Grand Arena Scoring Hide Suggestion
Just a suggestion, keep the opponents score hidden until you have completed the round. The current visibility of scoring provides an advantage to the player that waits the longest to attack so they ca...
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"Liath;c-1741884" wrote:"Bulldog1205;c-1741879" wrote:"Kyno;c-1741852" wrote:"Bulldog1205;c-1741808" wrote:"Kyno;c-1741793" wrote:"Indominable_J;c-1741767" wrote:"Kyno;c-1741666" wrote:
Everyone has the same opportunity, but may not make the personal choice to take advantage of that startegy. Some will have work some will want to sleep, and others will just choose to have lives and not be glued to their phone on someone else's prescribed schedule.
The strategy seems very similar to someone who pays to have access to toons right away, not everyone agrees with it, not every is capable to do it, but it still exists and is a valid strategy.
It's not an overwhelming strategy that will always lead to a win. If you place teams that cant be beat 4v5 or less than it's all about game play. Over coming strategy with strategy should be the goal, not making changes to not allow someone to take advantages of a weakness in a roster.
Claiming everyone has the same opportunity because anyone can wake up in the middle of the night is ridiculous. Let's make all the phases of GA last one hour each -- everyone has the exact same opportunity to participate! -- just because you don't live in what becomes the preferred time zone is irrelevant, right? There would actually be the "same" opportunity if the GA schedule advanced an hour each time, because ultimately everyone will have x number of GAs that occur when they sleep. Barring something like that, it's not an equal opportunity.
Sure it's a bit of a stretch, but it's not ridiculous.
Many people live on different timelines of the day, so there is no telling how many people this actually effects.
But either way, this strategy is not something that can't be overcome with a better defense and is in no way guaranteeing a win.
The change doesnt change that. I cant think of any other events in RL that hide the score to not allow one side or the other to strategize a victory with this type if plan. And yes there are sports where this exact situation plays out, the other team has full control and just has to make the minimum points to win the game. So it seems reasonable to leave this strategy in place and try to provide a better defense to make it a moote point vs changing the visibility of the scores. Also having the time of the event change doesnt sound like a bad idea either.
No, asking someone to wake up in the middle of the night is ridiculous. Yes, the disadvantage can be overcome. Yes it’s only minor. But it’s still an unfair advantage, and it shouldn’t exist.
You say this exists in real life sports. Can you point to an example that’s happened recently?
Any football game where the score difference is less than 3 points, and the opponent has the ball in the last 2(ish) minutes of the game. This type of final startegy to run down the clock before scoring the winning kick and not needing a TD.
That’s not an unfair rule that benefits one team over the other prior to the game even beginning. Having a last possession is simply the result of way the game goes, and it can be equally influenced by the teams on the field.
I think there are olympic events that take place one person/team at a time and are scored as you go along where something similar to this happens, at least in theory. I don't know whether there are any examples of somebody making a choice that would affect the outcome based on knowing the score to beat going in though.
The only thing I can think of is something scored on difficulty of tricks, like diving or snowboarding. But the person going last is the person with the high score the previous round, so they earned that advantage. It’s not random luck.
