Aug 22, 2004 04:41
Ren's Strategy Guide
Ren's Strategy Guide For Amateurs
Players have asked me what can they do to get better and well, it brought me to come up with this strategy guide for amateurs that want to get good.
So we begin…
• Don't send lgm (builder) if you know it will die / get killed / walled.
I start off with the biggest problem for most players. Losing your builder when you’re in the heat of a huge pill battle can cost you all those pills, and possibly bases. It’s best to make a short send to fake a repair, or if you don’t have a pill on your hands, pick up the pill and build it somewhere else. If you’re carrying an extra pill flanking is a great strategic move, because it covers more ground, saves a pill loss, and a builder loss.
• Don't play offensively if you less pills than your opponent.
When you’re down in pills, play defense. Set up a defensive pill line and earn some pills you may have lost earlier in the game, than resume playing offense. If you don’t play defense when you have a less amount of pills than your opponent you’re increasing the percentage of losing your own pills.
• Don't plant pills too far up if you know they will get shot.
When playing always make short sends with your builder. If you make a long send, or foolish send, you’re probably going to get your builder shot. Making a long send and losing your builder can cause you to lose a pill or many pills. So to stop your builder from getting shot, make a short send.
• Don't plant pills you can’t defend.
Some players end up planting pills all the way across the map, where they know they can’t defend it. This is mainly bad because if you try to support the spike, you’re out of reach of your bases for ammo and shield. It’s best to plant pills where you have highly fueled bases so you can access them easier without losing pills while you’re refueling. Another thing, don’t plant your pills behind enemy bases if you don’t plan on raping! This can be an easy take for some players because they can use their base as a shield from letting you shoot their builder.
A good defensive pill line setup:
• Support your pilltakes.
When attempting to do a pilltake, always have pills next to your pilltake so you can heat the other pills to prevent your opponent from sweeping to pick up their pill, and maybe yours! While you have extra pills to stop sweeps, you can get good aims on builders too, while attempting a pilltake!
• USE PILLVIEW!
Always use pill view. You can use this to see what’s going on with your pill line while you’re refueling or raping bases, or whatever you might be doing at the time. Some players prefer to listen for noise then go to where they here the sound, this is not good because you cannot see where they’re shooting, or how much damage they’ve done to your pills. Check what you currently have set your pill view key by holding down Control and K in your WinBolo game window.
Some cool pilltakes you can learn.
• Always play your best.
When playing a newbie, someone not as good as you, or anyone, always players your best. Playing cocky causes you to play cocky with those really good players your idol skill over!
You can find a game with all these skills incorporated here:
ftp://ftp.winbolo.us/upload -- It's called Strat Game.avi
To view this Strategy Guide with *PICTURES* you can download it here: ftp://ftp.winbolo.us/upload -- It's called Strategy Guide.doc
Players have asked me what can they do to get better and well, it brought me to come up with this strategy guide for amateurs that want to get good.
So we begin…
• Don't send lgm (builder) if you know it will die / get killed / walled.
I start off with the biggest problem for most players. Losing your builder when you’re in the heat of a huge pill battle can cost you all those pills, and possibly bases. It’s best to make a short send to fake a repair, or if you don’t have a pill on your hands, pick up the pill and build it somewhere else. If you’re carrying an extra pill flanking is a great strategic move, because it covers more ground, saves a pill loss, and a builder loss.
• Don't play offensively if you less pills than your opponent.
When you’re down in pills, play defense. Set up a defensive pill line and earn some pills you may have lost earlier in the game, than resume playing offense. If you don’t play defense when you have a less amount of pills than your opponent you’re increasing the percentage of losing your own pills.
• Don't plant pills too far up if you know they will get shot.
When playing always make short sends with your builder. If you make a long send, or foolish send, you’re probably going to get your builder shot. Making a long send and losing your builder can cause you to lose a pill or many pills. So to stop your builder from getting shot, make a short send.
• Don't plant pills you can’t defend.
Some players end up planting pills all the way across the map, where they know they can’t defend it. This is mainly bad because if you try to support the spike, you’re out of reach of your bases for ammo and shield. It’s best to plant pills where you have highly fueled bases so you can access them easier without losing pills while you’re refueling. Another thing, don’t plant your pills behind enemy bases if you don’t plan on raping! This can be an easy take for some players because they can use their base as a shield from letting you shoot their builder.
A good defensive pill line setup:
• Support your pilltakes.
When attempting to do a pilltake, always have pills next to your pilltake so you can heat the other pills to prevent your opponent from sweeping to pick up their pill, and maybe yours! While you have extra pills to stop sweeps, you can get good aims on builders too, while attempting a pilltake!
• USE PILLVIEW!
Always use pill view. You can use this to see what’s going on with your pill line while you’re refueling or raping bases, or whatever you might be doing at the time. Some players prefer to listen for noise then go to where they here the sound, this is not good because you cannot see where they’re shooting, or how much damage they’ve done to your pills. Check what you currently have set your pill view key by holding down Control and K in your WinBolo game window.
Some cool pilltakes you can learn.
• Always play your best.
When playing a newbie, someone not as good as you, or anyone, always players your best. Playing cocky causes you to play cocky with those really good players your idol skill over!
You can find a game with all these skills incorporated here:
ftp://ftp.winbolo.us/upload -- It's called Strat Game.avi
To view this Strategy Guide with *PICTURES* you can download it here: ftp://ftp.winbolo.us/upload -- It's called Strategy Guide.doc