[Steam] Thread XVI: The biggest in-joke in gaming

[Aron Times]

Teach me, oh great ones. The spy is my favorite class, though my best class is actually the medic (I'm a much better medic than spy).

[Byrnbot08]

They have to participate in all matches.

Technically the medal are awared as follows:

The Best of the Rest (ie: Tourney Winners) = First Place Medals

Second Rating (ie: Beaten by #1 team) = Runner Up Medals

Third Rock (ie: beaten by #1&2, won against #4) = Third Place Medals

The Groundlings/Flock of Peasants (disqualified elsewhere in tournament, participated in at least two matches): = Participation Medals.

[Winthur]

Eh, I had more luck than anything, their team didn't check their backs too often, I often flopped many things (at one point I missed a Sapper placement on the Sentry and went on to tackle the Medic with my Revolver with predictable results ), but nonetheless, everything was great fun and we all played a great game. NG played honorably and gracefully, too!

[Fawkes]

The Groundlings/Flock of Peasants (disqualified elsewhere in tournament, participated in at least two matches): = Participation Medals.

Do we have to personally play two matches, or does our team have to?

[Anonomuss]

I find that the effectiveness of the spy is directly proportional to the number of engineers, snipers, and heavies on the other team and inversely proportional to to the number of spies on your team. Also, some maps are really lousy for spies. Nucleus, for example, is so open that there is virtually nowhere to hide.

What do you think?

I have to say I generally agree. Also the amount of pyros generally affects usefulness.

Nucleus, however, is awesome for a dead ringer spy. The only times I've ever performed decently as a spy has been on nucleus, and I've done it two or three times, so I don't think it's been a fluke, but I could be wrong.

[Byrnbot08]

Do we have to personally play two matches, or does our team have to?

Presumably, if we fail completely at this stage, losing two out of three matches, then we get disqualified as a team, and are ineligible to receive any other Badge than the Participant Badge. End of story.

I believe all team members receive Badges once the team meet the necessary requirements at the distribution date for awards, regardless of personal participation, although it is good manners to attend as many matches as possible.

Presumably, Valve are working out how to get everybody's Badges given out in close succession and are using this as an excuse to not release the Polycount Pack, till after the tourney to prevent mid-tourney imbalances/wacky hijinks.

[Mtg_player_zach]

I really wish you could have these things, where, you know, I could actually play. That is to say- not in the middle of the EST workday. Some of us have jobs. I'm a little mad.

[Imposter]

I feel so damn left out. Still, good for you. Is there a demo somewhere? I'd be interesting in passing judgment on my replacement seeing what the game was like.

[The Linker]

Excellent job, Yellow!

If you are allowed mercs, I'm definitely up for in case of emergencies.

I was thinking it would be nice to have a big, detailed, constantly-updated hub of ChHa Highlander shenanigans. Mayhap I should make a thread to that purpose? Would have the teams, subs, mercs, scheduled matches, and records of wins and losses. Just a singular place you could check every once in a while to see how it's going for all the teams.

Edit:

It might be difficult impossible to find, but I have a suggestion for the next movie night.

Geisha is.... japanese girl...

Geisha is... beautiful...

Geisha is... wild...

Geisha is... ROBOT.

...Why are those buildings bleeding?

[NeoVid]

Eh, I had more luck than anything, their team didn't check their backs too often, I often flopped many things (at one point I missed a Sapper placement on the Sentry and went on to tackle the Medic with my Revolver with predictable results ), but nonetheless, everything was great fun and we all played a great game. NG played honorably and gracefully, too!

Did my tip for Payload spy actually help? It's done me a lot of good, but it turned out to be way easier to push the cart in Highlander.

Also, someone, please post a screen of the Dustbowl round where we all had at least 2 dominations.

[shadow_archmagi]

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[Griever]

Great work, Yellow!!

Just sad that I was unable to be there.

Will try hard to be off for the next one.

[Aron Times]

Eh, I had more luck than anything, their team didn't check their backs too often, I often flopped many things (at one point I missed a Sapper placement on the Sentry and went on to tackle the Medic with my Revolver with predictable results ), but nonetheless, everything was great fun and we all played a great game. NG played honorably and gracefully, too!

Can you send me the demo for your game? I'd like to learn more about how to play a spy.

[KBF]

Can you send me the demo for your game? I'd like to learn more about how to play a spy.

Is Have Knife still around? I kinda wasted his lessons.. I feel bad now.. I should find some opportunities to spy..

[Flechair]

Good job yellow!

You guys did great, and I really love the comment that the opposing team left. It really shows what kind of effect ChHa regs can have on people. Your politeness makes others polite. You're all true polite snipers.

[Worira]

Sorry I wasn't there for highlander, team. I misunderstood and thought the match was next Sunday.

[Winthur]

Did my tip for Payload spy actually help? It's done me a lot of good, but it turned out to be way easier to push the cart in Highlander.

Using it, I pushed the cart alone for a while, so I guess it helped us make some distance, but after one death I went back to Invisibility Watch to stall the Engineers and work behind enemy lines.

Not that great of a Dead Ringer Spy, which is something I should maybe brush up on.

If I'm allowed to post a demo of that game, I shall, but don't expect that much, it's really not that awesome.

[potatocubed]

Also, someone, please post a screen of the Dustbowl round where we all had at least 2 dominations.

You mean this one?

[Phase]

Team, I gotta say...

We're proud of you. When the going gets tough, the tough get out of the kitchen, but you ragtag buncha misfits something something.

In any case, I just want to tell you men good luck. We're all counting on you.

[Swordslinger]

Congrats on the victory

[Winthur]

Can you send me the demo for your game? I'd like to learn more about how to play a spy.

There can't be really any harm done with that, so here you go. But be very tolerant for mistakes and desperate moves resulted from trying to salvage a blunder (like running out of cloak too early). I'm not OMFGNinja; I don't think I ever have done a stairstab right during my whole playtime of Spy, which is rather laughable when I think about it, but then again, there never really was a situation where three safe revolver shots wouldn't be preferrable. Also, the action in the Dustbowl game doesn't start until 5 minutes into the demo (during the nervous setup time, I just ran around Dustbowl attempting to taunt kill people) while in the Upward game, you have to wait for the action until the 8th minute mark.

Huh, just realized we had no less than 5 replacements for our team. Uhh...

[Dogmantra]

Mayhap I should make a thread to that purpose?

No offence intended, m'boy, but I'd rather I, or one of the other team leaders made it. Makes things easier, y'know?

[The Linker]

Well, I just figured someone outside of the whole thing would make for a good third-party observer-type reporter. I mean, the stresses of leading a team would simply be compounded by the addition of having to follow along with everyone else's team, right? But, it's up to you, of course.

[shadow_archmagi]

I think it would be really nice if all this HIGHLANDER stuff was concentrated in one location where it didn't have to taunt my poor and irish eyes

[Mr007]

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[Emlyn]

I think it would be really nice if all this HIGHLANDER stuff was concentrated in one location where it didn't have to taunt my poor and irish eyes

Well then change them to say, English. Or turkish, that'd be an interesting change.

[Dread Cthulhu]

4 replacements, actually. Fawkes changed from Soldier to Sniper, hence why he's both down on the list I sent out as a replacement and as someone being replaced.

But point taken. Gonna try my best to ensure that doesn't happen again.

[Anonomuss]

Well then change them to say, English. Or turkish, that'd be an interesting change.

Hush you.

Irish eyes are perfectly fine.

We have to enjoy what we have, seeing as we're poor.

In fact they're known to have special functionality.

D'you know of any other nationality whose eyes can smile?

Y'see we need things to multitask. As we can't afford both a mouth and eyes.

Because we're poor obviously.

[Dread Cthulhu]

I made a Highlander thread, for all the people who want your thread back.

Now you can get back to discussing other offtopic things.

[MamaLuigi]

Warning massive bad-assery in this spoiler.

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