Taking away weak player bonuses
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 8:50 pmI've noticed in quite a few games that a lot of players are attacking weak players just to take away a bonus of 2 or 3 armies, while at the same time a stronger player is poised to take a territory with a much larger bonus. Is this a sign of collusion or is it just that the attacker doesn't want to draw attention from the stronger player?
In one game I am in, player B is one country away from holding a relatively small bonus territory. Rather than taking that one country, this player applied all his armies and burned them all up taking one country from me, keeping me from getting a bonus of 3 armies on the next turn. Immediately following his turn, player C took over the territory with the largest bonus. Had I been able to get the extra 3 armies for the following round, I could have taken that huge bonus away from player C, albeit temporarily. Did player B not see player C's obvious next move, or did he just not care?
Do players that take away your bonus rather than gaining a bonus for themselves think that this trade off is going to end short of one of you being taken off the board?
Yes I'm venting a little. I just find it frustrating that some players (even higher ranked ones) need someone to spell out: A-T-T-A-C-K B-L-U-E B-E-C-A-U-S-E H-E H-A-S F-I-F-T-Y P-E-R-C-E-N-T O-F T-H-E A-R-M-I-E-S O-N T-H-E B-O-A-R-D!
Your thoughts?
In one game I am in, player B is one country away from holding a relatively small bonus territory. Rather than taking that one country, this player applied all his armies and burned them all up taking one country from me, keeping me from getting a bonus of 3 armies on the next turn. Immediately following his turn, player C took over the territory with the largest bonus. Had I been able to get the extra 3 armies for the following round, I could have taken that huge bonus away from player C, albeit temporarily. Did player B not see player C's obvious next move, or did he just not care?
Do players that take away your bonus rather than gaining a bonus for themselves think that this trade off is going to end short of one of you being taken off the board?
Yes I'm venting a little. I just find it frustrating that some players (even higher ranked ones) need someone to spell out: A-T-T-A-C-K B-L-U-E B-E-C-A-U-S-E H-E H-A-S F-I-F-T-Y P-E-R-C-E-N-T O-F T-H-E A-R-M-I-E-S O-N T-H-E B-O-A-R-D!
Your thoughts?
I just want to win. Points don't even come into the equation.