General Game Discussion

[Shadoweh]

zorrrrrrrrrrr
please end my suffering zorrrr

[Cheery Dog]

I must refrain from posting in game threads.
I must refrain from posting in game threads

and typing that out enough times is probably meaningless when I've already managed to refrain myself by coming here to do it. Not even worth a copy + paste.

[DeathRowKitty]

Cheery Dog I miss you

[mastin2]

You could always join him by throwing the match.

[StrangerCoug]

I feel like there should be a demotivator from trying to spell phony words. Wouldn't know how to do it, though.

ETA:

Perhaps checking after each move whether the spelled letters

COULD

spell a word, but that increases mod work.

[Haschel Cedricson]

The demotivater is if you get challenged you lose a life.

[StrangerCoug]

Theoretically, yes. The problem I perceive the game has having is showing up when people know they're screwed, so they put a letter they know won't spell a word (or, in a couple of cases that have happened, even a non-letter symbol). That prolongs the game, and it's dragging enough as it is. It actually makes me feel glad I've already been eliminated.

[Save The Dragons]

Honestly, I think it's just getting everyone to post in a timely manner that's the issue; if that weren't a problem, there would be no problem with people throwing the game when they know they're screwed.

[racefan12]

Bluffing is part of the game. The only thing that can be done is strict enforcement of timing deadlines, but it's impossible to know if someone is legitimately unavailable or if they're simply trying to avoid posting.

[StrangerCoug]

Bluffing is part of the game.

Then why are they being made and called at such a high rate? I understand people picking letters that spell out uncommon words to try to draw an unsuccessful challenge, but unless I have a fundamental misunderstanding of the spirit of the game...

[Save The Dragons]

I don't know if having it happen a lot here means it's not appropriate for the game. I suspect that it isn't often that a bluff works overall, but not every hearts game includes attempting to shooting the moon.

[Cheery Dog]

I don't understand why people are pulling out symbols either.
I think there's something to do with who they want to start the next word?

But at least use symbols that can actually be used to make words in languages that share characters with English.

[StrangerCoug]

I don't know if having it happen a lot here means it's not appropriate for the game. I suspect that it isn't often that a bluff works overall, but not every hearts game includes attempting to shooting the moon.

Good point.

[Shadoweh]

I think the game is just meant to be done faster so it's more likely someone will miss a letter without thinking about it.
On a forum with 12 hours it's easy to look at the letters and go "no, I don't think elephang is a word."

[Save The Dragons]

elphang
el phang

EHL fayng

n.
1. An elephant's fang.
2. (obsolete) A shade of purple.

[zoraster]

I don't understand why people are pulling out symbols either.
I think there's something to do with who they want to start the next word?

But at least use symbols that can actually be used to make words in languages that share characters with English.

I was just trying to be funny, but obviously failed. i only saw one option and it was to form a word everyone knew so it was just as good to get challenged on a symbol as get challenged on an obviously false word. Because the thing about this is that "bluffing" isn't really part of it at all. Because even if I don't know if you're bluffing or not, if I don't know a word that starts with the letters you started with, I'm going to challenge.

[racefan12]

Perhaps having multiple lives here made people more likely to challenge overall (and thus reduced the utility of bluffing); the penalty for an incorrect challenge wasn't as severe as it would be in a more standard variant.

[Haschel Cedricson]

REDACTED until challenge end.

[RedCoyote]

xof is no longer allowed to post which player starts, lmao

[CuddlyCaucasian]

xof is no longer allowed to post which player starts, lmao

It's even better how every post ends with >.>

[DeathRowKitty]

I still haven't figured out the rules about who starts the next word

[Haschel Cedricson]

Jeopardy!? Oh dear, I'm glad I wasn't at the bottom of the rankings.

[Xalxe]

I would like to congratulate Zoraster and DeathRowKitty for being safe for the first time in this game! Congrats, enjoy it!

[zoraster]

Wait. Why am I safe?

[Xalxe]

Our team won?