I've had the opportunity of late to put my money where my mouth is and attempt to lose in such a way that your opponent can enjoy the win. I've lost something like 7 out of the last 9 games of Warmachine and it's not because I can't handle the old witch or ,worse yet, pVlad. In every situation I know I made some mistakes and I know I could have won if I had done X or Y smart trick. The point I want to make today isn't about whether it's important that I could win or not. The point is that I didnt give the games away, they were taken by opponents who saw my mistakes and took advantage of them.
Why is this important to me? For one, I hate to lose and I love to win. I'm a powergamer in the definition of playing powerful units and combinations in such a way that I feel I can win with them. I don't net list, and I always try and come up with my own combinations through trial and error, but I damn well love winning and I'll enjoy giving a devastating beat down as much as I'll enjoy stealing a victory from the grip of an opponent who's beating me down. My point is that you don't deserve to enjoy a win if you're a douche about losing.
This is how it works: if you tell your opponent that you could have won if only you had done X,Y or Z then your telling them that they had nothing to do with their win. Your telling them that you only beat yourself and that if you'd played a different game then nothing they could have done to adapt would have helped. You insult your opponent by doing this. You tell her she should have no pride in her win and that she got lucky to catch a break.
That sucks! So I'm going to put it out there on the webz for all you knoobs to see. If you lose, be the loser you love to beat. That way, when you do put everything together right and you find the kink in your opponents armour, crush their attacks, smite down their defenses, bring righteous poundings to their caster and leave nothing but a brownish smear on the field of battle where once their was a worthy opponent,
you really know you've earned the right to swim around in that win.
Lose well and the Game shall be good.
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The comments on AT-43 are dead on. I recently picked up several boxes of Red Blok infantry and striders along with the rule book, accessory box 1, and all the army books so as to check out the game. I'm impressed by it, being a 40K refugee, but I want to see some maturity out of this company before I place another big order. The figures and books look great, and the fluff is interesting if flawed in places. What still bugs me is that the current factions are still far from complete, the supply chain is broken, and the website is a wreck.
What can I say, but that I'm not a teenager anymore. I have obligations and would rather buy armies that I can play now and paint later rather than fill boxes in the closet for the wife to find.
Hey man, I hear you. I've had too much 40k stuff burning holes in my closet these last few years.
I would say that i would check out Fantasy Flight Games and see what you think of them because they are taking over the whole supply chain of at-43 in north america.
The store that I run just started working with them and it's been great. they gave us deals on shipping and they're very good with having the newest stuff in stock.
check them out here:http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/
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