Seriously. I like playing Risk, but no, I'm not going to spend all my life analyzing right plays and shit. I'm getting tired of all the assholes who just yell at you if you make one play wrong in the "meta" of this site. It's really getting me angry.
Re: Why is this site so damn elitist.
Posted: Thu May 11, 2017 12:19 pm
by IcePack
Its a game, people like to win games, get better, etc from their point of view, it gets them angry when they play well and someone does something that doesn't make sense.
Neither is really "wrong" but some take it more seriously than others. Play your game, foe people you don't like and enjoy
Re: Why is this site so damn elitist.
Posted: Thu May 11, 2017 1:56 pm
by Whiteking11
If you make a mistake doesn't that help the others win the game?
Why would they get mad at you for making a bad move? I would be happy if my rival made mistakes
Re: Why is this site so damn elitist.
Posted: Thu May 11, 2017 2:04 pm
by eddie2
Zarakava wrote:Seriously. I like playing Risk, but no, I'm not going to spend all my life analyzing right plays and shit. I'm getting tired of all the assholes who just yell at you if you make one play wrong in the "meta" of this site. It's really getting me angry.
for f sake grow some balls it a game of war. go ask your mummy before u play with big boys, most players it is just banter. some play to have quick wins some like a slow long build game. find a group u like playing same style and stick there (meaning foe the ones who don't like your play style leaving you ones that are ok with it.)
Re: BJ, why is this site so damn über KOOL?
Posted: Thu May 11, 2017 2:14 pm
by owenshooter
Zarakava wrote:Seriously. I like playing Risk, but no, I'm not going to spend all my life analyzing right plays and shit. I'm getting tired of all the assholes who just yell at you if you make one play wrong in the "meta" of this site. It's really getting me angry.
then play team games or poly games. eliminates TONS of the BS you are dealing with, presently.. the black jesus has spoken...-Jésus noir
Re: Why is this site so damn elitist.
Posted: Thu May 11, 2017 3:35 pm
by iAmCaffeine
Considering you play mostly 4/5 player games and have only won 11%, I imagine some of them rightly get annoyed. However, there's no reason you can't just play the game to have fun. People often say things in the heat of the moment, right and wrong. If anyone bothers you a lot you can go onto their profile and foe them, then they can't join any game you're in unless it's a tournament, and you can't see anything they say in game chat.
Also, I understand you may not want to analyse every turn you take - and generally in speed games that's harder to do anyway - but that doesn't prevent you from taking a few seconds to think about what could happen if you make a certain move. I bet you have more fun winning than losing.
Re: Why is this site so damn elitist.
Posted: Thu May 11, 2017 4:47 pm
by rockfist
I play team clan games to win 100%. I've spent well over an hour analyzing a single move (and yes we won that game). I play individual games to win, but won't put the effort into them I do for team clan games. If there are 15 different moves, I can quickly pick out the 3-4 best of those, but to determine the absolute best of those 3-4 takes time, time I won't always take in an individual or poly game.
I usually assume people aren't going to max out every single move, where I would tend to get upset is someone making one of the 2-3 worst possible moves for them that screw my game, but when you join with random teammates or non 1v1 scenarios (3 person games, 7 person singles, 9 person triples ect.) you have to expect that, and even more so with lower ranked players. So it upsets me, but I have to just let it go.
Re: Why is this site so damn elitist.
Posted: Thu May 11, 2017 6:55 pm
by DoomYoshi
Whiteking11 wrote:If you make a mistake doesn't that help the others win the game?
Why would they get mad at you for making a bad move? I would be happy if my rival made mistakes
Unless their mistake is attacking you and letting another player handily win.
Re: Why is this site so damn elitist.
Posted: Thu May 11, 2017 7:26 pm
by riskllama
i make a habit of being unfairly hard on new recruits because this. stick around new guy, things'll work out swell...
Re: Why is this site so damn elitist.
Posted: Thu May 11, 2017 7:27 pm
by riskllama
riskllama wrote:i make a habit of being unfairly hard on new recruits because this. stick around new guy, things'll work out swell...
whups - NOT being hard on...
Re: Why is this site so damn elitist.
Posted: Thu May 11, 2017 8:10 pm
by shocked439
You don't get to the higher ranks without putting the time in to learn a map really well or put the time in to optimize your moves. For you this may be a super casual way to spend a couple minutes a day having fun. For some people on the site like my buddy rock above me they play to win every game and put in the time needed to plan their moves and win. If I'm taking a turn on world 2.1 or First Nations or hive you can bet I'm putting 15-20 minutes worth of thought into the turn seeing how the opponents played figuring the best reaction identifying what the next three players are likely to do given my choices of a move. I don't expect everyone to put that amount of thought into a turn but I also don't expect those people to beat me.
The Salt being thrown your way is normal even though it is annoying Af. Foe and move on is the best option. Or switch to 1v1, poly or team games. Most of the players on this site aren't bad to their opponents usually it's hilarious when they are. Now to team mates that's another story I will get salty with a teammate and expect they will do the same to me when I screw up. It's all about working together and getting better.
Re: Why is this site so damn elitist.
Posted: Thu May 11, 2017 8:18 pm
by eddie2
rockfist wrote:I play team clan games to win 100%. I've spent well over an hour analyzing a single move (and yes we won that game).
Lol i remember hearing about that game. Wast it a 15 v 1. For the game and you didnt want to risk the attack or something like that lol.
Re: Why is this site so damn elitist.
Posted: Thu May 11, 2017 8:24 pm
by Symmetry
Zarakava wrote:Seriously. I like playing Risk, but no, I'm not going to spend all my life analyzing right plays and shit. I'm getting tired of all the assholes who just yell at you if you make one play wrong in the "meta" of this site. It's really getting me angry.
There are other parts of this site and community that are fun to take part in. Don't get too caught up in the dramas of people who spend a quarter hour "optimising" their turns. For them, the fun of the site has a different meaning, and is likely to exclude others.
There are other things to try: Join the forums, play forum games, get angry about politics or movies in GD, create a map of your own, find a clan or usergroup (or start your own!), suggest ways to improve the site, brave the chat rooms...
There will always be people who say that you aren't doing it right, but...
Re: Why is this site so damn elitist.
Posted: Thu May 11, 2017 8:31 pm
by riskllama
wow, way to be constructive and helpful...
Re: Why is this site so damn elitist.
Posted: Thu May 11, 2017 10:05 pm
by grifftron
Just don't play against the bots.. they will ruin your life.
Re: Why is this site so damn elitist.
Posted: Fri May 12, 2017 3:43 am
by DirtyDishSoap
riskllama wrote:i make a habit of being unfairly hard on new recruits because this. stick around new guy, things'll work out swell...
You were hard as f*ck on me you whore.
Re: Why is this site so damn elitist.
Posted: Fri May 12, 2017 3:49 am
by iAmCaffeine
DirtyDishSoap wrote:
riskllama wrote:i make a habit of being unfairly hard on new recruits because this. stick around new guy, things'll work out swell...
You were hard as f*ck on me you whore.
You joined 7yrs before that idiot.
Re: Why is this site so damn elitist.
Posted: Fri May 12, 2017 3:58 am
by DirtyDishSoap
6 of them was largely inactive
Re: Why is this site so damn elitist.
Posted: Fri May 12, 2017 3:59 am
by iAmCaffeine
You're such a disappointment.
Re: Why is this site so damn elitist.
Posted: Fri May 12, 2017 5:13 am
by DirtyDishSoap
iAmCaffeine wrote:You're such a disappointment.
Yeah, I bet that's something you were told the minute you were born, you floppy sausage toss pot.
Re: Why is this site so damn elitist.
Posted: Fri May 12, 2017 5:14 am
by iAmCaffeine
DirtyDishSoap wrote:
iAmCaffeine wrote:You're such a disappointment.
Yeah, I bet that's something you were told the minute you were born, you floppy sausage toss pot.
How much are you willing to bet?
Re: Why is this site so damn elitist.
Posted: Fri May 12, 2017 5:27 am
by DirtyDishSoap
My lifes work
Re: Why is this site so damn elitist.
Posted: Fri May 12, 2017 6:08 am
by iAmCaffeine
So nothing of value?
Re: Why is this site so damn elitist.
Posted: Fri May 12, 2017 6:14 am
by BrutalBob
rockfist wrote:I play team clan games to win 100%. I've spent well over an hour analyzing a single move..
(and then been lucky with the dice and managed to win)