Profile of sluzbenik

Low player numbers.

Even lower numbers for the competitive modes (1v1 and 2v2.) You see the same people all the time in those, and if no one in your ELO bracket is available it eventually gives you a game anyway.

You can stop and restart search every minute or so to stay in your bracket.

Grenpocalpyse 2014. I remember beating Cataclaw in 1v1 when Grens were so ridiculously OP at long range no con squad could get in range.

Weird Soviet wire. I miss the weird wire actually, that was innovative.

G43s actually countering snipers pretty well.

And when a Maxim could set up in front of an MG42 and win:

Sierra - COH2.ORG Community Member

2013-2015

RIP

Pretty good players. Pretty good game.

After losing so much infantry to the Soviet conscript hordes, there was nothing to do but hunker down, get a Pak-43, and a King Tiger and hope for some equalizing squad wipes...

But then...so much IS2, so much AT. Good on OST for keeping his shrek blob alive

I guess the Quentin-busting comes down to two reasons: 1) his English sucks. 2) He speaks bad English like a French intellectual, ie. : http://www.egs.edu/faculty/jean-baudrillard/articles/simulacra-and-simulations-i-the-precession-of-simulacra/ And god knows there's nothing worse than a French intellectual, right?

Anyone who analyzes and thinks too much is always suspect. FOR GOD'S SAKE DON'T ASK ME TO THINK - Game of Thrones is on.

But he's right, if you take the time to analyze why you suck.

I know why I suck: I have poor CPM and often, as some player pointed out to me, ask my units to do things they can't. I might know I'm not going to win an engagement or my positioning is poor so I should retreat from the engagement but there's a lot of RNG and probability in COH2 fights so I rely on luck. But I only play for fun now, so I don't care that I play arrogantly and my weakened Sturmpios only have a slim chance of winning vs that rifle squad that still has 75% health. It's more fun for me to win when I'm not playing serious and I lose a ton of shit!

And to get back on topic - there are still a lot of situations where I have no idea what the outcome might be. Like a day ago I ran across a 75% health shock (all members still there) with a vet flamer pio and another pio. I had no idea how that engagement would come out. Maybe with lucky flame crits I would have won? I didn't know so I retreated the units. And of course the more units in a fight, the more analysis you have to do subconsciously and quickly.

And that's what makes good players good once the technical CPM barrier is overcome - judgement. Unfortunately most shoutcasts don't do this micro-level analysis, and we can't expect streamers to do it - that's asking a lot while playing.

I also disagree with Quentin you can't learn a lot from replays of top players - their knowledge of good opening capping orders and unit movement early is something you can copy and learn from - up to say 3-4 minutes. After that it is mostly useless because everything unfolds differently.