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Article #93076

Re: Strafe-jumping is back!

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From: Cy Edmunds
Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 01:03
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"LoTekGuru" <lotekguru@NOSPAMinsightbb.com> wrote in message 
news:P3X6e.13597$8Z6.9728@attbi_s21...
> Not sure if any of you noticed, but I was checking out the CTF maps that 
> came with RoE and just out of habit I tried a strafe-jump when I jumped 
> from the upper to the lower level of the first map, and it launched me 
> about 3x as far as a normal running jump would have...  After messing 
> around with it some, it seems I still need a lot of practice at it.  It's 
> going to take some getting used to because the "feel" for SJ'ing isn't the 
> same as it is in Q3, but it can be done.  I seem to get the best 
> acceleration on a normal SJ by landing on a downward slope and jumping at 
> the same time, kind of like the way ramp jumping worked in Q2 but with the 
> slope going in the other direction.
>
>
>

Oh, great. I never was much of a jumper. I could get to the megahealth on 
q2dm1 but that was pretty much my only accomplishment. I guess that's why I 
played a lot of games with hooks.

-- 
Cycho{HHR}
http://home.rochester.rr.com/cyhome/ 
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