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<blockquote data-quote="shutyertrap" data-source="post: 213772" data-attributes="member: 134"><p>I voted for random variety. There's pros and cons to each of the suggested. </p><p></p><p>Not having played in a tourney in well over a year, playing the PC tourney has brought up a few things that ultimately soured me on playing TPA at all for a while. The first is the hacker/troll scores. I truly despise these, and it bothers me endlessly to see them in a tourney. I can ignore seeing them on the regular leaderboard, until I notice them in tournament. I shouldn't let them affect me, but they do. </p><p></p><p>The second is what playing for a week with these tables does to my psyche towards them later. My competitive nature causes me to strip the table down to only elements that allow for a great score quick. And then I do it over and over and over again. Now I do the same when trying to earn a wizard goal, but at the end of that I get the goal and a sense of accomplishment. At the end of the tourney I get slapped with the reality of my best not even being close to what's needed. And then I carry a resentment toward the table.</p><p></p><p>I truly love competing in TotM, and grinding on a table during TotW has actually increased my enjoyment of some tables. I've been grinding on RBION for this tourney, determined to go from 3rd behind two trolls to first. I was very very close. And then Vikingerik comes in and utterly nukes the scores. I now have no desire to touch RBION, and it's one of my favorite tables.</p><p></p><p>So I think the solution for me is to impose my own limitations. I will pick a day or two to play. I will only play a limited number of times. As Gus pointed out, that is usually a true indicator of my ability, rather than hoping for that one freak game. Because honestly, this tourney has stirred up a lot of old feelings that put me off of playing any TPA for a while.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shutyertrap, post: 213772, member: 134"] I voted for random variety. There's pros and cons to each of the suggested. Not having played in a tourney in well over a year, playing the PC tourney has brought up a few things that ultimately soured me on playing TPA at all for a while. The first is the hacker/troll scores. I truly despise these, and it bothers me endlessly to see them in a tourney. I can ignore seeing them on the regular leaderboard, until I notice them in tournament. I shouldn't let them affect me, but they do. The second is what playing for a week with these tables does to my psyche towards them later. My competitive nature causes me to strip the table down to only elements that allow for a great score quick. And then I do it over and over and over again. Now I do the same when trying to earn a wizard goal, but at the end of that I get the goal and a sense of accomplishment. At the end of the tourney I get slapped with the reality of my best not even being close to what's needed. And then I carry a resentment toward the table. I truly love competing in TotM, and grinding on a table during TotW has actually increased my enjoyment of some tables. I've been grinding on RBION for this tourney, determined to go from 3rd behind two trolls to first. I was very very close. And then Vikingerik comes in and utterly nukes the scores. I now have no desire to touch RBION, and it's one of my favorite tables. So I think the solution for me is to impose my own limitations. I will pick a day or two to play. I will only play a limited number of times. As Gus pointed out, that is usually a true indicator of my ability, rather than hoping for that one freak game. Because honestly, this tourney has stirred up a lot of old feelings that put me off of playing any TPA for a while. [/QUOTE]
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