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[Incitatus]

[krystyn]

Tsuki, I had muted your old gamertag after I had tried to tell you in games and in lobbies (repeatedly) that I was getting overwhelmed by your excessive talking, shrieking, and "what? what? what?" when games were being decided on, and strategies were happening in-game.

Last night, I got frustrated when everyone quit, and I didn't actually hear why. If there's proximity speak where you guys are asking for a re-level, and I am clear on the other side of the map, I am not going to hear you. I would suggest sending an actual message to someone on the other team, instead of depending on prox, when things are blowing up, and/or the other team is not within motion tracking distance.

My only true irritation was that Incit tried to make excuses for you (the sudden quitters), citing power problems (due to weather?) at your end. When fugitive then quit, and we saw you in matchmaking, and Incit left the lobby in a huff, I got irritated at him. He accused us of negativity, when to me, it looked like you all quit because you weren't doing well in that game.

I am sorry the leveling issue was an ... issue. We all tried to switch things around, and if you recall, it was difficult. We did move people back and forth, and it was tough to find a balance. We should've done better. FWIW, that last game? Woody (LeTunaMan) was on my team, being a zombie. And if Thorn (fugitive) was joyriding, then that effectively made it your 4 on our 3!

For my part, I apologize for the sour tastes, but I was also frustrated for my own reasons, and it doesn't discount anyone else's frustrations.

I'll be more than happy to work on my diligence to messages sent to me in-game, if others promise to try sending them. Honestly, I didn't know how much of a problem it was with new players and such until afterwards.

(Also, I know a bunch of you are on Skype, communicating, when many of us aren't. I think maybe you think you're getting info across, but if it only goes to others on Skype, the rest of us are in the dark. Not trying to be snarky, here, just suggesting a tiny reason why things are getting lost in the chaos.)

[ubersaurus]

In unrelated news, I think I found a good way for an assault game team to get into the base on Terminal. Using the warthog and a person as a stepladder, I think it may be possible for someone to jump into the defending team's spawn area. If it is, you could get people loaded up with the rockets and BR/carbines to clear the base out before they knew what hit em.

naturally I need to test this with a second player, but it could be handy dandy.

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[krystyn]

[ubercado]

I don't know about everyone else but, I had fun last night with everyone.

It's a game. Have fun. If you don't have fun, don't play. Does it really matter that much anyway?

Anyhoo, I had fun and it wasn't because of just one of you, it was because all of you. Especially the time I blew Incit up with the rockets.

Okay...so I was aiming...a little

[fugitivesoldier]

haha, it was nice to play with you again, Uber.

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[Rendon]

[twiztedmatt1007]

All right, I wasn't there but I just want to state that if people quit out of a game because they're not having fun and nothing is done about it I understand that. I've been in this situation many times and the only reason I didn't quit out, regardless as to how much I really wanted to, was because I knew that my team could use me. Now I'm probable going to come off as being an ass but that's the only reason for it. I've been frustrated very much so by unfair teams and having to support it when we where just getting pounded time and time again. As I said the only reason that I didn't quit was because I am good at the game and I wanted to help my team, even when there was very little I could do. Now I'm not trying to imply that only bad players quit out of games or people who don't care, I'm just pointing that I've had similar experiences.

[Tiny]

Well, on the lighter (less dramatic side of things >.<) Krystyn and Lois helped me big time with an english project over the weekend, we did a 1:30 long scene of from Hamlet and made it all machinima-y. Shane did a kick ass job of helping direct and filming and editing it all together, you rock! I gotta say, it turned out pretty good.
The audio was ripped off of Almereyda's version of Hamlet since we always have issues with dialogue n stuff. I was debating going out n buying a capture card, and then putting together a whole storyline of Hamlet, abridged for sure, but using snippets of dialogue from the different versions.
Would anyone be interested in acting and helping direct that? A few Ibo'ers have shown some interest, but I'd love help from you creative bunch of people.
Tj-

[krystyn]

hey hey, you should post it! I wanna see! Especially with poor Yorick hangin' out before he re-spawned mid-field.

[Tiny]

Sure, if anyone has a host they want to put it on, I'll let someone post it, but it's 93 megs, I dunno where I could find a host for that for free.
Tj-

[thunderclap8]

there's always google video and such. I'd love to see it!

I'd be interested in helping with a longer version, too.