Graham Sutherland / PolynomialApr 6
do you know what "instagib" means, and what the "gib" part refers to, without looking it up?
over 30, yes
46.2%
over 30, no
33.5%
30 or younger, yes
12.1%
30 or younger, no
8.2%
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Show threadGraham Sutherland / Polynomial
this post led someone to remind me of the term "telefrag", and I am very glad of it. what an amazing thing that was.
Apr 6 at 7:46pmWeb
Show threadKrishean DraconisApr 6
@gsuberland the translocator was definitely a thing. why were the bots so good with it, they would always get me lol
Show threadGraham Sutherland / PolynomialApr 6
@krishean I used to play an awesome mutator called UnrealRPG where as you got more kills you gained experience and could get various perks, and there was one where you could do AoE damage to nearby players. I was never amazing at shooters, but I got rather good at using the translocator and shield gun to get near people, do damage, tank shots, then disappear.
Show threadKrishean DraconisApr 6

@gsuberland i remember playing on some custom ut99 maps that might have tweaked the bot ai, and they were just vicious with the translocator, if you stood in one spot for too long they would definitely get you

i think the map author was Ghandi, who did nuclear flak rabbits/ctf-arcticfigtetjets/ctf-floridasharkattack, and a bunch of other things

Show threadLunar 🛸 ♾Apr 6
@gsuberland One thing I've never known, why do we refer to deathmatch scoring as "frags"?
Show threadilmariApr 6
@lunarloony @gsuberland because you get blown into fragments (with some weapons at least)
Show threadMike SpoonerApr 6

@lunarloony @gsuberland

https://doom.fandom.com/wiki/Frag

Frag

The term frag originates from military slang, where it is short for fragmentation. In Doom and other FPS games, frag refers to the act of killing another player's character in the game. In cooperative mode, there is a frag count indicating how many times you killed your allies, accidentally or otherwise. When deathmatch mode was implemented, frags were used as a measure of score. Each kill of an opponent earns a frag, while suiciding subtracts one. When the frags are displayed at the end of...

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Show threadLunar 🛸 ♾Apr 6
@shelldozer @gsuberland I wish to take this opportunity to, as politely as possible, urge you to use https://doomwiki.org instead of grotty ol' Fandom.
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Show threadMike SpoonerApr 7
@lunarloony Ah, thanks for the pointer.