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 | | Subject: Re: Stop over-using shotguns! Fri Apr 27, 2012 11:33 am | |
| [quote="TheMeInTeam So, in other words you claim to agree with him but then spend a paragraph telling us that my point (not over-using one weapon to the point of hurting one's own team...and how does only using 1 weapon not make the game stale? You're clearly using all of them) is the one you actually practice and agree with :/.[/quote] Now you're just reading things the way you want to see them. BigStu CLEARLY states that "if everyone played exactly the same then this would be a boring game." This is the point I highlighted; this is the point I was agreeing with. I was simply explaining that there are many different ways to play, including both using all weapons and using only one weapon. without this option, the game would get stale. This has nothing to do with your point. You claim to be all about being a "team player", but I think your username (TheMeInTeam) tells the story a little better. Feel free to rant on, disagree with me, show me all the ways I'm wrong and/or completely siding with you and just don't know it....that's what these forums are for..... I respectfully choose to take a different stance than yours....good day sir!  |
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| | Subject: Re: Stop over-using shotguns! Fri Apr 27, 2012 9:11 pm | |
| | Quote: | | BigStu CLEARLY states that "if everyone played exactly the same then this would be a boring game." |
And from the beginning I've CLEARLY advocated against the singular use of a weapon and "play style".
What is, BY FAR, the most used weapon in this game? What is the thread topic? Can you honestly tell me that a majority of players aren't over-using one weapon, and therefore "playing the same"? Nope.
If the community wasn't well over half gnasher come hell or high water to the point where people ignore enemies in a shooter, this thread wouldn't exist. It's not like it's one guy running around with a gnasher as his only starting weapon used all game; it's literally over half of lobbies, and the players who do it hurt their team. If you were REALLY arguing against "stale" gameplay where a majority of players DO play exactly the same, then you are indeed weighing in on my side of this argument. Team lancer fire is NOT the commonplace tactic!
| Quote: | | You claim to be all about being a "team player", but I think your username (TheMeInTeam) tells the story a little better. |
Speaking of irrelevant...you've definitely latched onto an irrelevant comment or two. However, I'm sure BigStu will be on here ANY MINUTE to chew you out for not knowing how I actually play lol. Otherwise, he's a tad hypocritical  .
| Quote: | Feel free to rant on, disagree with me, show me all the ways I'm wrong and/or completely siding with you and just don't know it....that's what these forums are for.....
I respectfully choose to take a different stance than yours....good day sir! cheers |
Okay. If you're going to bother to post in the thread at all, maybe you should explain that stance.
There are choices in this game that are clearly right and wrong. For example, I could claim that it's "my style" to run to frags, pick them up, and then throw one at my feet and stand on it. One could, using the same logic as having a gnasher out and refusing to switch to an AR to help a teammate in time, claim that deliberately killing oneself over and over again with frags as long as they're available is a "style".
Could you make an argument that such is an effective choice that helps one's own team win, over using a weapon to attack somebody? No, not really. So now I'm looking for legit arguments for using (or rather not using, since enemies are too far away) shotguns in some of the situations I've highlighted, and I'm not seeing any. That's because there aren't any.
While deliberate suicide with frags is a far more extreme example of bad play than choosing an improper weapon, it should illustrate the reality of the situation; there are plenty of situations where an AR (or shotgun) is an objectively superior option, and a "style" that chooses the wrong weapon can be demonstrably defined as poor play.
If you can define playing poorly on purpose as a "style", then and only then is it a rational claim that people making wonky weapon choices that leave points, kills, and wins on the table are merely showing differences in "style". |
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| | Subject: Re: Stop over-using shotguns! Sat Apr 28, 2012 4:24 am | |
| Oh please, Mr. BigStu, you best reprimand me so this fine gentleman don't thinks you be playin favorites with anyone....   As far as explaining my stance, that's the beauty of the forum...I...Don't...Have....To... I will simply agree to disagree and leave it at that. Thank you for your time and enjoy the rest of your day!  |
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| | Subject: Re: Stop over-using shotguns! Sat Apr 28, 2012 7:24 am | |
| ^Yes, you can do virtually anything that doesn't explicitly violate forum rules.
But making statements without supportive arguments in a discussion forum is a smidge weak. If you're going to do avoid discussing the topic, why enter the discussion :p? |
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