Profile of Rosbone

Yeah, I don't think the changes to Angoville and Arnhem made them much better, I still tend to have one of them veto'd at all times.

I see a lot of discussion about how the maps were not changed a lot. The goal of the map patches is not to drastically change maps. The goal is to fix imbalances. Maps that received a lot of changes, only did so because the balance was off a lot.

As an example, Should we change every 1v1 map into Crossroads. We already have a crossroads.

The November patch was originally only supposed to fix minor bugs. Luckily Sturmpanther and Andy let us do a lot more than originally planned. So some of the maps that did not get changes in the previous patch, got changes this time around. And maps that were changed before, were changed a little more to further balance them.

It should be noted that a lot of people helped with ideas about things to change and fix. Just from my personal interactions, notes came from many players like Duffman, Flappy, Ishtari, Puppetmaster, ShadowLink, Jae4Jett, Sander93, Aerafield, and many others. I think Flappy hit me up every other day with stuff to fix

Since we are talking map patch here, I think it is very important to show some appreciation for Sturmpanther. This patch was supposed to be a couple maps with bug fixes. Due to real life obligations, Sturmpanther did not even have time for a small patch, but he committed to it. Six months later we had something like 28 maps updated So big thanks go out to Sturmpanther for this patch. Hopefully RL slows down and he can do another patch someday.

Any chance this could be patched?

The problem probably is that Hill 400 is bugged. So anytime the server selects Hill 400, you will get Steppes. This will probably be patched soon.

In the meantime you may need to veto Steppes and Hill 400 to avoid playing on Steppes.

A few things.

A) Thanks to all involved for this tourney!!! Cheers

B) I cant believe how little love Noggano is getting in the voting so far.

C) The early rounds of this tourney were over so fast and were casted on several channels. The fun of these games is seeing them live. Which was not possible because there were too many games. Having one central channel that casts the games really helps the hype. Watching replays is like watching a video taken of a party you could not attend. You get the highlights but none of the emotional connection to what is happening in real time.

D) This topic is already off the rails talking about stuff not related to the tourney

I would suggest looking at SPECTATE and looking up the highest rank players when you are playing. During slow times, there are not a lot of high level players playing 4v4. Maybe 1 or 2 games will be higher than 12-1 rank players.

So, basically you are better off with concentrating your forces in the center and attack the resource points from the center outwards.

As stated above, 95% of matches I have spectated are just head butting matches within the fuel sector. No attempts at all are made to flank. This map is like General Mud or Steppes, you need patience and smart flanking. Most players just rush the fuel and headbutt a wall. Gradually I am seeing people come around to it as they learn the map.

I cant tell you how many matches I have watched waterfalls of infantry running straight into an MG they already know is there. Where if they just moved 30 meters to the left or right, they could easily over run it. Or matches where people start spamming indirect then get run over by mobile infantry. This is a fast and mobile map. It shouldnt be played like Red Ball.

Most matches I watch, the player who pushes the center gets an extra muni and VP. They end up having a muni income almost double the enemy. You are also then in a spot to attack the cutoffs.

The first few days in rotation, White Ball was a little more popular than Road to Arnhem(R2A). Then it started to switch and Arnhem was becoming more popular. I have a recent screenshot where 5 of 9 top ranked matches was R2A.