Real subtle. I can't believe you missed those vills just north early on, it might have sped the whole thing up considerably. I realise you were trying to cripple any possible military production, but I'm sure you could spare 10-15 seconds to send a cossack up to look and make him duck and take cover. (Not to mention murder half a dozen vills)
Actually, I'm wondering where clam's game is, he said he was planning to put one up for review as well, but so far there's been no sign of it.
A rather crucial Q before I attempt any review. I will state now I'm not a fan of all-out rush. If all-out rush were going to work, everyone would do it, and normal rush, FF, semi-FF, boom - all the other approaches - would be a waste of time. If the all-out rush fails, you are, as the name suggests, dead meat. The conclusion would seem to be that by choosing all-out rush you may well lose games before you even take the field, because your opponent has the ability to repel it (even if narrowly).
So the 64,000 $,£ or € question is - are you absolutely sure there's no other choice available to Russia, before I say you've taken possibly too much risk and get badly, badly slammed for it? (Anyone can answer this one, I'm no Russia expert and I suspect a lot of Russian players DO use this approach and trust in little else....)
I have found this strategy to be most successful for me. I even have my fair share of wins against the Japs. There are several other strats that Russia has avail to them and are very useful, like the Suvorov FF, I have tried to turtle, they have a very solid boom as well. However, in this new patch, I find that colonial battles is the most competitve and since Russia has one of the most dominating rushes in the game...I might as well utilize it.
I just note that all-out rush seems to be particularly popular with Russians. Since I can barely stay awake, I will create the flame-fest early tomorrow (my tomorrow, probably somewhere around 12-16 hours from now).
(I should point out that while I don't like the strat as a rule, it was still mostly carried out well. Call that your preview. )
Note I've respected the strategy choice. I still think there are case where selecting it dooms you before you've even fired a shot, but enough people choose it that it's legitimate. On a personal note, please at least -consider- a strat that wil not be instant death if it fails, and requires you to have the world's most ownage micro/your opponent not to make it work.
