Posted by Warchicken on 09-03-2002 03:00 AM:
Things every newbie should know.
This is a list of basic things that every newbie should know.
First: when you are starting out, you should not play people of your skill; try
to play experts. This will improve your skills faster than you ever could have
imagined.
Second: don’t stick to just one map. Learn to play lots of maps. This will also
improve your skills.
Now, a few things. Don’t try to porc until you are good. Porcing only works with
good players.
Don’t disrespect experts or you will hurt for it later, when you are good. Trust
me on that one. If an experts tries to give you tips, LISTEN to them. SWALLOW
your pride.
Now here is a list of units that will never, ever be worth building ever, not
once:
Spy kbots
zeus kbots
Zipper kbots
warrior kbots
cans
sumos
lugers
moho mines
mines, period
vulcans
cloakable fusions
krogoths
doomsday machines
leviathan
hulks
air repair pads
If I think of any more, I will post them.
Units that will rarely be used:
eagle scout planes
radar kbots
thuds
hammers
dominators
merls
mavericks
llt’s
annihilators(mobile also)
decoy commanders
seaplanes
uw fusions
adv torp launchers
warlord
mellenium
conquerers
nukes
anti nukes
flakkers
If anyone sees one or two i didnt post, please tell me.
Expand. Always expand. Keep the pressure on people.
Never ban units, ever. Don’t ban emg, bb, nukes, air. Don’t play gd2 gw. Don’t
play gw.
LOSING IS FUN. WHEN YOU LOSE, YOU LEARN.
Don’t try to learn from demos alone. Learn only starts from demos, and do not
copy from people.
LEARN TO ADAPT.
If I left something out, tell me.
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start to see the contradictions in what you’ve been taught. You start to realize
that something doesn’t feel right and doesn’t look right. Something starts to
sink…
-Dan Lafferty, Fundamentalist Latter-Day Saint
“A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be
a great moral teacher. He would either be a lunatic - on the level with a man
who says he is a poached egg - or he would be the devil of hell. You must take
your choice. Either this was, and is, the Son of God, or else a madman or
something worse. You can shut Him up for a fool or you can fall at His feet and
call Him Lord and God. But let us not come with any patronizing nonsense about
His being a great human teacher. He has not left that open to us.”
-C.S. Lewis
Posted by Pic on 09-03-2002 12:15 PM:
cans/sumos/moho mines own you leviathan ownz you
and you should ban cheaters… if those are units o_O
[The]-[Pic]┊?
Posted by BiGbUg on 09-03-2002 02:02 PM:
I SERIOUSLY disagree with some of the stuff you’ve advised against building.
Mavericks are, I would have to say, the greatest unit that ARM can build. 10
Mavericks can cut a swath right through an enemy base. Nothing except
rediculously heavy base defences can stop these guys. On a map where there are
few obstacles - ie gasplant plains - If you send a scout over their base and
find their commander - 10-20 Mavericks depending on their defences could easily
break through and enter the heart of the enemies stronghold - taking out the
commander with ease.
Did I mention mavericks are the greatest?
It is written - 'One day the invertibrates will inherit the universe" - and so
it shall be
Posted by ACE_Beeky on 09-03-2002 02:42 PM:
I think what he meant in the 2nd list, was that those units are not built at all
often.
Mavericks, Warlords, Thuds, Hammers, Adv torp launchers, Conquerers, Seaplanes
and Nukes all have their uses, but you just don’t see them often, and are either
built as a support unit, in lesser numbers (e.g Thuds/Mavs), or when you have to
spend large amounts of metal fast, (e.g Warlords/Conqs/ adv torp launchers).
That said i think that Annihilators and Penetrators are totally useless and
should never be built…O_o
Cans have their uses to, now and again.
Oh yeah i forgot, although Warlords are highly effective in some situations,
Milleniums are just plain not worth it. If you’re Arm, and want to spend more
metal on ships, just build Conquerers.
im good
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