Subj : Re: Lethal Lotto
To   : All
From : Kavanagh
Date : Sun Dec 29 2002 06:18 pm

Lethal Lotto was idiotic as a concept.



>From a message by Vader about Lethal Lotto:
> Someone really needs to run this game.  Its one of the better ideas out 
there.
 > 
 > >From a message by fuseblown about Re:Maybe a new game idea:
 > > Lethal Lotto did that, teams were drawn randomly from a pool of 60
 > players...not sure if anyone is going to run it this year since Jackal has
 > passed away though. :(
 > 
 > 
 > ----- Original Message -----
 > From: "feral" <twgsdotorg@twgs.org>
 > To: <fuseblown@spacemyte.com>
 > Sent: Sunday, December 29, 2002 12:12 PM
 > Subject: [twgsdotorg] Maybe a new game idea
 > 
 > 
 > >
 > >     After following this forum for a good while, I've noticed that most of
 > the "top" players complain of a lack of interest in the game or a lack of
 > "different" competitors. Some have posted "help sites" or have written
 > articles to help newer players with general game knowledge and basic
 > tactics. While these are of tremendous help to the newer/unknown players,
 > they are not going to bring these players up to the "upper levels" of play.
 > >      I also noticed that some of the players who post here state that they
 > only play in tourneys. The average/unknown players are not likely to get the
 > chance to play along side any of the "top" players because they tend to
 > travel in "elite" groups and basically corp with players of similiar skill
 > levels and/or only play in tourneys.
 > >     I wonder if any of the "top" players have an interest in  taking a
 > corp of unknowns into a game. Basically what I am proposing is letting some
 > of us unknowns sign up, and get randomly assigned to one of the "top"
 > players. Let one of the "top" players assess the skill level and game
 > knowledge of the players assigned to them and organize their corps
 > accordingly. Maybe give 10 days on a practice game to each corp to work out
 > details and provide guidance and training to it's members. Then run a game
 > and let the battles begin, may the best corp win. however, I wouldlike to
 > see the CEO/Mentor only have partial turns so he could not carry the load,
 > so to speak.
 > >    If this idea has been brought up before, forgive me, I must have missed
 > it. I'm not sure if any of the "top" players have the time, inclination, or
 > the patience for something like this. But, I believe playing along side some
 > of the "top" players and getting "in game guidance" would be much more
 > beneficial to the "unknown"players than trying to read up on a tactic and
 > trying to implement it in a game where there are "top" players playing. So
 > all the talk about the game dying to lack of interest..etc.. Here is a
 > chance or opportunity to make an impact on some of the "hopefully" future up
 > and coming players. Sorry for being so long winded....
 > >
 > > Feral
 > 
 > 



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