@corvathranoob said in Game analysis - Replay #14886292: @zappazapper said in Game analysis - Replay #14886292: Maybe we're not all trying to be 1900 rated players, and maybe it's not actually important to address every bad habit immediately, or maybe not ever. And maybe part of what frustrates new players is not just the game itself, but the message they're given when they seek advice - "this is what you need to do to become a 1900 rated player as soon as possible". That can be very intimidating. I totally agree with you on this. I stopped trying to improve years ago, lol. And I want to add another thing that I never explicitly stated, but I'm assuming pretty much everyone enjoys playing the game more than analyzing their replays for mistakes. So if that's the case then you especially should just play the game more and it will eventually come to you (with more enjoyment, AND faster, as long as you are consciously trying to improve on specific things). Well, you yourself said it was an assumption, so I guess I can hardly fault you on it, but yes, I think that's just an assumption. I rather enjoyed watching the replay and writing this analysis. And I question the wisdom of presenting analysis like it's some kind of loathsome chore. To use another musical analogy, I usually enjoy rehearsing with my band more than I enjoy actually playing the gigs. We all kind of do. Most musicians kind of do. And similarly, I don't consider analysis as some kind of negative consequence of making a genuine attempt to improve; I look at it like "WHAT?! I get to write analyses of my games TOO?!" I dunno, maybe everybody just looks at this like it's a video game. I can think of no other game where anybody would even think of doing an analysis of how well they're playing and what they have to do to improve. Usually you play the game and either you're good or you're not, and mostly the rest of the people playing the game are happy when you're not. There's just something different going on with this game, and like I said, I just recently decided that I wasn't going to deny myself the experience anymore. I'm GOING to write analyses. Lots of them. I might write analyses more than I actually play. I might start writing analyses of YOUR games Seriously though, whether it's been beneficial or not is debatable, but what's not is that it CAN be genuinely enjoyable if you allow yourself to enjoy it. We're all different.

@archsimkat Of course you at some point need to learn how to play the game properly. A noob friendly mod is like learning to ride a bike with training wheels. At some point the training wheels obviously need to come off. The question is whether allowing (NOT forcing) games with training wheels to start can help some people not get too discouraged initially or actually learn the game a bit faster by not being overwhelmed by all of the different things there are to learn in the game right from the start, or if they simply develop bad habits that become entrenched. It certainly might be better to just learn decent build orders, but obviously, a lot of people don't bother. It's plausible that some people don't want to watch a build order youtube video, but will just play the noob mod, then eventually learn more and like the game more and stop using the mod because a lot less of their games were ruined in the first minute of the game. Edit: I think generally in the game, not just in a noob eco mod, it would be good for an audio warning if you are stalling. "You must build additional [pylons] Power!"

@emperor_penguin said in Helpful links for learning how to improve at FAF: Ladder 1v1 - Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced Topics - by arma473 - 27,175 words This one is great. It's like my bible right now.

@jamieg hmm there should be an easy way.... but you can also just launch the fame and look if mantis has a tank icon or not

@swkoll bless you, I didn't know of that thread, you can lock the thread if you would like

@gruffman said in two room and nonexistent room，LOL: i believe those green blocks are actual maps that have been in the game for years, its not an error Look at the hoster

@goblinsly Just so you are aware. Any test maps you will find are usually trying to measure sim speed, not FPS. Almost nobody cares about FPS, because sim speed is the thing that causes the game to slow down, FPS is usually good enough.

If we haven't answered doesn't necessarily mean we declined your application. We are onboarding new moderators at a steady pace and have all the applications still stored. It would be less than ideal to get 7 or some other larger number of new moderators on to the team at once, and try to get everyone acquainted with moderation tasks, tools etc. I apologize it was not meant to be as attack on you or the mod team but i will call it fair game that people who signed up to be moderators or other duties that FAF is looking or searching for they should be at very least be updated and not put them on hold for seven+ months (in my chase at least). And i do know that it is not on you for process being so long but reported games have piled up almost twice in the number from what i heard, and yet no new moderators have been picked to help them out even if is temporarily. Tho on that note you did offered me later on if i wanted to update my application to push it more up to mod team so i will commend that respectfully. @Giebmasse

Where is the Kangaroo? Michelangelo would be disappointed.

I am 23, I play since about 7/8 years. I have more then 5000 games if u look at everything together. Since a longer time i am 1700 rated. I feel like getting worse bc of very busy irl stuff. If I get more time again I feel like I am ready to improve a lot.

locking that for 6 hours with a frinedly reminder that this is supposed to be Ftx responding to questions and not the rerall to the drama fest we've already gone through.

Or just give some map names.

Just so people know, the pools have been updated but I haven't made a post yet because I need to confirm with arch whether the 1v1 pool is also final.

@kdrafa91 said in How to repair naval units?: @raquaza if i wait for them to die the reclaim will be near the enemy I played Cybran on gap, i had stealth boats with the battleships, the enemy dude was playing aeon and he did like 10 tech 3 sonars, does that makes a diference nullifying the stealth field? Tech 3 sonars do not have omni. So it does not make a difference against stealth field.

Winner!!!

@voodoo said in Moderation reports being actioned?: @gruffman said in Moderation reports being actioned?: Again, just curious how much work is involved in verifying the accuracy of reports? Here are the steps we do normally: Open the moderation tool and read the report. Check for name changes. Check for previous bans or warnings. Watching the replay or the game chat. Closing the report with a notice of our decision. Creating a forum post about the user/action. If it is only a warning, pming the user. A problem is also if the users talked in other languages in game. In addition an action might be brought up within the moderation team for discussion, especially before handing out perma bans, which adds more time to the process. Investigating smurfs can also be way more time consuming than other reports.

@ftxcommando maybe show ranking only for me and question marks for others or say that i must play at least n games in alert window or notifications? People would still ban "no ranks", but at least other grays wont, and there wont be situations where you basically cannot host any game because low-ranks are afraid when your "noobs welcome" sits near starcraft-level "1200+ 250 gmaes+" rooms.