OK, b/c you said TFT is a good game I retract the noob comment, lol. You really do need to learn how to use the SW General if you're going to continue to play Generals (I stopped about 8 months ago though). I should also ammend the statement to: "if you can't stand up against basic rushes as the SW General, and even if you do, if you cannot then use the combination of Auroras and Particle Cannons to win, you are a noob."

You sound like a person who would be able to do that, so I'll retract the statement. I actually learned how to counter those advanced rushes by using them myself. The Technical rush is pretty easily countered if you can get 2-3 EMP Patriots up. To counter the RPG rush, make sure to have a few Rangers handy, and maybe a Humvee, but keep the Rangers handy first, and if you think it's going to be a full-out infantry rush, make a War Factory, some Humvees, and put Rangers with Flashbangs in the Humvees. For the Demo Bike rush, it's tough to defend against, but make 2 EMP Patriots instead of 1 in each spot you'd normally place them. Also make some Missile Defenders and put them near the Patriots. That pretty much covers your main advanced GLA rushes; there are a few more, but there's no need to go into them.

I highly suggest Act of War: Direct Action even if you just bought Generals, regardless of whether you liked it or not (the thinking behind that being that if you bought Generals, you are interested in that kind of game). Make sure to check the Act of War requirements and your PC's capabilities b/c AoW is rather new and utilizes all the advanced technologies currently available (the AoW graphics are better than AoE3 ones; my personal opinion of AoE3 is that it sucks, and I'm glad I only played the demo and didn't buy the game).

I should mention that I got my 760/0 Generals record b/c I played a lot of unranked games on Generals Online before I started entering the ranked ones (so I got well-accustomed to stuff before I played anything that counted).

WCIII: TFT is quite good, but I like it more for the mod maps than the actual gameplay. In terms of the actual game itself, I like Dawn of War and Act of War better. My favorite two mod maps are Balance Wars and WinterMaul: Remade. They are both easily the best in both their respective categories.

I can't bealive I didn't say it before... or maybe I did, but u don't wanna read... I played C&C Generals before... not now... I stopped playing it maybe something like u 8 months to 1 year... I said, I don't like that game and i will not buy Act of War... I played Down of War few times... and I din't like it that much... In my opinion... w3 is better... when we are talking about mods for W3, they are kinda for less skilled ppl who can't win anyone in normal game No offence here, really I play sometime mod maps for w3... when I get borred from playing clasic w3 game. Some modes which are kinda interesting... Before, I used to play D-Day, after that I started to play DotA and also, sometimes I like to play some Tower Defense... like WinterMaul as u said... I kinda got borred of playing clasic w3 month ago, maybe i will start playing it again soon... Now, I am concentrated to Counter-Strike and my CS clan and competing in some kind of league in my country ...

Anyway, let's stop discussion about C&C Generals, since i stopped playing it and since I am not able to play over internet that game against u... so I am unable to proove my theory to u and u are also unable to proove ur theory to me... I didn't play it for a looong looong time, so maybe there are some ballance fixes... also, I don't have any replay to send u, cuz I didn't play it for a while, but u could send it to me as well, when u defended ur base against some GLA rush... I wanna see against how skilled player u played who can't do it on a small map and how skilled u are when u are able to defend ur base against skilled GLA player...

So, I don't wanna talk about this, untill I see some of ur reps... Thx

If you play a good enough mod map, like Balance Wars or WM: RM; they're even more challenging than the regular game. Anyways, I deleted all my replays a WHILE ago, about 10 months ago when I uninstalled Generals. I suggested Act of War: Direct Action b/c it seems like it might fit more of what you're looking for (AoW is kinda between WCIII and DoW in terms of gameplay; AoW combines many "traditional" elements, but also adds things like PoWs). If you go to www.atari.com/actofwar they have I think both a Single-player demo and a Multi-player demo. You might consider trying it out, but then again, you might not. Doesn't matter to me.

Heh, I was at that site... Seems nice, but still... I can't downlaod demo... Unhappy 56k user... I would try it if I could...

Btw, I didn't notice from where are u, but if u are still playing w3, on which realm u are playing and what's ur account on it ? Maybe we could meet on some realm , since u are interesting person for game discussing I'm from Serbia, btw. I usually play on North and my profile is "wog.sakal" on it... I don't play on other realms, but I will make account there if u are playing on some other Gl, Hf

I would say either the first one or Tiberian Sun. Truley awesome without the super-overpowered super weapons. Loved the skirmish on Tiberian Sun.

I' m from the US, and usually play on the Azeroth (USEast) server, but I've got accounts on all except Kalimdor so it's no big deal to hop between them. My account is the same one I use for here (TerranUp16).

Actually, I'm not sure that AoW's online even supports 56k.

Ah, I didn't even think to try playing some game ( execpt some flash games and internet hearts ) on internet with 56k I just meant that it is too long for me to wait so long download completes... When I am playing on internet, I am doing it from netcafe ( where's connection much better... as much as Telecom Serbia allows it... ). Games which we are able to play from our netcafes are Warcraft ( TFT ), WoW, Guild Wars, CS 1.6 and Source and some other less known games...

I will add u to friend list on W3, on Azeroth, if I see u sometime online, I will whipser u

K. I'm not on as much as usual anymore b/c I'm doing a lot of work for my clan's campaign (Clan PMM's Troll Wars: Uprising). I'm in the WE more than WCIII these days, lol.