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Game
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Topsy Turvey |
Game
Date |
11/17/2002 |
Review
Date |
11/29/2002 |
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Map |
Comet Catcher |
Rating |
6 |
Reviewer |
ACE_Beeky |
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Game
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2vs2 |
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Players |
Team |
Building |
Unit
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Players |
Team |
Building |
Unit
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Player
1 |
TEA_Alpha |
A |
5 |
6 |
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Player
5 |
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Player
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Wrath_Remle |
B |
6 |
6 |
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Player
6 |
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Player
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TEA_Rules |
A |
5 |
5 |
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Player
7 |
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Player
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TEA_Smash |
B |
6 |
5 |
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Player
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| Review |
This was an average game on cc skill wise, but very enjoyable to watch! A few basic mistakes by every players didn’t detract from a very good game. : )
Here we have Relme and Smash (south) take on Rules and Alpha (north).
All players start off very similar, but I was worried it was a no emg game for the first few minutes, since I didn’t see a single one. Fortunatly, after the initial sams and cons, Alpha gets some out, and shows immediately how annoyingly effective they can prove, even in small numbers.
Alpha’s 2 flashes down the middle, wreak havoc, firstly in Smash’s base, then moving on under and through Relmes base. Both Smash and Relme, really failed to deal with these and pretty much left them alone to cause havoc. Bad play guys, it slowed you down. The importance of radar in these situations is shown, especially on such a large map.
Rules, opted for the comm walk, soon after his plant, walking down the side, building mexxes and solars as he went. Unfortunately, he lost his comms nano ability on his veh fac, so any units he could have made were built in much slower time.
In contrast, Relme kept his comm near his plant for 75% of this game, to power out cons (mostly) and sams. Relme attacks Rules with mass flashes after his initial expansion, but they make little impact. This combined with Alphas flash attack (2 flashes ^_^) left him very very weak. Rules should have taken advantage of this but he didn’t seem to realise this. L
Smash, expanded ok, but didn’t deal with flash attacks well. Alpha, played very aggressively against smash, and didn’t build that many cons all game. At the ½ way point, his flash/sam/rocko attack has smash on the ropes. I also liked the use of the con veh backing up attacks with MT. (but you could have used ore). The lack of cons though didn’t help when his attack failed. L
Anyway, Smash holds on and fights back, all the wreckage helps his cause, impeding Alphas units,
Likewise on the other side, Relme fights back well, and eventually starts up guardians and sam pushes, which rules can’t hold.
3 things about this game I spotted. First the number of wrecks was high, and a few players neglected to suck them immediately, instead building MT in their place. Wrecks are so important – instant metal boost rather than letting mexxes work for it. Also the players all took their time getting cons building solars. As I remember, 5th con out of your plant should be on solars all game. (or something like that). You should never run out of energy that way! (aka Smash). One other thing was the number of missile towers that were never used! If you are going to build in the middle, build it down or up towards the enemies’ base, and radar target. If successful, you can start to curve round the enemies’ base, providing a strategic and psychological advantage.
Also, watch your metal, don’t let it excess, or even go over 600M (on this map). If you go un-harrassed, your M production will soar, soon after your first veh plant, so be prepared to get more plants operating quicker! (e.g Alpha)
Anyway, a good game, lots of entertainment, played by players who obviously know the game, but just made a few basic mistakes each.
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