Company of Heroes week 2

Goin' Commando
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Location: Miami, FL

Just a reminder that Friday (March 28) at 9 PM EST (-5) we will meet up on ventrilo and jump onto Relic Online for some games.

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mmmkay

Cabbot Patch Kid
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Barring any real life social engagements, count me in.

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Location: NYC

Fridays are always hard for me to get free for gaming, but if I can I'll be there as a punching bag. I'm pretty inept with RTSs in general.

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Opposing Fronts needed? Desired? Despised?

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Goin' Commando
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Game works whether your have expansion or not so it doesn't matter.

Yellow5 wrote:
Fridays are always hard for me to get free for gaming, but if I can I'll be there as a punching bag. I'm pretty inept with RTSs in general.

IM me on xfire or steam if you ever want to play a pickup game not on Friday.

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*Legion* wrote:
Opposing Fronts needed? Desired? Despised?

As long as you're patched up we should all be able to play together whether you have OF or not

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PSN: Thin_J
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Location: Mississippi

I'm definitely there... if I can! And I better this time! My dad might like to get in on it, too. Is that Kosher?

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Location: Oakland, CA

I will be on. Slowly watching the Tales of Heroes Replay Reviews to better understand the ebb and flow of the game. I don't have much online experience, so may all your Walking Stukas hit and all your flanks draw blood.

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7inchsplit wrote:
Tales of Heroes Replay Reviews

Are you watching them muted? That one dude is annoying. And Gaald would berate them for not balancing their microphones. The main guy that's always done the show gets way overexcited and hurts the old ears peaking his mic about every two minutes with a scream about some minor unimportant event.

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IF I have the original game, and then pick up the steam version of OF, is it difficult to get the two to work together?

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Location: Calgary Alberta

I'm there for sure, I just got th expansion last weekend and am still going through the campaign missions but have done a few skirmishes with the brits.....trying to get better with them. Anyway ya count me in I will be there for sure.

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Location: Calgary Alberta

**Quote** IF I have the original game, and then pick up the steam version of OF, is it difficult to get the two to work together?

No I do the same thing but if you go buy the expansion off Steam be prepared for a long wait.....its a massive 8 gig download......and then all the patching

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Location: Oakland, CA

Thin_J wrote:
7inchsplit wrote:
Tales of Heroes Replay Reviews

Are you watching them muted? That one dude is annoying. And Gaald would berate them for not balancing their microphones. The main guy that's always done the show gets way overexcited and hurts the old ears peaking his mic about every two minutes with a scream about some minor unimportant event.

Well, I like the over-the-top sports style commentary. I hadn't noticed the sound, but the recording quality doesn't bug me - mostly I'm just happy watching them is giving me more of an idea of how the game flows and how better to micro all my troops.

XBL Gamertag: Magmarok GWJ
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Location: Oakland, CA

Whoops, got distracted by RL and missed the 6 PM mark by a mile. Sorry about that. I'll be on Relic as Magmarok if you need to pick up another player and happen to check this thread ...

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Steam ID: Magmarok
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I'm getting this game soon. Probably after the 1st of the month.

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Was fun guys. See you all next week for the next installment.

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Location: Wheeling

Thanks for the invite by association! We had some good times. I should have signed up here a long time ago, but now that I know CoH is fun online, and I have some good people to play with, you can count me in down the road.

Cabbot Patch Kid
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I was kidnapped by real life. Perhaps next week.

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I don't imagine master craftsmen leaping away from completed projects and shouting "Done, motherf*ckers! - 1Dgaf

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Location: Calgary Alberta

Ya awesome time this weekend, I was kind of under the weather and hopped up on cough medicine so I was kind of out of it but still held my own for a few of the games. Playing arranged teams against random people was suicide...but ya I'm definitely down for next week to, and hopefully a few games before then. If you guys want to add me to friends on Steam my user name is Inioth so that should help us co ordinate some games before next weekend. Been reading some strats online as well so hopefully by next weekend i have some of them worked out.....I really need to learn some of the maps better as well. Anyway thanks again for the great games and see you next Friday at the latest.

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Location: Mississippi

I had a blast. I'm on just about every day from 3pm to 8pm CST doing automatches and the like. I'm Novin on Steam and Xfire. Anyone who wants to go head to head or maybe 2v2 automatch or even a comp stomp you let me know!

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If Fridays are hard for any of you, I and a bunch of web buddies of mine and folks from my site run some CoH, Wednesdays. Generally it is 2 on 2 matches. But we often have 6 or 8 in as well. Generally we get rolling around 9 or 10 PM EST. Just add kinggorilla as an X-fire friend(please when you do include a message that you are from GWJ). Also, if you want to chat, install Teamspeak.

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Location: Oakland, CA

Question - I've never used Vent before. What's protocol on jumping in to see if there are any open slots? I came in late to the party and didn't want to interrupt. At one point I noticed you were all in the same channel and not split into teams - is it appropriate to check in at that point?

Do you just say "hi" or would "Flash"/"Thunder" be more apropos?

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Quote:
Question - I've never used Vent before. What's protocol on jumping in to see if there are any open slots? I came in late to the party and didn't want to interrupt.

Just hop in. We usually do comp stomps but even if we're playing vs. We'll typically stay in the same vent channel. We'll squeeze you in to the next game.

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Location: Calgary Alberta

Are we all on again for this Friday? the 4th of April? If so count me in, if not I will probably jump in on Gears and Beers. But I would rather play COH. Anyway let me know and if possible throw an event into Steam so we can all see it.

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Location: Mississippi

Good question. I'm definitely in, and I'll be on. If I see anyone else hop on I'll be sure to nab you. I wants me some CoH tonight!

Cabbot Patch Kid
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Looks like I'm in despite the Call of Duty 4 mappack's release since Live's entire marketplace system is broken right now.

Who else is playing?

*edit*

The empty vent channel makes me sad.

XBLive: Thin J
PSN: Thin_J
I don't imagine master craftsmen leaping away from completed projects and shouting "Done, motherf*ckers! - 1Dgaf

Goin' Commando
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I fell asleep and just woke up.

Cabbot Patch Kid
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Novin, Yellow5, and myself played a couple of games and kept checking for other people but nobody ever showed

Ah well. The two games were fun. At least I got to actually play this week.

XBLive: Thin J
PSN: Thin_J
I don't imagine master craftsmen leaping away from completed projects and shouting "Done, motherf*ckers! - 1Dgaf

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It was pretty fun. I've never gotten into playing RTSs too much, certainly not online, but I could see myself enjoying this if I actually learn it well enough to do OK.

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Does anyone know of any strategy guides for this game? I really want to play online, but I get my ass handed to me constantly in skirmish mode with the CPU AI set to normal. It seems before I even start capturing victory points, the other team is in my base with tanks and I have nothing to counter. I basically need something that shows if you are playing as this army, build these things first, then send out these guys, then build this, etc.

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I recommend watching some replays: http://www.gamereplays.org/companyofheroes/