Wed Jan 27, 2016 9:51 am
seethestar wrote:My logic says the path to greatness through "making lots of friends" is flawed - you can't possibly make friends with everyone and if they also act logically they will eventually see that
seethestar wrote:their interests are not best served by helping someone else.. I'm a student of Game Theory - and this game (particularly in anon mode) is about as pure an example of that as you can get.
Key point is that whilst your goals are aligned with mine, it makes absolute sense to work together with someone - once that state of affairs is no longer the case then I will expect you to betray me - and I will then also look to do the same.
Wed Jan 27, 2016 10:06 am
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Tue Feb 14, 2017 7:52 pm
colonelblair wrote:I was looking through the leaderboards and noticed seethestar had a record of 12 wins from 13 games.
In this thread he said he was 12 from 12 - maybe quit after losing #13?
Anyway, I must say my style is very similar to his.. I'm almost finished my 14th game and have win #11 wrapped up.
It is a tough game style to maintain because obviously you will make enemies, people that will hold a grudge because you've turned against them. I always try to be friendly to everyone, even though they may be aggressive or insulting towards me, or they've attacked me. At the end of the day it is a game... and also, I've had occasion to turn an attacker away from me & decide to join together because of my attitude.
That said, I've also had games where I've been in a position so strong that I've put deals on the table like:
"First player to send me a trustworthy ally medal gets 2nd place" or in a situation where two players were fighting, contacting them both and saying "First one to send me one of these specialists will get my drillers on your side" - both of these worked.
Most of the time I don't directly backstab allies (although it has happened on occasion), but I have often helped who my allies are fighting to make things easier for me to rise to the top. Providing valuable intel or strategic advice mostly (eg. "See that incoming sub, if you use your next hire to get X and then do this, you'll easily beat them").
The only person I can recall playing against twice was topkilla, I generally try to avoid the same players - I like having new relationships to work on. Of course at some point I'll run across a forum regular and just have to see how it plays out. My current game is with Radioactivity & they have just too nice of a demeanour and forum rep that I couldn't possibly turn against them. I'm now fighting to ensure they get 2nd which I think I have locked in.
What's surprising is, I've only played 1 or 2 anonymous games... and not for quite a while. So most players can see my record right from the start.. yet I haven't had people team up straight away to kill me. I find that very interesting.
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