Rubber: What do you think?

[Mecca]

What do you like/dislike about rubber?

Do you enjoy abusing/manipulating rubber?

Just wondering...

I really like the rubber mechanic; as well as serving as a cushion for mistakes or lag, I like having to manage my rubber usage while trying to force others to mismanage theirs.

[Nelhybel]

I really like the rubber mechanic; as well as serving as a cushion for mistakes or lag, I like having to manage my rubber usage while trying to force others to mismanage theirs.

... which is why I too like rubber. Not exceptionally high rubber; 5 to 10 is my preference

[ItzAcid]

I'm with both of y'all on this. rubber is awesome no rubber can be a good time waster too, but playing with it creates a whole new strategy thats really fun

[orm]

ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...
I'll tell you my feelings on it when I can provide an objective opinion.

[Mecca]

ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...
I'll tell you my feelings on it when I can provide an objective opinion.

I am looking for YOUR opinion. It does not have to be objective.

[Titanoboa]

The rubber mechanism is quite unique as far as I know.

It's used both as a shield and a weapon: If you decide to attack, you automatically lower your defense for a second or ten. It often requires quite some thought and planning to kill good players without using any rubber, which is why I like playing open.

This description doesn't apply to all game modes, of course. Was mostly referring to the gameplay of sumo. And I personally don't like how it's "serving as a cushion for mistakes", but I guess people would RQ more often if it didn't, so I'm ok with it.

[Identikill]

Well, I think high rubber maps are really great, because they prepare you for getting out of mazes you know, and it really helps your skill with most everything, like Wild West CTF, because of the super tight turns when you use both hands to turn, but yeah. Rubber maps are for like really tight butt ppl who want to have fun. good for all! yeah....

P.S. This is just for 20 posts for clan uNa| so thats why its all sucky.
Identikill, Future uNa|Identikill
(hopefully)

[Lackadaisical]

P.S. This is just for 20 posts for clan uNa| so thats why its all sucky.

Seriously, don't do this.

[Willy Wonka]

Umm sooooooooooooooo sorry,

there has been a little confusion with Identikill.
This won't happen again, any future posts on these forums will not be for his app.

Just again, a little confusion

[Z-Man]

Heh, glad to see your real rule is that people need to spam YOUR forum, not this

[Willy Wonka]

[compguygene]

I think that while rubber was not intended to become a game mechanic, it is a lot of fun to use and abuse as a game mechanic. I do play in a variety of High Rubber and Medium Rubber servers occasionally. It can be quite the challenge to kill off a well experienced player in such servers, but for me, that is part of the fun! As mecca stated, managing your own rubber, while getting others to burn off their rubber, can be quite a challenge. Also, I find the "stabbing", "micros", and other moves that are very specific to High Rubber servers to be uniquely fun. Quite frankly, after playing lots of Fortress and Sumo, it is a pleasant change of people and gameplay style to me, even if I am mediocre at best at it.

[Cosmic Dolphin]

Also, rubber has been a large part of many racing servers. After all, how much more interesting is it when one can drive through rubber zones? The real trick there is to gauge your rubber, drive through to shave off time but not kill yourself in the process. That makes racing much more enjoyable and challenging.

[Mecca]

Ah! I forgot about those rubber zones! I am terrible at managing my rubber with those...

[compguygene]

Totally off topic.

What do you guys think of the idea of a medium rubber LMS server with Rubber Zones scattered about the arena.