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Re: Mirror asking for some Tips...
mirror, as already suggested, when on TS, request to be invited into squads where you see some established players you recognize. You'll be surprised by how quickly you'll be sent an invite to the squad most times. I used to think, "those guys are all to good to want me in their squad", but this is hardly the case. I have learned more about SL'ing from some of the "big" names around here in the last month or so than in ALL my previous 2142 time by squadding up with these folks.
I still tend to shy towards being a SM more than a SL myself, just due to lack of confidence. But over the last week, I've been forced into a couple of SL positions, and actually had a lot of fun, and think I did okay, which has kind of put the SL bug in me. I want to do it a little more. I was in one situation where a guy created a squad and five of us joined quickly. The SL immediately left and rejoined, making me the SL. In typical panic fashion, I left and rejoined, making another guy SL. He left and rejoined and before I knew it, I was SL again. I thought, "this is assanine", so I just took the reins and ran with it, and I didn't do near as horribly as I thought I would. And I think most of the squad had fun too. The big points to remember for me are; 1) Use VOIP! A lot!! 2) Assign orders for attacking, defending, moving, etc.. 3) Be clear in your instructions and don't waiver. And if a SM is not following orders and off prancing around, let them know they need to join up and follow orders, or be removed from the squad. 3) Make it fun! Don't be too serious about it. Take the rules of the server seriously, do your best to help your team win the game, but have fun and let your squadmates have fun.
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Last edited by BigMcLarge; 08-18-2008 at 01:37 PM.
Reason: Apparently still learning English at 37 years old. LOL
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