I haven't clicked on these replays, but I know them by name and reputation and some of them are fantastic and fun. Deffo recommend.
I never thought you were an asshole (?) or/and I never anything hinting that you are one. Don't let the passive-aggressiveness of other users in the community get to you, most of the guys here are friendly dudes. I got your point across, but I still think that the game is in its best state than ever before. I still slap people virtually for Elefants when facing totally obvious rams, it's like betting on losing it, there are/must be other ways around. Be creative Don't let your opponents dictate your play.
I'm not entirely sure what you mean. How is it obvious? That they're soviet? We've played hundreds of high ranked matches and your advice is that you'll virtually slap us if we get rammed? Or watch videos? As if we don't already.
Some maps are small or some maps are narrow and diving even for a katyusha can be risky, much less an isu.
I don't think it's unreasonable to want to decouple il2 from the isu. Ram by itself is fine, il2 same and so is the isu, but together there's a reason why five replays were linked willy nilly. It's because that shit really is a strong af combo and that's why you almost always run into it.
You don't have to look very far to find players using it.