A Sad day for all fans of the mighty Railgun.

mauldooku · Post by **mauldooku** » 2003-07-14 11:33am

A bit of background before embarking on this sad tale: There's this mod of half life known as Team Fortress Classic. Great team based combat, capture the flag and such. Now, one of the classes you can play as is an 'engineer'. Makes sentry guns, etc. One of the engineer's unique weapons is the horribly weak laser pistol, which fires at a ridiculously slow rate and has very easy to dodge, laggy shots.

Well, I was checking out my favorite server's list of daily awards, when I noticed something. That day, one of the players killed me 2x with the wimpy engy laser. Guess what his award was?

Railgun Master! This waste of pixels and programming is a RAILGUN!

Here's a picture of this travesty...http://www.planethalflife.com/tfc/guide/weapons. shtm

PeZook · Post by **PeZook** » 2003-07-14 12:39pm

At least it's realistic

TheFeniX · Post by **TheFeniX** » 2003-07-14 01:31pm

I pride myself on being able to kill snipers with that shitty weapon. But hey, Emp nades more than make up for the engineers pathetic guns.

Solid Snake · Post by **Solid Snake** » 2003-07-14 03:34pm

Badme wrote:A bit of background before embarking on this sad tale: There's this mod of half life known as Team Fortress Classic. Great team based combat, capture the flag and such. Now, one of the classes you can play as is an 'engineer'. Makes sentry guns, etc. One of the engineer's unique weapons is the horribly weak laser pistol, which fires at a ridiculously slow rate and has very easy to dodge, laggy shots.

Well, I was checking out my favorite server's list of daily awards, when I noticed something. That day, one of the players killed me 2x with the wimpy engy laser. Guess what his award was?

Railgun Master! This waste of pixels and programming is a RAILGUN!

Here's a picture of this travesty...http://www.planethalflife.com/tfc/guide/weapons. shtm

TFC? No one has ever fucking heard of that! TFC? Is it a WWE game that stands for "To Fuck Chyna"? Maybe you should explain this game a little better to people, since no one has ever fucking heard of it!

Coaan · Post by **Coaan** » 2003-07-14 05:52pm

That wee pop gun was amazing...'tis a true test of skill to bring down actual gun toting maniacs charging at you at the time..

noone need mention the turret behind you

Hotfoot · Post by **Hotfoot** » 2003-07-14 05:54pm

SolidSnake wrote:TFC? No one has ever fucking heard of that! TFC? Is it a WWE game that stands for "To Fuck Chyna"? Maybe you should explain this game a little better to people, since no one has ever fucking heard of it!

No one has ever heard of Team Fortress Classic? Right.

Don't make gross generalizations based on your own ignorance, okay there sparky?

Slartibartfast · Post by **Slartibartfast** » 2003-07-14 05:55pm

TFC feels like a friggin' pinball machine. All you do is bounce around everywhere while the ultrafast scout scores all the goals. And you have guns that shoot little pyramids that don't hit anyone and when they do they barely do any damage.

Exonerate · Post by **Exonerate** » 2003-07-14 07:34pm

Slartibartfast wrote:TFC feels like a friggin' pinball machine. All you do is bounce around everywhere while the ultrafast scout scores all the goals. And you have guns that shoot little pyramids that don't hit anyone and when they do they barely do any damage.

It's a damn nailgun, and that's the point of having rapid fire. Classes with it aren't really made for close combat

Sgs stop scouts fine, as do medics chasing after them, or soldiers.

Railgun is really weak, I never use it. Stick to the shotgun (Unless you're firing across the map at a Sg) Only newbs who don't know it sucks or people seeking to humilate others do that.

I pride myself on making headshots faster than 95% of the people when they aim for the body.

I'm also a good medic, flag capping and infecting

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2003-07-14 09:10pm

WTF did they do to the Railgun!? This is a Railgun...

Hamel · Post by **Hamel** » 2003-07-14 09:17pm

Engie's railgun is decent for taking out sentries and pushing nade bag whores out of the way

Who the fuck cares if it's weak otherwise? Engies can whore emps all day, and are a pyro's worst nightmare since dumping ammo/cells won't save them from an engie with nades to spare.

Darth Balls · Post by **Darth Balls** » 2003-07-14 09:18pm

TFC is only the greatest half life mod ever. I was so addicted to it back in 1999 and 2000.

Solid Snake · Post by **Solid Snake** » 2003-07-14 10:35pm

Hotfoot wrote:
SolidSnake wrote:TFC? No one has ever fucking heard of that! TFC? Is it a WWE game that stands for "To Fuck Chyna"? Maybe you should explain this game a little better to people, since no one has ever fucking heard of it!
No one has ever heard of Team Fortress Classic? Right.

Don't make gross generalizations based on your own ignorance, okay there sparky?

...Are you retarded or something? That post= sarcasm you fool.

Brother-Captain Gaius · Post by **Brother-Captain Gaius** » 2003-07-14 10:55pm

SolidSnake wrote:
Hotfoot wrote:
SolidSnake wrote:TFC? No one has ever fucking heard of that! TFC? Is it a WWE game that stands for "To Fuck Chyna"? Maybe you should explain this game a little better to people, since no one has ever fucking heard of it!
No one has ever heard of Team Fortress Classic? Right.

Don't make gross generalizations based on your own ignorance, okay there sparky?
...Are you retarded or something? That post= sarcasm you fool.

Y'know, just because this is a gaming forum doesn't mean everyone's heard of TFC. Someone might very well have thought this was about The Furry Conflict. No need to make moronic posts when someone describes what they're talking about.

Hotfoot · Post by **Hotfoot** » 2003-07-15 04:21am

SolidSnake wrote:
Hotfoot wrote:
SolidSnake wrote:TFC? No one has ever fucking heard of that! TFC? Is it a WWE game that stands for "To Fuck Chyna"? Maybe you should explain this game a little better to people, since no one has ever fucking heard of it!
No one has ever heard of Team Fortress Classic? Right.

Don't make gross generalizations based on your own ignorance, okay there sparky?
...Are you retarded or something? That post= sarcasm you fool.

Had you posted that, say, two pages in, it might more easily be considered sarcastic. As it is, that post of yours was #4, the third response in the thread. Also, as JediNeophyte pointed out, despite the fact that this is a gaming forum (more specifically, gaming and computers), it is quite likely that there are people who don't know what Team Fortress is at all. Let's face it, TF2 is virtually vaporware, and TFC has been overshadowed by CS and NS for the last few years.

So no, I'm not retarded. You can hardly blame any misunderstanding entirely on me, since you gave no reasonable indication that you were joking. I can't exactly read your mind, nor can I hear your inflection and the tone of your voice from your postings on a message board.

What, you couldn't tell that all of my posts were sarcastic, you dimwitted jism-suckling numbnuts?

TheFeniX · Post by **TheFeniX** » 2003-07-15 09:45am

Einhander Sn0m4n wrote:WTF did they do to the Railgun!? This is a Railgun...

So much brown......
Is that Quake 3?

Solid Snake · Post by **Solid Snake** » 2003-07-15 12:09pm

Hotfoot wrote:
SolidSnake wrote:
Hotfoot wrote: No one has ever heard of Team Fortress Classic? Right.

Don't make gross generalizations based on your own ignorance, okay there sparky?
...Are you retarded or something? That post= sarcasm you fool.
Had you posted that, say, two pages in, it might more easily be considered sarcastic. As it is, that post of yours was #4, the third response in the thread. Also, as JediNeophyte pointed out, despite the fact that this is a gaming forum (more specifically, gaming and computers), it is quite likely that there are people who don't know what Team Fortress is at all. Let's face it, TF2 is virtually vaporware, and TFC has been overshadowed by CS and NS for the last few years.

So no, I'm not retarded. You can hardly blame any misunderstanding entirely on me, since you gave no reasonable indication that you were joking. I can't exactly read your mind, nor can I hear your inflection and the tone of your voice from your postings on a message board.

What, you couldn't tell that all of my posts were sarcastic, you dimwitted jism-suckling numbnuts?

And what, a fucking smiley at the end would make it all better?

Mitth`raw`nuruodo · Post by **Mitth`raw`nuruodo** » 2003-07-15 02:21pm

TheFeniX wrote:
Einhander Sn0m4n wrote:WTF did they do to the Railgun!? This is a Railgun...
http://ucguides.savagehelp.com/Quake3/i ... lgun_s.jpg
So much brown......
Is that Quake 3?

Yes. And don't quote images

EDIT: If you haven't heard of TFC, you're either a n00b, or you've been living under a rock since 1996. Really.

Hotfoot · Post by **Hotfoot** » 2003-07-15 03:14pm

SolidSnake wrote:And what, a fucking smiley at the end would make it all better?

It would have giving some indication that you were, in fact, joking, when you gave none initially. There are other methods, like an extremely small "j/k" at the end of your post, or judicious use of various text effects to suggest emotive qualities.

Alyeska · Post by **Alyeska** » 2003-07-15 03:15pm

The railgun in the original Team Fortress was worthy of note. Decent firepower, nice speed, and it could fire through doors.

SAMAS · Post by **SAMAS** » 2003-07-15 05:15pm

Einhander Sn0m4n wrote:WTF did they do to the Railgun!? This is a Railgun...

No, this is a Railgun!

Slartibartfast · Post by **Slartibartfast** » 2003-07-15 07:34pm

Exonerate wrote:
Slartibartfast wrote:TFC feels like a friggin' pinball machine. All you do is bounce around everywhere while the ultrafast scout scores all the goals. And you have guns that shoot little pyramids that don't hit anyone and when they do they barely do any damage.
It's a damn nailgun, and that's the point of having rapid fire. Classes with it aren't really made for close combat

Sgs stop scouts fine, as do medics chasing after them, or soldiers.

Railgun is really weak, I never use it. Stick to the shotgun (Unless you're firing across the map at a Sg) Only newbs who don't know it sucks or people seeking to humilate others do that.

I pride myself on making headshots faster than 95% of the people when they aim for the body. I'm also a good medic, flag capping and infecting

I've played with all classes. It still feels silly to go around bouncing like a pinball and firing triangles.

Hamel · Post by **Hamel** » 2003-07-15 07:40pm

I've played with all classes. It still feels silly to go around bouncing like a pinball and firing triangles.

Bouncing around like a pinball?

wtf

Have you seriously played this game, or did you spend 2 minutes on each class in a newb 2fort pub?

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2003-07-15 07:50pm

SAMAS wrote:
No, this is a Railgun!

I prefer this model myself

StarDestroyer.Net BBS

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