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    • veteranasheV Offline
      veteranashe
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      Dual gap is really easy to play and is much simpler but it handicaps you and makes you a worse player overall, you shouldn't play it anymore on e you get to like 600-800

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      • IndexLibrorumI Offline
        IndexLibrorum Global Moderator
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        People just really like to play sim-city and hyper-optimize a few specific buildorders. Yes it's boring, but nothing we can do about it but host our own better lobbies.

        "Design is an iterative process. The required number of iterations is one more than the number you have currently done. This is true at any point in time."

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        • AskaholicA Offline
          Askaholic
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          You can also play matchmaker

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          • QuietJoyQ Offline
            QuietJoy
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            Due to the clear meta for each position. Definitely host some interesting new maps though!

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            • Karl_MarxK Offline
              Karl_Marx
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              Because the 2 biggest groups on FAF are

              1: campaign/AI enthusiasts, who prefer to play against machines than real people. This is why most of the changes that are brought to FAF are on improving how the AI functions and making them better.

              2: Gap losers who enjoy vegetating in their seats and letting their higher faculties go to waste.

              You can use the filter option in customs to rid yourself of Gap/Astro/seton games so you dont lose ur eyesight from the sheer mediocrity on the screen

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                Conny_Action
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                if you only got time for 1 or 2 matches in the evening after work gap is fast and easy. you usally dont need to wait too long till the lobby fills and you can get a little gud on the map bcs you train the same bo's over and over again. i played so much gap just bcs the lobby is 9/12 and you know k, cool, i can play 2 matches maybe this evening and dont have to wait 30 min in lobby just the host time outs or somebody lags or somebody alt f4 bcs he dont likes his spawn.

                never the less id wish other maps would be played more often, and as mentioned matchmaker queue could be a better choice (for me as well). but then again it has something to it, using those highly specific bo's and see who performs it better or see someone having sucess by breaking the meta.

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                • Rodimus_PrimeR Offline
                  Rodimus_Prime
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                  I get it though. Gap-Astro-Seton are a drug; you get the thrill of FAF with zero mental effort. Either host your own and set a rating range you feel is appropriate, or find a clan/group to play with.

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                    • Kaiba_Seto_BEWDK Offline
                      Kaiba_Seto_BEWD @arma473
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                      @arma473 Totally feel you on this topic. I try to do mapgens but it never gets traction. When I play maps that are OG and FA maps still no traction. It's always DualGap, Seton's Clutch, Astro Craters, or The Pass. I just can't play that way anymore. It's boring. No one wants to play a different map and it is crazy

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                      • IndexLibrorumI Offline
                        IndexLibrorum Global Moderator @Kaiba_Seto_BEWD
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                        @its_time_to_duel That's not been my experience. Whenever I play (afternoon/evening EU time) there's consistently 2-3 lobbies up with random gen maps.

                        Sure, there's plenty of people playing gap/astro etc, but you don't have to join those lobbies.

                        "Design is an iterative process. The required number of iterations is one more than the number you have currently done. This is true at any point in time."

                        See all my projects:

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