I get pushy when I SL. I keep saying things like "get on the flag!" and "get in there!" and generally become a drill sergeant. Basically I'm very authoritative.

Someone seemed to get sort of pissed at me when I told him to do something over VoIP the other day. He got all exasperated and defensive. Which I sort of LOLed at because It's a game and I'm just 'roleplaying'.

My question is do you guys generally like or dislike an authoritative SL? I hate it when I join a squad and noone is talking, especially the SL. Weak SL's are ones that don't seem to have definitive plans beyond where we are attacking/defending - at least to me. Maybe I'm alone here.

I love it when I'm told exactly what to do, what kit to play as, what role I play in the attack/defense, where to stand, when to breathe.. everything. Because, to me, that SL knows what he wants to do, whether I agree with it or not is immaterial. I'm following orders.

Things that peeve me:
1. People that decide to "do their own thing". Seriously, I need all 6 of us together at all times, unless given an order to do something else. As far as I'm concerned, I am your ONLY available spawn point unless ordered otherwise. On the private server MnM of all places, a TGer was in my squad trying to do some sort of re-direct attack from a different side, while the other 5 of us were back at base. I almost called him out, but decided not too. Please don't do this in my squad.

2. Don't question what I'm doing. Suggestions are ok, but offer it up as an idea - not in the context of "this is what we should do". When I'm SLing, I'm doing many things at once. I'm computing a lot of information concurrently. I'm factoring in flags we have, watching where other squads are going (because we never have commanders grr), keeping an eye on bleed, deciding what flags to take or defend, etc. So maybe I'm taking something into consideration that your idea doesn't. Don't get offended if I don't bite.

Thats it.

P.S - Perfect squad yesterday: I only specifically remember Clodhopper and Fallosophy being in it. But we basically sat at a flag on defense for the majority of the round doing nothing. We won because we bled them out and kept them from easy capping that flag. It was boring, but the two or three non TGers in it followed CLod and Fall's example and were a well oiled machine of death.