Greetings hive community. I see no good reason to keep the standard option open on hive games. Any games that start with queen either greatly favor the first person to play a queen or end in a draw. Why even give people the choice? If I’m missing something I’d be glad to hear what it is.
Remove the “standard” option for games?
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Jest Phulin
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Re: Remove the “standard” option for games?
You're missing the "remove extra complication for people just learning the game" bit.
Similar to training wheels on a bicycle, or automatic transmission in a car, people new to the game find it easier to accomplish basic tasks if not overwhelmed with additional options. However, there are no training wheels in the Tour de France nor are there automatic transmissions in Formula 1 racing. Experienced users tend to like more control over their destiny.
Similar to training wheels on a bicycle, or automatic transmission in a car, people new to the game find it easier to accomplish basic tasks if not overwhelmed with additional options. However, there are no training wheels in the Tour de France nor are there automatic transmissions in Formula 1 racing. Experienced users tend to like more control over their destiny.
Re: Remove the “standard” option for games?
I see no good reason to remove the basic game mode from the official rule. Even if this mode was useless, which I do not believe, deleting it would require unnecessary work.
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Mach3Racer
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Re: Remove the “standard” option for games?
I will have to go with AppoloQ on this one.
It should at least be the pre-set option (this would NOT require any effort except a one time adjustment).
There can be cases made for people willingly luring players into "standard" setting games and then playing the white queen first.
Nicks that come to mind are Marco60 and others. Games can be revisited in archives.
Cheers,
M.
It should at least be the pre-set option (this would NOT require any effort except a one time adjustment).
There can be cases made for people willingly luring players into "standard" setting games and then playing the white queen first.
Nicks that come to mind are Marco60 and others. Games can be revisited in archives.
Cheers,
M.
Re: Remove the “standard” option for games?
It should stay the same tournament option can be opted in just like real life.... K.i.s.s.
Re: Remove the “standard” option for games?
I would agree, there is no reason to have the 'standard' opening as an option. The standard opening is not standard at all and is not used by the hive community because it basically turns the game into tic tac toe (all games end in a draw).
The issue having the opening available (and on by default) causes, is that a player new to the game will understandably use standard opening, which means they will not be matched up with any of the regular players who have it disabled. This means they will probably have to wait longer to find an opponent, and it will probably deter new players from getting involved. I think at the very least tournament needs to be the default option!
The issue having the opening available (and on by default) causes, is that a player new to the game will understandably use standard opening, which means they will not be matched up with any of the regular players who have it disabled. This means they will probably have to wait longer to find an opponent, and it will probably deter new players from getting involved. I think at the very least tournament needs to be the default option!