User blog:Tommygun9504/Controversies in Combat Arms No.8 - Mineblowers

Hey guys, here's another Controversies post for you, the beginning of a streak of posts on different player behaviours.

The hosts have been selected. The humans fortify the office area, and tommygun9504 has brought along his trusty AP Mines. The resident Specialists have covered the other walkway with hornets and claymores, so he mines the other walkway, along with a few other humans. Suddenly, his mines explode from right under him. Could it be a glitch? An Infected somehow OPking his mines? No, it was a mineblower. A person who blows up other people's mines, killing the person who put them there.

Mineblowers can be anyone, out for a good laugh, or just some a-hole who likes to troll people who buy mines.

They can strike anytime you chuck a mine, but usually during QR.

They strike often on Warhead and Overdose.

They do it to get a laugh, or purposely weaken the Human team.

Thankfully, not every player in CA is like this. They're looked down upon almost unanimously, and usually end up being kicked from games. However, they are less likely to get kicked in the Elite Moderated games, unless their actions contribute to the EMOD's demise. Mineblowers can be very annoying in QR especially, because if you get mineblowned (see what I did there?) you miss the entire round, which can really tick people off, especially if the mineblower latches on to one person in particular.

I hate mineblowers. I never mineblow, and I discourage anyone who does, as it's just another form of teamkilling. To stop mineblowing, Nexon should modify the game so that whoever shoots the mine, gets the kill. They should also do this with green barrels, if they have not done so already. Mineblowers really are a problem, but at least they get dealt with by players before anything really bad happens.

Well, that was a quick one. I'll just go play some Oil Rig, and spam smoke, or gas, or something.

For a bit of discussion, go check out the unreleased weapons seen in the livestream, they all got pages on the wiki, and tell me which one, if any, would you get? The XM25 looks like a sweet deal to me...

Tommygun9504 out.