I don't want to be one of two people playing the objective in Team Fortress 2 because the rest of my team watched Enemy at the Gates and are now broken inside. Jody Macgregor, weekend/AU editor: Which means snipers suck even when they're on your side. Jorge Jimenez, hardware writer: I like how James is painting snipers as masterful agents of chaos when really they're just selfish players who would rather inflate their stats than coordinate with teammates.

I tried to snipe once, and it made me a worse person. Complete the circle.Ībove: A gif from Tyler's shameful Battlefield sniping days.įraser Brown, online editor: There are plenty of ways to generate drama that don't involve me being taken out by an asshole hiding a mile away. Snipe back, or, even better, knife the sniper. James: A designer can't write drama into the dynamics of a multiplayer game, so something's gotta stand in to create the peaks and valleys that allow for miraculous high-skill plays and for the very same playmakers to eat shit. It can feel like snipers are playing a different game, one that's just about frustrating you. What can you do? You have to stand up sometimes. Tyler: It does feel pretty bad to get sniped, though. I understand that people generally do not like dying from a well-aimed shot across the map, but it's madness to suggest that snipers at large ruin multiplayer shooters. James Davenport, editor: You have absolutely nothing to be ashamed of, Tyler. Tyler: My glowing bullets made such pretty arcs as they missed enemies running between Bravo and Charlie, helping no one. You think you know a guy, then you find out he played Recon. I used to be the guy lying on a hill at the edge of every Battlefield map, trying to score highlight reel headshots while ignoring the objectives.

Tyler: Before we go further, I have to confess that I am a reformed sniper.

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