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deathgodtoss
Korea (North)189 Posts
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SpaceDominator
United States92 Posts
On March 10 2009 11:54 patrick321 wrote: This sounds like a lot of fun but i'm not sure if i'll be open wednesday. Do we have to declare our intent to join beforehand or can we just show up and be admitted depending on open space? I come from a big family and we all play double deck bid euchre, which is also called Hasenpfeffer. It's tons of fun and once you learn it normal euchre just pales in comparison. I've also played hearts, but would love to learn bridge and pinochle. I'll be sure to try and stay updated on your games. As I said, this week's edition of the gaming night is intended to be a night where you can learn how to play the game/meet other players who will likely be playing next week. In terms of the day of the tournament, you are more than welcome to just show up before hand and wait for a partner that day or find one prior through TL or through any other source that you like. I've actually tried playing Hasenpfeffer before, but my family has always been a bunch of purists when it comes to Euchre. Although admittedly we have played the British Version where you add in the Joker as the Ultimate Bower(it adds another level to the game). Really, you don't have to declare your intent at all yet. I'm just sort of gauging the numbers. I don't think there is a limit in terms of the number of teams that Playok can support. Besides, I don't think we'll even come close to hitting one if they have. On March 10 2009 12:03 deathgodtoss wrote: cant do it then, but id love to learn how to play some bridge. that game always intrigued me but could never find the time to learn or the motivation. If you want to learn to play Bridge, I highly recommend begin by learning Whist. Check out the Whist Portal site at http://www.whistportal.com, it'll give you some good basics on the actual game play portion of the game of Bridge. There is also a great site that will introduce you to the basics of bridge over at: http://www.rpbridge.net/bbtc.htm. In particular it will also go into some of the basic bidding conventions. Perhaps, we'll consider going that route in the coming weeks. Finally, if there are any other specific requests for card games that you'd like to see, let me know. I'm more than willing to learn/organize anything that people would be interested in trying. | ||
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JeeJee
Canada5652 Posts
On March 10 2009 01:43 SpaceDominator wrote: Definitely! One thing that we've done a lot in the past is just rotate through partners just to play games. Especially this week, you're more than welcome to come alone and join us.  In terms of the tournament next week, in the room that we will have designated for it(designated by the playok server), you can set up your partnerships before the day of, so if there was another solo player needing a partner, you could set yourself up with one.awesome! out of curiosity, do rules vary or is there a 'set-in-stone' list somewhere? im talking about screw the dealer, farmer's hand, dealer's p ordering up, defense going alone etc. in my experience everyone always plays euchre slightly differently haha. just like keeping score with cards  anyway i'll swing by on wednesday and check it out for sure | ||
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SpaceDominator
United States92 Posts
On March 10 2009 13:55 JeeJee wrote: awesome! out of curiosity, do rules vary or is there a 'set-in-stone' list somewhere? im talking about screw the dealer, farmer's hand, dealer's p ordering up, defense going alone etc. in my experience everyone always plays euchre slightly differently haha. just like keeping score with cards anyway i'll swing by on wednesday and check it out for sure Screw the dealer(or to the more politically correct, Stick the Dealer) is an option that we've never used but it is an option that is available on the playok servers. Screw the dealer in case anyone else is wondering is a variant of euchre in which if everyone passes around twice and it gets back to the dealer, the dealer MUST declare trump. In this way you play every single hand regardless. The defense going alone is also in there as well. Farmer's hands are not an option. Farmer's hands refer to someone getting a really crappy hand of 9's and 10's and ultimately exchanging it with the discard pile. So it's really very standardized Euchre for the most part. The only odd thing to me about the server is that the turn up card always ends up in the hands of the dealer even if someone declares it another trump. At least that's the way I've been viewing what's been going on with it. But yeah, you're right, everyone plays euchre just a bit different. So we're just going to stick with the standard version according to Hoyle and the standard card game rules sites. | ||
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JeeJee
Canada5652 Posts
On March 10 2009 23:34 SpaceDominator wrote: So it's really very standardized Euchre for the most part. The only odd thing to me about the server is that the turn up card always ends up in the hands of the dealer even if someone declares it another trump. At least that's the way I've been viewing what's been going on with it. wait, what? if someone calls trump on the second time around, the dealer still gets the card in the center? that's weird as hell since you're forcing the dealer to take a crappy non-trump card haha. i'll just register on playok and check it out. me & my p usually play on yahoo euchre, except the rules there permit the dealer's p to order up without having to go alone. kinda weird but we're used to it now. lets a more aggressive game happen that's for sure | ||
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SpaceDominator
United States92 Posts
On March 11 2009 00:09 JeeJee wrote: wait, what? if someone calls trump on the second time around, the dealer still gets the card in the center? that's weird as hell since you're forcing the dealer to take a crappy non-trump card haha. i'll just register on playok and check it out. me & my p usually play on yahoo euchre, except the rules there permit the dealer's p to order up without having to go alone. kinda weird but we're used to it now. lets a more aggressive game happen that's for sure It's a bit odd sure, but the only thing is that the dealer just has to discard that card. Playok allows the same thing as Yahoo!, the dealer's p can order it up and then the server allows each person in turn to choose whether or not they want to go alone in a specific hand. I've never played it where if the dealer's partner ordered it, that they would have to go alone. That also would REALLY change strategy. I used to play on Yahoo! all the time as well but I just had too many issues with freeze ups and other odd server behavior. Playok has been very reliable for us at least and much faster. | ||
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JeeJee
Canada5652 Posts
On March 11 2009 00:18 SpaceDominator wrote: It's a bit odd sure, but the only thing is that the dealer just has to discard that card. Playok allows the same thing as Yahoo!, the dealer's p can order it up and then the server allows each person in turn to choose whether or not they want to go alone in a specific hand. I've never played it where if the dealer's partner ordered it, that they would have to go alone. That also would REALLY change strategy. I used to play on Yahoo! all the time as well but I just had too many issues with freeze ups and other odd server behavior. Playok has been very reliable for us at least and much faster. ah, having the dealer's p go alone when calling was pretty standard here. i just wiki'd it and it's a variation called Canadian. go figure # Canadian: When a player orders his partner to "pick it up", he must attempt the hand as a loner. | ||
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SpaceDominator
United States92 Posts
Of course, I also love to bring up the infamous: Ten Commandments of Euchre as well. http://euchrestrategy.homestead.com/comrevisited.html for all of those out there needing some general strategy guidelines. | ||
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SpaceDominator
United States92 Posts
How to sign up: The reason I chose this particular site is due to the fact that it is extremely easy to register. It literally requires a username and a password and an e-mail if you happen to forget your password. To register with playok.com just simply go to: http://www.playok.com/intl/en/register.phtml. How to play: On Thursday, to get into the channel around 8:30 PM EST, it's an easy process. 1. Go to: http://www.playok.com/intl/en/euker/ and log in with the account that you have made through playok.com 2. Choose the channel: Morliny Look for the player named Kingkrumb and you'll be set to go. Full details about the competition are available at: http://www.swoopzone.net/bf/euchretourney.html Again, if you have any questions, please let me know. It should be a fun evening! | ||
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Pawsom
United States928 Posts
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SpaceDominator
United States92 Posts
Results from the practice matches: SpaceDominator/Ab62 10 - Izzy/TLEuchrenoob 1 SpaceDominator/Ab62 10 - Pawsome/TLEuchrenoob 5 Pawsom/TLEuchrenoob 10 - Izzy/Viperjo 5 SpaceDominator/Bred 11 - Kacaier/Sinoya 4 SpaceDominator/Izzy 10 - Bred/Sinoya 7 Lenneth/Daiki 10 - Darth Maul/Kacaier 8 Spiffbane/Sinoya 12 - SpaceDominator/Izzy 1 Lenneth123/Daki 10 - Darth Maul/Strawberrie 6 The tournament page is at: http://www.playok.com/en/tour.phtml?tid=3092203. Note that the time looks a bit unusual as it says that it is on March 19th @ 2:15 AM. The server time for playok is 5 hours ahead of EST. I'll probably throw up a new thread about the Euchre Tournament early next week. Thanks again! | ||
Bockit
Sydney2287 Posts
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SpaceDominator
United States92 Posts
On March 13 2009 00:14 Bockit wrote: I'm sad that I missed this, I have a friend that has always raved about euchre and she recently taught me how to play. I'll make an effort to make next week's tournament. As I said earlier, every Wednesday Night I will be hosting some sort of card game night, so missing one or two weeks isn't going to be too big of a deal. The only thing though is that if there is a specific card game you wanted to play, I will quite often change them from week to week. Just to give a heads up, I think the next game we will shift to is Bridge. I read a lot of interest here of people wanting to do it and I found a good series of guidelines to help people prepare for the bidding part of the game of Bridge. Check that out at: http://home.comcast.net/~kwbridge/basics.htm Of course, I will also be relying a bit on those who have a bit more expertise in the art of the bidding. Pinochle is a lot harder of a game for me to explain to me personally as I haven't praci I'm going to throw up a new thread about the Euchre Tournament on Monday. If you are interested in me providing you a reminder of the event over AIM, MSN, or ICQ let me know through private message and if you're on around the time, I'll give you a friendly shoutout. Finally, any other card games you're interested in learning or practicing? I know I received an offer of learning Skat but I'm willing to adjust based on any interest. If you want to see the list of games we've already done over at BF check out the thread at: http://blizzforums.com/showthread.php?t=23703. Cucumber is a surprisingly fun one if you've never tried it. Oh Hell! is a great game as well where you're trying to accurately predict the number of tricks you're going to take. 3-5-8 was an interesting one. Barbu is like Hearts on Steroids. So yeah, I'm done rambling for now. | ||
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