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[AdmiralCheez]

Well, I did it.

I picked up ME3's multiplayer last October, a little late to the party because I still wasn't over The Worst Ending Ever.  It took me time to learn the ropes, but I've  been playing Gold pretty regularly for about a month (and even squeaked my way into the top 2% of players, according to my N7 data).

However, I had never tried Platinum before.  I'd heard stories about it from my friends and watched a few videos on YouTube, but apart from this one time I accidentally got tossed into one randomly (and immediately dropped), I gave Platinum matches a wide berth.  Platinum was scary.  Platinum was evil.  Platinum was for far braver souls than myself.

Until today.  I was playing with a group of friends (all of them seasoned veterans) when one suggested we farm for credits.  I said I didn't think I was ready, but they insisted I'd be fine.

"You've got a Typhoon, right?  Just stick it on your Destroyer with some piercing mods.  Shoot everything that moves.  We'll take care of the rest."

So before I could chicken out, we were transported to Rio.  Immediately, we made a dash for the Box of Shame and set up camp.  Unfortunately, our volus was taken out at the spawn point before his game could completely load.  We managed to survive two long, brutal waves without him before he could finally get Origin rebooted and rejoin the match.

And then came objective one: hacking.  Even with our volus shield-boosting us to immortality and beyond, we spent most of that wave crawling on the floor, tripping over our own mangled guts and shattered limbs as the blue bar at the top of the screen slowly inched its way to completion.  Somehow, we succeeded, and booked our way back to shelter before the enemy could regroup.

The next two waves were a blur.  There was lots of team chatter about conserving our consumables and what unit was coming up along which side, but I paid little attention.  I was focused on one thing: shooting.  Shooting and shooting and sometimes tossing a grenade at my feet to clear out any enemies that somehow survived the torrent of bullets spewing from our little hideyhole.  Our volus's Recon Mine highlighted the slow trickle of bosses through the walls, and it was here that I saw the benefit of the piercing mods.  We could hit them, but they couldn't hit us unless they came around to the front.  When Wave 6 (an assassination objective) came around, the worst we had to do was poke our heads out to missile a boss or two before the timer ran out.

We had to venture outside again on Wave 10 for an escort, and the walk was (praise the RNG gods) fairly short.

Extraction was by far the most terrifying.  We waited until there were 40 seconds left on the clock before making a break for the LZ.  My Destroyer was a slow runner, and Rio's a big map.  I wasn't sure I could make it in time, especially when I ran into a pack of Phantoms along the way.  Luckily, I hadn't run out of missiles yet, and after getting a very satisfying Killstreak I was able to slide into the LZ with seconds to spare.  It was lucky that I was only just on time, too, as there were two Banshees waiting for me.  The shuttle arrived just before they pulled me into a sync kill.

Full Extraction, 36 minutes, and I somehow didn't have to use any Medi-Gel.

TL;DR I survived a Platinum match for the first time so that makes me a big kid now.

[ABjerre]

I belive congratulations are in order.

Huzzar!

[Catman Assuming Direct Control]

TL;DR and Box of Shame.

[orehlol]

As long as people are not hosting public Rio/Platinums it doesn't bother me
Congrats OP

[Tokenusername]

Are you asking for congratulations for hiding in a box and shooting through the walls?

This isn't going to last long...

[chcknwng]

So farming on Rio is something to be congratulated on now? At least do a Glaciers run.

[MuhidinSaid]

Here's your epeen badge OP, wear it with pride.

Wait a minute, did you say box of shame? Give that back!

*snatches badge away*

[mybudgee]

Nice to see ya again cheez!

[AdmiralCheez]

Tokenusername wrote...

Are you asking for congratulations for hiding in a box and shooting through the walls?

This isn't going to last long...

You know that feeling you get when you ride a bicycle for the first time with the training wheels off?  It's kinda like that.  Sure, pretty much everyone can do it, and you're a long way off from the Tour de France, but nonetheless you've accomplished something worth being proud of.

[soulstriker09]

meh, that's how I got into higher difficulties, farming maps.

congrats, you'll be doing U/U/P soon OP >

[FlowCytometry]

grats; next up: non-Rio plat!

[ThatOneAwkwardGirlx]

FlowCytometry wrote...

grats; next up: non-Rio plat!

HA! funny. I can NEVER find a Plat. game that's NOT rio, and it gets real annoying.

[Nevmaster]

ThatOneAwkwardGirlx wrote...

FlowCytometry wrote...

grats; next up: non-Rio plat!

HA! funny. I can NEVER find a Plat. game that's NOT rio, and it gets real annoying.

Really? Every plat I've done has been on FBW or glacier (more often white than glacier.)

[Kalas Magnus]

Congratulations.

[darkpassenger2342]

a coming of age tale about a man, his typhoon, and his box, very touching.

[ThatOneAwkwardGirlx]

Nevmaster wrote...

ThatOneAwkwardGirlx wrote...

FlowCytometry wrote...

grats; next up: non-Rio plat!

HA! funny. I can NEVER find a Plat. game that's NOT rio, and it gets real annoying.

Really? Every plat I've done has been on FBW or glacier (more often white than glacier.)

wow... i always try to find plat games on white but it just keeps searching forever. I never have luck finding a game on a map besides Rio 

[tungstenKestrel]

Congrats. Maybe you should try 2 Snipers and 2 Weapons Platforms on Vancouver/Platinum sometime. The other day a group and I had our easiest Platinum game just wrecking everything coming at us while we sat at spawn.

[SOMETHING_FOR_NOTHING]

AdmiralCheez wrote...

Well, I did it.

I picked up ME3's multiplayer last October, a little late to the party because I still wasn't over The Worst Ending Ever.  It took me time to learn the ropes, but I've  been playing Gold pretty regularly for about a month (and even squeaked my way into the top 2% of players, according to my N7 data).

However, I had never tried Platinum before.  I'd heard stories about it from my friends and watched a few videos on YouTube, but apart from this one time I accidentally got tossed into one randomly (and immediately dropped), I gave Platinum matches a wide berth.  Platinum was scary.  Platinum was evil.  Platinum was for far braver souls than myself.

Until today.  I was playing with a group of friends (all of them seasoned veterans) when one suggested we farm for credits.  I said I didn't think I was ready, but they insisted I'd be fine.

"You've got a Typhoon, right?  Just stick it on your Destroyer with some piercing mods.  Shoot everything that moves.  We'll take care of the rest."

So before I could chicken out, we were transported to Rio.  Immediately, we made a dash for the Box of Shame and set up camp.  Unfortunately, our volus was taken out at the spawn point before his game could completely load.  We managed to survive two long, brutal waves without him before he could finally get Origin rebooted and rejoin the match.

And then came objective one: hacking.  Even with our volus shield-boosting us to immortality and beyond, we spent most of that wave crawling on the floor, tripping over our own mangled guts and shattered limbs as the blue bar at the top of the screen slowly inched its way to completion.  Somehow, we succeeded, and booked our way back to shelter before the enemy could regroup.

The next two waves were a blur.  There was lots of team chatter about conserving our consumables and what unit was coming up along which side, but I paid little attention.  I was focused on one thing: shooting.  Shooting and shooting and sometimes tossing a grenade at my feet to clear out any enemies that somehow survived the torrent of bullets spewing from our little hideyhole.  Our volus's Recon Mine highlighted the slow trickle of bosses through the walls, and it was here that I saw the benefit of the piercing mods.  We could hit them, but they couldn't hit us unless they came around to the front.  When Wave 6 (an assassination objective) came around, the worst we had to do was poke our heads out to missile a boss or two before the timer ran out.

We had to venture outside again on Wave 10 for an escort, and the walk was (praise the RNG gods) fairly short.

Extraction was by far the most terrifying.  We waited until there were 40 seconds left on the clock before making a break for the LZ.  My Destroyer was a slow runner, and Rio's a big map.  I wasn't sure I could make it in time, especially when I ran into a pack of Phantoms along the way.  Luckily, I hadn't run out of missiles yet, and after getting a very satisfying Killstreak I was able to slide into the LZ with seconds to spare.  It was lucky that I was only just on time, too, as there were two Banshees waiting for me.  The shuttle arrived just before they pulled me into a sync kill.

Full Extraction, 36 minutes, and I somehow didn't have to use any Medi-Gel.

TL;DR I survived a Platinum match for the first time so that makes me a big kid now.

HAHAHAHAH

better change your huggies you aint a big kid now!

[Tokenusername]

AdmiralCheez wrote...

Tokenusername wrote...

Are you asking for congratulations for hiding in a box and shooting through the walls?

This isn't going to last long...

You know that feeling you get when you ride a bicycle for the first time with the training wheels off?  It's kinda like that.  Sure, pretty much everyone can do it, and you're a long way off from the Tour de France, but nonetheless you've accomplished something worth being proud of.

You aren't riding a bike, you're driving a segway.

You exploited an oversight in the map design to make an easy win. After playing that match, your total knowledge of how to beat high difficulties has not improved at all. You didn't learn how to play the game without that single crutch protectiong you. You shot enemies from a posistion that they were incapible of shooting back, obiterated anything that could with a flury of infinite grenades, and were on an IV drip of sheild boosts. There is no pride in wha you did, and you have learned nothing from the experience that would make you a better player.

The box of shame is appropriately named, and while I don't care what you want to do in your own privite games, don't come here and start braging about it like you accomplished something significant.

[KyreneZA]

While boring, "The Box of Shame" is, I believe, "clever use of game mechanics." Congratulations Cheeze, you 'cheesed' Platinum in a private game with friends. Pretty soon you'll be 'cheesing' it on Glacier or White and nobody will lift an eyebrow. Just ignore the goddamn hypocrites.

[greghorvath]

Nothing wrong with the endings.

[Qui-Gon Glenn]

Popcorn in microwave.

[Frraksurred]

 The first Platinum PUG I ever joined ended up being Rio (not intentionally), and the other 3 players were already in the box.  I was like, "Hell no!  You ain't me in there!"  I made it about half a round of getting chased around by Banshees before was in the box too, lol.  I had this shameful grin on my face by the second match.  Rode it out for three before we all went our separate ways.  Haven't gone back (to Rio).
For your first time... it's okay.    Congrats OP.