Is it unsporting to throw a barrel at someone when you know it's going to kill you? Sometimes you turn a corner and another player is right in front of you, what would you do? Also, what are some other things that are considered bad sportmanship?
Is it unsporting to throw a barrel at someone when you know it's going to kill you? Sometimes you turn a corner and another player is right in front of you, what would you do? Also, what are some other things that are considered bad sportmanship?
If it is civil war, I would think any type of suicide is cheap, since it does not give the other team points when you kill yourself.Originally Posted by mossloki
If it is any other round, I don't see a problem with it.
I do think it is bad form when people suicide as a big daddy, so the other team doesn't get the take down adam.
I wouldn't call it cheap unless they are purposely charging you just to suicide, which is rare. If I end up face to face with someone (while holding a barrel) I will usually try to dance around them and get far enough away to throw it at them. Unless I know they're going to kill me first, or EB me so I drop the barrel, then I just throw it and hopefully won't suicide. Might as well take the kill and kamikaze rather than get killed.
Those can't be helped. Only bad sportsmanship (imo) would be to go into rez after the barrel & 'cide with a GL. That would be intentionally killing oneself. Whereas, one hardly has any choices but to kamikaze at the current range. Not too much time (or consideration) can be made for going to the appropriate distance. It really can't be helped.
I kamikaze all the time, most of the time I have to because I seem to get ganged up on lately.
Killing yourself with the barrel is not without consequence. It ruins any kill streak. So someone that is constantly blowing themselves up may end up with a dozen kills but no kill streaks. So it does cost them the adam.
p.s. Yes, I will do it. I'm not going to wait to get zapped and lose the barrel.
If I come around a corner and someone's there, I'm usually startled and throw it as a reflex. Same with a door sliding open. I don't think it's bad sportsmanship. I also don't think there's anything wrong with suiciding as the big daddy, especially if I'm playing against a douchey team.
I'm terrible at handling barrels, so when ever someone appears in front of me or around a corner, I shoot the barrel,out of sheer panic, killing either me only, or my opponent also. happens 99.9 percent of the time.
Maybe they're only douchey because you daddy-cide a lot? I know I hate people that do that more than anything else in the game. Anyone who does it is a straight up douche, unless it's a collateral from smashing it on someone.
I never thought of sportsmanship at all when it came to barrels and blowin yourself up. I've always seen it as an accident.
Big daddies that suicide make me upset. It's purposely done. I always seem to blow myself up with barrels, I think it's just a reaction to seeing another splicer. Thanks for the clarification on this.
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Daddy Suiciding truly takes fun out of a match, even more so when there was no reason to. If the other team is already suiciding, or you know they will suicide with the Suit if they get it then you might as well do it. Otherwise, if you Daddycide just for ☺☺☺☺s & giggles, then you are a major douche who needs to stop playing this game.
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So much for people being able to agree to disagree about a tactic.
I stand by what I said. You don't have to like it or agree but you also don't have to call me a douche.
Thiiiiiiiis - if i know i wont have a chance to get away i do it. Or if i know they'll use something i can catch i'll wait for it, catch it, then just kill em off.
Not specifically you, but everyone who Daddycides for no reason at all. So if a legit player wasted 3-5 lives on trying to take you down and did basically all the work by themself you would still suicide?
It's even worse when they do it against newbs (low levels that arent alts) and those same newbs all were about to take down daddy, but of course, douche player gotta douche and cides. I feel bad for those newbs.. soooo i go out of my way to hunt said douche or corner them so newb takes kill. :3
Depends on what's going on. It's not something I ponder deeply and weigh all the variables. My comment didn't mean that I suicide every time I'm the BD. I don't. Sometimes I do. Sometimes I get killed.
And FWIW Astro, you Daddycide too so don't go pointing too many fingers or trying to make yourself look like an idealistic princess.
Since when? lol. I do it on accident all the time. Not my fault someone always gets in the way right after I thought it was clear to place mine. Clam down, just because you want to think&say I do doesn't mean it's true. Or yknow, gl spams at me with mines around or simply sets one off killing us both.
It's pretty pointless to do it against noobs, but I've seen multiple Xboxer's do it. I have set list in my head of who I will Suit-Suicide against.It's even worse when they do it against newbs (low levels that arent alts) and those same newbs all were about to take down daddy, but of course, douche player gotta douche and cides. I feel bad for those newbs
They take em down for the most part on their own, but daddy douche still decides to cide because they cant take someone being better than them. For the most part there's already several most people know will cide as daddy, so we try to work around it.
If I know a player who Daddycides, I'll make it my main objective to take them fast as possible to ensure the kill. Or play support by using TK on any mines they try throwing.
I'll only DaddyCide by chance, or on a truly hippocritez of a player. (LOLOLOLHIPPO)
I didn't ever really suicide, unless it was just by accident, and I didn't use barrels either. I just don't like one-hit-kills that are piss-easy to do in this type of game.
As for people that suicide purposefully, I simply don't like them. I don't consider it a tactic, just a way to be a douche, and make use of a poorly designed multiplayer that has no penalties for those types of things.
Of course if someone rage quits as host, does the BD suicide matter? I think that is the "If a tree falls in a forest" of Bioshock.
I think Proximity Big Daddy suicides are the equivalence to Barrel suicides seeing as they are "unintentional".
Trust me there are people who posted in this thread who place a mine on the ground and shoot it to BD suicide.
We aren't complaining about people who unintentionally blow themselves up or hit a team member on accident.
Big. ☺☺☺☺ing. Deal.
Hey, lets drop the antagonism in here. Take it out in game rather than on the forums, thanks.
Good job not naming namesGold Star for you! "MERP" (that's the sound I make as I place the gold colored foil star shaped sticker on your forehead)
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Throw it on the ground and shoot it?
Please, everyone knows you just slap it on a wall and punch it.
Though to be honest, I'm guilty of doing this as the BD to people I don't like or when the last person to damage me put me on the brink of death through bees, nades, NG's, and whatnot. I personally despise MG strafing.
I stopped months ago, I've totally revamped my playstyle & etiquette. Of course, I somehow manage to prox people to death.. Ooops..
I hate being the big daddy, I just can't seem to do well with the suit. If I am (CTS) I mostly try to place all the proxy's where they will be most effective. I always have one at the sister and near all the entry ways. Other than that, I am not the best big daddy.
Actually, it is. If you are going to take the suit and enjoy the benefits of using it, then you should at least repay all the free and easy kills by letting someone have the adam for killing the BD. It isn't like the adam comes out of your account. Grabbing the suit, getting the easy kills and then suiciding it is just petty. ESPECIALLY if you are playing against lower level players.
Just think of the Rivet Gun as a RoF crossbow and you having slightly more Health. That's what I do. Works well when players underestimate this level 28 mid ranker haha. Just a few more levels and I will get Rof for crossbow and I can drop my Low Rank AK Loadout.
Your level 28, you were downloading the game what last night? or was it the night before? I expect to either send or receive and invite from you or meet you in game, been wanting to play on your side. However since I rarely go to sotf, that may not happen.
I started downloading Bioshock 2 three nights ago. 2 nights ago it finished and played for 3 hours, got up to level 8. Spent all of yesterday playing and got up to 28. And all you have to do is invite me and I will come. Might get a message from me saying, "Let me finish" since I don't want to rage quit at all for PS3.
On topic note: It's okay for a low ranker (me on PS3) to use barrels/dynamite right? Haha
If your online I'll send one out. Most of the time I'm in a lobby because of a friend. Maybe you'll meet some of my crew. Which is most likely some of your crew
So far my "crew" is just me. Sometimes PhlyPinoy, ebhs, or UchihaBlack (spelt that wrong) if they don't want to play against me in Survival.If your online I'll send one out. Most of the time I'm in a lobby because of a friend. Maybe you'll meet some of my crew. Which is most likely some of your crew
To clarify, I usually play CTS so there is no grabbing the suit.
..You're playing with two of the biggest quitters there, AK. O.o
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