Gaffer

[Gaffer]

Hi everyone.
I am a 20 year old guy who spent his entire life in the middle east but has come to the UK to study. I am studying (and failing miserably at comprehending) maths at uni :smash: . I enjoy sports (football especially) and am a massive fan of just generally wasting time.
I started playing UT just a couple of months ago so I'm going through the compulsory phase of getting my ass handed to me repeatedly by awesome players . I am a great admirer of sniper-work and therefore spend quite a lot of in-game time marveling at Funky_monk_uk's insane aiming . I also don't really like getting in tanks or vehicles cause they are less dodgy-dodgy and more kill-y kill-y and plus I'm not very good at using them. I really enjoy playing in the ONS server and think that many of the players are great people and I apologise for sounding so gushy :puke:
The name Gaffer was supposed to be a play on Sam Gamgees old gaffer from LOTR (of which I am a massive fan) but then I found out, rather embarrassingly, that gaffer was a word in its own right. It means boss, and you know what? I'm ok with that
Lastly a funny story- when i first started playing I was playing on a sniper server where the snipers were modded beyond belief. I always owned in that and started thinking that i was pretty damn good . Then i joined CEONSS and found out I was/am in fact just about mediocre. Later I realised that the whole time I was playing on the sniper server, I was actually playing against bots set on easy...

[Astra{CZ}]

Heya flying man



cya in game

[[P]etya]

Hello and welcome on the forums, Gaffer!

Well maths is something which you must practice all the time to become good at it. But dunno, I don't really like that subject. In fact I really dislike it.

That's not a big problem if you don't like getting in vehicles, because I've seen people who never get in vehicles and they are really fine players. In fact I also like NV maps better, but when I see an Ion Tank I can't resist and I feel "I MUST GET IN" . It's kinda fun to use it, reminds me the Glacier assault map.

Well see you on the battlefields, as I usually say.

[Anik]

Hello Gaff!

You're the one rocketing my face all the time? Oh, yes sir, you are!

But welcome

[Karma_geddon]

Heeeey Gaf! Welcome to the board and to the server!

Don't worry for the ass-kicking. It's a learning phase. I've been there.
And mostly I still am. "^^

I also emphatize with you about the dodgy mode. I definitely find myself more confortable bouncing from wall to wall with a flak cannon in my hand, that inside some slow metal trap.

Cya on the field!!!

[fors]

Welcome Gaffer! You quickly learn that you need! I have also learned normally shoot a couple of months(= and control vehicles is almost the same, the main thing to only properly understand their strategic importance. And try fighting with team-mates! from them you also learn a lot.

[Xac]

Hi Gaffer,

Good to see you!

Sounds like you'll be another one shouting "Bridge, Bridge Bridge!!! During each map voting session!

[EmanReleipS]

Hey Gaffer! Nice to see you here as well!

(My recruitment attempts yesterday worked out, it seems. )

I know what you mean. I used to play ONS during the day (on different servers) and I was usually among the best. It got boring after a while, until I found CEONSS and I stayed because I can learn so much and challenge myself against the others. Plus, they are amazing and fun people.

Have fun at the server and don't let yourself get discouraged by some of the players with insane aim - you're well on your way there as well.

[Gaffer]

Thanks for the welcome guys. And yes eman you are quite the recruiter (employee of the month ). While i will definitely be shouting bridge bridge bridge, i dont mind it when other people get in tanks, i just dont like doing it myself as Astra found out when i jumped out of the gunners seat of a flying thing in mid air for no reason and dying in the fall
Anik, the way you die because of my rockets is greatly appreciated. I put a lot of effort into homing them on you
I will definitely take on board all your comments!

[Dalyup!]

Welcome, Gaffer!

Some vehicles require a good deal of sniper work too, such as the Hellbender's rear turret or shooting vehicles out of the air with the Goliath (although I suppose the latter is more prediction). True, you're not as agile as when you're on foot but it I find it can be equally satisfying to shoot a manta out of the air as getting a headshot. Also, don't you just love hearing "Eagle Eye!"?