Shotcall Anger
#21
Posted 31 May 2020 - 04:18 PM
What I don't like is useless calls that contain no information, for example "they're behind us", or "focus fire" etc. That's just distracting and doesn't help anyone. Behind who? Focus what? Either say something with actual information in it or shut up.
Same with complainers. No one cares or needs to know what you think after the fact, if you didn't speak up and call when it mattered you have no business ranting afterwards.
#22
Posted 31 May 2020 - 04:28 PM
VonBruinwald, on 31 May 2020 - 09:57 AM, said:
Nothing wrong with bad shotcallers, as long as they're learning from their mistakes they'll improve with time. My biggest issue is them not doing it from the onset and only chiming in once they're dead or when it's too late to make a difference to the match.
Yea except that is not happening most of the time. The moment they get a win with bad calling it is reinforced and they continue with the bad, then if they lose they blame it on others.
#23
Posted 01 June 2020 - 12:22 AM
I just think you got to be better than most your team mates
Keep it simple works pretty good, like telling your team to shoot the same mech in new and non repetative ways
#24
Posted 01 June 2020 - 01:22 AM
CidemRaw, on 29 May 2020 - 03:29 PM, said:
Because it's a massive distraction. Hell, there's a couple of particular players (which I won't name) that are the reason my VOIP has been turned off for more than two years now. I don't care how good their callouts may or may not be, it's very tough to concentrate on anything when someone just won't shut up.
#25
Posted 01 June 2020 - 02:00 AM
If your connection is marginal it can make a difference
Mute is optional
#26
Posted 01 June 2020 - 07:46 AM
#27
Posted 02 June 2020 - 05:33 PM
But Aye, the most part of the drop callers, specially in the american rush hour, tend to forget a little detail....
This is a worldwide online game. English is the Lingua Franca, the vehicle of comunication, but a lot of players HAVE not a native english.
When two of you , one an Aussie, and a proud dixie the other, start to talk about things not directly related to the actual match we are playing, my head starts to Boil triying to figure what the hell is going on...
When i find someone who is or has been in the army, it´s like a blessing. This guys use short sentences, talk an articulate english, perfect for imperfect coms, and rarely say nothing that is not useful. No slang, no noise... God bless them.
Take it as a inmersion in lore if you want, But learn something about the military coms code. The alphabet at least, to give compasses on the map... All the non english speakers will thank you for it...
Edited by Tirant Lo Blanc, 02 June 2020 - 05:36 PM.
#28
Posted 03 June 2020 - 03:00 AM
CidemRaw, on 29 May 2020 - 03:29 PM, said:
Even when im feeling silent and someone else does it people seem to get angry, is it just venting and something to get used to or are calling expactions higher than people expect?
Probably because there is no shortage of people calling shots that causes their team to lose.
Edited by Zirconium Kaze, 03 June 2020 - 03:00 AM.
#29
Posted 03 June 2020 - 04:58 AM
Zirconium Kaze, on 03 June 2020 - 03:00 AM, said:
People don't like to take responsibility for their failings, that's just humans. Blaming the shot-caller is a natural extension.
Why take responsibility for your part in the teams failure when you can blame it on one guy you and half the team didn't even listen to.
#30
Posted 03 June 2020 - 05:05 AM
-doing FW, if somebody makes calls, listen to them.
-doing QP, better ignore them. there was LESS than a hand full of decent dropcallers for QP 1-2 years ago (and there are reasons ofc), I assume it's less than that, now.
chances are very high that somebody calling in QP does more bad than good for his team
-and so does listening to him.
Edited by Captain Caveman DE, 03 June 2020 - 05:06 AM.
#31
Posted 03 June 2020 - 01:24 PM
#32
Posted 03 June 2020 - 02:02 PM
Lanzman, on 01 June 2020 - 07:46 AM, said:
The target lock "evaporates" because your teammate or his target (or both!) ducked back into cover, rather than remaining exposed to get their faces melted/dakka'd/LRM'd. "Holding locks" is a foolish thing to ask of your teammates for exactly this reason.
Just accept that any IDF shot you take may be a low-percentage shot and move on.
#33
Posted 03 June 2020 - 02:14 PM
#34
Posted 03 June 2020 - 02:14 PM
Lanzman, on 01 June 2020 - 07:46 AM, said:
Why? That's a waste of time and is excessive over comms. Don't call targets when you see them, it's pointless. Call good targets.
Lanzman, on 01 June 2020 - 07:46 AM, said:
So you're mad they aren't doing your job for you?
Edited by thievingmagpi, 03 June 2020 - 02:14 PM.
#35
Posted 03 June 2020 - 09:36 PM
VonBruinwald, on 03 June 2020 - 04:58 AM, said:
People don't like to take responsibility for their failings, that's just humans. Blaming the shot-caller is a natural extension.
Why take responsibility for your part in the teams failure when you can blame it on one guy you and half the team didn't even listen to.
When someone says to push and the team actually listens and gets slaughtered and then the shot caller tells his team that they suck, the team would have been better without his voice ever being there.
#36
Posted 04 June 2020 - 03:32 AM
Zirconium Kaze, on 03 June 2020 - 09:36 PM, said:
It goes both ways.
I'm not saying there aren't bad shot-callers. But you should give them a chance, if a player is bad they can either improve or stay potato. If they remain potato by all means ignore them in the future.
#37
Posted 04 June 2020 - 03:27 PM
VonBruinwald, on 04 June 2020 - 03:32 AM, said:
It goes both ways.
I'm not saying there aren't bad shot-callers. But you should give them a chance, if a player is bad they can either improve or stay potato. If they remain potato by all means ignore them in the future.
Yea, but if more than half your team are medium and lights and the enemy team has 6 assaults, it's obvious the push isn't gonna go to their favor. Shot callers in pug qp half the time aren't even situationally aware of both their team and the enemy team or what mechs people are using.
A shadow cat with two ppcs isn't going to be capable of holding a line even if all team mates are there. His strength will be to use jj and distance to get hit and runs off. It's ridiculous to expect a player in such a set up to hold a line with you. If most your pug is using medium lasers and the enemy team of assaults are sporting 20 acs, you get the loss you deserve.
Sometimes, players are simply better as well and no amount of following orders will change that. It's even more infuriating when the shot caller is so oblivious that they complain about no one holding a flank but they were there. Just not in front of his screen. I literally saw this the other night when someone claimed we could take the high ground on hpg "easy peasy". I see about a lance worth of mechs go up the ramp and one over comms even acknowledged the order and suddenly three people are dead in less than 15 seconds and I jumped off with my armor stripped because assaults were there and pointed already. Whomever called the shot helped lose the game for the team.
Edited by Zirconium Kaze, 04 June 2020 - 03:29 PM.
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