Skilled players,levels,Smurfs etc.

Jump back to quoted post20 May 2015, 11:17 AMalcoholic

may be a smurfing issue but not necessarily.

i belong to the club of the elderly myself and i would guess that the 20 year old version of me with the experience of fewer than a 100 games would beat the current 40 year old version of me with 1000+ games mercilessly.

of course the same 20 year old me would get beaten badly be another guy with the same experience but more talent.

while experience is a factor in coh2, skill and talent are much more important

Jump back to quoted post20 May 2015, 10:39 AMCorsin

Yeah theres a few top players who seem to smurf (spare CD keys on other steam accounts).



Pretty sad tbh but it happens.

• I'm not an "elder" (Jesus, guys, u really push it though, ), but it's very possible to be way good with fewer than 100 games. As people said before, some may have extensive experience with CoH1, and some other RTS's experience sure "leak" to CoH, which is less demanding, considering Actions per Minute (APM). I feel your pain with my 35 years
  
  Also, when you're younger, you "get" the game much faster than someone with a little more years; this is specially true for teens. It's the brain, that during this part of life cicle, can deal with a lot new information, you still have fast reflexes. Retirement of gaming, considering professionals, come at a very early age, even earlier than, say, soccer players.
  
  Another important thing is the use of hotkeys and rapid look and decision-taking of screens, which leads to sometimes this "jumpy" gaming. I don't like it either, but it's the difference of me, a casual player, and the professional.

Jump back to quoted post20 May 2015, 16:55 PMVonIvan

I smurf all the time........and let the enemy win in the end.

Jump back to quoted post20 May 2015, 17:10 PMmeh

You older guys should start a clan or group and call yourselves (ODB)Old Dirty Bastards or (ODS)Old Dirty Smurfs

Jump back to quoted post20 May 2015, 12:50 PMgandamula

We,the elders,who start computer games with a spectrum or else,have a slow CPU and few memory slots,I don't like all maps because some confuse me,I don't have any reference point and I use to forget where I send my units,even my"GFX" isn't very good,I use glasses to don't confuse my Luch with my Tiger,lol.
The point is that some times when I saw some replays I notice that some people plays with hot keys,the screen never stay in the same place for more than 2 seconds,they can't have any fun with that kind of play,only play to achieve the victory,this people in the top of ladder have to few games to achieve all those skill. I notice that I improve a lot since I start the automaches,in the previous coh,I only played one or two maps,but I fell that I reach the limit,if I found a great initial pressure I start to block my mind,sometimes I fund me with 2000 mp and no units in the ground,after few wins I use to think I'm a must,but sometimes later someone brings me to the earth,like a plane crash....

Jump back to quoted post20 May 2015, 23:02 PMferwiner

There is actually a reason to smurf in coh2. The game has one huge problem: no way to test new strategies. Normally you should be able to test them on AI but in coh2 AI is so stupid that any decent player will smash expert even with su-76 spam... That leads to stale meta as ppl only "borrow" strats from opponents making some of them plague the game and to smurfing as people who want to find out sth usefull not destroying their ranking stats have to do it.

Jump back to quoted post20 May 2015, 23:56 PMelchino7

After 10 games (or even during those games), you get ranked. The only point about a smurf if to hide the identity of the player.