I'm curious if others have this kind of experience with 7 Wonders.
A few days ago my ELO was 411. Over the next 15 games it fell to 250, the lowest I've been for a very long time. During that sequence I finished last 6 times and second last 4 times, against a variety of high and low ELO players. Almost nothing I did worked. I drew crummy hands and was constantly stuck with difficult decisions - it was very frustrating! I even finished last with Hali B once!
Then, I won 9 of the next 10 games and climbed back to an ELO of 394. Everything decision I made turned out well. I even won with Olympia!
7 Wonders is a swingy game, but I've never had such an extreme sequence. I don't think I was consciously doing anything different in the bad run compared to the good run. While I can often point to errors in my play, some of the games in that bad sequence were simply impossible to do well in. That's just the nature of the game.
It would be good to have a tournament like in Bridge, where every table plays exactly the same hands. I'd be fascinated to see how others play the same cards and wonder.
A few days ago my ELO was 411. Over the next 15 games it fell to 250, the lowest I've been for a very long time. During that sequence I finished last 6 times and second last 4 times, against a variety of high and low ELO players. Almost nothing I did worked. I drew crummy hands and was constantly stuck with difficult decisions - it was very frustrating! I even finished last with Hali B once!
Then, I won 9 of the next 10 games and climbed back to an ELO of 394. Everything decision I made turned out well. I even won with Olympia!
7 Wonders is a swingy game, but I've never had such an extreme sequence. I don't think I was consciously doing anything different in the bad run compared to the good run. While I can often point to errors in my play, some of the games in that bad sequence were simply impossible to do well in. That's just the nature of the game.
It would be good to have a tournament like in Bridge, where every table plays exactly the same hands. I'd be fascinated to see how others play the same cards and wonder.