Getting invited

[Wolf12]

Originally posted by Bosshawk
im equally bad in all ships....

Thats for sure

[Verthanthi]

Originally posted by bloodzombie
One of the major problems is that new people all want to wb or jav.

A really easy way to start getting picked all the time is to spend a little time watching sharks in base games, talk to people that seem like good sharks, ask for tips and stuff. There's always more shortage of people who want to shark AND are good at it, than any other ship.

Heh, the other day I saw some jackass captain jav himself and go something like 10-25 with an avg kill below 3. Then he switched himself to wb and was less harmful but still basically useless.

Anyway, the man is absolutely right. Any quarter decent shark gets picked as much as they want. I'm really pretty awful, but I get picked a fair amount in shark. The people with actual skill, they get no rest from it unless they beg.

[ZeUs!!]

Originally posted by DoTheFandango
like when you picked me and we lost 5k - 100k?
ya that works

Why is there this fixation with playing well in base or being good at it? 1) Everyone has to start eventually otherwise we'll be stuck with the same people and it'll become stale and 2) it's about enjoying yourself, not winning. Unless your name is bram.

[DoTheFandango]

Originally posted by ZeUs!!
Why is there this fixation with playing well in base or being good at it? 1) Everyone has to start eventually otherwise we'll be stuck with the same people and it'll become stale and 2) it's about enjoying yourself, not winning. Unless your name is bram.

You win=More Respect
More Respect=Squad noticing you
Squads noticing you=Getting on Squads

THATS WHY

[Verthanthi]

I got onto a squad without excelling in ?go base.

[PhaTz]

I knew how to base before I played any of those priv basing. Play more pub, newbs.

[Nickname]

I got onto all my squads because the people liked me, not because I was good.


EDIT:Okay, I thought of 1 exception, but only 1.

[DoTheFandango]

All I'm saying is for me to able to get on a decent squad one day is going to take awhile... seeing as i have no friends on SS and not alot of "Street Credit" as EEKS would say

[Verthanthi]

None of my friends were on the squad and I didn't have any street credit. Also, I'm not very nice and TW Gallery hadn't been made yet and it's not like I'm a piece of ass anyway. When it gets down to it, I'm not exactly sure how I got on the squad. But I did it, and so can you!

I dunno, try kidnapping a squadleader's girlfriend.

[Wolf12]

Originally posted by DoTheFandango
You win=More Respect
More Respect=Squad noticing you
Squads noticing you=Getting on Squads

THATS WHY

Hmm I see a flaw with this and that is winning doesnt get you more respect in go base. Noone cares who wins or loses in go base so if you are on the winning team it doesnt really matter.

Playing good gets you noticed, probablly even moreso when your on the losing team because it shows that you really are a decent player if you do a good job on the losing team.

Therefore: Playing good=Getting on squads
Winning=Nothing (maybe you feeling happy for like 3 seconds)

[General Malaise]

Originally posted by RogerMexico
You're shite at both, Dave.

Rog's Irish education comes through at last...

Anyway, on the topic, yeah, learn to shark if you want to base, it's not a glamorous job like jav, but like jav you do get to tk your spiders all the time. And beez is right about the flexibility, pearl jam, for example, rocks the jav and the shark (and the base lanc).

[sTuPiD-gErBiL]

it also helps if you can play base weasel better than most vets can play spider.

[bloodzombie]

Originally posted by ZeUs!!
Why is there this fixation with playing well in base or being good at it? 1) Everyone has to start eventually otherwise we'll be stuck with the same people and it'll become stale and 2) it's about enjoying yourself, not winning. Unless your name is bram.

But nobody really enjoys a one-sided game, whether you're on the winning team or the losing team. Maybe it's not about winning, but there's gotta be competition to keep it fun.

[Aim2kill]

Originally posted by DoTheFandango
All I'm saying is for me to able to get on a decent squad one day is going to take awhile... seeing as i have no friends on SS and not alot of "Street Credit" as EEKS would say

Maybe you shouldn't get so focussed to get in the best squads. When started to play TW i didn't know anyone in the zone either, also played alot of elims and deathmatches (basing was crap then) and wanted to join the "best squads". But i think it's pretty easy to understand that the "best squads" will only recruit players that have some experience in the leaques.

I joined Disoblige when it just got formed and wasn't even decent compared to the top squads from them. (I was the OOhh so famous superstar: Oo-Ivanhoe-oO)

What im trying to say is try to get into a new squad that you think is serious enough to stay or get into the leagues. (or make one yourself) I think it's way more pleasant to help a squad (and yourself) from basicly nothing to one of the top squads there is.

yea.. so that or you just hang around in ?go base for a year and learn to curse SS style and eventually you'll get in a squad with other whiners claiming youre the shit and then dissolve in the middle of the season when you figured out that youre not.....

[bloodzombie]

everything a2k said is true