Starfflame

From an "average" player's perspective, padding doesn't really matter to me. Anyone good enough to pad is still going to be leagues above me even if they're not padding, so I don't really see it as an issue. I just treat all unicums' skill level as effectively the same and move on with my life.

How is it possible to still lose credits on a match as good as that?

I fucked up this game. How could I have not caused my team to lose? http://www.vbaddict.net/battlereport/starfflame-na-a42924d50361f886042a8faa55e9c6f1/erlenberg-usa-t26e4_superpershing-36381222002510279

At 5'6" as a male, around here, there's a decent amount of girls who are just as tall as me (+-2in). Hard to feel particularly masculine when you have some chicks looking down at you.

Tallest person (male) in my family at 5'6" . My parents are both 5'2". Tall for me starts at 5'10". >6'2" is a giant.

Great self-analysis, @Britzz! It's always great to see what a purple player thinks about as they're playing the game. While there isn't much I can obtain simply by reading this single analysis of a single game containing its unique conditions, what it does do for me is make me a bit more aware of the complex decision-making process a player makes, even if the exact intricacies of why exactly they make the choices they do may be unclear to even themselves until they look back at a replay and ask themselves why they did what they did. Personally? I think learning the game can be (perhaps over-)simplified into three questions. What do I shoot? Where do I shoot them? Why do I shoot them? What to shoot? I may see an E 100 with 400 HP, with 4 seconds to reload, next to an IS-3 with full HP that just fired. I'm in my E 75. Obviously I shoot the E 100. Where do I shoot them? That's where a combination of tanks.gg and personal experience comes in. Why do I shoot the E 100? Maybe my position is vital to the map like the only flank in El Halluf or town on Lakeville. I also shoot him over the IS-3 so he doesn't shoot me or any of my allies in the face. I just saved our team 700 HP and took 400 away from the enemy team, increasing the difference by 1,100 HP in a single shot. This category also includes strategic stuff that I am unaware of because I'm still focusing on What? and Where?. This is more of a 'Why?' guide, and I can definitely benefit from poasts such as this. +1 to you. In my next game I'll be a lot more conscious of the decision making process and maybe I can think it through more logically without solely relying on what "feels" right in the moment.