What Do You Do While Sniping?

[FoolKiller]

I never miss... ever.

 

[Fasckira]

I sometimes swing the crosshair in a little figure of eight, even if I know logically the point where someone's head is likely to appear.

Thats one of the reasons I avoid playing sniper, can be boring as hell sometimes. Great to rack up the kills but I prefer to be a bit more involved in my games.

 

[DugMachine]

I tend to say a little made up prayer because I feel like its cheating to snipe when I'm about to wreck somebody's brain parts with a tiny piece of metal, a million miles away and without them even knowing.

If I have to survive though i'm a killing machine and I tend to hold my breath as well. Something I picked up from real world hunting I suppose.

 

[Wayneguard]

I tend to miss a lot.

 

[TheRussian]

I hold my breath, an old habit from shooting scoped large-bore rifles.
If there is someone in cover, popping out randomly I think in my head "One Two Three Pop" and on "Pop" i pull the trigger. I get lucky quite often using this method.

 

[Richardplex]

I hold my breath when I'm either a) holding my breath in game, or b)manually trying to counteract sway.

 

[Wintermoot]

shoot a smiley in the wall or don,t camp in the first place.

 

[The Wykydtron]

"Right, I think I shall go for the air grab reset against Doom... Wait no, thats retarded he's just going to do what all Dooms do best and insta Foot Dive the moment he gets out of the combo"

I still can't punish the Foot Dive very well, unless i'm playing Vergil that is

"Oh A full screen Foot Dive eh? SWAG DIVE! OWNED!"

Vergil's Stinger can punish everything... It's not even funny. Did you know that Akuma's projectile hyper is unsafe at full screen away? No? Vergil'd! XD

Alright, can someone tell me if what was written there is actual English, or it some sort of strange moonman speak.

The funny thing is I didn't even use the terms "mix up" "keepaway" "zoning" "chicken blocking" "cross up/under" and several thousand more.

Trust me, fighting game terminology is hard to understand even if you do play them... The solution? Go watch several UMVC3 events on Team Spooky/iplaywinner's channel and try to connect what the commentators are saying against what's happening on screen. That's how I did it anyway... XD

He's speaking MAHVEL.

Don't worry, if you don't play Marvel vs Capcom games, you won't understand.

OT: I tend to hold my breath, or say 'boom' when a shot hits.

Damn right BAYBEE! XD

 

[Cowabungaa]

Spot enemies, relay intelligence, use strategic stuff like motion sensors or mortar strikes if the game allows me, and finally I try to shoot strategically important enemies.

Because yes, sniping done well requires you to do more than just camp. Fuck camping. If anything, in TF2 sniping is the most fun if you stand right behind the frontline Heavy.

 

[DustyDrB]

Yes. The following always happens:

1) I realize I am sniping after half a second of standing around
2) I hit escape
3) I switch to another class
4) I suicide

+1
Except replace step 3 with "Switch to Scout and harass the other team's snipers"

 

[Verzin]

fap. The answer to your question is fap. I'm not ashamed.

 

[CrazyJew]

I empty my longs before each shot reflexively. I also hum whatever song is stuck in my head.

 

[PatrickXD]

I also hold my breath when taking sniper shots, but I usually talk to myself whilst playing games (or any other activity really)

 

[nomzy]

I whistle or predict outloud what the person I'm looking at is going to do.
I also move my mouse around in a small U shape, and that actually helps me hit a lot more people, since the majority of the time its a moving target and if i'm already moving my mouse around I've got a good rhythm and can flick really well.

 

[DigitalAtlas]

Sniping is for people who can't street fight in close quarters. Nty.

 

[Elamdri]

"Right, I think I shall go for the air grab reset against Doom... Wait no, thats retarded he's just going to do what all Dooms do best and insta Foot Dive the moment he gets out of the combo"

I still can't punish the Foot Dive very well, unless i'm playing Vergil that is

"Oh A full screen Foot Dive eh? SWAG DIVE! OWNED!"

Vergil's Stinger can punish everything... It's not even funny. Did you know that Akuma's projectile hyper is unsafe at full screen away? No? Vergil'd! XD

Alright, can someone tell me if what was written there is actual English, or it some sort of strange moonman speak.

The funny thing is I didn't even use the terms "mix up" "keepaway" "zoning" "chicken blocking" "cross up/under" and several thousand more.

Trust me, fighting game terminology is hard to understand even if you do play them... The solution? Go watch several UMVC3 events on Team Spooky/iplaywinner's channel and try to connect what the commentators are saying against what's happening on screen. That's how I did it anyway... XD

He's speaking MAHVEL.

Don't worry, if you don't play Marvel vs Capcom games, you won't understand.

OT: I tend to hold my breath, or say 'boom' when a shot hits.

Damn right BAYBEE! XD

It's just...man. Now I know how other people must feel when I talk about watching a Starcraft 2 match.

 

[Vern5]

I generally tend to whistle or sing a happy simple tune. Some of my friends have told me that its sort of scary to see me happily whistling as I pick off someone's eyeball from the other side of the map.