Profile of Bulgakov

Jump back to quoted post8 Sep 2014, 19:04 PMGreeb

I'm not doubting his opinion about balance. I said that he's undoubtely a MUCH better player than me in all factions. But the huge disparity in ratio in their 2vs2 random games is too strange for him to say later that soviets are easy to win with.
I'd expect that with the so called "abusive faction" he would have a huge number of victories. I find strange to complain about one faction being overpowered and abusive when you are wining 9 out of 10 games against them, and probably being paired against the best allied players in the ranking.

My theory is that probably that ratio is because is much easier to find a random OKW partner that can be useful (just blobing volks with schrecks and obers) than a random soviet player who knows what to do.

I also play lots of 2vs2 random games and it amazes me to see the HUGE number of real noobs who play soviets (those players who need 3 minutes to move their first unit and the first thing that he does is capping a VP, or that they make two fuel caches before building a second unit, etc). Seems that Soviet is the magnet faction for noobs, due maybe that the singleplayer campaign is played with them and then is the first faction they learn to use.

I'm curious and I'd want to know if their ratio disparity is due a bad teammates or perhaps is just because he played soviets months ago when he wasn't so good player, as you said Bulgakov.

Jump back to quoted post8 Sep 2014, 14:17 PMGreeb

Dude, I trust your opinion because clearly you're a better player than me, but it's hard to believe that Soviets are OP and abusive as you say, when you have a ratio of 0.82 with OKW 2vs2 Random and a +20 streak, and just a poor 0.38 ratio with soviets.

Jump back to quoted post4 Sep 2014, 21:00 PMMadeMan

I don't mean to sound like the Imperial Dane fanclub/cheer-squad, but as the man himself commented, he already does this, not sure what you're looking for, but I've noticed Dane often point out that "X unit will help deal with Y" or similar in all the casts, as well as suggestions like 'He's saving a lot of fuel, possibly for X which could help break through this part of the map, alternatively he could go for Y which will help in case the opponent goes for Z'.

Oh and I second that Dane has a voice for casting. Oddly enough he reminds me of the manager at my last job who had a strikingly similar accent and some intonations/mannerisms.