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"Smeghead" <tribesfan@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 12 Aug 2005 16:17:21 -0500, "Quixote" <quixote@writeme.com>
> wrote:
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>>"Cub" <trevor@remwhipnet.plus.com> wrote in message
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>>> "Quixote" <quixote@writeme.com> wrote in message
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>>>> "Quixote" <quixote@writeme.com> wrote in message
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>>>>> "Cub" <trevor@remwhipnet.plus.com> wrote in message
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>>>>>> Hiya All
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I know some of you hate the sniper.. but please share my moment of
>>>>>> pleasure a 1001m hit on some poor soul.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Check out my post game longest sniper shot from a match today
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
http://www.whipnet.plus.com/1001.jpeg
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Must be the best ever ...
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hax. Max rifle distance in T2 is 1000 meters.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Besides that, best shot != longest distance shot. If both you were
>>>> standing still there is no diff from 1 meter to 1000. If one was
>>>> moving
>>>> its a better shot. If both were moving its great shot. My best sniper
>>>> shots were made air to air, in other words both I and the flag carrier
>>>> jetting in mid air.
>>>>
>>>> Quixote
>>>>
>>>
>>> so what was your air shot distance ?
>>>
>>>
>>> Cub
>>
>>
>>I have had several....and I don't demo or anything. I would guess they
>>are
>>usually in the 200-500 meter range. My most surprising shot for me was on
>>Katabatic. I was standing on the ground just even with and beside our
>>front
>>base turret, and hit a capper 30 meters from his stand. I just took the
>>shot and had no idea if there was a clear path or not, and of course it
>>was
>>still capped, but the thief himself was denied :^). I have no idea about
>>the distance but almost base to base on Kata was a hoot. I also make some
>>pretty good non-zoomed shots, when zooming would take too long; and double
>>laser shots on high up cappers, one to take healthy down and another
>>before
>>they land for the kill.
>>
>>The most fun shots are close range though. Those reflex only shots you
>>get
>>when you are at your flag just standing still on a map where the capper
>>can
>>come in undetected and low, and you only see them as the come over a ridge
>>or hill just a few meters away and snap! If you had to move you would
>>never
>>make the shot, but when those stars are lined up and you get the shot,
>>it's
>>funny to watch them crumple at such close distance and come bouncing on
>>the
>>ground up to your feet. :^)
>
> My brother, known in Tribes 1 as "Janxx" was one for MA disking you
> and then sniping you through the forehead before you hit the ground.
>
> --
> --==<S m e g h e a d>==--
There is nothing more humiliating than the sniper shot and the disk follow
up a micro sec later, I tend to use it for taking out the enemy sniper
opposition.
Nice to shoot the enemy through the already in flight disk
Cub
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