GP30/M203

[suicidal_monkey]

:closedeyes: moan moan moan   :winkiss:

[target]

I have no problem with the GP30/M203 as a weapon.  Last night I was on the receiving end of a lot of very close range M203 shots (usually from Ranger ) and it was extremely frustrating (and I had a whinge about it during the game), but you use the weapon at hand and other people (like me) have to get on with it.

We all get frustrated by the game from time to time, but after all, it's only a game

[Ranger]

No problem guys - I shall change over to a different class.

[Sn00ks]

And while you are at it Ranger can you sort out your mike too?


You were running around like a scalded ferret last night! I had difficulty keeping up at times, because I was usually dead.

[Benny]

Cor blimey, te next rant will be about how unrealistic it is to revive all the time, make like an invincible area medics all around mutually masturbating each other back to life...

So, that's AT, Assault and Medic out the way, snipers only anyone?


















pttaiim-paaaih

[A Twig]

No, because the snipers are unrealistic, because they would never be able to hide very well while carrying claymores. So we're left with engineers only I think!  :devil:

[Sn00ks]

Oo, Oo, Oo Mr Peavley. I know I know!!!!!  :dummy:

Lets ban all players who kill me more than twice in the same round!  :devil:


Err, thinking about it we'd best not, as I usually manage to avoid opening my parachute or juggle with a grenade on a regular basis  :blush:

[A Twig]

Being serious we didn't ban doris from using anything other than a knife in CS because he was good at shooting guns, or Sadako from being the leader because he was good at coming up with devious  squad strategies, so why should we stop Ranger playing a class he's clearly put time and effort at getting good at?

I think it's all getting a little excessive. The game is actually really balanced IMO, it does take skill to use any of the classes truly effectively, and any imbalances are normally a result of one player who has played more at a certain role than another.

Jets, artillery, helicopters, tanks, grenade launchers, bring it all on...

[suicidal_monkey]

Originally posted by Sn00ks@Nov 14 2005, 02:28 PM
running around like a scalded ferret

now there's a similie you don't come across very often :lol:

[Ranger]

Originally posted by suicidal_monkey@Nov 14 2005, 02:48 PM
now there's a similie you don't come across very often :lol:

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That's because it's a metaphor!

[suicidal_monkey]

Originally posted by Ranger@Nov 14 2005, 03:55 PM
That's because it's a metaphor!

Bah! I think not. The word "like" in that sentence might just push the balance and make it an open comparison, in other words, a simile! I think a metaphor requires the description to be used without the "like" or "as" term...making it a metaphorical description rather than a literal one. Simile for direct comparison. knockout!

You were running around like a scalded ferret

[Anonymous]

Simile is the comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as".

Example:
He eats like a pig. Vines like golden prisons.

Metaphor is the comparison of two unlike things using the verb "to be" and not using "like" or "as" as in a simile.

Example:
He is a pig. Thou art sunshine.

Edit:

So I suppose to say that a metaphor is like a simile is a simile and to say a metaphor is a simile is a metaphor

My head hurts. Nurse! My tablets please!

[Ranger]

Originally posted by suicidal_monkey@Nov 14 2005, 03:31 PM
Bah! I think not. The word "like" in that sentence might just push the balance and make it an open comparison, in other words, a simile! I think a metaphor requires the description to be used without the "like" or "as" term...making it a metaphorical description rather than a literal one. Simile for direct comparison. knockout!

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Ohhhh - VERY tenuous. I think u are clutching at straws - now if I was furtive as a ferret THAT would be a simile (ascribing a trait of the object to me). Simply saying I was doing something like an object is only meaningful if it is a trait or perculiar charactistic of that object.

Saying I was running round like a scalded ferret is not an inherant trait that we ascribe to that animal - but rather a state which has been inflicted on that animal.

In other words, ferrets are not naturally known to be scalded! (It is not a percieved attribute.)

Ergo - it is a metaphor not a similie!

   

[outofsync]

Originally posted by ThePENDRAGON@Nov 14 2005, 11:41 AM
I did notice Sync doing that a few times as well last night. Perhaps a friendly word is in order.

I must admit - that I find myself jumping once or twice when I first enter a fire fright (pun intended ). That's because I literally jump when I bump into someone and I press every button my fingers are hovering over. I know we established at one or two jumps are ok in the main.

PEN

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I think that was liberal use of the crouch button whilst using the fixed MPG at the MEC primary spawn point, when the map restarted I played as sniper and found a good OP and racked up 7 kills as I recall not much jumping up and down to be done as I was'nt spotted in that round.

Good games last night kark always seems to rock.

[suicidal_monkey]

Originally posted by Ranger+Nov 14 2005, 04:48 PM-->

QUOTE(Ranger @ Nov 14 2005, 04:48 PM)

Ohhhh - VERY tenuous.
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Ergo - it is a metaphor not a similie![/b]

Likening you to a scalded ferret is definitely a simile
you were running around like a scalded ferret (comparison)
Turning that sentence into a metaphor is tricky, but you cuold try:
You were a scalded ferret running around (no comparison)
only that doesn't make a lot of sense in this case :lol: