Using Blog Links

I dont know if people know this or not, but I figured Id share anyways to be writing.

How to post a link.


1. First you can type the whatever word you want for it to be the link.
2. Highlight that word, and click on the Earth Symbol with the closed chain.
3. Now this will bring up a window that will allow you to enter your link.
4. Now Im not saying nobody does this, but I havent seen it yet. After you enter your link click on the TARGET tab.
5. Under the drop down menu for "Target" select blank window then click ok.

Now youve made a link that when someone clicks on it itll open a new window for them. Saves the person the hassle of having to click the back button to get back to your blog.

Just a little tip to make it more convenient for readers. Blog on!!!

Posted by eksessiv @ 12:13 am EDT | Permalink | 3 Comments

Trying to figure out kids in matchmaking

I was recently playing a game of rumble hardcore ( stats ) and I placed 2nd in the game.  Now this is probably the first time Ive ever earned a Rampage in Matchmaking.  Not everyday I can go 15 kills without dying.  I can get 10 and right up to the 15 kill mark, but not to it.  I usually play with good players, so its a rarity almost.  Now I killed a guy in the Snipe 2 area who had a shotgun.  I picked it up, crouched down right above the doorway from snipe 1 so that I was centrally located in the snipe tower no matter which way they came from.  Now I received this just by shotty + beatdowns.  So towards the end of the game the guy who placed 3rd starts talking shit to me because pretty much all my kills were with the shotty.  This same guy before the game was saying "I cant even get an experience points for this game" due to him being a higher level than anyone.  So he continually makes comments towards me about how I was garbage because I used a different weapon other than what I started with.  Maybe it was cheap, but a kill is a kill.  Now there are only 7 players Im going against.  15 kills doing the same thing.  Now when in a game do you decide to stop going a certain way.  I mean how many times do I have to kill them to establish that Im in the snipe tower with a shotty.  So do kids get mad if you outsmart them?  I wasnt do anything extrordinary, but it was working for me.  I dont understand why people get mad over things like this in a game.  I mean its the same as when people run around with the sword, and whip it out at the last second to kill someone.  9 times out of 10 youll hear that player say something stupid.  I mean who will honestly sit here and say they wouldnt pick up the sword if they ran across it?  I think if more people would educate themselves on the game, and how to play it..... there would be less people getting mad.  Its really easy to kill most of the time.  You just have to put yourself in an area where your weapon does the most damage.  If youre a smarter player though youll figure out what areas you do good in, and which ones you dont on each map.  Once you learn an area youll know what weapons do you good. 

Posted by eksessiv @ 1:03 am EDT | Permalink | 6 Comments

Saturday, June 10th 4v4

So its a whole new ball game for me because Im playing with a new team now.  Weve been having to readjust to how each other plays, and each guy has had to make compromises in order to help the team out more.  At first I was getting frustrated because I was used to the Profanity team where it was so easy since we had practiced a lot.  Ive worked past that though becase Ive realized its not that team anymore.  So my role has shifted into more of a leadership role as far as keeping the team focused, and keeping us talking.  Weve been coming together really well, and have had some good games with many good teams off the site.  We still have a ways to go as far as being a good team, and becoming a dominant team.  I feel we can be a pretty strong site team as time goes by.

This Saturday night was the first time Ive matched up against my old mates since MLG. Now nothing happened to make me leave the team.  It was simply just wanting to venture out on the site, and play with some new faces.  Profanity will always be my friends, and that goes way beyond the video game.  With that being said...... suck it. lol.  So the first game against them is CTF sanctuary.  I knew this one wouldnt be easy just due to Profanity practicing this one a lot prepping for MLG.  It was a complete dog fight.  I cant really explain how close this game was.  

Game 1 stats

Now as you can see the game lasted for 15:25.  Imagine just fighting for that long without having one cap.  We finally were able to get a run together and score a flag.

Now game 2 was Slayer on BC.  I knew if soup got the lead, and rocket that they would defend blue like no tomorrow.  Well, thats exactly what happened.  By the time we finally broke through they just moved over to the red base.  Game over lol

Game 2 Stats

Game 3 was another dogfight.  The game was oddball on Midship.

Game 3 Stats

As you can see this was another really close game.  We came up short in the end though by 15 seconds.


So overall I had fun matching up against my old team.  We all had fun, and there were a few suck its exchanged in the lobbies.  

We went 5-1 in the next 6 games, and had fun with those guys also.  I want to say congratulations to Moesleys team for pulling one out for a change.  They played very well Saturday night going 7-2.  Good jobs guys

Posted by eksessiv @ 2:09 pm EDT | Permalink | 3 Comments

Competitive Gaming

Competitive Gaming

Ive noticed more and more people getting upset or their feelings hurt from playing the more competitive games with other site members. Ive seen several players raise their game skill in hope of becoming one of the better players on the site. Not that there is a set criteria of what classifies the better players on the site, and its soley based on other peoples opinions. If youre going to play competitive games with other skilled players there a few things to making yourself a strong player.

First and foremost you must know the game. By that I mean knowing the maps extensively. Jumps, grenades throws, escape routes, ambush points, forcing spawn, knowing the spawn points, how to use any weapon on the game effectively. When Ive done classes in the past most people didnt even know the differences in damage by a standing melee, running melee, or a jump melee until I showed them. If you want to become a strong player you cannot do so until you learn the fundamentals of the game. One of the largest flaws I see with some members in these MLG games is that they dont know how to use grenades properly. This is a much needed skill if you want to become a stronger player. I see grenade throws that arent even close to anything a lot of times. Midship is a pretty popular map for games in these tournies. I do customs all the time by myself just running around the map throwing stickies and frags learning angles. I get with Soupnazzi a lot to see his throws, and I show him some when I find them. Its kind of a unsung talent with a lot of members, but huge advantage for the ones who know. Now I know most probably wont care, or dont care to put the time in to learning this stuff. Some players really try to learn these skills though.

Team games. I dont know how many teams Ive seen play to that dont really have a knowledge of a skirmish based game. I mean if youre going to play these games its critical that you know how to play them if you want to be good at them. Flag for instance..... if youre the only guy around and a couple of your teammates are dead, dont grab the flag. All youve done is taken the objective without any backup. Once youre killed its returned. Congratulations youve earned a flag stolen medal. Watching your teammates icons is pretty important due to it showing you which way you need to go with a flag, bomb, or ball. Even one of my good friends on this site who is a really good player surprised me not too long ago when he wasnt throwing a flag. Some people will say if they throw it that theyll see the flag. Well reality is any smart team who doesnt know where the flag is, is going to come to your flag scoring point to stop you.  So the less throwing you do, the slower you walk giving the other team more time to catch up. Another mistake I see people do is hold onto the flag when they need their flag returned. Find a good spot to keep it, and prepare to defend it. Also, be able to look at a map and say "oh none of my teammaters are over there, so chances are the opposing team might spawn over there. If youre playing on Midship while in their base..... theyre going to spawn Car 2 (middle room with the carbine and explosive cores) or theyre going to spawn pink 1(the very bottom of the pink side with three grenades and walk throughs.) One other thing is learning the parts of a map that have to be controlled. Midship for example. You dont have to control pink 2 like most like to. You can control carbine area if thats the area you can control. However, you have to control one or the other. If you dont youre screwed. If they set up right youll be spawning underneath your base to 2 BRs when you come out of the bottom door trying to kill that flag carrier. So this ties back into knowing the maps.

Slayer is a whole other bag of worms.  Any good team is going to consist of three types of players.  One will be the main slayer whose objective is to control a power weapon.  This person is usuaully one who is the strongest at staying alive.  Ive played Ivory Tower a lot, and its funny how people will go for a sword before the rocket launcher even though the rocket launcher owns that map.  Ive had several games to where ill just run around with it for 5 mins before I lose it, but by the time I lose the RL its empty.  So guess what......... the other team doesnt thing to camp the respawn, and I have it again.  If youre going to be the one to carry it though make sure you know how to aim so you dont lose it lol.  Youre next player is another good slayer who offers support to the main one.  Its totally a support role.  The third would be another good slayer, but good objective person also.  While your fourth is usually totally objective with some slaying skills.  So the third and fourth guy arent really there for killing.  Theyre objective is to kill whatever gets in the way of them getting the flag, or whatever.  Now since were talking about slayer you might be wondering what their role is since its not objective.  Their role is totally support.  Like on Lockout, if you have the lead while having control of BR tower........... you dont want your best slayer watching library window.  This is where the support cast comes in play so that youre best killers can do what they do.  Players knowing their role in any game is important to how well youll do.  I dont consider myself a super slayer, and 9 times out of 10 youre not going to see me charging into an area trying to be a hero for that one reason.  Ive always been a support role player, and I always will be.  Yes I can kill, but Im not a super slayer.  I get a lot of my kills usually to people charging and leaving them a good grenade.  Or....... if I have a particular weapon knowing where to maximize the potential of it.  If you have rockets obviously you dont want to walk wide out in the open.  At the same time you dont want to get into too small of an area.  Back to roles though.  Once youve determined what kind of player you are you need to focus in on being the best you can be at that.  Not everyone is going to be a super slayer.  Thats a problem I see on the site though.  Its not hard to play a game and find a loner that really cant defend himself too well.  I was playing on Beaver Creek the other night in a custom slayer game.  I was camping teleport at one point with a shotty BR combo.  Now for the first kill I was on one side of the tele.  For the second kill I had moved to the back wall waiting for them to jump through.  Now I didnt know for sure they would jump through, but I was hoping theyd tell their team I was camping tele with a shotty.  So did it work........ yes.  Next guy comes jumping through right onto my shotty.  So now Ive established that Im there.  So for my next 2 kills I moved up on top of the red base on the back angles of it with my BR.  So now someone comes through jumping around, just to get hosed with a BR thinking theyd be going against a shotty.  One more time this person comes through with the same result.  So after four easy kills they finally stopped.  Now this doesnt mean anything but that I outsmarted my opponent and used my weapons to their potential.  My other point was you didnt see me charging through to their side for the mere fact Im not a super slayer.  I might, I stress might, get one kill, but thatd be about it.  You dont accomplish nothing if you trade a kill for a death. 

Now Im not writing this professing that I think Im a badass or nothing.  Ive just seen a lot of people get frustrated or their feelings hurt due to them not having good games.  It wont change until you learn to play smarter.  If you know a player is better than you, give them respect and dont charge them.  Try to lure them into coming to you.  I see a lot of people chase players and end up dying.  I do the same, but Ive been getting better at not chasing and repositioning myself for when they decide to pop back out.  It doesnt always work, but itll work at least 75% of the time.  One final thought before I close this out.  If you get beat bad you shouldnt get mad.  Upset I can understand, but if you get mad you lose out on the lesson.  The lesson is looking back at the game, and figuring out what they did that you didnt.  Now I know some games teams will just be outmatched skill wise, but sometimes the better killing team isnt always the best.  So my advice is to be a loser with grace so that you can enjoy a win much better.  When you lose  though, just take the time to look back to see what a team did that prevented you from winning.  The next time you play that game remember what happened so you know how to combat against it if it happens again.  Learn the game.  Peace out

 

Posted by eksessiv @ 11:14 am EDT | Permalink | 14 Comments

MLG Dallas

Wow, talk about fun. This is by far the coolest tournament Ive ever been to. Its defintely an experience. First a few things you need to do if you ever plan on going to play.


1. Play on a 19 inch tv, with it split horizontally. It is really hard to adjust to that if you dont play like that way before the tournament begins. I mean at least a month before. You might not think its that big of a deal, but it really changes your map view.

2. Buy a surround sound headset, or play on mute. I use sound a lot to play, and at MLG its really hard to hear anything. So I felt disoriented playing because I could never hear where anything was coming from. Also, youre station is right next to another one..... so while playing CTF I hear the flag taken sound thinking it was ours, and then get killed due to turning my back.

3. All I can say is practice practice practice is you want to stand a chance. The FFAs are mad crazy and intense. I learned a few things though watching the pros. They never try to get in a h2h battle. Theyre always looking for kills to pick off. They never chase. If they have one shot on a guy and he goes and hides, they will not go after him. They will move on a find a new target. Grenades......... you better know how to throw good ones lol. There are a lot of grenades and throws being used in the FFA.

4. The kids. Honestly, they were cool. I very rarely heard any trash talk. Every game we played we would say good game, and theyd return with the same no matter what the outcome was. There really are some mature kids out there that are pretty cool. I think the only ones I had a problem with was a team that called themselves "raped and reloaded." I just found that team name to be offensive, and they were matched up against Girls Got Game in the first round of the 4v4.

5. The pros. The ones I saw and actually talked to were pretty cool. We talked to Foulacy for about 10 minutes after we watched him destroy Malices group in the 2nd round of the FFA. He went 50-17 in that round if anyone is wondering lol. Caliguia lucked out and managed to share a TV with T Squared. I know Cali was having some problems getting his stuff setup, and T2 took the time to help him out. Thought that was cool. I got to talk to Shook On3 also. He found it funny that someone signed up in the FFA with his gamertag though lol. Just so happened he was in Malices group in the FFA 1 round. So me and smoke are sitting there wondering if thats the real shook on3 when the real one is standing next to us. Anyways, once we found out he was the real one I got to talk to him for a few minutes also. Got to watch Lil Poison and Sad Panda play also.

6. If youre going to take a team, you better have a good team lol. I mean even in the AM brackets, there is some very good talent. You really need to practice a lot, but there lies the problem since were older and have the reality side of life aka jobs.

Posted by eksessiv @ 10:59 am EDT | Permalink | 3 Comments