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joecoolfrog wrote:stringybeany wrote:joecoolfrog wrote:...these strategies will not work well against competent players...
No kidding.
I noticed very few competent players as I worked my way through the privates.
BEGINNERS ESCALATING:
BEGINNERS
DEADBEATS
SUICIDES
I may have seen one or two effective blocks in my first 75 games. Maybe.
So let's please stay on topic and focus on a "simple strategy that will help the beginner through their first 50 games."
If you have alternatives that will be effective IN THAT CONTEXT, then speak up.
Thanks
I consider your premise to be completely wrong, if you get into bad habits in your first 50 games then you will struggle to change when you play better opponents. Thats why so many players hit a block when they get to 2100 points, escalating is not flat rate with bigger armies it is a completely different game. The best escalating players on this site learnt the basics well and honed their strategies as they moved through the ranks,they did not suddenly get to a certain point and then change their method. What was good enough for the great escalating players like maniacmath,genghis khan and comic boy is good enough for me.
joecoolfrog wrote:I consider your premise to be completely wrong, if you get into bad habits in your first 50 games then you will struggle to change when you play better opponents. Thats why so many players hit a block when they get to 2100 points, escalating is not flat rate with bigger armies it is a completely different game. The best escalating players on this site learnt the basics well and honed their strategies as they moved through the ranks,they did not suddenly get to a certain point and then change their method. What was good enough for the great escalating players like maniacmath,genghis khan and comic boy is good enough for me.
hatchman wrote:StringyBeany, my wife started an account about a month ago, playing all escalating under my fine supervision. We noticed exactly what DiM was referring to: guys going nuts trying to take and break continents. The result? Weak players all over the place holding lots of cards I advised my wife to steer well clear of all the silliness and just attack 1s to get cards. Then cash and kill weaker guys holding 4 or 5 cards. It worked beautifully in most cases - sometimes she didn't even have to cash to kill because she had built up so much strength while the other guys went nuts against each other and didn't notice LOL. The result so far? After 16 games she has 1470 points or something...
nmhunate wrote:Speak English... It is the language that God wrote the bible in.
stringybeany wrote:There won't be a consensus on any particular strategy, and there doesn't need to be. The purpose again is to provide a simple strategy that will serve to get an escalating/unlimited/6-player beginner started here at CC.
stringybeany wrote:joecoolfrog wrote:I consider your premise to be completely wrong, if you get into bad habits in your first 50 games then you will struggle to change when you play better opponents. Thats why so many players hit a block when they get to 2100 points, escalating is not flat rate with bigger armies it is a completely different game. The best escalating players on this site learnt the basics well and honed their strategies as they moved through the ranks,they did not suddenly get to a certain point and then change their method. What was good enough for the great escalating players like maniacmath,genghis khan and comic boy is good enough for me.
Try a block in a beginners' game and see what will likely happen. Chances are you won't get the high-level response. So you would advise to take the high road anyway and likely lose?
What works at the lowest levels won't work at the high levels, and vice-versa, of course. You do have to adapt as you move up.
frogger4 wrote:...
Also, in freestyle games, I am guessing that if you have a card set, you want to be the last person to take your turn, so you get the highest value?
firstholliday wrote:When i started playing esc term. I was a corporal i think. In MANY games there were as much as 4!!!!! deadbeats. Even if there are 3 in a 6 player game, TALK to the players who actually want to play, and don't attack eachother. Kill the deadbeats first. (on a 50/50 basis) You will both get easy points. When all deadbeats are beaten. Give eachother a handshake and go for the win.
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