I agree with what you say to some degree, g3tSome, but at the same time, i try to set what i think is a good example by rushing every time i attack, which, in my opinion, takes much more skill than obtaining a fast pin--doing a fast and effective rush, placing myself potentially in harms way, yes, but that is what makes the game, no?
It is of course true that fast builds will be weak after a period of time, but i achieve good results with rushing most of the time and do not feel the need to resort to pinning and i do not understand why you guys, who are also experienced, knowing lots of good strategies (that alone putting you way ahead of the majority of players), feel the need to pin.
The only reason i can even fathom is that you have a fear of losing. So.. I reiterate this point:
Stuff like this is what drives losers to desperate levels like hacking--when they cant win against glitchers and they dont even get the opportunity to build a single unit against self proclaimed "fair players."
*sigh*
=O storytime?
I have been a gaming newb many times over and have really come to appreciate the
few people i have met who cared enough to invest time into teaching me.. things. These guys were true-life "
ros".. and, in my eyes, the epitome of "Living Legends".. And they
knew it.. And
everyone else
knew it. These were the guys who, for a long time, even the
villains and
REAL hackers and b/a "internet thugs" showed respect to, simply for the fact that.. they were the best. Once, i literally played 50 games/match-ups in a row with my "arena sensei", and he beat me every time, but, still, he never played his hardest. (i could tell).. He always tried to give me a chance, in a sense, without "giving me the win".. He took the time to try and teach me instead of simply dominating me like the newb i was.. and as a result, i eventually became, if i do say so myself, one of the most skilled arena fighters around; outfighting oldbies who had literally played the game for a decade. (and i was also one of the only ones who played without mods/hacks--this game i played had a cheating problem far more advanced and irritating than colonys).
Here.. I guess I aim to imitate my friend and to not "give in" to cheap strategies like pinning. There was Spawn killing in this game i speak of, and i know for a fact, spawn killers led many severals of people to take up cheating, just because it was
so cheap and
disrespectful.. and what pissed me off more than anything was to see a skilled player or a self-proclaimed "
ro" begin spawning or camping, using mods or doing other newby, socially forbidden things.. because you know what happened? All the ppl who looked up to and, on some level,
worshiped these guys, began to imitate them, and eventually, spawning went from being one of
the lowest lows to being nearly acceptable, and camping became commonly used as one of the
best strategies.. and the game was never the same.. it lost its luster.. it beauty.. its unimaginable, intricate glamor that was like nothing i have ever experienced playing any other game, video or otherwise.. because it stopped being about skill and about people.. or kool outfits.. and it stopped being about flashy moves or fancy techniques or even who was
truly better.. and started being about
winning...... and there was no venerable one to come forward and say "don't do that".. The Admins?
Gone. My "sensei" had long since vanished along with most other oldbies--unwilling to watch what they enjoyed turn into a
cesspool.. and the game slowly died to me.. a tragic, brutal death.. Hmph.
i tell you with insight that the spirit.. the attitude of "victory by any means necessary".. it kills fun and invites all sorts of disgusting things into ones heart. It devours the hopes of the inexperienced and.. do trust.. it keeps far from the minds of the wise gamers.
..and thats the way i feel..
R.I.P.-Endless Online Arena.
