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dm / Re: DM Server suggestion
« on: June 19, 2010, 12:49:31 PM »i said ffa players get some skill because they bitch about legit parts of the game because they are unable to play with them or against them :/ it isnt that hard to play ffa against things like campers or quad players... just learn how to instead of bitching about it, and after that you might even get some laughs while playing when you finally cap that camper with a jump shot rail to the face...
As a "bitching" FFA player, I'm perfectly "capable" of playing with BFG and/or Quad damage. It comes down to my idea of fun. I like the non-stop action of FFA. I like the simplicity of knowing where all the weapons are on a map, and knowing it will be available (although perhaps camped) when I get there. I like being able to wildly charge into the action, without a well thought out game plan beforehand, and just start blowing shit up. I don't want to have to be overly crafty attempting to disguise my whereabouts on a map so my opponent doesn't know where I am.
Am I capable of altering all those things? Of course... it's not like I was born with some sort of mental deficiency that denied me these abilities, but I choose not to develop them because they don't strike me as overly entertaining. 1v1 is a lot like a chess match in many ways. I never did care much for chess.
I also like a challenge. TDM is quite challenging for me, in ways I don't get challenged in FFA. My preferred mod is FFA. My problem with camping is a somewhat selfish complaint. The more players that use camping as their preferred play style, the less players there will be that will be developing varied skills that will give me a challenge. Same with quad. FFA is trivial enough for me at this point. I don't want to use quad and make it even easier. I want to continue to improve. I feel using quad is counter-intuitive to this. I don't "like" losing, but winning against a tough opponent that is just playing really good is more rewarding than winning because I was the only one that ran quad, etc.
Btw, my favorite FFA experiences in this game have been on the Mage Warehouse DM8 server. There was no BFG there, no power shield, no red armor, and rarely a mega health (and of course no quad on dm8). The only armor was YA and shards, weapon stay on, etc. That's where the best FFA players played regularly. If you won there you were playing well. I miss that.
