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Becoming an SEP

Postby Itrade on Thu Sep 17, 2009 4:43 am

In your typical CC Game, there is nothing more deadly and insidious than an SEP. They are capable of racking up large bonuses without getting attacked by other players. In fact, the only time the other players seem to notice their existence is when it's already too late.

An player who is an SEP is a player who is Somebody Else's Problem. This is the best thing to be. If you can convince everyone on the board that you are Somebody Else's Problem, nobody will do anything to stop you because they will be assuming that someone else will do that for them.

So how does one go about becoming an SEP? The first thing to do is to lay low. Limit your chat to GLs and GGs. The second thing to do is to is to use very basic shallow deception to look like less of a threat to others than you really are. Having important territories with three troops in them is a good way to do this. People seem to have associated the number 3 with standard starting territories, and thus usually disregard it as boring and nonthreatening. The final thing is border management. Keep at least one border wide open, to easily allow other players to break your bonus. If you do it right, more than one player will be in a position to break your border, and so everyone will wait for someone else to do it. Border management also means spreading out your troops so that you never look like the biggest threat on the board. Just making sure your stacks aren't the biggest should be good enough.

Anyone have any other tips on how to be ignored up until right before the world is yours?
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Re: Becoming an SEP

Postby KristenAmazon on Fri Sep 18, 2009 12:41 am

Very interesting stuff.
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Re: Becoming an SEP

Postby slowreactor on Fri Sep 18, 2009 8:35 am

BOB kills it completely. It becomes very obvious when you're doing that if BOB's running.
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Re: Becoming an SEP

Postby iancanton on Sat Sep 19, 2009 2:44 am

most players don't use bob, so it's still a worthwhile strategy to try in many games.

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Re: Becoming an SEP

Postby karelpietertje on Sat Sep 19, 2009 7:29 am

slowreactor wrote:BOB kills it completely. It becomes very obvious when you're doing that if BOB's running.

iancanton wrote:most players don't use bob, so it's still a worthwhile strategy to try in many games.

ian. :)

yes :) and BOB can't see through fog :)
also, even with BOB and without fog, it is possible to become SEP by locking your big stacks in.
protect your outer borders with 3s, and put the bigger stacks behind those.
that way, you can't use your own stacks, and opponents will feel less threatened.

this often works, but every opponent is different :)
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Re: Becoming an SEP

Postby steve066 on Sat Sep 19, 2009 10:55 am

i thought this was satire

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