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Timeouting as increasing trend
09 May 2012 11:25 #29793
by Ankha
If there are more and more timeouts (which is the starting assumption of this thread), then it won't change anything for accessing the final because most tables will timeout (and players will score less points). The final threshold will be lower (and as much as hard to attain than today).
If there are no more timeouts than before, this topic is moot.
Replied by Ankha on topic Timeouting as increasing trend
vtesocrates wrote:
Ankha wrote:
Why? You give no argument.vtesocrates wrote: Timeouts are bad things
Because then you don't get sufficient game wins and VPs to make the final and win the tournament obviously. I didn't think it needed to be said.
If there are more and more timeouts (which is the starting assumption of this thread), then it won't change anything for accessing the final because most tables will timeout (and players will score less points). The final threshold will be lower (and as much as hard to attain than today).
If there are no more timeouts than before, this topic is moot.
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09 May 2012 11:47 - 09 May 2012 11:47 #29795
by Ankha
There were an experiment in France with a tournament with no time-limit during the final. It lasted something like 4 hours and a half. I'm not sure it's a better experience.
Are you sure the trouble is a timeout? Wouldn't it be the fact that the game doesn't end fast enough (which is slightly different, thus my remark about the almost never-ending final above)?
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Lemminkäinen wrote:
Timeouts results in unfulfilling games. I like to play games to the end but a timeout just cuts the game short and leaves doubt as to how it would've played out had it reached it's conclusion. A bit like watching a movie three fourths of the way through or reading a book and stopping before the end.Ankha wrote:
Why? You give no argument.vtesocrates wrote:
Ankha wrote: Nohing personal, but you as well as other people seem to think that a timeout is a bad thing (since you state that if they were playing better, games wouldn't time out). Why?
Many tables with excellent players will time out because they neutralize each other. The best player will try to maximize his points anyway.
Timeouts are bad things
There were an experiment in France with a tournament with no time-limit during the final. It lasted something like 4 hours and a half. I'm not sure it's a better experience.
Are you sure the trouble is a timeout? Wouldn't it be the fact that the game doesn't end fast enough (which is slightly different, thus my remark about the almost never-ending final above)?
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09 May 2012 12:34 #29804
by Chaitan
Replied by Chaitan on topic Timeouting as increasing trend
The biggest timesink is the players who go to any length to improve odds.
Each phase must absolutely be carefully considered to be really over before moving to the next phase. Cards drawn from Heart of Nizchetus, Dreams of the Sphinx, Tablets and similar must be carefully considered one-by-one before finally finalizing. Each methuselah's ash heap must be scrutinized before any moderate to major decision can be made. Diplomacy is oh-so-important as well since you have a chance to escape any danger if you just manage to find the correct words to say - even if you have to lie. The threat of a timeout does not affect these players because speeding things up means they can make a critical mistake and they know a mistake can cost them the game.
In tournaments, most people turn into this obnoxious creature.
Each phase must absolutely be carefully considered to be really over before moving to the next phase. Cards drawn from Heart of Nizchetus, Dreams of the Sphinx, Tablets and similar must be carefully considered one-by-one before finally finalizing. Each methuselah's ash heap must be scrutinized before any moderate to major decision can be made. Diplomacy is oh-so-important as well since you have a chance to escape any danger if you just manage to find the correct words to say - even if you have to lie. The threat of a timeout does not affect these players because speeding things up means they can make a critical mistake and they know a mistake can cost them the game.
In tournaments, most people turn into this obnoxious creature.
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