TheSecretSquig wrote:


You've read Rimmers 'Risk Diary'.

Generally, my Sumer afternoon games by about turn 5 no one gives a hoot about who's turn it is or what's just killed what because we've eaten half a dead cow from the BBQ and drank too much beer.

 wowsmash wrote:

2. And for the guys do you use other means of distraction to gain a similar advantage?

 notprop wrote:
I often wear a low cut top it drives opponents wild, I think its my hairy chest!

 Byte wrote:
Its like a psychostroke grenade.

 Cannerus_The_Unbearable wrote:

 Yodhrin wrote:


Which is exactly why I don't play card games: they're rabid with poor sportsmen and petty WAAC'ers.

If someone has to resort to psychological tricks to win a game, all that says is that they're not capable of winning by actually playing the game, and that they're willing to suck the fun out of the experience for their opponent to increase their chance of winning at toy soldiers. It's the wargaming equivalent of those tosser footballers who hurl themselves to the ground if they get within ten feet of an opposing player and roll about on the ground pretending to cry in agony in the hope that the ref wasn't paying attention and grants them a penalty; sad.

Bit of a tl;dr here.

Either that or they've maxed their skill at the game and need a new edge to stay ahead.

TBF, card game players used to not get near as butthurt as toy soldier players do so I could be in the thick of it at a top table and we'd shake hands start laughing, calling each other harsh slang afterwards. I can remember one time going against one of the well-known players in this area in the final round of a tourney. The one thing that decided me as the victor was that I drew a good monster, exactly what I needed, but acted like it was a useless card. i looked really disappointed when I drew the card and went "urgh! Go." He immediately turned his existing monsters to Attack which i knew wouldn't kill me, and i knew he wouldn't draw any others as he had a pretty even split on his deck and was running around 20% monsters left undrawn. Next turn I immediately played my big guy and had drawn into another then attacked over both of his little guys that he thought he had safely switched to Attack mode for exact damage. It was my little bluff that influenced him that way..

 Yodhrin wrote:

No I'm pretty sure it's just a case of people who want to pretend they're hot s**t trying to use annoying behaviour they picked up in a pop-psychology book.

Then by all means, carry on playing card games, if we're too "butthurt" for you. Or high stakes poker. You may enjoy treating your hobbies like serious business, but wargaming is supposed to be a collaborative experience as much as a competitive one, and I'd rather not have to spend what time I have to enjoy myself dealing with some little Napoleon trying to "psych" me because it's vital for him to win.

 Bloodhorror wrote:
a mate of mine wore tight shorts to our gaming nights.

Halfway through my turn, he'd put his leg up on a stool and let the bulge show massively...


it was the single most distracting thing ever....

 Eiríkr wrote:

 Bloodhorror wrote:
a mate of mine wore tight shorts to our gaming nights.

Halfway through my turn, he'd put his leg up on a stool and let the bulge show massively...


it was the single most distracting thing ever....

Is that because you're a closet gay?

 Vladsimpaler wrote:
Day 1
Ok, I've tried re-installing my OS, upgrading ram, put new and more expensive graphics card but the pictures still aren't showing.
I decided to buy a new computer, oh the excitement.

Day 2
OP, I just spent 6000 dollars on a new top of the line computer, after installing it on my office I clicked on this link again but to no avail, the pictures are still not showing. I'm starting to think there's sorcery involved.

Day 3
Got a new HP printer and printed this thread about 600 times, hoping that in one of those prints the pictures would show, but nothing.

Day 4
I haven't eaten in days, I'm thirsty, but I am stronger than this, my ctrl and R keys stop functioning, I must have clicked them a million times.

Day 5
OP is trolling hard

But seriously, thanks for the pics OP.

 kanekaneo wrote:
I go to tournaments naked, that seems to do the trick.