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[Desolator]

As the title says

[Escef]

I'm rather glad for it, past 2 weekends were some of the worst I've had at this game.

[Brody319]

Its the hero challenge. See how many heros you can buy with just a 30 dollar MC package.

[Desolator]

Guess I'll lose that, as I dont plan on buying any MC or Hero mechs.

Hero Mech are just a waste of money.

Escef, on 28 November 2014 - 10:38 AM, said:

I'm rather glad for it, past 2 weekends were some of the worst I've had at this game.

While I understand what you are saying, and for the most part agree.
The weekend challenges are about the only that gets me to play this game at all anymore.

Grinding c-bills for no real reasons, isn't all that much fun.

[Escef]

Desolator, on 28 November 2014 - 10:42 AM, said:

Grinding c-bills for no real reasons, isn't all that much fun.

Than might I suggest playing for fun, and not caring about the c-bills?

[Desolator]

Its fun for me to be working towards something, shooting people for the sake of shooting people gets old and boring really damn fast. Especially when the game has not change in any meaningful fashion in over 2 years.

[Saobh]

The community warfare is coming in in 2 weeks for Christs sake ...

[Escef]

Desolator, on 28 November 2014 - 11:16 AM, said:

Its fun for me to be working towards something, shooting people for the sake of shooting people gets old and boring really damn fast. Especially when the game has not change in any meaningful fashion in over 2 years.

Chess has not meaningfully changed in far longer, but people still play it.

[Mister Blastman]

Escef, on 28 November 2014 - 11:50 AM, said:

Chess has not meaningfully changed in far longer, but people still play it.

But chess is perfect.

[kesmai]

Mister Blastman, on 28 November 2014 - 11:55 AM, said:

But chess is perfect.

It´s not. it has elo. according to this forums elo is crap. so chess must be crap.


hehe. infallible logic detected.

[Ursh]

It's a 2.5x XP weekend. It would be nice to level some mechs minus all the trash play that comes with the weekend challenges.

Chess is pretty boring, unless you're really into the math.

And before you make any comments on strategy and stuff...I was in military intelligence for two years, and I was pretty good at piecing together what the enemy was doing based on very limited inputs. Compared to that, chess is weak sauce. Having met a couple of serious Russian chess players, they admit it's more about memorizing move combinations and pattern recognition than it is about any kind of grand strategic genius.

Edited by Ursh, 28 November 2014 - 12:33 PM.

[Mister Blastman]

kesmai, on 28 November 2014 - 11:59 AM, said:

It´s not. it has elo. according to this forums elo is crap. so chess must be crap.


hehe. infallible logic detected.

Elo is only crap in a game with teams.

Elo works just fine for individuals versus individuals in a one versus one scenario.

[Bill Lumbar]

Ursh, on 28 November 2014 - 12:27 PM, said:

It's a 2.5x XP weekend. It would be nice to level some mechs minus all the trash play that comes with the weekend challenges.

Chess is pretty boring, unless you're really into the math.

And before you make any comments on strategy and stuff...I was in military intelligence for two years, and I was pretty good at piecing together what the enemy was doing based on very limited inputs. Compared to that, chess is weak sauce. Having met a couple of serious Russian chess players, they admit it's more about memorizing move combinations and pattern recognition than it is about any kind of grand strategic genius.

Camelot is a much better game for tactics then chess will ever be... and my father has modded the rules from the Parker brothers ones that make it even more of a challenge. While I agree what you have said chess is more about.... it does have some strategic genius for the ones who can master pattern recognition/move combinations and see "all of the variables of them" and then bait the the other player to make the fatal move that will lead to him loosing the game.

[Ursh]

Mister Blastman, on 28 November 2014 - 12:32 PM, said:

Elo is only crap in a game with teams.

Elo works just fine for individuals versus individuals in a one versus one scenario.

quoted for truth

Sort of like how MMA and Boxing commissions won't let two people with a vast disparity of talent and experience fight each other. It's not fair to one of them, even if he's up for it.

In college athletics however, the powerful teams routinely schedule teams far below their ELO, and are rewarded handsomely for doing it!

[StraferX]

Just the change to BAP radius to 240 and the drop of the hellbringers should be great incentive to play. The last challenges were gank style game play so enjoy a peaceful weekend of 2.5xp weekend or enjoy the rest of the holiday with plenty of food and family.

They decreased FOG in the BOG so that will be fun in itself.

[Ursh]

Bill Lumbar, on 28 November 2014 - 12:41 PM, said:

Camelot is a much better game for tactics then chess will ever be... and my father has modded the rules from the Parker brothers ones that make it even more of a challenge. While I agree what you have said chess is more about.... it does have some strategic genius for the ones who can master pattern recognition/move combinations and see "all of the variables of them" and then bait the the other player to make the fatal move that will lead to him loosing the game.

Fair enough. That sort of gamesmanship I can respect.

People sometimes mistake chess for being a good analogy for modern warfare though, when it really isn't. In chess you know exactly what moves every piece can make, and every piece can kill any other piece, making it a very poor comparison overall for trying to outgame enemies in the real world. If I had to compare real world military intelligence to chess, it would be like if the pieces could change into something else at any given time. The bishop can strike like a queen, the queen might be stuck in the mud, the rook can jump to the other side of board in a blacked out helicopter and kidnap the king. A pawn surrounded by enemy pieces could blow itself up and kill them all. A knight could step on an IED during his first move and die...etc.

[Desolator]

Escef, on 28 November 2014 - 11:50 AM, said:

Chess has not meaningfully changed in far longer, but people still play it.

Yet amazingly this game has absolutely nothing to do with chess.
If I wanted to know about chess, I wouldn't be posting on a MWO forum.
Not too mention, I am pretty sure there is a weekend challenge for chess, every weekend of the year.

[Asrrin]

I'm actually rather grateful there is no weekend event other than double XP. Many people (including me) are traveling to be with family for the holidays, and not all of us can bring our giant gaming rigs half-way across the country or have reliable internet access at our family's homes. As a complitionest I would have been very stressed out if there was a challenge this weekend I couldn't participate in.

Plus, it's a nice breather from that hell of a challenge last week that made the game super frustrating for a few days.

[Piney II]

No crazy challenge...................double XP.................business as usual........................EXCELLENT!

[Alistair Winter]

Mister Blastman, on 28 November 2014 - 11:55 AM, said:

But chess is perfect.

White is OP, IMO. Buff black. Needs quirks.