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A new sport : CTC Convoy Juggling.

Jul 16, 2005 yodaofborg link
Well, it turned out to be so much fun, I thought i'd fraps it, hehe

Spent a bit of time teasing an Itani pilot by shooting the Itani convoy so it docked in the station, and then when it repaired, shooting it again, then came the idea, what happens if I wait for the next convoy :D

I had three of them in the end, and once I had the timing between them right, (with no thanks to martin, who decided to make it challenging....heh) I could just sit in the same spot, and wait for them to fly back to me :D I swear, if I would have had enough time (and a little help, sometimes the CTC bots actually have escort bots :P) I could sit there juggling 10 to 20 of them, watch this space for THAT video :D

http://yd4.netfirms.com/voy_juggling.mpg (11 mb)

*Disclaimer : no actual CTC transports were destroyed in the making of this video, names may have been changed to protect the innocent. This stunt was performed by a professional idiot, do not try to recreate this stunt or suffer loss of good Itani standing (like the idiot did).
Jul 16, 2005 Beolach link
If you didn't kill any transports, how did you incur a loss of Itani standing? Methinks you a lying, heartless MURDERER, and deserve the just penalty to your standing.
Jul 16, 2005 yodaofborg link
I had to kill the artemis collector that turned up with one of the convoys, heh, from +690 to -499 for an arty, hehe
Jul 16, 2005 harvestmouse link
that's hilarious
Jul 16, 2005 softy2 link
Haha!
Jul 16, 2005 Holdan link
>_>
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It's also an activity thats very hard to defeat if the offender has good Itani standing. I opted to try to help the poor bots out for a few minutes while he was doing this, and the only real strategy that got the bots anywhere (they made it 3000m from the station once, but it's a long way to the WH.) was actively sitting between UPN and the Transport taking the hits. I s'pose that some conc mines would have been fairly effective, but overall, it's very hard to keep a guy that shows up green from shooting something.

I've been convinced once again that the standing system is badly screwed up, and needs fixing. After all, he was shooting these bots with no penalty at all.

At least he did take the standing hit for killing the Artemis...
Jul 16, 2005 yodaofborg link
Aye, i was shooting em, but not killing them, and thanks holdan for trying to help the bots =D it made it more fun to me, all cargo the bots contained was eventually delivered. If I would have made a mistake, and killed one, I would have payed for it. (infact I did, only it wasnt the trans I killed, you cant kill em to do this)
Jul 16, 2005 jexkerome link
Proof positive that yodaofborg has too much time in his hands. Seriously, CTC convoys are there to be destroyed, and their cargo taken to the opposing faction for quick cash and the thrill of the hunt.
Jul 16, 2005 yodaofborg link
But Jex, nobody is doing that, proof is i juggled 3 trans for a few hours, with minimal resistance, this could turn into more fun that actually delivering, trust me on this.

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I need a group of people, I can do 3 solo with help to get them there, but I am determined I will make a vid of 10 ctc juggling.
Jul 16, 2005 softy2 link
Jex : actually this is proof that this game needs a major update. Real Soon Now (TM).
Jul 16, 2005 yodaofborg link
Heh, how come you hit my point softy2, and its not just standing system? heh. Nice one =D

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Do it while you can