Posted by Rikaar on August 2, 2000 at 20:38:54:
In Reply to: I can't help but agree posted by Nepenthe(IMM) on August 2, 2000 at 11:12:42:
> The more I play, the more I think obsessive practicing is (in general) to CF what the 'duck and cover' strategy was to nuclear war.
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> Well, maybe not that extreme. Certainly an invoker who didn't work through at least one of his paths would never mess up anyone but the most incompetent. It's not the panacea most seem to think, though. I can't even begin to count the number of times I've seen some guy get badly torn up, only to say to their opponent 'wtf? I have perfect skills' or the equivalent. Often enough their opponent will have similarly good skills (something which reminds me just a little of the Tragedy of the Commons) but also often enough the opponent's skills will be terrible.
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> You could blame luck, but that reminds me more than a little of Matt Damon's character's attitude towards luck in poker in the movie Rounders.