"Are battles/games lost through stupidity or won by genius?" Topic

In other words, who gets the blame, and who gets the praise?

1) I am a genius. My tactics are unassailable!
b) My opponent could not roll a 6 to save his life.
iii) Ahah! Another glaring error for me to exploit!
D) When you get the Cone of Fear from the Chaos Death Zombies of Dhoum on the first turn, you don't have to worry about skill.
5) Oh, good. Tom has the French again!

Yes.

110) Is there any Spam?

Lots I get 2500 spam mails a week.

Long pig is better.

Definitely

My genius. That and the judicious sacrificing of small animals to the dice gods.

Lost by stupidity.

In chess, the winner is the person who made the second to last mistake.

The same is probably true of miniatures games.

Actually or as you tell it?

I always tell my opponents they won through good tactics. If I won I tell them it was by luck. Common good manners, no need to stick the other guy when he's down. And, I might add, it keeps them coming back.

In actuality the best generals are the ones that win despite bad luck. It means they were ready with contingency plans. They forged a battle plan that survived contact with the enemy.

7. The opposition knew the rules better than I did.

Have been in this situation a few times.

The winner is the one who made the least mistakes.

Lotta times it's B. Depends on the rules and DICE !

It can be either depending on the player. I've seen more than one defeat themselves, despite good advice from more experience players.

My victories are triumphs of my genius over my opponent's stupidity. My defeats are the result of my bad luck, his good luck and, just possibly, his loaded dice.

LT

Six of one, half dozen of the other.

As my games are always realistic simulations, so in general the historical result prevails. No skill required, it is all pre-destined (or at least the victory conditions are written in such a way as to encourage a historical course of action).

Some players don't read the victory conditions of course, and just charge.

Mine are all lost through genius.

Yep!

I win through genius. I lose through the intervention of wrathful dice Gods. I couldn't recognize a larch if it fell on me.

A mix of many things.

I couldn't recognize a larch if it fell on me.

They're easy to identify, a typical conifer shape but the needles drop off in winter or as my then seven year old son once explained in his best scientific voice, "they are a deciduous evergreen".

While I like to think that there is a reward in genius, never underestimate the power of stupidity (usually my own)

CeruLucifus has it right.

luck

Green) Cluck-cluck

I have never lost a game that wasn't the result of bad luck/misinterpretation of the rules/the ancient Aztec curse that bedevils my every waking moment.

Being able to capitalize on the mistakes of our enemy.