Thing is, if you know what you are doing, going ger snipers on 2v2 is a valid option to delay the fire of Russian sniper. If you don´t give him xp, he can´t get Guards and this gives time to your partner to further make use of a quick T2 222.
The times i face sniper are either: 2 sniper opening, 2nd unit M3 + some units and then sniper (which requires micro to keep up babysitting both units) or double snipers on mid late game.
I won´t recommend sniper on the 2nd option, in other cases is always a valid choice.
