Best posts made by Karl7
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RE: Post League Game Results Hereposted in League
wow, things getting intense in the league… I just stopped by to see how things were going, and … BOOM!
Death, Benedict Arnold, Forfeiture, next I am going to read someone pulled a Crush America First
Ho Lee!
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RE: Post League Game Results Hereposted in League
Yeah, no being able to post on the forum is a real deterrent to getting back into it.
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RE: League General Discussion Threadposted in League
@gamerman01 said in League General Discussion Thread:
Sounds cool, but if Karl hasn’t been playing anywhere else, he’s probably even crappier now.
Thanks Gameramn!
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RE: League General Discussion Threadposted in League
@gamerman01 said in League General Discussion Thread:
Right, one reported with Andrew
So you’re saying you’re going to have 2 done in 2023, so in progress and you’re waiting 'til tomorrow to bust out of the gate 2 and 0?correct
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RE: Post League Game Results Hereposted in League
Karl7 Axis over Soulblighter BM3
He quit but I was winning anyways
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RE: Find League Opponents Threadposted in League
@gamerman01 said in Find League Opponents Thread:
I don’t know that yet, but I am, and I intend on getting 6 done again
Cool!
I am back in the league this year after I was robbed in 2019! LOL
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RE: Find League Opponents Threadposted in League
@karl7 said in Find League Opponents Thread:
@gamerman01 said in Find League Opponents Thread:
I don’t know that yet, but I am, and I intend on getting 6 done again
Cool!
I am back in the league this year after I was robbed in 2019! LOL
Be in the 2023 league
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RE: G40BML Karl7 Axis vs. Sovietishcat+14posted in League
Hey, I forgot to nip the Anzac trn off Borneo, so I edited it off. I had extra planes to nuke it.
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RE: League General Discussion Threadposted in League
@gamerman01 said in League General Discussion Thread:
And Karl returning to add mayhem in 2023!
I only have you down for 1 in 2022 - did I miss one or are you talking one in progress
I have a win against Soulblighter and Simon33 for 2023
I think I played a game against AndrewGamer in 2022?
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RE: Post League Game Results Hereposted in League
@crockett36 said in Post League Game Results Here:
@karl7 Well fought Karl7. I’m only a little fish here in this pond, but I appreciated the innovation, trying to change the math by going for the neutrals. I’ve wondered whether S. American and Southern African money might be worth the cost and delay. Probably not.
At some point in time, we might consider amending the bid placement rules to spice up oob. Andrew has proved that the “central powers” ie those in the middle of the board have a huge advantage. Don’t get me wrong, Andrew. You are very good. But you choose the Axis for a reason. As a play tester, I know that skill is not the only factor effecting the outcome of a game.
So Karl, please don’t give up on OOB as hopeless, but push for change in bid placement. I have some ideas about that, but I’ll bet you do too.
well, I think I could beat a lesser player than Andrew, but he has it down to a science.
In the last couple games, I was able to get the upper hand overall, but then he skillfully just crammed one side of the board with both Axis powers for the win. It’s the winning move! LOL.
In this last game Germany was checked and we were closing in and Japan was dong ok. But then Germany dived for India leaving Russia free. So even if Allies could get India back from Japan it was hopeless.
Game before this (?) Japan was basically defeated but it cut and run for middle east and nukes everything in sight for the win.
That being said some of the games were just straight up Axis wins with no hope for allies.
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RE: Post League Game Results Hereposted in League
@gamerman01 said in Post League Game Results Here:
@gamerman01 said in Post League Game Results Here:
@MrRoboto said in Post League Game Results Here:
I always find it fascinating how in a game that does involve luck in quite a substantial way, some players are still so consistently strong and come out top of the league year in year out.
JWW used to say that.
Strategy/skill/experience/tactics, not blundering, and ability to adapt, like to bad dice, is much more influential than dice in G40 A&A. I think was true of AA50, too. Did I mention the psychological warfare, and imposition of will? Even speed of play can affect.
Consider - Every move in Monopoly except whether to get out of jail by paying money or using a card, is determined by dice or random cards. The entire path of your token for the entire game is pre-determined and you make decisions based on that. Yet with such a big role for dice, a better and more experienced player will rarely lose to an average or casual player.
I’m hoping for comments to this one. Other game or any other contest examples?
I’ll bite…
I’d say G40 can be as Gamer says, but also the opposite. If you are playing a tight game, 1 bad roll can sink you. You miscalc your allied main fleet defense off Gib by say 10% and Germany swoops down on a 80%+ hit and you get rocked… night night…
I always say G40 and its derivatives are somewhat unforgiving. Yes you can recover from bad dice if you are the better player, but in even matches if one side gets rocked by dice, hard to come back. Especially for allies as they need almost 4x the amount of stuff to stop the Axis. Often Allies are forced to push moves where they dangle a possible 60-70% Axis win, but have to do it to keep the pressure on. If the Axis bite and win big, bad news. Of course 30-40% chance Axis lose big too…
