Originally Posted by octorfunk

I'm brand new to TG, but I feel at home already. I've been looking for some 18+ mature gamers for a while, guys who want to do more than deathmatch.

However, I probably hold the minority opinion about kill-hunting. When I think about objective-based playing, I think that includes doing anything logical/realistic it takes to win.

In my opinion, it is a whole lot easier to kill your enemy BEFORE he plants timed explosives. Either way, you have to deal with your enemy. To me, it makes a lot more sense (when it is possible) to only deal with one of these two threats at a time.

Example: once the terrorists plant the bomb, we lose %99 of the tactical advantage, because now the CT's are forced into a small, well-defined killling zone which is controlled by their enemy. And, unlike the 50/50 chance CT's take by guarding both A & B, the T's now know exactly where the CT's are going to be. They not only know the exact area and room they are going to be in, they know the exact spot in that room that a CT is going to have to crouch over to diffuse the bomb and complete his objective.

To me, this sounds like a tactical nightmare, and a big red flag. If your enemy holds %99 of the tactical advantage, it is probably not very tactically sound to walk into the room that he is expecting you to walk into.

For these reasons, I would go a lot lighter on the "kill-hunting (KH)," because to me, KH is merely a different strategy of completing your objectives. For the T's, it is much easier to plant/arm the bomb when they have eliminated most of the CT's. For the CT's, it is much easier (and safer) to eliminate the T's before they have the chance to plant the bomb (and thus determine the time and place of the next engagement).

In a real life situation, if there is a bomb threat, I believe it is the primary objective of the CT's to secure the intended target of the bomb. However, once that is done, they need to take the intiative away from their enemy by actively seeking him out.

It is not the job of a CT force to merely guard an objective indefinately, waiting for their enemy to coming directly into their line of fire. No, once they have secured the objective, in order to maintain that security they need to be constantly expanding their perimeter.

CS:S translation: Secure the bombsites first, obviously. However, once they are both secure, send a portion of your force out to "expand the perimeter," to push forward and take ground from the T's and retain the tactical advantage.

Be around for our next Captain's Match. We usually PW the server and you'll find that there's an anything goes mentality as far as planning goes. There's no rushing or anything like that...but there's no reason to not expect a couple guys from the defensive team taking forward positions to sniff out the opposition. For the sake of keeping our server running smoothly, we tend to not pull out these tactics while it's open to pubbies though. We save this stuff for nights when we know the crowd is mature enough to handle it.