Clean up the mentor program

Loreliover 11 years ago

Half the mentors are in requirement of mentor-ship themselves.

You need some standards here.

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Iceaacover 11 years ago
when you play a stacked table you n1 the dumbest player because then they are the easiest read for everyone lol

and i agree, not having a norm is important lol
CultedPuppyover 11 years ago
itg321
does not apply to good tables lol.

and you said that's not why you didn't want me to be a mentor lol, it's for my much weaker scumhunting game lol
Yeah, I know. I was just pointing out that advocating fearkilling is playing on a crutch. If it ever becomes a "norm" for you you're going to get screwed when you hit a stacked table.
itg321over 11 years ago
does not apply to good tables lol.

and you said that's not why you didn't want me to be a mentor lol, it's for my much weaker scumhunting game lol
itg321over 11 years ago
exactly

why give yourself a harder time and potentially make the game an hour long one when killing the only other smart person on the table means the game will end in 10 ish minutes lol
CultedPuppyover 11 years ago
It's not a self-imposed handicap.

This isn't some high-tier elitist competition, it's an enjoyable online game that you play in your spare time. If you become fixated enough on it that it ever becomes more than that then you, my dear sir, have an issue.
itg321over 11 years ago
i agree, i'd find it pretty rude to be fearkilled

but if a player does so time and again, predictability becomes their biggest weakness and can then be easily exploited upon.

predictability = biggest contributor to losses on epicmafia.com
catbaeover 11 years ago
i don't think doing that is legitimately objectionable, it's possible for people to read someone from a kill if their tendencies get too predictable, and no one is obligated to play with him if they think he's likely to n1 them
itg321over 11 years ago
the counter argument here is iron sharpens iron and obviously is a much better mindset if you want to improve

ofc i won't tell people to fearkill u nob
itg321over 11 years ago
'The scrub mentality is to be so shackled by self-imposed handicaps as to never have any hope of being truly good at a game. '

im not calling you a scrub but not killing the biggest detriment to your wincon is pretty suboptimal lol
itg321over 11 years ago
http://www.sirlin.net/ptw-book/introducingthe-scrub
http://www.sirlin.net/articles/playing-to-win

good reads abe
itg321over 11 years ago
you play to win

how is that in any way suboptimal?

obviously if there is a doc you don't kill runners/bignames because they're likely doc targets and instead kill the person you least know about.

more variables you can control = easier win regardless of alignment
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CultedPuppyover 11 years ago
E T I Q U E T T E
CultedPuppyover 11 years ago
The guy that just wrote that is teaching people to play.
itg321over 11 years ago
why give yourself a harder time as scum
CultedPuppyover 11 years ago
itg321
but if a fellow runner is in game and i am scum the only optimal play (both in running and because they're a proven competent player) is to shoot them n1
No.
itg321over 11 years ago
but if a fellow runner is in game and i am scum the only optimal play (both in running and because they're a proven competent player) is to shoot them n1
itg321over 11 years ago
ftr i am not a fearkiller
CultedPuppyover 11 years ago
keri
CultedPuppy
the custom lobby randoms need to be axed post-haste.
they're not apart of the epicmafia mentor program

they asked to use the mentor tool for their dangan ronpa mentor program
OK that makes sense ty for teh clarification.
deleteddeletedover 11 years ago
CultedPuppy
the custom lobby randoms need to be axed post-haste.
they're not apart of the epicmafia mentor program

they asked to use the mentor tool for their dangan ronpa mentor program
catbaeover 11 years ago
that post was so salty i needed a glass of water after reading it
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deleteddeletedover 11 years ago
I agree with text by forum-poster CultedPuppy who knows especially well about players that don't play towards their win condition.
CultedPuppyover 11 years ago
MafiaGod, becca, Ucklar, ITG and the custom lobby randoms need to be axed post-haste.
deleteddeletedover 11 years ago
this is now a "am i a good mentor?" thread
apeescaperover 11 years ago
how about me, what do you think about me
animegayboy69over 11 years ago
i mean you only need someone to be baseline competent to explain the basics to people, though theres some people there that shouldnt be explaining high level play