I have nothing but the deepest contempt for the players who sit around inactive in GAC the whole day, making me think I have a shot, then the hour before the round ends swoops in and full clears.
Stop giving me hope, mate, just take the win at the beginning of the day. Really brings me down right when I’m about to turn in for the night.
I have nothing but the deepest contempt for the players who sit around inactive in GAC the whole day, making me think I have a shot, then the hour before the round ends swoops in and full clears.
Some people may not have time until the very end to play. Do your best & dont worry about the rest
I have nothing but the deepest contempt for the players who sit around inactive in GAC the whole day, making me think I have a shot, then the hour before the round ends swoops in and full clears.
Stop giving me hope, mate, just take the win at the beginning of the day. Really brings me down right when I’m about to turn in for the night.
Maybe you'll understand why after you are out of school and have a full time job + a family to care for.
I will say that I prefer to wait until the end so I can see if it is really worth the effort to clear a bunch of sections. I'm happy doing as little as possible to win, lol
For me gac starts at Midnight, White working 8h - 10h a Day i dont have Time to attack Until last few Hours of gac.
It’s just personally very disheartening when it all goes down at the eleventh hour, so to speak. I sincerely hope I got demoted back to Chromium, Aurodium stretches my teams too thin, though I have no intention of throwing any matches.
For sure i do this least effort i may be able just to do one zone for a win
If they hid scores from each player until after the finish, this might change how people run their attacks. Along with going second having a higher win rate from what some say.
When someone doesn't attack, I check their GAC history to calculate when they'll be attacking. You'll probably see fair consistency on when your opponent attacks depending on which round it is. It's annoying, but some do regularly attack in the last 1-2 hours. And as others have said, some need that whole 24 hours because they can't attack for 22-23 hours of the round.
I'd recommend running your attacks when you do and then check the time for when your opponent attacks. That way you know whether they'll be attacking right away, at the end, in the middle, etc. It might help ease the frustration with this.
Others have largely said what I’m going to say, but I’ll give you the perspective of someone who lives in the same country as you but is 30(ish) years older than you…
For Round 1 and Round 3 of almost every GAC bracket, my attacks happen in either the first hour or the last hour. Round 2 is different as attack phase is on the weekend.
Attack phase starts at 10pm. If I’m awake enough, I’ll attack but if I’m ready to turn in for the night (I’m old, remember) I won’t attack.
Then I wake up and go to work. Some people might have a job where they get opportunities to attack some teams but I don’t. After work I have to ferry my kids to multiple events, prepare dinner, prepare packed lunches for next day then get them off to bed. Hopefully this is all done by about 9pm at which point I try to attack in GAC - I sometimes forget and I’ve posted way more 0 scores than I’d like to admit.
So it’s first hour or last hour for me, and there will be many like me. Adjusting my schedule to prevent a stranger getting annoyed is not up for discussion.
Online gaming sometimes has us painting an unfavourable picture of our opponents. We imagine that they are deliberately and wilfully out to get us, checking the map repeatedly and choosing an attack time to cause maximum upset. The reality is it’s probably just a tired old man trying to squeeze in some down time at the end of a busy day.
Just to calm your sense of betrayal I live in UK time zone so GAC finishes at 10PM. I have a job with a 1.5 hour commute each way so I am on the go from 6am until 6pm, I get home then less than 2 hours to spend with my toddler before he sleeps including dinner time and bedtime and then I have fleet climb usually with less than an hour to spare, which finishes the hour before the end of GAC. So I tend to hit in that last hour because that’s the most convenient for me personally. Any later to hit the next round immediately and I am too tired and will make silly mistakes. I am not playing any games with my opponents, I just am very limited on time and time with my kid comes first. If I was in another time zone it would be mid way probably.
I think it honestly just people have lives outside the game and remember last minute.
I used to leave it late. Many will disagree, but I genuinely believe it holds a slight tactical advantage. There are still a couple of tactical situations that I may force myself to still do so. If you have the time and inclination, that's your privilege.
However, what I found was that there would be situations during the day where I wanted to play GAC, but I was leaving it late to (in my mind) gain an advantage. What would happen is that I resented GAC and didn't enjoy playing it as I wasn't in the mood, was tired or really didn't have the time. It's then that you have to remind yourself that it's a game, you should enjoy it.
So now, I play whenever I feel like it (or have the time). Winning meant a little more under the old system, where you could run away with things. However, with the new system when you win you're owed a loss and vice-versa.
It's all fine slapping that large red booty, shouting YEE-HAW; just remember to lower your trousers and bend-over, as you've got a tanning coming. Don't fret the losses, it all evens out and what will be, will be.
Capital Games Team
