Elite Sniper Corps

{ESC}*Mama* wrote:1.  I had a birds eye view of what was going on when you ran away from 4 of your frozen team.  The Novagas was nowhere near you.   Instead of taking 2 steps to get away from it, you ran away completely into the enemy spawn.  I was right over your head.   The next map.   You watched your team struggle to thaw your team (again, 3 people right in front of you frozen) but you were more interested in charging their spawn and it wasn't until I mentioned you weren't thawing (or "berating" as you call it) that you even attempted to thaw.   That was the 2nd round and you still had 0 thaws.  If you refuse to thaw because you're afraid that you will be killed if you take the time to do so, then this might be the wrong gametype for you- this is just as much strategy as it is brute force.  But also remember, if 2 people thaw the same person, they thaw faster.   So when you see 1 of your team struggling to thaw 3 people (like they were in Nuketown)  take the time to help them- that's more players to thaw you when you DEMAND constantly in game chat that your team thaw you (yes, you do that too).  Ask anyone, I am the first person to defend someone who's learning the game- usually the first week of their gameplay (however most often people figure it out within the first hour).   I would not say anything to you if this was a new phenomenon with you or an irregular pattern.

I understand you're still learning this game after playing here for only 2 months.   But understand this, when people see you not thawing nor making any attempt to thaw, they begin to think you are one of those selfish players (who is in it only for your own score and the rest of the team be damned).  So even when you can't thaw, people think you just don't want to be bothered with it.  We get people like this on our server who feel our server is a good substitute for regular deathmatch or free for all.  This is very much a team gametype.   If you have 1 person on your team who doesn't thaw, your chances of losing significantly increase.  We do keep stats, and people take those stats very seriously.   We're a very close family server- just because someone isn't wearing ESC tags, doesn't mean that we don't regard them as family.   We're very close with 95% of the people you see playing on that server and we have dialogue with them constantly. 

Take some time to watch BADDger..  you'll notice he's almost always at the top of the scoreboard.   You'll also notice he competes for the most thaws because thawing will put you at the top every time.   I've seen players finish first place in the game but getting all thaws and NO kills.  We make the score from thawing deliberately high so that people understand that thawing in this game is what it's about.  People want BADDger on their team, and if they're on the other team, they want BADDger dead- because he keeps his team alive (which is important to win).  And then watch Sil3nc3, Zeno, or UndeadClown- you'll notice their kill/death ratios are very high, but they will also take a few seconds out of their rampage to thaw their team because they understand that they need their team to have their back.  Nobody's saying you have to play like them (please don't!  That C4 gives me nightmares)- but don't get angry when people complain that you're not being a team player.  You can take it as constructive criticism or you can take it personally and assume that people are demanding that you play like them.

These are the outdated set (you'll notice when you join our servers, there's a set of rules on the splash screen which are more updated).   I'll post this old set of rules, you'll notice #8 and #9.  Perhaps we need to define more clearly what the objective is since there's still some people who don't understand the point of the game Freezetag (or refuse to get it).    If I may quote something you said at the end of "Rocket Day" map that you said in game chat to your team 3 days ago..  "You guys need to learn how to play..."   (Yeah, stuff like that won't make you friends either...)    We do enjoy having you on the server, however don't undermine the frustration of people who have complained because they feel like their game is being sabotaged-they've seen players do just that.   Good luck, I hope this helps you understand the game better.

{ESC}*Mama* wrote:So, you notice when you thaw people you'll see +3  pop up on occasion (like when you shoot at someone and then another team member gets the kill you only get +10).   You need a full +15 to get credit for the thaw.   It does accumulate so if you only get +6 assisting the thaw with 1 person, +3 with another and another +6 with another assist it will count as 1 thaw).   It gives partial credit towards your score/ thaws.  It doesn't seem like much sitting here talking about it, but it does start to rack up, trust me.    Also (not sure if you know this), you can thaw people with RC cars (which is what most people use them for), and if you have a airborne killstreak that doesn't work or shoot in a particular map, you can use it to thaw difficult to reach people since you're stuck in it anyways.  Example the Pavelow doesn't work in most maps- but since you're stuck flying around in it you can use it to thaw your team that might be on the other side of the map and difficult to reach.. also good for giving intel on enemy locations. 

I thought the thaw worked something like that. I haven't noticed the +3 or +6, but figured that's what was happening.

The other info is great. It would have taken me a long time to figure out thawing from those platforms, if I ever DID figure it out. There are a few of those killstreaks that totally have me befuddled. Thanks.

{ESC}JACKO wrote:And do not forget the most important rule: 

Never, but never shoot JACKO, because he is very vindictive and has a special package for such cases