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Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: Grey Wolf on June 09, 2001, 09:14:00 pm
For me it's a tie between flying in front of where the Sathanus jumps in while trying to get a pic of the Knossos explosion, and flying a Valkyrie fighter right in front of an Orion while it was jumping out.
Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: heretic on June 09, 2001, 09:50:00 pm
something along those lines  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)
Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: Martinus on June 09, 2001, 10:02:00 pm
Jeese, I was waiting for something totally mental and you guys come up with this?!?  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/wink.gif)

The silliest thing I've done is being ringside when the 2 pirahnas that I'd just fired spewed out 50 helios torps a piece and blew me south of heaven. (table editing rules!!)

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Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: Setekh on June 09, 2001, 10:11:00 pm
I got all four cannons and the bonus in Bearbaiting on Hard, then I jumped out before I took down the Beleth.  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/rolleyes.gif)
Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: heretic on June 09, 2001, 10:29:00 pm
I once depended on an AWACS for support...
Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: Martinus on June 09, 2001, 10:34:00 pm
 
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Originally posted by heretic:
I once depended on an AWACS for support...

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Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: Setekh on June 09, 2001, 10:49:00 pm
Hey.  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/tongue.gif)
Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: Fineus on June 10, 2001, 01:50:00 am
LOL!  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/lol.gif)

My stupidest thing would be... flying infront of one of the Sathanas' beams one time in "High Noon". Ouch.

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Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: The Claw on June 10, 2001, 01:32:00 pm
Mine was probably to let those damn eggs kill me  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/redface.gif) there I was, trying to get a picture of my new cruiser (now called the Magellan) when the buggers sneaked up behind me and blasted me outta the sky.
 Actually, scrub that, I think it might have been making them...

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Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: Snipes on June 10, 2001, 02:03:00 pm
My stupidest move, is tied between being 100 meters from the meson bomb when it was destroyed (actually, I was shooting it  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/tongue.gif)), and the time I made a new hella powerful bomb, but gave it a very short life, and it blew up 1 second after launch, killing me...  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/rolleyes.gif)  there are more, but I don't want to bore you guys...
Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: Fattony on June 10, 2001, 02:44:00 pm
I made a secondary weapon called the Armageddon. It had 20 million damage, a 170m/s shockwave and a 8000m outer blast. I sent my fleet of fighters (about 30) to attack a Sath and then launched 5 Armageddons. I was 7999m away. BOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!
Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: Unidan on June 10, 2001, 02:54:00 pm
I remember cruisin around in my Merc Interceptor at 659 mps...WHAM!!! The Gigas had warped in and fired its super beam. Didn't even knew what hit me.

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Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: Snipes on June 10, 2001, 03:13:00 pm
hehe, I had a custom ulysses that went 7000m/s, rammed into an asteroid... that was funny tho... (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/lol.gif)
Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: Darkage on June 10, 2001, 03:16:00 pm
Once i made a mission where 60 maras would jump in and 4 moloch's whit SAAA when they jumped in they fired all there SAAA's when i had my back to the moloch's and got a swarm of 200 missile waiting to smash my ***  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)

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Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: Starwing on June 10, 2001, 03:24:00 pm
I made a custom mission set at some distance to the Knossos gate. Well I set it too far away, and my ship self destructed as soon as the mission started  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)
Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: Snipes on June 10, 2001, 03:51:00 pm
Um... yeah...

I made a mission where you get rammed by a Lucifer as soon as you enter in mission...

And I flew a sathanas once... you know "R.A.M. Them 'till they give up"

Well, my wingmen never gave up, or me for that matter, and we all died in a matter of seconds  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)

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Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: Windrunner on June 10, 2001, 04:07:00 pm
stupidest thing I ever did in FS was when I stayed behind in one mission to take on swarms of shivans dragon fighters. After a couple of minutes i ran into subspace with my tale between my legs  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/lol.gif)

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Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: Sandwich on June 10, 2001, 05:04:00 pm
 
Quote
Originally posted by Windrunner:
stupidest thing I ever did in FS was when I stayed behind in one mission to take on swarms of shivans dragon fighters. After a couple of minutes i ran into subspace with my tale between my legs   (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/lol.gif)

Hah! I remember that mission! It is in Derilict, or maybe Warzone, right? I stayed as well, but after the 4th wing I was getting a bit impatient, so I ALT-tabbed into Windows to open up the mission and see just how many wings I could expect. There were 5 altogether, so I stayed and beat them all.  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)

As far as stupid... Hmmm... I never do anything stupid.  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/wink.gif)

Actually, once I managed to force my way into the fighter bay of an Orion - right before it warped out...

Also, the second time I played the Derelict dream mission I wanted to see the pirate ship up close, as I had never had the patience to make a mission with one. Anyways, I forgot about the Sathanas that comes in...  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)



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Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: QXMX on June 10, 2001, 05:49:00 pm
Hmmmm....dumbest thing, that'd have to be taking only a Maxim cannon, torpedoes, and tag missiles into a firefight with a bunch of Maras  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)

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Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: Snipes on June 10, 2001, 05:51:00 pm
yeah, that is kinda dumb...

then again, I once relied on drones to kill dragons... come to think o it, I've done many stupid things in FS... :-/
Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: Setekh on June 10, 2001, 06:07:00 pm
 
Quote
Originally posted by sandwich:
Hah! I remember that mission! It is in Derilict, or maybe Warzone, right?

Or Mystery of the Trinity  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)

I remember another instance like that...

"This is the Messana, departing the area now."

Wha?

***Setekh killed in a collision with GTD Messana.***

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Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: Woomeister on June 10, 2001, 06:11:00 pm
***Woomeister killed in a collision with Alpha 1.***

Don't know how that happened but it did  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)
Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: Snipes on June 10, 2001, 06:17:00 pm
out of all of these, Woomeister's takes the cake!

The best I ever did was you have killed yourself with your own weapon... go figure...
Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: Setekh on June 10, 2001, 06:20:00 pm
 
Quote
Originally posted by Woomeister:
***Woomeister killed in a collision with Alpha 1.***

Don't know how that happened but it did   (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)


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Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: Sandwich on June 10, 2001, 06:21:00 pm
 
Quote
Originally posted by Snipes:
out of all of these, Woomeister's takes the cake!

The best I ever did was you have killed yourself with your own weapon... go figure...

No problem to do - just cheat and put flak as a main weapon....  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)

But how he got "collision", I don't know....


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Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: Snipes on June 10, 2001, 06:24:00 pm
yeah, but that's not how I did it, I wasn't cheating, but i was in my custom Athena MkII stealth bomber  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)
Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: Grey Wolf on June 10, 2001, 06:44:00 pm
Once I kileed myself w/ my own Tempest missiles. Oh yeah, nice logo Setekh. (I'm refering to both mine and yours  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif))
Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: Sandwich on June 10, 2001, 06:48:00 pm
 
Quote
Originally posted by Snipes:
yeah, but that's not how I did it, I wasn't cheating, but i was in my custom Athena MkII stealth bomber   (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)
TRANSLATION FOR CLARITY: "custom Athena MkII stealth bomber" = "kamakazie Athena MkII suicide bomber"
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Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: Setekh on June 10, 2001, 06:51:00 pm
 
Quote
Originally posted by Snipes:
yeah, but that's not how I did it, I wasn't cheating, but i was in my custom Athena MkII stealth bomber   (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)

That's a nice model, isn't it?  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)

Hrrrmmm, thinking of more stupid things I've done in FS...

Errr, I'm running out of ideas here... nuked by an LRed on a Demon?  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)
Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: Snipes on June 10, 2001, 06:51:00 pm
 
Quote
Originally posted by sandwich:

TRANSLATION FOR CLARITY: "custom Athena MkII stealth bomber" = "kamakazie Athena MkII suicide bomber"
  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)

Hardy har, but I am no kamikaze (when I can help it) there was nothing around for kilometers....

Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: Setekh on June 10, 2001, 06:53:00 pm
 
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Originally posted by Grey Wolf 2009:
Oh yeah, nice logo Setekh. (I'm refering to both mine and yours   (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif))

Glad you like it  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif) This one looks cool.  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/wink.gif)
Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: Grey Wolf on June 10, 2001, 06:53:00 pm
 
Quote
Originally posted by Setekh:
Errr, I'm running out of ideas here... nuked by an LRed on a Demon?   (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)
Been there. Done that. Bought the T-shirt.
Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: Artimus on June 10, 2001, 08:58:00 pm
Let's see...

I've been killed by my own tornados...

I've played on Insane...

I've rammed more things than I'd like to remember...

I took on a Deimos in a Perseus...

The list goes on...
Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: Shrike on June 10, 2001, 11:09:00 pm
 
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Originally posted by Snipes:
[BAnd I flew a sathanas once... you know "R.A.M. Them 'till they give up"[/B]

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Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: Carl on June 10, 2001, 11:40:00 pm
i once shot an enemy fighter.
Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: Starwing on June 11, 2001, 12:00:00 am
 
Quote
Originally posted by Woomeister:
***Woomeister killed in a collision with Alpha 1.***

Don't know how that happened but it did   (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)

That's what you get when your ship self destructs because you are cowardly leaving the battlefield.
Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: Carl on June 11, 2001, 12:24:00 am
hey! where'd my title go?
Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: QXMX on June 11, 2001, 12:32:00 am
Hmmmm, who wins the Lifetime supply of Spacecrack grand prize?  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)

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Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: morris13 on June 11, 2001, 01:15:00 am
 
Quote
Originally posted by Windrunner:
stupidest thing I ever did in FS was when I stayed behind in one mission to take on swarms of shivans dragon fighters. After a couple of minutes i ran into subspace with my tale between my legs   (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/lol.gif)

Let me guess... that would be the mission with the Trinity, wouldn't it? =)
Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: Setekh on June 11, 2001, 01:35:00 am
 
Quote
Originally posted by Carl:
hey! where'd my title go?

*looks in Shrike's direction*  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/wink.gif)
Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: Setekh on June 11, 2001, 01:37:00 am
 
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Originally posted way earlier in this thread by Setekh:
Or Mystery of the Trinity   (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)

 
Quote
Originally posted by just then morris13:
Let me guess... that would be the mission with the Trinity, wouldn't it? =)

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Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: Shrike on June 11, 2001, 01:37:00 am
Yeah?
Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: Setekh on June 11, 2001, 01:43:00 am
Errr... Hi.  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)
Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: Sandwich on June 11, 2001, 09:07:00 am
Ho-hum. It's boring living at least 6 hours away from all the rest of you crazies...  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/rolleyes.gif)

Stupid thing...
I made a mission where a Sathanas was given orders to AI-chase a Deimos. It could have gone on in circles around that Deimos for hours...

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Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: morris13 on June 11, 2001, 11:21:00 am
 
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Originally posted by Setekh:
  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/rolleyes.gif)   (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/tongue.gif)

well exCUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUZE me =P
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Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: Jabu on June 11, 2001, 11:45:00 am
I once edited a Herc2 to be about 30 km long.

I remembered lenght and height, but forgot to make it any wider  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/tongue.gif)
It kind of looked like it had been flattened by an intergalactic steamroller.
Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: phreak on June 11, 2001, 04:34:00 pm
I was playing some mission, completed it at 1% health and then one of my stupid AI wingmen rammed me and i died....
Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: Sandwich on June 11, 2001, 06:38:00 pm
 
Quote
Originally posted by Jabu:
I once edited a Herc2 to be about 30 km long.

I remembered lenght and height, but forgot to make it any wider   (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/tongue.gif)
It kind of looked like it had been flattened by an intergalactic steamroller.


LOL - sounds like a new kind of smothering weapon to me...  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/wink.gif)


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Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: QXMX on June 11, 2001, 07:23:00 pm
 
Quote
Originally posted by PhReAk:
I was playing some mission, completed it at 1% health and then one of my stupid AI wingmen rammed me and i died....

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Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: Grey Wolf on June 11, 2001, 07:51:00 pm
Well at least you didn't complete everything in the last mission in Destiny of Peace while managing to kill 3 Orions while flying a Herc before dying by collision with an installation.
Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: IceFire on June 11, 2001, 09:46:00 pm
During mission and weapons testing, I flew my Perseus right infront of the Golgothas main meson beam emitter as it was charging up to fire on a target.

This is a similar experience when flying into other beam cannons except that your death sequence remains a shade of white and blue for several seconds  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)
Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: NeoHunter on June 12, 2001, 06:08:00 am
Trying to shoot down the GTF Pegasus stealth fighters in the mission where you test their stealth capabilities. Waste of my time.

Another is getting killed by friendly flak. Lesson learnt: if the Shivan Mara is flying close to a friendly Deimos corvette, choose another target unless you think getting ripped to shreds by friendly flak is fun.

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Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: phreak on June 12, 2001, 07:50:00 am
i got whacked by friendly infyrnos once in Warzone.
Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: Snipes on June 12, 2001, 08:43:00 am
I set a Sexp to have the FOG's fire repeatedly 99 times, with 15 seconds between blasts, and wih the beam lasting 6 seconds...

Then somehow, I was caught in a cage of FOG bars... That hurt my little Ulysses...  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/wink.gif)
Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: Fattony on June 12, 2001, 11:28:00 am
Cyclops and Helios with rapid fire and heat lock, a Sathanas and about 3m.
Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: KillMeNow on June 12, 2001, 11:57:00 am
i once flew an colossus at 1000 and rammed into a sathanus  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif) also have a missile that has range of over 20000 and you still have to turn tail a burn for everything your worth if you want to escape the blast range - takes out a sathanus in 1 hit hehehe
Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: Lt. Cmdr. Snipes on June 12, 2001, 12:35:00 pm
Stupidest thing I've ever done would have to be in the Enif Station mission. I was going for a wing of 4 NTF bombers. They launched bombs just before I shot the first one down. After I destroyed them, I went after the bombs. I was very close to them, and they were only a few seconds away from hitting the station, so I shot them all down at point blank range. Then I remembered my shields were out.  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)

There was also a time when I fired an Inferno, missed, and it hit a nearby Rakshasa, taking out my shields. I couldn't see properly in the explosion, so I rammed straight into it....
Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: Snipes on June 12, 2001, 12:53:00 pm
OMG!!! Brother?


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Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: QXMX on June 12, 2001, 01:10:00 pm
In FS1, on the mission where you have to recover the Altair system data, I fired a Harbinger Bomb at the Typhon's weapons subsystem, then pulled up to flee.  The bomb destroyed all my subsystems but left my hull at around 20%  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)

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Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: Sushi on June 12, 2001, 02:34:00 pm
Hull was under 5%, doing a desperate bomb intercept mission. I turned to follow close behind a cluster of 2 or 3 bombs as they headed towards the GTD something. Just before they impacted, I got them, with only about a second left. But then, just as I was turning to avoid the ship and exulting in triumph, the shockwave hit me...and you all know what happens to your controls then.

Rammage.  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/tongue.gif)

Actually, I've done that quite a few times...

 

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Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: Snipes on June 12, 2001, 04:19:00 pm
heres another, I was using Sandwich's Capship turret upgrade and I was going against a raksasha. That thing threw me all over the place... then I destroyed the weapons subsystem, and it missed every time since...   (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/rolleyes.gif)

Still, I recomend you try it   (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/wink.gif)

[This message has been edited by Snipes (edited 06-12-2001).]
Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: Sandwich on June 12, 2001, 04:43:00 pm
Hehehe  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif) And if you do, tell me here ("http://www.hiddenterrorbb.f2s.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=3&t=000002")!  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/wink.gif)

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Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: GrandAdmiralAbaht on June 14, 2001, 04:01:00 pm
In a mission I was playing on hard, a Lucifer came out of a Knossos portal near the end of the mission while an argo and an azrael were docked.  I was 100m behind the two transports.  The lucifer jumped in and fired an LRed at the transports, unfortunately the Lucifer was still going at 200m/s and the beam fried me.
Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: death ace on June 14, 2001, 10:04:00 pm
Once i pushed a cain class destroyer up to a speed of 90 m/s with an erinyes and d. ms
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Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: Setekh on June 15, 2001, 02:05:00 am
They don't call you 'death ace' for nothing.  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/wink.gif)
Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: Sushi on June 15, 2001, 02:20:00 am
Setekh, where are your manners? ;p

*ahem*

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Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: Sushi on June 15, 2001, 02:21:00 am
 
Quote
Originally posted by Sushi:
Setekh, where are your manners?  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/tongue.gif)

*ahem*

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Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: Setekh on June 15, 2001, 02:34:00 am
What it was so important that you had to quote yourself after you posted it?  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)

He's right though, I forgot. Welcome to HLP, DA  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)

(Hmmm... lots of 'Ace's around here...)
Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: Sushi on June 15, 2001, 03:19:00 am
Whaa? I have no idea how that happened. I get a double post once every few months, but this is the first time I've ever managed to double post AND quote myself at the same time... (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/lol.gif)

I guess the server agrees strongly.  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)

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Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: Jabu on June 15, 2001, 06:16:00 am
You pressed the quote button instead of the edit button. Used to happen to me all the time, not so much anymore  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)
Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: phreak on June 15, 2001, 09:29:00 am
i didn't dive and hit my burners in time...
Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: Snipes on June 15, 2001, 11:58:00 am
 
Quote
Originally posted by PhReAk:
i didn't dive and hit my burners in time...

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Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: Sandwich on June 15, 2001, 05:43:00 pm
LOL - the first time I played that mission I had the sound up a bit more than normal. Snipes' (Lt. Christopher, not "My middle name is 'Spam'") shouting made me jump a bit in my seat and I immediatly paused the game to see what the **** was happening...  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)

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Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: Snipes on June 15, 2001, 06:06:00 pm
My middle name isn't spam, it's p1mp-o-matic

though I bet If I shouted over your speakers, you'd jump too  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/rolleyes.gif)
Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: Night Hammer on June 15, 2001, 06:33:00 pm
I went head on with a Sobek, both big guns blasted me.

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Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: Snipes on June 15, 2001, 06:37:00 pm
I tried the Shivan Gauntlet (single version) alone.
Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: The Claw on June 15, 2001, 06:55:00 pm
I set the new fighter beams I created (see modding forum) with a mass of about 2...
 At a refire rate of 0.01 and a speed of 10000, the target ship (my Magellan cruiser- a little heavier than a fenris) soon accelerated to over 1000...
 And I had to spend ages catching up with it to finish it off!

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Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: Snipes on June 16, 2001, 11:30:00 am
Freespace 1 - I actually killed the scorpion with a bank of Fury missiles, and the ML-16 laser. It took about 10 minutes, because I couldn't see the thing, but it was stupid  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/tongue.gif)
Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: QXMX on June 16, 2001, 11:47:00 am
Yea,I did that too, although I cheaply waited until it went to jump out, and then whaled it  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)

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Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: Starwing on June 16, 2001, 12:55:00 pm
Once I typed "arrrwalktheplank" over and over again, until the entire area was flooded with pirate ships  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)
Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: Unidan on September 27, 2001, 02:41:00 pm
*BUMP*

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Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: Griffon UK on September 27, 2001, 05:26:00 pm
i turned cheats on, messed around with the dev codes & accidentally killed myself  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)

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Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: Stryke 9 on September 27, 2001, 05:46:00 pm
One time I was fighting this Shivan... think it was a Mara, though it might well have been something faster. Anyway- it's running circles around me, and meanwhile his buddy is somewhere else taking potshots at the stupid old Herc... and every few minutes the one I'm chasing gets far enough that he turns around and shoots me. I finally jerked in the right direction just in time, for a second got a lock on him with doublefire Harpoons, blasted his irritating ***  to the place where dead Shivans go... and I scream at the ship spinning out of control in the middle of "work". got in deep, deep ****  that day.

And although this didn't happen to me, it's funny: I was introducing a friend of mine to the game, and he gets killed by a drone. I should have seen it coming there, but for some reason we managed to get all the way to "Lion at the Gate", whereupon he rammed into the Rakshasa and unloaded his Harps at 2 meters. Until that point I wasn't aware there was a message saying "____ was killed by your own missiles"
Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: Thorn on September 27, 2001, 07:29:00 pm
 
Quote
Originally posted by Snipes:
I tried the Shivan Gauntlet (single version) alone.

I tried the FS1 Shivan Gauntlet alone in an Ursa....
goddamn Manticores..

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Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: Slasher on September 27, 2001, 07:51:00 pm
I thought I could withstand the shockwave from an exploding Sathanas.

I was wrong.
Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: Thorn on September 27, 2001, 07:56:00 pm
 
Quote
Originally posted by Slasher:
I thought I could withstand the shockwave from an exploding Sathanas.

I was wrong.

What? pansy.. you can.. at least I have....
barely...
Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: Grey Wolf on September 27, 2001, 08:00:00 pm
Flying at Warp 1 into a Lilith while in a Perseus.
Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: DragonClaw on September 27, 2001, 08:02:00 pm
Diving headlong into an Aeolus armed to the teeth in a Loki.

Let me tell you, don't ever try that at home  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)

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Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: Thorn on September 27, 2001, 09:22:00 pm
Or worse.. a Pegasus...

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Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: Vertigo1 on September 27, 2001, 10:03:00 pm
I set the skill level to the hardest possible and went up against the GTVA Colossus in a GTF Perseus.  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/lol.gif)  That was definitely fun.  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)

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Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: Nephilim on September 27, 2001, 10:13:00 pm
Giving the shivans a primary weapon thats kill fighters in one shot, then trying to take one 5 wings of them.....alone  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif) (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)
Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: Carl on September 27, 2001, 11:58:00 pm
i once flew inside a borg cube.
Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: Setekh on September 28, 2001, 06:59:00 am
Heh, this is a cool topic.  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/wink.gif)

The latest stupid thing I've done in FS was probably... flying an Ursa.
Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: Thorn on September 28, 2001, 07:09:00 am
Trying to dogfight with a Dragon...
While piloting an Ursa...
Bastard thing can move faster than I can turn...

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Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: Slasher on September 28, 2001, 08:52:00 pm
I thought I could withstand the shockwave from an exploding Colossus.

I was wrong.
Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: Stryke 9 on September 28, 2001, 10:28:00 pm
Oh, and an old story I forgot completely about: For the PA campaign, I was designing a blockade-runner mission. I'd never seen a mission where Alastors did anything but blow up, so I put the maximum number possible in a wide semicircle around a jump node, threw in a beam-freed Aeolus, and for a kicker put an Orion in the node launching multiple fighter wings (I think more than would fit in 12 Orions, in fact). On the player side, I made 3 wings- one of them with only 3 fighters all with only the basic AI. Then, I tested it...
Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: Setekh on September 28, 2001, 10:41:00 pm
Hey, can I have that mission?  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)
Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: Stryke 9 on September 29, 2001, 09:55:00 pm
I'm gonna find out if they used it today. If they didn't, I probably lost it anyway (ASK ME ABOUT THE GREAT HARDDRIVE FAILURE OF '01  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)). I'll look, if it's OK with them. And since they're probably releasing soon anyway, just keep an eye out: It's the one in the first few missions where you die instantly due to an accumulated 300 laser bursts. (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)
Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: Setekh on September 30, 2001, 12:23:00 am
Them?
Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: Sandwich on September 30, 2001, 07:00:00 pm
 
Quote
Originally posted by Stryke 9:
...in the first few missions where you die instantly...
Hmmm... sounds like a nice long campaign.  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/rolleyes.gif)


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Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: Night Hammer on September 30, 2001, 07:07:00 pm
 
Quote
Originally posted by Setekh:
I got all four cannons and the bonus in Bearbaiting on Hard, then I jumped out before I took down the Beleth.   (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/rolleyes.gif)

Damn, I just did that
Title: What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in FS?
Post by: Stryke 9 on September 30, 2001, 07:09:00 pm
Er... I can't say for sure, since I was only one of many FREDers, but I MEANT that it was in the first few missions, and you cannot possibly survive the first try(sorta like Slaying Ravana or the last mission in FS2). I did some later ones, and made them very easy, so we'll see.