MOST MEDALS: the race is on

by **anonymus** on Tue Oct 26, 2010 8:04 am

Dako wrote:Because medals are given for options with low popularity. While sequential is played by everyone, freestyle requires some skill and strategy. Same with spoils and manual.

ehnm, freestyle requires speed and SOME strategy (read any strategy)

by **ljex** on Tue Oct 26, 2010 10:27 am

anonymus wrote:
Dako wrote:Because medals are given for options with low popularity. While sequential is played by everyone, freestyle requires some skill and strategy. Same with spoils and manual.

ehnm, freestyle requires speed and SOME strategy (read any strategy)

Well that is not true...yeah speed helps but there are variants of freestyle where lack of speed wont hinder your ability to play. Also there is a great deal of strategy in freestyle you just dont see it

by **Blitzaholic** on Tue Oct 26, 2010 4:11 pm

I would argue escalating games have strategy as well and should be considered.

by **ljex** on Tue Oct 26, 2010 4:15 pm

Blitzaholic wrote:I would argue escalating games have strategy as well and should be considered.

yes but most people play escalating...most people do not play freestyle. as Dako said earlier

Dako wrote:Because medals are given for options with low popularity. While sequential is played by everyone, freestyle requires some skill and strategy. Same with spoils and manual.

by **Gilligan** on Tue Oct 26, 2010 8:50 pm

Blitzaholic wrote:I would argue escalating games have strategy as well and should be considered.

Every setting has strategy.

by **Blitzaholic** on Fri Oct 29, 2010 8:43 am

Gilligan wrote:
Blitzaholic wrote:I would argue escalating games have strategy as well and should be considered.

Every setting has strategy.

yes, we all know this gilly, my point was some styles have more strategy then others.

A great team could lose to a decent team if they played flat rate and the gr8 team got all sets of 4, while the decent team got many sets of 10, taking for granted the dice were reasonable to both teams.

ljex wrote:
Blitzaholic wrote:I would argue escalating games have strategy as well and should be considered.

yes but most people play escalating...most people do not play freestyle. as Dako said earlier

Dako wrote:Because medals are given for options with low popularity. While sequential is played by everyone, freestyle requires some skill and strategy. Same with spoils and manual.

that is beacuse the other styles have been playable for a much longer time. I mean adjacent is not popular really and it has been around since 2006, so why not add medals for that?

by **Big Whiskey** on Mon Nov 01, 2010 6:28 pm

by **JoshyBoy** on Mon Nov 01, 2010 6:34 pm

47... soon be at 50.

by **MNDuke** on Tue Nov 02, 2010 1:47 pm

danryan is at 101 now.

by **rdsrds2120** on Sun Nov 07, 2010 7:48 pm

This thread is good for giving credit where it's due I suppose, but I would like to suggest adding a section for the top number of mapmakers.

Many have, and will, set up and win tournaments, but it takes a large sum of hard work to make nearly 30 maps! Such as, oh I don't know, cairnswk?

Surely, even though his total medals don't suggest much, there are little to no others that can acclaim having done something as such. -And this is just an example, let alone some of the others

Quality over quantity, my good people.

by **Timminz** on Sun Nov 07, 2010 9:05 pm

How many do I have?

by **MNDuke** on Mon Nov 08, 2010 10:33 am

Looks like its not so lonely at the top anymore.
:lol:

danryan = 102

by **Gilligan** on Mon Nov 08, 2010 12:06 pm

Blitzaholic wrote:
Gilligan wrote:
Blitzaholic wrote:I would argue escalating games have strategy as well and should be considered.

Every setting has strategy.

yes, we all know this gilly, my point was some styles have more strategy then others.

Not necessarily. Games just require different kinds of strategy.

by **danryan** on Tue Nov 09, 2010 11:47 am

We have a new #1. #-o

$\:D/$

104.

by **Sniper08** on Tue Nov 09, 2010 11:59 am

danryan wrote:We have a new #1. $\:D/$

104.

Congratz

by **sniffie** on Tue Nov 09, 2010 3:56 pm

count me in! I have 34

by **tdans** on Tue Nov 09, 2010 6:08 pm

danryan wrote:We have a new #1. $\:D/$

104.

$\:D/$ $\:D/$

by **Krissan** on Tue Nov 09, 2010 9:22 pm

danryan wrote:We have a new #1. $\:D/$

104.

Congrats! And you can get seven more from organizing tourneys, you'll be in a lead for a long time if you choose to pursue it.

by **AndyDufresne** on Wed Nov 10, 2010 5:19 pm

danryan wrote:We have a new #1. $\:D/$

104.

Don't forget that that Danryan is getting a few of his medals from the Strategy Guide Project---by writing a few guides. This is something that anyone can do if they join the Project---we have a lot of guides left to be written.

So join and close the gap!

--Andy

by **Blitzaholic** on Thu Nov 11, 2010 5:33 pm

AndyDufresne wrote:
danryan wrote:We have a new #1. $\:D/$

104.

Don't forget that that Danryan is getting a few of his medals from the Strategy Guide Project---by writing a few guides. This is something that anyone can do if they join the Project---we have a lot of guides left to be written. So join and close the gap!

--Andy

looks like he has got 10 of them? WoW, not sure you should code that under special contribution medal andy? I mean when special contribution medal 1st came out if was extrememly difficult to obtain, it now seems to be watered down a lot. Anywyas, congratz dan. Andy perhaps post the link in this thread so more may be informed, if you do not mind.

by **ljex** on Thu Nov 11, 2010 5:37 pm

Blitzaholic wrote:
AndyDufresne wrote:
danryan wrote:We have a new #1. $\:D/$

104.

Don't forget that that Danryan is getting a few of his medals from the Strategy Guide Project---by writing a few guides. This is something that anyone can do if they join the Project---we have a lot of guides left to be written. So join and close the gap!

--Andy

looks like he has got 10 of them? WoW, not sure you should code that under special contribution medal andy? I mean when special contribution medal 1st came out if was extrememly difficult to obtain, it now seems to be watered down a lot. Anywyas, congratz dan. Andy perhaps post the link in this thread so more may be informed, if you do not mind.

Blitz the medal has been changed to just contribution medal and it is supposed to be awarded more than the old special contribution medal because the idea was not for it to be so elusive.

by **danryan** on Fri Nov 12, 2010 10:08 am

Actually I have 9 for guides and 1 for a special contribution (generously awarded by ChipV). And as far as "watering down" I would suggest anyone who wants to join the Strategy Guide Project is welcome to - and we could benefit a lot by having top players join the project.

In any case I look forward to the first post being updated.

by **Blitzaholic** on Sat Nov 13, 2010 9:42 am

danryan wrote:Actually I have 9 for guides and 1 for a special contribution (generously awarded by ChipV). And as far as "watering down" I would suggest anyone who wants to join the Strategy Guide Project is welcome to - and we could benefit a lot by having top players join the project.

In any case I look forward to the first post being updated.

generous, I guess you are right, anyways, I updated.

ljex wrote:Blitz the medal has been changed to just contribution medal and it is supposed to be awarded more than the old special contribution medal because the idea was not for it to be so elusive.

Then CC needs to create a new symbol for contribution medals, not lump it in the same symbol as special contribution. :roll: