VIDEO ABOVE: The incident.
Please humor me on an indulgent Friday™ story of western fight, pricey reader. Final evening I used to be placing one other few rounds into my most-played recreation of the 12 months, Hunt: Showdown, a stealthy, typically sluggish shooter the place sitting nonetheless in tall grass is often a most well-liked technique over bum-rushing.
We have been skirting the perimeter of Fort Bolden, the lincoln log fortress within the SW nook of DeSalle. My teammate had simply been blown to smithereens by a fireworks lure that was deviously positioned beside a crimson explosive barrel. Morale was low, and enemies had the excessive floor.
In a couple of seconds, we would have an opportunity to even the percentages. I used to be making an attempt to flush out the enemies who we knew have been occupying the realm above us, on the battlement. I shot one. I hurled a (nineteenth century) flash grenade into their nest. One other throwable has barely left my hand when the heavens half. The silhouette of an avenging angel breaks the sky, and he is sporting suspenders.
Is that this the brand new Hunt meta, headstomping your enemies like a goomba? The leap at me is an action-hero transfer, and the very last thing I anticipate in a shooter the place motion is usually restricted to little, strafey side-steps. I take in a bucketful of buckshot, smacked inside an inch of my lifebar. (Upon forensic inspection of the footage, it appears to be like like he is carrying a Caldwell Rival 78 Handcannon, glorious style in shotguns, my pal.)
I belatedly reflex-fire my Winfield as he hits the bottom. No hit marker, shit. However he is… useless? He killed himself? He killed himself. I’ve dodged a bullet regardless of very a lot not dodging the aforementioned bullet.
So, what do you do when a cowboy falls out of the sky with a double-barreled shotgun pointed at you? Reply: Get knocked to 2 HP and miss your shot as he pancakes himself; humbly declare victory.
Additionally, a reminder to all aspiring angel cowboys and ladies on the market: Kiteskin is a trait that reduces the harm attributable to falling by 50%. It may be yours for a mere one (1) trait level. I provide this recommendation with the utmost respect.
This is not an particularly wonderful story. It is from probably the most spectacular second I’ve had in Hunt. However I’m sure by cowboy code to tip my dusty hat to this legend as publicly as I’m in a position. You went down swinging, buddy. Blasting a man (me) along with your gun was the very last thing you ever did—what number of cowpersons can say that? If all of us had your Leroy Jenkinsness (an actual and legitimate identify mixture in Hunt (opens in new tab), extremely), we would all make gaming a bit of extra enjoyable for everybody.
And I actually ought to have died, truthfully. Let this humble HTML appropriate the ledger, hopefully.
In conclusion, and within the voice of a six-year-old: “I appreciated the half when the cowboy fell down.”
