by Shannon Apple on Mon Nov 22, 2021 8:21 am
It's human nature to care about silly ranks to some extent, but some people do take that to the extreme. If you never care about rank and actually just learn the weird maps as well as the more straightforward ones, you'll become a better player than some of them eventually, and beat them at their own game. You have a lower rank, so they earn very little points from you, so instead of getting mad, watch their moves, learn what they do and you'll eventually become as good as they are on those maps. Some of those players do have exceptional skill, but some of them don't, they're just using a learned strategy and use the same one every single time. If you play against a difficult Boss in a RPG game, you learn it's strategy and can eventually pass it.
On saying that, I personally know some players who can pretty much play any settings and hold a rank above colonel consistently regardless of who they play against or what map they play. But even they will tell you that playing some maps like classic, for example, raises the luck factor, so they are less likely to play on those. For example, I'd expect to win 50% or more of my games on classic with basic settings due to luck having a larger place on small maps, but I would also expect to lose a LOT of points on it because of being higher ranked than most of my opponents. That's kinda the nature of the beast. You're going to see higher ranked players avoiding luck maps because they lose points, even if they win more than they lose.
And Doodle Earth? That's the worst one. I see you like that one. Have you ever played Doodle quads? lmao. Trust me, it's hilarious and not to be taken seriously because skill doesn't come into it. He who goes first wins.
So, I guess what I'm saying is that it goes both ways. Some people love maps where there's a large element of luck that doesn't really allow for much strategy. The dice decide the game. These are the maps with a small number of territories. You could choose to start playing larger maps without quirks like Europe, Eurasia and so on. People might be much more willing to bite if they know that the dice have less influence on the game. Dice will always have some influence, but when there are more territories, you have a chance to come back from a bad turn.
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