Clear Sign of Addiction (and a nice Culcept tool)

[Targetboy]

Ok, at this point I've got to admit that I'm addicted to this game. You see, I've made this table that I printed out that lists different levels of attack strength, different levels of health/armor and of 10 the most common battle characteristics (i.e. critical hit, firt attack, reflect 50% of incoming damage, infinite health vs non-scroll, etc.) Then, I took 36 pennies, and painted nine of them green, nine blue, nine red and nine yellow.

You guessed it, when I'm playing against three computer players (or it's me and a teammate against two others) I use the painted pennies that match the opponents' assigned colors to represent what my opponents have in their hands. This way, I rarely forget what the other folks have that could be a real problem for defense or invading. I don't know about anyone else, but it's tough for me to remember what the six or so cards are of each of the opposing characters with a high degree of accuracy. Before the table, I was always invading only to find myself saying "Oh crap! I forgot he had a gaseous form!" Usually, I can do ok without the table when it's me versus one or two computer players, but three is too much for my tiny brain.

And why nine pennies per color when each person/character can only hold six cards you say? Easy, lots of items have more than one characteristic. For example, an Earth Amulet (the little green charm-looking thing) has an attack strength of 10, first attack and critical hit when used by a green creature. Therefore, it takes 3 pennies to represent this. It's rare that it takes more than eight pennies to represent someone else's hand accurately, but what the heck.

I was kind of self-conscious the first time I used this with another person playing on my team, but now, whenever we play agains the computer and I ask "So, do you want to use the table or not?" the answer is almost always "Oh yeah!"

So if anyone knows of any 12-step groups for Culcept Addiction Recovery, let me know!

[KL]

That's a cool idea! I try my best to watch the hands for any armor/defense items (don't care about weapons unless they have a lot of first attackers on the board).

I might have to try that sometime. The next time I get smoked by Leon (aka Item Boy) in a vs battle, I'll probably wish I had done it earlier!

[TheTampaCepter]

That is a good idea, but sometimes I wish that they hid the opponents hand to make the game harder.

[FukmepoleK]

Target said:
I rarely forget what the other folks have that could be a real problem for defense or invading. I don't know about anyone else, but it's tough for me to remember what the six or so cards are of each of the opposing characters with a high degree of accuracy.

LOL quit Drinking a sixer of Budweizer while playing.....


OR,


Perhaps start ! LMAO

I had 3 glasses of redwine the other night, and was cranking on 3 at the same time... but I lost in the end by 1800 GP cause I landed on a high toll land ( DAMN U HAUNT !!!!) and the computer PAID it after leveling up one of my lands like a dumbass.