roadwarrior wrote:DiM wrote:AAFitz wrote:its not a matter of being bitchy.... its just a matter of ease... the line has to be drawn somewhere, and 2500 is the place as 2000 is in the 2000 games
it eliminates the need for discusion... only way to do it.
I do hope i get back to this level soon, but its so much easier to play the games I play at 2300 or so...
the post above was directed at roadwarrior who (excuse me if i'm wrong) seemed very outraged by the fact that masli dared to drop bellow 2500 and thus he made the game unfair for roadwarrior who will potentially lose 2 more points. that's why i said he was bitchy.
the main reason i participate in the cc2000 and cc2500 games is to get some tough competition.
the fact that a guy reached 2500 then dropped bellow doesn't mean he's a poor player. i'd be very happy to play a game with you fitz because i know you're a good player and i have a lot to learn, should i perhaps put you on ignore cause you're bellow 2500 now? this is silly.
aside from the tough competition cc2500 provides it also provides the safety of score. it guarantees that you don't lose 50 points but rather something like 22-24 in the worst case. masli's drop means if i play a 1v1 now i will lose 22 points instead of 20 do those 2 extra points matter so much? of course not. what's he supposed to do, deadbeat the games to not upset the majors?
yes he won't join any more games until he has 2500 but that's all.
btw i have an ongoing cc2000 game that started 2 months ago. back then all 5 people were captains, 2 remained captains i jumped to major and the other 2 dropped to 1253 and 1479. what am i supposed to do? tell them to give up to protect my score?
btw fitz, you're eliminated in that game so pray that i win otherwise you'll drop 40 points.
DiM: So DiM called me bitchy and silly. What did I do except to agree with Khaz's reasoning for the major games? Is Khaz silly and bitchy too?
Rather than think only of the interest of the player who fell rank and to attribute it all to uncontrollable factors such as dice seems to me just too simplistic. What about those of us who keep our ranks and take pains to do so? What about our interests? Aren't we subjected to the same dice like Masli and you too?
Seems to me there is a trade off to participate at major games. If you want to have a chance to participate in high quality games, then ensure that the same experience is enjoyed by your fellow gamers, not just for yourself. So each one should pay closer attention, e.g. the number of games he participate in in order to keep things under control like khaz suggested.
i didn't call you bitchy or silly. i just said you were bitching in that post that masli dropped bellow 2500 and now you have the risk of losing 2 extra points or winning 2 less points. and i also said it is silly because the reason we join these games is to get tough competition. since masli was a major when he joined it means he's good. the fact that he dropped a few points doesn't make him all of a sudden a crappy player and the fact that he now put the others in a position where they could lose 2 extra points doesn't seem unfair at all. it's not like he did it on purpose.
read this part again:
the post above was directed at roadwarrior who (excuse me if i'm wrong) seemed very outraged by the fact that masli dared to drop bellow 2500 and thus he made the game unfair for roadwarrior who will potentially lose 2 more points. that's why i said he was bitchy.
so you see why i called you bithcy? simply because of the fact you seemed very outraged. as if masli has done something wrong to you with the most evil of intentions.
as you can see masli dropped the waiting games he had and he didn't join anything else. yes he is currently in some active ones but that shouldn't bother anybody at all.
rabbition we haven't played many games but from what i've see you're a solid player. if by any chance you fall under 2500 do you think i'll come to the forums and complain you might cost me 2 precious points? clearly no. because i know whatever the score you're still a solid player.
look at wacicha he switches ranks like crazy. i've played him when he was a major a captain a lieutenant and even a sargeant. i've had games with him where he went from 2300 points to 1500 and back during the same game. did i even once tell him he's being unfair towards my points? did i ever think for a second to stop joining his games since he was just a sargeant? again a big fat no. because no matter what his score is he's still a great player.
i don't know perhaps i'm wrong and you're right perhaps we're both right. i value the quality of the opponents more than i value the points they have. if all of you here suddenly fell to cooks i'd still play you guys because you're the kind of opponents that make me sweat for every win.
but perhaps you're right playing with lower ranks makes you lose points perhaps that's why i won't make it to brigadier ever, or maybe not even colonel. so what? as long as i have fun who cares if i'm not #1.
anyway. it is not the best place to talk about this. so if you want to continue the debate i'd be more than willing to do it via pm.
cheers.
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