In which I feel almost pathetically badass... or is that badassly pathetic?

[miles_foxxer]

So, apparently, last night, whilst I slept, there was a huge storm. At least, huge enough to knock down some branches from some trees near my house... which... doesn't necessitate a storm that is at all huge.. but I wants it to be huge cause those are cooler and it's my story so be quiet

Comments

[coriolinus]

If I remember the game right, circle-strafing was the only reasonable way to defeat those things. Standing solid in a ready pose was a fast way to get yourself killed.

Granted, you were asleep, so I'm prepared to be a bit lenient, but I suspect that this would lean much farther toward badass if you had instinctively responded with a strategy that would leave you alive.

[scribe_of_stars]

Has anyone you've heard of ever sleep-strafed?

[coriolinus]

I think technically that would be most people who've sleepwalked. It works in this case, at least: the motion is what keeps you alive; the strafing aspect is just so that you can fire back.

[scribe_of_stars]

The motion is what keeps you alive

Not if you walk straight at the thing that's trying to kill you. The point of sleepwalking is that you're half-asleep; you aren't necessarily aware of the things around you.

[take_walker]

No, that sounds pretty awesome. You were ready from a sleeping state, you bad! :D