the first line he says is:
"I got a call-out there that there was a guy top tower and we made sure we had to take him out before we made a push towards OS..."

Your teammate might of been trying to get you to push with him to get the flag, but you decided to camp the base instead with a vital power weapon.

YouTube- Roy (A Halo 3 Pro) :: MLG Pit TS Gameplay (with commentary)

This is if the player was serious about winning and wanted you to do something. He always could have been just an asshole who was trying to annoy you. :P

madz333 · 2 Weeks Ago

Its a game, maybe they wanted to suck to get you mad?
IDK, but even Bungie Employees have been known to betray to take weapons.
He just wanted your Rockets.
Its ok to vent, but I think a lot of people here wont want to here your insignificant problems.

In conclusion, Its a game, it doesn't really matter.
and YES, People can be that stupid

Also your mindset that people play offense, and the others defend is bad.
Everyone should help with both, when help is needed.

mikelp · 2 Weeks Ago

Quote:

Originally Posted by AmercanPsycho

People usually don't like campers. You were camping. In Multi flag, you should play offense 90% of the time. A good offense is a good defense.

On a BTB map, someone always manages to slip past the offense and sneak their way into a flag capture because there is no one to stop the enemy flag carrier.

AmercanPsycho · 2 Weeks Ago

Quote:

Originally Posted by mikelp

On a BTB map, someone always manages to slip past the offense and sneak their way into a flag capture because there is no one to stop the enemy flag carrier.

Ah. Defense in BTB isn't really my thing. I play BTB with all 50's and we just run in and kill everything. I've never really seen a use for playing defense. I see what you mean now. ;)

Ladnil · 2 Weeks Ago

There exists no situation for which the answer to the question "Are people really this stupid?" is "No."

Shanon · 2 Weeks Ago

Quote:

Originally Posted by mikelp

On a BTB map, someone always manages to slip past the offense and sneak their way into a flag capture because there is no one to stop the enemy flag carrier.

Aha, a scenario.

I concur with Ambercan.
Play offense as a team, don't stand back in BTB.
If you have all your team on the front and a person from the opposition grabs your flag, that is 1 man.
Send one guy back, take em down. Simple.

ultsf · 2 Weeks Ago

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shanon

Aha, a scenario.

I concur with Ambercan.
Play offense as a team, don't stand back in BTB.
If you have all your team on the front and a person from the opposition grabs your flag, that is 1 man.
Send one guy back, take em down. Simple.

Ok, then I give you this situation.

Your entire team is assaulting the enemy base. One of the opposition slips back and gets your flag. Now, your entire team (or at least a good part of it) dies. By the time you respawn, flag boy is halfway to his base. You are now playing catch-up to the flag runner instead of offense.

Now, put this spin on it.

One of your team stays behind, with a power weapon. He takes out flag boy, and yes, while your team still dies, they can resume the attack, and not a game of "stop the flag".