To adress some specific issues:
[No it's not. No other "strategy" comes anywhere CLOSE to the ridiculousness of Gamling/Horn/New Chapter.
Yes it is. You justify "I don't want to play against Moria decks packing
Such a Little Thing because that is boring for my Boromir ARB deck", or "that Cave Troll deck wrecks my archery fellowship, I don't want to play against that", etc, because you have no official powers to justify the other change, so it's just "your reasoning", and why should anyone's reasoning be held above the others, after all? You cross this line, you corss it. You can't simply say "no, I'll cross it for this scenario, and not others",because you do not have the authority within the game to do that (but you CAN choose who you play against, so I think a description of what you don't want to play - or DO want to play - would work wonders already).
Presumeably because the creators and maintainers of Gemp wouldn't approve ragequitting for those Ents, because they're not truly broken like Gamling/Horn/New Chapter is. That's precisely why I suggest a list of officially frowned-upon strategies be developed.
And who decides what's truly broken? You? Sorry, not gonna happen, some people like playing broken against broken, for instance, or even fighting broken uphill (yeah, some people like to get hurt, what can we do?). Don't like it? Change formats.
Nonsense. If the only approved ragequit turns out to be Gamling/Horn/New Chapter, then it is made quite clear that ragequitting against other deck types is verboten. This allows Gemp to express its disapproval of certain strategies without the need to change the rules or errata cards, while simultaneously allowing players to continue playing against such strategies if they want to, if any such players actually exist.
And why should THIS be the only approved rage quit? Who decides? Again, I'll repeat what I say in every single thread about a Player's Comitee: without official powers from the game's owners, you can't do jack squat aside from just having a gentleman's agreement in your own, private games (which would be solved by the game description, like I said). In tournaments, everything goes, or you file it under "casual" format. There's NO such thing as "Movie Block - no
LR" for a TOURNAMENT that expects people to follow the rules associated with it, it's either Movie Block, or Casual, and if I decide to play a Movie Block tournament and want to play
LR, you can be damned sure I'd play it. Period. Again, don't like it? Don't play tournaments or change formats. It's a fine line between "adjusting" the rules and "ruling", and most people are not ready to cross it.
Again, 99% of the time, I agree. And I myself have never ragequit a game. However, I think there should be negative consequences for players who persist in using strategies that are blatantly unfair. And you saying, "well, people should just stop playing Expanded" is throwing the baby out with the bath water. It's not helpful, and it's just your opinion.
No, not 99%, 100% of the time, unless they're actively being an #$&*@! (and no, playing a deck you don't like is NOT being an #$&*@!). For consequences, there are. You just don't play them again. If they can still find games, then I think there are probably quite a few players that are ok with playing against Horn, so again, a nod that if YOU don't like it, YOU should be the one to adapt, not expect the world to bend and adjust.
It may be okay for you, but some of us care about our stats, and don't like them getting skewed unfairly.
And if conceding, no matter what reason = OK, then this is a nonissue. The Gamling/Horn/New Chapter player can simply concede immediately after the ragequit, not have to wait 10 minutes, and everything will be "OK."
If you care about your stats, then man up and face real competition, what good are stats when all you do is play against the decks you consider "fair"? Again, this is a fine line, one moment it's Horn, the other is whatever nukes your deck, even if it's your own fault for streamlining it so much it dies to a single card (yes, this happens). Care about stats? Play on tournaments - and be ready to face whatever is legal to get thrown at you in that format. If you have a problem with a deck in casual games, specify it (again, solved by a description tool, which is probably not that hard to implement anyway), or concede yorself, don't rage quit and expect the opponent to do it, it's not their fault at all.
<shrug> Your view is overly simplistic. The game, like life, is imperfect. Unfairness is going to happen to all of us, and it is better to address that unfairness, than to keep quiet, be a doormat, or stop playing. Life isn't fair, but you're not going to quit life are you?
No, we man up and face it, adapt, adjust. We certainly do not expect the world to accomodate our every need, like and dislike, or rage quit the room when someone says something you don't like, specially if it's someone you don't even know.
On an aside, I want to say I think Horn IS broken, and it IS an oppressive strategy. However, like I said a million times, without actual, real powers to legally change stuff around, I think stuff should no be changed and the players should adapt themselves, because there's a fine line between "fixing a broken strategy" and "tailoring the game to whatever you want", and most people are not ready to handle that kind of responsability, so I think they simply shouldn't have that kind of power.
If it's official, then it's a whole different matter, because you'd HOPE if they ever instated an official group to handle this kind of stuff, they'd actually care about making the choices, instead of just taking whomever volunteers.
Topic: Sanction "Rage Quitting" for Certain "Broken" Strategies on Gemp? (Read 6816 times)