I had some fun tonight with a shield-athon. it's really easy to use in 2004, i think it does more damage. Or maybe it was just the thin corridors of DM-Rankin that made me like it. Anyway here's the screenshot.
Fear.Lawsy was in the game earlier, but he left in a 1337 raging fit because I managed to end two of his spree's with the damn thing. This thing rocks at getting others pissed off.
I agree it does seem easier to use and works well on that map because its always full of peeps. I ran around with it because I kept bumping into dudes...<span style='color:red'>SPLAT!</span>