17th October 2007, 3:16 PM
Well, the thing with TF2 is that nobody can really claim victory by themselves. It's a team based game, you have to have a good team if you want to win. Any usually, it comes down to one superior team versus one poor team. It doesn't matter how excellent a player you are, if you're surrounded by bad players, you will not win.
In Granary, it's almost NECESSARY to have three or four Scout to run out ahead and fight for the point early while waiting for the bigger classes to come and finish taking it. If you join and find everyone wants to be a Heavy and/or a Soldier, you're not going to win.
The very best games are those when you can manage to find two teams who BOTH know what they're doing. A team that has good offense and a team that has good defense will make for an exciting game. That said, being on a superior team and running circles around a lesser team has its advantages, because lets face it, it's fun to smash players lesser than you.
When I was new, I took my losses as learning experiences. "Oh, I can stick bombs to doorways as Demoman to keep others from entering a room!" "Oh, Pyro's can uncover Spies easily by shooting at everyone!" "Oh, I can set up a Sentry Gun over THERE and it will get more kills!"
One of my more clever tricks was one I learned from other players. When defending the Intelligence on 2Fort as Engineer, I build a teleporter entrance at the top of one set of stairs, and an exit on the other set. Enemies can't resist destroying any teleports they find. When one gets destroyed, I know there are enemies coming and can warn the team, even from which stairs. I learned a lot of the tactics I now use from superior players who mopped the floor with me. I feel like I'm training new recruits when I beat them :D.
DJ, I guarantee the people who crush you in StarCraft feel the same way.
In Granary, it's almost NECESSARY to have three or four Scout to run out ahead and fight for the point early while waiting for the bigger classes to come and finish taking it. If you join and find everyone wants to be a Heavy and/or a Soldier, you're not going to win.
The very best games are those when you can manage to find two teams who BOTH know what they're doing. A team that has good offense and a team that has good defense will make for an exciting game. That said, being on a superior team and running circles around a lesser team has its advantages, because lets face it, it's fun to smash players lesser than you.
When I was new, I took my losses as learning experiences. "Oh, I can stick bombs to doorways as Demoman to keep others from entering a room!" "Oh, Pyro's can uncover Spies easily by shooting at everyone!" "Oh, I can set up a Sentry Gun over THERE and it will get more kills!"
One of my more clever tricks was one I learned from other players. When defending the Intelligence on 2Fort as Engineer, I build a teleporter entrance at the top of one set of stairs, and an exit on the other set. Enemies can't resist destroying any teleports they find. When one gets destroyed, I know there are enemies coming and can warn the team, even from which stairs. I learned a lot of the tactics I now use from superior players who mopped the floor with me. I feel like I'm training new recruits when I beat them :D.
DJ, I guarantee the people who crush you in StarCraft feel the same way.
The Earthworker Race has ended. Everybody wins.