Undefeatable long term strategy

[Treldon]

Evaluation time!

Act I: 5/10
The audience is split, for the message was not clear to all, though their perceptions might have been tinted by the harsh realities of their everyday lives

Act II: 9/10
Now that the viewers understand the style and intent of the author, the reception is by far better. The audience is pleased and rewards the performance with applause

Act III: 7/10
The style is clear, and therefore for some the jab at the audience itself leaves a somewhat sour taste in their mouths

Overall the play is well received

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Really, is 'Act II' all yours, or just edited/used for this purpose?
Either way, looking forward for more - just make the intent somewhat more clear 

[allembrande jackson]

I drink coffee and scotch and eat dark chocolate because I love me my sweet with my bitter.

Act II is all mine; I am lucky enough to posses a deranged mind!

So, for clarity's sake, this post was satire, but completely serious satire.  I want everyone who read it and thought 'hah, I'm already doing that" to cut it out!  This game is designed so that, unless you are boredom resistant (the AI3 decks get stiff, quick) quality game play depends entirely on cooperative fostering of enjoyment.  If you read any part of this thread and thought that, perhaps, it was you I was talking about because you have a braindead farmer up on the arena, then wake up: it isn't just that the deck is braindead, it is killing the game.

grump grump grump

Oh, and thank you very much, lightbulb

[ddevans96]

I'm going to assume that, judging by the repetitive nature of the decks you're playing, you're grinding Bronze Arena. The reason you see a lot of the same kind of deck in Bronze is because they are all newer players who have a very limited selection of cards. Arena might be an important source of income for them - therefore, they post the only deck they have every time, in order to get money to build new decks.

[andretimpa]

I'm going to assume that, judging by the repetitive nature of the decks you're playing, you're grinding Bronze Arena. The reason you see a lot of the same kind of deck in Bronze is because they are all newer players who have a very limited selection of cards. Arena might be an important source of income for them - therefore, they post the only deck they have every time, in order to get money to build new decks.

> implying gold and platinum are enjoyable

[Dm]

And when you think you've seen the most obnoxious of them all...

[bossitron]

I'm going to assume that, judging by the repetitive nature of the decks you're playing, you're grinding Bronze Arena. The reason you see a lot of the same kind of deck in Bronze is because they are all newer players who have a very limited selection of cards. Arena might be an important source of income for them - therefore, they post the only deck they have every time, in order to get money to build new decks.

however the people in the gold and plat arenas know what they are doing so they always post the decks that the AI can play.

[flyingcat]

I'm going to assume that, judging by the repetitive nature of the decks you're playing, you're grinding Bronze Arena. The reason you see a lot of the same kind of deck in Bronze is because they are all newer players who have a very limited selection of cards. Arena might be an important source of income for them - therefore, they post the only deck they have every time, in order to get money to build new decks.

however the people in the gold and plat arenas know what they are doing so they always post the decks that the AI can play.

Don't look at my ghost mare. It's very insecure about the amount of thumbs down it's gotten. Also, I believe this topic was already discussed. Putting up shard farms in Plat for Christmas, I believe.

[Naesala]

Yeah, last year people threw up some rares decks around christmas time. I don't think it'd stick year round. Especially number of people on forums vs. total number of people who play.

[ElementalDearWatson]

I'm going to assume that, judging by the repetitive nature of the decks you're playing, you're grinding Bronze Arena. The reason you see a lot of the same kind of deck in Bronze is because they are all newer players who have a very limited selection of cards. Arena might be an important source of income for them - therefore, they post the only deck they have every time, in order to get money to build new decks.

I would say that points 2 and 3 in the OP are common in both Gold and Platinum.

I'll never understand why people consider their Arena deck winning to be more important than creating a deck which is a challenge to create by using the Oracle card in an interesting way.  It's not like Arena decks earn much .  Having a winning deck up for days won't earn you as much as just one EM win against Platinum.

Yet, no matter what they spin, lots of people still go straight for (or , or , or ) and click on the exact same cards they always click on.  It's boring and pointless and shows a staggering lack of imagination.

[Faro]

blame the AI stupidity then.
if the AI was more clever, people would submit more creative decks for sure.

[ElementalDearWatson]

blame the AI stupidity then.
if the AI was more clever, people would submit more creative decks for sure.

I blame people's inclination to prioritise winning as much as possible over making something interesting that wins less often.

[Faro]

blame the AI stupidity then.
if the AI was more clever, people would submit more creative decks for sure.

I blame people's inclination to prioritise winning as much as possible over making something interesting that wins less often.

...and play less game 'cause it will go over the 500th position.

blame the rating system then (why we can rate only if we lose?).

everybody wants to win! that's the point of every game. we can't change that