[Steam] Thread XVII: /sm_rename "Steam Thread": da]mexitt hr[a vise

[Silverraptor]

I like the versus mode in L4D2. I'm pretty good as a smoker.

[shadow_archmagi]

So anyway I don't know if I mentioned this but The Room is this friday at 9 PM.

I think I might've said I was going to show it early but that plan died.

[Djinn_in_Tonic]

I like the versus mode in L4D2. I'm pretty good as a smoker.

Smoker is a lot of fun, and really good if you use him right. On the other hand, he's abysmal if used poorly. Kind of like the Boomer and the Jockey, in fact. Or all the infected except the Tank, Charger, and Hunter.

[blackfox]

Smoker is a lot of fun, and really good if you use him right. On the other hand, he's abysmal if used poorly. Kind of like the Boomer and the Jockey, in fact. Or all the infected except the Tank, Charger, and Hunter.

I'd say all three of those are abysmal if used poorly. Hunter gets one or maybe two swipes in if he does the stupidest thing possible and jumps someone in the middle of a group. I personally get slaughtered almost every single time I failcharge, although I guess it is relatively easy to punch people and get in a good 20-30 damage if you ambush them successfully. As for tank, it's quite possible to deal pretty much no damage to a Survivor team, and I've achieved that multiple times.

[Djinn_in_Tonic]

I'd say all three of those are abysmal if used poorly.

True. With all three, however, it's possible to get half-decent returns. A Hunter can easily land 18+ damage without a pounce in just 3 swings, and the same with a Charger. The Tank can indeed be kited to death without dealing any damage, but you have a lot more time to be competent in. The other four, however, are rather all-or-nothing infected.

[The Linker]

Heh, me and my friends did this to Pirates of the Caribbean when we used to stay up late....and with a different state of mind. I remember my friend saying "Man, just look at Orlando Bloom. As the movie goes on he looks more and more confused as to what's actually happening in the film. It's almost like he's having a hard time remembering his script!"

Ah the good ol' days when my friend was still around. I miss that crazy son of a gun.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure I saw some jokes like that in the 'Best Of' for the Pirates Rifftrax. Jack Sparrow is the only guy who can do so well at planning ahead without a plan in mind, after all.

And in Æon Flux, when Æon nabs a government botanist and interrogates him:

Botanist: ...And that's all I know, I swear!
Kevin: "I... haven't read the whole screenplay."

Man, fun times.

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Mike: Alright, so, help me out here.
Kevin: OK.
Mike: Æon, there, she just got it on with a ruler of our dystopian future...
Kevin: Right, yeah.
Mike: And then strangled him, and instead of simply leaving she headed down to the guy's rec room...
Kevin: Uh-huh.
Mike: Learned how to warp time and space, and now she's picked a fight with Alfre Woodard here...
Kevin: Eh, she's more Mary J Blige.
Mike: OK, fine, Mary J Blige. And they're beating the stuffing out of each other becauuuuuse...?
Kevin: ...
Mike: ...
Kevin: ...Oh. I thought you were going to tell me.
Mike: No! Sorry, I was asking.
Kevin: I have no idea!
Mike: ...OK! Just... wanted to make sure I was up to speed.
Kevin: No, yeah, pretty much.


Best part was the entire chat channel was saying the exact same thing.

[Rutskarn]

There's nothing quite like smoking someone to death. Charging, hunting, tanking--all these are too simple, too direct. You get up in their grill and start tearing away chunks of health. As smoker, you're more of a crackerjack zombie sniper who waits for his moment, casts his line, and draws the enemy into your killing field to choke and batter until their neck snaps. It's disturbingly cathartic in a way hunter and charger aren't.

My favorite infected's probably still spitter, mind. Love that ding ding ding, holmes.

[Djinn_in_Tonic]

You get up in their grill and start tearing away chunks of health.

Nah...Tank sniping, mate. Tank sniping. Get a few hundred feet away, find a car or a dumpster, and just play Whack-a-Mole with any survivor who pops his head out around a corner.

[watsyurname529]

There's nothing quite like smoking someone to death. Charging, hunting, tanking--all these are too simple, too direct. You get up in their grill and start tearing away chunks of health. As smoker, you're more of a crackerjack zombie sniper who waits for his moment, casts his line, and draws the enemy into your killing field to choke and batter until their neck snaps. It's disturbingly cathartic in a way hunter and charger aren't.

My favorite infected's probably still spitter, mind. Love that ding ding ding, holmes.

That is such a satisfying ding.

[Valaqil]

Nah...Tank sniping, mate. Tank sniping. Get a few hundred feet away, find a car or a dumpster, and just play Whack-a-Mole with any survivor who pops his head out around a corner.

I like to think of it as golf. Sometimes you get a hole in one (of the survivors), sometimes you whack at the car several times and just get frustrated.

[blackfox]

True. With all three, however, it's possible to get half-decent returns. A Hunter can easily land 18+ damage without a pounce in just 3 swings, and the same with a Charger. The Tank can indeed be kited to death without dealing any damage, but you have a lot more time to be competent in. The other four, however, are rather all-or-nothing infected.

Fair enough. I would count not using karate at the right time as 'playing poorly,' though. Let it also be noted that this is 95% of the reason I am so awful at this game.

[Byrnbot08]

I like to think of it as golf. Sometimes you get a hole in one (of the survivors), sometimes you whack at the car several times and just get frustrated.

But then, sometimes, you make those one in a million shots that rebounds off a wall/tree and goes straight in.

Having that happen and having alltalk on makes the game so much more satisfying.

[MamaLuigi]

But then, sometimes, you make those one in a million shots that rebounds off a wall/tree and goes straight in.

Having that happen and having alltalk on makes the game so much more satisfying.

Or hitting a survivor and knocking him around 4 trees and land about 100 feet away from you and live.

[The Linker]

Or hitting a survivor and knocking him around 4 trees and land about 100 feet away from you and live.

I was gonna say. Smashing Worira into the air, making him ricochet 90 degrees of a tree and bounce even higher off a bunch of tree stumps and finally land in five-foot deep swamp? Pretty much one in a million.

[blackfox]

I was gonna say. Smashing Worira into the air, making him ricochet 90 degrees of a tree and bounce even higher off a bunch of tree stumps and finally land in five-foot deep swamp? Pretty much one in a million.

I will confirm that that was hilarious.

[Aron Times]

Once I get some more Series 4 and 5 crates, I'll buy keys.

Who has #4 and #5?

I have one remaining #5 crate. I can give it to you for your Sydney Sleeper or 1 Scrap Metal.

[The Linker]

Little something I whipped up:

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Switchin' to Engy
Source: Breaking the Habit by Linkin Park



I'm dead again
My ragdoll on the ground
I can't seem to catch a break

You all assume
I'm just another noob
Only here to spawn again

I don't want to be the one
Holding back my team
Cause inside I realize
I should be behind

I didn't want to try again
To go out there a Scout
I don't why I'm terribad
Maybe it's my ping

I don't know how I got this way
I know this can't go on
So I'm switching to engy
I'm switching to engy on spawn

Clutching my wrench
The spawn room I depart
I check my PDA again

I have much more
That I need to build
I need to get my sentry up

I don't want to be the one
Out there at the front
'Cause inside I realize
That I could just turtle

I didn't want to try again
To go out there and snipe
I don't why I'm terribad
Maybe it's my ping

I don't know how I got this way
I know this can't go on
So I'm switching to engy
I'm switching to engy on spawn

My teleporter's up
My dispenser, it hums
I'll never move again
So this is where I stay

I didn't want to try again
To go out there and heal
But now I have my own machines
I can build my own teammates

I don't know how I got this way
I know this can't go on
So I'm switching to engy
I'm switching to engy
I'm switching to engy on spawn

[Byrnbot08]

I was gonna say. Smashing Worira into the air, making him ricochet 90 degrees of a tree and bounce even higher off a bunch of tree stumps and finally land in five-foot deep swamp? Pretty much one in a million.

Got a story of epic fail here:

I once slapped Drolkcal onto the top of a random building in The Parish's first level. He proceeded to kill me, and evaded the rest of my team and if I remember correctly, revived another player and escaped.

[The Linker]

Heh, I have a story just like that. TAAAAAAANK on Swamp Fever, I managed to run all the way to the ferry, find a defib, run all the way back to the BEGINNING -- four tanks running around the whole time -- revive a player who had gotten smashed by Tanks from the get-go, and then we ran all the way to the ferry--

Wait, and then we died halfway.

OK, it's nothing like your story.

[blackfox]

Wait, and then we died halfway.

OK, it's nothing like your story.

This is because you chose to revive me. drolkcal would not get instakilled by a car 100 feet in front of the spawn.

[shadow_archmagi]

GREETINGS, YARR!

Oh Just Cause 2, you so silly

[Valaqil]

This is because you chose to revive me. drolkcal would not get instakilled by a car 100 feet in front of the spawn.

I'm still so proud of how that went. :)

[blackfox]

I'm still so proud of how that went. :)

Assclown.

[shadow_archmagi]

So, in my fortress, my militia captain had killed more than twenty enemies, including a giant mole that had slaughtered the last five people I sent to kill it.

For his extreme courage and slaughter, I changed his title. He was "Zulban Templebolts, Militia Captain" no more. Now he would be proud, as "Zulban Templebolts, the Drolkal"


Shortly after, he died. On closer inspection, this is how events went down:

1. Zulban and his squad attack a pair of giant lions.
2. Zulban's squad all die. At the end of this battle, Zulban has lost his left lower arm and his right hand. He is sitting in the wilderness, bleeding to death. The giant lions are still alive.
3. Zulban becomes The Drolkal.
4. The lion menaces a handful of peasants.
5. Zulban rushes to the rescue and kicks it in the face, sending teeth flying.
6. The Lion bites Zulban's head and shakes him around until he dies.
7. The Lion goes unconcious
8. Bunch of raw recruits attempt to punch said lion to death. It isn't moving, so they're just standing there beating on its head.
9. Three days later they are still unable to deal the finishing blow to the beast Drolkal brought low.
10. He is getting his own amazing memorial room.

EDIT: On closer inspection, it took 28 days before the monster died, and that's with the entire fortress conscripted to wail on it.

[Scuzzball]

I have one remaining #5 crate. I can give it to you for your Sydney Sleeper or 1 Scrap Metal.

I'll top that with TWO level 4 crates for a scrap and a random weapon.

[Neftren]

Whoo, just need a Demoman hat and my collection will be complete!

[Cogwheel]

Remarkably dwarfy things.

Well. Consider me impressed.

I haven't played fortress mode lately. Got a nice run on adventurer mode with a hammerdwarf, though. Did well enough to get a title (result: "Sakzul Copperchaos the Scorching Despair), had 10 minions, went off to fight a night horror by order of a local lord.

Camped outside, on account of drowsiness. Got ambushed by about 30 goblins and died. It's like LotR, only Frodo gets about three steps up the mountain before an anvil suddenly falls on him.

[Neftren]

Whoo, just need a Demoman hat and my collection will be complete!

I am now the proud owner of an Unusual Handyman's Handle with Searing Plasma! w00t!

Cost me Big Kill + Lugermorph + Level 100 v.Tosslecap + 4 Refined + 3 Keys

[dromer]

It's like LotR, only Frodo gets about three steps up the mountain before an anvil suddenly falls on him.

..and he wakes up in Shelob's lair with nothing but his underwear.

Long live the dwarves that died to that beast in the bottomless pit. :(

[MoelVermillion]

Hey I just unboxed a Searing Plasma Bombing Run but I already had an unusual Scout hat that I preffer so I'm looking to trade this off.

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I'm pretty much interested in Vintages/Pre-order hats if anyone is interested.

EDIT: Traded with Sigs.