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__my rating has plummeted and its because many of you are improving fast ..
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__lost 8 Merlins because i made no units to protect them
__but they probably had already made cost because Merlin are op
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__id like to remind all to encourage playing for fun and allow for freedom
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__mainly because iv seen players make mono cloaked outlaws on return fire and that shit was cool
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__yes it looses and is a waste but its fun and i enjoy the wild play-styles of the humans
__if everybody played the ideal way it would be freaky
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5 years ago
Hm
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smoke dragon if u wanna survive becuase zero-k is like the world of today with it's challenges. u have to improvise and stay on your toes to stay in physical shape and mental strength. i reccomend watching godde tactics which is how i learn survive becuase zero-k is robust and like a jungle. only the strong survive -_-. watch my videos of me or godde i'm finally getting his level now that i'm a general and don't come soft smokedragon u gotta be toughe like me, like theodore roosevelt says "speak softly and carry a big stick, you will go far."

those are wise words ;D. so watch godde and u will get far ;D buddy.
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5 years ago
SmokeDragon I think you're a good player and you should not get discouraged. I always find you a solid member of the team. I remember many games where everybody else had given up and you were still in the fight. Tenacity has a quality of its own in ZK and you have it.

Remember that you're going to go through patches where you lose a bunch of games in a row and then other patches where you are like a god and everything goes right. The balancer essentially is trying to give a 50% chance to winning and that 50% is sometimes on the razor's edge.

Regarding Merlins, I love them too.

But they are a big time priority target for the enemy and you have to treat them that way. I don't know exactly how ya use them, but this is what I do:

I try to keep AA and riots near them whenever I can. What they do IRL with mlrs like Merlin is "shoot n scoot" and I find that useful to keeping them alive. That basically means identifying targets beforehand, moving the Merlin into firing position, fire it, and then retreat it immediately to avoid counter battery fire. You can't afford to keep them in one spot. They also work great in a cloak field. If you've been doing all this then that's the extent of my tactics, and I can't help you further :p
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5 years ago
I want to see more inventive wild things in games :(
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5 years ago
don't get discouraged smokedragon yours is the problem of all those who play in teams at the welcome room, where on average you have a percentage of 50% to win or lose. You lose very often for the following reasons:
a) lag
b) firepluk is in the other team and something is invented
c) firepluk is in your own team and after about 300 seconds resign and no one understands the reason (often not even I think). (sry firepluk if I took a random example from you) :)
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lol when i first played z-k in a proper team game i jumped on a bridge and firepluck jumped on it too with a level 9 or something =D

when he wants to he can win without nuke but he will always troll com, he is partial to krow rush and he also loves any kind of bomb thrower

a level one firepluck commander is a rare sight.. he is probably level 2 before he even makes a solar
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5 years ago
... or link to the game :)
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__my rating has plummeted and its because many of you are improving fast ..


It's a number. I go through peaks and troughs (most recently a trough). Being good needs work. When I have a string of failures, I look closely at my game and try to work out what I'm doing wrong then consciously try to correct it. Anyone can run around a rugby field, to take on the All Blacks, you've got to work at it.

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__lost 8 Merlins because i made no units to protect them


Why? Was that deliberate? If not, learn from it. Maybe have 7 merlins and 3.5K escort next time?

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__id like to remind all to encourage playing for fun and allow for freedom

__mainly because iv seen players make mono cloaked outlaws on return fire and that shit was cool
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__yes it looses and is a waste but its fun and i enjoy the wild play-styles of the humans


I find doing something irregular for the sake of doing it is not fun because losing is not fun. On the other hand, facing an apparently insurmountable situation and then doing something crazy that turns it around is possibly the most fun it's possible to have in a game. Solving problems with new solutions is creativity. Doing new things that don't solve problems is a waste. I don't want people who are deliberately trying to waste resources that could be put to better use on my team. That's not fun for me, and anyone doing it is being selfish.

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__if everybody played the ideal way it would be freaky


Why choose to play sub-optimally? You're more likely to get fun, interesting, creative games with genuinely innovative (rather than gimmicky) play where everyone is trying to play the ideal way rather than where they are "just trying to have fun." Everyone will read the ideal differently, which means everyone will play differently, and anyone could come up with a whacky tactic that turns the game down a new path.

Fun and excellence are not opposites. They are complementary. Do whatever you think you need to do to improve and when you start applying it, you'll be having more fun than before.

I have found in the past that deliberately looking for games different from my usual habitat has helped. New experiences can provide new perspectives on old situations.
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5 years ago
I stopped playing for a while and when I came back it seems team games are very Porcy now.

seems high mobility is just as powerful though. most of the time I just use LLTs and let a cocky opponent burst through them with tanks so I can kill them in my own territory with glaives.

my ELO is way over inflated because peaple keep falling for it.
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5 years ago
@ the_green_squig i guess maybe your probably right but i will add that seeing many Merlin fire at the same time .. it affected me.. i think im addicted to it
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