Um, well, that is something, I think.

While it's not the greatest song ever, it is by far one of the greatest of it's genre. Of course Fell The Beat was just on as much par as Sandstorm, even if a different feel entirely. Now, to Sandstorms credit, when you make song you can do this with . . . . . . you've made song that rocks. Since Blade gets brought up here, Voodoo & Serano nailed it with this . . . . . . but then the masters owned it all in this series . . . . . . but I digress. Really and truly that genre and time was best served by . . . . . . though I guess yours is that airy trance yet feet on the ground feel of instrumental, but still, Sandstorm isn't engaged, it's spectating. Too each their own I suppose.

Agreed, it won't nose down on me anymore, but fast aiming once in full scope is not working. I have to wait till it's fully done scoping before I can start to aim it seems, especially when aiming up. Still get the spin lock too sometimes. Anyone have other issues?

Duh, it's right there in my profile. Geez. Anyways, thanks.

Don't havea picture, but figured I'd give myself a prop of my own, ranked up last night. Don't ask, can't recall what the new rank is, Warrant 5 or something. Yea Me! As you were.

turd

Lag at that crucial moment when you're about to pop a cap and when it catches up, your the one shot.

Dirt.

I wish we could add images to our tanks, a custom thing, like tankers and pilots would do, addings a sharks mouth or a pin up model to our tank. I would so put this on my tanks left rear panel, just foprward of the bumper, or right down the center front of my tank. Though I guess this would be much better, more in form . . . I wonder if that would be doable, FOR CRYSTALS, I'm sure, but that would be very cool to be able to add pin-ups to your tanks. You could even add some text like "Shafts do it longer" or something. Anyways, not really shaft related no I'll stop here.

True enough I suppose, shafters cries are usually upon deaf ears, no doubt. As for Smokey's long range, last I recall they can shoot as far as they want I thought, just less damage was my understanding. As for Hammer, well, that shotgun was a little ridiculous in terms of range, especially considering the cone, but even that, never heard me complain. IF I "just" complain, it's about the fact that my tank starts turning it's turret when I don't want it to, or in sniping mode it noses straight down, the little things, like BASIC FUNCTIONALITY, are my only gripes. I hate the stupid laser , I really do, I said my piece on it, that was it. No one listened, or didn't care, the change was made, we have an anti-camping dev team that I'm sure would love to nerf shafts entirely, so I don't bother with that, but being able to use my tank as it was designed would be a reasonable request. Regardless, how have you been Loackie? You see my reply about maps? Tell me, what are your favorites and highest scoring maps? Oh, also, I have this for you . . .

While your name is decidely on par with the response you gave, I can't help but wonder if maybe there was at least a sentence there or something that was trying to make it's way to the surface. Please, do tell, or was this like a reblog on pintrest, you "like" the post as it were? Sorry if I'm the most sarcastic SOB in the bunch, it's my way. (and for the record, HOW ON EARTH DO YOU EDIT a blank response???)

Volgograd

This is the real problem here. You'll accept anything that is fed you. "We're gonna screw with what you relied upon to be successful, here, relearn this,that, the other." Sheeple is what folks like you are. "I'm gonna learn how to use the mouse . . . " Ever occur to you that maybe just because something is new doesn't make it better? Most of the crap you buy in stores nowadays is not better than the old stuff, it's in fact WORSE, but NEW. This is now come full circle to computing, CONSUMER COMPUTING! We tell you what you'll buy and by gosh you'll be happy with it. Sick of watching videos with smug faced developers in them saying how great all this is and how WE'LL be so happy with it. I recall the excuse for mouse controls were the lame idiots who tried tanki and couldn't be bothered to read why the mouse wasn't turning the turret? Serious? And you want to encourage these morons to play? Yes, this is a great idea, LETS ENCOURAGE the LOWEST COMMON DENOMINATOR of society to fill our ranks and play along side us, this will make for a far better and more interesting and engaging game play. It's absolutely ridiculous that if someone can't fugure out how to use 7 buttons on a keyboard an entire development teams sets out to redesign a product, and in the process affect it's original functionality negatively (shafts) just for IDIOTS WHO CAN'T USE A KEYBOARD. As always, the REAL shaft players, the thinkers, the non-drugging, non button mashing crowd will "just" complain about the state of affairs with the upgrade while you "get used to the mouse controls", who knows, maybe you can learn to use the mouse with the left hand so the other is free while you watch the weekly V-Blog too. So disgusted with all this.

Rockies

Crumby updates that once again harm shafts. Test your junk first, then upload it. If you did that I'd only have to worry about people seeing my laser, and not my turret spinning around uncontrolably.

I bet they are lay overs from the push to the mindset shafts were noob mindset and they are just nostalgia pieces now (that and the fact it's EXPENSIVE as heck to shaft).

Sorry for the late reply, I've been a little out of pocket. I play just few maps. I like the realistic kinds. I tend to play Serpuhov, Brest, Berlin, Dusseldorf, Industrial Zone, and Chernobyl from time to time. I love Massacare but it's rare to find a CTF of it lately. As for the maps I take first on often(more often), well, Serpuhov and Brest. I've done it on occasion in Berlin, Dusseldorf, I don't believe I have, but I could be wrong. I have and do play other maps, Rio and a few others, and I have taken first in Rio once or twice, but that was more of a slaughter vs players hat sucked, not a fair fight. I'm glad I noticed your reply to me though BECAUSE it about the time for The Semi Regular Milkshake Remix (she likes the big shafts playlist) . . . (Warning, Parental Advisory, it has Wordy Dirds in it) Happy a very nice day. The Semi Regular Milkshake Remix (she likes the big shafts playlist) . . .

Well, I was going take that somewhere, but I'll let it rest, it's family fun in here.

My name is FogOfWar_XXX and I approve this message. (Brought to you by the Council Of Players That Are The Real Game Makers and Breakers (why? Because I take first place in CTF, w/Shaft))

My two (billion) cents on that. You're right to a point. Yes, sniping gives you that one shot, one kill, and also you get the very best in terms of defense from a distance short of shielding up. That said, shafts more and more are having to engage in ways most didn't before. I find myself more and more havign to kill at medium and short range as the game goes on. Lots of very intelligent raiders, finding ways to swoop in from behind, cause havoc, that sort of thing. My response to this is to upgrade and try to be the best shaft I can be. Those upgrades though, ouch, what cost. I'm playing for a week and a half to get my hands on enough crystals just to upgrade one thing, not even one on the turret and one on the hull. The DP,DS,DA, those are not so important to me, but mines, THOSE ARE, and at 50 a pop, they can get expensive quick if you decide you're gonna start using them in your tactics and strategy. I will agree though that short range units must be really in a bind in drug wars, because they have NO CHOICE, they can't hang back and dish it out from across the map. My upgrades though are starting to really become a bear though on the pocket book (and I'm not a buyer, so everything is earned).

This is off topic conversation, where else could it possibly go, it's under creative. I'm confused, where does this go then?

Shafting is expensive.

You just Jello that I have such great taste in music and great at finding remixes, shaawwwwwwwww.

Chernobyl Some conversation came up about my favorite maps the other day, and after trying to recall, there was one that I couldn’t name for certain, thought it was Chernobyl, so last night I went and created one, CTF, 15 minute, hoped in, sure enough, that was it, I really like that map. So I’m driving around in a empty map and decide “Hey, let’s invite peoples.” (Yes, peoples, I like saying that) So I go through my list of “friends”, find some online, invite them, I’m turned down, apparently Iran is for more compelling at the moment. Eventually someone joins, a duel as it were, and we’re running around taking the flag trying get ours back. Low and behold, out of nowhere, the nice folks who I had invited decided to show up. One problem, they all ended up on the opposite team. They are great players to play with, but I came to find out why they are. My oh my, are they buyers. I mean all drugs, all the time. They were merciless in their attacks, and the folks that had joined my team left and there were 4 of us left against and what I can assume is a group that seems to play together very often. D/L was AWLFUL, I barely broke a 1.5 against these guys . Now as far as “take aways” from Chernobyl, one thing that did occur to me, this is a map that DOESN’T lend itself to one off power players. I tend to defend the roost on there, plop right down on the flag, scope the opposite flag, protect our runners from interceptors, and then if I hear trouble very near by, I’ll go and help take care of that. The trick here is to scope or not scope. Scoped on Chernobyl with no flank protection for shafts is a death sentence. Too many raised and lowered areas to sneak up in, entry to are exactly to the sides and confined, once they come up that’s it, you’re screwed. Now, that said, can’t camp and help out far away, and likely to get sniped yourself if you’re not scoped but in a good scoping spot. I started doing much better once I realized my team mates were really not up to the challenge of taking the flag, and I stopped scoping all the time on their base. Now, again, to the players that did play with me, all those drugs were a lot to swallow, and they were good too, no doubt, so the combo made it very difficult to play. All that said though, shafts, if you are in doubt, don’t scope till your team is good about keeping the badies at bay long enough for you to dispatch them. After that team left, I actually had some great games, especially one with two isidias that were really good about keeping me up to snuff and using my line of site for escape. I should have friended them now that I think about it, oh well. We did that for two games. I guess that leaves me with one moere little thing to say. Guys, if you have a shaft worth it’s salt on your team, use it. Follow the beams back home, it really works. I’ll bag’em and tag’em all day while they chase you with the flag. I see games that where ever the shafts are, the team mates avoid. Um, duh, last I checked me shooting opponent is the fiercest shot in the game, I’m your best interdiction for that sort of thing. Anyways, Gotta git, wanna play again tonight after all (that or watch a movie, they come out on Tuesdays on DVD).

Well, Loackie, I also almost forgot, for today's The Semi Regular Milkshake Remix (she likes the big shafts playlist) . . . https://youtu.be/ccnxeult6Fs