What's the biggest screwup you've made?

Tactical advice, How-to, Post-mortem, etc.
Dengaroth
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Post by Dengaroth »

Badger wrote:QUOTE (Badger @ Jun 25 2007, 02:51 PM) When I comm, omg....the list gets longer...I think I tried to erase most of those moments from memory though. /mrgreen.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="mrgreen.gif" />
Don't worry, they live on in RT's collective memory /laugh.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":lol:" border="0" alt="laugh.gif" />
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Post by StarmanOmega »

Got my bomber into the enemy home for the game-winning run on their garr...with only 2 racks of missiles. 1 minute and one very much alive enemy garr later, i left the game to shouts of "BOOT THE F'ING RETARD" /doh.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":doh:" border="0" alt="doh.gif" />
GET TO DA CHOPPAH!

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Post by Bard »

Stealth Fighter.
Miner Killing.

Perfect lineup, no D, tons of time to wipe out the miner.

I hit cloak and start moving, get up to full speed, get JUST into range...

and pod myself with extreme fury on the largest asteroid in the sector.

I've never heard Raziel and Terralthra laugh so hard.
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Post by Terralthra »

You're forgetting the funniest part: you had already huntered the shields down and were about 1/4 into the hull of the miner, passing it at full speed, and as you were turning to keep your utl on it, you rammed the He3 rock at full speed.
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Post by Clay_Pigeon »

juckto wrote:QUOTE (juckto @ Jun 24 2007, 08:37 PM) Getting promoted to bomber pilot when I was a (3), panicing and ripping out. Then counter-blaming everyone else for expecting a (3) to know what the $#@! to do.
I remember that game. I'm surprised you hung around after that hate-the-newbie pile-on.
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Post by Evincar »

commanding my first game against aarm
buying tech for the other team (yes, this happens some times, not on purpose ofc.@#(!)
ramming too hard htts, which end with podded people (sorry muad /tongue.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":P" border="0" alt="tongue.gif" />)
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Post by Adaven »

My biggest mistake: Voting Nak into XT





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Post by Camaro »

Relying on others to stop bomb runs.

(in pick-up games... its not much of an issue in SGs given all PK are trained in bomber ramming)
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Post by juckto »

QUOTE I'm surprised you hung around after that hate-the-newbie pile-on.[/quote]
I'll take that as a compliment /wink.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=";)" border="0" alt="wink.gif" />

I remembered another one: I was flying with a new hider. Start of a game I get in a scout and head to the nearest aleph, then turn off ap so that my ship wouldn't stop on the other side like it does. Then I turn away from the computer for a moment to do something.

Over ts I hear "Oh, hey such-and-such. Quick, get on my team man! ... hang on, I'll see who I can boot to make room for you. hmmmm, guess it'll be Gibblets because he just flew straight into a rock."

Turn back to the screen:
++ You have been booted by your commander! ++

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Post by Typhoone »

I was a TP2 scout. I flew into an enemy sector. Missiles were still on. There was a scout coming straight on at me. Like, straight on, a dreg scout, I knew I had seconds before it noticed me. It was dropping probes in a line towards the aleph. I unmounted missiles, no room! Crap, I jettisoned the first thing in my cargo, unmounted and thrusted directly up.

The dreg scout picked up one of my unused TP2 probes without ever knowing I gave it to him. I screamed as I saw it all happen on F3.

Ty.
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