Supreme Commander Talk

CydeWeys and I have been thinking about this for some time, and have alluded to it in several posts, but I think it is about time we just came out and said it. SupCom could really use some more variety in the Tech III unit selection, especially in the units produced by the land [...]

Here’s an early Supreme Commander teaser screenshot from way before the closed beta even began. Notice how different everything looks. There isn’t a single currently recognizable unit in that screenshot, except perhaps what looks to be the mech marine. That battle just looks so … alive. I wonder what happened between [...]

I recently realized I knew very little about all of the available commander and support commander upgrades. I wasn’t getting the chance to use them in competitive games, and I wasn’t really playing any “for fun” games that lasted long enough. Strangely, I wasn’t able to find good information about all of the [...]

Allow me to paint a mental picture, if you will.
I am controlling my Aeon Illuminate forces against Aeon foes on Theta Passage. The battle in the middle of the map has quickly reached a stalemate, with my opponent and I both blanketing the area with point defenses and digging in for the long haul. [...]

Heads up to all you modders out there: the official map editor is scheduled for release with the next SupCom patch, due out in mid April. GPG will also be releasing more detailed technical specifications on the various formats used by the game, which should be a big help. Read the interview with [...]

I just finished another 1v1 match on Winter’s Duel, and it was by far the closest game I have yet played. Both of us teched up at roughly the same pace, and I was only able to gain a very slight lead at tech 2. As is seemingly inevitable, we both rushed to [...]

This has to be the best custom map for Supreme Commander ever. Remember that classic map “Metal Heck” from Total Annihilation? If you never played TA, here’s the gist. Most maps had metal deposits on them (which are identical to mass deposits in Supreme Commander, just with a different name). But [...]

As promised, CydeWeys and I have begun playing some ranked 2v2 games together. Our first match-up was against the current #3 team, SYSTEM17 and SYSTEM26. We ended up winning by both getting siege bots before our opponents and overrunning them. It was a fun little match, but I do have a couple [...]

i30, a large computer gaming convention and LAN party held in Berkshire, England, will be host to a £2,500 (~US$4,900) Supreme Commander tournament. The convention itself runs from April 6 to April 9, so the SupCom tournament is somewhere in there. The details are a bit murky, but it looks like two people [...]

It’s been awhile seen Grokmoo pointed out that every game between top-ranked players seemed to be Aeon v Aeon. This has only gotten even more obvious over time, so the point that it is now probably safe to conclude that the Aeon Illuminate is, indeed, over-powered, and that a nerf is on the way.
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