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25. октомври 2009, 19:04:16
happy hermit 
Относно: Re: Sabotage Leauge - Open Fast Espionage - # 1
Celticjim:

I haven't timed-out yet . . . . that's a mild surprise.

25. октомври 2009, 20:44:55
SL-Mark 
Относно: Re: Sabotage Leauge - Open Fast Espionage - # 1
Celticjim: The smell of victory will bring fast moves; possible defeat long periods of thought; imminent defeat either fast moves or long periods to bore one’s opponent! The latter is a perfectly acceptable strategy, though not necessarily sporting.

One of the great things about this game is the element of psychology. I can’t think of any other online game, other than poker, where this manifests itself to such a degree.

Just like in poker, it pisses the hell out of everyone when you wait until the last second to make your bet. Then emotions come into play, followed by mistakes! And a mistake in poker costs...

Jim, a win today, next week, or next month is still a win. Don’t turn a certainty into an improbability!

25. октомври 2009, 21:46:10
Celticjim 
Относно: Re: Sabotage Leauge - Open Fast Espionage - # 1
Променен от Celticjim (25. октомври 2009, 21:50:20)
SL-Mark: haha,great post Mark---very valid points one and all.
And of course my post was undoubtedly attempting to exert a psychological lever somewhere hehe

25. октомври 2009, 21:52:48
Celticjim 
Относно: Re: Sabotage Leauge - Open Fast Espionage - # 1
Променен от Celticjim (25. октомври 2009, 21:56:04)
happy hermit: Eric,I had a look at your one loss the other day,that was interesting--nickchanger I think wasn't it who pulled a fast one on you,made me chuckle and applaud him cuz you are one tough nut to crack *edit*

25. октомври 2009, 22:13:54
SL-Mark 
Относно: Re: Sabotage Leauge - Open Fast Espionage - # 1
Celticjim: Missed that one Jim.
Rushing your opponents so as to cause them to make a mistake

25. октомври 2009, 22:52:19
happy hermit 
Относно: Re: Sabotage Leauge - Open Fast Espionage - # 1
Celticjim:

Jim-

The loss to nickchanger was interesting. I played the game with no notes and little thought, which is pretty much how I play anyone that hasn't won a game against me (or that I otherwise have reason to think might be a challenge), but that game had an extra twist.

I had given up a couple of pieces just to get to that position, but my intent was to clear around that back corner, bring in the Recon and determine the pieces even though I was 98% sure the base was in the corner. On the preceding move he sent the message 'good game' which I took as a concession that the base was in the corner, so I simply moved to capture it and save a few moves. That worked out poorly for me. :)

I'll go on record here as saying nickchanger will not win another game against me. :)

-Eric

26. октомври 2009, 04:49:39
Nothingness 
Относно: slowing down..
Do not forget that slowing down while losing has its strategic needs as to not reveal your set ups to the rest of the players in your bracket. So that they can get a feel for your set ups in that particular tourney.

26. октомври 2009, 12:09:14
happy hermit 
Относно: Re: slowing down..
Nothingness: Do you use saved set-ups?

I remember seeing a game once between pcron and Ruth. pcron used a saved set-up and Ruth apparently determined which one and blew him right off the board attacking pieces she had never revealed. There seems to be more risk than reward in that approach.

On my end, I almost always start my games by setting the bombs/base on the back row, putting two Saboteurs on the back row, three Recons in the front row and then hitting 'randomly place remaining pieces'.

26. октомври 2009, 12:42:36
Chaos 
Относно: set-ups
happy hermit: Once upon a time I tried to make set-ups especially designed for the specific opponent I was about to encounter. I would save the set-up so I could make a totally different one the next time I'd play this opponent. Ofcourse I didn't pursue this strategy, took too much time. Still with some opponents I make set-ups that feel odd to me and wouldn't use against others. They seem work in those cases. Ofcourse I'm not revealing the specifics :)

26. октомври 2009, 12:59:43
Chaos 
Относно: Re:fast/slow
SL-Mark: I agree with you. Especially when a lot of pieces haven't been revealed yet one is bound to take more time to play. When you're in a losing position there's the consideration of playing at high risk. You'll want to look track the game back to see how it developed. Takes time and concetration. You don't always have that while you're online.

 

Still I agree with Jim it can be quite annoying when people wait till the very last to move.

26. октомври 2009, 14:40:21
Nothingness 
Относно: saved setups
No i never use saved setups. What i mean is that if for example i have my base in the right corner of a game that I'm losing badly. instead of just resigning immediately I'll wait or slow down until other games in that section are close to ending. so that an opponent that im in a closer game with doesn't logically deduce where i may have set my base in that game in comparison to the game i just lost!

I too also use set ups when I face specific players. A taylor made Setup for just that game and opponent. In those cases i save them setups. and ill name them after that opponent.

28. октомври 2009, 22:54:10
Nothingness 
Относно: work
I just got a new job this week and my time moving will be slowed ten fold! So please bear with me in this transitional period. Thanks.

29. октомври 2009, 09:15:42
Chaos 
Относно: Re: work
Nothingness: congrats & good luck in your new job!

30. октомври 2009, 01:38:55
happy hermit 
Относно: jonaron - quiet man
jonaron and quiet man have extremely similar playing styles and both seem to time out a lot.

Has anyone considered that they might be the same person?

30. октомври 2009, 12:41:54
SL-Mark 
Относно: Re: jonaron - quiet man
happy hermit: Yes, but one seems to be good at extinction chess the other not

30. октомври 2009, 21:18:34
Nothingness 
Относно: jonaron and quietman
no not the same person. Jonaron AKA ( Lightningbolt) his english is not as good as Quietmans. Jonaron is from canada and i think is French Canadian.

1. ноември 2009, 14:31:41
happy hermit 
Относно: Re: jonaron - quiet man
SL-Mark: I think both are pretty good . . .it's just that the game gives one of them a headache. :)

1. ноември 2009, 15:32:54
SL-Mark 
Относно: Re: jonaron - quiet man
happy hermit: I was throwing in one other into the equation and also to tease another ;)

1. ноември 2009, 16:31:13
happy hermit 
Относно: Re: jonaron - quiet man
SL-Mark:

At least it was something I could reply to . . . how can I reply to a comment about language skill from someone that's been so wronged by the language that he abuses it so? :)

1. ноември 2009, 17:34:05
Chaos 
Относно: Re: jonaron - quiet man
happy hermit: As I see it the only way to abuse language is by using it to hurt someone intentionally. Everyone has a different personal style and uses the words and expressions belonging to you.

 

People will not only recognise me as Dutch by the flag but also by the flaws in my English. That's only natural. Jonaron doesn't say much so I don't know about his English. The amount of speech is a big difference between jonaron and quiet man ;)

 

I'm sure they're not the same because I don't see either of them misleading us by joining a tournament twice. Also the playing style seems different to me. Jonaron plays more careful I think. He plays with more caution. Quiet man starts to play careful when it matters.

 

Well, Eric, you or Jonaron are the only ones who can answer this question for us.

1. ноември 2009, 19:30:15
happy hermit 
Относно: Re: jonaron - quiet man
Chaos:

I'm not jonaron, I was just making a small joke about jonaron's increasing proclivity for timing-out. :)

1. ноември 2009, 20:26:35
SL-Mark 
Относно: Re: jonaron - quiet man
happy hermit: I believe you have just been judiciously "moderated" for your mischievousness

1. ноември 2009, 20:27:56
happy hermit 
Относно: Re: jonaron - quiet man
SL-Mark:

I was just testing how seriously Chaos was taking her new job here.

1. ноември 2009, 21:11:03
SL-Mark 
Относно: Re: jonaron - quiet man
happy hermit: Evidently as seriously as she takes her game of espionage, though she is not so diplomatic in her games, in fact quite ruthless as she recently demonstrated to me!

2. ноември 2009, 11:43:26
Chaos 
Относно: Re: jonaron - quiet man
happy hermit: So if you all get into fighting and screaming it's just a conspiracy to see how I react? ;)

2. ноември 2009, 11:48:16
Chaos 
Относно: Re: jonaron - quiet man
SL-Mark: In espionage I can also completely mess up I'm afraid, completely surprising myself by not seeing obvious things. I hope you'll all help me when I overlook things as moderator!

 

As a moderator I can also ban myself (quite tempting to try this out), so if I mess up just say so, and I'll do the right thing ;)

2. ноември 2009, 12:37:22
SL-Mark 
Относно: Re: jonaron - quiet man
Chaos: You are doing a fantastic job.

I was trying to shrewdly compliment you by suggesting that your approach was judicious and diplomatic, favoured traits of a moderator. Referring to our recent game and your ruthless annihilation of myself, I was hinting that there are also some sharp claws and teeth behind the ball of fur. I am sure however, that neither Eric nor myself, would have to face the Chaos Creature.

Although an attempt to create some light hearted banter, there is a serious note in Eric’s original posting, which is that both Jonaron’s and Quiet Man’s playing styles are worth studying.

Naturally we will support you.

2. ноември 2009, 14:00:26
Chaos 
Относно: Re: jonaron - quiet man
Променен от Chaos (2. ноември 2009, 14:10:47)
SL-Mark: Thank you! Indeed I saw how you managed to bundle quite some compliments in one sentence in that post and I felt very honoured .

Trying to be a friendly person in daily life, it feels good to be as ferocious as I can on the battelfield . The thing I like best about espionage is that you can agressively attack with weak pieces, as long as you are capable to keep them unidentified.

2. ноември 2009, 14:16:23
Chaos 
Относно: Re: jonaron - quiet man
happy hermit: Did you and jonaron ever play against eachother? I'd love to see such a match! :)

The one thing about looking at a match between 2 others is that you don't know what they can see unless you go through a lot of trouble noting it down. Which is hard enough when you're playing a game yourself.

2. ноември 2009, 14:58:08
happy hermit 
Относно: Re: jonaron - quiet man
Променен от happy hermit (2. ноември 2009, 15:53:01)
SL-Mark:

I don't know about 'worth studying', but to tie it back to another recent thread . . .if someone plays slow enough we are both a risk to time-out. In the past that was only an effective strategy against me (and sometimes against Jozsef). If it now works against jonaron it may catch on with more people. :)

2. ноември 2009, 15:03:41
happy hermit 
Относно: Re: jonaron - quiet man
Chaos:

jonaron and I have played a few times.

In League events, we played Open in Season 6 (I won) and Season 8 (a draw). We also played Mini in a Speed Rush event. I forget the event, but he won our individual game.

And, we have played in some random IYT tournies over the years with pretty even results.

Of course, as you so accurately put it, "careful when it matters" starts at Move 1 with jonaron so he gets a different version of my game that almost anyone else. :)

2. ноември 2009, 22:47:08
Sir Lance-a-lot 
Относно: League
Chaos, this is Lance-a-lot. What's the difference in this website and the games on IYT? I'd like to play a game with anyone who's up for it?

2. ноември 2009, 23:02:48
Chaos 
Относно: Re: League
Променен от Chaos (2. ноември 2009, 23:08:12)
Sir Lance-a-lot: Welcome at BrainKing Sir Lance-a-lot, good to see you here! :) The interface here at BrainKing is quite different and takes some time to get used to. Here they call Sabotage 'Espionage' and they have the same variants, except for the corner variant.

There are a few differences. The volcano variants don't have fixed places for the volcanoes. They appear random in the middle in a symmetrical way.

Another difference is that at IYT you can 'shuffle' two unseen pieces around so your opponent doesn't know which of the two pieces is the unseen piece who just caught his 4. You understand what I mean? Here at BrainKing on the right side of the gameboard there is a notation of every move, so you can tell exactly which piece moved where.

The tournaments work very different as well. The good thing is we can design them ourselves and the results are automatically registered and neatly listed:



3. ноември 2009, 05:47:14
Sir Lance-a-lot 
Относно: Re: League
Chaos: got it, thanks for the help

3. ноември 2009, 14:30:14
Celticjim 
small fast tourny I just signed up for
30 brains entry
anyone interested
ALL GAMES 30 BRAINS ENTRY

3. ноември 2009, 14:36:32
SL-Mark 
Относно: Tourny for those with brains
Celticjim: Disappointingly, I have no brains!

3. ноември 2009, 18:01:15
Celticjim 
Относно: Re: Tourny for those with brains
SL-Mark: LOL I was surprised to find I had some

3. ноември 2009, 18:57:33
SL-Mark 
Относно: Re: Tourny for those with brains
Celticjim: Me too

3. ноември 2009, 23:42:14
Nothingness 
Относно: Re: Tourny for those with brains
SL-Mark: Sorry to hear that Mark but you sure play like you have brains!

4. ноември 2009, 00:19:07
SL-Mark 
Относно: Re: Tourny for those with brains
Nothingness: Ah, thank you. That's because I practice the Dutch proverb: "An ounce of patience is worth a pound of brains." Patience being an important virtue of any exercise in espionage :)

4. ноември 2009, 12:04:15
Chaos 
Относно: Re: Tourny for those with brains
Променен от Chaos (4. ноември 2009, 12:06:54)
SL-Mark: Why didn't anyone tell me about this proverb before?!

4. ноември 2009, 12:19:18
SL-Mark 
Относно: Re: Tourny for those with brains
Chaos: Nou breekt mijn klomp!

4. ноември 2009, 12:28:19
SL-Mark 
Относно: Re: Tourny for those with brains
Chaos: That breaks my wooden shoe

4. ноември 2009, 14:01:06
Chaos 
Относно: Re: Tourny for those with brains
SL-Mark: I thought Dutch was my territory here  You're taking the wind out of my sails! Do all the Scots speak Dutch and wear wooden shoes nowadays or is it just you?

4. ноември 2009, 16:41:45
SL-Mark 
Относно: Re: Tourny for those with brains
Chaos: Like all aspiring espionagers, just practicing the art of disguise and blending in with the back ground. In Scotland, wear a kilt and paint your face blue, in Holland wear wooden shoes and ride a bike; now you are prepared to deploy some subterfuge.
Just like that undetected '1' pretending to be a '5'

4. ноември 2009, 17:08:14
dAGGER 
Относно: Re: Tourny for those with brains
SL-Mark:
in Italy we don't paint our face and we wear our usual shoes, but if we want to make a disguise you will not realize it in time!
;-)

4. ноември 2009, 17:13:28
happy hermit 
Относно: Re: Tourny for those with brains
SL-Mark:

Learning when to put to on the disguise and hide is the first step. Learning when to take it off and fight is the next step. :)

4. ноември 2009, 17:25:01
SL-Mark 
Относно: Re: Tourny for those with brains
dAGGER: Yes, whilst all my disguises are wearing thin against you, that '?' you have on F3 has not been tested yet

4. ноември 2009, 17:30:37
SL-Mark 
Относно: Re: Tourny for those with brains
happy hermit: I have so many disguises, I am having trouble following them all. Perhaps you should stand and fight, and uncover them for yourself

4. ноември 2009, 17:32:12
dAGGER 
Относно: Re: Tourny for those with brains
SL-Mark:
don't worry! I never make disguises in Open Fast.....
That "?" in F3 is exactly what it seems.......

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