Now, on to a long story :P.
Now, while I consider myself a newb, I'm also no completely helpless. I fought against a guy called Solobacca, and at the time of fighting him, he was literally, the 5th or 6th opponent I've ever fought online.
The name of the game was simply '1 vs 1 lvl 3-7 hc'. So, he joined, and I started. At this point, I didn't know he was very newb. The past couple games I made, it was very experienced players who were starting new home cities that joined my games, so I had gotten my butt handed to me so hard, it was disgusting! 5 Uhlans and a bunch of crossbowmen when I only have 10 strelets :P.
Anyhoo, I'm playing with Solobacca, and I just talk nonsense. To those who know me well, I'm quite a chatty person, and I like making stupid comments, so when he captured 2 stray sheep, I said stuff like: "Aaah! How come I don't get sheep?" And later, when he had his explorer and dog (he was Spanish), I started going: "I wish my explorer had a dog!", and we both had some fun making silly jokes like that. Then he thought I was a total newb, so he started politely explaining about how you get cards from the home city and stuff, etc. Then I realised he thought *I* was a total newb, so I told him that even though he's my 5th or 6th opponent online, that I knew how to play, and he even replied with: "rgr", so I assumed that if he was pulling any stops for me, he wouldn't anymore. I guess I'm just a really chatty person. When I played World of Warcraft, people on my server just referred to me as 'that chatty priest' :P.
Now, he seemed like a pretty cool guy offering me friendly advice and all when he thought I was a total newb. Even agreed to a rematch after I beated him (quite one-sidedly, I must admit), but I honestly couldn't tell if he was newb or not. At this point, I still thought the reason why I beat him so easily was just because he was trying something new the last game, or was going easy on me because he thought I was a total newbie.
So, when I beat him in the next game, he just says that I suck for lying about being a newbie. And that made me feel quite sad because I never intended to come off as a newbie.
I even tried to apologize for the misconception (even though I felt I did nothing wrong since I never said I was a newbie) I whispered him after the game was over and stuff, but after one reply, he just ignored me =/.
I find all my games to be very one sided. Either I win easily, or my opponent does. I haven't had a really 'good' game yet =/. Then again, it's still early. I just feel bad whenever I beat someone really easily. I feel guilty, like I'm picking on them :P. Some guys are cool, and don't mind. Depending on the person, I'll even offer to lose the game, so that the guy can take the win, because win-lose ratios don't mean that much to me (although people have an uncanny ability to leave the game just when I'm typing that proposal). Usually, I type it when I've just realised I've definitely won, which is, I guess, when they realise that they've definitely lost :P. After that fiasco, I actually went and played against the comp! I know it's sad, but after what I went through, I find the comp quite relaxing to play against. I mean, they take everything in good humour- when they lose, they say stuff like: "Aargh! I'll get you next time!" And stuff like that. I wish that human players would actually ENJOY the game. And I don't feel guilty beating the comp :P. Most people online don't even talk! It's quite boring playing with them :P. It's like: Me: GL HF! Him: ... Me: So, are you new? Him: ... Me: Wow! I don't know what you're doing, but whatever it is, it's fast! (his score was a lot higher than mine very early in the game) Him: ... Me: Damn! Those Uhlans came out of nowhere! I've got to learn that trick! Him: ... Me: Well, gg Him: ... I mean, I know that some of the really hardcore players might want to just focus on the game and not talk, but for me, smack talk (as long as it's all in good humour) makes the game more enjoyable. It's why I like fighting the AI personalities so much
and that's pretty much the last I heard from him.
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