It wasn't so much the mode itself (except that it wasn't nearly as fun as regular NS and far more like a simplistic shootfest, so it could easily be ignored) but the crowd that it attracted: it drew in the more twitchy, obsessive players who then began to dominate the game in both combat and...
*unlurks*
Career Medic! I'm an odd one in that I get little to no joy from being purely a powerhouse of doom, not like I could be one anyhow (my twitch instincts seem to wane when I play offensively at all). Though being a very vital accessory to a huge amount of kills is truly the most...
To bolster Marco's criticism, there are other definitions for the word "storm" besides a natural weather occurence... these two are most relevant, and pulled from Dictionary.com:
- a heavy or sudden volley or discharge: a storm of criticism; a storm of bullets.
- a violent disturbance of...
Admittedly, what you're trying to say is that the word "race" should stand for something less generalized than a species. But chew on this for a while: like most existing cultures and countries, the United States is made up of an amalgamation of various "races" as determined by varying genetic...
I've been around since May of 2003, as well... don't post much, though. I have my reasons... *cough*. I'm third on the Member List under M, organized by join date. ;)
In real life, all you'd have to do is aim for the engine(s) (even with a pistol/submachine gun) and it would go down really quick. I assume you're talking about helicopters, though.
Look at the "Slick" head submodel (#4) of HL1's scientist.mdl in Half-Life Model Viewer... That's the scientist we're looking for. It isn't the G-man... the G-man wears a bloody suit. Geez.
Sellers are pulling dates out of their asses, because there has been NO confirmed date for Half-Life's release. All we ever get now is a timeframe in which it might be released.