GameReplays.org CoH News All news for Company of Heroes http://www.gamereplays.org/community/index.php Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:38:41 +0000 60 CoH News - Company of Heroes Cross of Iron Mod http://www.gamereplays.org/community/index.php?showtopic=554592 Another Company of Heroes expansion mod has been released called Company of Heroes: Cross of Iron. The mod's main goals are to balance the four factions and their respective doctrines and to better the historical accuracy. Cross of Iron will have new features such as abilities and upgrades for each doctrine, new building options and some unit fixes and upgrades.

Some examples of the mod's changes include:
  • Knights Cross Holders will be available only with the Terror Doctrine.
  • The Panther will need an extra phase in order to unlock it
  • US gets a Bazooka squad to counter the Axis armor.
  • Army skins will be added to distinguish one army from another, with different
    camouflage patterns and equipment.
The size of the file is 286.99 MB and it's available to be downloaded by fans. Thanks to the developers, the Company of Heroes community will once again have another mod to explore and enjoy.]]> Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:46:44 +0000 554592 <![CDATA[CoH News - vCoH Tourney XIII Day Two & Three After Action Report]]> http://www.gamereplays.org/community/index.php?showtopic=553679 GameReplays.org vCoH Tourney XIII Final After Action Report. The final teams remaining after day two were team Beers and Girls and Sent From Heaven. Beers and Girls made it into the finals just as everyone thought, dismissing their opponents with relative ease. They lost just once on their way to the finals. This dynamic duo of laFeeDesBieres and C6Petio beat several skilled team on the way to the top. Sent From Heaven, comprised of Company of Heroes Expert ntd and ex-SdKfz member Ra11 (who went undefeated with Noobishtactic in 2v2 AT for almost 150 games) made it to the finals undefeated. Both of these teams are the best of the best and pulled no punches in this final day of gaming.

And after the smoke cleared from today's battlefield, the victorious team of The 2v2 vCoH Tourney XIII emerged: Sent From Heaven! Congratulations to ntd and Ra11 for their 2-0 victory over Beers and Girls!

Day Two Highlights:
  • Team EPIC fights viciously against RUKA for every inch of ground. Tied at 1-1, RUKA comes through in the clutch in game three. Definitely the game of the day and the replay to watch.

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  • Sent from Heaven knocks out the Siou & Kll and Rising Gamers. At this point, SfH is going into the final round without a single loss.
  • BGs struggle in the first game versus EXIT, but manage to clutch and win the next two games. Going into the final, BGs have one loss.

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  • The RoM team of Siou and Kll take down Reborn in a surprising 2-0 victory.
  • RUKA defeats Siou and Kll after just one game, the RoM based team saying that they lacked motivation to play any further.
Day Three Highlights: The Final between Beers and Girls and Sent Form Heaven
  • Game One: The first game of the final has BG as Axis and SfH as Allies. Ra11 goes for a Barracks to Motor Pool build and ntd goes for a surprising WSC to Tank Depot tech. The Armor Company and Infantry Doctrines are chosen by the Allies in hopes of using artillery and Calliopes to pound the Axis forces into the dust. On the Axis side, C6Petio uses a T3 to T4 Terror build with triple Nebelwerfers as a response to the Allied artillery. laFeeDesBieres tries in vain to use T2 Defensive to hold back the Allied Armor hordes, yet PaKs alone were not enough to stop the Armor as the endless off-map artillery and Calliope Barrages destroyed them. Game one goes to SfH, with a final VP score of 465-0.

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  • Game Two: Game two was a lot like game one… only with the players reversed! ntd took a T3 Defensive approach while Ra11 goes T2 Terror. laFeeDesBieres goes Infantry with Barracks to Motor Poll and C6Petio tries to use the same WSC to TD approach with Armor that ntd does in the first game. Unfortunately for BG, the Allied strategy that worked so well in the first game is not enough to stop SfH and the game ends in less than 30 minutes in the ArX team’s favor!


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The Final Brackets:
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But wait! The winners of the previous 2v2 tournament have challenged SfH. Team Epsilon (Rainbowsix007 and OinkOink) are a feared 2v2 team and the winners of our last 2v2 tourney here at GR. They are well known for their powerful Dual Wehr strategy and being able to communicate perfectly even without microphones! Hopefully SfH accepts so we can see some more awesome games!

Make sure to check out the screenshot and just for fun thread!

Thank you everyone for partaking in this epic event! Special shout-outs go to Ami, OnkelSam, TrouserDemon and all the people that worked so hard to make this event possible!]]> Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:49:46 +0000 553679 CoH News - vCoH Tourney XIII Day One After Action Report. http://www.gamereplays.org/community/index.php?showtopic=553013 Important Note: Before the After Action Report a quick announcement: if you are competing in the tournament, read these rules! Note that round 3 games do not need screenshots!

Hello once again ladies and gentlemen! Welcome to the After Action Report: Day One of GameReplay.org's vCoH 2v2 Tournament. It has been an exciting day of competitive gaming with several close match-ups and some tight finishes. Let's take a look at some of them.

Today's Highlights:
  • Two heavyweight teams square off during round 3. Team Reborn (Budwise and GosuStarcraft) face off against the second seed team composed of ex-SdKfz. member FreestyIer and high ranking player 2426(better known as Umaril2). The Reborn team kicks it into high gear, destroying FreestyIer and 2426 in both games. Game one is a must see; the Reborn team clutches when it matters most, overcoming a Wehr late game composed of two King Tigers and a sea of vetted Grens.

    [replay]100746[/replay]
  • Once again, the Beer and Girls team puts team RUKA (Ground and swiex) down for the count. If everyone remembers the last tourney, this is déjà vu. Team RUKA will most certainly be putting Beer and Girls on their hit list.

    [replay]100757[/replay]
  • Two ex-aSII members (gamm0rrr and LoveTheGame) go up against two members of the 2v2 clan, DrinkII. Game two is an excellent match-up, containing exemplary use of armor in this close game between two 2v2 clans. gamm0rrr and LoveTheGame then lose their next game to the EXIT clan.

    [replay]100743[/replay]
  • Props to two of GameReplays.org's strat mods making through to round 4! Siou and kllthdyrctr come out of nowhere to beat several skilled teams. Team BlobCap goes down on PDH to this dynamic duo.

    [replay]100718[/replay]
  • RUKA3 goes up against WoH-TnT in another round 3 game. In an exciting trio of games, ex-BAW member Guderian leads his team to a 2-1 victory over the WoH team. Look for some impressive action in this massive 1+ mB game.

    [replay]100770[/replay]
  • ntd's team, Send From Heaven, advances into round 4 by default as Reborn2 forfeits.
  • It doesn't get much closer than this next match-up! Team EPIC (12azor and 13laded) goes up against YetAnotherTeam (SdKfz. member Seb aka MonsieurX and his partner UsPostal). It came down to the close game three where EPIC manages to come home with a victory. But wait, there is a twist to game three. MonsieurX plays against EPIC by himself! That's right ladies and gentlemen, UsPostal drops at around 12 minutes but MonsieurX goes out with a bang, delaying the EPIC team for another 20 minutes.

    [replay]100761[/replay]
A Preview of Tomorrow's Match-Ups:
  • RUKA3, who have been looking quite strong go up against expert team EPIC, team EPIC being a fan favorite from previous events. But RUKA3 is not to be underestimated and will do everything in their power to unseat the powerful duo of 12azor and 13lade.
  • Two RoM strat mods plus a Reborn strat mod and his clan mate equals a highly anticipated series of games for Round 4: Reborn vs. Siou/kll. These two up and coming teams know they have a chance to go big here.
  • Starting strong, team Beer and Girls will play the EXIT team.
  • Tied at 1-1 are vCoH and Rising Gamers. This series looks to be close so make sure to check out the results in the morning!
Today's Updated Brackets:
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Today's MVP: BudwiseReborn

I've played with Budwise before and he is a superb leader and supreme tactician. It showed today as Budwise went big, ranking up multiple vet3 US snipers in his games verse FreestyIer and 2426.

Day one has gone off as smoothly as ever. Special thanks to AmiPolizeiFunk, tourneys are impossible without him. Let's keep up the good work and remember those screenshots people!
]]> Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:30:02 +0000 553013 <![CDATA[CoH News - vCoH Tourney XIII - Player's Check-List]]> http://www.gamereplays.org/community/index.php?showtopic=552484
When does the tourney start?

Everyone has to arrive 15 minutes before the first Round starts. This is very important for a fluid process! If you're not sure about translating GMT times into your time zone, have a look at the Countdown Timer.

Map list:
Saturday November 7th (all times GMT)
6:00pm: R1 (64) - Wolfheze
7:30pm: R2 (32) - Point du Hoc
9:00pm: R3 (16) - Lorraine
Sunday November 8th
7:00pm: Quarter-Finals (8) - Mc Gechaen's War
8:30pm: Semi-Finals (4) - Duclair
Monday November 9th
7pm: Third Place Game (2) - Rails & Metal
7pm: Final (2) - Rails & Metal


Who am I playing against?

We had to rebuild the tournament on the tourney site due to a bug. Not exactly how OnkelSam and I planned to spend our Friday night! When it's ready, you will be able to see your opponents in the Tourney Site Brackets. To see who're you're playing right now, check out OnkelSam's beautifully illustrated Tourney XIII Poster.

The names that appear in the brackets are the same as the player's respective RelicOnline Profile. Use "/addfriend" on RelicOnline & get in contact with them early. You should also create a thread in the tourney forums, titled like this example: "R1: Team GR.org vs Team Relic" early, to keep us Referees updated about the progress, i.e. if your round takes longer than expected.

How do I report results?

Both players of a team must save every replay during the tournament. This is part of our anti-cheat measures.

For the winning team of a round (best of 3), one player (Player A) will always have to upload all replays of that round to the replay section and bbcode link them to the tournament thread. Follow the tutorial below for detailed instructions.

New for this tourney - when uploading Replays, be sure to select "GR vCOH Tourney XIII" as the game event!

The other player of that team (Player B) will have to upload and attach his versions of the replays for the same games, that player A just bbcode linked, directly to the same thread in the tourney forums.

For Player (A): If you don't know how to bbcode link a replay to your tourney forum thread, then either read this tutorial for detailed instructions, or watch this video-tutorial:


Where can I find quick help on the tourney day?

We will meet in 2 channels on Relic Online. There will always be one Tourney Moderator (Referee) in those channels. You can use "/whisper" to ask them questions. Because of the number of participants, we will split Saturday's brackets into 2 channels:
  • The first 32 teams in the top bracket should meet AmiPolizeiFunk in the London channel (Beers&Girls to EPIC).
  • The last 32 teams in the bottom bracket should meet OnkelSam in the Hanoi channel (SendFromHeaven to Freestyler&Umaril).
On Sunday we will all meet in the London channel. Best of luck to all participants.]]> Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:16:03 +0000 552484 CoH News - vCoH Tourney XIII: The Seeds Are In http://www.gamereplays.org/community/index.php?showtopic=551964 single elimination mean?", you would be the first kid in class to raise your hand. You could talk at length about rounds vs. games, Best-of-3 vs. Best-of-5, faction choice in the deciding game, red vs. blue next to your name on the tourney site, prize percentage distribution, e-sports coverage, bbcode replay linking, game tactics, interview tactics, and you could probably write a "Who will win the tournament?" poll in your sleep.

But could you seed a Vanilla CoH Team 2v2 Tournament? You could try, but chances are, you would fail miserably. Ask your common man in the street what his seeds would be, and your sides would split and your belly would ache from laughing as he stumbled through his Top 20. In fact, no single person could come up with even adequate results, and few souls even understand how important proper seeding is to a single elimination tournament. I've read posts (on other websites of course, where we find less educated users, never here, oh no, no way) complaining that something must be wrong because none of the top teams have to face each other in the first round! I know, I know! It burns your eyes just to read that kind of tournament ineptitude! But don't worry, because we will take care of you.

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I am proud to announce the results of an epic collaboration between the entire CoH staff, from the Director, to the Tournament Referees, to the Strategy Specialists. We have poured over your replays, scrutinized your 1v1, 2v2, and 2v2AT ranks on Relic Online, looked up your tournament history in our vaults, and we even asked your dog, "How good is this kid at Vanilla Team 2v2? Can he time a flank from four directions precisely with his team mate? Does he instinctively repair his buddy's vehicles without even thinking about it? Will he rush his jeep up to block a bike that is chasing down his partner's retreating double-vet sniper?!?" For these 20 teams, Fido said "Woof!", and then proceeded to lick up the left-overs from your ice cream bowl.

The Seeds
  1. Beers & Girls (C6Petio & LaFeeDesBieres)
  2. Freestyler&Umaril (Freestyler & 2426)
  3. Send from Heaven (ArXRa11 & ntd)
  4. EPIC (12azor & 13laded)
  5. Ruka#3 (ISSIGuderian & RUKAclKot)
  6. vCoH (Marcus2389 & Terrificante)
  7. Kll & Siou (Siou & kllthdyrctr)
  8. WoH Team 1 (WoHIShark & WoHIEisenVolk)
  9. NoobsFlyingHigh (gam0rrr & LoveTheGame)
  10. RUKA#2 (GroundV7 & GoGa)
  11. CommerciallyAvailable (GerryHYH & M4rs )
  12. EXITI (IIEXITIIISlay33 & IIEXITIIIBartonPL )
  13. Blumpany (GusHers & Bravo1Echo)
  14. Rising Gamers (AcidSkift3kk & pureehatred)
  15. WoH-TnT (WoHIJagdgeschwader52 & WoHITorstiVonEbi)
  16. Yet Another Team (MonsieurX & UsPostal)
  17. Khemruce (duhKhem & teambruce)
  18. Reborn (BudwiseReborn & BlueTraine)
  19. ZimmerFrei (AvD & SodR)
  20. B2C (SCORPION69 & Scoia)
As for the brackets, we won't be releasing them until Friday November 6th. Once we "start the tournament" on the Tournament Website (which generates the brackets and match-ups), we can't manually swap the teams around as people drop out and are replaced by teams from the waiting list. So you'll just have to sit tight for two more days before you see who you will fight! The brackets, as well as a final Player's Checklist, will be newsposted on Friday.]]> Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:58:06 +0000 551964 CoH News - Watch 2.600 Replays in 2.601 http://www.gamereplays.org/community/index.php?showtopic=551079 Company of Heroes still lingers. That is, the incompatibility of replay files between versions. Short of reinstalling and patching only up to 2.600, your old replays won't work. However, with a little bit of extra effort, you can make them work again.

First, download community member o4b's RecChanger application. It changes all your replay files to have the Company of Heroes game client read them as if they were made in 2.601 instead of 2.600. In short, you will be able to play 2.600 replays in 2.601. If the process by which you do this is confusing, visit the discussion thread.

Unfortunately, a small side effect of this method is the Synch Error Message that will occasionally appear as you watch. But it can be removed by:
  1. Pressing Ctrl+Shift+~ at the same time to bring up the console.
  2. Typing in the command: message_hide.
  3. Pressing Enter.
Now you can watch your 2.600 replays in 2.601. Sweet.]]> Sun, 01 Nov 2009 21:42:38 +0000 551079 CoH News - Company of Heroes: Eastern Front Mod http://www.gamereplays.org/community/index.php?showtopic=550230
Company of Heroes: Eastern Front Mod


To all Company of Heroes fans that dream about the possible and future release of Company of Heroes: Eastern Front expansion, that dream can come true! A team of dedicated modders are working on completing Company of Heroes: Eastern Front, to incorporate the Soviets!

According to the developers, the mod is going to be released soon, so if you can't wait to play as the Soviets or the Ostheer, its only a short time away!

Eastern Front developers are testing the mod to eliminate bugs and prepare it for release, by having beta trials, which have started last Saturday, the 17th of October. It is only accessible by a select few of beta testers, so for the rest of us, its only a short amount of time.

Company of Heroes players, stay tuned and keep your fingers crossed. If we are lucky, Eastern Front will be a great present this Christmas!]]> Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:31:48 +0000 550230 CoH News - Patch 2.601 Released http://www.gamereplays.org/community/index.php?showtopic=549615 Company of Heroes has been released. This is a minor patch, fixing a Panzerkrieg exploit and making the game easier to mod.

To download the patch, simply log into Company of Heroes as normal and you'll be prompted to start the download. If you're worried that this download may be too slow, Relic has also put out the patch as an HTTP download and a torrent.

Although this is but a minor patch, it is nice to see that Relic is still working on improving this game so long after release. Hopefully this proves to be a precursor to a full blown patch. So get going CoH players! Your patch awaits!]]> Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:44:22 +0000 549615 CoH News - vCoH 2v2 Tourney XIII Sign-ups go live http://www.gamereplays.org/community/index.php?showtopic=548806 vCoH 2vs2 Tourney XIII. Sign up today to partake in some wonderful 1.71 nostalgia. Make sure though, that you are able to comply with the Vanilla 2vs2 Tournament Rules and Timetable.

Every team must sign up in two places:
  1. The GameReplays.org forum Sign-up Thread, which is the master sign-up list that will take priority over everything else.
  2. The GameReplays.org Tournament Website, which shows the brackets live and randomly decides which team should play Allies in the first game of each round.
Pay particular attention to these two points:
  • Both players of the Team need to fulfill the requirements of our Anti-cheat Measures.
  • Your Tournament Website username must match your RelicOnline profile name exactly. If this proves impossible, you can create a new GameReplays.org Tournament Website account to match a RelicOnline name.
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Here is our tournament bracket, wonderfully illustrated by Referee OnkelSam. Remember, 64 slots may seem like a lot, but they fill up faster than one might think! So claim your slot as soon as possible!]]> Sat, 24 Oct 2009 23:12:58 +0000 548806 CoH News - TeamSpeak 3 http://www.gamereplays.org/community/index.php?showtopic=547429 TeamSpeak developers are close to releasing TeamSpeak 3, the latest version of the popular voice communication tool. While the previous version will be incompatible due to a complete re-write of the software, version 3 brings a bevy of new features and improvements.

TeamSpeak 3 uses new codecs and technologies to reduce background noise and latency, improving the overall sound quality. The client sports a redesigned interface, and can be customized with style sheets and add-ons.

Interestingly, TeamSpeak 3 also features 3D sound effects, meaning individual users can be placed in different positions in 3D space. This allows you to know that a voice from the right of you is from a certain person, and more closely reflects actual group conversation.

New releases of TeamSpeak 3 will be made across all platforms simultaneously, meaning whether you're on Windows, OS X, or Linux, you'll get new features and bug fixes at the same time as everyone else.

Stay tuned and hopefully soon we'll have a new and improved VoIP application to use while playing Company of Heroes with our friends or clan mates online.]]> Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:48:15 +0000 547429