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[GODzillaGSPB]

Just minutes ago I commited a teamkill and I would like to apologize.

I was just upgrading my Founders Hunchback to elite skill, first drop after that and a nasty bug hit me. A combination of the following:

- my kph was always shown as 0 (zero)
- there were no friendly target indicators on the map
- there were no friendly target indicators on the HUD
- there were no enemy target indicators on the map
- there were no enemy target indicators on the HUD
- I could open the chat and type, but didn't see what I wrote
- therefore I also couldn't see chat notes by other players

Or in short: I was blind. I mostly shot at those who shot at me, but I must've gotten it wrong with (at least) one of my duded and promtly killed him. Poor dude probably even reckognized it, shot back and I killed him thinking it was an enemy. -.-

I will now drop again with my Hunch, seeing if the bug repeats itself. Haven't had this before.

[Khanahar]

Could we have a centralized thread for this? A lot of folks seem to want to get this out by public confession, which is fine, but could you try doing it as a reply to this one so it causes less clutter.

Still, I feel for you. Never actually taken down a blue with a yellow-screen bug (which, once you turn off HUD to deal with it, is a lot like what you're saying), but I've certainly shot them after getting confused. Feels awful, but that's what you get for faulty neurohelmets.

[Edge28]

Had an almsot identical thing happen to me.

Started a round following a team atlas when I noticed I had no HUD. Looked away for a second checking my sides and continued over a hill.

There, an Atlas and Stalker were brawling and I closed in with my SP and beat on the Stalker. After a bit, he died and I moved away. As I start looking for targets (and honestly was only THEN noticing I cant even see names/icons over mechs) I start taking fire from the rear. The Atlas is hitting me.... and a possible realization hits me. Pretty much I stopped moving and took the hits and died.

I then found out chat didnt even work as I tried to apologize for a possible TeamKill.....

I posted in my profile comments an apology. ..... Maybe I was bugged enough that the Atlas couldnt identify me as a friendly? dunno....

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Could we have a centralized thread for this? A lot of folks seem to want to get this out by public confession, which is fine, but could you try doing it as a reply to this one so it causes less clutter.

I think people dont want an isolated incident to be held against them. Truthfully, I know that since I do not TK intentionally (any others that I have committed have been from LRM's or possibly a stray laser in a brawl) I shouldn't worry about it.

It still sucks though. Especially when you cant verify to yourself that you apologized immediately after the incident via chat.

Edited by Edge28, 28 December 2012 - 10:43 AM.

[Green Mamba]

Post Game Chat Board NOW!

[Chavette]

Happened to me too, I just followed a known friendly from start, and we actually won the game... maybe it has to do with the memory leak issue.

[Karl Split]

Ive killed a few blues accidentally. Usually when im in a big mech and alpha strike someone only to have a knackered light mech on my side rush in front of me :s

Happens

[Agent of Change]

I have had this bug several times over several weeks, only happens once every 20 hours of game play or so, but yeah I've had to have my teammate tell me which mechs to shoot in combat because you have nothing to go on except someone shooting you.

[GODzillaGSPB]

Karl Split, on 28 December 2012 - 12:07 PM, said:

Ive killed a few blues accidentally. Usually when im in a big mech and alpha strike someone only to have a knackered light mech on my side rush in front of me :s

Happens

I don't do alpha strikes. Well...overall this was my second teamkill in around 200 games. Yeah, I don't play that much, but every once in a while. Would play more if my founders wasn't ruined...in the face area.

[Joseph Mallan]

GODzillaGSPB, on 28 December 2012 - 10:24 AM, said:

Just minutes ago I commited a teamkill and I would like to apologize.

I was just upgrading my Founders Hunchback to elite skill, first drop after that and a nasty bug hit me. A combination of the following:

- my kph was always shown as 0 (zero)
- there were no friendly target indicators on the map
- there were no friendly target indicators on the HUD
- there were no enemy target indicators on the map
- there were no enemy target indicators on the HUD
- I could open the chat and type, but didn't see what I wrote
- therefore I also couldn't see chat notes by other players

Or in short: I was blind. I mostly shot at those who shot at me, but I must've gotten it wrong with (at least) one of my duded and promtly killed him. Poor dude probably even reckognized it, shot back and I killed him thinking it was an enemy. -.-

I will now drop again with my Hunch, seeing if the bug repeats itself. Haven't had this before.

Then the team kill isn't your fault. You were in a combat scenario and did your job. I haven't been TKed, Shot yes. but not TKed.

[GODzillaGSPB]

Well....I'm sorry, again.



And I didn't even notice it. One in my team noticed it but can't remeber the name. Again: My apologies!

[Just Another Poster]

You should try messaging the actual victim, not making a thread he will, in all likely hood, never see. If you don't even know who the victim was and he never said anything to you, then why worry about it at all?

[o0Marduk0o]

GODzillaGSPB, on 04 January 2013 - 12:22 AM, said:

Well....I'm sorry, again.



And I didn't even notice it. One in my team noticed it but can't remeber the name. Again: My apologies!

You sir, are the devil!

[GalaxyBluestar]

Green Mamba, on 28 December 2012 - 10:36 AM, said:

Post Game Chat Board NOW!

would support this since the chat/tab disabled glitch after some deaths means you can't say anything about the match ever again. when there's things you need to explain and can't explain it is proberbly my most biggest frustration with this game.

[Remarius]

Well in fairness I've had a couple of apologies from people who nailed me - weirdly when I was in the visually obvious Flame - and it was appreciated, particularly as I never realised it was a team mate that killed me.

I've killed 3 team mates but only realised when the penalties came up at the end which was gutting as had no idea what had happened. There was the summary execution of someone that tried to synch drop and ended up on the other side so decided to strafe his own team but thats another matter and I feel zero guilt about that (wish this game had a bounty system like in Eve).

Need that after chat area (plus the irritating can't use chat after death bug being sorted).

[GODzillaGSPB]

Just Another Poster, on 04 January 2013 - 12:28 AM, said:

You should try messaging the actual victim, not making a thread he will, in all likely hood, never see. If you don't even know who the victim was and he never said anything to you, then why worry about it at all?

Part is because I'm actual sorry and there might be a slight chance he sees this.

But then there's another, more obvious reason: He might write a complaint to the support. I don't know where they draw the line, but I think this is my 2nd, maybe my 3rd teamkill. This is to make sure that PGI knows it was by accident and that I'm not an evil TK.

[o0Marduk0o]

Only your 3rd? Then you're like Jesus.