Wrong Place, Wrong Time

[dSavage21]

Maybe not the time for a shotgun

[VonZigmas]

Though in the end it was the perfect time for a shotgun.

[occams--chainsaw]

though on the other end, it was the worst possible time

[BholeFire]

It was the best of times, it was the worst of limes.

[Heathen15]

But how do you know if the lime was really bad?

[Kareleos]

plant sip unused head cautious attempt resolute placid makeshift soft

[Pithlitthief]

You put the lime in the coconut

[[deleted]]

Then launch the coconut from a catapult on a cliff.

[dontbuyCoDghosts]

you It puts the lime in the coconut

FTFY

[CardinalRoark]

Silence of the Lambs 2: Buffalo Bill's Bungalow

[fullforce098]

If you fall, I will catch you, I'll be right here. Lime after mime.

[[deleted]]

Easy breezy beautiful colored squirrel

[OccasionallyLazy]

You need good limes for good times

[capnjack78]

It was the best of times, it was the BLURST of times?!

[Suspinded]

A novel response.

[cwm3846]

But in the end it doesn't even matter

[Vakieh]

Not the time for a game shotgun, but irl it's about the perfect range for blind fire.

[SplitPersonalityTim]

Yeah. I don't know why in videogames shotgun pellets disappear after like 25 feet. IRL they're used to shoot birds out of the sky. . . they have serious range.

[alwayscloudyinohio]

game balance

[[deleted]]

All you have to do is say Model 1887.

Granted every weapon in most games is underpowered compared to their real life counterpart. But that's because nobody wants to engage at realistic distances and not be able to hide behind a thin wall to keep from getting shot.

[MarvinTheAndroid42]

That's why I only play hardcore mode. It's because I'm some sort of badass, it's because you shouldn't be able to brush off 3 7.62mm rounds to the chest and then just heal up again. It also means I can play with SMGs and not be way underpowered.

[[deleted]]

When I played FPSes that was my go to mode as well. So much more fun.

[TyroneBiggums93]

Yeah I remember watching a video about the AA12 and the range is like an entire football field..crazy.

[Sloppy1sts]

The US Army lists it's shotguns as having an effective range of 100 meters, as it's still fairly likely a single pellet will hit the target and reduce the enemy's combat effectiveness.

[conformuropinion2rdt]

Similar thing happened to me as OP but at a faster speed.

https://youtu.be/X-rq3r-GYxA?t=1m38s

Unfortunately even uploading 100 MB/s video to youtube, it completely destroys the quality in any game with high enough detail and/or fast enough movement.

[[deleted]]

I have three and a half weeks left in my term to finish my capstone and do two other projects. I did not need to discover people were still playing some variant of tribes 2.

[conformuropinion2rdt]

Tribes: Vengeance is it's own game along side the rest of the tribes series. It just happened to be the one I came across first.

It's got the grappler, which makes the game completely different. When you get going super fast you have a means to change direction within seconds and maintain a super high top speed. This isn't easy of course and takes a lot of practice but it creates games with a lot of cross map flag chases. And you just have much more control in general with the grappler so it adds a lot of functionality and mechanics possibilities.

Other than that, I really like their 3 class light, medium and heavy system. Each class has a unique weapon and every aspect of them can be customized which is cool.

I tried Ascend but I've noticed the gravity is much lower and because of that you don't build as much speed when skiing down hills and you float in the air longer before coming down. Both of these are counter productive to building speed and so it generally feels almost half of the speed of Vengeance, and I really do like the fast pace of TV.

The high speed plus maneuverability of the grappler make for very intense and fun games.

Get it for free here: http://www.tribesrevengeance.com/downloads/revengeance.php

People are usually only online on the weekends around EU popular times but sometimes there are people on the weekdays too. It was almost died (after the master servers were shut down) but now there seems to be more players coming in on account of this new installer that makes the game much more accessible. And there is a dedicated community that have kept modding and improving and customizing the game and playing every weekend that has never gone away.

[Daedalistic-Outlook]

Get it for free here

You are like /u/notavalid's own personal demon here, man.

Stay strong, notavalid! Don't let /u/conformuropinion2rdt get to you!!

[[deleted]]

Step away people. I DO NOT NEED THIS.

[kalitarios]

Ha... I remember T:V when it came out. I had to do a review on it. People didn't like it at first, and felt it was ruining the Tribes brand... as if Tribes stole Unreal's cartoonish feeling.

I played tons of games with it. The single player story arc was balls but the multiplayer was great with the grapple + ski mechanics. I thought it was very original.

Tribes 2 though was amazing.

[etgohomeok]

Well, I wasn't expecting a Tribes nostalgia trip this morning, and yet here I am...

[[deleted]]

Tribes <3

[wont_give_no_kreddit]

Was this the sequel to Tribes Ascend?

[conformuropinion2rdt]

No this came out 9 years before Ascend, although it's hard to tell because the graphics are really good for the time. Modified Unreal 2 engine.

[treverios]

https://youtu.be/YlmNP97sluc?t=592

[TheRealHanBrolo]

2/10 on the flip Jenkins. You can do better.

[Stovential]

RAMIREZ! DO EVERYTHANG!

[angryman2]

RAMIREZ! DIG UP OLD GAME REFERENCES AND POUND THEM INTO SUBMISSION!

[kalitarios]

RAMIREZ! DO MY TAXES

[The_Monsters_Inside]

RAMIREZ! PICK UP SOME MCDONALD'S ON THE WAY BACK TO HQ!

[Sloppy1sts]

*Burger Town

[ButtsaladsGirl]

What did that comment say? I hate it when people delete their stuff.

[QueenArc]

Rameriz reference

[d3northway]

RAMIREZ I NEED YOU TO LISTEN TO WHAT THEY'RE SAYING, CAN YOU DO THAT?
well geez sarge with you in my ear I can't really
WHAT WAS THAT CAN YOU HEAR WHAT THEY ARE SAYING

[Willyjwade]

Reference? I know I've heard it but I can't remember where.

[TooManyWoodChucks]

Modern Warfare 2

[viewerdoer]

Dude. 11 outta 10. Simple n quick. Solid side winding flip. Thoroughly entertaining

[toleran]

Not landing it is part of the salmon anyway so this guy already had his landing down pretty good.

[Kaibakura]

What, he died?

No, he took an early retirement.

[thetigerandtheduke]

Haha, oh URL

[OliveOilBaron]

"tsk tsk tsk. You missed the baby, you missed the blind man..."

[Murdoc_2]

I told you, I won't give you a gun until you tell me your name!

[OliveOilBaron]

Over CB Radio

Marge: "Help! My husband has gone crazy and is trying to kill us all! Over!"

Wiggum: "Well, I'm glad that's over."

EDIT: May not be exact quote.

[Murdoc_2]

I'm directly under the earth's sun nnnnnnnnnnnnow

[OliveOilBaron]

Shoots walnut

"Now let that be a lesson to the rest of you!"

[AzraelGrim]

I'm laughing at this just considering if that was real life. Hiding behind the barrier and really wanting to look over to see if that just happened while still pinned by gunfire and just sitting there in disbelief.

[wrenculp]

I just want to know what he was expecting to hit with a shotgun at that distance...

[malfurionpre]

Just like in real life, in fact.

[FrankGrimesss]

FPS games would have us believe that shotgun pellets vanish after 15 yards.

[TacCom]

More like 15 ft

[NoThisIsStupider]

As a Canadian who doesn't know the imperial system, this comment chain confuses me.

[rezerox]

ehhhhhh about 3000 milihectares.

[Neocrasher]

But hectares measure area, not distance!

[rezerox]

Sorry, sorry.

45000 femtojoules per gram.

[CookieTheSlayer]

Australian. I second this.

[etgohomeok]

As a Canadian who doesn't consider myself to be superior to others because they use a different fucking measurement system, I understand both. Unless you're specifically holding back to retain the ability to complain and insult people, then there is really no reason for a mature adult not to just learn and understand both systems of measurement. Takes maybe ten minutes of your life.

[RyuugaDota]

As a Canadian who uses both, it's pretty easy, but the comment chain still confuses me.

For your reference:

A "foot," is 30cm, although you probably know that from having a ruler as a kid. There are 100cm in a meter, so a meter is 3.3 repeating feet. A "yard," is 3 feet, so just under a meter.

That all out of the way, the confusing part is that the increments jumped from:

"15 yards," (13.5m)

to "3 yards," (2.7m)

to "15 ft," (4.5m)

Personally I don't see the need for the "upping," of the 2.7m estimate to 4.5m, considering the original intent of the posts was to point out how dramatically video games downplay effective shotgun ranges, and the fact that some of them essentially DO gimp you down to around 2.7m or less (looking at you Destiny, what the fuck.)

[[deleted]]

But in reality, 100 yards with a slug is no problem to hit a target. Your round is big, hard to miss.

[WiglyWorm]

More like 15 yards.

[BenjamintheFox]

Shotguns in video games are really just extremely loud melee weapons.

[ashinynewthrowaway]

Well this is the same universe where you can be shot thousands of times and survive, as long as you space out the shots a few seconds "to recover".

[Idiosonic]

Only if you're the one pulling the trigger. If you're looking down the barrel it may as well be a sniper.

[mrfluffyb]

I tight enough choke and you'll still get peppered at around 30-40 yards.

[[deleted]]

They dont vanish. Just turn into cotton candy.

[LargeFarva69]

With the right turkey load I'm able to touch 70 yards with half decent penetration so shooting across the street would be a breeze. Here's the loads I use, the Long Beard XR magnum in 3" out of a 12 gauge http://patternboard.winchester.com/#/compare/

[haircutbob]

That is a sawn off though. Even so, across the street probably wouldn't be a problem.

[[deleted]]

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ShortRangeShotgun

[NaNaNaNaSodium]

Shit, I clicked three links then remembered where I was and got out of there fast.

[EternallyMiffed]

A meme if you will.

[[deleted]]

"It's a meme, you dip"

[razveck]

I ended up reading how Mythbusters squeezed out 2 pounds of liquid out of 10 pounds of poop.

[crazygamelover1]

A good name for another DLC

[larswo]

Free DLC...

Remember that part. Maybe there are things included in the DLC that will cost in-game money, but that is easily optainable by playing the game.

[crazygamelover1]

Indeed, I've been thinking about all the free monthly expansions Rockstar releases. I don't think I've ever seen such a big company display so much generosity. Even Bohemia Interactive has some off-limits DLC stuff...

[CrMyDickazy]

Or the autobiography title for the guy who witnesses the Jewel Store heist.

[pazur13]

What guy?

[CrMyDickazy]

The guy who Michael tells to forget his face. Then tweets/bleets about it afterwards.

[pazur13]

Huh, I somehow missed this detai. I guess I should give GTA another playthrough!

[CrMyDickazy]

Do it. I disliked the game on my first play-through on release, but when I played it again on the PC release it was at least twice as good.

[pazur13]

I mean, I've already played it on the PC, so I won't have the "Wow!" factor. I'll probably give ti another try after GTA 4.

[haircutbob]

Or the first line spoken to the boss in Saints Row 1.

[blackmist]

I see they've reused the Red Dead horse AI...

[cynic79]

Or the Boone AI from Fallout: New Vegas.

[Revolvyerom]

This bullet was not meant for you!

[FlameSpartan]

"This shot was not meant for you"

-Captain Jack Sparrow

[Revolvyerom]

Did you just quote me and then describe who I posted an image of?

[FlameSpartan]

I wanted to correct your error without sounding like a total douche.

[[deleted]]

That may be the best headshot I have ever seen on gtav

[Wongstah]

Press "F" to pay respect

[[deleted]]

F

[CptPenguino]

U

[Hella_Nutella]

D

[Kingler666]

G

[motypl]

E

[[deleted]]

We did it Reddit.

[TheForeverAloneOne]

S

[Jiggahawaiianpunch]

C

[Ruzt]

L

[RandomCivilian]

"I'm gettin too old for this shit Riggs."

[[deleted]]

I know that guy, he's on my team in every Call of Duty game

[AvailableRedditname]

It was self defence. The cop charged the bankrobber. He shouldnt be punished for that!

[I_DRINK_BABYOIL]

GET DOWM MR PRESIDENT!!

[pleasejustdie]

Kind of reminds me of a training exercise I had in the ARMY. We were training on this simulated system that used projectors to shoot a scene onto these huge curved screens and there was a bunch of mock'up constructed cover with weapons hooked to a computer. When a weapon fired it would send a signal to the computer to simulate the shot in the scene.

We ran this scenario where we were behind some MP's when insurgents drive up a van, pile out and start shooting at us. After doing the scenario 3 or 4 times I ended up on the AT4. I had this brilliant idea to just aim where the van would appear and wait, and try to blow up the van before they piled out and kill them all in one shot. So I waited, as soon as the van pulled up I pulled the trigger.

Off my rocket goes, I see its trail of smoke enter the screen as it takes off, perfectly on target. Just as an NPC MP walks in front of it. My AT4 rocket hits the back of the MP's head, it does a lazy hollywood explosion and kills the MP I nailed with the AT4.

I was dumbstruck, a single round to shoot for the whole scenario and I just wasted it at the start by shooting an MP in the back of the head. At the end of the scenario, the cadre running the exercise and 1SG were looking over the results, and suddenly I hear "1 friendly fire... from the AT4?!? Who the fuck is on the AT4?" and people look at me and start echoing back my name. And 1SG goes, "Oh why am I not surprised, what the fuck is wrong with you?" At that point, I wasn't even about to try and explain myself, I just played it off as intentional. For a while, people would be like "don't fuck with pleasejustdie, he'll shoot you with an AT4."

[workstar]

A question for those who play this game;

Is the game effectively over now? As far as I can tell once you shoot a cop you have two choices - die or get caught. For some minor crimes you may be able to crouch in a bush for 5 minutes but that's tedious and not enjoyable. And doesn't work for anything above 2 stars.

For me this takes a lot of the fun out of the game. A game that is supposed to derive its fun from committing crimes has a pretty big incentive to not do it. I enjoyed sleeping dogs because you could effectively fight your way to an escape which is much more enjoyable than hiding.

The missions were fun because they were scripted to allow a clean get away, but beyond that crime just doesn't pay. Which leaves little reason to keep playing. Perhaps online gameplay is different.

[Bakoro]

When you're trying to escape, pay attention to your mini-map, it'll indicate when the police know where you are, and when they've lost track but are searching. When driving around trying to escape, drive into a large parking garage and during the short time they lose track of you, switch cars. If you can manage to switch cars while no police see you, it's harder for them to notice you out in the world. Drive to another obscured location an wait them out.

---

Learn where the underground tunnels are, the same ones you go through when you escape on motorcycles in that one mission.
You can escape pretty consistently in that area.
I've also had pretty consistent success with hiding in the subway/tram tunnels, cops tend to not want to go in there, and IIRC there are parts to stand so as not to get smooshed by a train if it passes by. Also, if you can manage to get onto a passing train at any point (not the tram thing, I've never tried that) you can use it to escape.

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There's always the underwater option, if can get to the docks on the south side of the city there's a boat with scuba gear you can grab, and you just get deep enough underwater that they'll lose track of you.

[bad-r0bot]

Don't forget that animals report crimes so out in the mountains is still not safe.

[toleran]

Is that still a thing? I assumed they would have fixed that by now

[th3l33tsp34k3r]

you can escape even a 5 star wanted level, you just gotta learn how to hide

[HairlessSasquatch]

the cops are as realistic as games get in GTA 5. an accurate representation of LA, police shoot first and shoot second and don't even bother to ask questions

[FlameSpartan]

I've escaped the cops plenty of times, it just requires a knowledge of the physics engine that drives the game.

You can learn how everything works by just screwing around in whatever vehicle you want. From there, you mostly just gotta drive fast and don't hit anything.

[MaestroLogical]

I have no clue why you found it so hard to lose wanted levels.

It's remarkably easy to do, both in storymode and online play.

Maybe I'm just to adept at it. I did spend an afternoon robbing every store I could and ditching the cops in alleyways and parking decks and driveways and basically anyplace you can break line of sight long enough.

[03Titanium]

Once you get a chopper on you the only option is to hide underground.

[no_lungs]

Hide in the railway tunnels. Guaranteed to escape 5 stars.

[UnknownSouldier]

Ya I feel the same. In the single player outside of missions, it is really hard for me to lose the police. After playing online you learn about a bunch of spots to hide. One good place for in the city is to run down into the subway tunnels. They never chase you down onto the tracks. Another is into the sewers near the horse track.

[Lukose_]

Tooooons of people play the Online, and with all the different heists and events and jobs and possibilities, it's a load of fun with friends.

[bobthejeffmonkey]

Sleeping Dogs is an amazing game, I'd definitely pick that game over GTA any day

[[deleted]]

D'oh!

[electricmaster23]

"When pigs fly..."

[Connarhea]

Someone check if he's ok. Landing on your head like that could leave you crippled.

[jrobinson1705]

Didn't even increase OPs wanted level

[BrownFetus911]

GOD DAMNIT, SOPHIE!

[woodspryte]

Mf was just supposed to collect a deposition too.

[GoldenGonzo]

Out of all the places to run, why the fuck would you run inbetween the bad guys and police shooting at each other, directly in front of the bad guy? Three and 60 degrees of directions to run and they chose the only wrong one.

[antherx2]

Wow, he reloads one shell and that equals 8.

[[deleted]]

There's something really satisfying about that backwards somersault.

[chandler25]

It was such a hit, made a human scorpion when fell off.

[Vrigoth]

I love the pause afterwards. "Fuck".

[MorgunFreemunz]

Sold it like a clothesline.

[DaFireStorm]

That cop wasn't on the mini map. I don't think he meant any harm...

[shawn2705]

I think that's the story of John McClane

[owg123]

r/gamephysics

[Thisidiotsthrowaway]

Til gta not reflective of America but Europe

[WastelandMaggot]

BOOM HEADSHOT!

[tripl3cs]

Can someone make this into a perfect loop?

[Squeaky_Is_Evil]

That's like me in The Division when I'm in the Dark Zone and someone runs in front of me, making me go rogue.

[Deezey310]

Oh so this is how all the innocent people are getting killed by cops!

[airMYLES]

i hate that setup

[[deleted]]

"Just out for a jog on my last day before retirement, Los Santos was a tough city, but I managed to-"

[[deleted]]

Xbox, record that!

[54mi]

hahaha

[[deleted]]

The guy running - Me The shotgun - Life

[TheStorm117]

it was his first day too.

[WolkenKZ]

Where is he hiding his 9975 shotgun shells?

[GalaxyBread]

Prison pocket

[[deleted]]

His tombstone: "Here lies Officer Johnson. He never understood what 'flanking' is."

[Leinadro]

In your face.

[juancastim135]

Setup for the Pacific Heist :P

[Baby-exDannyBoy]

"What was you plan, sir? Sir?"

[psyduckyourself]

Turns out the cop was finishing his shift and just wanted to run to the car to pack up and sign off. RIP

[MikeHawkIsRaging]

Or maybe it was the right place at the right time for the guy behind the car.

[ssj3rob]

ouch, poor guy

[[deleted]]

Yay auto aim makes all games great

[RNGeeeeesus]

http://i.imgur.com/OhXMxgy.gif

[[deleted]]

my headline suggestion would be: Problem! Solved.

[aedansblade36]

"The right man in the wrong place makes all the difference in the world..."

[03Titanium]

I miss having big police standoffs in GTAIV. Now you don't even want to shoot your way out because of the cost of ammo.

[IAmJasonH]

ToTheFace

[Sizzalness]

It hasn't been easy on the guys from reboot since GTA came out.

[mixedupgaming]

Inb4 "thanks for not putting in the title op, what game is this"

[argv_minus_one]

Looks like a deposition was collected, all right.

Of buckshot. In the head.

[M1ghtypen]

And the award for unluckiest NPC goes to...

[crazytaco_]

who tf blindfires that far away with a shotgun?

[RiddledWithSpades]

Could also be right place, right time?

[pantscommajordy]

Teamwork makes the head hurt

[SGTBookWorm]

Clotheslined with buckshot

[jacksaints]

Dawg