THE MALITZ TROPHY COMPETITION

[Kru]

Thank you for the game. It was interesting playing with you. I almost had a minor victory, but your last tank got really lucky at the end.

I also would like to express a little though about this tournament.
I've read before that POS doesn't care about statistics, he's playing as it goes. Good for him if he's enjoying it.
But, for me personally intelligence is as much important as my own experience. It cannot be neglected.
Believe or not, but I knew how to win this tournament from the very beginning. It is because I studied POS moves and tactics, and what he actually showed in his posts was worth pots of gold.
I knew he'd buy T34/85 (at least six), and they will arrive in two columns with the command tanks last in a row. And most likely I knew where they would appear, that is why we had a first clash at turn 2.
So why the hell not I'd bought two King Tigers and some sidekick junk to whack them one after another?? The game could end withing 3 turns. I just knew it, I KNEW it.
Instead... me got stupid, me buy Patheras, wanna do nice battle. Coz me like Panthera a lotta.

The truth is that more sophisticated and more expensive Panther tank is just as good as T34/85 at close range, or in street battle. And during this battle with POS I had 5 armored vehicles and he had 7. I just couldn't escape the feeling that I'm catching up instead of having a superior position. Whatever he lost, I've lost already.
If I had a chance to play this battle again. I'd buy:
2x King Tiger
4x Hetzer (whole platoon)
1x sIG33/1 Grille
1x 75mm AT Pak40
2x MG42 squad
1x Tank hunter team
All regulars, that'd cost 1499pts.


For comparison as a Russian, I'd suggest:
1x Yak9 with rockets (at least a green one)
?x T34/85 (as many as possible)
?x SMG squad (the rest as uneven number goes for a few squads)
That's it.
Cheerio.