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What I mean is on these forums there is a "Ladder" Sub forum, and in this sub forum we have another sub-forum for ladder testers. I can post in the ladder testers, but there is no way to make a new topic in the original ladder sub forum (which is visible to all, instead of just ladder testers). It just seems like a very minor mistake. Ra2/YR just doesn't hold my interest. When I want to chill, I continually decide to play Fortnite or watch something with the wifey. Every now and then I get on it, but can't ever imagine competing again. With that being said, someone has to make sure there's some discussion going on -- I'd prefer if it wasn't me, an inactive player, but topics like these are healthy. Only way the place will continue to thrive is with opinions from the active community. Only way things like HOF and rank 1 will matter is if people make them matter.

1. So, how come I can't post in the subforum entitled "Ladder" on these forums? 2. Is Andy going to be recieving any punishment for the apparent push from last month (October 2018)? Topic here: https://forums.cncnet.org/topic/9178-andy-pushing-with-zen/ @Grant @dkeeton might be a good idea to at least acknowledge this and whether or not there will be any action done, to prevent further issues like this. 3. https://ladder.cncnet.org/ladder/11-2018/yr/ How's everyone's preception of the ladder, point system, maps, and settings? Let's avoid the debate of whether yuri should be allowed in QM or not and instead focus on things like point system, maps and overall fun/activity. 4. Does the hall of fame mean anything to you, yet? https://ladder.cncnet.org/ladder-champions/yr 5. What happened to the Award posts at the end of the month for the ladder champions? Is there a in-lobby chat bot that is promoting the ladder winners? Any other recent talk, let's hear it

yup -- Yuri's naval is actually quite a detriment to them in late games. That was originally why I had Hammer and sickle in the QM map pool for AvY in YR XWIS.. I figured that the boomer rush on Hammer was pretty hard to pull off, so it would allow the allied team to build up a navy late game allowing them to take out yuri that way. Seems like the same situation here -- especially because the boomers have to go through very tiny pinch points allowing the defensive team to set up any squids/subs/dolphins at the pinch points to intercept them.

I like what you did there -- cutting off the navy element from the early game and allowing it in the later game. That's perfect to combat boomer rushes.

Yup -- extremely well done as always and nice updates to make sure the maps are working best as possible. Bravo.

I played Ra3 and actually enjoyed it for the 2 months or so that I played it. It didn't have the staying power that Ra2/YR had for me because of the social settings, I think. I can't really recall exactly, but Ra2/YR did so well with the clanning system and their point system... I don't feel like Ra3 had these, so it was tough to get addicted to. It certaintly had a point system and a ranked ladder, just not as good as Ra2/YR if I recall.

Cool games, love watching Matt+Max play. Nice to see the yuri game as well.

Yup, can confirm some of that. What's done is done and in the past, CNCNet is a new grounds where I believe maphacking/trainer based cheating is not possible, however Andy will always remain in the club of SirAlex types to me. You got SirAlex + Andy as the top tier of the club, and then players like Sunny, kickyou73, and many others in the next tier.

Andy, why or how could you go 29-0 against a player, have a 96% win rate vs. all, but yet go 1-12 against the same player on different accounts? Either it's a blatant push, or it's a not so blatant push with you just giving free wins as you mess around. The problem with the later is that it happened repeatedly to the point where dumb luck of match ups and matching isn't helpful to your case.

djentyboi is 29-0 against Zen. The 2 other Andy nicknames are 1-12 against Zen. This is a clear push, those stats just don't happen... you don't go 29-0 against someone unless you absolutely own them.... but then go 1-12 against the same person. @Grant how can this be resolved?

It looks like "Zen" is 12-1 against AndyisOP and i7j, but what is Andy's main nickname? MAny of these games do appear fishy with sub 2 minute results.

No problem! Just curious of the teams and glad to see that this seems to be going well! I'll be looking forward to any streams and I can fill in if anyone absolutely needs (but forewarning, I haven't really played in what seems like over a year :p). p.s. Who is 'sash'? Is that the sash of old or is it a new sash or just someone impersonating the old sash?

Who are the members in each? Or is there any easy way to see who's who? Am I in any clan?

This is a good discussion. A number of years ago when created maps were starting to get into the ranked QM scene they were almost all uniform and symmetric. It created a high level of balance, but to me this was quite depressing. I look at a map like Isle of War and view it as an awesome map. Say, top right vs. top left. Top left gets an airport and a bit closer to gems, but top right gets an extra oil derrick. This is a fair map to me, I'm not sure if I would call it balanced, but I never complained on this map. I prefer maps to have character instead of simply being symmetric.

I think it'd be kinda nice to play FFG's without spies. Having an option to turn spys off would solve this real quick. I'd bet a lot of hosts would use it too. Problem usually occurs on sedona pass, Hammer and Sickle,or the infinite money maps. It really ruins the game and all it takes is one person to exploit it out of the 6 or 8 players.

In 1on1 matches, spies are balanced. 1on1 matches don't go on for too long, and the spies are part of the special dynamic of sovs vs. allies. However, in these 6/8 player FFG's these days, spies are pretty annoying/imbalanced. The problem is, the allied players immediately take advantage of the lesser skilled opposing player, spy the shit out of him, and all the sudden have 10 minutes to sit in their base creating veteran units while you try to overcome it. I don't think there is a way to correctly balance it without ruining parts of the game, it is what it is.

Regarding "low tech": you can achieve this by playing the 'meat grinder' setting. Regarding naval battle you can achieve this by playing the naval mode setting. Regarding tanks and troops only, you can achieve this by playing meat grinder mode, but I guess you don't get the teched units then.

Absolutely fantastic. Bravo.

When i look at sunnys resume i see a one trick pony (yuri). A handful of rank ones past tge prime years of the game on yr xwis. when i look at andys resume i see a similiar outcome with a bit more emphasis on allies. A handful of rank ones past the prime years of the game on yr xwis. when i look at tomis resume i see an abundance of rank ones across both games with any faction during the primes of the game and many years after on both yr and ra2 xwis and even yr wol. i mean its not even comparible and this isnt even based off anyones personal opinions. The stats dont lie here... the only one close to tomi is marko but the thing that holds him back is that he wasnt around during the primes... nonetheless an argument can be made for marko to be goat based on stats

Yeah in regards with tomi his list of ranks just speaks for itself... no one has anything near it when consideting both ra2 and yuris and across different eras. In regards to wols regulation... it was actually well regulated for the first year or so when tomi was dominating. tomis brother ante was also quite good

Tomi didn't just play on XWIS dude. Tomi had at least 3 rank 1's when the game was in it's true booming state on WOL. That's when 100,000's were on. Also, Tomi had the most points in history of the game at 1499 on Ra2 if I recall. There's just nothing he hasn't done when it comes to both ra2 and yr. (Another reason why he is so valuable as he conquered both games with equal domination).

Good analysis as always. Tomi was truly remarkable as many of us know! If nothing else -- it's simply a numbers game... 100,000's of then vs. the few 100 now. It's just not comparable. No matter what someone does now, they'll never be able to take that status away, unless of course the game balloons into the 10,000's++ again.

Q) Will you play a tournament if there is no prize pool ? YesQ) Will you be active to play your games beside weekends? Yes Q) Should yuri faction allowed in all games? Don't care, prefer Yes but only in a limited fashion (2x per series for instance) Q) There are alot of semi-good players out there so should we allow them to play in this tournament directly? Of course, anyone interested with time and availability should be able to play. The cream will rise to the top anyways. Q) Will you be able to play at any time from 15:00 gmt till 1:00 gmt ? yes

Great question to ponder. I'd imagine putting the Grizzlies in front would be the best way as they would act like fodder for the more important tank and the grizzly tanks can also run through the enemies tanks letting the rhinos attack the enemy without taking much initial damage.

Problem with that is it is highly map dependent. Sure a map like Offense Defense is fantastic for France vs. Yuri, and perhaps even way overpowering, however you get matched on a map like Blood feud and it's actually hurtful to be france. (BF is small, but it has so little ore and yuri can just sit and get SW by the time you get a cannon or two and are sitting on nothing... it's very hard/impossible to base walk to yuri on a map like Dune/BF).