Poll: Generic Thread #6,345,672,981: Noob Tubing.

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Eggsnham

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ethaninja said:
Eggsnham said:
ethaninja said:
I honestly have no idea what Noob Tubing is. Please elaborate.
Noob Tubing is using an under barrel grenade launcher on an assault rifle in an FPS game. It usually results in a one hit kill for a splash radius of about 10-15 feet and damages for another 5-10 out of the kill circle. Some would say they're the cheapest and most game breaking thing in FPS games, others would say the complete opposite.
What would be the difference between using that and a grenade?
Because a Noob Tube is an impact triggered explosive, not a timed one. Plus, it can be fired across maps. Noob Tubes essentially can turn you into a portable mortar strike.
 

Arkhangelsk

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It's annoying when someone does it, but it's fair play. Plus, the grenade launcher is weak in Bad Company 2, so I don't worry.
 

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I wish people would quit whining about the MW2 class system.

First it was double shotgun dude, then it was the knifer guy, now its the noob tubers.

They are all legitimate tactics, there is no exploit there. You do not have to play this game if you do not enjoy it.
 

NickCooley

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I've never understood why people say they're overpowered. They fire grenades ffs. It's supposed to kill you in one. It's like complaining a sniper's are overpowered because the shot to the head was a one hit kill.

As for a noob tactic. Meh. The word gets thrown around so much it's lost all meaning. These day's noob just means "That guy that killed me in a perfectly valid way but who I'm still gonna ***** about"
 

pha kin su pah

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i don't mind being tubed, in the sense that you use your two grenades and move on, i hate it when people spawn and immediately prop the gun up and tube though, espcially when its something like i kill them they spawn, prop up their gun and hit me.

however when i am bored and wish to breathe new life into the game, i'll crank out the tube.

FightThePower said:
They're annoying because they are a) cheap and b) overpowered.


I have posted that video at least three times on this site, and I will keep doing it until people realise why people complain it so much.
generally something like that, have to agree the one man army thing is broken, but it can be hilarious to go to time to time, espcially all the hate mail you receive, but i also end up feeling guilty because it encourages people to use it.
 

CAW4

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I couldn't give less of a shit about them, they're fine. Worst argument that I always hear about them (typically complaining about someone on the other team, I always end up not using my gun when I have a tube, so I don't use them), "It's just point and shoot." Really? Even compared to your recoil-less ACR that fires hit scans, and weapon where you have to compensate for distance in both leading the target and height is considered 'noobish.'
 

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FightThePower said:
They're annoying because they are a) cheap and b) overpowered.


I have posted that video at least three times on this site, and I will keep doing it until people realise why people complain it so much.
The only really scary part of that video is the spawns, I have a few bads ones but that was awful when he had the chopper gunner.

About 10 kills without even moving the aiming reticule, thats sick.
 

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Are the worse that knifers, campers, and dual-wielding shotguners? Are they really. I'll use a Grenade Launcher, and if you don't like it you can rage quit.
 

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Onyx Oblivion said:
You only get two shots...it not like you can just noob tube over and over. I like to use it on dudes in windows or behind cover.
And that's why you use scavenger. Not one man army, because then where would the RPGs go??
 

Onyx Oblivion

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Saul B said:
Onyx Oblivion said:
You only get two shots...it not like you can just noob tube over and over. I like to use it on dudes in windows or behind cover.
And that's why you use scavenger. Not one man army, because then where would the RPGs go??
this has been pointed out many times...But its still never bothered me...
 

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FightThePower said:
They're annoying because they are a) cheap and b) overpowered.


I have posted that video at least three times on this site, and I will keep doing it until people realise why people complain it so much.
Wow, that's incerdibly broken. I was ready to call people whiners for complaining about the grenade launcher, because In Call Of Duty 4 it wasn't a problem, but watching this video I can see why it's horribly broken. I'm quite glad that I didn't get Modern Warfare 2 now.

PS. That bit where the other team was repeatedly spawning into the exact place where the chopper gunner was aiming? Yuck. That's just a horrible respawn system.
 

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poiumty said:
FightThePower said:
They're annoying because they are a) cheap and b) overpowered.


I have posted that video at least three times on this site, and I will keep doing it until people realise why people complain it so much.
Wow, console games are full of newbies. This has never happened to me in any of my PC matches. People die a lot faster there, even the really good (or really tube-spamming) ones.

Also on the PC: i've never seen a nuke go off except when it was on my team, by a guy who plays with me and is an FPS veteran. And i helped him get it.
I play on PC as well, and I've run into this kit about half a dozen times.

Been in a game where half the enemy team were using it. Incredibly frustrating.
 

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ethaninja said:
I honestly have no idea what Noob Tubing is. Please elaborate.
N00b tubing is where you equip a grenade launcher to any rifle and use it to one-hit kill people.

That video is batshit crazy. I usually n00b tube two or three kills, then take another kill or two with small arms before dying.

Anyway, I agree with the majority of the posters here that it's a viable tactic because unless you're like that dude in the video, you're probably not that good if you're using it. And besides, after three rounds you're out and as good as dead.
 

Eggsnham

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FightThePower said:
They're annoying because they are a) cheap and b) overpowered.


I have posted that video at least three times on this site, and I will keep doing it until people realise why people complain it so much.
Dayum. I knew you could be cheap in CoD.. But just.. Dayum. On that same note, it seems like something I'd do just to piss people off. God, I love the hate mail; if you can't spell "**** faced cock sucker" correctly, then how do you expect to offend me?
 

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Anoctris said:
Nothing's dishonourable in killing the enemy in the most effective and efficient way while ensuring your own survival. That's why modern armies use projectile weapons and not swords.
And that's why the French died in the Hundred Year's War. "You... cheaters..."