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opisska
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Poland8852 Posts
January 07 2017 12:11 GMT
#11241
On January 07 2017 20:53 Cascade wrote:
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On January 07 2017 20:26 opisska wrote:
what would be a good analogy for competitive starjewelled then ?

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I has roughly the same amount of players. They pretend a bit to be real sports, but when you actually look at it, it turns out it's just a silly game, but if you look even closer you see that there is some strategy and skill to it. Most post people get bored after a few games.


There is a competitive scene to twister? wow i played that a couple of times, back in the day when i was unaware how terrible it is for people to be in close vicinity of my body...
"Jeez, that's far from ideal." - Serral, the king of mild trashtalk
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Thouhastmail
Profile Joined March 2015
Korea (North)876 Posts
January 07 2017 12:55 GMT
#11242
What would you do if you are damned if you do, and also damned if you don’t?
"Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people we personally dislike"
Dandel Ion
Profile Joined November 2010
Austria17960 Posts
January 07 2017 13:01 GMT
#11243
complain about it, probably on an internet forum.
A backwards poet writes inverse.
Cascade
Profile Blog Joined March 2006
Australia5405 Posts
January 07 2017 13:56 GMT
#11244
On January 07 2017 21:55 Thouhastmail wrote:
What would you do if you are damned if you do, and also damned if you don’t?

May as well not bother at that point, for laziness reasons.
Thieving Magpie
Profile Blog Joined December 2012
United States6752 Posts
January 07 2017 14:22 GMT
#11245
On January 07 2017 11:46 JimmiC wrote:
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On January 07 2017 10:58 Acrofales wrote:
Street fighter is like UFC


Nailed it!


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On January 07 2017 09:58 Thieving Magpie wrote:
On January 07 2017 09:49 JimmiC wrote:
Sport yes, numbers don't have to match, however you want to relate the esport to sport is fine


Then I would say an RTS is like football (assuming you only gave a fuck about the quarterback) or baseball.

Both sports are very pieces driven centering on a pivot point player or perspective. (The QB or the Pitcher)

In both sports the pivot point player dictates the direction and pace of the game, and the other "pieces/players" are used to maximize the pivot player's strength's and weaknesses.

A MOBA would be most akin to curling. A team of players with overspecialized roles have to develop a pattern based group task wherein the job of each member of the team are of equal importance at scoring the game.

FPS would be most like basketball. A bit chaotic, but very individualistic. Players are given general tasks, positions, or responsibilities--but often enough you kind of have to move based on the flow of the match as you jump between defense and offense on an individual level. Every person is both the support and the carry and changes depending on how the mood of the match changes.

Fighting games would be the one most akin to Tennis. Pattern based endurance runs where its about being the player who makes the least mistakes in long drawn out sessions.


I think the RTS one is good in someways or at least I understand your point.

I don't really get the curling analogy out side of the skip and the shot caller being somewhat similar. Otherwise all curling roles are basically the same just the order they throw the rocks are different.

The way you explain your basketball is decent but its not true of organized basketball maybe street ball. Every decent level of basketball is very organized on how you play both defense and offense, set plays and set rolls. The more I think about it street ball is a decent comparison.


I enjoy watching curling so maybe I'm weird.

Curling is this weird sport where you control the stone based on how each player in the team controls the temperature variation of the zones around the stone. One person has to control how far left it goes, another controls how far right it goes, while another controls it's stopping speed. It's most like a MOBA because, in a sense, a large part of victory comes from how best you maximize controlling this "stone/minions" to hit the target/nexus.
Hark, what baseball through yonder window breaks?
JimmiC
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
Canada22817 Posts
January 07 2017 14:28 GMT
#11246
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MyTHicaL
Profile Joined November 2005
France1070 Posts
January 07 2017 22:13 GMT
#11247
I think he means it's like a 4 person team each controlling part of each throw (the throw, left, right, stopping) to get an end team result..
Never thought of that comparison with curling.

Always thought it funny how two countries of my origins (Canada and... Scotland [wtf?]) are so extremely strong at it o_o. "We beat you in football!?"(soccer) - well we own curling so fuck you lawl..
JimmiC
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
Canada22817 Posts
January 07 2017 22:59 GMT
#11248
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Kickboxer
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Slovenia1308 Posts
January 07 2017 23:11 GMT
#11249
well since most countries on this planet have exactly 0 curling rinks that would appear to be correct

"damned if" -> you do, you can at least face the consequences on your own terms. you don't, all there is left is regret ^^
JimmiC
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
Canada22817 Posts
January 07 2017 23:22 GMT
#11250
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Liquid`Drone
Profile Joined September 2002
Norway28916 Posts
January 07 2017 23:26 GMT
#11251
canada also has like 8500 hockey rinks
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GreenHorizons
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States24455 Posts
January 08 2017 00:10 GMT
#11252
On January 08 2017 08:26 Liquid`Drone wrote:
canada also has like 8500 hockey rinks


Don't they just call them back yards?
"People like to look at history and think 'If that was me back then, I would have...' We're living through history, and the truth is, whatever you are doing now is probably what you would have done then" "Scratch a Liberal..."
Blisse
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Canada3710 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-01-08 00:15:49
January 08 2017 00:14 GMT
#11253
I live in Toronto and wanted to check out where I could go for public skating this winter.

I found this image and laughed at how Canadian it looks. This is only core Toronto and I believe only outdoor skating rinks.

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There is no one like you in the universe.
GreenHorizons
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States24455 Posts
January 08 2017 08:10 GMT
#11254
How come vampires never throw things at their attackers?
"People like to look at history and think 'If that was me back then, I would have...' We're living through history, and the truth is, whatever you are doing now is probably what you would have done then" "Scratch a Liberal..."
Cascade
Profile Blog Joined March 2006
Australia5405 Posts
January 08 2017 08:45 GMT
#11255
On January 08 2017 17:10 GreenHorizons wrote:
How come vampires never throw things at their attackers?

It's called class.
xM(Z
Profile Joined November 2006
Romania5299 Posts
January 08 2017 09:30 GMT
#11256
On January 08 2017 17:10 GreenHorizons wrote:
How come vampires never throw things at their attackers?
they throw themselves.
And my fury stands ready. I bring all your plans to nought. My bleak heart beats steady. 'Tis you whom I have sought.
Acrofales
Profile Joined August 2010
Spain18487 Posts
January 08 2017 10:22 GMT
#11257
On January 08 2017 17:10 GreenHorizons wrote:
How come vampires never throw things at their attackers?

What vampires? There's like a millionaire different interpretations and I'm pretty sure some do throw things occasionally.
GreenHorizons
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States24455 Posts
January 08 2017 10:36 GMT
#11258
On January 08 2017 19:22 Acrofales wrote:
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On January 08 2017 17:10 GreenHorizons wrote:
How come vampires never throw things at their attackers?

What vampires? There's like a millionaire different interpretations and I'm pretty sure some do throw things occasionally.


Do you have an example?
"People like to look at history and think 'If that was me back then, I would have...' We're living through history, and the truth is, whatever you are doing now is probably what you would have done then" "Scratch a Liberal..."
Acrofales
Profile Joined August 2010
Spain18487 Posts
January 08 2017 11:02 GMT
#11259
On January 08 2017 19:36 GreenHorizons wrote:
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On January 08 2017 19:22 Acrofales wrote:
On January 08 2017 17:10 GreenHorizons wrote:
How come vampires never throw things at their attackers?

What vampires? There's like a millionaire different interpretations and I'm pretty sure some do throw things occasionally.


Do you have an example?

I'm sure somewhere in True Blood a vampire throws something at an assailant, but didn't watch with enough attention to that detail to tell you for sure. Jessica and Pam both throw stuff around in temper tantrums for sure, whether they ever do that at an assailant, I don't know.
Simberto
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Germany12062 Posts
January 08 2017 12:30 GMT
#11260
On January 08 2017 17:10 GreenHorizons wrote:
How come vampires never throw things at their attackers?


It's because of how nocturnal Sanguinsitis changes the eyes of the afflicted. They gain incredible night-vision capabilities, but they are absolutely incapable of stereo vision. They don't throw stuff because they can not judge the distance to the target at all.
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