When I started I didn't know this, but the mroe i play the faster I realize whether it is possible to win a map without sheer luck (or a 9 mine). It is probably the worst feeling ever when you realize the small mistakes your team ahs made in the beginning (based on where they ran first). One of the msot common mistakes I see is on Cyclopean where they are so focused on getting the city 9either team) that they negelect the center or Northwest of the map. Anyone got a worse feeling then this? THAT HAS TO DO WITH EMPIRES!
Mistakes that make me have a bad feeling: Forgetting to put two turrets around the command vehicle, in a way that all sides are covered by at least one turret. Preferably have four turrets for redundancy. Not placing buildings so that entrances face each other. The entrance to the barracks should face the entrance to the armory, for example. Not putting turrets around refineries. Not putting walls around refineries. Not putting armories everywhere. Attacking the command vehicle instead of the barracks. Reactive + 3 Phase, Bio ML and Plasma
Getting out of the comm vech to build a turret then some [TDO] griefer hop in and drove the comm vech into the water. While we were winning.
Having the 3rd mine blow up when trying to 9 mine an enemy CV and dieing and then losing the game. Getting the CV stuck on trees and losing.
getting the CV stuck, happens all the time for me. like twice recently i've driven off a cliff and become stuck on rocks not visible from the top. so frustrating. one of the times i had this awesome plan to T-bone an APC.... then getting stuck right next to it... the worst thing that could happen. jumping out of the CV and getting HS'd by a sniper, while trying to build a FWD barracks (before you've managed to run inside the barracks) worst feeling of all though... forgetting to research because you've been caught up in the game, or clicking a research and hitting "research", going back to the game, and finding out 2 minutes later that you either didn't have enough funds to start the research or for some other reason it didn't work. that cost me a game once . generally it's stupid mistakes. oh, and crashing at vital moments. doesn't happen any more.
Having set 8 mines under the enemy comm, rpg and 5 arty strikes ready, being about to fire all of that, but getting interrupted by the own comm that got blown up by a heavy tank. That was pure rage.
When the team focuses on taking down an enemy base, to the point where they leave your main base completely unprotected and it gets pwned along with the cv. That happens fairly frequently and annoys me a bit. But the other day, I was commanding mvalley and my team was playing well, just as they were about to take out the enemies main, I died stupidly because I forgot about the LT on my tail. That was quite annoying, seen as it was totally me being an idiot.
Worst feeling: This time don't take the cv too far away and get it trapped again please No what are you doing? COME BACK THEY WILL WALL YOU IN Aargh ffs SEE ? Why don't you learn anything from it -you have been defeated- -Loading map emp_isle- Love actually exists?
OOoooo that reminds me of a very bad feeling. I had just 9-mined the enemy comm and shot two mortar shells at it. It was smoking like hell and I had just reloaded the mortar when.... ... ... ... ... OUR FUCKING CV GOT KILLED
getting revived after deliberately charging into the enemy, because you desperately needed to killspawn to a friendly barracks that was under attack.
They call this the 'cpatton effect'. The funny thing is that cpatton is actually a perfectly good comm, and usually survives much longer when rushing around insanely with the CV than you'd expect. He's just not as good as he thinks he is (or he just doesn't care.)
