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What role do you play in games. are you the aggressive foreword who takes shit loads of damage but never falls. are you the sneaky spy who pops up behined enemy lines taking out there support or medics. are you the medic that was just assassinated trying to revived the leader? share and let me know why?

Poll should include Other/Mixed. Also, change Spy to Infiltrator/Saboteur, Forward to Assault (to be fair to RPGs, maybe tank, brick, or meatshield) and add DPSer/Glass Cannon (all damage, no defense).

Depends on what roles my teammates take and the enemy's strategy. For example, in CoD4, I'll mostly use assault rifles with extreme conditioning in the beginning to grab the high ground. Later, I'll use UAV jammer and a silenced SMG to harass enemies (basically raise 8 kinds of hell with hit and run tatics). If my team consists mainly of snipers, I grab an LMG to cover their asses. If my team is mostly SMGs and assault rifles, I'll be a sniper. I guess you could call that support, in a way.

Define "crazy rogue"... (serious question)

I actually dabble in most roles when it comes to videogames except the tank - if the tank can't at least put out some decent damage when they put their mind to it, it's not for me - When I play warcraft I'm typically a priest or a mage, when I play team fortress 2 I'm typically whatever, but I am a natural sniper. I'll just take the soldier, heavy, or medic just as happily too.

Finally, a thread that will not be deleted.

I am the leader, or, if no one listens, the support guy, overhearing the scattered plans, and trying to help them all at once. If the time shall arise when no one is making any plans worth following, I become the crazy-awesome rogue killer, burning through AMMO LIKE TOKYO IN WW2!!!! MUHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! NAPALM! BURN! BURN!

Oh. Erm... *ahem* Sorry you had to see that folks.

"Crazy Rogue" is like "Malkavian" in White Wolf's "Vampire" LARP, yes?

"Crazy Rogue" is like "Malkavian" in White Wolf's "Vampire" LARP, yes?

Not quite sure that's what's being gotten at - think just more loose cannon than clinically insane.

"Loose cannon" fits nicely within the Malkavian spectrum. Think LG :wink:

Tank.

Oh yeah, I've recently added a UAV, extreme conditioning and shotgun class. This is what you could call my "Crazy Rogue," 'cause I have to run, sneak, and maneuver myself into effective range. It basically comes down to running around the map flanking the enemy players (which is surprisingly easy). Most of the time I end up with 24-30 kills and 5-8 deaths. Interestingly enough, I figured out that weapons in CoD4 kinda work rock>paper>scissors, but in different situations (for example, generally SMG>assault rifle at close range 'cause it deals more damage in less time, but assault rifle>SMG at mid-to-long range where the stopping power of the rifle > rate of fire of SMGs). This also dictates which role I play as.

I always figure a good defense is as good as anything. I usually play defense in COD 4 or COD WaW. I get a ton of kills playing this role. Ask Zilam here on the boards he knows... With the kill rates I get I manage to get the extra streak perks such as planes, helicopters and artillery and use them in just the right moments to seal a win. So I play relief pitcher in many ways and come in and secure the save in the end.

I'm Ensign Ricky.

"Loose cannon" fits nicely within the Malkavian spectrum. Think LG :wink:

I've always seen any malk that is obvious as a liability. The Camarilla isn't going to want them around breaking masquerade left and right and even the sabbat might draw the line at finding their coffins lined with razor blades and camarilla aligned police forces bearing down on their havens because some batshit malk thought it'd be hilarious. whilst fishmalks might be funny, I feel Malkavians that plan to live more than five seconds have to be quietly insane. Amoral, sociopathic, completely alien to human society and sometimes living in a whole other world, but able to lie otherwise.

Of course! I'd never dare tell you how you think the malks should roll, I'm just giving you my opinion on them. I wouldn't want you to think you were arguing with a stop sign. :P

I always figure a good defense is as good as anything. I usually play defense in COD 4 or COD WaW. I get a ton of kills playing this role. Ask Zilam here on the boards he knows... With the kill rates I get I manage to get the extra streak perks such as planes, helicopters and artillery and use them in just the right moments to seal a win. So I play relief pitcher in many ways and come in and secure the save in the end.

Ah, the miracle worker. *nods approval*

I wouldn't want you to think you were arguing with a stop sign. :P

fucking win.

I'm Ensign Ricky.
Red shirt and all?

red shirt and all?

welshie!!!!!

Red shirt and all?Aye, and plastic Pizza Hut promotional phaser and tricorder thingy too. I figure the plastic one is ok - I'll never get a chance to fire it anyway as I'll be vapourised in five minutes.

welshie!!!!!?
I was thinking "extra crewman who dies" . . .

Aye, and plastic Pizza Hut promotional phaser and tricorder thingy too. I figure the plastic one is ok - I'll never get a chance to fire it anyway as I'll be vapourised in five minutes.
See, Neo Art? I was spot on :wink:

I'm the one who sneaks around the edge of the map into your motor-pool, then proceeds to mine the shit out of your vehicles;)

battlefield2, anyway.

Well... my friends call me The Assault Rifle Sniper. In almost any FPS I use Assault Rifles in ways that can make sniper/campers jealous. So I'm a deadly accurate assaulter, I guess I'm a cross between Forward and Sniper.. so Offensive Powerhouse?

In gaming my role is usually the guy who can't remember if you play the red 10 on the black jack, or the black king on the red queen.

I'm either the speedy one - the guy constantly running around behind people, attacking them then running around dodging afterwards, or the overly defensive guy - the one who builds up defences and resources to an insane amount but keeps offensive strategies to an absolute minimum (in RTS).

hmmm...Where's the choice for "guy who runs in and suicides while the 2nd player stays back to snipe and respawn him"?

:p

i'm the invisible bum who shows up where least expected, plants seeds of open mindedness, and then just as unnoticed, once again disappears.

i carry no weapon but a wand of transformation.

I'm whatever is needed.

A nuker? sure.

a healer? sure thing.

a Fighter? Gotcha covered...

a sniper? Peek-a-boo!

a Theif? ohh... nice pouch I found here...

a Deomlition expert? *Boom* what building?

I'm whatever is needed.

A nuker? sure.

a healer? sure thing.

a Fighter? Gotcha covered...

a sniper? Peek-a-boo!

a Theif? ohh... nice pouch I found here...

a Deomlition expert? *Boom* what building?

Wot kinda vampire?

I like being the sniper but I usually wind up being the guy that takes out the enemy lines from behind by being forword. That's when I die, but it makes a huge contribution to the team.

i like the crazy rogue, the one that shows up half way through the game and flanks the enemy from behind knifing the fucking snipers who have bin fucking holding my fucking team back at there fucking spawn point because there to fucking stupid to avoid the fucking snipers. FUCK!

i also like to plant mines everywhere, chemical nades fall from the sky, and knife drips with blood. i love knifing snipers. they make me so mad. the only sniping i ever do, and this is loosely called sniping, is when i see a sniper i cant get to and shoot them in the head with my auto set to burst on my gun. I'm pretty good at that actually. but dont get me wrong, i die a lot to. just normally i kill more then i die.

For RPGs, I play the magician usually. Dark magic, that is. I hate the panzy healing magic. I like using fire, and death from above.

For FPS, I like to play a mixed role. However, I am more likely to be playing with rifles, both automatic and sniper. I like SMGs on occasion, but I am not a fan of close quarter combat, especially on CoD where everyone is a 'nade whore.

Well... my friends call me The Assault Rifle Sniper. In almost any FPS I use Assault Rifles in ways that can make sniper/campers jealous. So I'm a deadly accurate assaulter, I guess I'm a cross between Forward and Sniper.. so Offensive Powerhouse?

heh, I beat you. I'm a pistol sniper. That always pisses off the other team.

Team Fortress 2, eh?

I prefer...mmo type classes, and rangers.

Wot kinda vampire?

Gengral! :D

Gengral! :D

Gangrel, surely.

In that mythos, I play Brujah.

Gangrel, surely.

In that mythos, I play Brujah.The alternate spelling is from the PC RPG.

Gangrel, surely.

In that mythos, I play Brujah.

some of the best parties I go to involve the Brujah!

I'm the hopeless player who fails to aim or stick to plans, running and firing a weapon wildly with no pretence of stealth or strategy. If there are any explosive weapons around, god help anyone on my side. My firing is about as indiscriminate as that of the US armed forces.

I'm normally a Glass Cannon/Squishy Wizard.
There is nothing like tearing the whole room to pieces in a couple of minutes, then getting dropped by the one chump who managed to survive.
The best time was when I was playing Neverwinter Nights online, and my Sorcerer was wandering on his own a little way off from the group. In the distance, I saw a rodent moving in a creek and jokingly said, "There's a happy little squirrel playing in the water! COME AND SAVE ME, PLEASE!!"
Then it turned out that the squirrel really was hostile, and I nearly died.

Gangrel, surely.

In that mythos, I play Brujah.


Assamites are my favourite, but I like the tzimice too. If pushed into the Camarilla, Nossie :D

Assamites are my favourite, but I like the tzimice too. If pushed into the Camarilla, Nossie :D

Brujah work both sides - the Brujah and the Brujah anti-tribu are pretty much the same thing, so I'll take Brujah from either faction. Brujah are my faves from the Camarilla, Lasombra are my faves from the pure Sabbat. If I have to take an independent it's a tossup between the Assamites and the Ravnos

Assamites are my favourite, but I like the tzimice too. If pushed into the Camarilla, Nossie :DMy Malk was abused by the tzimice prior to conversion (yesh, a pretty twisted backstory).

My Malk was abused by the tzimice prior to conversion (yesh, a pretty twisted backstory).

Abused? How many extra limbs did he get out of the deal? :P