Questions About The SPECTATOR

[N-Sunderland]

I decided not to contaminate the proper boards with this, so here we go in the Pit...

Here you may ask any questions about spectator strategies, and I will do my best to answer them.

[Wazulu]

I've always wondered- couldn't a spectator give away the locations of traps, starting positions and respawns to teams? I know this isn't currently exploited, but hey, it is a viable option.

[N-Sunderland]

I've always wondered- couldn't a spectator give away the locations of traps, starting positions and respawns to teams? I know this isn't currently exploited, but hey, it is a viable option.

Yup. You could say "Hey red team, the blue Pyra just respawned at 3,1! Oh yeah, and that Goldfish is at 50% health, and they have chem spray running, so don't bother trying to burn them too much."

We even have a name for that strategy. It's called "being an ass".

So you can try it if you want, but I wouldn't necessarily recommend it.

[Wazulu]

Not saying I was gonna try it, but it is a tactic for the Spectator. It would take a serious arse to do it, though.

[N-Sunderland]

Not saying I was gonna try it, but it is a tactic for the Spectator. It would take a serious arse to do it, though.

I certainly wasn't implying you'd try it. I understand that you're an honest player. If somebody started doing this in a tourney, it would most definitely be grounds for disqualification. In fact, Qwerty's Fjords stream was played on a delay to ensure that nobody would watch it and cheat.

[Wazulu]

Ah, no hard feelings then Speaking of which, I know the numbers of spectators were limited as they created more lag issues, but it would be nice to view the games live, rather than through a stream. Surely for some of the bigger games they could perhaps pop open a slot or two more. They can't impact that much.

[N-Sunderland]

Yeah, that would be pretty useful. But with the way things are now with lag, I think that it would be best to limit the problem rather than potentially encourage it. I'd love to see more spectator slots in the future, though.

[Psyran]

I'm not sure if I'm using it incorrectly, but it seems that when I spectate... the movement is extremely slow and sometimes I'm spawned beneath the surface. It really doesn't seem like a very good mechanic, but that's just my observation.

[Wazulu]

I'm not sure if I'm using it incorrectly, but it seems that when I spectate... the movement is extremely slow and sometimes I'm spawned beneath the surface. It really doesn't seem like a very good mechanic, but that's just my observation.

Yeah, that happens. I find it best when I just sit back and follow the ship I'm interested in. It's also pretty interesting if you are a pilot and want to see some moves. To my knowledge, it's number keys to follow ships, and I think (very easily wrong here, Sunder correct me) 'T' for ship health

(Corrected that for yea. Zill)

[N-Sunderland]

If you want to go around freely, press 0 to free the camera. Then, hold b down to increase the speed.

[David Dire]

Spectators are OP though.

[Arturo Sanchez]

how do you strafe?

[DJ Calvary]

What is the spectators favorite team?