Battle for Middle Earth

Very good game! Between Stonelord (great mordor) and myself, its quite entertaining!

There were a few mistakes on both sides because of stupid fucking AI (my knight didnt MOVE!).

Watch though!

Yeah it was an awesome game.

Thanks for compliment. Your a great Gondor player too.

it aint UTC StoneLord tbh, or is it?

Owh *** *** mo**er**cker!!!!

yeah sorry about that, named the game too quickly. and got confused with {UTC}STONE.


Can any admins change teh name to [GTFC]StoneLord.

Done

Review is mine, will hopefully be up tonight (BST)

are u allowed to swear in ur posts?...lol

this seems like a good game i might watch it

There isn't any rules against swearing iirc (so long as it isn't directed at any members/staff) and reborn used: *** to block out the swear words anyway.

Also thanks Ram.

[EPIC]KrysleR V [GTFC]StoneLord

Matchup: Gondor v Mordor
Map: Fords of Isen


[EPIC]KrysleR (Gondor)

BO: 2 Farms in > 2 Farms out > Farm + BS > Stables > Fill with BS > Archery Range > Stables > Workshop
Strat: Pippin North, 1 soldier through middle, 1 soldier south > 3 knights > HS > 3 archers > Faramir > Gandalf > Rangers > Trebs
PP Usage: Heal > GTW > Elves > Eagles

Pros:
Got a slaughter house during an early raid of his base
Horse micro good to kill labourers and avoid trolls
Faramir used well and kept alive
Good use of Gandy’s spells against trolls and naz
Constant harassment even when the chips were down

Cons:
Didn’t get one of his mills down early on, instead of chasing orcs for ages I would’ve sent soldiers to attack. Knights could’ve dealt with them
Sometimes slow with formations, particularly Rangers left in skirmish
Didn’t need to give all the archers banner IMO, could’ve used Gandy or Faramir’s Fear resistance to save some money
No Boromir. He is very useful against trolls.
Needed a well desperately throughout the game
Didn’t revive Gandy straight away

Overall Gameplay: 6


[GTFC]StoneLord (Mordor)

BO: Orc Pit + Gollum > 2 Mills > 2 SH > Haradrim Palace > Fill with SH > Troll Cages > Outposts
Strat: Gollum claims mills, one orc through middle and one defend north > Orc spam > Haradrim > Trolls > Drummers > Witch King > Catas > Nazgul > Mumaks
PP Usage: Tainted Land > Eye of Sauron > Industry > Darkness

Pros:
Early outposts with garrisoned haradrim boosted early economy
Used “eat an orc” to heal some of the trolls
Killed Gandy twice with a Mumak, general Mumak micro was superb
Used Naz effectively versus cavalry
Got catas to counter his rangers
Full use of Mordor’s LD

Cons:
Lost some haradrim at the beginning to wargs
Lost the WK and naz a few times
Sometimes didn’t sell buildings before the red zone
Poor cata micro, sent them to the front making it easy for his knights to kill them

Overall Gameplay: 8

Comments:
Without doubt this is the best replay I’ve ever had the pleasure of reviewing. Both players for the most part maximised the potential of their specific factions. The Mordor player could have quite arguably put to bed any complaints regarding the red eye’s lack of power, such was the quality on show.

I felt that Gondor made 2 mistakes and one questionable decision on an otherwise excellent display. Firstly, a well was sorely needed IMO to heal those early horses after the HS, and all the other various units on the way. You may have not even needed to buy a second stables had you got one earlier. The other mistake was not reviving Gandy early enough. Had you done so, you may have had a fighting chance against the final onslaught of Mordor’s army.

The questionable decision I refer to is the one to buy trebs. I feel it would’ve been better to keep making rangers as your knights could easily deal with his catas, and rangers are more effective against trolls/mumaks/naz. But as it was, Mordor’s late game proved devastating once again. If anyone else has ever seen 1.03 Mordor used to better effect, I would like to see it!

Entertainment Value: 7

Overall Rating: 7


ROTW Contender

Moved to Silver

another silver replay , well let's have a look at it
woow an 8 for the mordor player

congrats guys

Woah! Awesome, thanks for teh compliments. Im glad you enjoyed the game! (Please dont take my silver away..its happened before... )



For the White City