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Escalating cards cost me my life several times... Hate it soooooo bad.

I hate it too, but everyone's gonna tell you to stop whining and not play it. Not me tho.

Join the club.

I love them!

AAAVforce wrote:Escalating cards cost me my life several times... Hate it soooooo bad.

Is this a voice from beyond the grave?

Really, you know exactly what the next cash-in value is, so if they cost you your life you should have seen it coming

i should say something really intelligent here....

i'll come back when i find out what

in the meantime suck it up cupcake

gibbom wrote:

AAAVforce wrote:Escalating cards cost me my life several times... Hate it soooooo bad.

Is this a voice from beyond the grave?

Really, you know exactly what the next cash-in value is, so if they cost you your life you should have seen it coming

yeah I agree with gibbom, you know whats coming. How many esc. games have you played??

AAAVforce wrote:Escalating cards cost me my life several times... Hate it soooooo bad.

we dont need to know....

happy2seeyou wrote:

gibbom wrote:

AAAVforce wrote:Escalating cards cost me my life several times... Hate it soooooo bad.

Is this a voice from beyond the grave?

Really, you know exactly what the next cash-in value is, so if they cost you your life you should have seen it coming

yeah I agree with gibbom, you know whats coming. How many esc. games have you played??

I do see it coming but i think it relies on more luck than skill. Say the next value is 100 and u have 4 cards but no set, if the other guy has 3 cards and a set, the other guy will definitely win!!!

escalating is brilliant, just sit back and relax and build up all ove the place. when the time is right it is like dominoes, they all just topple and you win the points.

cash in for 100!! then you are not playing correctly. You need to start removing your opponents at around 25 and not the easy opponents but the right card opponents. then you get another cash in. It takes skill to remove them in the correct order and win!! and stratigy is different between terminator and standard. Standard you got to be the last standing. terminator, Get the points when you can.

AAAVforce wrote:Escalating cards cost me my life several times... Hate it soooooo bad.

what you mean is you don't UNDERSTAND esc

Rocketry wrote:

AAAVforce wrote:Escalating cards cost me my life several times... Hate it soooooo bad.

what you mean is you don't UNDERSTAND esc

EXACTLY

AAAVforce wrote:Escalating cards cost me my life several times... Hate it soooooo bad.

then dont play it, i honestly dont care if you like it or not

I might as well create 20 threads for all the things i hate on CC

misterman10 wrote:

AAAVforce wrote:Escalating cards cost me my life several times... Hate it soooooo bad.

then dont play it, i honestly dont care if you like it or not

I might as well create 20 threads for all the things i hate on CC

Oh, oh, am I one of them?

AAAVforce wrote:

happy2seeyou wrote:

gibbom wrote:

AAAVforce wrote:Escalating cards cost me my life several times... Hate it soooooo bad.

Is this a voice from beyond the grave?

Really, you know exactly what the next cash-in value is, so if they cost you your life you should have seen it coming

yeah I agree with gibbom, you know whats coming. How many esc. games have you played??

I do see it coming but i think it relies on more luck than skill. Say the next value is 100 and u have 4 cards but no set, if the other guy has 3 cards and a set, the other guy will definitely win!!!

Well if it is all luck then explain why the only people consistently above 3000 points,who predominantly play singles, concentrate on escalating games

Escalating cards in combination with freestyle is a bit weird, though.

Unless you enjoy sleeping at night with a laptop in between yourself and your significant other.

EmperorOfDaNorth wrote:Escalating cards in combination with freestyle is a bit weird, though.

Unless you enjoy sleeping at night with a laptop in between yourself and your significant other.

Freestyle anything,unless everybody is playing rt,is nonsense really.

Played correctly Escalating, singles, sequential (not freestyle, which is not a fair game) is one of the most skillful forms of the game. (flat rate being probably the least)
Winning the game can and does involve luck; hitting a set with only 3 cards certainly gives you a helping-hand in some situations and when the dominoes begin to topple the dice can also be a good friend.

However, in my opinion, 'Lucky' dice play less of a role in winning than in other forms and consistent victory is based upon finding the correct philosophy of war. (i am still searching for that)
The strategy/philosophy is decided upon with reference to your opponents skill level and style of play. To some extent, strategy is also dictated by starting position (as much as bonus's are reviled as a key factor, their easy acquisition can be useful and it may alter the manner of troop deployment!) but again starting set-up is less key than in other forms.

In short and in my opinion: singles, escalator is based more upon raw skill than any other; the knowledge that large forces are imminent dictates a certain discipline where-by luck is minimised.

Of course the win ratio of those at the top of the Trips game would seem to make a mockery of this statement and I am sure Mr Rocket will wax lyrical on it's superiority (He won't find too much opposition from me.) but taken as a whole and given the requirement of beating 5 other 'teams' and not only 1, the ability to gain points and not lose them reflects a greater achievement to me.

Anyway.... that bored the hell out of me! if you got to the end, thanks and well done.

AAAVforce wrote:Escalating cards cost me my life several times... Hate it soooooo bad.

The original game was escalating and only escalating. If you don't like it then you really don't like Risk, but some facsimile of it.

I hate it when i order a pizza Quatro Staggione, and they bring a Calzone.


Esc cards are ok.

Calzone's ...

Escalating, singles, sequential, Classic = the dog's bollocks.

Also, as a general tip for all inexperienced players reading, if I am holding Australia, please do not expend 10 of your men and 10 of mine, trying to break my bloody bonus! That is all.

Stopper wrote:Escalating, singles, sequential, Classic = the dog's bollocks.

Also, as a general tip for all inexperienced players reading, if I am holding Australia, please do not expend 10 of your men and 10 of mine, trying to break my bloody bonus! That is all.

I'll do it if I'm wiping you out and I want your cards. Otherwise, I'll just take someone else out and ramp up the card multiplier before taking you out. All in the same turn.

Like someone else said, it's all about taking out the right opponent, not the strongest, not the weakest, the one with the right cards.

I am posting for the first time. Just wanted to see how things looked.

Arch77 wrote:I am posting for the first time. Just wanted to see how things looked.

1)you will get banned from the forums for a year by the mods for spamming.
2)if you have premium membership that will be canceled.
3)you will also go on a CC offenders list and if you post a pointless post again, you will be banned from the site for good.

ahem... welcome - hope you enjoy your games

Rocketry