Your greatest gaming glory

[portuga-man]

First time I post a topic here, so sorry if I missed the place where it should be. It's about games, but sounds a bit off-topic

Anyway, what was your greatest gaming glory? The moment when all hope was lost, but you stood up and said "No man left behind!" or something like that, and won the day.

For me, i have to sadly admit most of my gaming glories are associated with pokemon. At the time, everyone was so hooked in the game that it was almost a blasphemy not to play it. Anyway i remember in gold/silver that you could capture lugia and ho-oh. thing is, in silver you could only get lugia and in gold you could only get ho-oh w/o exploring too much the world. I found it was my duty to show everyone around me the Light, and went on a journey to find out how to get ho-oh in silver. Finally, I arrived to pewter city and talked to all npc's. One old fella gave me the golden wing, or wtv. I can guarantee you that i was the first person in my town, and probably my country, to find out how to do it. Probably the same with cloning pokemons, but that was a fortunate accident (batteries ran out while i was saving).

In enter the matrix i spent most of the time in the hacking section and i eventually unlocked the sword power-up. AGAIN, noone knew at the time (can't blame anyone.... it's such a meh game :\), so i sent an e-mail to all gamng magazines i knew in my country, and happily found out they published the cheat, with a tiny phrase saying "thanks, *myName*".

During cs, my cat was stealthily entertained ruining the wire that connects the keyboard to the computer. when i found out in the next round that i couldn't move, i almost pissed my pants. Instead of quiting the game, i thought "why not give this thing a shot?". I stood still, the terrorists thought i was afk. One came and tried to kill me with a knife, i headshot him. the other two came, and i was able to kill them(!!!). "well pld"s all around, and i got cocky. next round they nade spammed me :\

In ultima online, me and a guildmate got ganked by 5 other guys. We killed them all.

Was able to blatantly own a cheater in battlefield2142 to the point that he claimed i was cheating.


How depressing! most of my gaming glories are associated with such 'meh' games :S

anyway, post YOUR gaming glories!

[edit]
realized too late that i wrote a massive wall of text. sry :s

 

[REDPill357]

My greatest glory was while playing Desert Crisis, a fantastic, but dead, Half-Life mod. It was on a village map where it was a team elimination game. The other team was on the rooftops on the other side of the map. I pulled out my pistol (the pistols were the most accurate weapons, oddly enough), and shot at a guy. I saw a couple of pixels fly up, followed by a red streak. I just popped a guy's head off (literally) across the map with a PISTOL!

 

[JimboG]

Quake4 on hard with only a the pistol, machine gun and shotgun. Now that's something I'm proud of.

Also, killing 7 of my fellow clanmates in a 9v2 game of CS:S on de_dust2.

 

[Scypemonk]

TF2, Dustbowl valley, 2007.

It was the second part of the map, and i was on the BLU tema, the atackers.
It was a great match that one, 12 players on each team.
If was a scout, 3th highest score, and just taken our first control point.
We thought we could take them, so we rushed for their control point, but they were prepared.
Sentries, killed half my team, me and the rest were taken by their pyros, from behind.
We pushed all we could but we didn't get forward, and the clock was ticking away.
Theres was 1 minute away, and we got desperate.
Our top player assembled a team of 5, the five best, and i was amongst them.
We rushed forward, taking them down one by one, lossing only our demoman and medic.
Our top player sacraficed himself, to take out the sentries, with his mighty rocket launcher.
Our other soldier ran for the platform, clock ticking away, and me blasting the enemies.
He stood there winning for us, when disaster stroke in the last second, and a hidden sniper took his head.
I took my bat and avenged his death, but time was gone, and we had lost the match.
When i was begining to flee i heard a voice, an engouraging voice, and it said, "overtime".
I looked around no one was here, i was alone, and i knew what to do.
I rushed forard , when i saw one coming, an enemy, a treat, a heavy.
He readied his barrel, and began to run, pistol in hand, shotting at his face.
Bullets flew all around me, a few of them hit, but not enough to kill me.
I fired myself shot after shot, then in the middle of his laugh, he screamed and felt to the ground.
I said "Hell yeah, and ran to the platform, securing our win, already thinking about the next stage of dustbowl.
Then i heard a KABOOM, followed by a drunken laughter, as fate would have it, i didn't see the sticky bombs.

My Epic poem from TF2.
I call it "A Dustbowl Drama"

 

[GrowlersAtSea]

Mine takes place back in the Battlefield 1942 on Wake Island.

A lot of people like to wait for planes in that game. They don't really help the team, and some enemy pilots take advantage of the fact that they bunch up to make easy kills. While I was crossing the runway an enemy pilot got me...not by shooting, but by skimming the ground and clipping all of the players on the runway with the wings of the plane and killing them. I watched and pilot did it again, it was surprisingly effective.

I'm not much of a pilot so trying to stop him from the air would be hard, even if I could actually get a plane, and smart players on Wake can avoid the flak by hugging the ocean and only coming up during their attack runs. So my solution involves my kit of choice, the Engineer. I line up several of my explosive charges on the runway, take out the detonator, and stand in the middle of the runway where I would be an easy mark.

The player takes the bait, comes right along towards me hugging the runway, and right as he passes over my packs I detonate then go prone. The blast kills him and turns the plane to wreckage, and as I'm prone the wreckage just barely passes over me. I get up from prone content (and wanting to be off the runway because a friendly is likely to run me over there) and go about my business.

It was just great, I fell in love with the game for moments like that. Unlikely, lucky, absurd and just plain fun.

 

[TheCrimsonPunisher]

Great glory moments guys! Heres mine.

Halo 3 I don't own the game or a 360 but I was at my friends house we were playing online everything was fine then one of the players found a nice little campy spot to snipe the fuck outta us well I knew that map very well (one with the Elephant vehicle...) I toss a plasma nade up on top of a building you can only get to using a Banshee and it said "Pyramid Head killed Douchebag" I was like "YEAH you anus sucking camper!" hes all "wtf d00d? you haxxor!" "Not haxxor my friend....DUMB LUCK! HA HA HA"

thats the most fun ive ever had with Halo 3...also knocked his Banshee down so I gots me a Banshee out of it too!

 

[tiredinnuendo]

You know... that managed to convey my feelings on Halo 3 better than I ever could.

- J

 

[Melaisis]

I have so many great Battlefield II moments. Namely on the epic Point of Existence II mod - which boasted more squad-orientated combat and delivered successfully. From running through lush forests with my mates - screaming into comms. and dodging bullets from a nearby ambush, to defending sole houses from tank attacks by firing down on them from three stories up; I have so many great memories.

However, my most epic moment has to be playing the vanilla game. The map? Wake Island 2007. I was, for once, playing as the Chinese forces and we were losing out, big time, to the invading Marines. They had just captured our airbase and were moving to annihilate our last checkpoint on the beach. I was part of a leading group who weren't whining in team chat how much we'd lost. In a staggered formation, my squad was making their way back up to launch a counter attack on the recently-lost runway. Our leader was driving a tank up the dirt path, and the rest of us provided cover from within the trees.

I'd always carried the motto (as posted on another thread): "I mean, you might have 'leet sniping skills' and the bunny hopping abilities of a cat with a jetpack; but I have a fucking rocket." I always played as either assault or anti-tank on BF2, and definitely the latter when attacking heavily-defended positions. As was the case in this scenario, as we stormed onwards, D-Day style, towards the onslaught of the enemy.

We were making good progress; We had a terrific commander who provided us with supplies and covering artillery fire on request and, although we did take a few causalities en route, we had killed more of them than they had of us. Then, my moment of glory came:

The sound of a helicopter filled the air. The bastards had now taken to using what should have been our transportation against us. On top of that - it was a gunship, raining fire down from the skies with all the piloting skills of a badly trained monkey. Still, it was enough to be a direct threat to our attack, and blow us back to a good ten minutes ago.

Now, I'd won a few medals for anti-aircraft achievements in the past. But that had been using specifically-designed vehicles with advanced targeting systems on wider maps. We had none of that right then. But if none of our lot did anything; our tank would be gone and all chances of winning would be taken with it.

I knew what I had to do.

As the n00bcopter made another low pass over the trees above us, I aimed wildly upwards, and took a deep breath. As soon as the great, black belly of the flying prey came into view, I fired.

My rocket made contact perfectly on the tail section.

The beast went down like Flight 815.

Cheers echoed throughout communications. A distinct "GOOD 'UN MEL!" filled my ears, a congratulations from our tank-driving teammates.

Pity we still lost the round.

 

[TheCrimsonPunisher]

You know... that managed to convey my feelings on Halo 3 better than I ever could.

- J

Hm fancy that.

Oh yeah when I cleared Contra 4 on Hard and beat Level 5' on Dracula X Chronicals (the hardest level...by the way the apostaphe after the number means it's an alternate level) I felt pretty damn good the boss after Level 5' was pretty much a twat.

 

[KurtNiisan]

My greatest gaming glory is getting a higher killscore than people who play in clans and play the game nonstop (I gave up on Halo 3 a while ago, when CoD4 came out), when my old workmate organises his monthly Halo 3 nights ^^

 

[TheCrimsonPunisher]

Halo CE LAN round a friend's house. 8 of us playing four against four capture-the-flag in the Bloodgulch map. Me and a team-mate decided to wing it.

He grabs a warthog, and I jump in the passenger seat.

We roar up to the enemy base.

I jump out and run headlong in, armed with my trusty shotgun. As my teammate circles round the base to get ready for our retreat, I blast any bugger unlucky enough to be in point blank range right in the stomach.

I see the flag, grab it and peg it out of the exit, just as the warthog pulls up outside. I jump into the passenger seat again, and we roar out of there amidst bullets, grenades and sniper fire, waving our captured trophy aloft and woohooing like its the new millenium.

Alternatively, playing the sidewinder map, some bugger in a warthog decides to drive straight at me. Acting purely on reflex, I throw a grenade. It's a plasma grenade, and by some bizarre fluke it hits the driver and sticks to him. Seconds before I'm run over, it explodes, killing the driver and causing the warthog to somersault right over my head (these being the days when vehicles were indestructable). I have never owed so much to a single grenade.

Bash Halo all you want, but it provided me with some absolute top-class moments.

LMAO that is so cool! thats a mix between "I just peed myself" and "I am the lawbringah!" Great moments in Multiplayer brought to you by Gatoraide. heh

Oh yeah I have another I was playing COD3 online I think thats the one with the map with wide open fields...find the right spot and its a campy paradise. Anyway I was staying low in a trench and..I guess my helmet stuck out cause a snipers bullet flew RIGHT over my head I know cause like dirt kicked up right next to me I was like "O_O" I being a smart little bugger knew from where the bullet hole was the ballpark (not exact) location of the sniper I toss a nade in that location and it popped up that I just nadded the sucker!! HA! I own

 

[Piorn]

Not really great,but it's the best thing I can think of at the moment:

I was playing Xbox with two friends,some WW2 game,I forgot the name,and then tried Multiplayer-team-match-whatever.
(Note:Neither own I an Xbox,nor have I ever played it until then.[My friends both have an Xbox.])
Forming 2 Teams out of 3 People of course means 2vs.1 so I prepared myself for a devastating defeat, while my friends were already preparing the victory celebration.
But then the miracle: I beat the crap out of both,at the same time.
Sure nothing great,but I was proud of myself.
And the look on their faces was priceless!^^

 

[Duck Sandwich]

I was playing the demo version of Halo 1 on PC, and we were playing a "No Banshees" match (Banshees are overpowered and cause lag, but in the demo you can't turn them off) anywho, 2 idiots get in the banshees anyway and start fighting eachother. They are very close together, circling each other. I get into the turret of a rocket firing Warthog and fire at them. The rocket hits one of them and the explosion kills both.

Another time I was playing on the Gephyrophobia map, and I was on a ledge located high on one of the cliffs. A great sniping spot, except I had a rocket launcher. Below, I see someone running. I aim the rocket launcher to where he is going to be 3 seconds later and fire. The rocket lands just in front of his feet.

I'm playing the campaign mode on the level Silent Cartographer, and I'm going down a narrow hallway. A one-hit killing sword Elite comes around the corner. I empty my pistol clip into him, which isn't quite enough to kill him, as it wasn't fully loaded. When I fire my last shot, he's right in front of me. Without any other options left, I pistol whip him and he dies.

 

[TheCrimsonPunisher]

I was playing the demo version of Halo 1 on PC, and we were playing a "No Banshees" match (Banshees are overpowered and cause lag, but in the demo you can't turn them off) anywho, 2 idiots get in the banshees anyway and start fighting eachother. They are very close together, circling each other. I get into the turret of a rocket firing Warthog and fire at them. The rocket hits one of them and the explosion kills both.

Another time I was playing on the Gephyrophobia map, and I was on a ledge located high on one of the cliffs. A great sniping spot, except I had a rocket launcher. Below, I see someone running. I aim the rocket launcher to where he is going to be 3 seconds later and fire. The rocket lands just in front of his feet.

I'm playing the campaign mode on the level Silent Cartographer, and I'm going down a narrow hallway. A one-hit killing sword Elite comes around the corner. I empty my pistol clip into him, which isn't quite enough to kill him, as it wasn't fully loaded. When I fire my last shot, he's right in front of me. Without any other options left, I pistol whip him and he dies.

Classic.

One time on COD4 some guy fired an RPG at me I stood there knowing itd veer just pass my head it was just cool the guy next to me was like "woah hes like Fortune from MGS2" as the guy is reloading cause obviously he didn't have another weapon his sidearm musta been outta bullets or something but as hes reloading I walk up and BAM! shotgun to the face. see ya. man....that was cool

 

[Seyon]

Playing Psychonauts... I honestly believe it to be one of the best games I've ever played, I never saw any repetitivness in it.

P.S. Getting my mount in World of Warcraft after screwing around with the 50 characters I made and got to level 15 to end up deleting. (Night Elf Rogue to level 40 yay)

 

[yourself]

Mine was playing Mario Kart 64. I was racing on the Rainbow road with my friends and was way behind. I jumped off the side because I was so grossly behind, only to fall on another part of the course, a full half lap ahead of my friends. I sped onto victory and still hold it over their heads.

 

[Kermi]

My favourite moment in gaming was the first time I played Halo. My friend brought over a friend and his XBox (on a hand trolley lol xbox is huegg) and we sat down to paly. At first he took great glee in owning me hard as I'd never played an FPS on consoles before, but I soon got the hang of it. My crowning moment from that session was when I deliberately lured him (while he was driving a Warthog on sidewinder) across a patch of ice so he lost traction, threw a grenade which he obviously wouldn't be able to avoid, and then when the explosion tipped the Warthog over and threw him out, caught him at point blank range with my shotgun.

Not the most epic of multiplayer Halo moments I've had, but it was worth it for the horrified disbelief on my friend's face.

 

[Akirasfriend]

As anyone who knows me can tell you, while I'm pretty decent in singleplayer on FPS's, I suck majorly online, especially on Counter-Strike: Source. After my friend assuring me that this server wasn't full of idiots and that the game was better than I gave it credit, I begrudgingly joined him. It was de_dust 2 (of course), and at first I tried playing properly, and subsequently had my arse handed to me on several occasions. So, in a greatly epic moment, I just said 'Screw this', bought the Dual Elites, and as soon as the match began, ran headlong across the map, screaming incoherently down my mic. Got 3 headshots and planted the bomb succesfully.

Oh, and taking out a whole roomful of baddies with one sweeping Bullet Dance in Gungrave.
I tell you, makes you feel warm and fuzzy inside to no end.