Friendly robber again

[Theana]

The thing with the Friendly robber is that previous arena seasons, had it enabled. This means that u had to play Friendly robber whether u liked it or not. So many players, are used to playing that way. Also, don't forget that a lot of people play for fun. And Friendly robber usually makes the game more fun for players who are not too competitive.

This season however, Friendly robber is disabled. However, this does not mean that u have to attack and rob when the first 7 is rolled. And it is not against the rules if a player asks for Friendly robber. It is an agreement between players. Not illegal. And this is where the social aspect of the game kicks in.

So previous arena season if we didn't want to play FR we were forced to play by the rules, but is perfectly fine to change them and at one's convenience now that FR is not enabled and get upset if someone disagrees on that.

Doesn't sound fair...playing arena is not mandatory and is not a need. It is a competition, if one doesn't like the rules pr just wants to "play for fun" there are other options, for example looking for settings they like.

And I do play for fun and fun for me means do not get stressed playing a game from entitled people

U r still missing the point. They don't get actually that upset. U just offered them a reason to target u, and they will use this to their advantage. Simple as that.

If u see the game that competitive, then u should expect a certain level of stress. And in a competitive game like catan, I will try to turn everyone against u. That's the point.

I am done responding to you. Not sure if really don't get the point, or you pretend not to but you purposely mix strategy and mean behaviour and apparently think that being competitive means accept such attitude.

[Vad55]

So previous arena season if we didn't want to play FR we were forced to play by the rules, but is perfectly fine to change them and at one's convenience now that FR is not enabled and get upset if someone disagrees on that.

Doesn't sound fair...playing arena is not mandatory and is not a need. It is a competition, if one doesn't like the rules pr just wants to "play for fun" there are other options, for example looking for settings they like.

And I do play for fun and fun for me means do not get stressed playing a game from entitled people

U r still missing the point. They don't get actually that upset. U just offered them a reason to target u, and they will use this to their advantage. Simple as that.

If u see the game that competitive, then u should expect a certain level of stress. And in a competitive game like catan, I will try to turn everyone against u. That's the point.

I am done responding to you. Not sure if really don't get the point, or you pretend not to but you purposely mix strategy and mean behaviour and apparently think that being competitive means accept such attitude.

You still don't understand what I wrote. But you are useful: the more messages there are in the "friendly robbery" topic, the sooner boardgamearena will see these messages and react to them. Thanks for your cooperation!

[Vad55]

So previous arena season if we didn't want to play FR we were forced to play by the rules, but is perfectly fine to change them and at one's convenience now that FR is not enabled and get upset if someone disagrees on that.

Doesn't sound fair...playing arena is not mandatory and is not a need. It is a competition, if one doesn't like the rules pr just wants to "play for fun" there are other options, for example looking for settings they like.

And I do play for fun and fun for me means do not get stressed playing a game from entitled people

U r still missing the point. They don't get actually that upset. U just offered them a reason to target u, and they will use this to their advantage. Simple as that.

If u see the game that competitive, then u should expect a certain level of stress. And in a competitive game like catan, I will try to turn everyone against u. That's the point.

I am done responding to you. Not sure if really don't get the point, or you pretend not to but you purposely mix strategy and mean behaviour and apparently think that being competitive means accept such attitude.

..as I said earlier, the idea of ​​"friendly robbery" is praised by not very strong players. I look at your statistics in Katana: 840 games and 243 wins. In fact, I know how to deal with such: just raise the threshold for entering the Arena to a rating of 200+ - this will cut off 90% of provocateurs

[Theana]

..as I said earlier, the idea of ​​"friendly robbery" is praised by not very strong players. I look at your statistics in Katana: 840 games and 243 wins. In fact, I know how to deal with such: just raise the threshold for entering the Arena to a rating of 200+ - this will cut off 90% of provocateurs

I think you misunderstood my quote? Or you quote me by mistake? I was agreeing with you and I definitely did not quote you.

I don't like FR, my tables are never FR and I don't play Arena if FR is enable. I actually posted in this very forum a day before this discussion to complain about people forcing FR in Arena.

So would you like to take back your passive aggressive behaviour?

[lazialos]

Well, if you don't like different opinions, then dont write in public.

To sum up, I personally don't like the friendly robber variant. BUT, if a sit at a table and the players suggest to play FR, I am smart enough to accept. Sometimes, somoone like u will react, and this is great for me because u will end up getting targeted, something that is to my advantage. I will not target u because u r not fair. I will target u because u gave the table a reason to target u, and this is good for my game. I personally don't dislike u or anything, and I also don't consider u unfair. I really don't care about the FR. I will just take advantage of whatever helps my game.

This is not 'mean'. This is also childish comment. It is like u have never played Catan in real life. This tactic and reflects the social aspect of the game.

Couple of years ago, in a World Championship, in the semifinal(or final), two Americans started attacking another guy. And that guy, was the one who got to decide the winner of the table, by choosing to punish the guy who initiated the attack. That's Catan.

[Katekhon]

I'm tired.

In the arena if I don't play FR people starts puting me all the robbers, if I say that I prefer to not play with FR, people puts it on me because I say that I don't want FR while other said the oposite or nothing... People makes his own robber rules "until someone makes 3", "2+2 dev cards means 3", I can rob someone if he has 3 even in in this tile there's one with 2...

I even prefer the previous situation in the arena where it was obligatory to play with. I started a topic there against FR in the arena, I hate that situation, but, at least, the rules where clear.