Today's instalment features a long overdue clash of the titans. The man otherwise known as FourLetterWord [4LW], Mr Bartzilla and the self-proclaimed top 5 builder of all time, [420] GodOldPr0.
The 5 categories which will be judged out of 10: Tanking (Shift, Q/GQ,Stacking,Positioning, Rushing), Building (Teslas,Base Crawl, Turrets, Chrono etc), Infantry (scouting, guarding, engineers, grenadiers, thieves), Teamwork, Map knowledge. Each of the 5 categories will receive a score out of 10 and we will get to a total at the end.
Bart
Country: USA
Best known for: Being a total freak troll weirdo, but a likeable one at that
Tanking 7.75
Building 7
Infantry 9
Teamwork 7
Map knowledge 8.75
The sama is famous in Red Alert for his magic hat box of tricks tactics. Games with this opponent are completely different to any other player on CnCNet. Concrete walls, APCs, Rocketmen, Dogs, Sandbags, Transporters, MCV driving are all other common features of games with the 4LW. In general his tanking is generally slightly above average so 7.75 is fair. He has pretty solid Q and an OK rush, however his production is very poor and he is pretty weak in large tank battles. His building is better than people might expect and he can be quite smart with turrets and flame towers for example and he is semi-ok when he plays serious on maps like T-dawg so on the whole 7/10 is fair for this category. His infantry is obviously the strongest part of his game. He is extremely skilled in infantry sneak attacks and his rocketmen use and apc tricks are very good. He is far above average in this category and there's not many players better in Red Alert in all honesty in the infantry department. Likewise, he has a very good map knowledge and has played and understands most of the common maps on Red Alert. He is most likely a top 10 level player on small standard maps but he is obviously quite out of his depth when it comes to huge gem maps. His teamwork is a mixture - when he plays serious he can be a pretty strong partner (as proven by us defeating BAT team in clan tournament) - however, if he is in troll bart mode he is the last player on CnCNet you want on your team - you would rather have Balky as your partner if Bart is in troll mode. A mixed bag - I've given him 7 for teamwork basing his overall average serious and troll performances.
Oldpr0
Country: Canada
Best known for: flaming teammates and having an imaginary poker pro career.
Tanking 7.75
Building 9
Infantry 7.75
Teamwork 6.25
Map knowledge 6.75
OldPr0 was officially voted the Rank 1 most delusional player on CnCNet, however he is also the rank 2 most underrated player. His tanking has actually gotten better recently and his production is strong. He still can't shift or use bookmarks properly but at least he has learned to spam the tank button and can Q/GQ so on the whole I think his tanking level is pretty similar to Bart's. For a man who claims he is a top 5 builder of all time, I think he a tad over-exaggerates. No one can deny that he is very strong in a 10 CY game as soviets, however his allies game lacks depth and there are still some stronger. He is definitely well above average in this department and it is easily the strongest part of his game. I think a 9/10 score for building is pretty accurate. His infantry use is a mixture - on maps like pico and P4 he is pretty good with grenadiers and solid with engineers, however he is in general quite poor with rifle infantry. He often lets himself get scouted by enemy infantry and his positioning can be mediocre at times. Overall I think his 7.75 score is fair. His teamwork is awful. It's a running joke in Red Alert that he literally lets partner play 1v2 for 10 minutes before entering the game. I honestly feel like 6.25 is maybe slightly generous, however I've not ranked him lower as it's true he can sometimes do his famous "steamroll" every once in a while (maybe 5% of games). On the whole he needs to look in the mirror and realise that his team-play is generally atrocious. Worst of all, he is famous for always blaming his team and criticising after every single loss. There is never a game that goes by which he doesn't have an excuse for. His map knowledge is really not much better and very average. He only really wants to play P4 or HJK/V3 type maps. If this was done a couple of months ago I would have given him a 5.5 for map knowledge but in fairness to him he has made an effort to start playing ore maps and other maps he isn't comfortable with so I've reflected that in giving him a very fair score of 6.75/10. Hopefully in time he will improve this map knowledge area of his game and his overall play will improve as a result.
Total average scores: Bart 7.9/10
Oldpr0 7.5/10
Congratulations to bart on being an overall stronger player in March 2021! My opinion only of course!
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