The Carebear Conundrum

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Re: The Carebear Conundrum

#101 Post by Doom427 » Tue Feb 22, 2022 4:32 pm

Squibit wrote:
Tue Feb 22, 2022 6:45 am

If there were an additional scoring mode along side SoS and DSS that was a more cut throat reward-the-solo style mode, then players could choose and be aware of what type of game they were joining from the start?
I had a similar idea with a scoring system (winner take all, draws return original bet to all players even defeated) that closer matched the original game. I'm sure it would have issues (especially with ghost rating), but the score system pushing solos would lead to much better endgames, instead of the toxic DSS endgame of "Let's beat on the little players".

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Re: The Carebear Conundrum

#102 Post by PRINCE WILLIAM » Tue Feb 22, 2022 5:26 pm

Little would do to the carebears, as they don't play for the solo the same goes for playing for the points. Instead, they play just for the game, which is why they don't stab; if you play for a good time and amusement, it always leaves a sure taste to betray.

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Re: The Carebear Conundrum

#103 Post by Squibit » Tue Feb 22, 2022 9:01 pm

I feel like the difference might be enough for some who are on the fence. There's a big difference conceptually between: "Shall we win together" and "Shall we concede together"? If you know going in that a Draw is essentially a loss and the assumption is that the stab has to come eventually, then I think it could sway a few, no?

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Re: The Carebear Conundrum

#104 Post by Johnny Big Horse » Wed Feb 23, 2022 12:57 am

Squibit wrote:
Tue Feb 22, 2022 6:45 am

What if we introduced a new scoring system in which drawing a game was worth much less than winning? ... It could even be just your originally offered stake.

If there were an additional scoring mode along side SoS and DSS that was a more cut throat reward-the-solo style mode, then players could choose and be aware of what type of game they were joining from the start?
This is a good argument.

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Re: The Carebear Conundrum

#105 Post by qrzy » Sat Feb 26, 2022 7:08 am

I see two options:

1) The solo maniacs learn how to beat the carebears

2) the player(s) with the most centers win(s) the match.
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Re: The Carebear Conundrum

#106 Post by Jamiet99uk » Sun Oct 01, 2023 4:12 pm

Wow. The bot edited a quoted post to put its spam link in there, rather than in its own post.
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Re: The Carebear Conundrum

#107 Post by Octavious » Mon Oct 02, 2023 5:58 am

My God... You mean they not only have the ability to make their own posts, but are also to analyse previous human posts to accurately identify the most well thought out and insightful comments, before editing them for their own ends?

I feel violated... I demand compensation for this outrage and will accept no less than 10,000 :points:
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Re: The Carebear Conundrum

#108 Post by Jamiet99uk » Mon Oct 02, 2023 9:36 am

The second really weird thing is that the link the bot is promoting is a broken link.
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Re: The Carebear Conundrum

#109 Post by captainmeme » Mon Oct 02, 2023 9:42 am

Jamiet99uk wrote:
Sun Oct 01, 2023 4:12 pm
Wow. The bot edited a quoted post to put its spam link in there, rather than in its own post.
This is basically their new standard now. It's very irritating :D

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