Hostages... Take them or kill them?

[aribos]

Re: Hostages... Take them or kill them??

Most sites that allow captures say you can capture an enemy player for around 5-10 mins but there must be one person of your team with them at all times.

Mostly in this time you either end up getting talking or just having a laugh, once the 5 mins is up let them go free, not fair to take away a full game from them just because you got lucky and ambushed a couple.

[jfox61]

Re: Hostages... Take them or kill them??

Most sites will tell you how long you can hold a prisoner for. And what happens after that time has elapsed

[bigdave196]

Re: Hostages... Take them or kill them??

Take the hostages, then execute them in view of the other team. Show 'em you mean business

[Tiercel]

Re: Hostages... Take them or kill them??

Im all for it! I think it would add a new level to the game. As long as people dont take ti too far, no rugy flying tackles to "capture" someone :p Say you sneak up behind someone, put your hand on thier shoulder and scare the shite out of them by yelling SURRENDER at them as loud as you can!

the sites I play at ocasionally have hostage style scenarios. For instance, one team has a hostage. The hostage has to be escorted at all times by a minimum of two players. If one of the escorts is shot, the hostage is allowed to make a run for it. However the remaining escort can shoot the hostage if he tries to escape, the hostage is on a slight variation of medic rules ( basically stand still with your hands in the air til either the rescue team medic's you, or the enemy team reclaims you)

[Philshot]

Re: Hostages... Take them or kill them??

If a "Hostage" is taken fine, but not for longer than 5-10 minutes id say.!

[Mattplus]

A few weeks back a mate and I were fortunate (and lucky) enough to be in the position where we could take two members of the other team hostage. This stopped them from rejoining their ranks and coming back to shoot at us, it was a very tactical maneuver even though it was by complete accident. Normally games don't allow the prospect of taking hostages or prisoners but this seemed to work in our favour as the remainder of the game was spent by the enemy team trying to rescue the prisoners while our team went on to complete the objective.

What do people think about taking prisoners on the battlefield? Should it be allowed if there is a tactical advantage involved? Or is it just simply taking the game too far and something at which should be frowned upon?