In past versions of the league, winning one game of a best of three counted toward team and individual performance, didn’t it? Or am I misremembering that?
Btw I have a so far unreported loss against dennyA in the pipeline -7:23 in the final game. no report (I could think he likes to report it). Just a reminder before it gets deleted in my list.
Lucky start for you in the second game, but you kept the advantage up 'till the end (sadly) without any mistake. GG! :)
It did, but everyone was playing three game series, not just some people. Can you think of a way to make this work in this setting?
Nothing new to see here, move along…
ron 0 : holsten 2
ron 2 : craiggiarc 0
ron 1 : delirium 1 - in which game 2 proved that blobs+needle > 2xRecylcing Centers
ron 0 : rainraven 0
keep vat, dump colonists!
The problem with Dis is that it magnified the impact of being a better player on the overall result and the actual playability of the adventure. Better players are of course going to compile better records, as they should, but in these adventures they gain additional rewards which both enhance their performance in the adventure and further skew the outcome in their favor. At least in Dis, because each encounter was a single game, at least weaker players could get some rewards for the games they managed to win, and thereby make some progress.
This version has the same problems, and the best-of-three wrinkle further exacerbates it, because you can’t get any benefit from the games you do manage to win. The simplest solution is for weaker players to only play single games. Alternatively, you could invoke the reward mechanism in any game, so their occasional wins in three-game series counted for rewards.
The green advantage is a different kind of problem. Getting a bonus in any other color requires a conscious choice to seek out cards which do not directly lead to victory, so the other teams have to either adopt a strategy with a higher risk to try to get more upgrades, or forego those upgrades by ignoring their bonus targets. Has any player met a non-green target by consciously seeking the cards necessary to do so, rather than by happy coincidence?
The one time I said “screw it, I’m going to grab all red cards to scrap everything” in game 2 of a 3 game series (after I’d won game 1), I lost. I haven’t tried it again since, although it’s mostly because the cards didn’t present themselves properly (generally speaking, all reds early is a great way to win).
Holsten turn 1: Freighter
Holsten turn 2: Stealth Needle
Holsten turn 3: The only good card I could afford, Space Station
Holsten turn 4: Missile Mech to top of deck, Survey Ship
Holsten turn 5: Ram to top of deck, Royal Redoubt, 2 Trade Pods
Holsten turn 6: Recycling Station
Holsten turn 8: Trade Pod
Holsten turn 9: Survey Ship, Trade Bot, Imperial Fighter, Blob Fighter, Blob Fighter, Imperial Fighter, Trade Bot, Corvette
Holsten turn 10: Mother Ship
Holsten turn 11: Imperial Frigate, another Freighter
Holsten turn 12: No acquisitions
Holsten turn 13: Recycling Station
Holsten turn 14: Battle Station
The cards, they hates me today![emoji27]
Edit: Then I won! No idea how.
Beatrix > fire 38 -4
Beatrix > fire 21 -8
No bonus
Better don’t look the next turn… I admit this is ridiculous, sometimes SR is this way.
Although I have a bad feeling (not just because of the minor mistakes I already made), I think you still have a chance. But you need some luck after all now, thats for sure.
Well, sure, if the servers crash and the data on this game are corrupt after reboot, I still have a chance…
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The USS Constellation returning from first patrol with these results…
DennyA > Holsten 2:0 / Score 23 -7 / Difference 30
DennyA > K_Wattington 1:0 / Score 9 -8 / Difference 17
@ scottagibson you see, a clear victory for you. I played bad, but nothing real serious. Just bad luck with the cards available to buy was the most important thing. GG :)
Weird game! You definitely saw it more clearly than I did. Though I think one or two of the right draws for you would have finished me quickly.
Haha, a mirror match. Lets see if we have to think about freighter and needle as bad cards ^^
OMG, what strange games… Unbelivable, thrilled about the decider. Maybe I will not pick freighter and needle next time oO
Heh. This was close, but I think I never drew freighter & needle together.
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Ugh, Mithrophon, this game was so frustrating! This season is hard because knowing I’m on the blue team is totally affecting how I play.
fire
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gg! The second game felt really close to me.
Man. I’m making some really poor knee-jerk choices without really studying what is going on.
