I love E-male, that is all that needs to be said. He is play TDM atm.... I want a vid of him playing that next!

1stMIP-E-Male said:

DEADH20 said:
You have a 0.66 W/L Ratio, you clearly dont win enough. Your not good and obviously 80% of the people on this thread believe that also. Stop making videos that suck then posting them on the forum.

Why on earth would I listen to you?

I am fine.

I do not care what 80% of "the people" think.

I will continue making videos and posting them to this forum.

Thank you for watching and commenting!

E-Male

PS: see here for my latest video!
http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/en/forum/threadview/2832654489601798705/ [battlelog.battlefield.com]

Well that I cant stop you but just know that they dont help anyone and all they are good for is a small chuckle.

DEADH20 said:
Well that I cant stop you but just know that they dont help anyone and all they are good for is a small chuckle.

Here is one that might make you laugh:

Battlefield 3: Grand Bazaar Delta Defense
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-oek4-Edc0&context=C39c1bceADOEgsToPDskJlttxdAVzQQLmhGtbDKz5B [youtube.com]


Thank you for watching and commenting!

E-Male

You seem to spend a whole lot of time making those videos :o)

He is like a film prof..... it is a passion....

1stMIP-E-Male said:
I am well aware of the nature of the Internet, having been on it since before you were born.

Apparently not, also considering my age, you were not on the internet before I was born. What a silly thing to say, even if it were true, what were you hoping to accomplish? Nonsense.

1stMIP-E-Male said:
I did not 'create' the situation where trolls and haters are rampant (and they certainly are here in the Battlelog forums) -- they are a part of the culture of Internet discussion forums and are to be expected. These forums could be more conducive to intelligent and mature dialogue if the moderators applied higher standards of civility, but that is not the case.

You made your bed, now lie in it. I am surprised you don't realize this all stems from your actions, regardless of intent. Imagine starting a Rube Goldberg machine every time you post a thread, video, response, etc. There is no scapegoat.

1stMIP-E-Male said:
You are quite wrong to propose that rudeness is excusable, regardless of the nature of the forum. Just because "haters are going to hate" does not excuse their behaviour. Personal responsibility and ethical civility are not negated because the context is virtual.

I never said it was excusable, it simply is. If someone "hates" on you, or is a "troll", ignore them. Simple. As someone who's been on the internet for so long, and knows so much about it as a result, I am confused with your actions.

As this thread is about my videos,

here is another one!

Enjoy!

Squad Leader Profiles -- Drunknsol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaYd1Wkt6U8 [youtube.com]

E-Male
http://www.tacticalgamer.com [tacticalgamer.com]

DEADH20 said:

1stMIP-E-Male said:

DEADH20 said:
You have a 0.66 W/L Ratio, you clearly dont win enough. Your not good and obviously 80% of the people on this thread believe that also. Stop making videos that suck then posting them on the forum.

Why on earth would I listen to you?

I am fine.

I do not care what 80% of "the people" think.

I will continue making videos and posting them to this forum.

Thank you for watching and commenting!

E-Male

PS: see here for my latest video!
http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/en/forum/threadview/2832654489601798705/ [battlelog.battlefield.com]

Well that I cant stop you but just know that they dont help anyone and all they are good for is a small chuckle.

He doesn't understand that if he plays far more aggressively a lot of the hate would vanish. Convincing him is like arguing with a brick wall, no matter how hard you try itll never give in.

Edit: Even I would stop hating if he played more aggressively and no im not lying I would actually stop but chances of him playing more aggressively. Once in a blue moon.

Mailman377 said:
He doesn't understand that if he plays far more aggressively a lot of the hate would vanish. Convincing him is like arguing with a brick wall, no matter how hard you try itll never give in.

Edit: Even I would stop hating if he played more aggressively and no im not lying I would actually stop but chances of him playing more aggressively. Once in a blue moon.

Why on earth would you hate someone for not playing the way you do?

Very odd.

i, myself, am a squad player. i prefer playing the objectives rather than having a better k/d ratio and sometime find myself having a better score than those having a positive ratio. These videos are interesting if you like to ''take your time'' and having some strategy team play. Maybe not all videos apply to my game style but i still find them interesting.

on a side note: i find ironic that some people say that it's not a slow pace game when i often see snipers on maps like caspian borders stay as far aways from the objective as possible and wait patiently for someone to cross their sight.

1stMIP-E-Male said:

Mailman377 said:
He doesn't understand that if he plays far more aggressively a lot of the hate would vanish. Convincing him is like arguing with a brick wall, no matter how hard you try itll never give in.

Edit: Even I would stop hating if he played more aggressively and no im not lying I would actually stop but chances of him playing more aggressively. Once in a blue moon.

Why on earth would you hate someone for not playing the way you do?

Very odd.

Im not hating cause you're not playing the way I do. Honestly do you not listen to what people say? I could care less if you played the way I did, I(and the majority of other people) would like to you to use your tactics is a much more aggressive way.

A majority of the people don't like your vids cause of one simple reason. You don't play aggressively. You play very passively which in turns makes for a very boring vid. Not only that playing passively the way you do wouldn't yield as much results if you played much more aggressively. There's a reason why I have 6 times the amount of flag attacker ribbons then you do in less then half the time you've played this game.
Again all people want(well a good majority) is you to play more aggressively rather then ordering your squad around all day and have them do all the dirty work.

overdrift82 said:
on a side note: i find ironic that some people say that it's not a slow pace game when i often see snipers on maps like caspian borders stay as far aways from the objective as possible and wait patiently for someone to cross their sight.

They're called bushwookies for a reason. Did you ever play play BC2 enough to understand why people sit back with the recon class and do nothing but snipe all day? It has nothing to do with the fact of the pace of the game. It comes down to the simple fact of *derp the recon is the sniping class*. Also take the fact they NEVER contribute to the team. How many times do you see them leave their nest to cap a flag?

Mailman377 said:
Edit: Even I would stop hating if he played more aggressively . . .
You play very passively which in turns makes for a very boring vid.

My videos are intended to document a particular style of gameplay, tactics, and strategies.

They are primarily for 1stMIP training purposes.

Only on occassion do I make videos for entertaining others.

And as to my play style, when squad leading I am as agressive as I need to be to get the job done.

My squad is my weapon.

E-Male
http://www.tacticalgamer.com [tacticalgamer.com]

1stMIP-E-Male said:

Mailman377 said:
Edit: Even I would stop hating if he played more aggressively . . .
You play very passively which in turns makes for a very boring vid.

My videos are intended to document a particular style of gameplay, tactics, and strategies.

They are primarily for 1stMIP training purposes.

Only on occassion do I make videos for entertaining others.

And as to my play style, when squad leading I am as agressive as I need to be to get the job done.

My squad is my weapon.

E-Male
http://www.tacticalgamer.com [tacticalgamer.com]

Staring at a rock the for a good portion of the game and telling other people what to do isnt playing aggressively its just telling other people what to do.

My videos are intended to document a particular style of gameplay, tactics, and strategies.

and they can still be played the way they are and you can do it in a more aggressive manner instead of sitting out 300 miles away from the flag and telling your other squad mates what to do.

They are primarily for 1stMIP training purposes.

Honestly....I dont know if you havent noticed this but tactical gaming doesnt fit BF3 all that well. ARMA is the game if you want full on tactical gaming.

Only on occassion do I make videos for entertaining others.

Again...cause staring at a rock for a good portion of the game is VERY entertaining /sarcasm.

And as to my play style, when squad leading I am as agressive as I need to be to get the job done.
My squad is my weapon.

Again as I said before ordering people around isnt being aggressive....I would also like to recall that if an M-COM is armed you make no chance to try and disarm it, you run away thinking all hope is lost.

Would also like to redirect to you to a certain point I made

Mailman377 said:
Convincing him is like arguing with a brick wall, no matter how hard you try itll never give in.

And for the love of god dont choose 1 point ive made and then try and make your point. Reply to the entire damn thing.

Mailman377 said:
Honestly....I dont know if you havent noticed this but tactical gaming doesnt fit BF3 all that well. ARMA is the game if you want full on tactical gaming.

Honestly . . . I don't think you know what tactics are if you really believe what you said here!

And here are my two latest videos for your viewing and commenting pleasure.

In this one I take on the role of commander and lead three squads.

While aggressively sitting on a rock.

The Commander Faction (Oil Fields Part One)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXrHuCtx4d4&feature=related [youtube.com]


The Commander Faction (Oil Fields Part Two)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0L7ECdHXPA [youtube.com]

Enjoy,

E-Male
http://www.1stMIP.com [1stmip.com]

1stMIP-E-Male said:

Mailman377 said:
Edit: Even I would stop hating if he played more aggressively . . .
You play very passively which in turns makes for a very boring vid.

My videos are intended to document a particular style of gameplay, tactics, and strategies.

I have been critical of your play style in other threads. You put yourself and your videos out, as a media publisher you are freely open for criticism. Unfortunately for the majority of this particular community, the content of your videos are not well taken to.

That being said, I think you do a good job of producing your videos. You've taken the extra time to create borders and use a few nice effects, nothing overdone really. Despite most not agreeing with the content of your commentary, it is still conveyed well.

So I took a moment to think about the above statement describing what your videos are intended for. I thought of a suggestion that maybe would help improve your videos and possibly better convey your tactics and style of game play. Take it for what it's worth if anything...

The videos that I have watched, which have only been a handful, primarily show nothing but you way outside of the objective and action. You usually see nothing more than you staring at a rock, looking at the ground, running to the back, whatever... Although most don't agree with your play style, for the way you choose to play you are coordinating, you're communicating well, your squad is working towards the mission you guys are trying to achieve, you're basically conveying "quality" content for how YOU guys play.

You're at a disadvantage in video "value" on two fronts. One, your style of play isn't looked upon very well. Two, most people don't want to stare at rocks and the grass growing for the length of your videos.

Have you ever considered having your squad mates record their game play. Then take each of your squad mates videos and edit them into the videos you are creating now. So instead of people watching you stare at rocks all game long, they can actually see just what it is you guys are doing in relation to the tactics you are commenting about. Having the perspective of your squad mates actually doing things and getting into action I think would help greatly improve what your videos are intended for and probably give them more entertainment value. Definitely more than a boring video of nothing going on, or at least what people are currently seeing in your videos.

Anyway, just food for thought.

Usurpr said:
I have been critical of your play style in other threads. You put yourself and your videos out, as a media publisher you are freely open for criticism. Unfortunately for the majority of this particular community, the content of your videos are not well taken to.

That being said, I think you do a good job of producing your videos. You've taken the extra time to create borders and use a few nice effects, nothing overdone really. Despite most not agreeing with the content of your commentary, it is still conveyed well.

So I took a moment to think about the above statement describing what your videos are intended for. I thought of a suggestion that maybe would help improve your videos and possibly better convey your tactics and style of game play. Take it for what it's worth if anything...

The videos that I have watched, which have only been a handful, primarily show nothing but you way outside of the objective and action. You usually see nothing more than you staring at a rock, looking at the ground, running to the back, whatever... Although most don't agree with your play style, for the way you choose to play you are coordinating, you're communicating well, your squad is working towards the mission you guys are trying to achieve, you're basically conveying "quality" content for how YOU guys play.

You're at a disadvantage in video "value" on two fronts. One, your style of play isn't looked upon very well. Two, most people don't want to stare at rocks and the grass growing for the length of your videos.

Have you ever considered having your squad mates record their game play. Then take each of your squad mates videos and edit them into the videos you are creating now. So instead of people watching you stare at rocks all game long, they can actually see just what it is you guys are doing in relation to the tactics you are commenting about. Having the perspective of your squad mates actually doing things and getting into action I think would help greatly improve what your videos are intended for and probably give them more entertainment value. Definitely more than a boring video of nothing going on, or at least what people are currently seeing in your videos.

Anyway, just food for thought.

Thank you for your thoughtful comments.

While many may not care for my playstyle, many also do not care for the CoD run n' gun nonsense. Does the Internet really need another frag video?

True, my videos are not action packed frag videos.

The people I play with use them to analyze their communication, actions, and decisions. They are primarily AUDIO records of our tactics, standard operating procedures, and operations used for post-game analysis.

Your idea of multiple cameras is good, but would take many hours to make. It already takes me an average of 3 hours to edit these videos. Once you get into multiple camera sources the edit time increases to about one hour per minute for quality results.

Keep in mind that for me this is really not about giving people entertainment value.

I make videos to document my squad, and the tactics, strategies and operations of my squad.

This is why I do not engage in a debate with others (for the most part) to any extent about whether or not my tactics work. We already know they work and are constantly working to improve how they work.

Nonetheless,

Thank you for viewing and taking the time to comment.

E-Male

DEADH20 said:
Honestly, these videos dont help anyone and instead of taking 10 minutes to go to a flag, just go to it.
If these tactics worked you would have better than a 0.62 W/L ratio, Im not hating im just giving criticism.
Half of the time I cant tell if your being serious.

I think someones jealous if you ask me, otherwise why would he go threw all the trouble? Anyways you taught me something E-male, I never would have thought to take out the lights in the hall ways. Very sly.


I just have to add one more little comment as I read the rest of the thread, all I see in this forum is people being judged for their gaming system of choice and now how a person plays the game? Holy crap man, society in general is very very sad... To be honest its sick, those people need to go to the doc and get some meds OR get off the meds.. I feel ashamed of being a human when I see that shit, humans shouldnt act like that and I sure hope those people dont have families because they got shit way mixed up in their "perfect self image" head. -Mike

If you don't like E-male's videos, then simply don't watch and ESPECIALLY don't reply to his posts. Notice how E-male's videos only stay on the first page because of the responses? The ones where no one replies to are quickly forgotten by the masses, it seems.

I've not perused the entirety of your impressive video library, but I have a few questions and comments regarding the ones I've seen:

Why do you superimpose yourself onto your video? Why is it relevant? If I were to look for information I really would not care at all about seeing some random Internet guy's face randomly pop up in the center of, or to the side of the screen.

Why do you not use a lower-magnification optic for close-ranged fighting, and why do you seem to have such a penchant for firing very long, very inaccurate bursts of fire with assault rifles when you're not actually suppressing? Why not use the scope to your advantage and lay down accurate fire?

Why do you not reload more often? I'm not talking about full-on COD style "28 rounds in my magazine? TIME TO RELOAD!", but when you have 2 rounds left in an AS-VAL magazine it really would be prudent to reload.

Why do you not pay more attention to the mini-map to help with situational awareness, since you seem so reluctant to check corners? For all of the talk about tactical and steady movement, it would appear to a casual observer as if you could be taking it slower still in many instances.

For the record, this is the first time I've heard of you or your videos. I saw the motivational/meme video, and it just seems to me... perhaps not all of them are to be ignored.

i enjoyed reading this thread lol it reminded me alot of TG from the complainers and behind the back talk about e-male lol oh so funny

SirMoric said:
You seem to spend a whole lot of time making those videos :o)

What else does he have to do but play armchair General? Did you get a load of that mug? No girlfriend/ wife and he lives in Mom's basement so he has plenty of time to make vids when he's not commanding his little squad.

SkynetSkywalker said:

SirMoric said:
You seem to spend a whole lot of time making those videos :o)

What else does he have to do but play armchair General? Did you get a load of that mug? No girlfriend/ wife and he lives in Mom's basement so he has plenty of time to make vids when he's not commanding his little squad.

My Mom says hello.

E-Male

I love you

FlashRebel said:
I love you

And I and Jesus loves you.

1stMIP-E-Male said:
They are primarily for 1stMIP training purposes.

Only on occassion do I make videos for entertaining others.

E-Male
http://www.tacticalgamer.com [tacticalgamer.com]

If your videos are only for 1stMIP training and not intended for entertaining others, then why do you post them on the forums?

51-m3ss said:

1stMIP-E-Male said:
They are primarily for 1stMIP training purposes.

Only on occassion do I make videos for entertaining others.

E-Male
http://www.tacticalgamer.com [tacticalgamer.com]

If your videos are only for 1stMIP training and not intended for entertaining others, then why do you post them on the forums?

Did I say they were ONLY made for that purpose?

E-Male

I am down with your play style, E-Male. I like to be more tactical when I play BF3 also. I am not going to say that I am more experienced/ better than you at this game. However, I do see that some players, while some being very malicious in nature, are legitimately questioning your play style and/ or advice that you give in your videos. I will aslo mention how you, in a smug way,overwhelm and distract them with back-handed passive aggresive comments such as exploiting incorrect grammar (dude, textbook troll move. seriously) and saying the same generic brainless responses.These videos (and there are a lot of them) are posted trying to give "good strategic advice". While I will not comment on how helpful/ hurtful they are to different play styles, I will say that you have to be ready to recieve criticism. Saying things that do nothing but bring the focus away from the argument or question at hand is extremely immature, especially for someone of your age. If you do decide to reply to this post, I kindly ask that you do not do such things.

That being said, I do have a legitimate question. I would like to know how effective you find your strategies to be with a win/ loss ratio of under 1. I am not trying to shout you out here, or to make you look like an inferior player, (I'm not that great either) but if you are posting videos to help people in different types of situations and scenarios and being VERY confident in your abilities they should in theory "work". Now I know this can be hard to define, after all it is a video game, but I think you and most other players would agree that constantly losing more games than are being won, and being killed more times than killing others would be considered a "bad play style" or "negatively affecting your team". So to sum it up, can you explain to me how your play style is effective, in any way, while your team is losing more games than are being won on a consistent basis?

I have found E-Male's videos to be very instructive and useful, I too prefer a more tactical style of play geared towards teamwork. I have had, on a couple of occassions, the opportunity to join E-Male's squad in game and must say it was a learning and enjoyable experience. I hope to do this again sometime.

One must recognize that this play style is not for everyone, nor is it a magic formula for winning everytime; these videos do not claim to be such. If this is not your type of play style or if it doesn't appeal to you then, I suggest, these videos are not for you, The promotion of teamwork, to my mind, is more important than winning a round. I do not measure my success in game, or enjoyment of the game by my kill/death or win/loss ratio.

E-Male is adept at recognizing and analyzing mistakes both he and his team make and presenting those for public consumption and is not afraid to open himself up to criticism. Criticism can be a constructive thing, if done correctly. Some of the vitriolic criticism in this thread is best ignored, it certainly doesn't contribute to the discussion in a meaningful way, rather it only serves to discredit the authors of such vitriol.

Keep up the good work E-Male, these videos take time to make and narrate, your contribution to the BF3 gaming community is certainly appreciated. You are a credit to the TG community, and to the larger BF3 community. Thank you.

Cheers

mrchipdouglas said:
That being said, I do have a legitimate question. I would like to know how effective you find your strategies to be with a win/ loss ratio of under 1. I am not trying to shout you out here, or to make you look like an inferior player, (I'm not that great either) but if you are posting videos to help people in different types of situations and scenarios and being VERY confident in your abilities they should in theory "work". Now I know this can be hard to define, after all it is a video game, but I think you and most other players would agree that constantly losing more games than are being won, and being killed more times than killing others would be considered a "bad play style" or "negatively affecting your team". So to sum it up, can you explain to me how your play style is effective, in any way, while your team is losing more games than are being won on a consistent basis?

You are making a basic error in statistical analysis. The stats would ONLY be relevant to the analysis of my squad work and tactics if I was ALWAYS in a tactical squad using my startegies and methods.

Most of the time I am not.

I have repeatedly said that I am at best only an average player. I make no claims to be a great player when on my own.

When with a trained team of squadmates (and yes, we do train, for many years now), the results are quite different.

So BL stats are a red herring argument -- they do not have the granularity necessary to say anything about my squadwork and squad-based tactics, strategies, and results.

So I, and my men, remain very confident in our standard operating procedures.

And, yes, if one cannot write well, one will not be taken seriously. This is not a "troll" issue, it is a simple fact of life.

Also, I am VERY open to criticism. After almost two decades of online gaming I am very aware of my own limitations, which are many.

But criticism must be coached with respect. I will respect no comments from fools (again, I do not mean you).


But thank you for taking the time to write a thoughtful and polite comment,

E-Male
http://www.1stMIP.com [1stmip.com]

1stMIP-E-Male said:

FlashRebel said:
I love you

And I and Jesus loves you.

Is Jesus in your squad ? ;)