player profiles: ElPaladin
ElPaladin writes:
I am the player that they call ElPaladin, I am 15 and from Cincinnati, Ohio. CnC was the first computer game that I ever really enjoyed.
I came originally to WW in February of 1999 under the name Moocow6. I never really came into contact with the many great players of the time, except as a victim hehe. I never really got good, and after a while I had trouble connecting to the WW online server; I would not play for almost 2 years. Then came May 2001, and we got Cable Internet, which somehow allowed me to connect to WW. I came back but was still not very good. I DCd sometimes, others I just got pissy to lose, as many newbies do. But a few good players showed me their graces: Pilbots, Notgood7, CnCNew... and a few others whom I forget. They showed me what to build, where to build and how to build. I learned the Green Acres Expansion tactic, which I would continuously work on. I drilled continuously with NotGood7 all through the summer of 2001 and came to be more skilled as a result, learning how to play in a turret war (especially the infamous Southern Advantage which is the bane of many players). By September 2001 I could beat mostly anybody ranked up to Top 20, but I was still a newbie. I still wanted to be Top 10 though, and as well as I had the build orders down I would be unable to compete as long as I lacked in unit control and precision. I trained still more with players like Pilbots and Dragonods, who showed me things about unit control, as well as how they might play against certain opponents. I gained something from this, and made Top 10 for the first time in December 2001. January 2002 was my true breakout month, however, with me taking 3rd place titles on both sides (though I was lucky not to get DQd). I also found that I had a natural talent for Tank Rushing with GDI, beating most of the top players within my first week with them (!). By the time this is posted February 2002 will be over and we will see who wins the tourney. I do not know if it will be me, but I still feel happy with how far Ive come in the last 8 months. I finish with a thank you to all of the WW players who have made this a good experience to play online: Pilbots, Notgood7, Chaos, Dragonods, TheAfrikn, CnCNew, MacMark, Whotersd, Iron98 and NKOReht1.
I may leave CnC soon to pursue other things... but I surely wont forget the fun I have had playing. To all of you I thank you and if you are still playing wish you luck in all future tournaments.
- ElPaladin
Meanwhile he looks like one of the biggest rule-breakers on WChat, using multiple names to play ladder the same month, registering hundreds of nicks to free emails, being involved in free win rushes and cracking other players' nicks:
And he is a big liar too: He goes around and spreads lies about me, MacMark. That's very dumb.
He says "heli rush" is cheap. Fact is: He cannot stop a heli rush and early resigns everyone who does it. And he (yes, the same guy who says "heli rush is cheap") tried a heli rush on me and as it failed, he dced me. He says "APC rush" is cheap. Fact is: He cannot stop an APC rush and early resigns everyone who does it. This guy is a so called "running dog" who quits the game under 3 minutes to save his points when someone is going to beat him.
- Check out his entry on the blacklist!
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