They either really annoy me, or its an accident

But I only play on a few games which have team killing as an option and then only the odd server that has the option enabled

I have a problem with running in front of snipers while they are shooting.

Spychecking!

But no... I haven't played any game in yonks with friendlyfire. And by that, I mean I haven't played any multiplayer games besides TF2 for months.

With me ti usually a case of bad bounce with a grenade, or bad choice of a Air strike spot.

of course the twitch fire with a sniper happens often as well.

Most of the time, I end up on a server with friendly-fire one, and I'm twitchy, with the usual results. sometimes though, I'll end up on a rockets-only match, or some other kind of explosive. Now, I can't aim for shit with those things, so I end up killing a team mate and enemy at the same time.

In single player though, it's just for shits and giggles. Unfortunately, in COD4, you have to be creative in you method of TKing.

It's usually because I thought they were on the other team.

For me, friendly fire on my part has always been accidental. Except for two legendary and awesome times.

First, when I was playing the Day of Defeat mod waaaay back, I threw a whole bunch of grenades into my own spawn area. The fun part was that I timed it with the group spawn. So nine of my team mates died almost instantly after spawning. I laughed my ass off and left the server.

The second time was in Battlefield 2. The transport chopper was full so I stuck some charges to it and waited for it to take off. Waited a bit. Then *boom* and watched the fireworks. I laughed my ass off and left the server.

"STOP STEPPING ON MY GRENADES YOU IDIOT!!"

and

"What do you mean, friendly fire?"

Oh I just rememberd another one, even if it's real rare of me:

"Hey look, it's that asshole from that one time....*gets in tank* he he..."

Hmmm...maybe I should post some of the replays off of my HD. I generally don't teamkill (unless with friends, we end up stopping mid-match and kill each other) but my one friend does an ungodly amount of it. Theres one match where he was kicked out with a negative 8 about 2-3 seconds in (halo 3, rockets, bigteam battle, valhalla)...I love to sit back and watch him bitch and moan because he just lost a rank for it too. I guess people do it for the hell of it.

You know that 12 year old kid, whose in every Xbox Live match with a name like "ILikeMstrChf" or "SgtSopisAwesm" Yeah, I kill that kid.

Mostly because I don't properly coordinate my explosions with my allies' locations.

Sorry he was being a horrendous fuck-wit.

It works trust me.

and i will keep killing you until you listen to us!

In CoD4, the tags don't show up right away so sometimes I'll just assume he's the enemy because he could be thinking the same thing.

Natural selection is placed into action as someone run in front of my line of fire. I'll shoot him again if he blames me.

I've gotten a lot better about this since I first started playing shooters, but I tend to lean a little heavy on my machine gun trigger. :x

Definitely my knee-jerk reactions in FPSs. If you get caught off guard in an FPS, you can usually bet your gun-toting ass that you're gonna die, so when someone runs in front of me or pops out right in front of me, just so that their "friendly" tag that floats above their heads is just out of the screen, well. I usually unload a clip into them. -.- But then there are the newbs who find it profoundly hilarious to run straight in front of my vehicle/grenade/line of fire/etc. and cause me to lose points for team killing. bleh

There are two reasons why I team kill.

1. I like to use explosives.

2. I have terrible aim.

I can't count the number of times I've chucked grenades only to inadvertantly stick a teammate in Halo 2. In resistance fall of man it seems that every time I throw a grenade it finds the one path out of my hand that will cause it to bounce back at me and kill me and my teammate. Rockets inevitably hit something I didn't notice and kill everyone on my team. I don't mean to team kill, it just happens.

good to hear my aiming with explosives isn't alone in being against me in the most ridiculous ways. Though my most recent accidental kills seem to involve vehicles aswell. I've gotten the annoying tendency to park them on top of that one teammate I can not see. A nice side effect is that once every while this happens to enemies too.

meatloaf231:
Only two viable reasons to teamkill: they are impeding the team, eg. standing in doorways, taking ammo and not using it, etc. Not being useless. Being useless is OK. Being obstructively useless, however, gets you stabbed.

The other one is if they did it to you first as a joke. Then you absolutely must murder them back, no matter the time or place. In the middle of a game-changing fight with the other team is the most hilarious time.

I am a Sith Lord. What other excuse do I need? Actually, yes, I only team kill people who are being detrimental to my fun, unless Team Killing IS more fun. My friend Greg and I team-killed like crazy when we were playing Halo 3 on Legendary.

My favorite story is when my friend Zach and I were playing Star Wars BattleFront II online. Someone jumped in and started stealing my kills. He killed my friend as I was shooting at him. In the process of shooting my friend down, he hit me a few times (I was right behind my friend stitching his ass with lasers) As SOON as my friend died, I flipped a 180 and pumped my teammate full of lasers. He damaged me while stealing my kill, so he deserved it.

bassie302:
good to hear my aiming with explosives isn't alone in being against me in the most ridiculous ways. Though my most recent accidental kills seem to involve vehicles aswell. I've gotten the annoying tendency to park them on top of that one teammate I can not see. A nice side effect is that once every while this happens to enemies too.

I take a childlike delight in pushing vehicles off of things they shouldn't be on in the first plalce. Like getting warthogs on top of bases, or inside caves, or on cliffs. Or parking my banshee on a very precarious rock. Or even getting a tank on top of the Zanzibar wheel thingie. They I push them off and almost every time someone is looking up at me saying "How the hell did you get that up there?" when it falls off and splatters them.

"Friendly Fire? WTF?" Me: "I'm not your friend, pal."

TKing is only good amongst friends. In Halo: CE, in the middle of a heated and difficult coop level, there is nothing more cathartic and painful than being killed by your teammate just as you are about to win, or are in the most difficult situation. Plus, you would respawn endlessly behind your teammate- perfect for assassinations. Good times.

Rooster Cogburn:
"Friendly Fire? WTF?" Me: "I'm not your friend, pal."

TKing is only good amongst friends. In Halo: CE, in the middle of a heated and difficult coop level, there is nothing more cathartic and painful than being killed by your teammate just as you are about to win, or are in the most difficult situation. Plus, you would respawn endlessly behind your teammate- perfect for assassinations. Good times.

Battletoads anyone? Where beating your buddy in the face with a femur was more entertaining than the rest of the game. :D

After I killed someone in my team my response is usually something like:

"Oops, sorry"

Because I generally suck at online games you better not play with me with friendly fire on, or you will hear this a lot.

They got in the way...

"You jumped on my Ghost! You lunged into the trajectory of my laser! I take no responsibility!"

Either "OOPS mah finger slipped!" or "You got in my shot!"

cause I can.

The only time i could ever justify TKing is for revenge.

One notable Halo 3 match we had this annoying peice of sewer filth on our match who simply wouldn't shut up, he insulted everyone and figured that was a good reason to dictate gameplay, anyone who didn't do as he asked he yelled at, and it hurt our gameplay as it was so off-putting.

Eventually i snapped and told him I was going to bloody well kill him. I sought up out and tried to give him a few battle rifle shots in the face, although he kept dodging them, and then betrayed my himself. Next thing I knew the boot player option sprung up, so i was quick to shove that idiot off the match and got cheers from various players.

So I guess my point is that if your game has an option to kick player, and someone on your side is being an asshole, provoke them into killing you and kick the bastard.

in a game with friends where we are completely fucked (i have extremely good judgement on these things, 55-100 percent accuracy depending on game, not counting games of chance of course) they dont beleive me, and its past the point of being fun. otherwise its only if someone is mean and intolerant AND incompetent, or so woefully incompetent that they can type english, but not read it at all ever.

in a game with friends when its REALLY funny, or we have already won and it is mathematically impossible for us to lose. often both.

Revelo:
The only time i could ever justify TKing is for revenge.

One notable Halo 3 match we had this annoying peice of sewer filth on our match who simply wouldn't shut up, he insulted everyone and figured that was a good reason to dictate gameplay, anyone who didn't do as he asked he yelled at, and it hurt our gameplay as it was so off-putting.

Eventually i snapped and told him I was going to bloody well kill him. I sought up out and tried to give him a few battle rifle shots in the face, although he kept dodging them, and then betrayed my himself. Next thing I knew the boot player option sprung up, so i was quick to shove that idiot off the match and got cheers from various players.

So I guess my point is that if your game has an option to kick player, and someone on your side is being an asshole, provoke them into killing you and kick the bastard.

Whenever I get some prick like that I immediatly mute him. But what you did sounds more satisfying.

Accidents and revenges are obvious reasons.

Though I think TKing is sometimes justified if it benefits your team greatly. For example, let's say a nuclear-armed tank you need to use to destroy the enemy base is in bad shape. Then there's an enemy tank and a teammate close to it. I think shooting them both with a nuke is kinda OK. I mean, for greater good! Sacrifice for the great benefit of your team!

I play games that don't have big shiny team indicators above everyone's head and require some sort of visual confirmation.

In project reality for example, on MEC vs USA maps they both wear fairly similar uniforms. Sometimes things just seem "off" and you shoot first and ask why they were by their lonesome hiding in a bush facing your base after.

However I never use an "excuse" I just humbly apologize and take the penalty.

Here is mine: Because you would of TKed me 1st. (SERIOUSLY my sister sucks so badly at video games that she FREQUENTLY tks by accident but complains when I do it in self defence.)

If i do, i say it's because you walked into my bullets.