Your Finest Gaming Hour(s)
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Original Halo on Legendary. Always classic.
I'd also have to say old school WoW raiding, specifically vanilla and Burning Crusade. Especially late Molten Core and pretty much all of Blackwing Lair. Had so much fun doing those, then on into BC and Serpentshrine Cavern and Black Temple.
Used to raid in BC as a frost mage (stacked haste) which made it more unusual since most "sensible" PvE mages were fire. You really come into your own on fights like Illidan Stormrage or Najentus or Tidewalker where rapid casting speed and frequent movement was key, or in places where your nova+ice lance was lethal, or double ice block to shed debuffs or snares etc.
Back in Vanilla I started as a hunter but switched to priest since the guild needed a healer desperately. To this day my Benediction quest line is one of the most memorable things I have done in the game.
I'd also have to say old school WoW raiding, specifically vanilla and Burning Crusade. Especially late Molten Core and pretty much all of Blackwing Lair. Had so much fun doing those, then on into BC and Serpentshrine Cavern and Black Temple.
Used to raid in BC as a frost mage (stacked haste) which made it more unusual since most "sensible" PvE mages were fire. You really come into your own on fights like Illidan Stormrage or Najentus or Tidewalker where rapid casting speed and frequent movement was key, or in places where your nova+ice lance was lethal, or double ice block to shed debuffs or snares etc.
Back in Vanilla I started as a hunter but switched to priest since the guild needed a healer desperately. To this day my Benediction quest line is one of the most memorable things I have done in the game.
Beating Dyne in FF7 when I was 9 years old. My brother and I had been stuck on it for weeks and were really depressed with it. Looking back I have no idea how we struggled for so long but we were very young and I seem to recall the materia system confusing us lol when he finally dropped to his knees and started talking we leapt up into the air and cheered. Kids eh?
Napoleon: Total War, as the French. Napoleon's army had just been dealt a crushing defeat, we had to retreat, well, what was left of us, 10% (about 200 left of over 2000,) of the original army, most cannons were lost, all infantry was lost apart from half of The Old Guard ans some fusiliers, one cavalry company remained. The Austrians followed up, wanting to kill Napoleon and be done with it. they outnumbered Napoleon's army 6 to 1, we were in a defensive position, the remaining cannons looking over the remaining infantry, the cavalry out screening the line. The Austrians came at us like dogs. we held, they crashed upon the old guard like water on rock, they held the line, the cannons roared and thundered, carving holes in to the Austrian line, the 40 odd cavalry cut their way through the enemy guns and killed the Austrian general. We held. Napoleon does not loose twice in a row!
Austria's army went from over 1000 to a mere 209. Napoleon's army was cut down to 87. Austria never recovered from those two battles. Their best generals killed, most of their infantry dead, all of their artillery gone. Napoleon's 'last' stand had been the last nail in Austria's coffin, while he was fighting them on the mainland Marshall Ney had been bringing his army up from the Agean sea, he struck, and took Vienna in a single turn. All because Austria couldn't win a 6 to 1 advantage.
Austria's army went from over 1000 to a mere 209. Napoleon's army was cut down to 87. Austria never recovered from those two battles. Their best generals killed, most of their infantry dead, all of their artillery gone. Napoleon's 'last' stand had been the last nail in Austria's coffin, while he was fighting them on the mainland Marshall Ney had been bringing his army up from the Agean sea, he struck, and took Vienna in a single turn. All because Austria couldn't win a 6 to 1 advantage.
World of Warcraft;
I was tanking on my paladin when we got to the potion boss of Shadowfang Keep. My party didn't know the tactics and didn't listen when I told them, so they all died pretty quickly, but I soloe'd the boss from half health, and it was my first Cata heroic dungeon ^_^ It was a proud day!
I was tanking on my paladin when we got to the potion boss of Shadowfang Keep. My party didn't know the tactics and didn't listen when I told them, so they all died pretty quickly, but I soloe'd the boss from half health, and it was my first Cata heroic dungeon ^_^ It was a proud day!
DotA 2, playing Tinker.
Our team were doing really well in the lane phase, but 20 minutes in, TWO of our team leaves.
So I kicked my farm into overdrive while the other two in my team did their best to defend.
We suffered severe losses, losing the middle barracks, etc., but I still had never died even once.
Then around 40 minutes in, the enemy team split up to push all lanes at once to overwhelm us.
I took this opportunity to pick every single one of them off, and then I pushed bot and top while the other two pushed mid.
Once they were fighting mid, I took out the bot and top barracks.
Eventually, we actually won.
Glorious play by every member of our team.
Our team were doing really well in the lane phase, but 20 minutes in, TWO of our team leaves.
So I kicked my farm into overdrive while the other two in my team did their best to defend.
We suffered severe losses, losing the middle barracks, etc., but I still had never died even once.
Then around 40 minutes in, the enemy team split up to push all lanes at once to overwhelm us.
I took this opportunity to pick every single one of them off, and then I pushed bot and top while the other two pushed mid.
Once they were fighting mid, I took out the bot and top barracks.
Eventually, we actually won.
Glorious play by every member of our team.
TF2 playing as a medic, there were 2 really annoying spies on a payload map and the cart had stalled on the last bend before the end. The heavy I was healing clipped one of the spies who fled down a mine-shaft, with both me and the heavy following. Following the wounded spy we bumped into his friend and killed both of them. Following the mine to it's exit we ended up right outside the spawn-room and proceeded to mow down everything that tried to leave.
The lack of re-enforcements allowed our team-mates to push the cart past the turn and sealed the victory.
The lack of re-enforcements allowed our team-mates to push the cart past the turn and sealed the victory.
Saving my friend's ass in League of Legends with the most clutch Sona heals in history. He had just completed a successful turret dive in bottom lane as Akali but was being chased by an enemy Garen.
He looped round into their jungle on under 100 HP with the half health Garen right behind him, I come round into the jungle via the river throw a heal onto him, use my Ult to stun Garen, heal my friend again. Garen just completely ignores me and goes for the insanely low health Akali. Akali uses the tried and true Ninja Smoke Bomb ability to turn invisible and at this point I had landed two Hymn of Valours on Garen plus auto attacks and my friend just lobs an axe at the guy for the kill.
Trololololol
Also beating a Dark Phoenix in UMVC3 as Vergil... Turns out teleport mixup standing H into Lvl 3 beats spamming crouching Ls. He had the entire rest of his team left as well. Of course I just destroyed them all. Looks like Wesker is complete fail in anchor position when he doesn't have lvl 4 X-Factor to rely on.
I didn't even use the good old "lol no" tactic that's so fun against Dark Phoenix.
"I can't control it! Dark Ph-"
"The one who actually comitted the crime... IS YOU!"
Instakill thy name is Ace Attorney
Though I did have a badass match with a lvl 3 X-factor Phoenix Wright vs a Lvl 3 X-Factor Dark Phoenix... So much crap flying around the screen
He looped round into their jungle on under 100 HP with the half health Garen right behind him, I come round into the jungle via the river throw a heal onto him, use my Ult to stun Garen, heal my friend again. Garen just completely ignores me and goes for the insanely low health Akali. Akali uses the tried and true Ninja Smoke Bomb ability to turn invisible and at this point I had landed two Hymn of Valours on Garen plus auto attacks and my friend just lobs an axe at the guy for the kill.
Trololololol
Also beating a Dark Phoenix in UMVC3 as Vergil... Turns out teleport mixup standing H into Lvl 3 beats spamming crouching Ls. He had the entire rest of his team left as well. Of course I just destroyed them all. Looks like Wesker is complete fail in anchor position when he doesn't have lvl 4 X-Factor to rely on.
I didn't even use the good old "lol no" tactic that's so fun against Dark Phoenix.
"I can't control it! Dark Ph-"
"The one who actually comitted the crime... IS YOU!"
Instakill thy name is Ace Attorney
Though I did have a badass match with a lvl 3 X-factor Phoenix Wright vs a Lvl 3 X-Factor Dark Phoenix... So much crap flying around the screen
In Socom 2, I was on Fishhook playing as the Seals. I was the last man alive against 5 terrorists. Somehow I managed to take 4 out, extract the VIPs and then eliminate the last terrorist in the final seconds. I'd never managed anything so impressive online at the time, it was amazing.
Alternatively, I remember on Splinter Cell Chaos Theory, there was a room with 2 guards in. I dived into the room cut the first guards throat and then shot the other guy all in the space of about 2 seconds. That felt good.
Alternatively, I remember on Splinter Cell Chaos Theory, there was a room with 2 guards in. I dived into the room cut the first guards throat and then shot the other guy all in the space of about 2 seconds. That felt good.
One I can remember quite well was playing Darkest Hour mod for the original Red Orchestra.
Playing on the Juno Beach landing map as the Germans. Our team had lost 3 out of four control points relatively early and only had one left. It was a train yard. There was about forty minutes left in the game, and our team was able to hold the last point for that whole time. It was quite thrilling. There was a couple moments when I spawned in as the machine gunner with a MG42 and had to hold off a steady stream of opposing soldiers pushing in.
Playing on the Juno Beach landing map as the Germans. Our team had lost 3 out of four control points relatively early and only had one left. It was a train yard. There was about forty minutes left in the game, and our team was able to hold the last point for that whole time. It was quite thrilling. There was a couple moments when I spawned in as the machine gunner with a MG42 and had to hold off a steady stream of opposing soldiers pushing in.
In WoW - stepping through the Dark Portal and into Outland with the warrior I'd levelled up by the ironman challenge rules - white/grey gear only, no talents, no potions, no professions, no deaths, regular questing and no teaming. 3rd player to reach lvl 60 with that class, 1st on an EU server.
I entered Outland at 62, and died halfway through lvl 63 when my latency spiked when I was fighting 3 mobs. I have a love/hate relationship with WoW but the 8 hours or so I spent in Outland with that character was without a doubt the best gaming experience I've ever had.
I entered Outland at 62, and died halfway through lvl 63 when my latency spiked when I was fighting 3 mobs. I have a love/hate relationship with WoW but the 8 hours or so I spent in Outland with that character was without a doubt the best gaming experience I've ever had.
The only one I can think of is when I got the Annual achievement in Halo 3. The guys I was with any myself had been at it for about three or four hours and I just barely managed to activate the cut-scene as one of my friends was falling into the death zone. He still introduces me as the guy who helped him get the Annual achievement to his friends who don't know me.
Vanquish: Beating all tactical challenges (yes, even number 6), as well as Godhard mode, makes me better than you. Yes, you.
Medieval 2: Total War. I've been playing a recent campaign as England, and after annihilating France, Scotland and Portugal, I've ended up in the position where the Papal States hate me (and every time a Pope dies I end up being excommunicated, though I'm barely hanging onto reconciliation with the current one), and pretty much every single Catholic nation is at war with me. It probably didn't help that I managed to assassinate the first Pope after he complained about me attacking France, even though they attacked me first. My finances are a mess, and Dijon is in a perpetual state of rebellion, with me constantly having to take it back from rebels. And yet...
The last Pope decided to announce a Crusade against Rome. Yes, I hold Rome, and the Pope is currently sitting with 800 men outside Florence, while I control all of modern-day France, parts of Belgium and western Germany, and most of northern Italy (save Milan, Turin and Venice). I ended up with a meagre force of maybe 400, almost all archers and cavalry, against about four different allied armies each consisting of over 600 troops. All sitting just outside Rome, not besieging it, but just sitting there, and that was their fatal error. Using troop placement to my advantage, and getting more cavalry and spearmen to back me up after a long march from Marseille, I managed to systematically attack each enemy army in turn without them being able to use the other armies as backup, retreating back into Rome's walls whenever I finished a battle. Wave after wave of attack, and yet Rome still stood as a bastion of England's pride. I kept this up for maybe a dozen in-game years, before the Pope finally died and his successor (reluctantly) reconciled me and called off the Crusade. My finances are still meagre and I'm still at war with every Catholic nation save the Papal States, but right now my empire spans most of Western Europe, with half of Spain under my command, and is beaten in size and might only by the Mongol Hordes...
Captcha: learn the ropes. Well, it seems I've certainly done more than that... ;D
The last Pope decided to announce a Crusade against Rome. Yes, I hold Rome, and the Pope is currently sitting with 800 men outside Florence, while I control all of modern-day France, parts of Belgium and western Germany, and most of northern Italy (save Milan, Turin and Venice). I ended up with a meagre force of maybe 400, almost all archers and cavalry, against about four different allied armies each consisting of over 600 troops. All sitting just outside Rome, not besieging it, but just sitting there, and that was their fatal error. Using troop placement to my advantage, and getting more cavalry and spearmen to back me up after a long march from Marseille, I managed to systematically attack each enemy army in turn without them being able to use the other armies as backup, retreating back into Rome's walls whenever I finished a battle. Wave after wave of attack, and yet Rome still stood as a bastion of England's pride. I kept this up for maybe a dozen in-game years, before the Pope finally died and his successor (reluctantly) reconciled me and called off the Crusade. My finances are still meagre and I'm still at war with every Catholic nation save the Papal States, but right now my empire spans most of Western Europe, with half of Spain under my command, and is beaten in size and might only by the Mongol Hordes...
Captcha: learn the ropes. Well, it seems I've certainly done more than that... ;D
League Of Legends: Defending top tower as Garen against a Leona and a Chogath. Had under 300 HP, and the enemy was full, Chogath dived me as i used my spin attack, turret helped and I silenced him at the end of the spin, and finished him off with <100 HP. Leona then dives me and I silence her as she goes for an attack, after silencing, i spin attack and she tries to run but turret finishes her off. Epic duking and laughing.
Star Wars Tie Fighter: In an Assault Gunboat, after fighting off a full wave of Rebel X-Wing, Y-wing and A-Wing flights, A Mon-Calamari Cruiser jumps into the area. Already Critical damage, and only 2 torpedoes left I single-handedly destroyed it.
Star Wars Tie Fighter: In an Assault Gunboat, after fighting off a full wave of Rebel X-Wing, Y-wing and A-Wing flights, A Mon-Calamari Cruiser jumps into the area. Already Critical damage, and only 2 torpedoes left I single-handedly destroyed it.
Pulling out a win when all my teammates dropped in halo 3. A four on one match.
Beating Red in Pokemon Silver.
Fighting and successfully killing a lesser demon in Runescape for the first time.
Getting gold on the All Cup Tour in Mario Kart Double Dash
Beating Primal Dialga in Pokemon Mystery Dungeon. DAMN was he hard.
Beating Red in Pokemon Silver.
Fighting and successfully killing a lesser demon in Runescape for the first time.
Getting gold on the All Cup Tour in Mario Kart Double Dash
Beating Primal Dialga in Pokemon Mystery Dungeon. DAMN was he hard.