OMG WTF GIVE ME UR AUTOGRAPFS#!?!11

giggity.

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Its a known bug.

That graphical glitch that preserves the previous frames and can make you crash is caused by your character being covered by blocks. This game doesn't prevent you from placing blocks in the same place a person is, I use the glitch to disconnect/piss off griefers and dickheads

Also, the taking damage from alt+tabbing might be a measure against AFKing. Or just a crazy bug.

All I'm saying is, it's possible ;)
Though I don't think I've received random damage ever before like that.. only bugs I've had is that non-deletion of previous frames thing..
But as said, hiding seems to work for me!

Damage caused when you return may be caused by people having shot you ;)

nope.

also Devas, I feel your pain in this, I hate this random damage.

i've only lost 1-2 damage while doing that

It happens to me every time. If I am more than half across the map, I finish my objective or get shot first. Then, Ill minimizes. Nothing worse than having the intel, minimizing, and returning to the game and dying from the glitch

Happens to me all the time, at one point i killed myself on purpose to save myself the pain of coming back to being dead, yet it still append.

It's never happened to me until just the other night while on a laptop. I never get it when I play on my computer. Both computers are running Windows 7, but I can't recall which edition it was on the laptop.

It's always puzzled me to hear people talk about this- it has never happened to me, and I do it all the time to change music. Im on Win 7 using firefox 3.6 if that makes any difference.

Alt-tabbing never usually hurts me, though it has caused that strange bug where none of the gui etc updates..
Damage caused when you return may be caused by people having shot you ;)

However, to try and avoid this gui bug I hid away from other players, so that my player can't 'see' anyone - and it seemed to work. Just dig a hole for yourself or burrow into the side of somewhere and then alt-tab.. works for me.

Not that I know of, I just usually minimize, and try to keep it minimized for a good 10 minutes which should be enough for me to do what it is I want to do.

Nope, not yet

I have a habit of minimizing games a lot to check things online. Whenever I do this while playing AoS I either return with 28 health or Die/Re-spawn. Is there a way to minimize the game without dying?

ZakDCCLXXVII made up a good point. I always hate it that I don't know where I was exactly on the map after I died. Then I need to figure out again where I was walking. This could be easily fixed by allowing us to see the map to check your circle during the 3-4 seconds you're lying dead on the floor.

Other than being forced to build up the side of a spider fort when would you need to fight?

Sometimes you don't have that option

The optimal way of getting the intel requires no fighting at all, and that's flawed design.

@Lokiamis That's why you sneak past the enemy instead of shooting at them when you're at there side. It almost always works for me.

Other then one takes intel and your making a diversion

"I don't get it. What's wrong with the current spawn system?"

When you're in enemy turf there's no point to attacking an enemy because the chance of them spawning behind you in two seconds is too high. It's another reason why tunneling is always a better option than fighting your way through.

There is no problem other then the presence of the spawn camper
Solution: The team should suck less and kill the camper

It is a waste of time coding up.

The idea is to build a wall around your spawn area.

Spawn protection would be horrific. It's hard enough to capture intel from fortified buildings as it is. I would like a spawn system where you could pick a spot on the map, as long as it's on your team's side.

You could also get two markings on it; one to show where you died, the other to show a small area where the person shot and killed you from (not an exact spot, however, say a large encircled area).

I don't get it. What's wrong with the current spawn system?

Yeah the spawn system is terrible

We just need a smart spawn system.

eg you spawn far from the enemy.

It is all about how you protect your base / spawn area.

Go have a loot at WarServer's AOS server and see what people do on their.