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Originally Posted by JVN
Who716,
What is your version of an ideal game? Please start a new thread and tell us.
Do you like Mario Kart? Are you a "blue-shell" kind of guy?
I hate blue shells.
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Wow, what an apt analogy.
I never understood that. Why would anyone try to lead the pack in MarioKart if you know you will always lead for 2 laps then get smoked by multiple blue shells at the end... Why would you make a mechanic that directly harms the top competitor? I enjoy the Bullets and Golden Mushrooms that let you catch up from the bottom more than the blue shell - especially if the guy who gets it is in 8th place; they'll likely never catch up to 1st anyway, yet the 1st place racer is now probably in 4th or 5th.
Why do we want to lower the ceiling rather than raise the floor?
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Originally Posted by Citrus Dad
I agree with your post.
I noted one important thing about your examples: ALL of them are individual sports--not a single one is a team sport. (Gymnastics is a made up team sport that's really individuals.) I think the problem is that these sports really don't have any interaction with other individuals in a direct way. That may be why this year's game isn't really ringing true.
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Especially as we see the teams who are able to independently create and cap their own stacks seem to be doing better, the notion of the "alliance" seems to be lesser emphasized when compared with a "group of three teams each doing their own thing."