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PhilomathBret
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WHY DOES ALMOST EVERYBODY ON HERE ONLY PLAY BOTS??
« on: Oct 24th, 2009, 12:51pm » |
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There are 7 live games involving a human right now and every single one is against a bot!! Why don't people challenge each other once in a while on here? I imagine that it seriously hinders how fast Arimaa grows in popularity when no new players can play other humans. I never get challenges from people and it can take quite a while to get a game with a person because everybody is busy playing bots!
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Re: WHY DOES ALMOST EVERYBODY ON HERE ONLY PLAY BO
« Reply #1 on: Oct 24th, 2009, 2:45pm » |
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Please don't have your subject line be in all caps.
There is an icon behind your name in the gameroom, an 'i' that is or is not crossed out. This indicates to others whether you are willing of being invited to a game. Click on the icon to change it.
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omar
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Re: WHY DOES ALMOST EVERYBODY ON HERE ONLY PLAY BO
« Reply #2 on: Oct 24th, 2009, 4:19pm » |
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For most people Arimaa is still a very new game and they are still trying to get familiar with it, so playing the bots is an easy way to do that.
I still tend to play bots more than humans because its so convenient. There is probably also a comfort aspect to it too. But I think if we have more HvH events it will help wean us off the bots 
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PhilomathBret
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Re: WHY DOES ALMOST EVERYBODY ON HERE ONLY PLAY BO
« Reply #3 on: Oct 24th, 2009, 4:21pm » |
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I can't understand this comfort aspect. Somebody can't handle losing a board game to somebody through the internet??
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Fritzlein
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Re: WHY DOES ALMOST EVERYBODY ON HERE ONLY PLAY BO
« Reply #4 on: Oct 24th, 2009, 4:34pm » |
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Personally, I am thrilled to see seven people playing bots all at once. Maybe they aren't comfortable playing humans yet, but the players who stick around tend to eventually get tired of just bot-bashing, and start to play other humans for more interesting games. Think of the bot ladder as a gateway drug to the full addiction of Arimaa.
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megajester
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Re: WHY DOES ALMOST EVERYBODY ON HERE ONLY PLAY BO
« Reply #5 on: Oct 25th, 2009, 1:00am » |
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lol. arimaa makes me hiiiiigh.
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