Paul.Power fucked around with this message at 13:30 on Feb 10, 2016

• Explaining how the game disappeared and why I no longer have access to it
  
  
• Explaining what happened between turns 15 to 45, where the game ended, in an abridged form from my recollection
  
  
• Giving you guys the tournament bracket.
  

• Paul used the next turn to activate Hyper Repair. With his units fortified once more, he proceeded to use his Recon that he was hiding behind his wall of infantry in the last part to attack my infantry on the comm. tower. It brought that infantry down to 5 HP, not allowing me to capture the comm. tower immediately upon the next day. I used my Neotank to blow up the recon, and so my capture went unhindered on the comm. tower. Speaking with Paul over Skype, he considers the gambit to capture the comm. tower at the beginning of the game to be a mistake, due to the fact that I took it back so quickly. However, I don't consider it a mistake: Paul was able to keep me under pressure for quite some time using his 2 comm. tower advantage. Paul built a submarine on the leftmost port at the end of the turn, with the modus operandi of sinking my black boat on the bottom-center isle. He wished to secure the bottom-left isle and proceed with a naval assault on me later.
  
  
• Paul neglected that bottom-left isle, and I parked my black boat over it. I defended it with a sub in response. The reason I didn't build a cruiser is because I figured I could sink Paul's sub with my own. I was playing as Drake after all, and I did have the naval defensive advantage. Eventually, between our two dived subs, I was the one who landed out on top in the naval war to the south.
  
  
• Paul gathered his artilleries behind a wall in the upper area, as to try and secure an advantage at the top of the map. Eventually, the match led itself into a boring stalemate, where neither of us wanted to do anything. With another Tsunami backing me, I used my neotank to try and damage his wall of units. It ended out being a huge mistake, as my Neotank took some heavy artillery fire. We were back to square one again, with each of us spamming tanks to see if either of us could get land superiority.
  
  
• I later stopped building tanks for a turn in order to build a battleship on the top-right corner port. I used it to not just break through Paul's wall of units at the top part of the map, but to also destroy his infantry on the center isle at the top.
  
  
• The major turn-around point began as soon as I sent my black boat with a single infantry from the top-right isle to the top-center isle. I proceeded to capture the three cities there, to absolutely no opposition whatsoever. Paul was more focused on sinking my battleship that was pelting his units on the upper-front part of the map rather than dealing with his stuff being under siege.
  
  
• The 6000G funding advantage I got over him gave me an idea only after a few more turns of me building nothing but tanks and submarines to combat Paul: I should just start spamming Neotanks. With two on the board, I began pushing Paul's units back rather aggressively.
  
  
• I built a second battleship to the south with the advantage I received. I used it to destroy Paul's infantry on the southwest isle. Yeah, I spent 28000G just to destroy a single 1000G unit. However, it allowed me to start capturing that isle. I was now 12000G above Paul.
  
  
• A few Neotanks and a few more battleships later, and we reached this point.
  

• Property advantage is key in Advance Wars. Even the slightest amount of funds above your opponent means that you're going to build units faster, and build more powerful units first.
  
  
• Infantry are the most valuable units in the game, with their ability to be the most mobile units to seize properties in Advance Wars. Despite being weak in combat, they can handle other infantry, as well as act as excellent walls for chokepoints
  
  
• Be aware of the strengths and weaknesses of your COs, and know when to use your CO powers, or save for your Super CO powers. Using them too early might give up the opportunity to make a heavy push later, and using them too late will make you miss the opportunity
  
  
• Only build strong units if you know they'll create a significant advantage or prevent your opponent from acting a certain way. A powerful unit can still be taken down by a few well-positioned artillery.
  
  
• Try to be aware of what your opponent is planning. If you neglect important parts on the map, you will lose your advantage.
  
  
• Slur is bad at managing his own Let's Plays
  

Slur fucked around with this message at 21:18 on Feb 15, 2016

Paul.Power fucked around with this message at 22:47 on Feb 11, 2016

Slur fucked around with this message at 15:17 on Feb 12, 2016

• Day-To-Day: infantry and mechs have 30% extra attack power. As well, infantry and mechs can capture at a rate 1.5x faster than normal (rounded down to the nearest whole number). All transport units have +1 extra movement. All other direct combat units have 10% less attack power.
  
• CO Power: Double Time - Increases the movement of infantry and mechs by 1, as well as increases their attack by another 20%. Movement cost on all terrain for infantry and mechs becomes 1.
  
• Super CO Power: Victory March - Increases the movement of infantry and mechs by 2, as well as increases their attack by another 50%. Movement cost on all terrain for infantry and mechs becomes 1. Until the turn ends, Sami's infantry and mechs can capture any property instantly regardless of their condition.
  

• Day-To-Day: all direct combat units except infantry and mechs have 20% extra attack power. All indirect combat units have 10% less attack power and have a reduced firing range by 1 square.
  
• CO Power: Max Force - Increases the movement of all direct combat units by 1 space, as well as increases their attack by another 20%.
  
• Super CO Power: Max Blast - Increases the movement of all direct combat units by 2 spaces, as well as increases their attack by another 40%.
  

Slur fucked around with this message at 18:43 on Feb 17, 2016