Talk:Tank rush

Merger with Rush (cvg)

Yes, as a tank rush is a specific type of rush. -Edlin2 04:25, 2 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Agree -- I've changed the merge tag to specify which page is being merged where. (also fixing my signature) --ExplodingFerret 19:33, 1 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Have a look at my post about the merge on the other articles talk page. To sum it up, I am deleting the templates, if you disagree then go right ahead and put them back.Darkcraft 12:54, 3 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Italic text"So called tank rushing is one of the main arguments against the real-time strategy genre, and is most likely a reason for the popularity of real-time tactical games."

I am changing this portion to retain the reference to RTT, but I am adding a quick discussion of the game designer's role in limiting the inevitability of tank rushes. Good game design can limit the likelyhood that multiplayer matches will degenerate into single-unit rushes.

In addition, I added an extended discussion about the use of rushes, their advantages and disadvantages, and two variations on the basic rush.

Incorrect Opening Sentence

"Tank rush is a tactic often used in Real-time strategy video games where the focus is to amass a large amount of armored attack vehicles to attack your opponent with rather than focusing on strategy"

In this case, "Tank rush" would be a strategy since it is an overall plan for victory. The use of the tanks themselves during the attack is a tactic, albeit a very simple one. Therefore the opening sentence would be more accurate if it read

"Tank rush is a strategy often used in Real-time strategy video games where the focus is to amass a large amount of armored attack vehicles to attack your opponent rather than focusing on creative tactics"

Ziiv 02:00, 18 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Merge with Rush (computer and video games)

Tank rush should be merged under the more general title Rush (computer and video games) because:

Rushing is not limited to games that use WW II combat methods. E.g. Tank rush mentions Starcraft at least twice (Zergling rushes; use of Reavers to stop rushes). Similar tactics are found in historical / fantasy settings, e.g. "grunt" rushes in Warcraft and successors (the Grunt is the cheapest, lowest-tech Orc unit in Warcraft; Warcraft II is the ancestor of both Starcraft and Age of Empires, where the Clubman rush is the equivalent).
Even in games that use WW II combat methods tanks are not the only rushing units. In Red Alert 2 and offshoots, Engineers (to capture and sell critical enemy buildings), Terrorists / Crazy Ivans (to blow up critical enemy buildings) and Terror Drones (to destroy enemy vehicles) can be used in rushes. Philcha (talk) 10:07, 2 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I support this merge proposal. Substantially most of the information in both articles are similar. Everything else can be tackled by having a special section in the main rush (computer and video games) article. Randomran (talk) 05:27, 3 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I have merged Tank rush to Rush (video games) as-is. As they both seem to be game-guide material needing cleanup, why not clean them up together? ~ JohnnyMrNinja 19:15, 4 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]