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In article <01bc491d$cb974920$4566a186@workroom7> "Mark Dobie" <do...@csbs.csbs.uni.edu> writes:
>From: "Mark Dobie" <do...@csbs.csbs.uni.edu>
>Subject: Re: RA vs. Warcraft 2 [Was Re: RA update (fwd)]
>Date: 14 Apr 1997 21:50:50 GMT

-some stuff about RA vs Warcraft 2

>The other point is that if you play the Russians in Red Alert you can beat
>almost any foe.  Don't try to argue this point the Russian are far
>superior.  With the new counterstrike addition I hear they are even more
>superior.  I like both games, but my opinion is that W2 was better thought
>out by the developers.

'Don't try to argue this point' is very tempting - in fact from my reading of 
one of the c&c newsgroups posts: the red alert survey (or something), most 
people actually thought the allies were the better side. I don't often play 
Russians anymore, because I always slip back into the old tactic - pump out as 
many tanks as possible and then attack your opponent(s). I find playing as the 
Allies much more interesting with a much wider variety of possible strategies 
- and I still win just as often as I did with the Russians. After playing with 
the Allies for a while you are forced to develop tactics which stop (or 
reduce the effectiveness of) the inevitable tank attacks.

Tim.