Yep, we will be addressing that last response in the first podcast.
Suffice it to say, i don't spend civBucks and I do win.. occassionally, and am in the top 10... always.
Also suffice it to say, that you can get 25 extra maze moves a day by friending the folks on your team. Yes, guilds store those up and hide them so that they can trot them out for guild games and thus get more than 25 per day in a guild game, but 25 extra moves a day isn't going to kill you if you can't be bothered. Yes, I speak from experience here too.
yes, the game is full of things that allow it to continue on as a business.
yes, there are many who refuse to play because they are now playing humans rather than an AI that rolls over and plays dead.
yes, there are teams of players out there who are ruthlessly efficient and very, very good.
yes, even they have weak spots, that the game allows you to exploit, but most prefer to quit and complain about rather than investigate.
yes, it is humbling to realize that you are not the greatest mind on the planet just because you can beat civ 4 on Deity or Noble or whatever level the folks who complain about being unable to win are used to.
You join a game with 200 players, out of which, only one will win. If you expect to win without having to work for it, there is a problem with your expectations.
If you have to win to enjoy a game, or feel that players who do win are trolls, then yes, the game is not for you. Sadly, that IS one of the reasons the game has such a small following at the moment.
But for me, I did triathlons for a decade, and never once thought the sport was stupid because I never won, or considered the guys riding carbon fiber bikes trolls because they could spend more on the past time than I could... especially when I passed them... hehehe.
And yes, this fortunately is a stale topic on the 2K forums where, the conversation has evolved to just what does it mean for the game that top players like to play with each other? Forget about civ bucks, or wall posts or anything else. When I post on the team board that my kids are going to play and are looking for some teamates, whoever is in the game my kids pick... is doomed. Are we really trolls because we enjoy each other's company and like the sight of an 8 year old on top of the leader board?
Suffice it to say, i don't spend civBucks and I do win.. occassionally, and am in the top 10... always.
Also suffice it to say, that you can get 25 extra maze moves a day by friending the folks on your team. Yes, guilds store those up and hide them so that they can trot them out for guild games and thus get more than 25 per day in a guild game, but 25 extra moves a day isn't going to kill you if you can't be bothered. Yes, I speak from experience here too.
yes, the game is full of things that allow it to continue on as a business.
yes, there are many who refuse to play because they are now playing humans rather than an AI that rolls over and plays dead.
yes, there are teams of players out there who are ruthlessly efficient and very, very good.
yes, even they have weak spots, that the game allows you to exploit, but most prefer to quit and complain about rather than investigate.
yes, it is humbling to realize that you are not the greatest mind on the planet just because you can beat civ 4 on Deity or Noble or whatever level the folks who complain about being unable to win are used to.
You join a game with 200 players, out of which, only one will win. If you expect to win without having to work for it, there is a problem with your expectations.
If you have to win to enjoy a game, or feel that players who do win are trolls, then yes, the game is not for you. Sadly, that IS one of the reasons the game has such a small following at the moment.
But for me, I did triathlons for a decade, and never once thought the sport was stupid because I never won, or considered the guys riding carbon fiber bikes trolls because they could spend more on the past time than I could... especially when I passed them... hehehe.
And yes, this fortunately is a stale topic on the 2K forums where, the conversation has evolved to just what does it mean for the game that top players like to play with each other? Forget about civ bucks, or wall posts or anything else. When I post on the team board that my kids are going to play and are looking for some teamates, whoever is in the game my kids pick... is doomed. Are we really trolls because we enjoy each other's company and like the sight of an 8 year old on top of the leader board?