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I don't really have anything useful to contribute here, I just had to jump in and say that this kind of situation, with the kind of people who will choose to spend their free time overanalyzing and debating the plausibility of hypothetical misinterpretations of online board game settings... it's the...

I have never understood friendly robber. It makes Catan less Catan-ish for people who don't like Catan the way it is, and should play a different game instead of trying to "fix" this one

It's funny to me that I usually don't like games based too much on luck, and yet this one is almost ALL luck, and I love it lol

I can't be the only one.

I can relate to being frustrated about timer penalties. My biggest beef with it is in real-time, half the time there's no warning because the site is buggy about refreshing itself sometimes, and you could literally be sitting there watching your screen waiting for your turn, considering hitting the ...

If I play poker on here I'll sometimes say "Good luck all! (but not too much =p)"

I think it fits along the same lines as "May the best man win". You aren't hoping it isn't you, just like you aren't hoping your opponent has enough good luck to beat you. But I think it's all just a nod to the future being unknown, and seeing your opponent as a peer who also wants to win ...

... since the new season has adopted the friendly robber rule, the game play has declined steadily. One simple solution is to avoid tables with the Friendly Robber option activated. Even better, become a paying member and open your own tables without the Friendly Robber option. My tables don't have...

I think it's important that people remember there are many tactics to game play. For example sometimes I rob a player that is not in lead but because I know they just received a resource I need. I personally do feel that anything that isn't against the rules is fair game and it can seem irritating ...

I've started saying, "Thank you for playing =)"

Yes! That, combined with that last post from Jellby about "individual pursuit" cracked it all open finally. I never heard about anything like that before. The game would make sense if you are already familiar with that concept. Thanks to both