corsairs game 101
2nd February 2008, 01:06 PM
In an email thread entitled "Laminated Map", ME Gemes said...
>2 free turns for each mistake found. (I'll
> >can I see a gif or jpg of what the map will look like?
They also give free turns for recruiting new players and for picking up
droped nations. Why? They know they get what they reward.
In the current ranking system, the highest ranked players will be those that
complete the most games. Well, those with the highest wins minus losses
number.
Yes, I raised a stink when they happened to announce a price increase and
Automagic in the same issue of Bree. They wanted people to use Automagic,
didn't want to reward those people with lower fees, so just punished the
"non-conformists" with higher prices.
I think ME Games is makeing some seriously bad moves on the PR front.
Adding a scoring system that will reward stacking teams, encourange lots of
quick games, and discourage people from joining with newer and weaker team
mates... I think this would be a bad idea.
I don't think this will add excitement to the game. I think this will
adversly effect the way people select and play the game. When you reward
something, you will get more of it. Rewarding lots of quick wins, will
result in more short games.
This scoring system may work well in an environment (such as chess), where
win and loss truely are the result of the players skill. In ME, too many
other factors effect the win/loss count. Not the least of these is the
length of time and cost of playing the game.
I would not be enthustiac about any system that grants the same ranking
score to a player that has 6 of 8 as it would grant to a player that has won
4 of 4.
The small potential gain in bragging rights does not balance the potential
harm that could be done to the way people choose and play games and
positions. And, I don't see where the bragging rights come from anyway. Ha
ha ha... I worked the system to max my points...
Darrell Shimel (whose opinion is valid becuase he lncludes a name)
When does ME Game welcome comment on having to give our name to everyone on
the planet in order for our opinion to be counted?
>2 free turns for each mistake found. (I'll
> >can I see a gif or jpg of what the map will look like?
They also give free turns for recruiting new players and for picking up
droped nations. Why? They know they get what they reward.
In the current ranking system, the highest ranked players will be those that
complete the most games. Well, those with the highest wins minus losses
number.
Yes, I raised a stink when they happened to announce a price increase and
Automagic in the same issue of Bree. They wanted people to use Automagic,
didn't want to reward those people with lower fees, so just punished the
"non-conformists" with higher prices.
I think ME Games is makeing some seriously bad moves on the PR front.
Adding a scoring system that will reward stacking teams, encourange lots of
quick games, and discourage people from joining with newer and weaker team
mates... I think this would be a bad idea.
I don't think this will add excitement to the game. I think this will
adversly effect the way people select and play the game. When you reward
something, you will get more of it. Rewarding lots of quick wins, will
result in more short games.
This scoring system may work well in an environment (such as chess), where
win and loss truely are the result of the players skill. In ME, too many
other factors effect the win/loss count. Not the least of these is the
length of time and cost of playing the game.
I would not be enthustiac about any system that grants the same ranking
score to a player that has 6 of 8 as it would grant to a player that has won
4 of 4.
The small potential gain in bragging rights does not balance the potential
harm that could be done to the way people choose and play games and
positions. And, I don't see where the bragging rights come from anyway. Ha
ha ha... I worked the system to max my points...
Darrell Shimel (whose opinion is valid becuase he lncludes a name)
When does ME Game welcome comment on having to give our name to everyone on
the planet in order for our opinion to be counted?