shades

[Volron]

Hmmm, so one decides to poke the tiger.  Wonder what the tiger is going to do.

[Dragon Tamer]

Hmmm, so one decides to poke the tiger.  Wonder what the tiger is going to do.

https://youtu.be/M4t0aeTX954?t=19s

[Yankee67]

The name of the game is having fun.  If people find it fun operating shades, and other people find it fun countering them, let them do it.  Especially when there's one country rolling a map, enjoying 2:1 numbers advantage, and still operating a shade.  At that point, why not bring out a shade and see what kind of wrench you can throw in their works.  Heck, this week I saw Cybro drop field sups in a town we were about to take.  Not that I think that works (resupping an enemy town), but the effort to try and wrench things up was inspiring.

[Zoney]

"When some among them I had recognised,
I looked, and I beheld the shade of him
who made through cowardice the great refusal."
- Dante's Inferno

I no longer have complaints about other players' shade behavior.  I used to think it was a pretty weak way to game the game.  But real wars have their spies, so it's understandable that they're permitted in this game.  And the game is about having fun, so try to have fun with it.  With that said, here are my general suggestions on how to have fun with shades:

1. The best way to counter a shade is with a shade.   

Absolutely ridiculous.

[glzsqd]

Why do people care about shades? If some loser wants to waste 30dollars a month on this game let them.

[waystin2]

[Yankee67]

Zoney, while using a shade to counter a shade may seem ridiculous, the game allows for it, and it's actually fun.  To each his own.  I would say, however, that if the cybro-parking-a-jeep-in-the-bomber-hangar hadn't become such a meme, we wouldn't be talking about this.

[68ZooM]

The OP Shade Hunters.

Lol that's ironic considering they also have a couple shades

[Someguy63]

Lol that's ironic considering they also have a couple shades

Exactly lol

[captain1ma]

maybe some people got shades so they can fly different sides due to side switching times. this way they can change sides at a moments notice and still have fun......

maybe it has nothing to do with score or with dweebiness or gaming the game, but rather making it a better experience.

maybe they do it to infiltrate other squads so they can fly with 2 squads at the same time?

maybe they do it just to make people crazy and post these nutty threads that are going to end up getting locked anyway?

    

[Gman]

I've always wondered if anyone took this game SO seriously that they had 3 PCs running with an account on each being viewed in real time, and a 4th PC so they could view recorded films in real time (close to it at least) to help ID other cons.

I guess that question has been pretty close to answered.  Talk about committed - multiple shade accounts...I thought one was a sign of taking things too seriously...

[bustr]

What's a shade??

[pembquist]

What's a shade??

It's this thing that shields your eyes from light glare, like from a window or a light bulb.

[JOACH1M]

You people complain at the first sight of defense your attempt at a smash and grab base take. Get over it