TUXs Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 The map is static. If I say LEFT I mean left side of the map. If you call East or West, I promise you you'll baffle more people than LEFT or RIGHT will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VoidSpectre Posted February 9, 2012 Author Share Posted February 9, 2012 It's...kinda easy ya know... The big map faces...one way...The nodes in the top corner for Alderaan, are specific to that map. The left icon is red? then it's the left turret that is being overrun... simple... the "left" icon is red might mean that (especially as empire coming from the north) that left out of spawn is red. that is also east because heading from north and turning left means going east it might also mean that left when looking at a map (lol you don't know cardinal directions?) is left which is actually west OR......................... we can grow up and use cardinal directions(N, E, S. W) to describe our map positions like intelligent human beings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subatomix Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 Why not just use map coordinates? ;-p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Varicite Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 Left = East. Right = West. This is normally what I've seen in warzones; sometimes people will get them mixed up, but this seems no less than people mixing up east/west. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexonfyre Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 The fact that this thread is 3 pages long already is a testament to how confusing the whole situation is. The best strategic verbage should be "Left" or "Right" referring to which speeder you should take from the base to get there, which is the same as which direction you need to turn if you land in the center. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Somalin Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 What kind of weirdo uses left and right when reading a map? East/West when talking about the map, Left/Right from the spawn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VoidSpectre Posted February 9, 2012 Author Share Posted February 9, 2012 Left = East. Right = West. This is normally what I've seen in warzones; sometimes people will get them mixed up, but this seems no less than people mixing up east/west. sometimes true you ever spawned on the north side? as every empire in alderaan or every defense in voidstar that can be backwards because they think left out the door east and west never change.... EVER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gryphandor Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 I am a fan of east and west but often think left and right is easier for many people to understand. Especially the younger crowd. I have gone as far as to say other side and had it work since most if not all of a group just so happend to be on that other side so it was obvious to them what needed to happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subatomix Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 Left = East. Right = West. Precisely. North is on top, because it's superior to the South. Hence East is on the right, and West is on the wrong (left). Makes it all very easy to remember. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VoidSpectre Posted February 9, 2012 Author Share Posted February 9, 2012 What kind of weirdo uses left and right when reading a map? East/West when talking about the map, Left/Right from the spawn. I never do. The people calling INCs do. Too many times they do So I say grow up and use an east-west system like any competent map user Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subatomix Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 Or just say, INC OVER HERE! Dunno why I find this thread so entertaining. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kunari Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 It's based on the map. It's always based on the map. If people can't read maps, they haven't been playing video games long enough. They need to add an ability for the WZ leader to kick people out. That Left/Right on the map not the spawn direction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vallowen Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 'grass' and 'snow' there, no confusion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VoidSpectre Posted February 9, 2012 Author Share Posted February 9, 2012 That Left/Right on the map not the spawn direction. "left/right" on a map is not left/right it is east or west maps have no left or right hence the cardinal system Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grubfist Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 sometimes true you ever spawned on the north side? as every empire in alderaan or every defense in voidstar that can be backwards because they think left out the door east and west never change.... EVER I did that on Voidstar and when west got planted, some people at east said "I WAS WEST OF WHERE WE COME OUT, ***" They never change, but they are still perceived as changing by enough people. Sadly there is no "easy fix" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groncho Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 Or just say, INC OVER HERE! Dunno why I find this thread so entertaining. 3 incs on mai spot!!! HELP!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senaleb Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 From now on, in order to appease the east/west crowd, I'm just gonna yell..."Imps coming to my side" and let them look at the map to see where i am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VoidSpectre Posted February 9, 2012 Author Share Posted February 9, 2012 'grass' and 'snow' there, no confusion are there really people that confuse east and west? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grubfist Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 'grass' and 'snow' there, no confusion Which side of Voidstar has grass and which side has snow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironzerg Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 Alderaan should be a "no brainer" here. Look at the turret icons on you HUD. You have one in the center, one on the left, and one on the right. It doesn't matter which way your character is facing, how you came out of the spawn or if it's 2 am on a Wednesday. The turrent icons on your HUD are always left/center/right. And those icons ALWAYS correspond to the same turrent on your map. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vallowen Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 Left = East. Right = West. This is normally what I've seen in warzones; sometimes people will get them mixed up, but this seems no less than people mixing up east/west. but its backwards when you spawn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vindianajones Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 (edited) Most of my server has started using East/West and it's much, much less confusing, because you just never know what a person's frame of reference is when they're calling for help in Voidstar and using left/right. Half of my friends will use facing out of the spawn point when on defense, the other half use the upper map. East/West is simply universally correct and always better. Edited February 9, 2012 by vindianajones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grubfist Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 are there really people that confuse east and west? I did that on Voidstar and when west got planted, some people at east said "I WAS WEST OF WHERE WE COME OUT, ***" Yes. And they are not rare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groncho Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 but its backwards when you spawn lololo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MightyAl Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 It works fine in any group I've been in. The limiting factor is people staying to cream the last couple of enemies where they are instead of moving, not the format of the call. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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