Best league player in OB and I'm missing a 2nd tournament:(
Do another one in like August/July pls
Also @Danny I was committed to two parties over that weekend and I genuinely believed the tourney was taking place in September. You can speak to Chris Lord about my "oh shit" reaction when he told me Brandon was only going to be back the day OF the tourney, and I was like "wtf he's in his final year in school how come he's missing the first 3 weeks"
HEY GUYS LET'S NT HIS POST THAT'LL SHOW HIM XDDDDD
Just want to say I'm so sorry for delaying the games so much tonight, thank you, Conor, Lemon Haze and my team for waiting and being so accepting when I returned. I truly do appreciate allowing me to play and waiting for me after I caused such a wait.
Aside from that, thank you to Conor (and anybody else who helped) for organising the tournament and streaming everything, the work you put into getting this together is truly what allows us all to have fun and enjoy the game together.
Thank you to the casters as well who commentated, allowing us all to enjoy watching the games. I always think it is nice to look back on something like this and rewatch such a memory :).
Thank you also to all the players for making this happen and as always, thank you to my team for playing. Also commiserations to Lemon Haze but we'll played in the final :), always better to have a close final than a quick 2-0 stomp.
I think pistols are fine, I'm happy with them also. I guess at times I've expressed frustration at dying to them, but a couple of points I suggest you consider:
1) It's not a seclusive element of the game to a certain few. The simplistic concept of 'Anything you can do, I can do'. You have the opportunity to purchase the exact same pistol which your enemy did, and do the exact same damage. Furthering that, considering aim in this game isn't 'RNG' despite what some may say, the better players should prosper in this entirely equal element of the game.
2) If you play CORRECTLY against pistols (presuming everyone in the server is of equal skill, as is the case in matchmaking) you should win that round 80% of the time versus force and 95+% vs p250s no armour. Employing a style which is incorrect versus pistols opens it up to, on average, I'd say 60-40, with the opportunity for pistols to win. Think about how you play, and how rounds are lost. Going into apartments on inferno, playing close ramp on nuke, rushing lower on dust2 (sovman) - these are legitimate strategies on rifle vs rifle, but how rounds are lost against close range pistols. Take the advantage which the pistol has (close range damage) and nullify it. 7 flashes out long on dust2, AK jumps into pit, 4 SMGs charge forward with a smoke for the cross and multiple HE's/molotovs for the site - how is that round lost 50% of the time? It isn't. Splitting up as 5 up short, in tunnels, by yourself at long doors - how is that round lost 50% of the time? Go figure.
3) Moving on from that, SMGs are a direct counter to pistols, one of the reasons they were buffed. You can run and spray with them, with a pistol you can only run and tap, who's more likely to kill? Who's more likely to multi-kill? You can put 10+ p90 bullets into someone with a p250 before they can even shoot two, and who's to say those two bullets are even going to hit? If they do, you should have another SMG right behind you.
4) Pistols need to be powerful to make the game interesting. The aspect of 1.6 where, if the pistol was won, it was literally a guaranteed 3-0 was dull. There needs to be opportunity to recover in a map, and not instantly lose 6 rounds from the pistols based off the smallest elements of just some unlucky timing or one round changing shot. From what I've seen recently anyway, 3-0's are becoming more common as teams approach these rounds more methodically, flawless eco wins harder to come by than they were in 2015.
5) Arguably the bigger problem lies with scout/pistol combination. The fact you can buy a scout just by getting one kill in a lost pistol, hit someone for 72, leaving them vulnerable to just 1-2 body shots from a pistol. Regardless, I think the gun in itself works fine, perhaps it could just be slightly more expensive for what it offers. Somewhere between 2k-2.4k?
6) Valve have always expressed desire to make a 'balanced' game, as I've said in the past. This is why all guns, shotguns, snipers, rifles, pistols, SMGs - are all legitimately viable weapons to use in competitive matchmaking. It goes further than simply having the pistol as a strong gun, the strength of the pistol to be ABLE to grab a few frags on gun rounds, even if you don't win, keeps the enemies economy down and stops it getting out of control, stopping stomps basically. Hence the increased $ when on a losing streak of rounds, I believe they want to make it easier for you to recover in a game.
7) I realised that most of this was aimed at countering CT pistols. Same concepts apply if you're a CT facing T pistols. An instant molotov in your position stops the first rush, allows you to get into position if they decide to rush once it goes. Play long distance so you can't be one tapped. Deagle? Start playing more off angles, I'm not gonna go into how to play CS, but if you're regularly getting one tapped by deagles when playing against eco you're going about it the wrong way, it isn't just unlucky.
TL;DR - Pistols are OP if approached incorrectly, largely in matchmaking. Utilise a game plan distinct from that of versus rifles, with more methodical clearing of hiding spots with grenades, tighter pack mentality when attacking bombsites (you don't need someone lurking against pistols, to risk throwing away 5k of equipment - ((brandon) and gravitating to more open areas, rather than areas where the single greatest advantage of the pistol can prosper. Maybe this came across as a guide on how to counter pistols, but it's simply a way of showing that there are many aspects of the game which allow you to counter them - pistol power isn't immovable. What is immovable is how most people employ the exact same approach vs pistols as against rifles.
Hello everyone.
As a decent number of people already know me (due to the procrastination of ever going on the forums and making this post) i will keep this pretty short. My name is Kiper. I'm 17 and from Ireland (I'm not the Brandon type of Irish though, not even we know what it i.) and i have been gaming for most of my life. I pretty much solely play LoL but i also play some overwatch and hearthstone.
I'm a pretty chill guy and enjoy all types of music except maybe country. Gaming has been a big part of my life and during the golden age of MW2 i was the undisputed best trickshotting, quickscoping, mt dew drinking mlg 12 year old in my school (Although IrishChamp will claim otherwise) and played mainly CoD and pokemon ( Dont judge me pls) for the majority of my gaming career. Im currently Diamond 5 in LoL but stopped playing ranked a lot due to realising it is more cancer than an OB gather. Im currently in school and am on a year long course of procrastination and failure.
I also enjoy Marvel and DC movies and will fight you if you don't believe Guardians of the Galaxy 2 is the best film (I'm like 5'9 so please dont do that.) I am quite shit at other games besides league (placed silver 1 in CSGO, something i will own with pride.) but can sometimes make semi-decent plays. I have a bad habit of telling very cringy or utterly horrible puns so just to warn you before you are subjected to such torture.
Anyway i hope that has given those who do and do not know me some insight to the person behind Kiper.
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