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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Totally different kinda game but I've had the same experience with Go. Lots of people overplay in all sorts of ways, leaving weaknesses behind to play faster, making too many groups to take away points, trying to build too large of an area, etc. It's easy to get mad and frustrated because you know that it goes against theory and it shouldn't work - but a lot of times if you try to punish it too early or too severely, you're the one that ends up in a bad situation. You have to respect that their moves have value and that their strategy can work, and you have to engage with what they're doing while remaining calm and looking for ways to bleed them.

We talking pokemon go....? Cause like, I see what you mean; personally I go for control of the battlefield kind of play and try and surprise them with like a shadow type (idk I don't really play pokemon go but you make it sound fun)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_(game)

Is what fae is talking about and it is pretty cool

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Just clicked that link and I don't know, I don't think so. The graphics look terrible and the gameplay seems less polished; is it still early access?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

pretty sure they're talking about the board game Go

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Nah, who the heck in their right mind would play a board game over the actual pokemon app; can you imagine carrying the thing with you everywhere every time you want to capture a pokemon? Plus if it's only called Go, it sounds like an indie pokemon go clone but with the added gimmick of being a board game. I doubt the board game can match the app's complexity.