TSGK Clan Forum

[The Borg_TSGK]

I’ve got a bit of a dilemma with my application to join. I don’t want this in my application to join thread as it would semm like I’m arguing with Capt Pikpik, which is not my intention at all, I’m merely asking what you would do.

When I first applied to join TSGK I mainly played on the council maps and towards the end of each session i usually was either 1st or 2nd and had got a kpd of about 1.8. Having been advised to play the killbox maps I have been practising hard on these and my kpd is now down to 1.2. As of late I usually end in the top 3rd but my kills to deaths is either about even or slightly more deaths.

My dilemma is that I like to play when there are good players on, so I am always learning and my game play seems to get better. But to raise my kpd I need to play when there’s newbie’s about, but then my game play gets worse. So do I play many sessions with newbie’s to get a good kpd and when I face Capt. Pikpik my game play has suffered or keep playing when there’s good players about and take for ever to even get a tryout.

This is not a complaint or argument about the joining process, I just want someone else’s perspective.


One other thing I’m playing [Agc] AngryDragon on the KC’s 1v1 league tonight, any tips on his weakness. Playing Domebox_tsgk and mine is killbox V8

[Kevlar]

Your KPD might also be suffering because your gameplay is changing, by that I mean probably before you were trying to join TSGK you would use any weapon available. Also you are probably getting to pre occupied with stats, this will also have a down side effect. Best advice I can give you is just go out and play your natural game and have fun, if your having fun then your game will improve.

[Xmeagol]

before i bought my gfx card (used to be a GeForce 2) i had around 1.10 kpd and slightly lower fps, when i bought the GF6200 on christmas, i started lagging less and killing more, next had kpd to 1.20 and its 1.64 and still rising !


Hardware helps! (So does training hard )

[DogSoldier]

My KPD did the same thing when I started changing my gameplay. It took me over a month to raise it up to 1.3, mostly because I had had sooo many kills that when I was finally consistently getting a 7-day 1.5, it just took forever for it to average the overall stat to 1.3.

Just play hard and have fun. You will see improvement as you learn. If you start to target newbs just to raise your kpd, then you miss the point of having a 1.3 kpd, which is that you are a better player and can hold your own on a server with good players.

It warms the cockles of my heart when a session ends with three or four TSGK members all filling the top slots. You don't want to be in a position where you feel like you are not up to speed with everyone else. Take your time and you'll get there with hard work and patience.

[Xmeagol]

lol , dog soldier how long do you game? (CS and HL only)

[maeggs]

i played with angry dragon today in a normal dm match..
and i have to say that i dont saw any weapon specialism i think hes middling
at all weapons

[[DOH] Half Life Half Bisc]

AngryDragon has a weakness for strawberry bonbons - buy him a bag before you start and he might let you kill him once.

Apart from that he will batter you.

[The Borg_TSGK]

He did as your post came in to late to get the bonbons

Score

Killbox v8 36-7
Domebox 42-14

Really enjoyed and a pleasure to play against.

[DogSoldier]

[Xmeagol]

no i meant How long do you game

[DogSoldier]

If you mean, how long have I been gaming... since Atari had Pong. My first computer was a TRS 80.

I have been playing HL2 since it first came out. I've been playing HL2 Deathmatch since last September... so about 8 months.

[Xmeagol]

HL2 is the same as HL2DM, the experiance you have in HL2 is the same as HL2DM so you play for 2 years :p basicly

[[DOH] Half Life Half Bisc]

[The Borg_TSGK]

Back on track of the KPD.

I now have nearly 18,000 kills and 15,000 deaths. Unless i've worked this out my kpd will be on an exponential curve, meaning i will have to get increasingly more kills than deaths each time i play. i.e kpd 1.3 average this week kpd 1.35 next week, 1.42 week after, just to keep my global kpd level at 1.2.

But

If i restart with another name i would only need to keep and average of 1.3 until i reach 5000 kills and would be able to have a try out.

This seems like a form of cheating, but doesn't seem to break any TSGK rules

[Controllerboy_TSGK]

[Lawitz]

buying another account to get the kpd would show you don´t have the spirit to join tsgk. you have to be patient. also you have so few kills it should go quick if you don´t just fight the regular good players but just join a server with players you don´t know and which is not a full box. I´m not saying you should look for the weak ones only but not resctrict your games on full servers of good players like serv 1 most of the time. if you keep it balanced you can have 1.3 ratio and train with good people. also its better to play a bit more calm, you can learn to do things better in a box with some people where you have a lot of time instead of a full box where you die every few seconds.

[Zog Ecosse]

Hi sniperdog, played u earlier tonight.
Zog, as a player, will never make the grade and would like to achieve a 1:1 ratio whilst playing with the big bots I mean boys. Here are a novices observations.
Hardware plays an important part. I went from a 3gig P4 with a Fx5200 card to an E6400 core duo and a 7600GS graphics card. My frustration turned to enjoyment.
Unless you were a good gamer before you took up HL2 DM, it will be very hard to recover from your "Novice" period. It would seem fairer to let a serious person qualify at say for arguments sake at 1:1 and then start an new KPD stats from scratch.
I had my points at over 6k and thought a session in less challenging field would help to consolidate that. As you rightly say, this does not help. I like to play with better players because, despite getting mauled, the enjoyment for me comes from just being able to hang in there and take a few scalps.
As the good man once said "all good things come to he who waits"
I have been trying to catch a 20lb+ ling for 32 years. I know I am good enough to do this and the equipment is second to none.
Hang in there

Zog

[Phat Bacon]

if you ask me, go to a server with a lot of people and go nuts. there is bound to be a few good people as well as noobs. for some reason noobs are attracted to big matches . anyway, it will be a long time before kpd goes up. for me it adjust about 1/100 a day depending on how i played. just hang in there, do not get a new account. that would show you are weak and take the easy road . enjoy

[The Borg_TSGK]

[Diet H2O_TSGK]

Sry, but I think a new account would not be acceptable to TSGK.

[[AgC]Flushthetoilet]

Sigh... stats stats stats stats... just play the game to enjoy it. Its fun... thats all there is too it.

Becoming a stat whore will ruin your outlook on the game, you will allways have one eye on kpd and points....

[The Borg_TSGK]

[SAMWIDGE]

if you have to play with lesser players to get a tryout, do it! once you are ellegible for a tryout you and c pikpik can work on your skills and hopefully you will get in.

[Osiris_TSGK]

[The Borg_TSGK]

[JoshsFace]

im trying to join too. got my weapons usage good and chat clean, but my kpd is stuck at 1.24 been at that for like 2 weeks now gah! i cant get it up :p but, I've been staying in killbox and fighitng skillful players, because, my goal is to get better. Ive thought about going to like TDM servers and killing "less skilled players" but i decided that would be bad :p

[Knife]

Haha, Controllerboy and Joshface's avatars are so funny