[Multiplatform] Battlefield 1943, a.k.a. Maybe it actually works now, awesome.

Originally Posted by YOU MAD

I sniped you and Mo0 quite a bit. It also doesn't help that when you take a base with a bunker, the game decides to spawn you right in open territory regardless.

Well, spawn camping is always bullshit - but there was a couple of times where something insane would happen. Like I was hiding in a bunker with Daravon (who ran out and got himself killed) and I just kept lobbing grenades out the door to keep whoever it was at bay and it was like they shot me from around the corner and up a hill. Totally what the fuck.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by LeHah

I was singing the theme from St Elmo's Fire for some reason.

And theres a TON of cheap sniping. I think X14 was camping on a hill by one of the flags and kept taking me out.

You realize this is awesome because you apparently don't remember that we actually figured out that you were committing suicide, and "X14" killing you was actually the Suicide -10 popping on your screen, and you were totally misreading it.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Originally Posted by SailorDaravon

You realize this is awesome because you apparently don't remember that we actually figured out that you were committing suicide, and "X14" killing you was actually the Suicide -10 popping on your screen, and you were totally misreading it.

Well, the text in this game is seriously fucking tiny.

Also, yeah, I killed myself a couple of times, but even you pointed out that there was a lot of absolute bullshit going on.

FELIPE NO

If Devo's saying things have improved then I might have to try this again. I do still have the game so might be tempted to fire it up if a bunch of GFFers are on.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

In before SURPRISE BOATSEX.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Looks more like boat spooning to me.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Just a heads up: If anybody is having air related problems give LeHah a call, as he is the one who controls the sky.

Also of note is that one does not simply fly into Mordor GELB TERRITORY and live to tell the tale. Just ask Daravon. All chillin' in the air like hey guys whats up and I'm like MY GUNS

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Don't ever doubt my sky-controlling powers again, man. I owned that hill and that sky and the goddamned plane and the bullets that riddled my body but did not kill me.

Why? Because I control that shit and I'm all up in that mutherfucker and the rest of you gotta pay tithe to my being all things awesome.

(Context: I think we were playing the Iwo Jima map and I was running up the side of a mountain to get to a better vantage point against a tank in the distance. Goodhand/Kyndig was already up there - but as I got closer, he started taking fire from an airplane. He says he wasn't killed but he did disappear from my view, at least - where upon the plane turned its guns on me for a good four seconds straight and I took every shot and kept running like Steve Prefontaine and made it to the hilltop, proclaiming THAT I CONTROL THE SKY.)

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God damn this game is hard using an SDTV. Our house got hit by lightning the other day and it took out the crappy old tv in the bedroom. As such, we moved the HDTV I have hooked up to my 360 in there and I'm having to play through the old SDTV in the front room. You can't tell what colour the little arrows are, the map is next to useless and sniping at distance is pure luck as you can't really tell where people's heads are. Hence I'm mainly playing Guitar Hero at the moment as all the other games I've been playing lately (This and Sacred 2 mainly) really need an HDTV to play properly. I'm going to try and pick up a crappy second hand tv for the bedroom this weekend so I can have my HD one back.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by Big Gay Chulo

as all the other games I've been playing lately really need an HDTV to play properly.

I agree with this - but mostly because the goddamned text in this game is so fucking small. I'm getting extra points for assisstance or rifle efficiency and I can only barely make it out half the time.

Still haven't gotten use to sniping. It seems to be something I can do with great skill on PC and can barely do on a console. The thing that really throws me off is the "fade to black" effect when you're putting another bullet into the breach. I have nothing against bolt action rifles - I use to be incredibly good with the Karabiner 98k in Day Of Defeat, to the point where the sniper rifle in that game sucked because all I needed was iron sights - but the whole one second pause between looking and then loading is really tough to deal with.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

With sniping in this you have to remember that the bullets dip over distance. Also you need to lead your target to allow for any lag in your connection. I find sniping from long range leads to a lot of assists rather than kills as a result, unless your target is standing still or running straight towards or away from you. Middle distance though you should be alright. Generally if you're shooting from one objective to the next nearest a sniper rifle is a better bet than the rifleman rifle I find. Much closer than that and you're better off with the rifle as you can crack off the shots that much quicker. A good place to practice is on the horseshoe shaped map. Stand about halfway up the hillside in the middle of the horseshoe and you can see all the bases on the arms but generally won't get spotted from the road. You can get some good long range sniping practice in and not get shot at too much although from there you aren't really helping the team effort much.

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And heres the thing. In the couple days I've had the game, I've turned into a pretty deadly shot with the rifle-fired grenade. I'm hitting targets WAY off in the distance - we're talking almos a quarter away across the map. I'd probably be even more effective if I wasn't constantly taking sniper fire from bunkers (which leads me to mention - why the fuck can't you go prone in this? That drives me nuts!)

I get that theres lag and that theres lead time for firing (duh, AA Turrets alone) but for some reason I can get crazy assisstance bonuses with a regular rifle but can't hit a tank if its parked in front of me with a sniper rifle.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Now this is the story all about how
This tank got flipped, turned upside down
And I'd like to take a minute just sit right there
Ill tell you how I flipped Daravon's tank through the air

In west Wake Island born and raised
In the blue sky is where I spent most of my days
Chilling out, maxing, relaxing all cool
And all shooting some faggots out by Village (school)
When a couple of planes they were up in no good
Started shootin bullets in my neighborhood
I got down to red health and my mom got scared
And said you're 'bout to get shot down you better get out of there

I gunned it to Airfield and when I got near the
Icon said Daravon's in this tank right here
If anything I could say this chance was rare
But I thought nah forget it, yo homes be right there

I pulled up to the 'field about seven or eight
And I yelled to my plane yo, homes smell you later
Hit the B button bailed the fuck out of there
To watch it hit Dar' and send his tank in the air

But seriously though. I bailed out almost ground level and the plane t-boned Daravon's tank at full speed, exploded and made it barrel roll, which he somehow managed to land properly. Shit was amazing.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

You know how I do son.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

and by "do" you mean "get hit with planes" right

I should probably take the time to learn how to do something other than ::planes:: and ::kill niggas:: but Battlefield strategy does not come easy to a Gears player.

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Note the words "capture" or "strategy" are nowhere on that chart

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If I had a dollar for every presentation or flowchart I was in, I'd be a rich man.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Flowchart OF THE DAMNED

I was speaking idiomatically.

At some point we need to get a bunch of niggas on Air Superiority mode. It is the most terrible, unorganized (people will go out of their way to crash into you or land on the opposing team carrier to camp) piece of crap ever, but I was playing with Daravon for a bit earlier and I was in tears laughing the entire time.

Maybe it's because I get some sick enjoyment out of watching people who can't fly planes attempt to play the mode (or in this case, watching certain people attempt to do fancy maneuvers only to hit palm trees) but god damn it I had a blast.

There really isn't as much pressure to win as there is in normal mode, you can pretty much just fart around until the match ends and the hilarity will make itself.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Air superiority mode's winner is determined by the team who has the least folks in the negative 100 point range.

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I heard the real determining factor is how many people you can plane-joust into mutual death.

I saw one where both planes actually collided, ceased all forward momentum and exploded backwards. It was fantastic.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

I managed to get the second highest score in an Air Superiority match without ever actually getting in a plane, just pissing about in an AA gun (I was rolling a joint at the time).

Jam it back in, in the dark.