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What's luck got to do with it? Got to do with it?

PostPosted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 11:34 pm
by KATHAR
For better of for worse, there is a luck factor to this game.
It sounds superstitious, but there are a few tricks I do when attacking to try and have luck go my way. I will share a few of them, none of them really seem to work well. But I want to hear from everybody, and make sure I'm not the only one doing a weird ritual before I hit "attack"

Some luck rituals I do...

1. In an effort to simulate a real dice roll, while holding the attack button down, my left hand is held up and clenched (as if I have dice), I shake my hand a few times, and when I "throw" my "dice" I release the attack button.

2. In mid turn I will switch over to a different web browser if things are going bad.

3. Sometimes I will click a random spot above the attack button, and then click the attack button.

Feel free to try these, not good success though. I am in search of new rituals if you got any.

PostPosted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 11:39 pm
by s.xkitten
i close my eyes after clicking auto attack...i never want to see the massive slaughter...

PostPosted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 11:42 pm
by Begbie
mirror in the bathroom

PostPosted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 12:28 am
by chewyman
I cringe, press auto-attack and try not to look for as long as possible...

Re: What's luck got to do with it? Got to do with it?

PostPosted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 3:09 am
by yorkiepeter
KATHAR wrote: am in search of new rituals if you got any.


Ask Gordon1975. Just been defending a country with 10 armies on it against 6 of his. he deployed 5 more to make it 10v11 and beat me 10-0. Man do these dice suck....now i'll never get my continent bonus back....only got 18 armies left in total.

PostPosted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 5:07 am
by Aegnor
I usually hit auto attack and punch the table. It's not superstitious but it is a ritual.

Re: What's luck got to do with it? Got to do with it?

PostPosted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 5:40 am
by joeyjordison
KATHAR wrote:1. In an effort to simulate a real dice roll, while holding the attack button down, my left hand is held up and clenched (as if I have dice), I shake my hand a few times, and when I "throw" my "dice" I release the attack button.

2. In mid turn I will switch over to a different web browser if things are going bad.

3. Sometimes I will click a random spot above the attack button, and then click the attack button.


u need to see a therapist dude. the only thing i do with big attacks is count how much i'm up or down by as it goes along but thats not a ritual really its just keepin track.

1 ritual tho is to complain after things cock up really bad or apologise if things go well. extreme dice can really mess up a game. sometimes i wish they were a bit more... well average i suppose. a few weeks ago i was makin major attacks in 2 games. first game i killed 1 army and that was it. lost loads but next game i didn't lose any armies and killed loads. because of those dice rolls i won the second game but luckily the first game is a mega 100+ rounder so it didn't affect it too much

Re: What's luck got to do with it? Got to do with it?

PostPosted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 8:14 am
by chessplaya
KATHAR wrote:
Some luck rituals I do...

1. In an effort to simulate a real dice roll, while holding the attack button down, my left hand is held up and clenched (as if I have dice), I shake my hand a few times, and when I "throw" my "dice" I release the attack button.

2. In mid turn I will switch over to a different web browser if things are going bad.

3. Sometimes I will click a random spot above the attack button, and then click the attack button.

Feel free to try these, not good success though. I am in search of new rituals if you got any.


:roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: after a while of thinking this over
I came up with 1 conclusion.....sorry dude U got some serious problems with ur head....what the hell i will tell it straight forward... U R 1 CRAZY DUDE

PostPosted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 9:59 am
by KATHAR
after a while of thinking this over
I came up with 1 conclusion.....sorry dude U got some serious problems with ur head....what the hell i will tell it straight forward... U R 1 CRAZY DUDE


Yeah, I'm crazy...CRAZY like a FOX!

I would say my attack rituals are fun-moderatly crazy. I know there is someone out there who is straight up crazy.

There's got to be someone who has a little conquer club idol sitting on his/her computer monitor and rubs its' belly before every attack.....Man, what would that look like?

PostPosted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 10:02 am
by Aegnor
KATHAR wrote:...Man, what would that look like?


I suppose like you in about a year from now.

PostPosted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 11:25 am
by chessplaya
KATHAR wrote:
after a while of thinking this over
I came up with 1 conclusion.....sorry dude U got some serious problems with ur head....what the hell i will tell it straight forward... U R 1 CRAZY DUDE


Yeah, I'm crazy...CRAZY like a FOX!

I would say my attack rituals are fun-moderatly crazy. I know there is someone out there who is straight up crazy.

There's got to be someone who has a little conquer club idol sitting on his/her computer monitor and rubs its' belly before every attack.....Man, what would that look like?


LOL , u r the funny crazy kind of guy ROFL :lol: :lol: :lol:

PostPosted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 2:19 pm
by GrazingCattle
I don't think I am as near superstitious as that other guy, but before every attack roll I make one virgin sacrifice, to appease the dice gods.

Works 50% of the time EVERY TIME!!! :wink:

PostPosted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 5:02 pm
by Kugelblitz22
chewyman wrote:I cringe, press auto-attack and try not to look for as long as possible...


I have definitely pulled the no look before.

PostPosted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 8:03 pm
by Jolly Roger
This is going to sound crazy but I always make note of the exact spot on the Attack button where my cursor is pointing when I go to press it. If the attack is successful, I will quickly click in the same exact spot. If not, I wait a moment and then try a different spot. I accomplish this by using reference points in the word Attack. For instance, I usually like to start by lining up the top pointer on the cursor with the cross-section of the first "t" in Attack. If that doesn't work, I'll usually switch to the cross-section of all three lines in the letter "k". I continue to do this until I find a spot that works for me. I will continue using that same spot until my luck goes sour at which point I move to a different spot.

Nuts, I know. Am I the only one?

PostPosted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 8:45 pm
by IvanDrake
<<< I will continue using that same spot until my luck goes sour at which point I move to a different spot. Nuts, I know. Am I the only one? >>>

Um, no. I kinda do the same thing. I also hold down the Auto-attack button for like 20 seconds before releasing it.

--- IvanDrake

PostPosted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 8:48 pm
by dcowboys055
There's no such thing as luck.

You guys are nuts

PostPosted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 9:22 pm
by Whiteberry
LOL! All of you guys are nuts!!!!!!!!!!!!


I love it!!!!!!!!!!!

rolling rituals

PostPosted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 9:26 pm
by Whiteberry
Have you tried standing on one foot while exhaling and pushing the attack button with the severed tail of a dead cat? Try it sometime. It works when the moon is full and the outside temperature is between 75 and 85 degrees Fahrenheit. Really!!

ritual

PostPosted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 2:57 pm
by ParadiceCity9
I usually just use attack (not auto-attack) and i look at the country im attacking...kinda works.

Mind over finger

PostPosted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 11:18 pm
by Whiteberry
How about if you just think about pushing the attack button? You won't lose any armies this way.

PostPosted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 8:12 am
by i love risk
duh roll the dice :twisted: :evil: :oops:

PostPosted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 6:05 pm
by Eh! Steven
There is this one method I use frequently. Which involves a rubber chicken, two hundred fresh-eating chipmunks, and a skankin' orangutan.

Somehow, it fails. I must accumulate new formulas toward my logic of eminence.

Re: What's luck got to do with it? Got to do with it?

PostPosted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 6:23 pm
by Kid_A
KATHAR wrote:For better of for worse, there is a luck factor to this game.
It sounds superstitious, but there are a few tricks I do when attacking to try and have luck go my way. I will share a few of them, none of them really seem to work well. But I want to hear from everybody, and make sure I'm not the only one doing a weird ritual before I hit "attack"

Some luck rituals I do...

1. In an effort to simulate a real dice roll, while holding the attack button down, my left hand is held up and clenched (as if I have dice), I shake my hand a few times, and when I "throw" my "dice" I release the attack button.

2. In mid turn I will switch over to a different web browser if things are going bad.

3. Sometimes I will click a random spot above the attack button, and then click the attack button.

Feel free to try these, not good success though. I am in search of new rituals if you got any.


That's not luck. That's called Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.

and there is help :D

chicken

PostPosted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 9:43 pm
by Whiteberry
Eh! Steven wrote:There is this one method I use frequently. Which involves a rubber chicken, two hundred fresh-eating chipmunks, and a skankin' orangutan.

Somehow, it fails. I must accumulate new formulas toward my logic of eminence.


Be careful when you talk about chicken dude. You might get me excited.