Does being a Mod help you be a better player?

MjM · Jan 28, 2006, 10:18 PM

Does being a Mod of an NES help you be a better player? I think it does.

North King · Jan 28, 2006, 10:19 PM

Yes. I know your little secrets. ^_^

alex994 · Jan 28, 2006, 10:21 PM

Yes, and that is why I will never join a nes modded by contempt if he ever decides to as China. I had enough grief dealing with him without him knowing how I fought steppe nomads.

Really, I still have copies of orders from various nesers from my capulet's continuation nes and I bring it up time from time to freshen my mind. In particular, I'll love to know das's, jason's and north king's opinion on the matter.

North King · Jan 28, 2006, 10:23 PM

Now that the poll has come out, with varying options of qualification, I'll qualify my answer: not a LOT. It does help to see all the varied tactics out there, but I think most of it just has to come through native intuition.

MjM · Jan 28, 2006, 10:24 PM

Dammit; not public...

Chieftess!

Israelite9191 · Jan 28, 2006, 10:29 PM

I believe it most certainly does. You learn new ways of dealing with travesties. Unfortunately for me, das, NK, and many more experienced players all ignored my first stab at Moding. Would be nice to see how they deal with different problems.

Jason The King · Jan 28, 2006, 10:53 PM

Being a mod gives you more ideas, sure, but I have to ask by what do you mean "better" player?

Better as in better general? Better as in better ideas for stories, national backgrounds, or ways to take advantage of rules?

But overall, I would say that modding does help to broaden your horizons. It can also be highly addicting, which is why I have a hard time understanding how people who can just do one nes and when it closes, never open up another one again. Quite astounding

silver 2039 · Jan 28, 2006, 11:07 PM

It does maybe a little.

Lord_Iggy · Jan 29, 2006, 01:21 AM

Definitely helps. I get a lot of ideas, and learn about the strategies of other players.

das · Jan 29, 2006, 02:36 AM

Agree with the above, mostly.

Reno · Jan 29, 2006, 03:45 AM

It does help plenty, when i modded my NES i was supprised how short some of the players orders could be and yet be right in detail.

Kal'thzar · Jan 29, 2006, 04:55 AM

Theres a reason that You never delete the folders cotaining NES infromation, I have all the orders for every year Chronicled.

I may release it at some point.

Swiss Bezerker · Jan 29, 2006, 05:28 AM

I notice how you did not provide an option to those who have never modded...

Reno · Jan 29, 2006, 05:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Swiss Bezerker

I notice how you did not provide an option to those who have never modded...

One who has never modded a NES is not a NES'er at all.

andis-1 · Jan 29, 2006, 07:15 AM

so then there must be only, what, 10 NESers in here?

Cuivienen · Jan 29, 2006, 07:28 AM

Most NESers have tried to mod an NES and failed.

(Some, like myself, have tried and failed four times.)

North King · Jan 29, 2006, 08:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cuivienen

Most NESers have tried to mod an NES and failed.

(Some, like myself, have tried and failed four times.)

Oh, don't worry, I've failed eight times... I guess I'm on my ninth life now...

Cuivienen · Jan 29, 2006, 09:00 AM

Two of them were great successes, though.

Finmaster · Jan 29, 2006, 09:17 AM

It most certainly does!

Why?

Because you start to know the way people play. You start understanding their way of thinking. Are they diplomats, militants (nowdays most are) or what? And that is useful information when you are later playing against them.

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Jan 28, 2006, 10:18 PM	#1
MjM General Misenhower Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Britain Posts: 7,079	Does being a Mod help you be a better player? Does being a Mod of an NES help you be a better player? I think it does. __________________ Fiftychat: the official chatroom of CFC. Want to play Civ4? Click here and we can get a game going!

Jan 28, 2006, 10:19 PM	#2
North King Royal Cartographer Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Composing. Posts: 17,123	Yes. I know your little secrets. ^_^ __________________ Come NES! End of Empires - *And with the spring thaw, it began.* Updates: One Two Three Four Five Six Seven Eight Nine Ten (pt. 2) Eleven (pt. 2) Twelve Thirteen Fourteen Fifteen Sixteen Seventeen Eighteen Nineteen Twenty Twenty-one Twenty-two The EoE wiki.

Jan 28, 2006, 10:21 PM	#3
alex994 Hail Divine Emperor! Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Breadbasket of USA Posts: 12,652	Yes, and that is why I will never join a nes modded by contempt if he ever decides to as China. I had enough grief dealing with him without him knowing how I fought steppe nomads. Really, I still have copies of orders from various nesers from my capulet's continuation nes and I bring it up time from time to freshen my mind. In particular, I'll love to know das's, jason's and north king's opinion on the matter. __________________ -Everyone's kinda shady towards you,because noone trusts you-Amon Savag -When Nuclear War starts, and the American Eagle and the Russian Bear comes down the mountain and fight, they will claw each other. then as both are weakened, the chinese tiger will defeat both- Mao Tse Tung Chinese Fanatic at your service! Economic Left/Right: -1.50 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -0.77

Jan 28, 2006, 10:23 PM	#4
North King Royal Cartographer Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Composing. Posts: 17,123	Now that the poll has come out, with varying options of qualification, I'll qualify my answer: not a LOT. It does help to see all the varied tactics out there, but I think most of it just has to come through native intuition. __________________ Come NES! End of Empires - *And with the spring thaw, it began.* Updates: One Two Three Four Five Six Seven Eight Nine Ten (pt. 2) Eleven (pt. 2) Twelve Thirteen Fourteen Fifteen Sixteen Seventeen Eighteen Nineteen Twenty Twenty-one Twenty-two The EoE wiki.

Jan 28, 2006, 10:24 PM	#5
MjM General Misenhower Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Britain Posts: 7,079	Dammit; not public... Chieftess! __________________ Fiftychat: the official chatroom of CFC. Want to play Civ4? Click here and we can get a game going!

Jan 28, 2006, 10:29 PM	#6
Israelite9191 You should be reading Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Annapolis, Maryland Posts: 4,199	I believe it most certainly does. You learn new ways of dealing with travesties. Unfortunately for me, das, NK, and many more experienced players all ignored my first stab at Moding. Would be nice to see how they deal with different problems. __________________ With the except of God and a stone, everything is mad. St. John's College

Jan 28, 2006, 10:53 PM	#7
Jason The King Deity Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Bay Area, California Posts: 12,040	Being a mod gives you more ideas, sure, but I have to ask by what do you mean "better" player? Better as in better general? Better as in better ideas for stories, national backgrounds, or ways to take advantage of rules? But overall, I would say that modding does help to broaden your horizons. It can also be highly addicting, which is why I have a hard time understanding how people who can just do one nes and when it closes, never open up another one again. Quite astounding __________________ "No power in the 'verse can stop me." Stay tuned for JNES: Of Steam and Steal Based on the world of JNES: Age of Exploration

Jan 28, 2006, 11:07 PM	#8
silver 2039 Deity Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 16,209	It does maybe a little.

Jan 29, 2006, 01:21 AM	#9
Lord_Iggy Penguin in a Human Suit Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Yukon Posts: 23,274	Definitely helps. I get a lot of ideas, and learn about the strategies of other players. __________________ NESLife VI Life as You've Never Seen it Before!

Jan 29, 2006, 02:36 AM	#10
das Regeneration In Process Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Ekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk), Russia Posts: 19,106	Agree with the above, mostly. __________________ "That is not dead which can eternal lie, and with strange aeons even death may die." - Inspiring Quotations for a Better Tomorrow "Her Majesty has terrible dreams. She sees England as a small country that lives in peace, and no one at the court dares tell her that Rome started out the same way. His Catholic Majesty was once content with ruling half the world; I am afraid we will have to take all of it." - Humphrey Gilbert "I am not at all a friend of humanity, Viscount replied. I am the enemy of its enemies." - S. Vititsky, "The Search for Designation, or the Twenty Seventh Theorem of Ethics". 天命

Jan 29, 2006, 03:45 AM	#11
Reno The Studio Ghibli Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Tampere, Finland Posts: 5,690	It does help plenty, when i modded my NES i was supprised how short some of the players orders could be and yet be right in detail. __________________ Come Join The Story That Never Ends, The NES Notice Board, The Official Studio Ghibli Fanatic Of CFC

Jan 29, 2006, 04:55 AM	#12
Kal'thzar Deity Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Scotland Posts: 7,639	Theres a reason that You never delete the folders cotaining NES infromation, I have all the orders for every year Chronicled. I may release it at some point. __________________ "All Generalizations are Dangerous, Including this One" LINES: Most Powerfull Nation: Gold Award LINESII: Most Powerfull Nation: Gold Award Aegypt; Winner of INES; the First Age

Jan 29, 2006, 05:28 AM	#13
Swiss Bezerker Emperor Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: somewhere up north Posts: 1,539	I notice how you did not provide an option to those who have never modded...

Jan 29, 2006, 07:15 AM	#15
andis-1 The Hedgehog Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: finland Posts: 3,049	so then there must be only, what, 10 NESers in here? __________________ Urban Symphony... My political compass: Economic Left/Right: -7.00 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.18

Jan 29, 2006, 07:28 AM	#16
Cuivienen Registered User Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 8,013	Most NESers have tried to mod an NES and failed. (Some, like myself, have tried and failed four times.)

Jan 29, 2006, 09:00 AM	#18
Cuivienen Registered User Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 8,013	Two of them were great successes, though.

Jan 29, 2006, 09:17 AM	#19
Finmaster The White Ghost Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 2,716	It most certainly does! Why? Because you start to know the way people play. You start understanding their way of thinking. Are they diplomats, militants (nowdays most are) or what? And that is useful information when you are later playing against them. __________________ Winner of NEO NES I as Geneve, winner of NEO NES II as France, winner of stNANES3 (with Stalin) as Fennia, Funniest Nation and Greatest European Power in ITNES - IT II as Dacia, Most persistant player as Dacoillyria in IT III, Greatest European Power and Evilest Empire as Dacoillyria in IT IV, Best Unsung Leader in NES2 V - The Great Game as Geneva. "Ray Bourque of NESing" -Lord_Iggy A retired NESer.

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