Good move Yakobu,
I also weaned myself off the Pause button a while back. I read the guide post on MP and changed all the camera settings and adopted some of the recommended techniques on grouping and such ; but I haven't jumped to MP yet...

The only times I use the Pause nowadays are for "legitimate" reasons (phone calls, pages, food etc). And the occasional absolutely crucial battle where I feel a bit behind, and then only use it once or twice at most. I find that it kills the tempo of the game and actually interrupts the thought process.

@Tricky Lady,
one way I improved my game (not that I am a master or anything; still too fearful to play MP) was to play the QuickBattles over and over. I would play one game, lose, play again, lose -but put up a better fight-, and so on until I won. Eventually I got to the point where I almost always won any QuickBattle I played. Now I am doing the same with the RTW demo mods