🚀 go-pugleaf

I havent actually played much for a while but..

> 1. One time I played there was one VERY good player, and a bunch of us
> others. I would consistenly come second in the rankings as we rotated
> around the maps. However, on one map I saw the good player teleporting
> out of bad situations. I didn't see any other player teleporting, and I
> search the whole map for some kind of 'device'. So my question is
> 'What's going on here?? Did I just miss the teleport device in the
> thick of the actions? Is s/he cheating? Something else?'

one of your basic weapons is a teleporter, scrol backwards through your 
weapons to find it, one button shoots out the teleport device, and the 
alternate fire , teleports you to whereever you shot your teleport 
device.

> 2. Playing Instagib CTF is really enjoyable, however I think I'm
> missing the signal system. Sometimes my teammates fire at me (not
> reflex, deliberate), and then fire in another directions. Is this some
> kind of instructions? Any help would be appreciated.

no idea

> 3. Because I am in the land of OZ, or some other reason, I very rarely
> get a Ping less than 300 (occasionally 250), and there are often
> players on there with a ping of 50-60. If they are a good player, then
> I just cannot beat the 5-1 speed advantage. I fare much better on
> standard weapon servers, but I would really like some Instagib tactics
> for tilting the advantage back in my favour. Any suggestions?

find local servers!
i assume your using broadband or better, If your using 56k ish dialup, 
your just screwed id say