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coachprbb wrote:I enjoy this game and love to play the game and learn. While what I am about to say may offend you (austinmdavidson) if have have to do things that way to win I don't want to do it. To me it takes most of the fun out of the game and the learning process. I play this game to have fun and enjoy some banter and camaraderie with other baseball fans. If winning becomes more important to me than the actual enjoyment of the game, I guess I would stop playing. I started out with somewhere around a .450 winning percentage, tried to compete against the big dogs like Last Druid, NomadBrad and many others. In the beginning I mostly got skull drug. I asked questions and sought those guys advice. They have always been gracious and patient in answering my questions. I have the utmost respect for them. Through trial and error (my own) and their advice I have quickly gotten to the point where I can stand toe to toe with most of them, I was competing at least compete and even win sometimes. Not too long ago I was competing in the finals against one of the Legends. It came down to game 7...I lost, but before game 7 he gave me perhaps the best compliment I could hope to obtain. He said "either way game 7 goes you have become a formidable opponent in Strat". That made my day. At the moment I have built myself up to a .504 winning percentage, which I am proud of, probably play over 50% of my teams on credits I have won/earned.
I suppose I could have had greater success sooner had I used your methods. I have the intellgemce and technical skill to do so. But honestly, the feeling of accomplishment I get from experiencing failure and success, learning the game and experimenting with the cards, would be completely different and much more hollow had I done it. I would SO MUCH rahter succeeding by experience than by artifical means (obviously not illegal, but a shortcut no doubt). I am not MAD at you nor do I harbor animosity toward your success. I just could never conceive of that rationale for success.
My guess is you are probably younger than me, probably weren't an athlete. Athletes have a drive to compete and succeed in ways that only come from personal hard work. The stat geeks in charge of major league baseball these days have ruined the game and destroyed the beauty of it. Kinda like you're doing. More power to you, if that's what you need to succeed.
One last note, don't break your arm patting yourself on the back for your success, and don't let your jaw get sore bragging about it.
Just one man's opinion
Good luck Austin, may you have continued success.
Coach
That's all well and good coach, you do you and I'll do me. For me I like to know The Answer. We all learn through trial and error, I'm just trying to minimize the "error" part. I'm a poor motherfucker, and this game isn't particularly cheap. I figured, there must be some players who are good enough they basically play for free. I made it my goal to be one of those players right off the bat. Not really sure why your approach counts as "hard work" but not mine though. I put a lot of work into my spreadsheet, learning new skills, making improvements, assessing why some teams work better than others. It's really not all that different from anyone else, just use more technology than most I guess. Don't really see how I'm "ruining" the game, I'm having loads of fun and learning a lot.
Sorry you're not able to enjoy the modern game, it's as beautiful as it ever was if you can get past your own resentments and prejudices. Can't imagine life without it tbh. Six days till Opening Day...