Re: Solo AND alliance player

And an ally (or in most cases - revenge throws) have really nothing to do
with the semi's. Am I going to go out of my way to punnish a player who go a
solo in a prior round. Sorry, can't be bothered. I can hold an opinion about
the value of their solo but thats about it.

Actually, I kind of like the thread about players going for "unnecessary
solos". I find this thread amusing when I recall some of the old threads
about scoring systems way back before WM02 started. There was a distinct
camp that held up the solo as the only goal of a game, and that it should be
rewarded as such and that the value of draws should be diminished (and
therefore in effect punnished.)




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter J Richardson" <pjrich-XZoyATsUNX5Wk0Htik3J/[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2004 5:18 AM
Subject: Re: [wm02-chat] Solo AND alliance player


> > You can argue that there really are no alliance players in the semi's
since only one person from each board can
> advance.
>
> My point is that if there are players out there willing to throw games to
their ally this is not an argument that
> holds water.
>
> Regards
> Peter
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Ray Setzer
> To: [email protected]
> Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2004 9:26 PM
> Subject: Re: [wm02-chat] Solo AND alliance player
>
>
> What should it matter who soloed or no in any prior rounds. Its not like
anything carrys over.
>
> You can argue that there really are no alliance players in the semi's
since only one person from each board can
> advance. Its either top or your done. Perhaps a couple players may gang up
on some prior solo getter, but I'd say
> that really had nothing to do with the solo, but rather that those players
saw advantage in getting control of  some
> section of the board quickly. And even with that in mind, its likely that
the other players on the board will try
> and either scuttle that, or take advantage of it in some other way.
>
> Its the semifinals man, you either bring your best game or you go home. If
your distracted by what someone may or
> may not have done in a prior round, your likely to detour from your best
moves.
>
> Take Yann for example...please. I don't trust him any further than I can
throw a piano, but I do know that he won't
> engage in a pointless stab, he won't wander off topic seeking revenge from
some real or imagined slight, but I also
> would be an idiot to leave open centers lying about where he can grab
them.
>
> I predict that people will play the board as it lies, and won't give a
rats behind about what happened in any prior
> round.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Peter J Richardson
> To: [email protected]
> Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2004 10:40 AM
> Subject: Re: [wm02-chat] Solo AND alliance player
>
>
> I suppose all this depends upon whether the soloist's ally throws the
solo.
>
> Regards
> Peter
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Andrew Stupple
> To: [email protected]
> Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2004 11:28 AM
> Subject: Re: [wm02-chat] Solo AND alliance player
>
>
> Good question. Of course, soloists from round 2 will argue that very
point, whilst others will argue that a soloist
> cannot be an alliance player by the very nature of the fact that he/she
ruthlessly soloed in round 2 (or at least
> one in rounds 1 and 2). .
>
>
>
> Yann Clouet <[email protected]> wrote:
> Funny demarcation.
> Why would being an alliance player and a solo-goer be exclusive ?
>
> (BTW hi to the list ;-)
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Andrew Stupple
> To: [email protected]
> Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2004 11:20 AM
> Subject: Re: [wm02-chat] Getting close:
>
>
> I'm not convinced that all players in the third round, will have a passing
aquaintance with solos themselves. There
> is probably just as many allinace players as ruthless go-getters, which
will make the semis very exciting.
>
> It's going to be a blood bath!
>
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