The League Of Substandard Supertypes

[kopernikuz]

Thought it was about time we took this to it's own thread rather than muck up Dfab, DI, and Krog's advice thread.

Welcome... it is here we can discuss all things LoSS!

[Black Manta]

Ahhh... it's good to be home...

[Mystery Man]

Yes...it's nice and cozy in here.

[Darth Fabulous]

Dang it! I tried to register as Mxyzptlk under an old Yahoo email address and when I went to look for the confirmation email I found out the account was deleted because I haven't used it in the last year.

[Aquaman]

Finally we'll be getting the respect we deserve.

[Captain Linger]

So...

[Mann]

I'm the Mann!

[Captain Linger]

You guys kinda... enjoy this thread?

[kopernikuz]

What I didn't mention is that this thread is where we will be discussing our SOCOM: Online Clan... The League of Substandard Supertypes. Those in the clan recognized it. LOL. But all are welcome! In fact... I think Captain Linger and the Mann should get PS2 and network adapters if they don't already have them and then join us in the game as well as the thread!!

Okay clan... we need to make some decisions...

First... how will we prefix our names with LoSS?

<>, {}, XX, xx, ==, etc.

Suggestions?

Also... can we make a scheduled practice and game time tomorrow night Thursday 3/6/03 at like 8:00?

Who's available? Cap'n Aquaman?

[Aquaman]

I'll be there, fighting for the seas!

[Black Manta]

Okay... let's have some votes... here:



=LoSS= Black Manta

{LoSS} Aquaman

<LoSS> Mystery Man

[LoSS] Mxtlplyx

+LoSS+ Black Manta

(LoSS) Aquaman

>LoSS< Mystery Man

*LoSS* Mxtlplyx


So which one is better? I'm partial to the equals "=LoSS=". How about the rest of you?

[Captain Linger]

Well, see, you guys, this is how it is for me. I can't afford to buy a PlayStation 2. Now, there was this one time I saw one for pretty cheap and I wandered in to the store and I spoke with the lady behind the counter. She told me the price and then I stood there a while longer, thinking about whether I should buy it or not. I decided it was best not to.

[Darth Fabulous]

8:00! I would have to miss Friends for that! You guys are crazy, saving the world can wait until 11.

[Krogenar]

:whatsthat: Friends?

[hums] "..yer love life's D ... O... A"
[*clap*clap*clap*]
[hums] "..always stuck here in second gear..."

Pfft.

[kopernikuz]

Friends? Come on... priorities man... priorities. I understood when you backed out for an exam... but I can't abide backing out to watch.... ick... Friends. We're you're friends... not Joey and Chandler... come on!

LOL style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif

[Black Manta]

Come on! Vote on a Badge, teammates!

Vote now or I will be forced to unleash my Telepathic Scrambler on Aquaman, forcing his oceanic beast control to be limited to mollusks only. Who's afraid of a mollusk? Not I! So vote... or I will also unleash my Water Beast and have him blast you with my Laser Atom Smasher!

Vote... vote for the love of all things aquatic and otherwise non-aquatic.

[Krogenar]

I like the brackets. "[LoSS]"

[Mystery Man]

Originally posted by Darth Fabulous@Mar 5 2003, 02:44 PM
8:00! I would have to miss Friends for that! You guys are crazy, saving the world can wait until 11.
Lets see...11:00? I 'm sorry, but Mystery Man only fights terrorists between 8:00 and 11:00.

And let me help you out with this Friends dilemma. You ever head of the ancient contraption called a VCR?
It actually works in those situations.

Now back to buisiness [LoSS] works for me.

[Darth Fabulous]

Yes, but you try motivating yourself to go out and buy a blank tape when your car is parked 2 miles away from your dorm and it's cold and raining outside.

[Captain Linger]

I own a VCR. I don't record much because I don't get any television channels.

[kopernikuz]

So that's two votes for brackets [LoSS]... so I follow the party line and say sounds good to me too... which nullifies completely Dfab's vote since it's already 3 to one. Don't you love democracy?

Cool... Make sure to include a space between the badge and the name... otherwise it looks unusual. As long as it fits.

[LoSS] Black Manta will be ready and hungry tomorrow at 8:00 gentlemen.

[kopernikuz]

Countdown to mission status: GO...

Are we all in tonight? Even "Friends"-guy? style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif

[Darth Fabulous]

Yes, I love that I don't count. [LoSS] Mxyzptlk will be on at 11.

[kopernikuz]

What do you mean you don't count? My point is that you do and we want you to be able to join us... I know I can't be on that late... Maybe I don't count because 11 is way too late for me this night.

[Darth Fabulous]

I meant in the vote for the clan badge.

[kopernikuz]

I was kidding because there were only four people and it makes democracy difficult... It was a joke... what I meant was this... since there was already a two of four consensus... even if I had voted for something different, you would have to have voted for the same thing I voted for to cause a tie... which we'd break how? If you didn't vote for the same thing I voted for, then we'd both be nullified because it would be two for the brackets, one for whatever, and yours for whatever else. So in that case, brackets would still win. Does this make sense? I was more making fun of myself for deciding to conform than vote for what I wanted. The way I looked at it, voting against the majority at the time was similar to voting for Ross Perot... I may have supported it... but it didn't win. So I may as well tow the line. By doing so, my vote was not nullified.

In the end... neither of our votes would count unless we both voted for brackets which one, or both voted for the exact same thing other than brackets which caused an unbreakable tie in a group of four. It's simple. It has nothing to do with you as a person not counting.

And since I felt that the actual appearance of the badge was not that big of a deal afterall, it didn't seem worth trying to convince Javen and Krog otherwise.

You count Dfab...

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[kopernikuz]

Oh, and I meant to ask, what else is on in addition to Friends that you watch?

[kopernikuz]

Ready guys? Time to play soon!

Guess what... my headset arrived back from Sony!!!

Just in time... I hope it works... can't wait to try it out.... *droooool...*

[Darth Fabulous]

You only get 8 characters after [LoSS] in your names guys. I had to use [LoSS]Mxyzptlk, that's without a space.

[kopernikuz]

Hey, Dfab... the system was really screwing up last night or something... everytime you came in it put you on our team and then the next thing you knew you were on the other team. It was weird... any idea what was happening?

[Krogenar]

Originally posted by kopernikuz@Mar 7 2003, 09:13 AM
Hey, Dfab... the system was really screwing up last night or something... everytime you came in it put you on our team and then the next thing you knew you were on the other team. It was weird... any idea what was happening?
That was weird... We still kicked some tookus - part of the time anyway. And my headset wasn't working much, so we didn't get to communicate - which reduces our teamwork quite a bit. style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif

Kop, after you left, Javen and I shot that 'bunny' guy and =MA= to pieces. We went six rounds, and they only killed Javen once. style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif
I have to write down Dfab's [LoSS] name, and send him an invitation - that might have been why the room kept putting him on the other team, now that I think about it.

[kopernikuz]

Ahhh... good point. Any luck trying to recruit those two?

[Krogenar]

Originally posted by kopernikuz@Mar 7 2003, 09:44 AM
Ahhh... good point. Any luck trying to recruit those two?
Javen and I asked them if they would be interested, and one did not respond, while the other made a farting noise, I think. We trounced them soundly the next round in righteous indignation. Final Score: 6-0 in our favor. We had 12 kills total, they have just 1. Now that I think of it, they may not have been [LoSS] timber.

[kopernikuz]

Yeah... well what're ya gonna do... I don't know who besides us would want to be on a team called [LoSS] anyway... LOL.... we need people with senses of humor.

[kopernikuz]

Boy I certainly stunk it up early in those matches... but got better as we went along. Part of it was my complete unfamiliarity with those maps. I was so lost some of the time. I defintely find I am less the run-and-gunner that Krog is successful at. I am a decent sniper, cover guy, and guard for the bases. I'm best when I can concentrate and shoot, combining grenades and gunfire... I don't have the reflexes to win a lot of close battles.

However, I think I've discovered what is giving me the most trouble. If you press one of the analog sticks down it changes fire type, we discovered that (thanks Krog)... but I guess the other one reloads, eh? I'm sure you knew that, but I didn't. I think what is happening, is in the excitement of running in a circle or back and forth with some guy, I am inadvertantly reloading by pressing too hard on the stick. This sudden break in fire is just enough for the guy to take me down.

On that last level, I was very accurate with a handgun... better than the machine gun... I ran over a hill when a terrorist was closing on one of you and let loose three shots and took him down, even at a distant range. And this was while running, so apparently I can do it... I just need practice.

Also, the guy named PharCyde was using some method of cheating... had to be. When we first started the snow level, my PS2 froze and I had to restart... when I came back, it put me on the terrrorist team. Several times there was a blaze of gunfire and I saw in the top window, PharCyde saying "Man Down"... though he was still running around killing people. How was he doing this do you think? Something was up and I was getting annoyed about it.

I typed "glitchr" in the chat window right before we entered a match and he posted "?"... he's quiet otherwise... but that got his attention? Anyway... we get into the game, take him out a couple times and he quits... I think he was up to something. But that may just be the conspiracy theorist in me.

[Javen]

Pharcyde was defnitley using something, maybe. The reason is this in Frostfire the first round he had 3 kills which was impossible considering out of us 3 you 2 were killed and I survived.Another reason is that I unloaded a clip into him at close range and did not die, he shoots me maybe 3 times...I died.

I was playing one night and kiled 2 people they both said got him, got him.THen proceeded something that I call a miracle. This guy who died got right back up and killed me!

[kopernikuz]

I've heard you can glitch by reloading at the moment you are dying or something like that and it prevents you dying. That's BS.

[Javen]

We defnitley need to find people with a sense of humour, I don't think people are understanding ours. style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/hehe.gif

We just need to keep on asking people, eventually we will recruit many. Maybe they think LoSS=Look Out Social Security.

[Krogenar]

Originally posted by kopernikuz@Mar 7 2003, 11:56 AM
Also, the guy named PharCyde was using some method of cheating... had to be. When we first started the snow level, my PS2 froze and I had to restart... when I came back, it put me on the terrrorist team. Several times there was a blaze of gunfire and I saw in the top window, PharCyde saying "Man Down"... though he was still running around killing people. How was he doing this do you think? Something was up and I was getting annoyed about it.

I typed "glitchr" in the chat window right before we entered a match and he posted "?"... he's quiet otherwise... but that got his attention? Anyway... we get into the game, take him out a couple times and he quits... I think he was up to something. But that may just be the conspiracy theorist in me.
The guy named 'PharCyde' was a pretty good player, actually. His tactics were well thought out. When it seemed like he was shooting 10,000 bullets in a fraction of a second, it might have been lag. Lag can create some very, VERY weird occurences. I've emptied entire clips into someone who was lagging, and then they shot me dead... and then they died. style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wacko.gif

The only occurence that makes me think he might be a glitcher was during the 'Blizzard' round. We lost the round, and the voice over female voice said, (and I've never heard this before)

"Mission Failed. All Your Base Are Belong To Me."

:0

What the heck? Did either of you guys hear that too, or was it just one of the voices in my head?

[Krogenar]

Originally posted by kopernikuz@Mar 7 2003, 02:47 PM
I've heard you can glitch by reloading at the moment you are dying or something like that and it prevents you dying. That's BS.
Yeah! I heard that too! You hit R3, just when you drop.. and you get back up somehow. I hope they work out the bugs in the next version... geez.

[kopernikuz]

Originally posted by Krogenar@Mar 7 2003, 03:04 PM
The only occurence that makes me think he might be a glitcher was during the 'Blizzard' round. We lost the round, and the voice over female voice said, (and I've never heard this before)

"Mission Failed. All Your Base Are Belong To Me."

:0

What the heck? Did either of you guys hear that too, or was it just one of the voices in my head?
You're joking right?

Are you referring to this classic?

http://www.gamerspress.com/article.php?sid=919

Or did you really hear that?

He may be good, but part of it comes from cheating. To say "Man Down" as often as he did and still get up and fight... something wasn't right.

[kopernikuz]

By the way, for anyone up that early... I will be on Socom Saturday around 8:00 am EST. Anyone up for some gameplay?

[Krogenar]

Originally posted by kopernikuz+Mar 7 2003, 04:32 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(kopernikuz @ Mar 7 2003, 04:32 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'> <!--QuoteBegin-Krogenar@Mar 7 2003, 03:04 PM
The only occurence that makes me think he might be a glitcher was during the 'Blizzard' round. We lost the round, and the voice over female voice said, (and I've never heard this before)

"Mission Failed. All Your Base Are Belong To Me."

:0

What the heck? Did either of you guys hear that too, or was it just one of the voices in my head?
You're joking right?

Are you referring to this classic?

http://www.gamerspress.com/article.php?sid=919

Or did you really hear that?

He may be good, but part of it comes from cheating. To say "Man Down" as often as he did and still get up and fight... something wasn't right. [/b][/quote]
I really heard that! Something funky was occuring.

[Javen]

Sorry Kop, I just now woke up and wasn't on GS last night or I would have joined you this morning on Socom.

Maybe we can play later on or tonight sometime.

[Javen]

I will be in U.S. East 13, so if you are on come and join me.
I will make a room LoSS Random

[Javen]

What happened kopernikuz? I seen you in 12 but you left or something. Then I couldn't find you.

[Javen]

Anyone want to meet at 8:00 on Socom?
If there is a U.S. East 13 I will be there, if there is not I will be in 14.