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[Game On]Red Alert 3: Patch 1.12. ALSO CNC4 NEWS INSIDE! ZILO TAKES OFF PANTS!

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  • TheBogTheBog Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Ouch. That looked painfull. I love how you had a bunch of sickles in his base, and a hammer, and there wasn't really anything useful they could do.

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  • pogo1250pogo1250 Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    fuck turret crawl

    edit: oh and yeah that wall with the turret on one node and the crusher crane on the other was very effective against tier 1 harrass

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  • pogo1250pogo1250 Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    man today is not my day for automatch, just getting rapped left and right

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  • TheBogTheBog Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Shit happens. Allied turret crawl?

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  • RamiRami Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    hmm can't watch the replay, says I don't have v1.6 but I got the patch from last week and nothing showed up in the updater when I ran it just now

    edit: oh it's a beta

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  • zeppelinzeppelin Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    I seem to remember Tiberium Wars as kinda lame in the multiplayer and single player department.

    Is Red Alert better? It sure looks like it.

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  • TheBogTheBog Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    It's friggin' great.

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  • pogo1250pogo1250 Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    thats random

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  • TheBogTheBog Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    It's a baby bear.

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  • pogo1250pogo1250 Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    TheBog wrote: »
    It's a baby bear.

    oh i thought it was a dog

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  • KatholicKatholic Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    pogo1250 wrote: »
    Katholic wrote: »
    pogo1250 wrote: »
    Foefaller wrote: »
    I don't know, Tesla troopers are a great AD/Apoc/Oni counter, keep them close to your own tanks or infantry and activate the secondary if the other guy trys to run you over, even works on charging Onis.

    The only time i see tesla troopers used is against Onis, i just think they should have more use than that... especially against T2 units because well tesla troopers are tier 2 units

    Ya Tesla's are too expensive for how slow and ineffective they are in most cases. You are better off building hammer tanks and using them to clear infantry(run them over with treads=game over).

    i dont think tesla troopers are meant to be a counter to infantry, they are supposed to be used as a tank counter which right now they are pretty bad at.... because they are so slow any good player is never going to let you use the teslas secondary on their tanks.

    Ya I didn't make myself clear. Tesla troopers suck against infantry and are ok against vehicles. Hammer tanks can take out both.

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  • APZonerunnerAPZonerunner Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Just had some really good games, really... was on a really long loss streak and finally broke it, now on a win streak of 4 games. Finally got a build list that works well vs soviet, I think.

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  • pogo1250pogo1250 Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Just had some really good games, really... was on a really long loss streak and finally broke it, now on a win streak of 4 games. Finally got a build list that works well vs soviet, I think.

    want to test it on me? i dont think i have played you yet apzoerunner

    edit: also played a 40 minute ranked game just a little while ago, it got down to the point where our nodes were depleted i had leveled his main base and he had leveled mine and we were just throwing scraps at eachother

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  • TheBogTheBog Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Who won?

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  • pogo1250pogo1250 Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    TheBog wrote: »
    Who won?

    i ended up winning

    also i found out that game when you tractor beam dreadnaughts it insta gibs them when they hit the coast

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  • JoolanderJoolander Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    im holding off on Red Alert till i get a new graphics card


    i need to see that beautiful water, and medium just doesnt cut it for me

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  • zeppelinzeppelin Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Wow. This game just feels amazing. Fan-fucking-tastic.

    Question though... My previous RTS mainstays are CoH and W3... in w3 there's a huge emphasis in microing units out of battle... so when an archer takes aggro you move him back so the aggro is dumped to a unit with full health.

    That almost seems outta the question here... but do people do that?

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  • pogo1250pogo1250 Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    zeppelin wrote: »
    Wow. This game just feels amazing. Fan-fucking-tastic.

    Question though... My previous RTS mainstays are CoH and W3... in w3 there's a huge emphasis in microing units out of battle... so when an archer takes aggro you move him back so the aggro is dumped to a unit with full health.

    That almost seems outta the question here... but do people do that?

    yeah you will see that in tank battles, if your enemy is targeting one of your hammertanks its smart to put it into leech beam mode and reserve move it

    also you see this a lot with empire players, for example early game an empire player is going tengu harass and you are playing soviets and have a couple sickles out by the time your opponent gets some tengus in your base... if the empire player as good micro he will transform his mecha tengus that go into the red into jet tengus thus not being able to take damage from the sickles and able to retreat it back to base for repairs

    This game is pretty simplistic compared to most RTS games (simple economy, no upgrades, no building structures for supply) although it provides depth with each unit having a secondary ability that will drastically change the unit (some units dont like air superiority fighters)

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  • TheBogTheBog Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Yes. This game was practically built on micro, my friend. EA wanted to make a really micro heavy game, and they did quite a good job.

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  • APZonerunnerAPZonerunner Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Yeah, as an Empire player I can say Micro is massively important to any and every match.

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  • TheBogTheBog Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    By the way, APZ, did you face pogo yet? I wanna see your guys' match!

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  • APZonerunnerAPZonerunner Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Haven't had a chance yet; to be honest, I'm still honing my 1v1 strategies, and have mostly been playing 2v2 with my friend Dan. He's not very good, though, which means I'm losing just as much as I'm winning.

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  • pogo1250pogo1250 Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    just got home from work, anyone wanna game?

    on a side note fuck its cold outside

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  • freakish lightfreakish light butterdick jones and his heavenly asshole machineRegistered User regular
    edited December 2008
    pogo1250 wrote: »
    just got home from work, anyone wanna game?

    on a side note fuck its cold outside

    It's about 68 degrees here. It was actually almost uncomfortably warm this afternoon.

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  • pogo1250pogo1250 Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    pogo1250 wrote: »
    just got home from work, anyone wanna game?

    on a side note fuck its cold outside

    It's about 68 degrees here. It was actually almost uncomfortably warm this afternoon.

    yeah it was about 4 degrees when i drove home from work here in iowa and feels like -10 with the wind

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  • RizziRizzi Sydney, Australia.Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    I've always liked C&C, but I suck at micro management. Is this one different?

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  • TheBogTheBog Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Well... it's different in the sense that it requires a ton of micro management when compared to other C&Cs. But you don't have to play as competitively as pogo and I do.

    Speaking of which, wanna play pogo? You still there?

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  • RizziRizzi Sydney, Australia.Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Aw. When I say I suck at micro management, I mean I really suck.
    I guess it's a good thing I'm not in charge of anything.

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  • freakish lightfreakish light butterdick jones and his heavenly asshole machineRegistered User regular
    edited December 2008
    pogo1250 wrote: »
    pogo1250 wrote: »
    just got home from work, anyone wanna game?

    on a side note fuck its cold outside

    It's about 68 degrees here. It was actually almost uncomfortably warm this afternoon.

    yeah it was about 4 degrees when i drove home from work here in iowa and feels like -10 with the wind

    Actually I've been there. My dad's family lives in Manchester.

    It was a long time ago but sometimes I can still feel the cold. Man, that was cold.

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  • zilozilo Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    pogo1250 wrote: »
    pogo1250 wrote: »
    just got home from work, anyone wanna game?

    on a side note fuck its cold outside

    It's about 68 degrees here. It was actually almost uncomfortably warm this afternoon.

    yeah it was about 4 degrees when i drove home from work here in iowa and feels like -10 with the wind

    Actually I've been there. My dad's family lives in Manchester.

    It was a long time ago but sometimes I can still feel the cold. Man, that was cold.

    I went to undergrad in Iowa (go Cyclones!), grew up in Omaha. I went back over Thanksgiving for the first time since I moved to California and bitched about the weather nonstop for a week, and it was only in the 30s. Now it's like 5 degrees there. I would just die. I wear a hoodie when it drops below 75 here.

    Anyone seen any good custom maps yet? The mod community for C&C3 / Generals was pretty rockin', I have high hopes.

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  • pogo1250pogo1250 Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    zilo wrote: »
    pogo1250 wrote: »
    pogo1250 wrote: »
    just got home from work, anyone wanna game?

    on a side note fuck its cold outside

    It's about 68 degrees here. It was actually almost uncomfortably warm this afternoon.

    yeah it was about 4 degrees when i drove home from work here in iowa and feels like -10 with the wind

    Actually I've been there. My dad's family lives in Manchester.

    It was a long time ago but sometimes I can still feel the cold. Man, that was cold.

    I went to undergrad in Iowa (go Cyclones!), grew up in Omaha. I went back over Thanksgiving for the first time since I moved to California and bitched about the weather nonstop for a week, and it was only in the 30s. Now it's like 5 degrees there. I would just die. I wear a hoodie when it drops below 75 here.

    Anyone seen any good custom maps yet? The mod community for C&C3 / Generals was pretty rockin', I have high hopes.

    i havent seen any good custom maps, but then again i havent been looking.

    its now 5 degrees and snowing fuck this weather.

    go hawkeyes!

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  • TheBogTheBog Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Lets play!

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  • pogo1250pogo1250 Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    TheBog wrote: »
    Lets play!

    more Japanese missions?

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  • TheBogTheBog Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Or just 1v1 or 2v2 or something. Whatever you want.

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  • KatholicKatholic Registered User regular
    edited December 2017
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  • RizziRizzi Sydney, Australia.Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    I just bought the Premiere Edition. It came with freebies!
    Item for WAR, Music DVD (Yay!) And a bonus dvd with Red Alert 2 on it!
    Plus.. it came in a shiny tin.
    Shiiiiny.

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  • TheBogTheBog Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Don't you get a beta code for something too? Something unannounced?

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  • DasBootDasBoot Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    I'm really struggling with this game. I'm having a hard time balancing between economy and building forces.

    Tengu rushes are what get me most times. Any easy solutions?

    I play soviet and they just fly in, drop and kill my harvester as fast as possible. Then they just harass from the water to distract me. Does the cocoon thing it can do provide any help?

    I did have an awesome comeback game where I got rolled off of land by Apocs and then managed to use sea expansion to build twin-blades. It was my first RA3 win!

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  • Dr SnofeldDr Snofeld Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    TheBog wrote: »
    Don't you get a beta code for something too? Something unannounced?

    I got Premier Edition too, and yes, there's a code.

    It's certainly not for Tiberium, we know that now. My guess? Generals 2.

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  • zilozilo Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    DasBoot wrote: »
    I'm really struggling with this game. I'm having a hard time balancing between economy and building forces.

    Tengu rushes are what get me most times. Any easy solutions?

    I play soviet and they just fly in, drop and kill my harvester as fast as possible. Then they just harass from the water to distract me. Does the cocoon thing it can do provide any help?

    I did have an awesome comeback game where I got rolled off of land by Apocs and then managed to use sea expansion to build twin-blades. It was my first RA3 win!

    Some of the other guys will surely have better ideas on how to counter a tengu rush than this but I have ok luck cranking out 4-5 flak troopers early. They'll get a few shots off before the tengus land and then you can switch them to mines and watch them die valiantly.

    And yeah, the Soviet harvester secondary bumps their survivability up by quite a lot. If you have a crane up you could probably build a warfac and crank out a hammer before 2 tengus can kill your harv.

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