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Re: A Vent on TF Cheaters

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From: ppr... Paul Prior MD
Date: Sun, 24 Aug 1997 00:00
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On Sun, 24 Aug 1997 09:22:33 -0400, jrl...@ibm.net (James Robert
Lunsford) wrote:

>In article <Pine.A32.3.96.970821210300.37570B-
>100...@san_marcos.csusm.edu>, youd...@nowhere.com says...
>> I was playing TF 2.6 on CTS the other night (2fort_32) on blue as a hwguy
>> and I had a red spy in my sights.  So I emptied my *ENTIRE* cannon into
>> him as he just stood there and shot back with his little dart gun (thats
>> how I know it was not my own team member). Well after I ventilated him
>> with all 200 rounds he comes up, takes his knife and assasinates me.  Then
>> he did it to another guy. 
>
>Had this happen to me too.  I asked about it and everyone on my team just 
>said, "He's cheating <shrug>".  Well it was pissing me off cause this guy 
>was running around infecting my whole team and there was nothing we could 
>do about it.  Haven't run into him since, or at least haven't noticed it.

I have had the same problem playing a sniper - put a couple of direct
head shots into an enemy sniper and didn't phase him.  That kind of
crap really ruins the game. 


>BTW from one hwguy to another, have you noticed that on some servers the 
>ac doesn't fire the same?  It takes forever to spin up, shoots a couple 
>of shots, then stops.  Sputters, sort of.  Is that a software thing on 
>some servers?  I thought they were all running 2.6/TF and 2.01/QW but I 
>could be wrong.

I have also had this problem - very frustrating and one of the reasons
why I rarely play that class.

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Paul Prior MD   ppr...@fast.net     Don't Blame Me...
PGY-IV Ob/Gyn                     I Voted For Bob Dole
TRHMC-Reading, PA        
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From: ppr...@fast.net (Paul Prior MD)
Subject: Re: A Vent on TF Cheaters
Date: 1997/08/24
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