Posted by benhoidal on 6/16/2020 8:53:00 PM (view original):

Posted by ashamael on 6/16/2020 7:47:00 PM (view original):
I'm in the trick you all into thinking I'm not a threat phase. So far, so good. Too bad we're not playing Catan.

What’s your favorite Catan expansion? I like Cities and Knights best I think.

I like the one with boats. Which one is that?

Original all day. I’ll take Longest Road now, thanks...

And all of the bricks (although I seem to have that covered by at least two Savage teams)

Posted by jhsukow on 6/16/2020 8:54:00 PM (view original):

Posted by benhoidal on 6/16/2020 8:53:00 PM (view original):

Posted by ashamael on 6/16/2020 7:47:00 PM (view original):
I'm in the trick you all into thinking I'm not a threat phase. So far, so good. Too bad we're not playing Catan.

What’s your favorite Catan expansion? I like Cities and Knights best I think.

I like the one with boats. Which one is that?

That’s seafarers which is fun. Cities and knights is the most complex so it takes a trial run to get the hang of, but it’s my favorite.

Posted by benhoidal on 6/16/2020 9:01:00 PM (view original):

Posted by jhsukow on 6/16/2020 8:54:00 PM (view original):

Posted by benhoidal on 6/16/2020 8:53:00 PM (view original):

Posted by ashamael on 6/16/2020 7:47:00 PM (view original):
I'm in the trick you all into thinking I'm not a threat phase. So far, so good. Too bad we're not playing Catan.

What’s your favorite Catan expansion? I like Cities and Knights best I think.

I like the one with boats. Which one is that?

That’s seafarers which is fun. Cities and knights is the most complex so it takes a trial run to get the hang of, but it’s my favorite.

I've only played the original and the 6-player expansion. I hated the 6-player expansion. The original is just solid ******* gold, though.

Posted by benhoidal on 6/16/2020 8:53:00 PM (view original):

Posted by ashamael on 6/16/2020 7:47:00 PM (view original):
I'm in the trick you all into thinking I'm not a threat phase. So far, so good. Too bad we're not playing Catan.

What’s your favorite Catan expansion? I like Cities and Knights best I think.

I’m a bad person to ask because I don’t really like board games, but I only ever played original, Seafarers and Cities and Knights. I only liked original.

Posted by ashamael on 6/16/2020 9:47:00 PM (view original):

Posted by benhoidal on 6/16/2020 9:01:00 PM (view original):

Posted by jhsukow on 6/16/2020 8:54:00 PM (view original):

Posted by benhoidal on 6/16/2020 8:53:00 PM (view original):

Posted by ashamael on 6/16/2020 7:47:00 PM (view original):
I'm in the trick you all into thinking I'm not a threat phase. So far, so good. Too bad we're not playing Catan.

What’s your favorite Catan expansion? I like Cities and Knights best I think.

I like the one with boats. Which one is that?

That’s seafarers which is fun. Cities and knights is the most complex so it takes a trial run to get the hang of, but it’s my favorite.

I've only played the original and the 6-player expansion. I hated the 6-player expansion. The original is just solid ******* gold, though.

Right there with you. Played the 6 player expansion twice and both times it sucked. If you don't have all 6 players really intent on playing it takes forever and the ones who aren't taking it seriously get really bored and the rest of us get ****** off.

Only times I've done it was to include my friend's kids. They did okay, but yeah, it's just kind of so different than the 4-player version that I just don't care for it. Also there's not enough quality places on the board for 6 reasonably even competitors.

Posted by ashamael on 6/16/2020 10:54:00 PM (view original):
Only times I've done it was to include my friend's kids. They did okay, but yeah, it's just kind of so different than the 4-player version that I just don't care for it. Also there's not enough quality places on the board for 6 reasonably even competitors.

This is exactly why I don't like board games. I am kind of an obsessively competitive person, although it was among the litany of things that improved after a half decade of therapy, and I would get so mad because I would be going nuts trying to win and get so angry with the other people playing the game with me who didn't care as much.

Catan is one of those games I love to win but hate to lose. You need the strategy but you can't bear the thought of anyone else winning. I don't get to play it enough. Maybe that's not the worst thing in the world.....

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7	dh555	7	7	7	7	4
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10 (30)	robusk	7	3	3	8	9
10	ashamael	6	6	7	2	9
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everyone has at least 1 team in the playoffs, nobody has 5 teams in the playoffs

Posted by pexetera on 6/17/2020 8:55:00 AM (view original):
everyone has at least 1 team in the playoffs, nobody has 5 teams in the playoffs

That is reassuring after two stinker slates I’ve just had.

Long way back. Let’s see if we can figure it out

Wow! Was that current standings AFTER my brilliant 0-5 performance in the afternoon games or before?

OK, so here is what I have gleaned from my teams total performance this far:

--Ray Allen is INCREDIBLY inconsistent! Guess I should have known this going in, but I am surprised how often he goes for 8-10 pts on 3-11 shooting with 1-5 from 3. 3 reb and 4 assists. One of every FOUR games does Allen go for 24 pts on 11-18 shooting and 4-8 from 3 with 4 reb and 5 assts. Incredibly frustrating for a tier 3 bomber.

--Dikembe Mutombo is aslo INCREDIBLY inconsistent! I cannot BELIEVE how many games he will go for 4 pts on 2-7 shooting, grab a whopping 5 reb and 1 block! "WTF finger wagger! Yout got a 12/24 O/Dreb % and a 6% block rating--do DO something!!!

--Despite having Mutombo and Duncan and their 90+ D in every season, opposing centers seem to be scoring at will. It seems like every damn game I am facing Shaq, Hakeem, Admiral, DHoward or Ewing, and ALL of them are going off for 30+ each game!

--George Gervin is NOT the scorer he SHOULD BE! Most games, the Iceman is a pedestrian 6-13 from the floor, 0 3's and a couple of FT's for about 16 points. WHERE THE HELL ARE ALL THE 30+ POINT GAMES HE USED TO DELIVER EVERY NIGHT WHEN HE PLAYED??? And of course, he doesn't add any reb or asst.

--Pairing Ray Allen and Gervin at the 2 and 3 was a HUGE mistake on my part. I THOUGHT I had more than enough rebounding with Mutombo, Duncan, Rondo and Mel Daniels. NOPE. All five of my teams are getting outrebounded consistently. There has not even been a THOUGHT of using Eaton to back up Mutombo, because I need Daniels rebounding too much.

--Rajon Rondo doesn't play enough minutes! Yeah I shoulda known this coming in, but Rondo can only play over 34 min a game in ONE season. The rest are 29-31 a game. Brevin Knight has helped, but he doesn't score enough for my needs.

--Finally, I thought my strategy of drafting 11 of 12 guys who have five usable seasons would help me out BIG TIME, but the rest of you guys are BRILLIANT, and it doesn't seem to be helping me at all. I just don't know how so many of you can draft so many players who have ONE good season or maybe two, and have to use min $ guys for THREE OR FOUR leagues can succeed, but all your opposing lineups look damn tough, so I was pretty much wrong.