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- smurf22, on 10/11/2007, -4/+2121 - The Telefrag
Telefragging has become an art in First-Person Shooters. Suprisingly, telefragging has been around since Doom. The embarrassment still remains impassable in most cases. Gamer A has 12hp, and desperately needs a frag to kill his stacked opponent, Gamer B. With health and armor in the triple digits, Gamer B has no idea where he is standing. Gamer A suddenly enters the entrance to the portal which warps him inside of Gamer B, instantly gibbing him. The player of Gamer B goes on to mash his keyboard in, while Gamer A spams “LOL” a million times through text.
Not only has this played a huge factor in multiplayer, one game in particular brought this to a whole new height. Quake I for PC was a blast to play through, but what made it sweet was the epic ending. Shub-Niggurath was the final boss in the final map of Quake I. Typical boss right? Just gun him down with all of your arsenal, right? Not at all, this boss had a special death pact for him. You controlled his destiny by entering that special portal at the perfect time. Telefragging the final boss… nothing can beat that. Having a shower of gibs pour down while a “Congratulations” banner was shown was such an enjoyable sight.
Unreal Tournament re-defined telefragging. Not only could you do it through portals, now you had a “Translocator” to do the work for you. The Translocator’s teleport exit disc would be shot with primary fire, while secondary fire teleported you to the location of the disc. If timed correctly, this uplifting move would instantly gib any unsuspecting player. Like other telefrags, it didn’t matter if he had 150 shield or none, it was an instant kill every time.
Telefrags will be around as long as the FPS genre is around. There is no denying the embarrassment of being telefragged, which is why I believe it is the most embarrassing way to die in an FPS.
2 - The Shank
The shank, a classic in all shooters. There is always that one melee weapon that nobody ever uses other than for the sole purpose to embarrass someone with. The shank is by far the weapon to embarrass any gamer with.
The most popular shank to date is obviously the knife in Counter-Strike. Sneaking up to an unsuspecting enemy and sticking that cold steel in his back is as rewarding to you as it is degrading to the opponent. We’ve definitely all been there and done that in Counter-Strike.
One of the more hardcore shanks definitely has to be the Gauntlet in Quake III Arena. This fast paced game rarely sees action from this weapon, but it is absolutely the greatest embarrassment shank to date in any game. Not only are you killing a person with a melee weapon in a world of Railguns and Lightning Guns, but the announcer indulges in the action by calling out the kill with the famous quote, “HUMILIATION!”
3 - Cratering
ratering is included in nearly every First-Person Shooter. Player A decides to go next to a cliff. Player B can either blast him off the cliff, or just watch him accidently jump off and plummet to a quick death. This is one of my favorites to see happen in live action. It’ll often cause me to outburst in laughter, how can anyone be so stupid to fall off the cliff? Surely enough the next time I play the same game and map, I find myself to be the one falling off the exact same cliff -_-. Definitely a worthy embarrassing death.
4 - Crushing People
This isn’t a well-known technique, at least in First-Person Shooters. Crushing sounds like it was taken straight of Mario, but it’s there in some shooters. One in particular is the fast-paced Unreal Tournament 2003/04 series. Jumping on an enemy’s head does 1 damage for each successful bounce. This is often discovered by people on accident, but on rare occasions will sadly frag a player with low HP.
5 - The “Other” Nade Kill
Counter-Strike Source is a fairly new game. A hybrid between the Source engine, and Counter-Strike, this popular mod is the top shooter of the decade. Little remains changed from the original game, but a key element was noticeably re-done for Counter-Strike Source, the grenade.
Grenades in Counter-Strike Source throw differently than in the original Counter-Strike. Flashbangs produce greater and longer lasting effects, while smoke grenades produce a pure black smoke which is impossible to see through when inside. When grenades are thrown at enemies or teammates, they take away a measly 1 hit point in damage. It is sad to die by this. Even though you know you have 1 hit point left, you don’t want to die from a smoke grenade or flashbang. When it happens, it’ll definitely attract a good amount of “LOL” remarks. - Spaceboy492, on 10/11/2007, -3/+156It's one thing to embarrassingly die in a fps, but it's another thing to die at 50 diggs.
- dudeman88, on 10/11/2007, -2/+122I dugg this for the hilarious illustrations.
- Sornos, on 10/11/2007, -10/+108Being killed by a Grunt in Halo. It's just...not meant to happen.
That and any form of falling to your death. Why UT creators must you put the best weapons over lava? - Freshjive787, on 10/11/2007, -2/+59wow, a top five list i agree on with for once!
- Fooord, on 10/11/2007, -0/+53Half Life 2: Getting Gravity Gunned by a watermelon.
- Megatog615, on 10/11/2007, -0/+50In Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory, I once threw a nade at an enemy, killed him with it, and he flew towards me from the explosion and crushed me.
- DavidHorn, on 10/11/2007, -0/+47The most embarrassing thing is to kill yourself with a guided missile. This was particularly likely in Unreal Tournament, when you'd launch off your redeemer and while flying around, spot some idiot standing out in the open who wasn't moving. Sniggering, you aim right at them, and gasp in surprise as you die humiliatingly.
- Sephrra, on 10/11/2007, -9/+51Goddamn. Telefrags suck!
- protossss, on 10/11/2007, -2/+43http://duggmirror.com/gaming_news/The_5_Most_Embarrassing_Ways_to_die_in_a_First_Person_Shooter/
- MrKrinkleDude, on 10/11/2007, -3/+40I've yet to see anything more embarrassing than dieing from your own grenade.
- SquigglyP, on 10/11/2007, -0/+35Don't forget that in Doom and Quake (and probably others) you could get killed by the doors if you were REALLY low on health.
There are some games (CS i know for sure, others are out there I'm sure) in which you can pull the pin on a grenade and just hold it like that until you die. Upon death, the grenade drops and will go off. Being killed by an enemy after that enemy is already dead... that's embarrassing... - inactive, on 10/11/2007, -3/+33http://duggmirror.com/
Not that anyone will see it. - ho0ber, on 10/11/2007, -0/+28I think defibrillator paddles should have gotten in there too. :)
- prockcore, on 10/11/2007, -0/+27Nothing is more humiliating than dying from falling off your donkey in nethack.
- justinsimonin, on 10/11/2007, -1/+28one word: Klobb
- maxlew, on 10/11/2007, -1/+27A Plasma grenade landing right on your face in split screen is pretty hard to live down.
- Radan, on 10/11/2007, -1/+27How could "The failed shank" not be on that list? Where you see someone AFK and decides to go and kill him with a knife or similar, but at the exact moment you are about to fulfill your task, the guy comes back, turns around and shoots you in the head and later spends the remaining time of the round running around and humping you.
The only thing which is more humiliating than the failed shank is "The second failed shank". At that time, you should turn off your computer/game console immediately, go outside and not play that game for a while. - Jorlwind, on 10/11/2007, -1/+26I was always a fan of killing people with the shock paddles in battlefield 2. It's five times worse then getting killed with a knife, since it's not even meant for killing. I think there is a severe psychological effect of someone coming at you with a melee weapon. A gun is normal and inspires little fear. A guy with a knife though seems much more terrifying, and people are like "OMG he has a ***** knife!"
Truly, there is nothing more awe-inspiring in a game then several enemies running up on you, with the soul intent of knifing the ***** out of you. Balls. - MasteRR, on 10/11/2007, -1/+26"503 Service Temporarily Unavailable"
Shot while AFK? - ErBiC, on 10/11/2007, -1/+24A plasma grenade landing on your face ANYTIME in multiplayer is damn hard to live down.
Concerning telefrags... Halo at least gives you that delay when your screen turns white, but I've still telefragged clueless people who just keep standing there.
And yes, I know this comment will most likely never be seen. - Senshi, on 10/11/2007, -1/+19The crowbar. That and being pistol whipped. Or dying from your own grenade.
- plankman, on 10/11/2007, -0/+18Most embarrassing for me is one I seem to do far too often in Rainbow 6 Las Vegas - throwing a grenade and watching it bounce off an obstacle and land at my feet leaving me with just enough time to yell "Oh shi....."
- Icecream, on 10/11/2007, -0/+17Gears of War is not a First Person Shooter, It is Third Person
- mace2, on 10/11/2007, -0/+16Those images would make for awesome t-shirts. I think.
- Schlaze, on 10/11/2007, -3/+18503 Error already, geez
- Discobiscuits, on 10/11/2007, -2/+14Halo doesn't count as an FPS, sorry. ;)
- PixelEater, on 10/11/2007, -3/+15503 Service Temporarily Unavailable. Perhaps the most humiliating casualty of all.
- stacky, on 10/11/2007, -0/+11The trick is not throwing them at walls
- Discobiscuits, on 10/11/2007, -4/+15Sorry, I got a bad host -_-
Either refresh the site, or just go to the digg cache (hoping the img tags load.)
http://duggmirror.com/gaming_news/The_5_Most_Embarrassing_Ways_to_die_in_a_First_Person_Shooter/ - Optimaximal, on 10/11/2007, -0/+11twice!
- smackhero, on 10/11/2007, -2/+12personally i hate getting taken out by a warthog that's been launched through the air with a grenade or rocket. this is usually a freak accident but it's happened to me on more than one occasion nonetheless.
- hokeywebb22, on 10/11/2007, -2/+12Telefrag in Halo was awesome because you could see it coming. Someones screen gets whiter and whiter until they get killed by the telefrag.
After you learn what a telefrag is though very unlikely it will ever happen again. - DMDekoth, on 10/11/2007, -1/+9Oh boy. I've cratered so many times. Just a few hours ago I was going full speed in a chopper, jumped out when I saw trees right ahead AND SPLAT, CRATERED ON THE TREE! The heli just missed it too! Why did I jump!
- daridave, on 10/11/2007, -0/+8I guess you don't know what RTFA means either, eh?
- aelias, on 10/11/2007, -1/+9Getting online in Halo 2? 50$ a year for Xbox Live. HDTV, Home Theater, comfy chair? 3,000$
Joining your first game and having some 8yr old beat you down with the FLAG!!! while calling you a homosexual? Priceless. - EXreaction, on 10/11/2007, -0/+7What makes it worse then dying from your own nade alone is when you see your grenade bounce back off a wall (or get launched back by an explosion) and you have no where to run...you see it coming, you know it is yours, and all you can do is say "Awww *****!" as it flies back at you.
- mrASSMAN, on 10/11/2007, -1/+8dammit.. duggmirror didn't catch them.
- Optimaximal, on 10/11/2007, -0/+7As above with the GoW chainsaw, the paddles clearly fall under the category of shank.
- ohthedaysofyore, on 10/11/2007, -1/+7Yeah, it is pretty embarrassing that you were playing Halo.
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -2/+8Drowning.
- tatltat, on 10/11/2007, -1/+7this doesnt come with the awesome pics. check the mirror.
- ferrofluid, on 10/11/2007, -3/+9In the Battlefield series, left click throws a grenade at 100% force, right click does the rising meter thing, so when playing as Sniper class, and maybe got the .50 cal rifle (happy times depending on what map).
SO when panicking when being approached by somebody with heavier weaponry, rather annoying to switch to what you think is rifle then (right click to) zoom to drop a grenade at your feet, then sh1t, run run run and maybe avoid the full force of the resulting blast.
Telefragging in BF series cant happen, you just spawn and can see other people move out of you lol.
Falling off things or tripping on stairs and dieing under low health conditions is annoying LMAO.
Knifing the poor unsuspecting leet sniper or patient ambusher is always good fun, and mass knife fights provide amusement on servers,
trick is to aim for the head or neck, instant kill.
Long chases following behind some unsuspecting soul is also fun, when they stop aghhhhhhhh 'deaded by knife', been there done that and been done to me LOL. - rdoger6424, on 10/11/2007, -0/+6hey, it actually works now!
- rdoger6424, on 10/11/2007, -0/+6duggmirror works
- bIuebonics, on 10/11/2007, -0/+6no, the worst is when you have a retarded team mate who runs in front of you exactly as you throw the nade as if he didn't see you holding the nade ready to throw. of course, the nade then bounces off your retarded team mate right back at you... :P
- InvisibleMan, on 10/11/2007, -4/+9They forgot sniping someone with the desert eagle. Its even more funny when they have a sniper rifle.
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5Game: Battlefield modern combat Xbox 360. Class: Engineer. Tool of death: Blowtorch
Sneak up to a sniper whom thinks firing 10 shots from the same location is smart. And apply said torch to rear end . People getting blowtorch fail to notice the suddenly draining health before it is to late. This has to be the funniest kill ever made in history.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTKV5gdvB-A - mikeazorin, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5One thing it's missing is people who accidentally jump from flying vehicles. It's so funny to watch a player in a powerful flying vehicle just jump out and flail to their death.
- Brakamow, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5If by "desert eagle" you mean "pump action shotgun," sure.
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