Originally posted by beet1e
Saburo - Excuse me? I'm not talking about Aces High, hence my choice of forum for this thread. I was talking about Bridge. Aces High and Bridge are two totally different games. So what was it that made you think I was making a comparison between the two? Once again, if any comparison is being made, that comparison is being made not by me, but by you. Face it, Sab - you walked right into that one. 
I actually found what could be interpreted as references to AH for practically all your reasons. I found it entertaining. Do I believe that you are actually talking about your or my personal experiences of AH? No, I do not. Do I believe that you are refering to AH situations and/or comments that you might have read/heard about? Yes, I do.
For your benefit I'll give you my interpretation as I see them (since you asked):
Despite the fact that our environment was in effect a “training arena”, the trainers went to great lengths to give instruction and helpful advice, instead of whupping our arses to show off their own Bridge playing prowess.
I don't visit the AH Training arena but it seems that some trainers might have a tendency to shoot down "newbies" for the sake of proving how good they are rather than the actual training benefit the newbie could actually receive.
Most of us had to play slowly at first, and many mistakes were made in the learning process. Despite this, no-one called anyone else a dweeb or a wuss. There was no abuse of any kind, and people remained courteous to eachother.
LOL, this I have seen sometimes. Some ( a minority IMHO) seem to take this game a bit too serious and seem to lack the patience for new players to learn. Some of us forget the learning curve we had to go through to get where we are.
There was no ganging up on any individual player, and there were no incidences of one player trying to cover himself in glory by making it on his own. We learned that Bridge is very much a partnership game.
LOL, ganging is part of the tactical game. Bring your superior #s forces to shoot down the other side. Allows a big advantage on taking over bases.
There are those that also enjoy 'lone wolfing it' to get in some good fights against superior #s. Having a lot of different players will yield different play styles, skills, tactics, and maturity. That's the life of MMOG.
There was no cheating. No-one tried to see his opponents’ cards, and no-one looked over anyone’s shoulder then to whisper in his opponents’ ears.
Although I haven't witnessed it first hand, There might be those that do jump to the other side to check out what the 'other' side is doing, etc.
I find people who would cheat here, would probably be likely to cheat at golf, solitaire, or any game that has rules based on honor.
Throughout the course, we were taught that the objective was to win the GAME in a series of individual hands or deals. Thus, no-one sought satisfaction from winning individual tricks, as we all kept the overall objective in mind – winning the hand and making Game.
Seems you are taking a stab against those in AH that wish to play for the dogfight only and not care what bases were taken or who would win the reset.
Because no-one glorified in winning individual tricks, there was no-one to denounce anyone else as a “strat potato”, “fluffer”, or “dildo worshipper”.
LOL, do I need to elaborate?
Practice hands were set up by the trainers, but we also had random deals. We did not have players turning the cards face up so they could grab all the Kings and Aces.
No-one ever suggested mixing the best cards from multiple packs so that everyone could have Aces, Kings, Queens and Jacks.
Nikis, Spits, and La7s, oh my!
When a hand was dealt, people accepted what they were dealt. The game target in Bridge is in proportion to the strength of the hands dealt. All of us had a crap hand from time to time, but no-one went ”Waaaaaah, all these low cards have so many spots it makes my hand look like a Pizza. Waaaaaaahhhhh, I want a hand with all Aces Kings and Queens”
Refering to the complaints by some of the Pizza map?
Whenever I made the highest bid such that my partner was “Dummy”, I distinctly remember my partner remaining at the table to help me, instead of going in search of more “fun” at the other table.
Could it possibly be that you were trying to help someone else take over a base, but failed to bomb the target or drop the troops correctly, that the player you were playing with got frustrated and went to play in another area of the map?
Each person had paid approximately £200 for this residential course. But no-one suggested that the rules of play should be modified to suit himself on account of the fact that having paid £200 to be on the course he was entitled to play Bridge any way he liked.
Looks to be a stab at those that claim that they can fly however they want since it is their $14.95/month (BTW, they are right
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That's why I said you were comparing apples to oranges. I also found your comparisons entertaining
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BTW, if someone opens a big door to something that looks interesting, I'll walk in everytime
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Regards
