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- Joined: Thu May 03, 2012 9:13 am
Thu Aug 02, 2012 10:33 pm
Brihaspati wrote:
We all have wretched games. Games in which nothing goes right in spite of not doing much wrong. Games in which the opponent pounds our team into the dirt. Games in which the opponent ignores the ball and pounds our team into the dirt some more. Games that are just no fun. "Lame duck" endgame scenarios are common, both in BB and DB. They would still occur, even without Cyanide's bizarre arrangements.
That's what concessions are for.
Contrary to the macho posturing that is so prevalent in our community, there's no shame in conceding a match that is going nowhere. Just do it properly, don't disconnect. And above all, don't throw a tantrum and start griefing your opponent. Even when he is taking his sweet time to pound you into the dirt. Even when he's trying to "steal" your precious MVP.
Digression: at this point, a mention of the need to implement the "any players with 51 SPPs or more will leave the team on a roll of 1-3 on a D6 if you concede" rule would be right on cue. OK, why not. Lots of luck with that.
That's completely Bull S*** and everyone knows it. Of course in BB your going to have bashy teams smack you around in the dirt it's the great chaos play book. Of course your going to have "Lame Games" where crap goes completely wrong. What is fundamentally wrong here is that after a player can win the numbers game and runs you out of players. Is basically garbage no matter how you wanna defend it.
In BB I can run you out of players during the match, so your are not able to line up more than 2 players on the LoS. The game is conceded by the one coach, but both coaches get their money, SPPs, and keep their 51 SPPs with out the rolls. It's stated fairly like that in the game rules. Here you just have mangled crap where you are playing the game to the bitter end and getting nothing for it. The way it is implemented now is that coaches have no incentive to win the game when they are winning the numbers game. It is stealing even if every ones doing it. It's poor game mechanics the person wining the numbers game should win with one random TD as mentioned before because the game was played not dropped. Even though you can equally cheat players it doesn't mean the rule as it stands isn't complete and utter Bull S***.
As for not dropping the game, if the whole game gets blanked by dropping, if your going to lose legitimately then yes it's bad form to pull that crap. When you are getting cheated by actually playing the game I can see yanking on the cord when your getting cheated. It's a tit for tat reaction. If I'm getting my ass handed to me for the possible 39-40 rounds while I get my money and MVP fine it's fair game tactics, because it does happen in BB the major difference is I'm not getting the shaft at the end of the game either.
sorry. 
