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Twenty three years of RTS experience distilled into one man, it hardly seems fair on everyone else really. As much a landmark to the Supreme Commander scene as his namesake is to the southern Spanish coastline Total Annihilation Gods "The Rock" was brought in to help with our enquiries before being released without charge...
Hi Tag_Rock, for those that don’t know the name could you tell us a little about yourself and what you do?
Hi. I am from THE ROCK OF GIBRALTAR. I been playing RTS since 13 :P I concentrated mostly on Red Alert and Total Annihilation although I have tried most of the others in between. I am 36 but still kicking ass :P
An obvious question first, with so many RTS games out there what made you decide on Supreme Commander as your game of choice?
Well, ever since I heard Chris Taylor was doing another strategy game I knew it would be similar to TA, and so it was and here I am! Although some TA aspects have more playability, FA is very similar and more of my taste compared to the others out there.
So if you had to pick one – what would be the single point that you feel makes Supreme Commander stand out from the rest of the crowd?
The zoom feature….
You have played Sup Com from the early stages and had access to the first BETA’s of Forged Alliance, have GPG delivered the game you hoped for and genuinely improved upon what was already a top quality game?
I would change some things as a personal taste but overall I am very happy with how Forged Alliance has evolved from Supcom. No new game gets near it.
Have the players had to make any drastic changes in game play to allow for changes to the game or will a good knowledge of the original game be enough for your average player and have there been many top players who have struggled to come to terms with the new gameplay?
Personally for me I found FA been on more of my type of play than Supcom and therefore found it easier to get used to it. Playing the original of course helped and I guess it has helped others too. I find that Supcom is getting stale with only one type of play and same units used over and over. In FA nearly every unit is used which is great.
Personally what is your favourite aspect of Supreme Commander Forged Alliance?
Map control is an advantage now, the microing of units is better and faction diversity has been balanced out quite nicely.
Thing I hate most – The SCORE feature.
Obviously you are in theSGL Attrition 2v2 league season, who in your division do you think are going to the team to watch out for?
Saint-Claire Lageplan, I think the brothers are very sly and original, always trying to snipe commanders and not wasting time with spam tactics :P
By contrast is there a team in the league that you think are underrated and could easily go on to give other teams a tough match each week?
In my division I don’t think there is anyone underrated. And as for the other divisions there are many I don’t know personally so I can’t comment.
Finally on the subject of your upcoming opposition, excluding yourself from the equation, who do you think will be the winners of the season?
I would think Team Whatever are a very strong team and would probably take it this season.
Most Supcom is played one vs one and there has been a noted lack of activity in the GPGN 2v2 ladders, is there a reason why this is so and do you think a 2v2 league such as this could help kick start more players into action?
Each time I have tried playing ranked 2v2 there’s no other searching so I guess I gave up trying in a way unless we arrange it before hand. I think 2v2 leagues such as this one and the SCL’s one would definitely spice the 2v2 ranked games.
Is there a major difference in the way you would play a 2v2 match as opposed to a 1v1, would your build strategy differ greatly from normal?
There are differences yes, personally my strategy is different to 1v1 on most maps. It should be anyway, its 2v2 and it should be played as so. Definitely the players who play as a team should win over others that don’t.
Having another player watching your back while you build your armies is a good thing of course, but is there any disadvantage in having half your forces in someone else’s control?
It has happened to me that I have had to share my units to my partner to pull off some drops, etc. It all depends on the situation, if one scouts good enough and knows exactly what’s happening there shouldn’t be any disadvantage. Obviously communication is very important before sharing anything.
theSGL has been hosting cups for SupCom for some time now and there is very much a core player base we expect to see in our events. Since we have got used to seeing the same players fighting it out on a regular basis do you think the number of new maps will have any effect on things?
I don’t think it would/should affect the numbers, actually changing new maps is a must, and even adding some customs would be nice.
What is the most interesting map in your opinion for this week, the maps consisting of Eye of the storm, open palms and Daroza's Sanctuary?
Eye of the Storm! Great map, u never expect what’s going to happen there unlike the others. Open Palms = spammage galore, Daroza = tech race.
And how do you think this week’s game against NubCom is going to go and is there any one of the maps you are most looking forward to?
I am looking forward to both high noon and Flooded strip mine, those maps aren’t the favourites and therefore not been played too much. Matiz and Funkoff are both good players, Funkoff been currently the #1 and Matiz not far behind - should be an awesome match.
What your favourite map for 2on2’s and what’s the reason for this being your favourite map? And what is the map you don’t like in the map list? and the reason you don’t like this map?
Favourite map is definitely Eye Of the Storm, for the reasons mentioned earlier. Its an evil map full of many possibilititties :P
I don’t have a map that I hate, I like them all - I just prefer to play some over others.
Finally – Which race is your favourite to play as and of course which single unit is the one you enjoy using and why?
CYBRAN !!!!!!!! As Cybran I would have to say the jester, sneaky attacks, hit and runs and even com snipes, everyone loves/fears the Jester!!
Thanks for your time and may we wish you the best of luck in your upcoming matches.
Thanx for my time ?? Where’s the promised cash !?!? Hey ! Come back!!!!
Rock remains in litigation with Jan3d for his fee... Don't forget you can watch a featured match from tonight's all star matches with your host Deman live and exclusive only at QuadV.com
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