Notching is all about the angles, nothing else. With the same angle you can more or less know where your shot is going to land if you experienced many 3 sec shots, so you can shoot with the proper power. Same applies to 5 sec LG for instance, but of course these shots require being able to hit the good power and getting the good aim. Knowing what your aim is a big help indeed, but that doesn't mean you will know which aim to use in any given situation. The more you practise the better you get, it's that simple.

I think some people have a faulty view about this by the way. As long as you don't do full power shots over and over again, I think there is nothing wrong with it. Knowing what your aim is doesn't mean at all that you are going to hit a grenade, that is only the aim, there is still the power to do, which needs experience and practise.

If you know both the aim and the power - full power in this case, because you never miss that - and keep repeating only that one shot, that's what's lame. Using the aiming "system" for 5 sec/ 4 sec LG shots or 3 sec shots is not lame at all.

Let's move the "MonkeyIsland versus ropa open debate" posts to another Off-Topic thread noone's going to read and focus on the "How an avoiding rule would work" topic?

Quote from: Statik on June 22, 2012, 12:04 PM
I think this issue can be solved only by searching TUS games via the TUS site (pretty logical, huh?).

Player/Clan A presses "Find a TUS game" button and waits for the random opponent. Then Player/Clan B presses his button and both get the message "Game found!" or smth... If one of them denies to play, then he loses points. It would be also nice to select preferable schemes by both sides, so they will play only one of those schemes and there won't be "my pick - your pick" rule.

One more benefit: don't need to spam AG with "TUS NE1 TUS NE1 TUS NE1".

But I guess it's not that easy to code. Just an idea

I pitched that idea before, I got -20 karma for it.

Quote from: Mablak on June 23, 2012, 09:28 AM
Like Komo said, you should adopt a way of playing that focuses on genuinely getting better at schemes. If you were able to get into/win playoffs without being good at most schemes, then that wouldn't prove you were skillful, it would simply prove that TUS could be better at measuring skill.

And we are back to sqare one. Can't wait to see the ranking system thread debates.

Other than that, well said Mablak.

Yaay, on fire!

I think you misunderstood me there Crazy, I'm suggesting the exact opposite. It should be played like in the old times, not by notching each shot.

Quote from: Crazy on June 22, 2012, 06:28 PMAnd are you suggesting HHC will like BnG more if he improves his skills, which basically means that he would have to start notching like everybody else?

What? No and no, first of all who am I to judge someone's skills, I just brought up my example. And as I said, no, it's the way it works today, I find this unfortunate, but I learned to overcome it and shut my mouth and play like them. I don't play cheap against players I know wouldn't do it either. Personally, I would use stricter rules, but this is a community, I'm just one small particle of that.

Quote from: nappy on June 22, 2012, 05:08 PM
BnG should not have any rules at all, rules make this scheme ridiculous. (Even more ridiculous than it is!)

It is not a ridiculous scheme. It is one of the oldest, most classic schemes that - when played as it is supposed to be played - requires a lot of skills. Go play Hysteria if you want no rules.

Well HHC, I hope you will change your mind sooner or later, I was pretty pissed off at BnG for a while too, but lately I had some really fun games, might have something to do with becoming better at it too? I don't know, anyway, I know I am liking it at the moment. Will change for you some time too.

Quote from: Komito on June 22, 2012, 12:43 PM

Quote from: Ray on June 22, 2012, 11:38 AM
My family has German roots, family name is Pentz.

You know what it is lol, took me a while to notice, it's the jacket you are wearing, cuz you have the collars up, you look like a war officer or something, with an evil smile of course xD

You are so goofy.

My family has German roots, family name is Pentz.

CF FOR LIFE!

24:26 You have to watch that game ending!

I was looking forward for some easy wins against nino.

Creating an RSS feed is really not much work at all, I don't think it could take more than a week.

We do not need an instant messaging service on TUS.

Good games cFc, bad luck for you that we PWNED at rr.