Well, I'm sure some of you noticed that I have been commanding a bit. I find it alot of fun actualy. As much as i enjoy running around shooting things, some times it is just as much, if not more fun, for me to jump in the chair and command a round. To get more people to jump in the chair more often, I figured I'd post what I do when I'm in the chair.

Base set up -
- Put the Ip's spaced out from eachother. OMG I can't tell you how many times i've seen a marine spawn and then walk on to the IP next to the one they spawned on, and then Die due to "DivineWind" Bwahaha. On top of that, Skulks can sit there, and camp each IP with out moving at all. And the spawning marine can't cover the other IP because it's right at his feet. Give him some shooting room, Put them far away from eachother.

- Everything else, Armory, Arms lab, Proto, Obs, PG, Should be next to the turret factory (electrified).

Disposable marines -
The new thing! Marine in a can! Just add Infintry Portal! - The way I comm, My marines are disposable. The money I spend on them is for guns, HA and JP's you'll rarely see me use. To me, it just slows me down. I like to move my marines fast, when i tell you to do somthing, you better do it, and get there. No time to suit you up in HA or JP's. You may get a shotgun or HMG if your luckey, the rest of the money i spend goes to....

Med spam! -
Med spam owns, It just owns. Most of the time I will have 4+ resc nodes to comm a successful win. Plenty of resc to spend on med packs/ammo. Especialy with out me dishing out the money on HA, Welder, Gun, Or JP. When i tell my marines to get into a hive, All they have is what they came with, I can afford to spend the money on meds =P.

Resc wars! -
H'ok, so, We have some aliens right? These aliens have the ability to place "Rescource nodes". These "Recource nodes" distribute "Rescources" to each and every player on the alien team, and aside from a uber hacking skulk, this is their main source of income. KILL THESE FREAKIN THINGS. I usualy have 1-3 marines, grouped up, Killing resc, whenever i'm NOT invading a hive at the time. This will quite effectivly save the marines from seeing 5 oni. H'ok! so, Youve killed the alien resc, what's next.

3 hives -
The pain! Owie Owie Owie! Skulks are exploding and gorges are webbing, fades are rocketing. Don't let this happen, and if you do, be prepared to kill that hive freakin fast. If you can, Push them really hard, take down 2 hives. then they can only build one at a time and they won't have 3 for a while again. If you do a really good job of killing resc nodes, then the aliens won't have any hives and that's good! not only for the marines, but for the aliens (I hear hives are itchy).

Marine Rescources -
This is indeed the name of the game, Rescources. You don't have that, chances are, you lost =(. Get them early, and keep them, If one's under attack, tell your team, some one will try to save it. if it goes down, recap it.

HMGs -
Get these, IF nothing more it's a nice thing to have when some one says "OMG ONOS IN BASE". Then your team runs back and you drop some HMG's on them and they kill the very surprized onos.

Onos -
A smart onos will kill your resc, Drop HMGs and dispose of him quickley, he won't onos again for a while. Chances are, he's just a stupid resc whore and dosn't really onos all that well anyway. 3 HMGs should almost always take an onos out, or atleast make him run. 2 should take him out aswell, I drop a third one some times because the onos usualy isn't alone. An HMG without HA seems to kill onos much more easily then HA, as the marine is now faster and can turn the corner to kill the running onos.

Upgrades -
They are the main aspect of my game, Level 3 weapons and armor, Most of the time I have 2 arms labs, Yes, Even in big games. I want those upgrdes FAST. Level 3 = win. It's hard, Very hard, for aliens to combat level 3 weapons and armor. Since upgradse are expencive, this furthers the need for rescource nodes.

Lerks -
Shotguns, That's all.

Fades - They are hard to kill, unless you kill them fast, See "Lerks" for details.

Grenade launchers -
I can't honsetly see one of these doing anything a shotgun cant, especialy with a few meds, or in a group of shotties. I don't use them, They suck.

Phase gates -
Reaserch phase tech before motion tracking, It is important, especialy with my tact of "Marine in a can" that you get reinforcements to a position very quickly, incase some marines are stupid enough to miss the 30 million med packs on the floor.

Well, hope that helps any of our commanders that want to aspire to glory.