Etiquette and baseraping.

[Kleinzeit]

There's no challenge in sitting in an enemy's back base in armour/choppers with arty coming in too when they have no other place to spawn. You have to give your enemy a chance to enjoy the game too. Killing people as soon as they spawn is just unsporting. People might say that war is unsporting, but this isn't war. It's a game played for enjoyment. Dying on spawning repeatedly just isn't any fun.

It's far better to pull back and wait for them to get some plan together and try to break out. They will often lose anyway, but at least they can have fun trying, and likely you will too.

It's worth noting here that the most memorable games are the ones that go to the wire and you win or lose by a ticket or two. They are the best regardless of who wins.

I think that if you can't afford to show a little largesse when you are so obviously in front, you probably don't get on well with other children.

[Alfonse]

anti-discrimination hiring practices at its best.

and i quote, "all NHS areas shall hire at least one complete moron who couldnt find his ass w/ both hands and a map to comply w/ anti-discrimination legislature.
please resist the urge to send said moron off looking for bags of nail holes or to clean the toilets. said moron should under no circumstances be used as notice board and any notices tacked to said moron should be removed within 72 hours."

Oh yeah so you didn't call me a moron. Look Glasseye, you claimed to work at NASA hence claiming your intelligence, whether in jest or insult you still claimed to be 1 up. Whereas I just spoke the truth and obvisously now your back tracking, if I have insulted your career/occupation or intellect I apologize, my off the cuff remark was in reply to being called a spoilt brat was I found quite nice at my age..... :laugh:

[Enigma]

I think it is allowed to go and base rape, but its usually one of the dumbest things you can do. An enemy soldier always spawns a bit farther away and manages to cap a back CP and it throws off the defenders, because then they are rushing back trying to re-cap all their flags...

[HowieMandel]

The base rapers here are obvious. They claim that this is war, and everything is fair game. They claim there is no etiquette in war.
I got a big news flash. Please sit down and be prepared:
This is a game. While true, its a warfare game, it is still just that. A game.
Being spawn killed repetitively is not fun.
You are making it NOT fun for the people who are being spawn raped. And you are making it NOT fun for your team mates, gaurding a flag, awaiting to do battle with incomming forces. (there are no incomming forces, your skillessly shooting them as they spawn).
Enjoy the fight for the flags. Uncappturable basess are just that. Uncapturable bases. You can ever actually own it. So why are you there? Oh.......easy kills. My bad.
Do everyone a favor and stay out of mains. Its simply a grieveous thing to do. For your team mates and the folks getting rapped.
Oh well, im glad i play on....admined servers.

[Alfonse]

The base rapers here are obvious. They claim that this is war, and everything is fair game. They claim there is no etiquette in war.
I got a big news flash. Please sit down and be prepared:
This is a game. While true, its a warfare game, it is still just that. A game.
Being spawn killed repetitively is not fun.
You are making it NOT fun for the people who are being spawn raped. And you are making it NOT fun for your team mates, gaurding a flag, awaiting to do battle with incomming forces. (there are no incomming forces, your skillessly shooting them as they spawn).
Enjoy the fight for the flags. Uncappturable basess are just that. Uncapturable bases. You can ever actually own it. So why are you there? Oh.......easy kills. My bad.
Do everyone a favor and stay out of mains. Its simply a grieveous thing to do. For your team mates and the folks getting rapped.
Oh well, im glad i play on....admined servers.

I'm sure this will be against the rules in competitions or clan league matches.................er I think not.

Its all fun playing the game regardless of what happens within the context of the game, if parts of a game annoying then well done on having the energy to waste getting angered and sweaty as I laugh in your general direction.

As I said someone do a Base Rape Punish mod and see how long that would last........................ :laugh:

[Nishidake]

I'm wondering if this can get anymore childish. It's starting to look like a WoW board.

You win the thread!

kthxbye!

To those that say baseraping is okay...just try to have a little common courtesy for your fellow human beings, regardless of what you're doing. The reason this world is such a ****ty place to live in is because of a lack of respect and courtesy.

I don't baserape because I've been baseraped. It's just no fun and also can be frustrating. I don't wish to reduce the fun my fellow players are having. And it's much more fun if everyone can fight on relatively even terms.

[[120mm]Tefty]

As for basecamping to be ok because in real wars the enemy doesnt stop outside.... well since when do the enemy keep respawning in real life?

This is a game, and games are made for fun. Whats fun about being forced to enter the battle and die instantly.

If anyone base camps on my server i kick them, if they come back and give me **** or do it again i ban them. I dont feel this is harsh, because it is a ranked server, so there are always idiots who just sit base camping and earning medals for it. I DO however have no objection if it is a solo or team of spec ops guys who are destroying artillery/UAV stuff becuase THAT is part of the game, base rape ISNT.


Lets be honest tho lads, one thread on one forum, or any amount of threads on thousands of forums are not going to stop base camping in BF2, for the simple reason that most people you see that are Not clanned or not in a squad, are tits. and tits dont listen!, there just good fun to beat on :)

DC(bf1942) had the solution for base camping (on some servers, it was a mod) that killed you after 30 seconds of being in the enemy base, or if your bullets landed in the base. An adapted version of this will be the only way to stop base camping.

but then, were just gunna see the same ammount of threads, titled "waaaaa waaaa im not allowed to base camp".

So it looks like, either
put up, and shut up.
or
get your own server and kick the bastards.

[RocKtheCasbaH]

If someones at an untakable flag when there's others to take then fair enough, it's a pain, but they wont do much damage as there wont be alot of targets and he'll get bored.

If it's the last flag then tough **** - it should be all about supresion until the tickets count down. Why give them the chance to get back on their feet? Where's your killer instinct? If on the receiving end then learn from mistakes don't cry about them it happens to us all.

Base camping is something I avoid personally, but I got no problem with it. If it's part of the game then deal with it. If you want to make nice agreements then turn Arty off - that would be an improvement.

[harrier_hunt]

Hi ppl,

Thanks for all the replies, I have to agree that it's no fun when it's happening to you, but the satisfaction of switching to AT and taking out the "rapist" is something else.
I think I'll just go with the flow depending on the server. If I see everyone heading in, I'll follow, if I see people holding back, I'll hold back.

Now, on the issue of squads and teamwork... :)

Cheers,
harrier.

[Alfonse]

@tefty

Why not make you own battlefield type game then tefty, then people can ***** about how crap that is..............................and deal with base raping in your way......

But no one can answer the question....DICE made it the way they wanted it to be, why moan about what you are presented with, you bought the game?

Why buy a car thats fast then moan because its goes fast........?

[glasseye]

Oh yeah so you didn't call me a moron. Look Glasseye, you claimed to work at NASA hence claiming your intelligence, whether in jest or insult you still claimed to be 1 up. Whereas I just spoke the truth and obvisously now your back tracking, if I have insulted your career/occupation or intellect I apologize, my off the cuff remark was in reply to being called a spoilt brat was I found quite nice at my age..... :laugh:

notice i didnt call you one. i only quotes NHS hiring practices. blame them, not me.
i claimed to program space shuttles for nasa yes. i also claimed to own a 300' yacht and sleep on a pile of money and sleep w/ many beautiful women. im not back pedaling on anything.

maybe we could make another thread to argue in so that this one can return to w/e it was originally about.

[[160thNS]neighto]

well im 28years old and program spaceshuttles for nasa while cruising around the world on my 300' private yacht where i party all day and spend all night having sex w/ the worlds most beautiful women on top of a large pile of money.
my make believe life is better than your make believe life so i win.

LMFAO

Yup you sure do win this one

[Alfonse]

notice i didnt call you one. i only quotes NHS hiring practices. blame them, not me.
i claimed to program space shuttles for nasa yes. i also claimed to own a 300' yacht and sleep on a pile of money and sleep w/ many beautiful women. im not back pedaling on anything.

maybe we could make another thread to argue in so that this one can return to w/e it was originally about.

Ok implication was not intended obvisously....................

Bit shoddy use of the English Laugauge for NHS hiring practises statement though.................

Long tings..................

[imported_xRandoMx]

If I am that far behind, I HOPE the enemy makes the mistake of going for the baserape. It is much smarter for them to garrison the closest flags and send in a harassment squad, but few teams are that organised.

That makes it very easy for the guy who does make it out to cap any flag he wants, at will, and usually hopscotch take 3-4 more before the guys back at the uncapped base either die, steal a vehicle, or suicide.

[Wynterheart]

don't spawn camp. its not cool and it only proves how much of a ***** and sucky player you are that the only way you can kill people is as soon as they spawn and have no chance at fighting back.