Profile of Porygon

Holyshit, stop spamming bullshit poll thread.

Russian tanks descending on Warsaw and Berlin? Missiles lobbed at Washington and London? Such are the scenarios aired by a Russian national television program in response to suggestions that world leaders mark the defeat of Nazi Germany somewhere other than in Moscow.

In a recent segment broadcast by the St. Petersburg-based Channel 5 station, presenter Nika Strizhak and a reporter suggest sending Russian tanks, fighter jets, and nuclear missiles to Western capitals should world leaders snub Russia's celebration of the 70th anniversary of Victory Day in May.

"It's a very intriguing idea to move our Victory Day parade to London or Berlin. We could certainly display our tanks in Warsaw and hold a large, European tour," Strizhak said in the February 8 broadcast of her weekly news and commentary show, Glavnoye.

The segment, an apparent stab at satire, came in response to comments by Polish Foreign Minister Grzegorz Schetyna last week supporting an idea to have world leaders mark the anniversary in Gdansk.

"It's not natural that tributes marking the end of the war should be organized where the war began," Schetyna said, according to the AP, which noted that he appeared to be referring to the secret 1939 pact between Germany and the Soviet Union to carve up Eastern Europe.

Strizhak proceeds to pass the baton to a reporter who explains the relative ease with which Russian tanks and fighter jets could reach numerous European capitals.

"Warsaw is too easy. It's only 1,300 kilometers from Moscow to the Polish capital," he intones as dramatic music pulsates in the background, adding that Russian tanks could make it to the Warsaw suburbs "in less than a day."

He adds that Berlin is just 1,800 kilometers away and would be "a nice place for a friendly visit" for the May 9 Victory Day celebrations, Russia's most revered national holiday.

"That [distance] is nothing for a modern army. Furthermore, many Russian officers know Germany pretty well. They won't even need any maps," he says in the report, which segues into animation showing tanks rumbling into a city as a German flag is lowered and replaced by the Russian tricolor.

"Prague, Helsinki, Vilnius, Tallinn, Riga: Those are all very close," he adds.

The reporter then sets his sights on London and Washington, which, he notes, will require "significant advanced planning" and the involvement of the Russian Navy and Air Force.

"But there's still time until May," he says. "We have a big army. There's enough for everyone and for Moscow as well."

He ends the segment by noting "with regret" that Russia's "Western partners" won't be able to see the Russian military's Iskander and Satan missiles on parade.

"Those can only be delivered from Russia by air," he says as an animated missile, outfitted with a smiley-face decal, rises into the air.

Channel 5 is owned by the National Media Group, in which Bank Rossia owns a stake. The bank's largest shareholder, Yury Kovalchuk, is a close associate of Russian President Vladimir Putin who has been hit with U.S. and EU sanctions over the Kremlin's interference in Ukraine.

The EU says Bank Rossia, which has also been hit with sanctions by both Washington and Brussels, owns "important stakes in the National Media Group, which in turn controls television stations that actively support the Russian government's policies of destabilization of Ukraine."

-- Carl Schreck



Source: http://www.rferl.org/content/russia-tv-details-invasion-of-europe/26842837.html


Would T-90 stand a chance against Leopard II and Tiger? I wonder

well, i saw one game where lenny beat stephennjf with nkvd, which is still the best game i have ever seen.but i'll assume you are right.

what i want to say is that [i bet] most ppl who come this forum who complain about stale meta have never dedicated themselves to unorthodox strategies as much as players like lenny has to really know what they are talking about when they say 'oh there is only one or two strat that works etc.' they might be right, but it is all guesswork.

and i also think there is a severe case of confusion between getting naturally bored of a game because you played thousands of hours and a game boring you due to abyssal gameplay in threads like this.

All I see in Stephenn Ostheer streaming is using "trash" doctrine, maybe he likes challenging, but assgren/elite isn't fun to watch anyway.

Lenny's Soviet is definitely using the trollstrat I used in the early days of COH2, it was fun at start but too repetitive and soon got bored.

I rather watch Hans Prottruppen combined arms, which is closer to the old Wehr defensive style.


Just got another game pissed in COH2, got a ooohwaing cons into Semois cutoff, click instant FHQ inspire of a cutoff sector, OKW can't crush buildings anymore, instant GG. Yeah, how E-sport it is. Fucking great-A.

I thought PE FHQ healing aura was OP, now the Soviet one is beyond insane.

Outside of the darkness that was the Piospam phase, the vanilla matchup enjoyed a very interesting and diverse metagame for much of the game's life (at least from 2.301 onward, which is when I started playing). Americans had standard 4 rifle starts into BARs, grenades, or M8, 5 rifle BARs into Tank Depot, 4ES and its many variations, weird WSC openings like the ones Seb loved on Semois, and most importantly a wide variety of lategame options, since every tier was viable depending on the map and situation. And this was the faction with less options in the matchup.

The options available to Wehrmacht players were too numerous to list, but the most exciting thing about Wehrmacht play in CoH1 was the fact that every top player had his own unique Wehrmacht style, and they were all equally viable. It wasn't just openings either; things like tech progression and vet timings varied greatly between the top tournament contenders, to the point where you could identify players based solely on their gameplay.

+1

COH1 is much more interesting to watch and play, just because of this.

Am I missing something or are there Bikes, Jeeps and Ket in COH2? Thats what I thought. All the units you talked about had LOW HPs and cost resources. They werent free and given to you at the start of the game. With no punishment but time if you lose them. Nor did they have massive HP pools. Trying to kill a Truck in the early game (Pre shocks EARLY GAME HERE) is akin to using a Single Zis to try to kill a Tiger. It takes way too long and it will just retreat with its damage already done.

There is no need for it. COH can reserve the right to be less cheesy in certain regards then COH1.

The first Ket are free, so screw people think this kind of micro is abuse, this is game mechanic included in game so deal with it and L2P.