I know I'm the Microphone Gestapo and everything, but there are times when the message you need to send to your team is not urgent enough to justify taking time on the voicecomm, or maybe your message is competing with everyone ELSE'S urgent message.

That's when text binds come in very handy. I've seen some of you use them, and I'd like to encourage that. So, here are mine. Other folks can post theirs. I had longer, more descriptive binds, but I quickly shortened their length when I realized how annoying and distracting it was to have to look at other people's binds crossing through my aiming cone.

These binds were inspired by the setup that Tactical Gamer Ghost Recon REQUIRES you to use if you're going to play on those servers. Confined within the numeric "keypad" on the right side of your keyboard, the keys are easily memorizable, and eventually you're able to slap the bind of choice during the game without even looking at the keyboard.

If you want to use these binds, simply add these lines to the bottom of your config.cfg file in the NS directory of Half-Life.

// 0 key
// general acknowledgement of communication
bind "KP_INS" "say_team rgr"

// . (decimal point) key
// general thank you
bind "KP_DEL" "say_team ty"

// 1 key
// notification that you are moving, perhaps to a waypoint
bind "KP_END" "say_team mvng"

// 2 key
// notification that you are prepared for another task
bind "KP_DOWNARROW" "say_team rdy"

// 3 key
// notification to those nearby that you are guarding them
bind "KP_PGDN" "say_team grdng"

// 4 key
// notification to those nearby that you are building and need to be guarded
bind "KP_LEFTARROW" "say_team bldg"

// 5 key
// general negative response
bind "KP_5" "say_team neg"

// 6 key
// notification that you did not successfully understand last communication
bind "KP_RIGHTARROW" "say_team no copy"

// 7 key
// notification that an enemy is at your location (which NS 2.x gives)
bind "KP_HOME" "say_team enemy"

// 8 key
// request for a medpack at your location (which NS 2.x gives)
bind "KP_UPARROW" "say_team medpack"

// 9 key
// request for ammo at your location (which NS 2.x gives)
bind "KP_PGUP" "say_team ammo"

// - (minus) key
// notification that you have confirmation on two hives online
bind "KP_MINUS" "say_team two hives"

// + (plus) key
// notification to your team and commander that you are parasited
bind "KP_PLUS" "say_team parasited"

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