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[MrMadguy]

Yeah, I agree, it's usually seen while voting - when some crappy map/mode wins, you instantly realize, that:
1) It's Tier 5 noobs, who don't know, what maps/modes are bad and why
2) It's Tier 1 pro masochists, who like to suffer, and think, that others should suffer too
3) It's some Meta players, like Clan laser vomit guys or LRM boats, who usually end on enemy team

[LowSubmarino]

MrMadguy, on 02 February 2018 - 02:04 AM, said:

Yeah, I agree, it's usually seen while voting - when some crappy map/mode wins, you instantly realize, that:
1) It's Tier 5 noobs, who don't know, what maps/modes are bad and why
2) It's Tier 1 pro masochists, who like to suffer, and think, that others should suffer too
3) It's some Meta players, like Clan laser vomit guys or LRM boats, who usually end on enemy team

Escort is bad for several reasons. I had many games where e.g. in frozen city, they had a pretty large number of snipers. Heavy snipers. Our vip tumbles through the valley. Moving right a bit. Then middle. Then left. Super slow. Super visible. And it already gets shot at after 1 min. Yesterday it died after 2 mins. It was impossible to cover it. Impossible. It wasnt even our teams fault in any way. I saw the whole thing from up on the left side to find single targets I can kill or ppl that try to flank us but mostly to get an early impression of where most of team red is heading towards. The vip got shot at right away. It died super quickly. They had gauss, erllsers and erppcs. A lot of them. It wasnt possible to cover the vip in such open terrain. Moving so slowly. Impossible.

If ppl vote that mode, im already not really expecting good games. Or good teams. Ppl that vote that mode have bad taste.

[Beaching Betty]

When people spread out too much.

[MisterSomaru]

any qp match on the weekends.

[LowSubmarino]

Wish you could tick a box in options and if in group queu they are missing one or two ppl to fill in in one or two teams, then you can play there too.

Dont understand why that isnt possible.

[MrMadguy]

oneda, on 02 February 2018 - 02:12 AM, said:

Escort is bad for several reasons. I had many games where e.g. in frozen city, they had a pretty large number of snipers. Heavy snipers. Our vip tumbles through the valley. Moving right a bit. Then middle. Then left. Super slow. Super visible. And it already gets shot at after 1 min. Yesterday it died after 2 mins. It was impossible to cover it. Impossible. It wasnt even our teams fault in any way. I saw the whole thing from up on the left side to find single targets I can kill or ppl that try to flank us but mostly to get an early impression of where most of team red is heading towards. The vip got shot at right away. It died super quickly. They had gauss, erllsers and erppcs. A lot of them. It wasnt possible to cover the vip in such open terrain. Moving so slowly. Impossible.

If ppl vote that mode, im already not really expecting good games. Or good teams. Ppl that vote that mode have bad taste.

It happened spontaneously, but last time, when Escort won voting and I ended on defenders side again (Yeah, I should have changed my nick to "MM really hates me" long time ago), I actually thought "What a hell? Damn it! I should do it!" - and tried to kill VIP myself. Well... Not kill - just leg, cuz I thought, that if it would be legged - it wouldn't be able perform it's suicidal ride. What I realized then - is that it has too much leg armor. 4-5 Gauss+MDL alphas - and he still had 90% of leg armor. Then I was killed by my teammates...

Edited by MrMadguy, 02 February 2018 - 02:24 AM.

[MrMadguy]

Too long and too short wait times - are also good indications of bad match. Too long - not enough players. Too short - not enough players and release valves are already open.

[Papaspud]

Usually 2 no connects is a bad sign, downhill from there.

[Ezazel]

You are trying out new unmastered mech or experimental / fun build and
1. You recognize some good (but possibly obnoxious) player(s) on the opposing side.
2. Your side has a guy whose ping stays steadily at 0 and who never shows up.
3. Immediately when the game starts another one from your side, usually a 100t assault, crashes / disconnects.
4. An overly positive armchair general starts to give bad commands, which usually include nascaring in a way that assaults never get a chance to regroup with rest of the team.

gg.

[General Solo]

Event is running

[Angus McFife VI]

When 3 assaults go to the basement in HPG Manifold

[Asym]

Of late, as in since May 2017, just about everyday there are several matches that end before they begin since players are using what worked before the Skill Tree change now...............and, it doesn't...

Picking Escort. Picking HPG, over and over and over and to make matters worse, losing the same way each and everytime.

Dropping as a pick-up PUG with a ranked team of comp players who immediately tell you "just power down, we don't need you." (this has actually happened well over a dozen time since May of 2017.......make you feel so welcome.....)

[Jay Leon Hart]

ROSS-128, on 01 February 2018 - 05:20 PM, said:

2: "Hold locks plz".

Kubernetes, on 01 February 2018 - 06:55 PM, said:

1. Scorch pilot: "Hold locks please."

FireStoat, on 01 February 2018 - 07:53 PM, said:

"LRM boat here - hold locks and I'll make it rain... (burp)" from a dry, ancient sounding dude that's attempting to mimic the Transformers movie. I feel like suicide is the only option.

Khobai, on 01 February 2018 - 08:03 PM, said:

when your atlas has an lrm20, lrm15, and lrm10 and no lasers

Catten Hart, on 01 February 2018 - 08:50 PM, said:

LRM-toting teammates that are in a mech massing 70 tons and above (The "All Catapults can LRM" rule)

I may have developed a dislike for LRM 'mechs.

I blame the Archer. For being so terrible.

[Stinger554]

Jay Leon Hart, on 02 February 2018 - 09:33 AM, said:

I may have developed a dislike for LRM 'mechs.

I blame the Archer. For being so terrible.

It's not even always the mech that's the problem, usually it's the pilot that the issue. Yes LRMs are ineffective and yes you should use almost anything else, but it's the whole I'm going to sit and hide behind a piece of terrain in a 90T mech and fire missiles play-style that is horrible.

Edited by Stinger554, 02 February 2018 - 09:44 AM.

[chewie]

UnofficialOperator, on 01 February 2018 - 05:11 PM, said:

Mine is when 3 guys in comms start moaning and harping on the first trailer from 4 years back... what the actual ****?

whats the first indication???

the team circles right because hey, nascar circles to the right and so it must be right....

swiftly followed up by light mechs with ecm up the backside followed by assault mechs chasing the squirrel


and ecm snipers on a map mode that requires being in a position to get cap points, well gents, if thats yer game, might as well stay in bed....


PS

can you tell i'm saltier than the dead sea right now

Edited by chewie, 03 February 2018 - 02:18 PM.

[Trenchbird]

MrMadguy, on 02 February 2018 - 02:22 AM, said:

Then I was killed by my teammates...

Not a single part of that told me you didn't deserve that. Because you deserved that death entirely.

[C E Dwyer]

lots of people with all

UPP3RC4SE N4M3S

[Kargush]

-When the chat erupts in edgelord BS and posturing
-When the salt is flowing before the timer has finished the countdown
-People start friendly fire incidents in spawn

[Dee Eight]

UnofficialOperator, on 01 February 2018 - 05:11 PM, said:

Mine is when 3 guys in comms start moaning and harping on the first trailer from 4 years back... what the actual ****?

When you realize you have to carry a certain player in a raven 3L who tanks behind the entire team in every single match he's in on every single account he runs....

[Spare Parts Bin]

You lay out a plan based on the map and mode on comms. You receive crickets or some strategy that is purely insane like just let the match happen.

Members of both sides go AFK randomly, or you receive the dreaded server disconnected message.

Being berated over comms by some who does not like your choice in Mech/Omnimech, weapons loadout, etc.