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[Mister Blastman]

Sometimes when you enter a game, you look at the lineup and feel confident. Other times, you look at it and don't. Actually, many times, depending on your Elo, this is the case.

And then, there are THOSE times. You know the ones. The drop starts and someone says something that makes you... well, sigh in despair. The second those sounds part their digital lips you can hear their last breath being taken over the electron highway. You already know they have doomed not only themselves... but the entire team.

In an effort to NOT break the forum rules, there is no naming and shaming allowed in this thread. Everything must be purely anecdotal, anonymous and perhaps a bit paraphrased.

So I'll start things off...

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We're going to distract for a bit.

... and they aren't all light mechs. Some might even be Assaults...

[FupDup]

Unskilled Player said:

Plan?

Translation: "I am going to be the first player on this team to die, and I will have the fewest kills plus the least damage."

[Fang01]

Going to the island

[nimdabew]

Push the saddle.

[Joseph Mallan]

"I got this"

[Dracol]

"everyone tunnel rush" = stepping on toes and getting killed 1 by 1 cause the front mechs stop and don't push out.

[Z0MBIE Y0SHI]

"LRM boat here, spot for me."

Edited by Z0MBIE Y0SHI, 28 April 2014 - 09:41 AM.

[Endgame Prophecy]

"Everyone to THETA!"

[AlmightyAeng]

"Don't go middle!"

or

"I hate this map! I always die!"

Edited by Ghost Badger, 28 April 2014 - 09:45 AM.

[Mercer Skye]

I and some friends were rolling in our 'Viking Patrol Lance' setup (2x Assault, 2x heavy), we drop with some PuGs on Frozen City in Assault, and they peg us as a premade. They ask us what the plan is;

Cool, we say. We'll slow roll through the cave, a tactic we've used a bajillion times effectively. All they have to do is take cover in the cityscape near the 'low' entrance.

We're not very quick, but we saw 'Ya'll are taking too long, we're pushing (all Heavy or lower)', as we see little blue dots blinking out of existence as we try to run the anvil back to the hammer, as it were.

And were subsequently blamed after.

We should have figured, though. Several of our PuGs thought we could get to the other end in just a few seconds rolling in an Assault/Heavy mixed lance.

[Dracol]

not seen at the start... but because of Murphy's law, nearly always signals a defeat "We're up 4 mechs, we got this game"

[Bishop Steiner]

Mister Blastman, on 28 April 2014 - 09:33 AM, said:

Sometimes when you enter a game, you look at the lineup and feel confident. Other times, you look at it and don't. Actually, many times, depending on your Elo, this is the case.

And then, there are THOSE times. You know the ones. The drop starts and someone says something that makes you... well, sigh in despair. The second those sounds part their digital lips you can hear their last breath being taken over the electron highway. You already know they have doomed not only themselves... but the entire team.

In an effort to NOT break the forum rules, there is no naming and shaming allowed in this thread. Everything must be purely anecdotal, anonymous and perhaps a bit paraphrased.

So I'll start things off...



... and they aren't all light mechs. Some might even be Assaults...

Pre-Made Assault lance on Alpine going the long way around the hill "we're flanking"
(Translation... you suckers go eat hot PPC and soften them up for us, so when we finally DO get there, we get a handful of easy kills to pad out stats....who cares about W/L? Filthy Casuals!)

[AlmightyAeng]

The answer to "Plan?" should always be "We're going to see what y'all do, and try to pull a win from the situation."

[Endgame Prophecy]

"Player has disconnected"

[Joseph Mallan]

Dracol, on 28 April 2014 - 09:44 AM, said:

not seen at the start... but because of Murphy's law, nearly always signals a defeat "We're up 4 mechs, we got this game"

We had little to nothing to do with this... Unless we've been drinking... Ok we're guilty!

[Dracol]

Joseph Mallan, on 28 April 2014 - 09:46 AM, said:

We had little to nothing to do with this... Unless we've been drinking... Ok we're guilty!

I always blame Murphy's Law for my bad luck..... it's a shame I don't get to a chance to shoot him in game

Your unit needs a mascot account

[Khobai]

"flank them"

team interprets that as frontal assault

[Mister Blastman]

Endgame Prophecy, on 28 April 2014 - 09:46 AM, said:

"Player has disconnected"

*sigh*

Ghosts... not even an ember. An unkindled flame. Full of potential. Promises of reward. Deft of failure, their vapid, hollow words...

[MonkeyDCecil]

Thunder Dome, two enter one leaves.

[Votanin FleshRender]

FupDup, on 28 April 2014 - 09:35 AM, said:

Translation: "I am going to be the first player on this team to die, and I will have the fewest kills plus the least damage."

I always ask this, because its better than no one saying anything, running off in seperate directions and dying. It often sparks some discussion of where to go/what to do. And although I'm not very good, I'm usually in the median of damage and kills.

It's when I ask "plan?" and get thunderous silence I know we're doomed.

Edit - I also know we're doomed when the answers from my team are "win." Winning is a goal, not a plan...lost on many a player I see

Edited by Votanin FleshRender, 28 April 2014 - 09:55 AM.