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Re: Halo Nationals...
Posted By: BR*KiriyamaDate: 8/31/02 3:49 a.m.

In Response To: Halo Nationals... (PCDestroyer)

: Did anyone else think that Nationals were really really WEAK in how they went
: off and the type of competition?

: Frankly... the gametypes chosen, with the exception of Blood Gulch Slayer...
: are all pretty random in their outcome. Especially "Race" and
: "Oddball" where you start going in circles in Race and just keep
: going to see who tags each one first. One game people went in circles
: without killing each other and the guy who started closest to the first
: flag won... because he grabbed one earlier than the others... BAH!
: Oddball was marked by EVERYONE in EVERY Game taking the Ball into the Cave
: near the Red Base and just keeping it there... IT WAS KOTH with a STATIC
: Hill in the Cave... because it is the easiest place to defend the Ball
: with a couple nades or rockets... BAH again!

: Okay, all of that aside... It's still pretty weak in how it was carried out
: and the fact that a lower caliber of player often moved on due to luck...
: pure unadulterated luck. No rule was made against teaming up... so many
: moved on that way (hell, my buddy and I did... we weren't going to let
: everyone else do it and get left behind as a result) and it just made
: things unfair even if a really great player was in the mix... bottom line,
: he was alone, the others had him by numbers... BAH!

: Everyone and their grandmother is looking forward to Halo50k and it's good to
: see someone put in the EFFORT to make a TEAM tourney...
: Nothing against the Halo Nationals... I'm sure it took some planning... but
: hell, it was Announced in Late July and the Tourney commenced and ended in
: August... quickly planned and carried out.
: Halo50k has a loftier goal... and a longer time frame... why? They are DOING
: IT RIGHT...

: I'm sorry if I am ranting a bit... but Team gaming is where it's at... no
: more random respawns all around your enemy, in front of vehicles (unless
: betrayed) and you have only your teammates to blame for a loss... instead
: of some joker who happened to respawn next to the HILL every single time
: he died... stayed there for a minute or two, he gets killed, respawns next
: to it again... INSANITY!

: Team games are simply less Random and more skill is required...

: That's just the way it is...

: Most of these guys who made the finals haven't heard of the 7th Column, or
: don't care... and usually aren't even part of a team... To tell the
: truth... many of them couldn't hit the broad side of a barn with a
: pistol... and they made it in... because many games required sitting and
: watching a cave entrance with your rocket raised... yeah, lotta skill to
: hit the guy 5 ft. away and grab the overshield to "heal" yerself
: for the next guy through...

: All I gotta say is... PFFT!

: PCD

You pretty much summed up the entire tourney to a T. People didn't advance on skill, they advanced on luck/subterfuge/whatever it took.

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Replies:

Halo Nationals...PCDestroyer 8/30/02 11:44 p.m.
     Re: Halo Nationals...PCDestroyer 8/30/02 11:55 p.m.
           Re: Halo Nationals...B-Sharp 8/31/02 1:03 a.m.
                 Re: Halo Nationals...*Ar-Isildur of *WP* 8/31/02 1:44 a.m.
                       Re: Halo Nationals...B-Sharp 8/31/02 2:53 a.m.
     Re: Halo Nationals...Elan Sleazbagano 8/31/02 1:11 a.m.
     Re: Halo Nationals...BR*Kiriyama 8/31/02 3:49 a.m.
     Re: Halo Nationals...dolbex 8/31/02 10:55 a.m.
     Re: Halo Nationals...PCDestroyer 8/31/02 7:49 p.m.
           Re: Halo Nationals...dolbex 9/1/02 3:50 a.m.
                 Re: Halo Nationals...PCDestroyer 9/3/02 9:24 a.m.
     Re: Halo Nationals...John Denton 9/2/02 3:54 a.m.
           Re: Halo Nationals...vector40 9/2/02 4:56 a.m.
                 Re: Halo Nationals...Narcogen 9/2/02 11:38 p.m.
                 Re: Halo Nationals...John Denton 9/3/02 12:39 a.m.
                 Re: Halo Nationals...PCDestroyer 9/3/02 9:31 a.m.
                       Re: Halo Nationals...John Denton 9/4/02 2:20 a.m.
           Re: Halo Nationals...Elan Sleazbagano 9/2/02 12:19 p.m.
                 Re: Halo Nationals...Louis Wu 9/2/02 12:27 p.m.
                       Re: Halo Nationals...Elan Sleazbagano 9/2/02 2:45 p.m.
                             Re: Halo Nationals...PCDestroyer 9/3/02 9:36 a.m.
                                   Re: Halo Nationals...Elan Sleazbagano 9/3/02 11:50 p.m.
                                         Re: Halo Nationals...PCDestroyer 9/4/02 11:03 a.m.
                                               Re: Halo Nationals...Elan Sleazbagano 9/4/02 3:41 p.m.
                                                     Re: Halo Nationals...PCDestroyer 9/5/02 2:26 p.m.
                 Re: Halo Nationals...John Denton 9/3/02 12:58 a.m.
                       Re: Halo Nationals...John Denton 9/3/02 1:13 a.m.
                 Re: Halo Nationals...PCDestroyer 9/3/02 9:34 a.m.
           Re: Halo Nationals...PCDestroyer 9/3/02 9:28 a.m.
                 Re: Halo Nationals...bVANc 9/4/02 8:28 a.m.
                       Relax...Miguel Chavez 9/4/02 10:54 a.m.
                       Re: Halo Nationals...PCDestroyer 9/4/02 11:09 a.m.
                       Re: Halo Nationals...Elan Sleazbagano 9/4/02 3:48 p.m.
                       Re: Halo Nationals...vector40 9/4/02 7:15 p.m.
           Re: Halo Nationals...bVANc 9/4/02 8:20 a.m.
                 Re: Halo Nationals...PCDestroyer 9/4/02 11:14 a.m.



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