That’s a good idea to talk about sports games. As you know, FPS are real-time games as well. There is no “Let’s talk about this and that” when I’m the last guy alive and need to figure out how to defeat or evade the three remaining members of the opposition and complete the objective.

As a matter of fact, there’s no “Let’s talk about ANYTHING AT ALL” when it’s game-time. :D

As far as flag-throwing, I’m a stickler for PROOF and since I have none (as in videotaped evidence of the date when I started it), I’m not going to claim some sort of official status, but yes, I invented flag-throwing, amongst other things in various games I’ve played.

I invented it on Blood Gulch. I’m a flag-runner and the problem I was having was that I could sneak into the base well enough, but as soon as I grabbed the flag, I had to run all the way out of the ground level where the flag stand is, 1/4 of the way around the base to one of the ramps going to the roof, all the way up that ramp and then to the teleporter. By the time that happened, the other team was either on top of their base waiting for me, right behind me to follow me through the teleporter or on their way to their teleporter exit to intercept me.

I was like “There’s got to be a better way”.

So what I would do is sneak to the enemy’s base but not grab the flag. When I was in position, I’d sit there as long as I needed to (sometimes 10-15 minutes) for one of my other teammates to make it to the enemy base. When they got there, I told them to stand on the roof, right at the edge of the hole in the middle but on the side of the teleporter and hold down their ‘A’ button (I think it was the ‘A’ button, haha whichever one allows you to grab something). I would then run into the base, grab the flag, jump up in the air and press ‘A’ (I think) and that would eject the flag. The reason you were able to do that was so you didn’t have to melee with it when you had the flag, you could put it down and shoot. However, by looking up on an angle and jumping up in the air and throwing it at the right time, the flag would pop up just enough for my teammate on the roof to “catch” it.

As soon as I grabbed the flag and it was announced, the other team would look at their base, but all they would see is my teammate already going through the teleporter. Also, I was on my way around the base to the ramp to back them up or to snipe from the enemy roof towards their teleporter exit. From there, it was a wrap.

Once we did this several times to other players, I started seeing people doing it also. I never saw anyone do it before me or heard of anyone doing it before I did, so as far as I’m concerned, I invented flag-throwing (but, like I said.. I have ZERO proof of this other than the people who were there at the time).

The next phase of flag-throwing was on CTF on Hang Em High. Instead of running back with the flag across that bridge and taking my chances, I would sneak to the enemy base, tell my teammates to spawn up and hide, then I would grab the flag and jump off the top of the base and throw the flag diagonally up into the air before I started coming down. This would pitch the flag into the middle of the board, and depending on how many bounces I got, it would go most of the way to my base.

Once that happened, my team would rush out from where they were hiding and get the flag and keep it moving towards our base. I’d join in after I respawned. Since the other team wasn’t expecting the flag to be suddenly in the middle of the field, we had the advantage.

While we’re on the subject of HALO, along with my teammate Mak, I also invented blocking the teleporter for the purpose of capping the flag. Of course, blocking the teleporter was common in deathmatches already so you could control where your enemy could go. What I added was picking up rockets and driving the warthog so it sat on the enemy teleporter exit. From there, Mak would stand mid-field and pick off the enemy whle I made my way between the dunes down the middle to the base.

Once I got there, I would grab the flag and rush up to the roof. The enemy normally wouldn’t be anywhere near since they had to WALK their asses from their base and were getting picked off. They were usually trying to make their way through the side caves when I grabbed the flag. From the roof, I would rocket the warthog, blasting it off of the teleporter exit so I could get through, teleport through, roll the warthog over and drive home with the flag. If the enemy was too close for me to take the time to roll the truck, I’d just run towards our base and have my team back me up and pick up the flag if I went down.

Another technique was immediately hitting “reverse” as soon as I went through the teleporter with an enemy in hot pursuit. I go through, back up, they come through and get meleed with the flag.

Anyway, that’s my job, creating strategies. I also invented “dinging the pole” in Steel Battallion: Line of Contact, which is what that first picture in this post shows.. my Steel Battallion controller.

im going to have to disagree while some halo 3 play lists cater to scrubs (soft core gamers) there are lists that cater to us hardcore people were no newbie combo’s don’t exist.
P.s: did u really invent flag throwing if so Big Up’s to you. It has changed the face of CTF for ever.

My ex wasn’t good, but she listened to instructions. I could send her to get the flag while I covered her, or I could drive her to the base in the warthog, have her stand on top, throw the flag up to her (which I invented), have her run through the teleporter while I got killed and run the flag to the base while I respawned and took out anyone that made it through the teleporter after her. That was a good time, but NOTHING compared to actually being able to hold a position with your girl and pull out the “W” for your team or at least hold it down until reinforcements arrive.

I need to recruit a few chicks for MW2 so I can get my Bosley from Charlie’s Angels on! :D