Frustrated in losing games which depend a lot on luck

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Rebecca_Zeng
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Frustrated in losing games which depend a lot on luck

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I like this game very much and used to rank within Top 70, but sometimes I'm not that lucky, so I will lose the game consecutively...I totally understood this situation, but everytime when I lose, my score will be deducted around 20-40. However, I can only earn about 4-15 for each winning...It's so frustrating, especially when I lose for several games, which will make my score go down greatly and I can only use at least double the time and efforts to win back... :(

It seems endless... :roll: After many days of playing in arena, I have less motivation to compete, especially when I feel I don't have luck at that moment (like I had 0 deer during the whole game, and I do think some cards take more advantages in scoring, such as deers/wolfs/martens/ferns...)

Just wanna share my feelings or can anyone share how you adjust your mindset when you are less lucky. THX~
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Re: Frustrated in losing games which depend a lot on luck

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I steer towards games that are fun even when losing. This is one of them for me - totally subjective of course.
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Re: Frustrated in losing games which depend a lot on luck

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Just focusing on rating is going to get you discouraged. Rating isn't made for gratification, it is made to try to evaluate skills. If you have a good rating you are expected to win more and so a loss will lose more points. And "luck" is just the noise in this.
My advise: Have fun playing, try to get better, don't focus on your bad luck moments - then your rating will eventually show what you achieved. Not the other way around.

(I have these frustration moments too - usually I do best when I don't care....).
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Re: Frustrated in losing games which depend a lot on luck

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it's a card game, calm down
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Rebecca_Zeng
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Re: Frustrated in losing games which depend a lot on luck

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richyfourtytwo wrote: 19 October 2024, 12:32 I steer towards games that are fun even when losing. This is one of them for me - totally subjective of course.
Good idea! I think I will do like that :)
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Rebecca_Zeng
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Re: Frustrated in losing games which depend a lot on luck

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Agentus wrote: 19 October 2024, 15:40 Just focusing on rating is going to get you discouraged. Rating isn't made for gratification, it is made to try to evaluate skills. If you have a good rating you are expected to win more and so a loss will lose more points. And "luck" is just the noise in this.
My advise: Have fun playing, try to get better, don't focus on your bad luck moments - then your rating will eventually show what you achieved. Not the other way around.

(I have these frustration moments too - usually I do best when I don't care....).
Yes, I care about the ranking too much and almost don't enjoy the game. Thanks for reminding me that~~
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Rebecca_Zeng
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Re: Frustrated in losing games which depend a lot on luck

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MaxP77 wrote: 19 October 2024, 17:28 it's a card game, calm down
okk...just some moments feeling down and unfair while losing much more scores than winning them :?
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Re: Frustrated in losing games which depend a lot on luck

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If you play only against higher-ranked players, you'll win more points with victories than lose with defeats. Of course, you'll probably also lose more often than win, so you choice :D
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Re: Frustrated in losing games which depend a lot on luck

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Jellby wrote: 21 October 2024, 08:31 If you play only against higher-ranked players, you'll win more points with victories than lose with defeats. Of course, you'll probably also lose more often than win, so you choice :D
I thought i could not choose the opponent's level while playing in arena?
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Re: Frustrated in losing games which depend a lot on luck

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No, but you can play outside Arena.
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