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I have always belived it is the actions of the teras kasi that set him/her apart from the cookies. The way he chains his moves. Does he use his brawler moves still? Does he only use KD2 and Hit3? These are all questions that can be answered to set you appart from a cookie cutter or a FOTM. A good teras kasi will know when to lower defenses, or wail on the opponent. To go toe-to-toe, or to withdraw and find another way around that 80% kenetic armor.

There really is no way to tell you a straight answer on the board. The only way is to go answer these questions by the way you fight, if you know your proffesion, and are a true master of tecnique then you will know if you are a FOTM or a true Teras Kasi Master.

/bow2

And when i started teras kasi I too was often called a noobie, or nOOb and all that other elitest crap. The only way to deal with it is with your fists =)

pikeman is the only combat profession that isnt FOTM, so dont worry about it when people call you that

Don't worry we won't be FOTM when carbineers get fixed

also keep in mind that this jackarse just learned the term FOTM. this is evidenced by his using it nearly 3 months after everyone desided that TK even WAS a Flavor of the Month.

somewhere, i cannot remember where as i try to visit the boards EVERY DAY, but somewhere here in the TKA forums is a thread that contains the quintessence of the Flavor Of The Month attitude. the post began with someone saying they just reached TKN and they were loving it. it continued with a few 'congratz' and 'good jobs' from other TKAs and then a troll appeared from no where just to say 'don't you know TKA is old news? template defence stacking is in' at first i thought it was a joke...it HAD to be right? but then i looked at his sig, with the defencive template stack layed out for all to see, and i nearly busted a gut laughing at this fool.

i have to agree with the others who have said that it is in fact the WAY you play your profession, the manner in which you approch your confruntations, the tactics you use, the thought process you take into battle and the honor (or lack there of) that distinguish you from a fool who took up the profession to win fights.

personally it amazes me to see TKAs who do not use the good old fasioned Intimidate / Stun/ Blind combo in PvE. it is still AMAZINGLY effective, yet the FOTMers see ONLY Dizzy / KD2 / Hit3

Sorry no, you are flavor of the month if you joined TKA just because of the pure fact that it got a big boost and is now very good. That defines wether or not you are FOTM. You can be good at tka, but if you jumped on the wagon just because of the patch that added like 80 base damage, and fixed hams... then its just like the rifleman who did the same. FOTM. Youve been a tka since october, the patch was awhile later, so therefore you are not FOTM. Or maybe there are those who jumped in after the patch, but not because of the huge boost, but because they thought unarmed would be nice to have. those are not FOTM.

So FOTM = Flavor of the Month = Bandwagoning the latest boosted profession. Like you see in rifleman, all of the sudden there are 8000 riflemen, and why? because they all at once thought it looked good? No, because they would do the most damage with it, and more likely to win a battle with it. That is fotm. If you picked it up for the boost, then drop it if it gets nerfed back to how it used to be, you = fotm, otherwise youre probably not.

Message Edited by Morik on 03-11-2004 03:11 PM

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NeoEcks wrote:

also keep in mind that this jackarse just learned the term FOTM. this is evidenced by his using it nearly 3 months after everyone desided that TK even WAS a Flavor of the Month.

somewhere, i cannot remember where as i try to visit the boards EVERY DAY, but somewhere here in the TKA forums is a thread that contains the quintessence of the Flavor Of The Month attitude. the post began with someone saying they just reached TKN and they were loving it. it continued with a few 'congratz' and 'good jobs' from other TKAs and then a troll appeared from no where just to say 'don't you know TKA is old news? template defence stacking is in' at first i thought it was a joke...it HAD to be right? but then i looked at his sig, with the defencive template stack layed out for all to see, and i nearly busted a gut laughing at this fool.

i have to agree with the others who have said that it is in fact the WAY you play your profession, the manner in which you approch your confruntations, the tactics you use, the thought process you take into battle and the honor (or lack there of) that distinguish you from a fool who took up the profession to win fights.

personally it amazes me to see TKAs who do not use the good old fasioned Intimidate / Stun/ Blind combo in PvE. it is still AMAZINGLY effective, yet the FOTMers see ONLY Dizzy / KD2 / Hit3

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lol...yes I do defense stack. Is this bad? I dont think so. Dabbling has been in the game for a reason, and that reason is for people to create a more personlized character. I did it also to be more effective in both pvp and in pve. And if you fulling read my post, you would have realized that I've been a TKM for about 5 months now and no I didnt just pick up TKN =P. FOTM has dated back to when I played DAoC and when everyone jumped on the shadowzerk bandwagon, the the berserker one, then the inf, savage, chanter, whatever. I didnt "just" learn this term. It is true though that I have just recently gotten fencer and I have completed my defense stacked template.

Though I can try to defend my reasons for defense stacking, I cant change your opinion of me.I do still agree with you and the original response to my first post in that whatseperates those who just pick up tk and those who actually know and love this profession ishow they fight.

Message Edited by Morik on 03-11-2004 03:28 PM

I like TKA and even if we do nerfed I'm still sticking with it.

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Morik wrote:

Sorry no, you are flavor of the month if you joined TKA just because of the pure fact that it got a big boost and is now very good. That defines wether or not you are FOTM. You can be good at tka, but if you jumped on the wagon just because of the patch that added like 80 base damage, and fixed hams... then its just like the rifleman who did the same. FOTM. Youve been a tka since october, the patch was awhile later, so therefore you are not FOTM. Or maybe there are those who jumped in after the patch, but not because of the huge boost, but because they thought unarmed would be nice to have. those are not FOTM.

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So what about someone like me, who started playing this game in late January? I joined after the boost, but being relatively ignorant of what profession was "uber" and which were gimped, I started with pistols, didnt like it, switched to rifles, still didnt like it, and migrated my way to TKA, and am loving it. Im a "post-boost" player, but I would hesitate to call myself a FOTM because Im not really doing this to be uber, its more about having fun and not spending 3 minutes out of every 10 recovering my mind (stupid headshots suck up mind points like its going out of style) makes my playing more enjoyable... The real problem for me, is that Ive seen some fencers out there, and they look like theyre having a lot of fun... I think that will make me into a FOTM-Stacker if I pick it up. Its so stupid that I have to curb my desires so that I wont be called names.

Also, Soulchicken, reread NeoEcks' response. He was supporting you. Hes calling the guy who was blasting you a jackarse, not you

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NharYstta wrote:

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Morik wrote:

Sorry no, you are flavor of the month if you joined TKA just because of the pure fact that it got a big boost and is now very good. That defines wether or not you are FOTM. You can be good at tka, but if you jumped on the wagon just because of the patch that added like 80 base damage, and fixed hams... then its just like the rifleman who did the same. FOTM. Youve been a tka since october, the patch was awhile later, so therefore you are not FOTM. Or maybe there are those who jumped in after the patch, but not because of the huge boost, but because they thought unarmed would be nice to have. those are not FOTM.

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So what about someone like me, who started playing this game in late January? I joined after the boost, but being relatively ignorant of what profession was "uber" and which were gimped, I started with pistols, didnt like it, switched to rifles, still didnt like it, and migrated my way to TKA, and am loving it. Im a "post-boost" player, but I would hesitate to call myself a FOTM because Im not really doing this to be uber, its more about having fun and not spending 3 minutes out of every 10 recovering my mind (stupid headshots suck up mind points like its going out of style) makes my playing more enjoyable... The real problem for me, is that Ive seen some fencers out there, and they look like theyre having a lot of fun... I think that will make me into a FOTM-Stacker if I pick it up. Its so stupid that I have to curb my desires so that I wont be called names.

Also, Soulchicken, reread NeoEcks' response. He was supporting you. Hes calling the guy who was blasting you a jackarse, not you

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I wouldn't worry about about what people call you. Just do it because you like it. I've been a rifleman for long before they got the love patch and bug and that makes them "uber" but I don't care what people say about me. I play what I play because I want to play that way not because of what someone else thinks I should play.