Whoop de friggin' doo
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Jan 14, 2010, 1:45 AM
Whatever it gets called its startin' to sound a bit heavy on the coding/implementation side as variants are proposed before it even gets off the ground. Best to keep it simple to start off perhaps?
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Re: zk's rule ...
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Jan 14, 2010, 5:45 AM
Wait, no king in his right mind would set up a battle where he was at a disadvantage. People only do that when they're backed into a corner. Winning a battle, only to face another battle with no rest; sounds more like watching gladiator's fight:
Why the defensive posture? And why the need for such overt (attempt at) testosterone driven format nomenclature? Women do like to play the game too so I've heard (as well as straight men)......I tried to be subtle but apparently you took it as a jab...so yeah, there it is....Gladiators?!?! Thanks but, errr, no.
Lol none taken......frankly I prefer them myself.....it occurred to me that the speed format as always will be designated and visible from the lobby (once the clock is set) and what we're discussing is a round robin format, no? Why not just call it what it is and leave it to the table owners to adjust the clock?
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Re: zk's rule ...
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Jan 14, 2010, 9:10 AM
Best thing I can tell you, is to try being the table-host when there are about 5 regular people playing and 3-4 or more people come in and say they want to play.
It only takes one newbie, who just wants to play and doesnt pay attention to the text window, to get things fouled up.
Most table-hosts don't like coming off heavy-handed with the boot button. Doesn't make for good relations with the female gladiators (who I invision look a lot like the "Fem-bots" from the Austin Powers movie).
Insomnia blows.....
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Jan 14, 2010, 10:32 AM
No no no I didnt mean to leave rotation with the owner....CLOCK setting only which in turn would show the table as being 'speed' visible from the lobby and as peeps entered the table(if the owner's time setting falls within the 'speed threshold which I think is 5 min or less).....(another cool side effect is that without the timer function being defined by the format, the format could be played in longer games too!)in other words designation doesn't need to be given to this format in reference to the TIMER function....make sense? Sorry I'm runnin' on fumes here if I'm not coming through in my normal crystal (ting!) clarity. My suggestion is that the format simply be referred to as round robin cuz that's what it be and if/when the Wiz gets around to making table-naming a reality then everyone can let their freak flags fly as far as Gladiators, Kings, the Village People With Cannon Balls or what have you are concerned.
Message was edited by: omgjustdie at Jan 14, 2010 4:42 AM To make this as confusing as humanly possible....ugh. Sorry. Going to bed now.
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Re: Insomnia blows.....
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Jan 14, 2010, 8:31 PM
umm sorry to pull this back off topic for a second, but...
i have been digging through both the general forum and the tourney forum of 2003 2004 2005 and there is nothing i can find any where close to the format being discussed in this thread, soo,...im goina need to ask you to site your sources on this claim that vitals had used the exact same format. i will continue looking my self, ill let you know if i find any thing confirming your claim.
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Gladiator Pente ...
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Jan 14, 2010, 10:25 PM
Zoey, are you suggesting that someone would or could laugh their butt off for no good reason? Maybe call the Patent and Trademark Office, check for a copyright or something.
Wonder if it is possible to create an organized competition with this format?
And OMG, that last post only game through in waves. Usually I understand your points, and there is one there, I can feel it.
But this format is not what I call a "round-robin". As I understand the term, that is where everyone plays everyone else, or something to the effect. However, in Gladiator Pente (GP), only one person (or a few) would play everyone else, and that is IF they can keep the seat of honor.
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Re: Insomnia blows.....
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Jan 14, 2010, 10:41 PM
Seriously? Wow...like I go around lying in the forums all the time to stir trouble. I made it all up! It was all just to get under your skin! LMBO Yeah, that is it!
Screw the forum. I am the source of my claim. I know it to be a fact because I was there, participating regularly. I don't need you to find anything to support my claim (as you put it). It is not a claim, it is a truth. I don't have the desire to prove it to you. Again, I know it to be truth, I participated. If you feel this need, have at it. Won't change the truth!
You obviously have the need to believe you came up with it, so be it. Way to go Zoey! You da man! Awesome format you came up with! I will recant in an effort to make you feel better:
"Okay, EVERYONE, I completely have no idea what I am talking about. I did not play this format with Vitals for years. I just made it all up to discredit Zoey. Who is that Vitals person anywho? I bet I made him up too!"
There, you happy, Zoey? Your issue is resolved! You now have credit for creating a format that I was playing back before you even joined the site! 3 Cheers for Zoey!
PS: I don't want to reflect badly upon pente.org or Dweebo. Please know that this is not Admin opinion. It belongs to me personally. I am human afterall!
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Re: Gladiator Pente ...
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Jan 15, 2010, 12:08 AM
jack: please explain what you mean by organized competition for this format...I mean, are you saying like have 4 tables with people playing. Play for a specified amount of time then time is called and those in the "gladiator" seat play against eachother, and so on?
If this is along the lines of what you are thinking, it would be rather easy to do:
1. Make a post giving date/time, format and solicit players 2. Play on specified number of tables, probably determined by # players 3. Start on all tables at same time 4. Someone call time at a previously specified interval 5. "Gladiators" at "round" closure move to another table 6. Someone say Start on all remaining tables at same time 7. Someone call time at previously specified interval 8. Repeat as many times as necessary 9. Declare Winner
By no means have I thought this out thoroughly or anything. This was just off the top of my head and I am more than sure it could be perfected. I am MORE than sure every little caveat would have to be explained before starting this type of competition in order to not offend anyone or allow them to call cheater or any other issue that will arise.
LMBO Yeah, that is it!