We used to play ACTA a lot...I mean a LOT (2 or 3 times a week). And put up a lot of Battle Reports on the site (well maybe 6 or 7). We even ran a short lived campaign (we only reported a few turns on the website but it lasted quite a few battles ( www.actagamer.com )
We (firstly Reaverman, Burger and I then later meeting up with Tank et al) found the forums and started asking questions, meeting friendly people and taking part in tournaments...(I reckon we're currently the only ACTA players to have played in tournaments in different countries! Well only UK mainland, NI, and Republic of Ireland but still well worth it if only to meet such awesome dudes as Tenacious_B, The_Pirv and Black Omega
I still mean to have that cross-atlantic tourney one-day! )
Somewhere along the road we mostly lost what we loved about the game, i.e. playing it and meeting new friends. We got absorbed in some silly debates on these forums, entered tournaments where we played people that...well without going into details, people who just rubbed us up the wrong way. We also got frustrated with inconsistent rulings, ships that came that simply looked obviously over powered (new Trolligan anyone) or broken lists at tourneys (10 Saggs FTW!)...we ended up spending so much time arguing about small things that we stopped playing the game and the rules lawyering wasn't fun at all so we just stopped everything.
A short while ago though Burger and I (as well as Tank, TGT, Adam, Jim et al) started playing again at our local games shop and I remember what I loved about the game...the playing and the meeting new friends and catching up with old hands.
What was different? Well - I just stopped letting stupid things bother me. It made sense....
1. There are rules and stats that make no sense to me and the vast majority of people I play with, if MGP want to keep 'em fine...I'm free to ignore 'em
2. There are people who I won't agree with (or even like) in this world and the feeling is probably mutual. Life's to short to try to find an approach that works with everyone - I'm just going to avoid the muppets and just play games with people that I get on with using rules that make sense to me and that I enjoy.
3. Plus I much prefer writing battle reports and helping run tourneys than arguing about rules etc
Hopefully we (the Sentient Rabbits crew) will be having quite a few battles in the future and will be posting pics and reports up on the forums
We (firstly Reaverman, Burger and I then later meeting up with Tank et al) found the forums and started asking questions, meeting friendly people and taking part in tournaments...(I reckon we're currently the only ACTA players to have played in tournaments in different countries! Well only UK mainland, NI, and Republic of Ireland but still well worth it if only to meet such awesome dudes as Tenacious_B, The_Pirv and Black Omega
I still mean to have that cross-atlantic tourney one-day! )Somewhere along the road we mostly lost what we loved about the game, i.e. playing it and meeting new friends. We got absorbed in some silly debates on these forums, entered tournaments where we played people that...well without going into details, people who just rubbed us up the wrong way. We also got frustrated with inconsistent rulings, ships that came that simply looked obviously over powered (new Trolligan anyone) or broken lists at tourneys (10 Saggs FTW!)...we ended up spending so much time arguing about small things that we stopped playing the game and the rules lawyering wasn't fun at all so we just stopped everything.
A short while ago though Burger and I (as well as Tank, TGT, Adam, Jim et al) started playing again at our local games shop and I remember what I loved about the game...the playing and the meeting new friends and catching up with old hands.
What was different? Well - I just stopped letting stupid things bother me. It made sense....
1. There are rules and stats that make no sense to me and the vast majority of people I play with, if MGP want to keep 'em fine...I'm free to ignore 'em
2. There are people who I won't agree with (or even like) in this world and the feeling is probably mutual. Life's to short to try to find an approach that works with everyone - I'm just going to avoid the muppets and just play games with people that I get on with using rules that make sense to me and that I enjoy.
3. Plus I much prefer writing battle reports and helping run tourneys than arguing about rules etc
Hopefully we (the Sentient Rabbits crew) will be having quite a few battles in the future and will be posting pics and reports up on the forums
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