Proposition: Zen vs. Norfleet

[AhhhFresh]

Originally posted by Zen:
Coaxing Norfleet into playing a small 1v1 game might be more of a challenge than playing him.

Also, Norfleet's tested and true strategy is not condusive to 1v1 trials.

If I have time I will make my next longstanding (8+ Player) game with Norfleet and anyone else who would like to play with such popularly contended abusive strategies like: Playing with a VQ, building a Clam of Pearls, or Building alot of Castles.

The reason why I suggested 1v1, was that I feel the "politics" are pretty hot right now... so in an 8 player game, how many would like to see Norfleet and his strat lose? Would that be fair?

But I mainly hope that you two end up in an MP game (of however many players) that gets written up... THAT would be a great service to the Dom II community. You know, into the minds of great strategists and what not...

[Norfleet]

A writeup would have to be done by somebody else. My senility and overload of games tends to preclude me from remembering what the hell happened more than a few turns ago...particularly if the game runs at a slow pace. I certainly won't remember when or what happened, other than hilights, after the game ends.

[AhhhFresh]

Originally posted by Norfleet:
A writeup would have to be done by somebody else. My senility and overload of games tends to preclude me from remembering what the hell happened more than a few turns ago...particularly if the game runs at a slow pace. I certainly won't remember when or what happened, other than hilights, after the game ends.

A neutral observer would be ideal for this task... though I'm not sure how it would be acomplished... would "master password" do it? Or just sending a basic summary?

Do we have any journalism majors in the house?

That would actually be pretty cool... to stlye an AAR between you two as an article...

[AhhhFresh]

A Karan game with 8 players seems to be a decent way to compromise the different playstyles involved here.

If Zen and Norfleet agree to this, then we come to the next question: How are the other players picked?

People who don't have a strong feeling either way as to whether VQ/castling is "exploitave"... I don't want the game simply to be "gang up on Norfleet"...

But obviously skilled players are needed... players who would be angered by the fact that Zen and Norfleet are the headliners of the bill.

This NEEDS to happen.

[Lepakko]

i like to join game..but im all most newbie but you can only come better if you can play whit the best

now my friends start to be easy to kill..so need new face to kill and learn more of this great game

but..are you only looking old and realy good players?

i realy like to see how "the best" plays so i can learn

[Kel]

If you are going to have a game with 8 players, you may not want to try and use it to prove/disprove balance since there will likely be disparity between skill levels of players inviolved.

That said, I wouldn't mind seeing writeups of 'serious' games played by skilled players

- Kel

[AhhhFresh]

Originally posted by Kel:
If you are going to have a game with 8 players, you may not want to try and use it to prove/disprove balance since there will likely be disparity between skill levels of players inviolved.

That said, I wouldn't mind seeing writeups of 'serious' games played by skilled players

- Kel

Yeah, I agree with you there regarding "Balance" issues... but the chance to have a "Clash of the Titans" fully reported is too rich to pass up. What all us lesser players could learn from such an exchange would be priceless...

I wonder whether we could convince the Devs to participate in this match?

Would be Epic, but in a nice way.