Part 1

Hello and welcome to The Veterans of 2v2 Tournament that will determine the best 2v2 team from the experienced players

Date: 12 of September
Start Time: 14:00 UTC
Chat: /join #veterans_tmm
Challonge: https://challonge.com/en/mexdbzt
Tournament Directors: Pryanichek
Sponsor: Pryanichek

Prize Pool:
110€ Total
1st - 60€ - Veteran of TMM avatar (avatar for both players In 1st placed team)

2nd - 30€ - Warrior of TMM avatar (avatar for both players In 2nd placed team)

3rd - 20€

Rating:
Under 3600 global rating for team

Tournament Format
Tournament for a 16 teams. If there are more registered teams, then 16 teams with the highest rating will get into the tournament. BO1 game format, double elimination. Final and match for 3rd place are played in BO3 format. All standard tournament rules apply (read here https://forum.faforever.com/topic/269/tournament-code-of-conduct) apply, share settings: Fullshare enabled, the maximum number of units is 1500, draws are replayed, games are ranked, no faction veto is used

Part 2

Hello and welcome to The Ruling Kings of 2v2 Tournament that will determine the best 2v2 team once and for all.

Date: 18th of September
Start Time: 14:00 UTC
Chat: /join #kings_tmm
Challonge: https://challonge.com/en/q9qydp2l
Tournament Directors: Pryanichek
Sponsor: Pryanichek

Prize Pool:
210€ Total
1st - 120€ - King of TMM avatar (avatar for both players In 1st placed team)

2nd - 60€ - Prince of TMM avatar (avatar for both players In 2nd placed team)

3rd - 30€

Rating:
Over 3600 global rating for team

Tournament Format
This tournament aims for a maximum of 16 teams. It will be a double-elimination tournament with most rounds being BO1 except for Semi-Final and the Final of the winners bracket as well as the Final of the losers bracket being played in a BO3 format. If there will be 8 or fewer teams then the format of the tournament will be changed to a Round Robin (each team plays every other team once) with a separate Final. The team that takes 3rd place during the Round Robin stage will receive an award for 3rd place, and the two top teams will play the final in a BO3 format. All standard tournament rules apply (read here https://forum.faforever.com/topic/269/tournament-code-of-conduct). Settings: Full-share enabled, Unit cap - 1500, draws are replayed, games are ranked, no faction veto is used

These rules apply to both tournaments.

Any player can take part in both tournaments if his team is rated!

Map vetoing rules for BO3 format:
First the higher seed team picks a map to veto, then lower seed, higher again, etc. Until there are 9 maps left.
The higher seed team chooses the map for game 1.
The lower seed team chooses the map for game 2.
If after playing 2 games the score is 1-1, there will be another round of vetoing.
Each team again gets another 3 vetoes and you will start vetoing from the remaining 7 maps until only 1 is left. This time the lower seed will start vetoing.
You will play the final game of the BO3 on this map.

Map vetoing rules for group (or BO1) stage:
First the higher seed team picks a map to veto, then lower seed, higher again, etc until 1 maps remains

Signups up close 1 days before Tourney starts

Map Pool:
5x5:
crazyrush (slots 1,5 vs 2,6)
Lake Arokh V8 (slots 1,5 vs 2,6)
10x10:
Salembay (slots 3,7 vs 4,6)
Tabula Rasa V3 (slots 1,3 vs 2,4)
Map Gen - 10x10 – Tournament
Adaptive Flooded Tabula (slots 1,3 vs 2,4)
Badlands V4 (slots 1,5 vs 2,8)
Africa (slots 3,5 vs 4,6)
Stella Maris V8 (slots 5,7 vs 6,8)
Adaptive Corona (slots 1,7 vs 2,8)
20x20:
Setons Clutch – FAF version (slots 1,3 vs 2,4)
Map Gen - 20x20 – Tournament
Selkie Isle (slots 3,5 vs 4,6)
The Ditch – FAF version (slots 1,4 vs 2,3)
Point of Reach V4 (slots 1,3 vs 2,4)

When signing up, please state:
-Which of the 2 tournaments are you signing up for (U3600 or O3600)
-Team Name
-Players of each team
-Current rating of each player (using global rating)
-Total combined rating for the team (using global rating)
Sign up team by posting below (no proxy signups allowed)
Signups:

Part 1 (U3600):

1. Ketchup If You Can 3599
2. goy 3591
3. Dinner Break 3568
4. sigma grindset 3562
5. The Family 3560
6. revenge of the fallen 3541
7. Kappa 3527
8. Mass Blockers 3528
9. DepressionInc 3513
10. Deep Dark Fantasies
11. Ultimate Weapon 3501
12. Cup of tea and a scone 3446
13. Anti-Wesh-Wifi-Powers 3442
14. The Crushers 3421
15. R&R 3155
16. Undisputed 2900

Part 2 (O3600):

1. The Good Guys 4834
2. A Very Friendly Lovable Team 4620
3. Jop and Joppie 4611
4. Vibe squad 4239
5. 5th place 3970 3884
6. HushNoob and Autonoob
7. The Bad Guys 3558
8. Team Spirit Sweeties
9. With sour cream 3490
10. Bigusdickus 3392

This appeal is a response to this post. (https://forum.faforever.com/topic/9493/the-continuation-of-faforever) If you haven't read it, please read it.

I want to say thank you to all the developers, members of the administration, the leaders and team member in our community.

You do a great job for all of us for free, in your own time! Thank you to all of you!

I ask everyone who loves this game. Do not vent your frustration towards contributors. As Jip wrote in his post. Share with other players the solutions that help you play this game, follow the FAF news.

If you are a Russian player, try using a VPN or this way of solving the problem (https://discord.com/channels/700147532143001600/779759284229242931/1416110915182530560)
or (https://discord.com/channels/971495985354248202/1271958415018823751/1414493790873452556) or (https://discord.com/channels/971495985354248202/1271958415018823751/1413649215560614041)

Please write in the comments below this post why you love and play FAF. And also express your words of support to the administration and developers. We may disagree with some decisions or balance changes. . But right now our goal is to save our game.

P.s.: I don't understand anything about development and programming. But if you need a certain amount of monthly donations to solve the problem, write to me in the discord. Not all players from Russia can donate to the faf now due to various restrictions, but I could consolidate them and help them do this.

Disclaimer:
This is not an official, closed tournament, for players from countries that cannot receive prizes from the FAF.
The tournament is not intended to offend anyone on national or other grounds.
I love FAF and have been organising tournaments for many years. The only purpose is to give a boost to the community activity and to have interesting games.
At the moment I am not able to transfer money to other countries, so I cannot make an open tournament with prize money. Tournaments without a prize pool in my experience do not attract a large number of players, especially 2k+.
If you are ready to take part in an open 1x1 tournament with no prize money and no rating restrictions - write under this post. In case of a large number of willing players I will organise such a tournament

Даты проведения: 17-18 мая основной турнир. 10 мая отборочный (подробная информация ниже в посте https://forum.faforever.com/topic/9030/39-000-турнир-1х1/28)
Время начала: 14:00 МСК
Чат турнира: создан специальный дискорд сервер https://discord.gg/2PkRJAUTaD
Challonge: https://challonge.com/ru/yjacmcey
Организатор турнира: Skrat
Помощник организатора: Finisterre
Трансляции:

День первый. Групповой этап

Robogear (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6jX8QSibLQ) (https://live.vkvideo.ru/robogear) - участник турнира, стрим от первого лица
Finisterre (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erxYCQj0yZ0) - комментатор, полная трансляция обоих днех турнира
Paralon (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIYBMIEKoGg) - участник турнира, стрим от первого лица

День второй. Плей офф

Paralon (https://www.youtube.com/live/gKXxho5SABA?si=guaOVepBYqcjaZR_) - участник турнира, стрим от первого лица
Finisterre (https://www.youtube.com/live/FXa3mCpUFtI?si=zhulHumojx3T-esA) - комментатор, полная трансляция обоих днех турнира
Robogear (https://www.youtube.com/live/mT0E0mQXx4M?si=St3sSYjGEDs8w6sn) - участник турнира, стрим от первого лица

Комментаторы имеют право заходить в лобби и стримить из режима "наблюдатель", если не создают помех соединению игроков и имеют на трансляции 5-и минутную задержку

Пожалуйста напишите, если вы будуте стримить или обозревать турнир. И я обязательно укажу ссылку на вас.

Призовой фонд:
1 место - 12.000₽
2 место - 9.000₽
3 место - 6.000₽
4 место - 4.000₽
5-8 места по 1.500₽

Секретная награда - 2.000₽ (будет раскрыта и выдана по окончании турнира)

Это неофициальный турнир ФАФ по этому выдача аватарок не предусмотрена.

Спонсоры:
30.000₽ - Skrat
7.000₽ - Vindex
2.000₽ - Tarnow11
Если у вас есть желание увеличить призовой фонд. Свяжитесь со Skrat ( #fafskrat ) или напишите под этим постом.

Формат турнира:
Турнир рассчитан на 16 участников и будет состоять из 2-ух этапов.
Первый этап - групповая стадия. 4 группы по 4 игрока играют по принципу "каждый с каждым" в формате БО3 (до 2 побед)
Второй этап - плей-офф на 8 участников (1 и 2 место каждой группы). 1/4 стадия - игры в формате БО3. 1/2 стадия - игры в формате БО5 (до 3 побед). Финал в формате БО7 (до 4 побед), матч за третье место - БО5

• Для распределения по группам 4 игрока с наивысшим рейтингом будут выбирать себе соперников в формате "змейки" (https://forum.faforever.com/topic/9030/39.000-no-mapgen-tournament-1х1/39)
• В случае равенства очков в группе преимущество будет иметь игрок, одержавший победу в личной встрече. Если у 3-ех игроков равнество очков, то между ними будет сыгран тай-брейк ( по 1 игре каждый с каждым)
• Вето фракций будет применяться только со стадии 1/2. По принципу: каждый может забанить 1 фракцию своему оппоненту.
• Вето карт будет применяться только со стадии плей офф (подробности смотреть в "Список карт")
• Опоздание на 15 минут и более - дисквалификация.
• Ничья - переигровка на этой же карте
• Дисконнект в течении первых 3-ех минут игры - переигровка, дисконнект после 3-ех минут игры на усмотрение директора турнира.

Список карт:

Групповой этап. Карты играются в указанном порядке в соответсвии с раундом (смотреть на Challonge). Формат матчей БО3.

Плей-офф.
Правила вето карт:

• На протяжении всей стадии плей-офф будет применяться вето карт
• У каждого игрока есть возможность исключить по **1 карте на стадии Раунд 1 (см. Challonge); по **2 карты на стадии Полуфинал; по **3 карты на стадии Финал и Матч за 3-е место
• Игроки банят карты по очереди
• Первым банит карту игрок с большим рейтингом 1х1 (цифры указаны рядом с никнеймом на Challonge), после игрок с меньшим рейтингом.
• Затем игроки кидают /roll 1d20 в чате турнира в дискорде. (см. инструкцию https://forum.faforever.com/topic/9030/39.000-no-mapgen-tournament-1х1/44)
• Игрок с большим выпавшим значением первый выбирает карту для игры, далее игрок с меньшим значением и далее в таком же порядке. (При равенстве чисел выпавших после /roll, игроки кидают /roll по новой)
  
  Правила вето фракций:
• Вето фракций начинает применяться только со стадии Полуфинала
• Игроки кидают /roll 1d20 в чате турнира в дискорде. Игрок с наибольшим выпавшим значением первый банит фракцию противнику, затем его оппонент (игроки могут забанить друг другу одинаковые фракции). Такой порядок сохраняется до конца матча

Принцип отбора на турнира (смотреть дисклеймейкер):
В турнире могут принять участие игроки из стран, имеющих ограничения на получения призов от ФАФ, а также другие русскоязычные игроки, у которых есть возможность получить перевод с российской карты.
12 игроков с наивысшим 1х1 рейтингом (по состоянию на 20.04.2025) могут принять участие в турнире без отбора. Оставшиеся 4 места будут разыграны в отборочном турнире 10 или 11 мая, голосование в выбором наиболее удобной даты отборочного турнира будет проведено 2-4 мая. По итогам голосования датой проведения отборочного турнира выбрано 10 мая

При регистрации укажите:

• Никнейм, Текущий рейтинг 1x1

Регистрация заканчивается за 9 мая

Зарегистрируйтесь, оставив сообщение ниже или написав мне личное сообщение в Discord ( #fafskrat )

Список участников:

1. Paralon 2214
2. Lunyshko 2121
3. TheEmperorTime 2002
4. ikigami 1970
5. ZLO 1963
6. BlInChIk 1959
7. Robogear 1950
8. FFF 1905
9. Wifi_ 1889
10. Swatoslav 1870
11. Vindex 1813
12. Inspektor_Kot 1796
13. Tarnow11 1518
14. Cunningfox 1507
15. PhantomSamurai 1488
16. White_Owl 1222
17. Aranei 1212
18. rewersant 809

Hello and welcome to The Setons Wars Tournament that will determine the best team in the seton

Date: 9 of April
Start Time: 14:00 UTC
Chat: /join #swt
Challonge: https://challonge.com/en/r9p870xd
Tournament Directors: Pryanichek
Broadcasting:
Official broadcast of the tournament https://www.twitch.tv/faflive (eng)

https://www.twitch.tv/syndicus (eng) - Syndicus
https://www.youtube.com/c/dimatularus (ru) -ZLO
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHWXYe53iUoYzcS7VVU2G2Q (ru) - Lenkin
https://www.twitch.tv/yudi_dddddd (eng) - Yudi

Prize Pool:

$544.20 Total

1st - $220 - Seton Champion avatar or classic King of Seton clutch avatar (avatar to choose from for all players on the 1st place team)

2nd - $140 - Seton Fighter avatar or classic Prince of Seton clutch avatar (avatar for all players on 2nd placed team)

3rd - $100 - Faction Icon Avatar (avatar for all players on the 3rd place team)

Special Prizes:
$40 for best come back (for team) - decided by the TD. If there will be a broadcast on FAF live, the decision will be made by the viewers by voting
$24.20 for Mizer meme (individual prize) - decided by the TD. If there will be a broadcast on FAF live, the decision will be made by the viewers by voting
$20 - secret prize (individual prize). Will be given for the achievement (conditions of the achievement will remain secret until the end of the tournament, so that it does not affect the gameplay)

Donated by:
$204.20 - Mizer
$120 - Exselsior
€100 - Pryanichek
£50 - EarlyDoors
$50 - Moonrider

Tournament Format
It will be a 4v4 tournament with captains. The top 8 players with the highest ratings signed up become captains. And take turns recruiting a team (the player with the lowest rating from among the captains chooses first)

This tournament aims for a maximum of 8 teams. To determine which team picks the slots first, the captains do !roll in aeolus. Highest roll picks side and slots first. This will be a double elimination tournament, all rounds are BO1, except for the top bracket semifinals and finals they will be BO3. If there are less than 8 teams, then a Robin round will be held between 5 teams (each team plays every other team once). All standard tournament rules apply (read here https://forum.faforever.com/topic/269/tournament-code-of-conduct). Settings: Full-share enabled, Unit cap - 1500, draws are replayed, games are ranked, no faction veto is used

Additional rule! No player can play 2 games in a row on the same slot. Slots must change. The control is carried out by the TD or his assistant.

Map: Setons Clutch (non mirrored version)

If you have a desire to increase the prize pool. Contact Skrat#4810 on the official FAF Discord

Signups up close 2 of April so that the teams have the opportunity to practice. 14.00 UTC 2 of April captains will have to enter a specific discord channel and choose their teams. The non-selected players will be in the reserve and will be very important in the event of a no-show of any of the players (which happens in every tournament).

Draft results:

When signing up, please state:
-Nickname, Current rating (using global rating)

Sign up by posting below
Signups:

1. Haachamachama 2401
2. ZLO 2094
3. ShadySocks 2026
4. archsimkat 2005
5. CheeseBerry 1993
6. Specularii 1988
7. Man_on_the_Moon 1952
8. NoOneCares 1951
9. Shen 1944
10. Exselsior 1886
11. TechHouseNoob 1858
12. PhantomSamurai 1818
13. EspiranTo- 1817
14. Yew 1804
15. Unknow 1803
16. Cast_Away 1792
17. WoundedElkNoob 1777
18. Swatoslav 1750
19. WillyWankerNoob 1744
20. RandomWheelchair 1726
21. Crusher12321 1709
22. J0hn 1684
23. CP1 1650
24. Cascade 1610
25. SpikeyNoob 1556
26. butch3r 1550
27. Gilobot 1548
28. JACKFFFF 1547
29. Doni- 1546
30. demonstreamer666 1530
31. Riot- 1522
32. Emperor_Penguin 1520
33. Conorach 1519
34. JT_ 1514
35. Koiskix 1491
36. OldPoet 1465
37. Maro 1418
38. Akeno__ 1434
39. Zigster 1403
40. EarlyDoors 1396
41. PMBMize 1382
42. fedorafreak 1381
43. Crypteck 1369
44. jukeboxhero 1334
45. Syndicus 1330
46. Mr_Blastman 1322
47. LordSetonsClutch 1285
48. hav 1283
49. Raptorjesus 1272
50. BomBhard 1223
51. DEVOTION 1190
52. Karateka 1143
53. Aurand 1132
54. H-o-l-a 939
55. Varvara 726

Thanks to all the players for participating in the tournament!

Congrats to Team Haachamachama for winning the tournament!

Final Results:
1st - Team Haachamachama
2nd - Team ShadySocks
3rd - Team ZLO

Thanks to Foley, Derp and Lenkin for the broadcast. Thanks to Archsimkat and Brutus for their help in organizing the tournament. Also thanks to Mizer, Exselsior, EarlyDoors and Moonrider for their donations, this tournament wouldn't be the same without you!

Winners should contact Brutus5000#9989 for their prize money. Prize winners from Russia contact Skrat#4810

Players who won prizes have the opportunity to choose one of the possible avatars (see tournament description). Please let Skrat#4810 know your choice

Players who will receive special prizes will be announced in 1-2 days

Hello everyone For many, many years now, the 2k ladder scene has been practically dead. Everyone I asked gives one reason - there are few opponents. You have to make arrangements in advance to play, and it's not that interesting.

But many 2k players still want to play! Not all of them have retired yet, like the legendary Zock or Petric.

And players with lower ratings want to see more 2k level replays to learn!

Tournaments with cash prizes are good, but they require you to play for many hours and give you a lot of restrictions.

My suggestion. Once every 2 weeks, I will do a survey in Google forms, in which 2k players will choose convenient dates and times for their games.

And then I will publish dates and times comfortable for everyone. I will not specify the nicknames of the players, only the number of those who want to play on a particular day/time.

Please write if you would be interested in such events. No prizes, no rules, just the desire to press the 1x1 button and play the best RTS!

UPD: The first survey has already been conducted! You can find the results below on the forum page. I sent out a survey about the date in Discord to the players based on the 1x1 rating table on the FAF website. Unfortunately, I didn't find all the players' nicknames on Discord. If you haven't played for over a year or you're interested, but I couldn't find your nickname, just write me at Discord (fafskrat)

Thanks to all the players for participating in the tournament!

Congrats to The Good Guys team for becoming King of TMM and Jop and Joppie team to for becoming Prince of TMM .

Final Results:
1st - The Good Guys team
2nd - Jop and Joppie team
3rd - A Very Friendly Lovable Team

Thanks to Jagged Appliance and Lenkin for broadcast. Also thanks to JaggedAppliance, Morax, Tagada and Paralon for helping me from the organization of the tournament and format!

Winners should contact Brutus for their prize money.

I am pleased to inform you that special prizes are available:

Best Comeback - Team Haachamachama in game 3 against Team ZLO

Mizer meme - player ShadySocks (for killing WillyWankerNoob in a transport by Ctrl-K Shady commander )

And finally it's time to unlock the secret prize! This is the prize for the fastest t3 eco on the rock. - It goes to player Haachamachama (timing 24.16)

Hello and welcome to BigBrain, the 1v1 tournament that will determine once and for all whose mind can unite all factions!

Date: 12th May.
Start Time: 14:00 UTC
Chat: /join #BB
Challonge: https://challonge.com/ru/rc14syv0
Tournament Directors: Skrat
Broadcasting:
https://www.twitch.tv/stellartactician (eng) - 2k player, commenting
https://www.youtube.com/@Robogear (ru) - 2k player, commenting
https://www.youtube.com/@aranei5524 (ru) - broadcast with TD
https://www.youtube.com/@vena5941/featured (ru) - tournament participant
https://www.youtube.com/@banani2421 (ru) - tournament participant
https://www.twitch.tv/furkotya (ru) - YOW clan leader broadcast
https://www.youtube.com/@ZLO_FAF (ru/eng) - tournament participant
https://www.youtube.com/@blinchik6830 (ru) - tournament participant
https://www.twitch.tv/yudi_dddddd (eng) - tournament participant

Prize Pool:
1st: $200 + BigBrain avatar
2nd: $100 + Faction face/logo avatar
3rd: $50 + Faction logo/Tournament participant avatar
Special Prizes:
Explosion Master avatar
Avatar for the most epic explosion at the tournament (any explosion, the winner will be chosen by voting)!

Donated by:
$270 -Dorset
$80 - Skrat
I can pay Russians and any other country.
If you have a desire to increase the prize pool. Contact Skrat on the official FAF Discord

Settings
This tournament will be played with the ALLFactionsFixed mod enabled ( you need to turn on prebuild units for this mod to work )
Attention! This mod gives you 4 commanders of all factions on the spawn instead of 1. Nothing more!

Tournament Format
It will be a double-elimination tournament with most rounds being BO1 except for Semi-Final and the Final of the winners bracket as well as the Final of the losers bracket being played in a BO3 format.

All standard tournament rules apply, 1500 unit cap, players are seeded by random, no faction veto will be used. If you are late by more than 10 min you will be disqualified.

Draws are replayed. In the case of a DC, the game is replayed if it happens before minute 5. Special exceptions can be made at the discretion of the TD.

Additional rule! If less than 4 players with 2k+ rating sign up for the tournament, the tournament will only be for players with less than 2k rating (to keep things interesting)

Map Pool:

10x10
Crazy Backtrack (slot 1vs2)
Daroza's Sanctuary (slot 1vs2)
Eye of the Strom - FAF Version (slot 1vs2)
The Pyramid V2 (slot 1vs2)
Adaptive Obelisk Peak (slot 1vs2)
Wonder open 5v5 v3b (slot 7vs8)
Open palms (slot 1vs2)
Vya-3 (slot 1vs2)
Phenom Spartiate v2 (slot 3vs4)
Pina Colads (slot 3vs4)
Forbidden Pass - FAF version (slot 1vs2)
White Fire - FAF version (slot 1vs2)

mapgen 15x15 (tournament setting, 4 spawns)

20х20
Crossfire Canal - FAF version (slot 1vs2)
The Bermuda Locket - FAF version (slot 1vs2)
Painted Desert (slot 3vs4)
Setons Clutch - FAF version (slot 3vs4)
Selkie Isle (slot 3vs4)

Registration closes 1 hour before the start of the tournament

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I am against reducing ladder pool even on low ratings. And here's why

1. When I was in the training team, many players with low ratings whom I trained (up to 1000) complained about the boring, small map pool. (This was at a time when it had fewer maps than it does now and most of them are 5x5). We have a lot of players with low ratings who play 50-100 games per month and even more. They won't be interested in playing so many games on the same maps.

2. A variety of maps teach us different gameplay, which is what helps us increase our skill. For example, playing on Daroza gave me an understanding of how to play on maps with 200k+ reclaim. Playing Seraphim Glaciers learn me how to build a lot of transporters, play with a combination of navy and air, etc . I would never play better if I played 3 of the same maps 20 times a month.

3. Ladderplay should not be built around memorizing BO. When I watch 1x1 replays, I often see bad BO even from 2k players, simply because they haven't played for a long time or got something wrong. But due to the good reaction to their mistakes, they correct the situation.

4. There is no universal BO that will work in every game. You can scroll through all the stones, calculating so that you ideally have enough mass for a quick t2 rush, but the enemy decides to start with the first 3 labs or 1 bomber and all your plans will collapse. This does not mean that you have lost. The opponent also made a bad build for himself to ruin yours. You just can't be prepared for everything. Or vice versa. For example, if you make a defense against everything, and the opponent makes only engineers, then your opponent will have the advantage, since he did not waste mass and did not lose potential BP to protect engineers.

In my understanding, to increase your 1x1 game level, you need:

• be able to react quickly to non-standard actions of the opponent
• be able to quickly analyze the map on which you are playing (not to do BO, with a plan for each engineer for 10 minutes, but to see on the map the key points for which you need to fight, understand where you need to make a drop and how much energy you will need based on the number of mass extractors and reclaim)
• know the specifics of the factions and be able to use them (if you don't play very often, I advise you to play only for 1 faction)
• understand how the economy works
• understand exactly which units and buildings you need to win, don't waste a mass on what you don't need.

And to improve these skills, you just need to play more and analyze your games, ideally with a trainer who can also spot something that you don't see. Even a perfectly memorized BO Tagada won't help you if you don't understand what to do next. You may be able to beat your opponent's rating on this score and even score a +100 rating. But then you'll start losing anyway, because you don't understand other aspects.

What solution do I see? It would be great if someone with a high rating would do a brief review of the maps on the day of the release of the new map pool. He would explain the key points for attack and defense on the map, where it is better for the ACU to go, and tell the strengths of the factions for a particular map. 2-3 minutes is enough for each map.

And is it possible to add a mark to reclaim? And configure it so that it can be added only to a large racliam (from 1.5 to mass, for example)

A very cool mod! Thank you!

Is it possible to make the mod indicate which exactly EXP was scouted?

I had no problem that FAF uses >1GB of memory. All I can say is that the Python client uses an average of 2-3 times less memory than the Java client.

@Sheppy I understand that your goal is to make our community a better and I am grateful to you for that! And I'm not blaming you for creating a cheat mod.

I don't think real-time alerts are more useful for learning than replay analysis. But they can give a specific advantage.

The situation with this mod reminds me a big discussion about Eco Manger and the automatic shutdown mass fabricators. Part of the community thought it was auto-clicker, while the other part saw nothing wrong with it. Finally, this feature was added to the game for everyone.

Too fine a line between notifying "Your team relies on your energy" or "View Reclaim" and notifying about your scout has noticed a nuke/exp or notifying that a TMl has been spotted on an enemy ACU (visually). And such notifications should not be in the game.

I don't see anything criminal in those notifications that are in your mod now.

If the notification types are agreed with the moderator team, then I see no reason to make this mod unrated.

@sheppy This is a very cool job! Thank you! This is a really useful tool for newbies. The statistics and maps section is great!

Tell me please, do I understand correctly that this mod will give you tips online during the game? If this is the case, then I would suggest making this mod unrated.

@Terarii Thanks for the feedback!

• Mercy. I agree that they deal good damage for their price. But at the moment, they’re being taken out by just two shots from T1 Inties. And if you couldn't kill Mercy, then it's a skill issue. I’m not suggesting give them hp like the T2 gunships. Increasing the HP to 250–300 would be reasonable. It’s difficult to take down T2 transports, mainly because you don’t have enough time to destroy them (they have 1500+ HP). If Mercy has 250 HP and a speed of 14, this won’t be such a problem. That said, I’m okay with improving only HP if the balance team decides that the speed boost is excessive. As I said from the start "I am not a member of the balancing team, and my suggestions may not be ideal, but when I asked players which units needed rebalancing first, the majority of them mentioned these ones"

• Absolver. The discussion here has convinced me that Absolver is good value for money. I’ve already mentioned this above. I’ve updated the main post to make it easier for everyone to follow. But I still think this unit has too few uses. I think replace shield damage to EMP would be an interesting solution, which would make it possible to build Absolver more often. EMP settings can vary, so it would be a good to test different options with FAF Beta Balance

• CZAR. I agree that its air defence is very strong and will help you win the air. But it’s too expensive for that kind of use. The Ahwassa isn’t particularly effective in air fights, but it is twice as fast and can help defend both sides at once; also, it’s effective against mobile AA and SAMs, whereas the CZAR, on the other hand, is very weak against sams and mobile AA. I’m not suggesting making CZAR half the price and twice as fast, but a few small changes would make this unit more interesting

• Titans. Yes, the Titan can handle T1 spam well, but is that really the main job of a T3 unit? Percy is a brilliant unit that works well with Titan. But when you’re playing 1v1 or 2v2, you can’t always afford to build Percy straight away, and there’s nothing you can do about a raid by Loya, Harbs or Othuum, even if you spend more mass on your Titans

• Spearheads, Othuum, Novax. I’m glad you agree that these units need rebalancing. Let the balance team decide exactly which stats should be adjusted.

• Stealth. I also agree with you that not all types of stealth (apart from Mermaid, Revenant and Deceiver in the early T2 stage) are imbalanced, but the energy drain is comically. Increasing the energy drain would be logical

• Paragon. I’ve never denied that a paragon that uses its full potential will win the game. But as I wrote on GitHub, it takes more time to build + time to deploy. Any other game-ender, on the other, can be built more quickly and starts doing damage straight away, which is why building a paragon is a risk. And that risk would be pointless if Paragon were nerfed by 60%

@Sladow-Noob Thanks for the feedback!

I agree with you on how CZAR should be used. However, I don’t think it’s worth 45k mass and 1.5 million E. Reducing the cost by 10% would be a good solution, in my view

@KnownSniper Thanks for the feedback!

I’m glad that different players are sharing their opinion, which is exactly why this post was created.

As for priorities, I realise that some issues (such as the SACU rebalance) are very difficult to rebalance, which is why I didn’t even mention it in this post. In any case, the balance issues with T2/T3 units are more pressing than those with the Paragon, as the latter is rarely seen in game, in contrast to Titans or Mercy.

I agree with you about Mercy, Novax (especially if they do change the firing mechanics and make single-shot damage, as Ftx mentioned above) and Spearheads. And I hope they’ll increase the turn rate or overall speed for the Othuum, if the first option seems too unnatural.

• As for Absolver, I agree that it can deal massive damage to shields, which is pretty cool given the cost, but its scope of application is far too limited. And it’ll never be as popular as Spearhead. Perhaps they should replace the shield damage with an EMP, rather than giving them both weapons. At the very least, it would be interesting to give it a go

• I agree that the CZAR is the most versatile Tier 4 unit, but because it’s so slow, you can easily protect yourself from it, and it doesn’t have stealth like the Soul Ripper to appear invisibly. I’m not suggesting upping the speed x2, but instead of 0–8, making it 0–10 or 0-11 that would be interesting for my opinion

• Titans. I agree that not every unit has to be as strong as another factions unit. But you can’t always make Percy straight away. Especially when you play 1v1 or 2v2/3v3 on an open map with a lot of mexes. You’ll have to spend a lot more mass on your Titans to stop a raid by any other T3 unit. I’m not suggesting make x2 DPS for Titans, but they do need a small buff

• Stealth. I agree that the Cybran ASF is weaker than the others without stealth. Perhaps the ASF is the one unit that shouldn’t be changed. But I don’t understand why you’re against making other types of stealth units more expensive. Especially the Mermaid and T3 Gunships/Strats. Increasing the energy drain from 100 to 200 (using the Mermaid as an example) will not make the unit unplayable.

About the paragon. I like the suggestion of Drimer (GodFuper) on GitHub. I think it could be a compromise.

@FtXCommando Yes, if the Loya go to raid for kill your mexes, and you retreat with your Titans, to recharge your shields, you’ll lose your mexes in those 15 seconds!

I don't see how the Titans' speed advantage will help you if your ACU is under attack by an enemy ACU with ilshies. But I know that Loya, Harbs or Outhum will be able to help you

Harbs and Othuums are stronger than Loya as well. But when Harbs and Othuums fighting vs Loya, their losses will be far greater than in a battle against the Titans.

If your suggestion is to weaken Loya rather than make the Titans stronger, then perhaps it is worth considering.

@FtXCommando Titan is absolutely not okay. Their only advantage vs t2 is speed. 8 ilshies (2 880 mass and 14 400) equal in strength 6 titans (2 880 mass and 31 512 energy). In 9 out of 10 cases, you can’t afford to fall back to give time for Titans to recharge your shields. Otherwise, you’ll lose your mexes/reclaim or simply be killed. And without recharging the shield, the Titans will easily lose to Loya, Harbs or Outhuum, even if you spend more mass on them