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11 to 5 drop for my opponent

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Sat Sep 18, 2010 4:04 pm
by lostatlimbo
Game 7652993
Unbelievable
Re: 11 to 5 drop for my opponent

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Sat Sep 18, 2010 4:05 pm
by VampireM
good for him? ur point is that 1v1 can be very unfair? u get a cookie
Re: 11 to 5 drop for my opponent

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Sat Sep 18, 2010 4:08 pm
by lostatlimbo
This has to be a record. Has anyone ever had a worse drop? Please post.
Re: 11 to 5 drop for my opponent

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Sat Sep 18, 2010 4:34 pm
by Timminz
Guaranteed, someone has had worse. I mean, you got to go first. You had a better than 50/50 shot to reduce your opponent to an initial deploy of only 4.
Re: 11 to 5 drop for my opponent

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Sat Sep 18, 2010 4:37 pm
by ljex
I have seen far worse drops...like were it was like that and he the player with the 11 got to go first...
Re: 11 to 5 drop for my opponent

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Sat Sep 18, 2010 8:10 pm
by Georgerx7di
You must always get the worst drops. If you had fair drops you would be a general. You're an awesome player, it sucks that luck keeps you down all the time. Will you teach me how to play.
Re: 11 to 5 drop for my opponent

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Sun Sep 19, 2010 4:11 am
by jrh_cardinal
its 1v1, there have been many worse. Besides, that drop doesnt matter, first turn and dice will decide that game. If you break both his bonuses from chicago, all of a sudden you have a huge advantage, just like everyone else going first in 1v1.
ps - I actually like 1v1, play it a ton, but it's still almost all luck
Re: 11 to 5 drop for my opponent

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Sun Sep 19, 2010 5:53 am
by TheForgivenOne
lostatlimbo wrote:This has to be a record. Has anyone ever had a worse drop? Please post.
I remember awhile back seeing someone drop on New Worlds all the Indian Homelands in a 1v1, and the opponent got all the European homelands. Can't recall who it was.
Re: 11 to 5 drop for my opponent

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Sun Sep 19, 2010 12:24 pm
by Dako
I've seen a guy drop Europe on classic in 1v1.
Re: 11 to 5 drop for my opponent

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Sun Sep 19, 2010 12:27 pm
by Army of GOD
I've seen a guy drop Asia AND Europe and actually dropped 7s on all the borders
Re: 11 to 5 drop for my opponent

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Sun Sep 19, 2010 6:38 pm
by AndyDufresne
Some maps are beasts in 1vs1, and you learn to avoid 'em. I haven't played any 1vs1 on Great Lakes, but maybe it is one of 'em.
--Andy
Re: 11 to 5 drop for my opponent

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Sun Sep 19, 2010 7:03 pm
by Incandenza
Game 37670061v1 on AoM. My opponent went first and dropped 25. Pretty confident that's going to be tough to top.
Re: 11 to 5 drop for my opponent

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Sun Sep 19, 2010 7:12 pm
by AAFitz
Georgerx7di wrote:You must always get the worst drops. If you had fair drops you would be a general. You're an awesome player, it sucks that luck keeps you down all the time. Will you teach me how to play.
Sarcasm is the lowest form of humor.
Dont tell anyone I know that though.

Re: 11 to 5 drop for my opponent

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Sun Sep 19, 2010 7:13 pm
by AAFitz
Personally I think pearl harbor is the most likely to give an insanely unfair drop
Generally, those midsized maps are the worst, because the percentage of the advantage in going first is the most. On the smaller maps its not as much and ironically if the map is big enough, the advantage is often surpassed by sheer volume as well.
Re: 11 to 5 drop for my opponent

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Sun Sep 19, 2010 7:44 pm
by ljex
Incandenza wrote:Game 37670061v1 on AoM. My opponent went first and dropped 25. Pretty confident that's going to be tough to top.
I remember seeing that game before somewhere...but yeah i don't think there can be much of a more one sided drop
Re: 11 to 5 drop for my opponent

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Sun Sep 19, 2010 7:50 pm
by AAFitz
Incandenza wrote:Game 37670061v1 on AoM. My opponent went first and dropped 25. Pretty confident that's going to be tough to top.
eh, just as much chance it takes all 25 to kill a 3 at this point.
Re: 11 to 5 drop for my opponent

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Sun Sep 19, 2010 8:07 pm
by maasman
Incandenza wrote:Game 37670061v1 on AoM. My opponent went first and dropped 25. Pretty confident that's going to be tough to top.
This is the game I was going to quote, I can't think of a map where it could be more one sided.
Re: 11 to 5 drop for my opponent

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Sun Sep 19, 2010 8:44 pm
by the.killing.44
I was thumbing through some Pearl Harbor, but the highest I found was 21.
Re: 11 to 5 drop for my opponent

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Sun Sep 19, 2010 8:44 pm
by the.killing.44
I was thumbing through some Pearl Harbor, but the highest I found was 21.
Re: 11 to 5 drop for my opponent

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Sun Sep 19, 2010 9:08 pm
by Incandenza
ljex wrote:Incandenza wrote:Game 37670061v1 on AoM. My opponent went first and dropped 25. Pretty confident that's going to be tough to top.
I remember seeing that game before somewhere...but yeah i don't think there can be much of a more one sided drop
Any time I see someone moan about getting an unfair drop in a 1v1, I'll toss out that old chestnut.

Re: 11 to 5 drop for my opponent

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Sun Sep 19, 2010 11:12 pm
by lostatlimbo
Timminz wrote:Guaranteed, someone has had worse. I mean, you got to go first. You had a better than 50/50 shot to reduce your opponent to an initial deploy of only 4.
Going first means nothing. I barely even broke his bonus of 4, still leaving the 2. Second turn I couldn't break either. You're pretty stuck on the first turn but a drop like that isn't about first turn its about making it nearly impossible to gain an advantage at any point in the game.
Re: 11 to 5 drop for my opponent

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Sun Sep 19, 2010 11:14 pm
by lostatlimbo
Incandenza wrote:Game 37670061v1 on AoM. My opponent went first and dropped 25. Pretty confident that's going to be tough to top.
Well that wins pretty easily. One of many reasons I avoid "Age of" maps
Re: 11 to 5 drop for my opponent

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Sun Sep 19, 2010 11:28 pm
by ljex
lostatlimbo wrote:Incandenza wrote:Game 37670061v1 on AoM. My opponent went first and dropped 25. Pretty confident that's going to be tough to top.
Well that wins pretty easily. One of many reasons I avoid "Age of" maps
well most of the "age of" maps have no real unfair drops as they everyone starts with basically the same thing...at least in terms of bonuses. I too dont like those maps but its because they aren't fun and i dont know them so if that is your reason i agree.
Re: 11 to 5 drop for my opponent

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Mon Sep 20, 2010 12:30 am
by Bruceswar
TheForgivenOne wrote:lostatlimbo wrote:This has to be a record. Has anyone ever had a worse drop? Please post.
I remember awhile back seeing someone drop on New Worlds all the Indian Homelands in a 1v1, and the opponent got all the European homelands. Can't recall who it was.
Here is one like it....
2008-05-21 21:44:30 - Bruceswar got bonus of 4 troops added to France
2008-05-21 21:44:30 - Bruceswar got bonus of 4 troops added to Britain
2008-05-21 21:44:30 - Bruceswar got bonus of 4 troops added to Spain
2008-05-21 21:44:30 - Bruceswar got bonus of 4 troops added to Portugal
2008-05-21 21:44:30 - Bruceswar received 3 troops for 4 regions
He had 4 in the Native lands.
Re: 11 to 5 drop for my opponent

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Mon Sep 20, 2010 12:53 pm
by Timminz
lostatlimbo wrote:Timminz wrote:Guaranteed, someone has had worse. I mean, you got to go first. You had a better than 50/50 shot to reduce your opponent to an initial deploy of only 4.
Going first means nothing. I barely even broke his bonus of 4, still leaving the 2. Second turn I couldn't break either. You're pretty stuck on the first turn but a drop like that isn't about first turn its about making it nearly impossible to gain an advantage at any point in the game.
You're right. Having a 56% chance to reduce the guy to a deploy SMALLER than the one you got is absolutely irrelevant.