the best flag captures

Think back you demo whores. What are the 5 most epic caps in T2's history? I think the most memorable cap for me is probably the IA vs Rapture crazy ass flag scramble, I believe rapture gets the cap, if only for the calibre of the teams playing and the intensity that nordramor brought to the action. Did it win the game? I can't remember. Certainly one of those most dramatic caps though.

I think on a personal note, it was idz vs pro, early 7 man classic and we had something of a rivalary, and with a minute left I believe I grabbed and we capped it with seconds to spare, winning the game.

Have any epic caps happened in these tournaments? Anyone who has videos or demos of intense and epic caps would be great.

i think 5150 vs SES was determined by a tank ue

Originally posted by: Fling
Think back you demo whores. What are the 5 most epic caps in T2's history? I think the most memorable cap for me is probably the IA vs Rapture crazy ass flag scramble, I believe rapture gets the cap, if only for the calibre of the teams playing and the intensity that nordramor brought to the action. Did it win the game? I can't remember. Certainly one of those most dramatic caps though.

NO CAP FOR RAPTURE! NO. CAP. FOR. RAPTURE!

It was the Christmas tournament many years ago. Things were going badly for the HO HO HO TRAIN on Abaddon, but we got back to 4-3 after being shorthanded at the start of the map and battling disconnects. 40 seconds to go and we get the flag out and on the way home. The clock is ticking. There's a mad scramble around our flag and Meyog comes out with it. 8 seconds. The team all collapses to the stand as Meyog brings it home. 5. 4. 3. 2.

Oops nvm, Meyog fell in the lava.

Hawson's cap on Ice dagger. Team Nigs, best team ever!

The last of Team ReD's 3 caps in the final 1:30 of Abaddon in the 10 Year Tourney had hexy catch a flag and walk across the tightrope to the flag stand for the winning cap while awaiting a flag return.

I watched those derm talons carry hexy to the tattered and burned monument to our victory-gripping that rope as he charged through the steel rain of stray tracers and grenade fire enveloped by the sweltering maw below. The hearts of all derms rejoiced in his might that day, their cheers rising like the heat waves from that dreaded pool of lava.

[SES]BaNsHee and {SES} on Riverdance. 5150 vs SES.

Anyway they ran a set play which they practiced (just in case) toward the end of a 0-0 RD map. SES-Unamed, just grabbed it and tossed it from the flag hug, out front where BaNsHee who was waiting behind the RD base came back to front in perfect coordination to grab it and take off.

Map ended 1-0 SES. Damn capping was a pain in base and on that map epecially.

I only have Carveth's HoF demo left from that map/match

A gamechanging plau oten overlooked came earlier in the same map when 5150 had one all the way home and in thier Riverdance base; it looked to be a sure cap and then SES-TheMack made an insane return. It's rumored that Squeeze was born that moment!

If ANYONE has this map demo from either TheMack's or BaNsHee's POV, please post a link, I used to have them both, but I've looked around quite a bit and can only find the map from the POV of SES's HOF.

Everything's been mentioned that I can think of that stood out as some singularly memorable cap run -- except team vanguard's first cap against 5150 in t2 on pandemonium -- and gspot2's solo cap for entropy to beat vanguard on beggars run.

I can't remember a match in classic that came down to one epic cap in the same way, but hawson's icedagger run was pretty snazzy : ]

My cap in /c6/ vs SES on sanctuary

Rapture on 311 damnation OT.

Haut sauce during ten year tourney, spawn caps MMD during a scrim.

Already Mentioned:

Vanguard scoring the 1st Cap agaisnt 5150 on Pande in t2 base.

SES Cap to win 1-0 on RiverDance in t2 base.

Rapture in OT vs 311 on Damnation

Rapture vs IAs famous moment was actually a Cap Denial.. but still an epic memory captured at the end of LostAngels Pure2 Tribes 2 Movie.

Meyogs Lava Dive was pretty epic (He was redeemed scoring the winning cap in the final minutes of Abba in the 10yr tounry, Finals Map 1 RAGE vs Knights)

Personal Moments:

My 1st t2 team (cant rem name, we were terrible) vs 4m (yes that 4m) on Death Birds Fly in OT. They got it out, got a pass off to Molim who got in a shrike, with me chasing in a shrike but just too far back to catch him. He scored between the 2 and the 1 of the countdown for the victory.

RT vs eM. - Classic - eM had never beaten RT. After losing Surreal 6-1 we went to Dessicator. It was 0-0 for about 10 minutes, and then RT got the Shield Gens down and scored. Then they moved to a Heavy D Stack. For 15 Minutes we tried to break it and failed. We switched to a Full Cluster Offense, 12 Naked O, 2 D. We managed to fight our way Up their tower (Flag SHields still up), bring the flag out, and bring it home to cap with 10 seconds left and send it to OT. Then I got the Winning Cap in OT to send it to map 3. RT thought the match was over until the final minute when we tied, and we ended up winning Abbadon 7-0 for map 3.

And Finally in the 10 yr Tourney, Oriens OT Cap on Map 3 (Harvester) in the Semi Finals to push RAGE past ReD. Bran made a great grab for Red and got sniped right before he went behind the hill by his flag, we got a nice return, and Orien (our TF in Regulation) made an Stand to Stand Cap for the OT win barely missing the Flagstand Pillar. Clutch.

And the best Cap Failure - 311 vs Negativity, 311 got up 1-0 5 minutes in to Beggars Run and then Turtled in the Basement. 20 Minutes later Wiggle! managed to Cloak-Lance-Return the flag in front of four 311 HD in the basement. In the mad scramble that ensued while we tried to make the tieing Cap, 311 Killed 6 people in a row, and randomly Wiggle Ended up with it, standing ont he bridge 5 feet from our stand, not knowing he had it. We were all yelling on TS , which meant nobody could understand what we were yelling, and wiggle got killed and flag returned without him even realizing he ever had the flag. All the caster could say was "Oh wiggle......"

P.S. - Yes I know this is a huge post and None of my personal cap memories mean shit to anyone else.

Originally posted by: Nola213
[SES]BaNsHee and {SES} on Riverdance. 5150 vs SES.

Anyway they ran a set play which they practiced (just in case) toward the end of a 0-0 RD map. SES-Unamed, just grabbed it and tossed it from the flag hug, out front where BaNsHee who was waiting behind the RD base came back to front in perfect coordination to grab it and take off.

Map ended 1-0 SES. Damn capping was a pain in base and on that map epecially.

I only have Carveth's HoF demo left from that map/match

A gamechanging plau oten overlooked came earlier in the same map when 5150 had one all the way home and in thier Riverdance base; it looked to be a sure cap and then SES-TheMack made an insane return. It's rumored that Squeeze was born that moment!

If ANYONE has this map demo from either TheMack's or BaNsHee's POV, please post a link, I used to have them both, but I've looked around quite a bit and can only find the map from the POV of SES's HOF.

been lookin everwhere for these...can u hook me up with that HOF pov?

Originally posted by: Rancer

Originally posted by: Nola213
[SES]BaNsHee and {SES} on Riverdance. 5150 vs SES.

Anyway they ran a set play which they practiced (just in case) toward the end of a 0-0 RD map. SES-Unamed, just grabbed it and tossed it from the flag hug, out front where BaNsHee who was waiting behind the RD base came back to front in perfect coordination to grab it and take off.

Map ended 1-0 SES. Damn capping was a pain in base and on that map epecially.

I only have Carveth's HoF demo left from that map/match

A gamechanging plau oten overlooked came earlier in the same map when 5150 had one all the way home and in thier Riverdance base; it looked to be a sure cap and then SES-TheMack made an insane return. It's rumored that Squeeze was born that moment!

If ANYONE has this map demo from either TheMack's or BaNsHee's POV, please post a link, I used to have them both, but I've looked around quite a bit and can only find the map from the POV of SES's HOF.

been lookin everwhere for these...can u hook me up with that HOF pov?

SES Carveth HOF demo : http://files.nastyhobbit.org/index.php?dir=t2-demos%2F&download=5150vsSES-riv-HoF-carvy.rec


http://files.nastyhobbit.org/index.php?dir=t2-demos%2F

Alot of other base demos here, like 5150 Adrenaline HoF vs Vanguard, slut shriking vs the 3 tanks of SES on Archipelago (a UE fest) I remeber listening to that Shoutcast live. Also some Mad Rabbit base demos, some vintage LittleWing LO on Stonehenge, Joop Shrike capping on Katabatic ect,ect,ect.

I'm pretty sure there's directions somewhere in those directories on how to get the base/base++ demos to work. If you need help getting em to work, let me know. Not trying to say it's too complicated for you, just trying to be helpful. Enjoy Rancer!

damn man thats fuckin awesome. i am havin trouble tho makin the old recordings play, could u maybe help me with that? couldnt find directions anywhere....appreciate the help tho man...damn goldmine u got right here haha

well it's not mine I just found it. I'm gonna look for some website with instructuion on how to watch the old demos, If I have no luck. Do you use Irc, or AIM or anything like that? Cause I just need to send you the old exe. and help you set it up so it all works.

When I got the go-ahead cap on abaddon in the tourney finals. boom bitches

caps are only memorable when they come as a result of teams not being efficient enough to consistently produce them.

also base and base++ were so ass slow that they don't care, getting flag captures was like ramming your head into a wall waiting for it to break.

i am a computer

Originally posted by: Nola213
well it's not mine I just found it. I'm gonna look for some website with instructuion on how to watch the old demos, If I have no luck. Do you use Irc, or AIM or anything like that? Cause I just need to send you the old exe. and help you set it up so it all works.

yea homie im on irc all day... #lastgap

Originally posted by: Rancer

Originally posted by: Nola213
well it's not mine I just found it. I'm gonna look for some website with instructuion on how to watch the old demos, If I have no luck. Do you use Irc, or AIM or anything like that? Cause I just need to send you the old exe. and help you set it up so it all works.

yea homie im on irc all day... #lastgap

Brolly found it, thanks Brolly!

/files/dl/Tribes2/Tribes2Old.exe

OK, there's most likely a better easier way to do this than how I go about watching old demos. But this works well for me, and I'm just tryin to help Rancer out.

But what I do is this:

1)Take the Tribes2 exe out of your Tribes2/GameData Folder (put it somewhere safe where you won't lose it like you documents or any other non Dynamix folder). Or make a new folder in your documents just for old demos and the old exe.

2)Rename the Tribes2OLD exe to Tribes2 and put that in your Tribes2/gamedata folder.

3)make a new Desktop Short cut to T2, right click on it go to properties and put this in the Target line Area.

C: \Dynamix\Tribes2\GameData\Tribes2.exe -nologin

(eliminate the space above; bewtween C: and \Dynamix because it was posting asmiley face, lol).

Now launch T2 from that new shortcut.

You'll notice that only OLD demos will work, any new demos will be greyed out.

Also VERY important....

When your done, go into the GameData folder rename the Tribes2 exe to Tribes2Old, and put it in the folder where you put the original Tribes2 exe. Then just put the original Tribes2 exe back in the GameData folder and your good to go.

There's probablly easier ways to do this where you can leave them both in the Game data folder, but I just don't wanna take the chance of mixing the two up. Sometimes I'm forgetful. So yea it's pretty easy anyway.

Enjoy watching those old demos. Put the old demos you want to watch in the base/recording folder of course.

I'll try and log into #lastgasp tommorow to see how you made out.

If you have any other questions you can post them here.

Also if anyone has an Easier way of doing this (I'm sure there is) please don't hesitate to share.


Post edited by Nola213 at 9/21/2011 8:31:33 PM

Yea this rates up there for sure, just because of the story behind all of it.

Redemption for Meyog.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bMc1J3IRns

Awesome video btw.

Originally posted by: Nola213

Brolly found it, thanks Brolly!

/files/dl/Tribes2/Tribes2Old.exe

OK, there's most likely a better easier way to do this than how I go about watching old demos. But this works well for me, and I'm just tryin to help Rancer out.

But what I do is this:

1)Take the Tribes2 exe out of your Tribes2/GameData Folder (put it somewhere safe where you won't lose it like you documents or any other non Dynamix folder). Or make a new folder in your documents just for old demos and the old exe.

2)Rename the Tribes2OLD exe to Tribes2 and put that in your Tribes2/gamedata folder.

3)make a new Desktop Short cut to T2, right click on it go to properties and put this in the Target line Area.

C: \Dynamix\Tribes2\GameData\Tribes2.exe -nologin

(eliminate the space above; bewtween C: and \Dynamix because it was posting asmiley face, lol).

Now launch T2 from that new shortcut.

You'll notice that only OLD demos will work, any new demos will be greyed out.

Also VERY important....

When your done, go into the GameData folder rename the Tribes2 exe to Tribes2Old, and put it in the folder where you put the original Tribes2 exe. Then just put the original Tribes2 exe back in the GameData folder and your good to go.

There's probablly easier ways to do this where you can leave them both in the Game data folder, but I just don't wanna take the chance of mixing the two up. Sometimes I'm forgetful. So yea it's pretty easy anyway.

Enjoy watching those old demos. Put the old demos you want to watch in the base/recording folder of course.

I'll try and log into #lastgasp tommorow to see how you made out.

If you have any other questions you can post them here.

Also if anyone has an Easier way of doing this (I'm sure there is) please don't hesitate to share.

man, u are a fuckin g. ur instructions were perfect n i got to watch some epic demos that i never thought id see again lol. thanks man i really appreciate that shit. id +100 rep u if i could lol

hey no problem. I'm actually amazed you were able to follow my directions, I mean they were pretty terrible and like I said there's most likely an easier less confusing way to go about it.

But I'm glad it worked out, enjoy the demos.

If you come across SES|BaNsHee's demo from Riverdance vs 5150. Or SES|TheMack's demo from the same map, I'd REALLY appreciate that.

If anyone else has those demos, please hook me up.

Originally posted by: Nola213
hey no problem. I'm actually amazed you were able to follow my directions, I mean they were pretty terrible and like I said there's most likely an easier less confusing way to go about it.

But I'm glad it worked out, enjoy the demos.

If you come across SES|BaNsHee's demo from Riverdance vs 5150. Or SES|TheMack's demo from the same map, I'd REALLY appreciate that.

If anyone else has those demos, please hook me up.

will do man, im on the hunt for them too...just watched -slut- shrike cap vs SES on archipelgo, looked like a practice for 5150. crazy they were the only ones able to win a map

In a ol spawn CTF match on pande I ended up DJing off a tree shooting me directly towards my flag and capping it.

Originally posted by: Mindflayr

RT vs eM. - Classic - eM had never beaten RT. After losing Surreal 6-1 we went to Dessicator. It was 0-0 for about 10 minutes, and then RT got the Shield Gens down and scored. Then they moved to a Heavy D Stack. For 15 Minutes we tried to break it and failed. We switched to a Full Cluster Offense, 12 Naked O, 2 D. We managed to fight our way Up their tower (Flag SHields still up), bring the flag out, and bring it home to cap with 10 seconds left and send it to OT. Then I got the Winning Cap in OT to send it to map 3. RT thought the match was over until the final minute when we tied, and we ended up winning Abbadon 7-0 for map

This match was definately the most memorable ive ever played in; and most people dont even know I played for eM. back then. Our team was so pumped after that desi win. I still remember the cheering on TS...it puts a smile on my face just thinking about it .

Originally posted by: Rancer

Originally posted by: Nola213
hey no problem. I'm actually amazed you were able to follow my directions, I mean they were pretty terrible and like I said there's most likely an easier less confusing way to go about it.

But I'm glad it worked out, enjoy the demos.

If you come across SES|BaNsHee's demo from Riverdance vs 5150. Or SES|TheMack's demo from the same map, I'd REALLY appreciate that.

If anyone else has those demos, please hook me up.

will do man, im on the hunt for them too...just watched -slut- shrike cap vs SES on archipelgo, looked like a practice for 5150. crazy they were the only ones able to win a map

you should make some youtube clips of some 5150 matches

Originally posted by: Belial
Hawson's cap on Ice dagger. Team Nigs, best team ever!

Ya Hawson's capture with .00001 seconds left is #1.
Post edited by shyzter- at 9/23/2011 10:59:30 AM

Originally posted by: inflow

Originally posted by: Rancer

Originally posted by: Nola213
hey no problem. I'm actually amazed you were able to follow my directions, I mean they were pretty terrible and like I said there's most likely an easier less confusing way to go about it.

But I'm glad it worked out, enjoy the demos.

If you come across SES|BaNsHee's demo from Riverdance vs 5150. Or SES|TheMack's demo from the same map, I'd REALLY appreciate that.

If anyone else has those demos, please hook me up.

will do man, im on the hunt for them too...just watched -slut- shrike cap vs SES on archipelgo, looked like a practice for 5150. crazy they were the only ones able to win a map

you should make some youtube clips of some 5150 matches

good idea actually...when i get the time i def will.

Originally posted by: Julius*
My cap in /c6/ vs SES on sanctuary

my cap vs. c6 on sancturary (with julius hot on my 6). may have even been the first ever t2 match

Originally posted by: projectile
caps are only memorable when they come as a result of teams not being efficient enough to consistently produce them.

also base and base++ were so ass slow that they don't care, getting flag captures was like ramming your head into a wall waiting for it to break.

I hate that I agree with you proj.

Also look at -bp-'s cap at the link during 10year tourney (Go to 12min 3 seconds)Watch it w/o sound, frostbite kills it with his lack of enthusiasm.:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2Q7M2t1R5o
It was just hilarious how many passes actually worked.

these claims of glorious caps are nothing without demos.

Links to demos or it didnt happen.

final cap of RT vs. =V= on Slapdash made by w/o
other than 5150 we were the only other tribe to capout =V=
we lost the match, but that was pretty memorable
they accused us of having stealth bombers

RT vs. eM loss as mentioned. humbling experience especially since I considered us very good at Abaddon. I had spam points and everything!

caps on Sanctuary were always epic. I loved that map

and personal favorite beating Entropy 3-2 3-2 booting them off the Base ladder. we were very much the underdogs for that one. and I believe that match could be said as marking the official switch to base++

Originally posted by: ReDEyE!!
these claims of glorious caps are nothing without demos.

Links to demos or it didnt happen.

Wish I had my Demos, but I lost the HD that had all my t1 and t2 demos (100s) years ago.

Originally posted by: Mindflayr

RT vs eM. - Classic - eM had never beaten RT. After losing Surreal 6-1 we went to Dessicator. It was 0-0 for about 10 minutes, and then RT got the Shield Gens down and scored. Then they moved to a Heavy D Stack. For 15 Minutes we tried to break it and failed. We switched to a Full Cluster Offense, 12 Naked O, 2 D. We managed to fight our way Up their tower (Flag SHields still up), bring the flag out, and bring it home to cap with 10 seconds left and send it to OT. Then I got the Winning Cap in OT to send it to map 3. RT thought the match was over until the final minute when we tied, and we ended up winning Abbadon 7-0 for map 3.

/demos/default.asp?historyid=29302

Rhodiums Dessicator Demos should be regulation and OT. He was our D Capt. Not Sure if Brigadiers is regulation or OT but he was playing HO (until we went Naked Cluster) so hopefully its regulation.

And Finally in the 10 yr Tourney, Oriens OT Cap on Map 3 (Harvester) in the Semi Finals to push RAGE past ReD. Bran made a great grab for Red and got sniped right before he went behind the hill by his flag, we got a nice return, and Orien (our TF in Regulation) made an Stand to Stand Cap for the OT win barely missing the Flagstand Pillar. Clutch.

You can see this on my Youtube Chan. It was Casted but didnt get uploaded (for some reason) by Craig, but I got the files and got it up in 3 parts here:

http://www.youtube.com/user/MindflayrFurey

And the best Cap Failure - 311 vs Negativity, 311 got up 1-0 5 minutes in to Beggars Run and then Turtled in the Basement. 20 Minutes later Wiggle! managed to Cloak-Lance-Return the flag in front of four 311 HD in the basement. In the mad scramble that ensued while we tried to make the tieing Cap, 311 Killed 6 people in a row, and randomly Wiggle Ended up with it, standing ont he bridge 5 feet from our stand, not knowing he had it. We were all yelling on TS , which meant nobody could understand what we were yelling, and wiggle got killed and flag returned without him even realizing he ever had the flag. All the caster could say was "Oh wiggle......"

Not sure if JustJohnny was on our side of the map when Wiggle failed to make the easy tying cap, but thats the match.
/demos/default.asp?historyid=39421
Post edited by Mindflayr at 9/23/2011 4:54:18 AM

Thanks Mindflayer ill check those out after work today.

Originally posted by: KambuL
Rapture on 311 damnation OT.

Fuck you and go die in a fire. God damn that match....

Originally posted by: Nola213
well it's not mine I just found it. I'm gonna look for some website with instructuion on how to watch the old demos, If I have no luck. Do you use Irc, or AIM or anything like that? Cause I just need to send you the old exe. and help you set it up so it all works.

you need to get original tribes2.exe make new destination folder (much like the classic old school) copy t2 folder rename drop demos in recs disable login(obviously) i think the path looked similiar c:/dyna/t2.exe -nologin -recordings

keep in mind you need original maps too. you cant watch 5150 demos w/o their maps. some were from mappcks i cant find.

note: i did watch slut shrike on arch 5150 vs SES i think also saw adren hof it was pretty crazy what was put on table in 01

Originally posted by: PuSH

note: i did watch slut shrike on arch 5150 vs SES i think also saw adren hof it was pretty crazy what was put on table in 01

hell ya, they were way ahead of everybody...