joecoolfrog wrote:Timminz wrote:comic boy wrote:Looking at his history most of his wins have come in speed games which might explain the problem, different set of tactics required
How are the tactics different for speed games? but I don't understand how the tactics would be different.
This is purely supposition because I have little to no experience of speed games but the time factor appears to work against taking everybody out in one sweep, this though is by far the prefered method in high ranking casual games. It may well be that I am completely wrong about this but it does beg the question of why he does so badly outside the speed format, perhaps he just takes on less skilled players ?
There are players with poor connections ie... Comic, Incand, and countless others that doesn't allow a full sweep in speed. However, you are right that there are indeed less of them, not so much because of time constraints- just lack of top players in them. So when a marginally skilled player having no one doing the necessary blocks and such- it does allow for easier kills and wins. There are certainly more hangings, or gifts. On occasion you will see a [high rank] speed game, nothing like the casual ones we play. The good mix of ranks in these speed games, makes me think it is indeed easier to win.
Case in point- TIm says " The amount of time you get to think about a move is less, and will cause more errors in judgement/poorly thought-out moves." and compounded with lower skilled players would make them easier- I don't see how the two can be remotely compared as equal.