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blackczajk
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A Hello from Pittsburgh
« on: Sep 14th, 2012, 2:21pm » |
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HEY YINZ GUYS!!!!
Ha ha, so, after reading about the game and looking at replays for about a month, and maybe a week or so into clawing my way up the bot ladder (bit by bit), I thought I should probably stop and say hello to the rest of the community.
The last thing I'll add is, I'm really impressed. The more I read into everything, and the more I'm playing, there's a simplicity AND a depth to the game that speaks volumes without needing to say much of anything--I'm surprised at how many silly mistakes I've made against the bots so far where, looking afterwards (and even right then as it happens), I go, "yeah, I should have been paying attention".
Oh yeah--to the community at large, thank you. It's definitely fun, and I think I'll stick around for a while 
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Hippo
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Re: A Hello from Pittsburgh
« Reply #1 on: Sep 14th, 2012, 4:34pm » |
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Welcome ... the next lost/captured soul 
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Fritzlein
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Re: A Hello from Pittsburgh
« Reply #2 on: Sep 15th, 2012, 8:25am » |
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Welcome, blackczajk. (It this a clue how to pronounce your family name?) It strikes me that if I were writing my hello to the Arimaa community after eight years of playing, my message would have basically the same content as yours:
1) I can't believe how much depth there is from such simple rules; for example, I'm learning new things about strategy in all five of my postal mixer games. If I analyze (instead of just playing) the moves that first occur to me, I often realize my priorities are wrong.
2) I can't believe how many silly mistakes I make.
3) It's definitely fun.
4) Thank you Omar; thank you community!
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Re: A Hello from Pittsburgh
« Reply #3 on: Sep 15th, 2012, 11:16am » |
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[quote author=Fritzlein link=board=sayHello;num=1347650483;start=0#2 date=09/15/12 at 08:25:06]Welcome, blackczajk. (It this a clue how to pronounce your family name?)
Yep, that's the clue for the Romanized way, even though very few people get it. In a lot of ways, I always feel like the Gasol brothers trying to explain how to pronounce their name, ha ha.
It's refreshing to find something that actively makes me think--and there's very few games like that being made now. (As a side note, my sister bought your
Beginning Arimaa book for me, and I agree with your assessment of how games get designed lately.)
And to Hippo . . . yeah, I'll go with lost, I don't think making maps will do any good here
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