killing hosties

[brett friggin favre]

so there's a discussion going on over the past few days in the wcs server over killing hostages. the situation is this: the ct's rescue 2 hosties or so, run back in, and kill the other 2, thereby winning. i spoke with maynard who said that it's not allowed, but people are claiming ZERO said it is allowed. just want some clarification on this.

my personal opinion is that it's not how the game was meant to be played. obviously, the ct's in reality wouldnt save one and be like "eh i don't have time for this shit, kill the last 3." it's manipulation of the game, similar to exploiting. but if there's no rule against it obviously i won't punish when it's done.

[Andrew_Pavlik]

I've always played with the thoughts this was a legit strategy. The T's only need to blow up 1 bomb site and not 2, therefor the CT's should have to only rescue 1 group of hostages and not both. Even though most of the hostie maps we play on the WCS the hostages are practically in the same room or house so why not try and rescue both.

[acolyte_to_jippity]

so there's a discussion going on over the past few days in the wcs server over killing hostages. the situation is this: the ct's rescue 2 hosties or so, run back in, and kill the other 2, thereby winning. i spoke with maynard who said that it's not allowed, but people are claiming ZERO said it is allowed. just want some clarification on this.

my personal opinion is that it's not how the game was meant to be played. obviously, the ct's in reality wouldnt save one and be like "eh i don't have time for this shit, kill the last 3." it's manipulation of the game, similar to exploiting. but if there's no rule against it obviously i won't punish when it's done.

the ct's also wouldn't have a hard time limit to save people either

[ZERO]

They can rescue one and kill the rest it is the same as in the pub. IN wcs though the cost of that is a bit of a trade off b.c you do lose money for killing those other hosties.

[brett friggin favre]

They can rescue one and kill the rest it is the same as in the pub. IN wcs though the cost of that is a bit of a trade off b.c you do lose money for killing those other hosties.

alright thanks, works for me

[Nemesis]

The Asian hostage should always be killed as they cannot be trusted and will likely give away your position.

[CYBER]

The Asian hostage should always be killed as they cannot be trusted and will likely give away your position.

I cant believe i agree with u, i usually put a deagle bullet in its face just out of boredom, even if i got both sets of hosties... That fucker always seemed to get stuck to me back when hosties werent !block, and i will never forgive his slow running-.-

[maynard]

cool... I guess we're just abandoning years of how the server has been run for some odd reason?

good 2 know....

[brett friggin favre]

i can see logic on both sides of the argument. one thing to keep in mind especially about wcs is tomes. if you buy tomes then kill hosties, you'll only be losing a few hundred dollars by killing the hostages, and you gain more than what you lose by winning the round.

[maynard]

which is why for going on 3 years now, you have not been allowed 2 exploit the hostages like that.

also keep in mind a race like vegabond can easily swoop in, grab 1 hostage and be back home within the first minute of the game if there only goal is 2 get 1 hostage so their team can exploit this.


the rules have since they were written stated "respect and complete the objective" <--- and this rule was literally written based on NOT killing the hosties 2 win.... there is nothing about respecting the objective when you shoot 3 fucking hostages in the head so you can quickly win the round...

you can also look at the obvious fact that 1 single person losing a few hundred dollars for killing the hostages beyond out weights the fact the entire team gets a benefit of several thousand dollars per person...

there is no trade off what so ever....