Skillz or lack therof

[TheDreadnought]

I feel that as a game author, I should be able to win consistently when playing them. However, I have found that by and large I suck at playing my own games. What does this say about me?

[warchariot]

I think you should figure it as you lost the skills you had when designing the games, because you are working on new projects that take other skills.

[afilter]

It might say that you have designed a balanced game system that gives all players a fair chance at winning....I really like the d10 sydtem in NT for this reason.

[shigure]

[glow=red,2,300]Dreadnaught[/glow] wrote:

I feel that as a game author, I should be able to win consistently when playing them. However, I have found that by and large I suck at playing my own games. What does this say about me?

Are you losing badly or by narrow margins? I would venture to say that you usually just lose by a slim margin. Either that or your game strategy may need adjustment. Because for sure you would know the game rules better than anyone. ;D

[TheDreadnought]

Slim margins. Get too agressive. Funny thing is I do consistently win games that I did not write. Lol

[navigator37]

Maybe it means you lack skillz.

[Bluebear]

Perhaps subconsciously you feel that the dice should favor you in games you designed . . . that you are OWED good results . . . and so you get a bit too aggressive.


-- Jeff

[TheDreadnought]

That could be. . . . Or maybe I get impatient to blow @#$# up??

[navigator37]

Hey, just because you designed the game doesn't mean you know EVERYTHING.

[shigure]

Dreadnought wrote:

Slim margins. Get too agressive. Funny thing is I do consistently win games that I did not write. Lol

Some would call that the "Halsey Syndrome". ;D Very agressive whenever given the opportunity. If he had been at Leyte Gulf with his modern BB's what a glorious fight it would have been. Probably complete annihilation of the IJN surface fleet, instead of chasing carriers that were short of pilots.

[Bluebear]

Dec 30, 2010 17:28:18 GMT -5 TheDreadnought said:

That could be. . . . Or maybe I get impatient to blow @#$# up??

And "blowing 'stuff' up" is bad how?

Ah, if you get blown up in return . . . I get it now.

Harry, you merely need to institute your "Game Designer's ships Cannot be Blown Up" rule . . . just be sure to include it in the fine print in each rule set.


-- Jeff

[navigator37]

Historical parallel:
Wasn't Yamamoto the author of the Midway war games he played & won, prior to having his fleet sunk at the actual Battle of Midway?

[unclejoe]

Historical parallel:
Wasn't Yamamoto the author of the Midway war games he played & won, prior to having his fleet sunk at the actual Battle of Midway?

Yeah, but I think there was a quite a bit of 'cheating' involved, up to actually 'resurrecting' a carrier (Kaga?) from the dead in the exercise. I think it would be exceedingly hard to learn anything from wargames that twisted.

[shigure]

Well it was his (Yamamoto) ships and if he didn't win he wasn't going to play anymore...