BS: SnotNose, Thanks for sitting down and talking to us today about being a Recon Class player. Um, may I call you Snot for this interview?

SnotNose: It's your dime. By the way, I resent being called a Recon Class player.

BS: Oh. What do you prefer?

SnotNose: Scope or sniper. I don't do "recon".

 

BS: Well, as a "scope", Snot, you don't seem to be team-focused. You never take objectives or, for that matter, move much out of your position. You rarely score above the lower third in any game and more often you are on the losing end of most rounds. However, you are highly representative of a sniper sub-class that seems to be multiplying in BFBC2 pubs all across the community. Why are there are so many fellow snipers that seem to want to emulate your philosophy?

SnotNose: There's more to my game than simple stats, Jock. I play with a focused, self-interested detachment that excludes everyone around me. I'm a "self-absorbed Sniper" dude. It's an attitude that seems to appeal to many players.

BS: But isn't BFBC2 a team game?

SnotNose: Not if you don't let it be one.

BS: I don't understand.

SnotNose: It's all the way you look at things. For example, road-kill could be Filet-Mignon if you concentrated hard enough. Some people think that BFBC2 is a team-oriented FPS game, but my brain just blocks out the people around me. I've had this since I was a teen. I think it's a medical thing. It's as though they weren't there. For others, it takes a bit of practice. A good "S-A" sniper can turn any objective-based game into Death Match. It's all about focus and clearly, there are many that appreciate this outlook on the game.

BS: What's the key to your lack of success? Specifically, your strategy on the attack?

SnotNose: I form an empty squad with just me in it and then lock it so no one can join. Once I spawn into game, I usually just find a rock with a nearby shrub at the far end of my spawn and snipe infantry or call in arty onto slow moving armor. The shrub is the key.

BS: That's it?

SnotNose: Yup.

BS: You don't move up? Or try and support the offense? How do you expect to win if you don't move forward?

SnotNose: Quite honestly, "moving up" is for suckers. I think I'm having a successful game if I don't move my sniping-ass two feet. To be honest, I don't even have my "W" key bound to anything. Winning for me is getting headshots and a bitchin' K/D ratio. 

 

BS: Speaking of tactics, do you have any good "spots" you can tell us about.

SnotNose: Number one, you can never be "too far" from the action. Second, if I can't find a rock with a shrub in my spawn, the next best thing is to hide behind a medic. They're slow and that red beret makes them a good target. The medic is usually the first guy people shoot anyway, so this is a good tactic.

Another tip is to huddle together with fellow snipers on rocks overlooking the other team. If there are say, six or seven other snipers with you, the odds that someone will shoot you are really low.

 

BS: What gun do you use?

SnotNose: The GOL with 12x magnification and magnum ammo. That spells pwnage.

BS: Do you use a spotting scope?

SnotNose: Do fishermen tell other fishermen, where the fish are? No. Of course not. Why would I give you the exact whereabouts of all my fish? Those are my fish. My fish.

BS: Um. Good point. I guess you're not exactly a team player, are you?

SnotNose: I like to think that I'm following the first rule of FPS gaming: self preservation. I'm looking out for Snot.

BS: How many snipers should you have on a team?

SnotNose: One. Me.

BS: If you had to choose any other class/position what would it be?

SnotNose: Other than Ron Jeremy's stunt double, no question: UAV pilot. No chance of dying and you can take out tanks with a hellfire. Firing Gustavs at infantry from deep inside concrete buildings is also cool.

BS: Is there one class of players you especially have trouble against?

SnotNose: Not really. I usually just get "selfd" a lot.

BS: Selfd?

SnotNose: I suicide myself rather than giving someone the satisfaction of fragging me. It's all part of the self-absorbed philosophy.

BS: Do you have any role models? Anyone you have looked up to that has influenced your play?

SnotNose: Jay Leno of course. Britney Spears...she gave up her kids for her career. That's something I can relate to. And maybe Christopher Reeve, before he fell off his horse.

BS: Not really what I was looking for, but that was insightful. Thanks for talking to us.