MattDakka
Joined: Oct 09, 2007
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Jul 30, 2015 - 19:56 |
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mrt1212 wrote: | MattDakka wrote: | Thinking quickly is harder than thinking slowly, so having days to figure a move removes one of the things which differentiates a good coach from an average one. |
What happens if you're not a good coach? |
If you are not a good coach you generally lose. |
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mrt1212
Joined: Feb 26, 2013
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Jul 30, 2015 - 20:10 |
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MattDakka wrote: | mrt1212 wrote: | MattDakka wrote: | Thinking quickly is harder than thinking slowly, so having days to figure a move removes one of the things which differentiates a good coach from an average one. |
What happens if you're not a good coach? |
If you are not a good coach you generally lose. |
To what end does it matter if an average coach gains a leg up by playing at a slower pace than on Fumbbl? It would drive you crazy not being able to tell who is and isn't a good coach? |
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plasmoid
Joined: Nov 03, 2009
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Jul 30, 2015 - 20:22 |
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Or maybe sometimes playing slower you have the time to analyze what is the right decision, internalyze it, and then better recognize the right decision when you're playing faster |
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MattDakka
Joined: Oct 09, 2007
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Jul 30, 2015 - 20:24 |
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It doesn't drive me crazy because I would never play by-email, my academic point is that turns with a proper timer help to differentiate the best coach. |
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mrt1212
Joined: Feb 26, 2013
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Jul 30, 2015 - 20:29 |
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MattDakka wrote: | It doesn't drive me crazy because I would never play by-email, my academic point is that turns with a proper timer help to differentiate the best coach. |
And that is important because? |
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MattDakka
Joined: Oct 09, 2007
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Jul 30, 2015 - 21:13 |
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mrt1212 wrote: | MattDakka wrote: | It doesn't drive me crazy because I would never play by-email, my academic point is that turns with a proper timer help to differentiate the best coach. |
And that is important because? |
Because it makes the game more competitive.
Anyway I neved said it was important, I just stated the difference. |
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selfy_74
Joined: Sep 03, 2010
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Jul 30, 2015 - 21:18 |
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Oh right, I thought the timer was there so the game didn't go on for too long.
If I'm playing someone whose obviously far better than me, can I time them out? |
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Purplegoo
Joined: Mar 23, 2006
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Jul 31, 2015 - 08:37 |
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Classic Matt.
Actually, in the ideal world (rather than the practical one), if you're being 'competitive' (and I am), what you want is to beat the very best version of your opponent available. That doesn't mean gleefully gaining a non Blood Bowl advantage by cutting down on thinking time if he so happens to need some, it means letting him make the optimal decisions according to his viewpoint and then overcoming them by being better. In actuality, thinking time is a bit of a misnomer; much as we all love thinking through a turn, so much of BB is pattern recognition and playing not on auto pilot, but subliminally. The result of an experienced, good coach's turn would likely be very similar given a minute or an hour. The only coach a strict time limit screws is the good, inexperienced coach that does not have the bank of patterns on which to draw. Play a thousand games more, be 'better'!
PBeM doesn't appeal to me, but if it works for others, good. |
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Roland
Joined: May 12, 2004
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Jul 31, 2015 - 08:54 |
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Kam
Joined: Nov 06, 2012
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Jul 31, 2015 - 14:40 |
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@ Goo: ironically, sometimes I feel I was better when I didn't have those automatisms. For some aspects of the game at least. Go figure. |
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Shades_SteelFist
Joined: Sep 11, 2008
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Jul 31, 2015 - 16:35 |
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Kam wrote: | @ Goo: ironically, sometimes I feel I was better when I didn't have those automatisms. For some aspects of the game at least. Go figure. |
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Tripleskull
Joined: Oct 12, 2003
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Jul 31, 2015 - 17:33 |
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Kam wrote: | @ Goo: ironically, sometimes I feel I was better when I didn't have those automatisms. For some aspects of the game at least. Go figure. |
I would guess you were just missing your mistakes and thus feeling better about your playing?
On topic I think pbem is a great way to play bb. It's the only progression format that I have played consistently for many years.
pbem is also a competitive environment - and that is a challenge! |
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xnoelx
Joined: Jun 05, 2012
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Jul 31, 2015 - 17:40 |
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Tripleskull wrote: | I have played consistently for many years. |
So you've played 4 full games? |
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Roland
Joined: May 12, 2004
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Jul 31, 2015 - 17:55 |
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mister__joshua
Joined: Jun 20, 2007
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Haha. I've decided to give it a go. Not a big fan of the roster changes though. Might stick to Tier 3 teams |
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