Denoobification

Okay, people. I F16, (also DAN THE MAN!) am obviously, a below average player, just barely a noob. Now, people who have seen me play, I NEED tips on de-NOOBifiying myself. So post tips here. yep :cry: javascript:emoticon(':cry:')
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Don't spam us with links to your site. Also, don't be an ass by allying people, taking pills, then leaving. Don't make nooblike comments. If you go away humbly learning how to play and improve your skills without being an ass while you do it you'll be fine.

How to unnoobify yourself:

General ettiquette:
- Learn patience.
- Don't mass ally.
- Accept losses as learning experiences.
- Join winbolo irc channel.
- Use one hand controls. One for steering, mines, and shooting, one for the mouse.
- Do not accept alliances from random people.
- Practice pill takes, there are a TON of ways to take pills, learn them all.

Specific:
- Fix, fix, fix! Building is good. Fix pills and pave roads FIRST, before attempting pill takes. Watch for enemy snipers.
- If your driving is bad, attempt to shoot enemy pills from a location which will not kill your own pills. Many times I've seen people do way more harm to their own team by trying to kill an enemy pill and getting 2 or 3 of thier own waxed.
- When you have no man and don't think you can help your own team, attack the enemy TANKS, not the enemy PILLS, even if you have to take hits from their pills to do so.
- If an enemy pill is damaged, be patient and be ready to snipe any builders who try to fix it.

Thanks. Another problem. Being pretty much a noob, its kind a hard to go from being a person who is always on the huge "strength in numbers" noob teams to the more sensible teams. How do I get around that?

Ally players that won't mass ally. Go it solo for a bit until you can do that. It is not necessary to ally someone as soon as a fourth person has joined the game.

Me and eloscanditela were playing a 2*2 match vs. Zorro and Brando, but then a bunch a people joined and made it a mass people game, where the more allies, the winner. This kinda pissed me off, what should I do when a bunch of others join a fair match before we dont allow players?

if it's strict, put a password on it (use the IRC game-spawning bots), and if someone DOES join, ask them nicely to leave... if they dont, idk what you would do... ask someone else

What about borgs? Im using namik and Sfinktah now, but I cant decide which one to stick with. Should I even use borgs?

F16 wrote:

Me and eloscanditela were playing a 2*2 match vs. Zorro and Brando, but then a bunch a people joined and made it a mass people game, where the more allies, the winner. This kinda pissed me off, what should I do when a bunch of others join a fair match before we dont allow players?

So then make it so those people join teams fairly (unless it's a strict, then you do what jason said). If you have a problem whee you allly one person and they ally everyone else, then make sure when you ally them that they know not to accept allies. Use ignore ally requests if that helps. If someone is being a jackass and mass allyin, just don't ally them.

Borgs can be useful, but they mostly just sux.

One more thing. Back when I mass allied, there was no real strategy in pillwar. After the suicides, you just ran in and got the pills. I dont really understand how I pillwar in a fair match. Do i do traditional pill takes?

F16 wrote:

One more thing. Back when I mass allied, there was no real strategy in pillwar. After the suicides, you just ran in and got the pills. I dont really understand how I pillwar in a fair match. Do i do traditional pill takes?

Pilltakes are good, but not always, because the enemy will often heat his pills, and when you go to shoot you get shot, it throws your aim off, and badd stuff happens, like you blowing up your own pills. Only do a pilltake if you have a good angle and you can set up your aim quickly/get out of there quickly, and repair. Don't do a pilltake you can't repair unless you have an ally (with lgm) nearby, or several other pills which you can heat.

Otherwise, DOUBLE UP ON PILLS. (You and your ally both shoot the same pill at thesame time). It works.

Always, in opens, PLANT A PILL BACK. Otherwise, you will get yor ass owned by mines and suicide attacks.

Practice practice practice.