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Weasel wrote:

ajalves wrote:in all honesty ill play with whoever....the bottom line with the "group" is that when the fad of MW2 wears off...the same guys will wtill be playing

in all honesty thats why we stick together

Honestly though?

buy the game weasel....you need a AA12 shotgun to the back of the head

Hoos wrote:I could be wrong but I think Dan prestiged to try to break out of his slump.

Thats exactly it hoos. I thought id just get back to the basics, learn the guns again, and become my old nuking self, but thats not happening. Im still finishing with 2-1 k/d almost every match, but its disappointing not nuking anymore.

nuking is overrated and played out anyhow I think.....

now, i wouldnt know from experience other than when you and mike get em

LMAO Ace and Gary...good shit Dak

There are a lot more people shooting down everything in the sky. It makes it harder to get those big streaks going that were so common early on.

dakshdar wrote:

Frankie7512 wrote:I am down anytime you guys wanna break up the main 3 dog squad and make it even and get 12 NDLers in there and run it.

Good luck with that! Many times it ends up being the 6 studs against the 6 average players and the outcomes are never in doubt, but breaking up the love-fest isn't likely.

Basically, Ace knows his ass is covered because Gary's cock is stuck in it, so he can't get shot in the back. That is the general concept of the relationships within the 3puppy group.

This is the 2009 Post of the Year. No nomination is needed.

I've been terrible lately as well. I am teh sux0rz.

BFiVL wrote:

sixpackdan101 wrote:back to the main topic....you wanna talk about a slump? really? my k/d has dropped from a 3.32 to a 3.03.....in a week and a half! I havent launched a nuke in a WEEK.

Your slump is easy to call, its called you prestiged. You always see a dip after ranking up. Its when you have your perks and weapons the way you want them and still slump is when it sucks. Thats why you never see big mike move on K/D. Cause thats all he cares about. I miss you big scrub

I worked all day from this past Friday-Tuesday. I played probably 2 hours or so this past week because of that.

sixpackdan101 wrote:

Hoos wrote:I could be wrong but I think Dan prestiged to try to break out of his slump.

Thats exactly it hoos. I thought id just get back to the basics, learn the guns again, and become my old nuking self, but thats not happening. Im still finishing with 2-1 k/d almost every match, but its disappointing not nuking anymore.

We just played a game that shows why you are slumping; guys like me aren't so fucking useless after all. Ya see, you were getting owned (along with Hoos and Biffie) until you were able to caddy-corner us on C in Highrise. Then you returned to your perch and camped your ass off, picking us off like a turkey shoot.

Then, when we reclaimed two flags, things were different; I roughed you up again. The difference between others and you is you are DEAD ON BALLS accurate, so you are able to compile massive numbers

You guys all suck, aside from AJ, as he has shown that he is skilled AND willing to go out into the shit. You can't survive unless you are under optimal conditions and, suddenly, that shit ain't happening as often because everyone else is catching up.

trendon wrote:

sixpackdan101 wrote:

Hoos wrote:I could be wrong but I think Dan prestiged to try to break out of his slump.

Thats exactly it hoos. I thought id just get back to the basics, learn the guns again, and become my old nuking self, but thats not happening. Im still finishing with 2-1 k/d almost every match, but its disappointing not nuking anymore.

We just played a game that shows why you are slumping; guys like me aren't so fucking useless after all. Ya see, you were getting owned (along with Hoos and Biffie) until you were able to caddy-corner us on C in Highrise. Then you returned to your perch and camped your ass off, picking us off like a turkey shoot.

Then, when we reclaimed two flags, things were different; I roughed you up again. The difference between others and you is you are DEAD ON BALLS accurate, so you are able to compile massive numbers

You guys all suck, aside from AJ, as he has shown that he is skilled AND willing to go out into the shit. You can't survive unless you are under optimal conditions and, suddenly, that shit ain't happening as often because everyone else is catching up.

Dont sing it, bring it.

Highrise is a race to B, then watch retards try to escape out the windows instead of even thinking to go under ground. Seeit is a self proclaimed camper ( and if he aint, Ill proclaim it for him), but pinning some one down and camping are two totally different things. Kinda confused, if we were getting lit up, how could we not be in the shit as well? Also, if going -10 is roughing people up, then going plus 10 is sodomy, which our whole team practically was. Bad post trendon Still love ya though

Ill also add, I aint an A Player with out the boys on the team either. Dan may be, but I dont think anyone of us could take on the group and consistently go positive k/d or win. Playing with Dan,Aj,Mike, Beef,Hoos,Schoola dramatically can improve anyones game both point wise and K/d wise cause of the way oppts are attacked and because we are never in the same spots for long. Ill bet a pretty penny, you never see the same group of guys protecting the same group of flags on any map. We all rotate around the map and the flags protecting our two while pressing the 3rd. Very rare to see an oppt ever get behind us that doesnt spawn behind us because of the press we do.

BFiVL wrote:

trendon wrote:

sixpackdan101 wrote:

Hoos wrote:I could be wrong but I think Dan prestiged to try to break out of his slump.

Thats exactly it hoos. I thought id just get back to the basics, learn the guns again, and become my old nuking self, but thats not happening. Im still finishing with 2-1 k/d almost every match, but its disappointing not nuking anymore.

We just played a game that shows why you are slumping; guys like me aren't so fucking useless after all. Ya see, you were getting owned (along with Hoos and Biffie) until you were able to caddy-corner us on C in Highrise. Then you returned to your perch and camped your ass off, picking us off like a turkey shoot.

Then, when we reclaimed two flags, things were different; I roughed you up again. The difference between others and you is you are DEAD ON BALLS accurate, so you are able to compile massive numbers

You guys all suck, aside from AJ, as he has shown that he is skilled AND willing to go out into the shit. You can't survive unless you are under optimal conditions and, suddenly, that shit ain't happening as often because everyone else is catching up.

Dont sing it, bring it.

Highrise is a race to B, then watch retards try to escape out the windows instead of even thinking to go under ground. Seeit is a self proclaimed camper ( and if he aint, Ill proclaim it for him), but pinning some one down and camping are two totally different things. Kinda confused, if we were getting lit up, how could we not be in the shit as well? Also, if going -10 is roughing people up, then going plus 10 is sodomy, which our whole team practically was. Bad post trendon Still love ya though

I do the same shit Dan does yet I get yelled at for it... Above A on highrise, building above A on Rundown yet I get yelled at for it

I yell at you all. I am denying the tactic, mind you. I am just saying; my proposal stays the same.

I propose that you are not as good as you think - and your drop in numbers indicates as such - because you are all incapable of sustaining any level of success outside of your comfort zone. It is nothing to be ashamed about, just admit it.

BFiVL wrote: Highrise is a race to B, then watch retards try to escape out the windows instead of even thinking to go under ground. Seeit is a self proclaimed camper ( and if he aint, Ill proclaim it for him), but pinning some one down and camping are two totally different things. Kinda confused, if we were getting lit up, how could we not be in the shit as well? Also, if going -10 is roughing people up, then going plus 10 is sodomy, which our whole team practically was. Bad post trendon Still love ya though

Not denying the tactic, yet again. Accusing you all of being frauds. Just admit that you all play domination together because you know you couldn't survive alone (or with limited teammates) in more abstract conditions.

I dont get what trendon is saying. We are all bad players aside from AJ? We're supposed to let the other team get B? We shouldnt play together because its unfair?

And trendon, if you think I camp, you are sorely mistaken. On Highrise alone i will stay above A to keep you from reaching freedom. And even on highrise, heartman killed me multiple times on C and then he capped it himself. But i recapped it every time. I guarantee you that on any map you will see me on flags as much as the next person. And dying on that flag does not keep me from going at it again. I dont claim to be a great player because I have a high k/d. I dont claim to be a great player period. But regardless of what some may think, having a high k/d HELPS in EVERY game mode. It doesnt mean everything, but it helps. Which is why being in a slump sucks.

And Aj, i kind of agree that the nuke is overrated. Im enjoying my predator missile, harriers, and emergency airdrop combo. Alot easier to get.

I will spell it out. My hypothesis.

Topic: Why I think the supposed "A-Team" is a fraud and, likewise, why everyone seems to be aware of a possible slump.

1) Players who often play the same game mode, with the same teammates, and using the same strategy will score high and record lots of deaths with lesser kills. You needn't look past the thread where I calculated my successes with the "A-Team"; I damn near tripled my production without even speaking to them (re: no headset) and not doing anything outside of what I would normally do.

2) Domination is a game mode that provides the least deviation in gameplay during the round. Excluding having NO flags, there are only five possible flag combinations. Of those five, two are most common (AB and BC). This is important to note because spawn locations are directly related to the flags held and they will not change. In other game modes, spawns (with the exception of DEMOLITION) are dynamic. Domination, they are not and it becomes quite apparent to the seasoned player where everyone will be coming from.

3) Now we have a team of players that always plays together and plays the same mode with the same strategy resulting in the same swarm of enemies coming from the same direction and you end up with lots of killstreaks. However, as people improve, so have people's skills with the various launcher and anti-vehicle weapons. Or, perhaps more importantly, people have smartened up and either brought one with them to the battlefield, have one waiting in their custom slots, and/or utilize One Man Army. This results in decreasing amount of kills from killstreaks and, for those who use the standard Predator-Harrier-Gunner routine (YAWN!) or the Harrier-Gunner-Nuke setup, you might not always get the Gunner. I propose that if there was a way to chart your kills from the first four weeks and the most recent few weeks, your kills earned in more traditional methods are likely the same but your killstreaks probably are not.

Condensed Data

- Group of players often play together
- Group of players always play the same mode
- Group of players always utilize same strategy
- Enemy response/attack never differs because of restrictions in game mode
- Outside players with substandard/average ratiosnote 200%-400% increase in productivity when playing with aforementioned group of players with no additional training or practice.
- Killstreak usage and killstreak effectiveness possibly down.

In conclusion, one of more apply:

1) You play Domination because it is easy and presents no challenge.
2) You are experiencing a slump because the dynamic of the game has changed slightly, specifically due to anti-killstreak measures.

Im good, not as good as most of the others...I dont care.

I just dont see where any of us came on here bragging about how good we are. I think what was said is that if we play on a team together, people will be hard pressed to beat us. To me, that rings true

There is only one correlation as to why you guys have been slumping over the last 10-14 days.....

I was in the field all last week and was unable to play Saturday due to going to a Batallion Ball and this week I've been logging 12-14 hour days.

But don't fret any longer, I get off work today at 1130 and will be on a little today and after tomorrow I won't have to be back to work till 4 January.

Now you guys will have the guy that doesn't care about K:D ratio and will draw the enemy out for you guys that aim extremely well to start picking them off.

The mad running cannon fodder will be back and your streaks will only get better.

Trendon, I also heard that the sky is blue and boobs are good.

1)No shit a team that plays together all the time is better than a team that doesnt.

2) DOnt think anyone has ever bragged from the "A-team" about K/D, just win/loss. This goes back to point #1 of mine.

3) Slumps happen, I have seen a slump every single COD, they always come and go and have more to do with me than the other team, whats odd is a few guys are slumping at the same time but we are still winning. Could it be folks are "catching up" to us? maybe, but ill go ahead and say I think I busted out of mine last night,, will know for sure tonight. Pretty sure Dan did as well.

Ill also say this, we could move to other games and be as successful but domination has always proved to be the funnest game since COD4. It goes to point #1, Playing with the same team or close to it every night does make you better, that is a no shit moment. I dont like campers, Domination eliminates campers ( and if you do camp, you lose). Are you trying to say that games like HQ, CTF, and Sabotage are different than domination? HQ the Spawn points may be different but you know where they are coming to are where from, CTF and Sabo, still have the same respawns as a domination would.

See it, as soon as you accept it, the better you will feel. You do not do the same thing as Dan. I aint knocking ya, its your style, its how you play best.