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From: antony@werple.apana.org.au (Antony Suter)
Newsgroups: alt.games.doom
Subject: Re: A Few Questions About Deathmatch "Ethics"...
Date: 30 Jul 1994 00:55:26 +1000
Organization: werple public-access unix, Melbourne
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References: <9407261410135254@rti.uucp.netcom.com>
Reply-To: antony@werple.apana.org.au
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> H>>I was curious about how other people play deathmatch; what "rules" do you
> >>follow. For example,
> >> - If you are armed to the teeth, and you come against someone with
> >> just his fists (or even a pistol), do you just blast him?
YES (near all of the time...).
> >> - If someone dies and enters the game (teleports in) right in front
> >> of you, do you blast him in the face, or give him a chance to
> >> get a real weapon.
Blast him - definitely. No one (who has played Doom before) is ever so
helpless that he cant crank the controls and get the FLOCK out of there!
> >> - If you are playing against someone who has never played deathmatch
> >> or worse, never played Doom, do you launch a rocket into his back
> >> at every opportunity to show your Doom prowess?
No, thats just stupid and unfair. I show mercy when a guy is new (going slow
but still atacking), but once he has played for a bit I switch modes.
> >>I'm just asking out of curiosity. The way I play is, if the person has just
> >>his fist, I use my fists. If he has a pistol, I use a pistol. If he has
> >>anything above that, *anything* is fair game.
It doesn't matter what he's got.
> Actually the only "ethics" problem we worry about is "lurking" (i.e.
> finding some dark corner and just sitting there like a whimp waiting to
> give someone a cowardly shot in the back [as opposed to bravely
> CHASING someone and shooting them in the back). It's an unofficial rule
> that you can't "lurk" too long in one spot, you must keep moving.
Silly rule. Thats one of the ways of being more strategic. If you know
people are lurking around you've got to be that much more smarter about
getting those weapons (they could be lurking with sights on the weapon).
What do I know about deathmatch? We use keyboards all the time and play
3 player (with RMSSetup!). Last time I got 148 against 80 and 60 and they
got sick of taking it and teamed up halfway through the game! (gee, I have
got an ego).
[6 hour doom session starting at 10pm yes!]
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