Stupid things I have done while being a sniper:
My stats:
Sniper Time: 70:19:21, Kills 817 Deaths 803 Ratio 1.02
I have played the sniper kit for just over 70hrs and have done some Dumb things (from time to time)…
1: Had a great hiding spot, just under a wide bush, enemy tank rolls up close to me, instead of SPOTTING the tank, I accidentally FIRE at the tank. I might as well as just stood up and done the Jig….you know what came next… Tank Master KILLS (M1-Abrams) Pengfixx
2: Called to the Commander for ammo instead of my Squad Mates, and had a lovely supply crate dropped next to me, telegraphing my great hiding spot to everyone around.
3: Continued to lollygag near said Supply Crate while everyone pounces on my location.
4: Play sniper kit for a long time on map, run out of ammo (mostly misses mind you), switch to the kit of the nearest dead body, then crawl around map forgetting that I am NO longer wearing my ghille suit. Continue to look at approaching troops, and be totally dumb founded as they add me to their kill stats….think the movie “Predator” when Bill Duke says….”I seeeee you”
5: Continue to think that the artillery firing off in the distance couldn’t POSSIBLY be intended for me. Why would enemy commander waste a perfectly good artillery barrage on one little ole sniper like me? …DEAD.
6: Thinking…, “Wow! I bet they won’t expect me to be on THIS rooftop.”
7: Calling to Squad Mates for ammo, (remembered lesson from 2 & 3….) have Support mate run up next to me, and then basically stand there over me. Hmmm what exactly IS the point of me lying down here?
8: Forgetting that SOME players have TURNED OFF all dynamic Lighting and Shadows settings for video performance…hmmm seems pretty dark in here, sure I’ll camp here for a while…..no way that MEC over there can see me in here….DEAD.
9: Little more obscure, I am not the Dumb one here, this did actually happen...
A co-worker and fellow BF2 player, spent a portion of lunch describing to me his favorite spot on Ghost Town to snipe from.
Later that night….our team-speak went something like this…(names changed to protect the shamed)
Him: Hey you on tonight?
Me: Yeah, what server?
Him: IP #,#,#,#…yeah lets squad up together
Me: Okay sure.
Him: Ghost-Town 24/7 COOOOL!!!
Server: Auto balance = 1
Him: SAS
Me: Spetznas
Him: Going SNIPER
Me: Going SNIPER
Him: Forming squad, running to favorite spot
Me: ……silence….
Him: All Set
Me: Are you in your spot?
Him: Yeah! Let’s ROCK
Me: ……silence…..
Server: ME KILLS <M95> HIM
Me: Yep thought so. Good spot. I like it very much.
Him: <<Dead>> Doh!
My stats:
Sniper Time: 70:19:21, Kills 817 Deaths 803 Ratio 1.02
I have played the sniper kit for just over 70hrs and have done some Dumb things (from time to time)…
1: Had a great hiding spot, just under a wide bush, enemy tank rolls up close to me, instead of SPOTTING the tank, I accidentally FIRE at the tank. I might as well as just stood up and done the Jig….you know what came next… Tank Master KILLS (M1-Abrams) Pengfixx
2: Called to the Commander for ammo instead of my Squad Mates, and had a lovely supply crate dropped next to me, telegraphing my great hiding spot to everyone around.
3: Continued to lollygag near said Supply Crate while everyone pounces on my location.
4: Play sniper kit for a long time on map, run out of ammo (mostly misses mind you), switch to the kit of the nearest dead body, then crawl around map forgetting that I am NO longer wearing my ghille suit. Continue to look at approaching troops, and be totally dumb founded as they add me to their kill stats….think the movie “Predator” when Bill Duke says….”I seeeee you”
5: Continue to think that the artillery firing off in the distance couldn’t POSSIBLY be intended for me. Why would enemy commander waste a perfectly good artillery barrage on one little ole sniper like me? …DEAD.
6: Thinking…, “Wow! I bet they won’t expect me to be on THIS rooftop.”
7: Calling to Squad Mates for ammo, (remembered lesson from 2 & 3….) have Support mate run up next to me, and then basically stand there over me. Hmmm what exactly IS the point of me lying down here?
8: Forgetting that SOME players have TURNED OFF all dynamic Lighting and Shadows settings for video performance…hmmm seems pretty dark in here, sure I’ll camp here for a while…..no way that MEC over there can see me in here….DEAD.
9: Little more obscure, I am not the Dumb one here, this did actually happen...
A co-worker and fellow BF2 player, spent a portion of lunch describing to me his favorite spot on Ghost Town to snipe from.
Later that night….our team-speak went something like this…(names changed to protect the shamed)
Him: Hey you on tonight?
Me: Yeah, what server?
Him: IP #,#,#,#…yeah lets squad up together
Me: Okay sure.
Him: Ghost-Town 24/7 COOOOL!!!
Server: Auto balance = 1
Him: SAS
Me: Spetznas
Him: Going SNIPER
Me: Going SNIPER
Him: Forming squad, running to favorite spot
Me: ……silence….
Him: All Set
Me: Are you in your spot?
Him: Yeah! Let’s ROCK
Me: ……silence…..
Server: ME KILLS <M95> HIM
Me: Yep thought so. Good spot. I like it very much.
Him: <<Dead>> Doh!