I haven't seen those 2 names in a long time. Welcome back to the addiction Bel :D

Any fool can smash a shuttlefluff with poor technique, . What you want to look for are the kids that have the ability to use different angles on their shots. Pay attention to their net game, it will show off their control and technique more.

Don't focus on who won the point, focus on how the point was won. If the point is lost through the shuttle going out or hitting the net, was it because the kid tried a difficult shot/point winning shot.

Having played all 3 I can tell you that badminton is completely different. The main things I would look for are below:

Footwork (essential!) - This is not their movement around the court, it is their ability to place themselves in the correct position for optimum shot return.

Shot variety - Different use of angles and distances. If they have a drop shot, take them.

Winning mentality - Are they just returning the shuttlefluff or are they trying to win the point.

Court movement - Their placement on the court following their shots. Do they watch the shuttle or do they move back to centre court.

Serve - Same as winning mentality. Is their serve a token effort or are they trying to ace their opp.

Smash - Is it brute force (ignore their smash) or is it through technique (proper rotation of the arm and wrist).

Court awarenes - Do they realise where they are on the court and how it impacts on their shot selection? Ties in with variety.

Physical ability - Anticipation, reactions/reflexes, stamina and acceleration (in that order).

That's off the top of my head. You need any help/info then drop me a pm, I'm happy to help.

Warster has deleted SM twice and it was not for language. A couple posts above the one you quoted...

Congratz to the new record holders

I'm glad I don't live in American. We might have crazies here nut at least we don't let them have guns.

Christ the immaturity in this place is unbelieveable. None of you are children so stop acting like it.

Mods - lock this post and end this. Give bans to those that deserve them. JJ SHOULD be banned for those messages. The first is quite racist and should not be tolerated.

Bazinga!

Congratz all.

Definately give back the 16 points!

Lol, make sure you retal his RoR before you AB him.

Does sound slightly odd. Maybe he is just awesome...

First 3 resets or playing this game and has 2 out of 3 top 10 finishes, one of them 3rd. Something doesn't smell right about that...

I had to join GDI as well.

Ah, ok. Anyone else notice he didn't start to be such an ass until JJ got banned?

Watching:
Football (not American)
Formula 1
MMA
Athletics
Tennis
International Cricket
Basketball


Playing:
Football (not American)
Badminton

Use to play:
Tennis
Squash
Basketball

So to sum up this thread, tduong randomly threw out an accusation with no relevant evidence to back it up. His evidence about his "netting sets" being ruined was of him double tapping a noob and gettin GSed which destroyed his set. He then has poorly defended land and loses it when he moves out of DR. He deices the only retal he will take is from the country that didn't take any land and over retal by 4 retals.

Have I missed anything?

Congratz to all.

So CI has won 52% of the last 5 rounds. It would be interesting to see the rest of the top 10s for those rounds as well.

Something needs to be balanced.

I think they have won enough lol.

Prevent commies from joining GDI?

That's why you wasn't deleted. You admitted to it but you never said you were asked to/discussed it. If they do not have evidence from the other player stating otherwise, it can not be proven.

There has to be clear evidence that leaves no doubt, for you to be deleted.

It can be seen as cooperation and is against the rules. Depends entirely on whether it has been purpously done and has both countries consent.

It's a WOG on WoG crime :D

Tbh I do understand where blid is coming from. In the spirit of sportmanship and fair play, it would prob be right to not retal a bounced attack. Since FA can not be offered to cover the costs, a retal has to be taken. Another thing is that retalling hits often makes people have second thoughts about hitting you.

If I go to punch you and you block it, are you then not entitled to try and hit me back?

So as long as it's not coordinated over IRC, it's fine?

Just curious really :)

Subjective.

Handegg ROFL

Can allied countries cooperate or is that against the rules?

There's no witch hunt. It will be easy to see which county is yours, tomorrow. The ball is in your court :)

It won't but it will in 24 hours.

Make your profile public

*shakes head* Really, $95? Is there any point in even selling for that price. Might as well wait until all the cashers need their def.

If you actually care to read the post instead of internet raging, you would see that I took the top 3 finishes from the previous 10 sets that did not include purples.

I've never claimed to be good at this game, just distinctly average. Also, If i played 1200 turns and you played 1800 turns, ofcourse they wouldn't be close.

Re-read the post, I said you had the edge over Oldman. earlier on in Express. Going by recent rounds, he has been the more consistant player. The numbers don't need an explanation, they are what they are.

I have not bashed you nor said you are a bad player so p[ease reframe from the needless insults. If you have a problem with anything I have said then PM me and we will sort it out.

Manipulated statistics. Let's look at these finishes. Taking the last 10 finishes of each player (not including purples) I get the following:

Oldman average finish 3.4
JJ23 average finish 22.9

You may very well dispute that you did not play your contry to its full capacity. Because of this I decided to work out the total networth scored as the rank is based on the level of playing field during that game. Below are the totals:

Oldman - 218.8m nw
JJ23 - 160.8m nw

To make this fair in case some of the countries weren't played to their full capacity, I took the top 3 countries from the previous 10 sets and worked out the average. This is as follows:

Oldman average 29m nw
JJ23 average 24.3m nw

Now I know Oldman doesn't really like to be called one of the best but he really is. As the figures show, he averages better than JJ23 for the previous 10 sets. Going any further back would probably show that JJ23 had a lead over Oldman, however, that has now been reversed and Oldman continually averages better.

This thread is unbelieveable.

If JJ calls out a load of people and they kill him then its not coordinated. Thats JJ being killed for running his mouth. If JJ attacks someone and lots of countries attack him then that is coordinated.

As this is a solo server, I expect it to remain so.

Looking at the records, is CI really overpowered for express? Or is it more a case of people not having enough luck/skill playing the other strats?

I R TEH CI

It's SuperFly's friend :p

Confirmed - edit the posts and leave a wanring, otherwise the thread makes no sense when you read it for the first time.

I would be interested to hear why the mods are reluctant to remove an aspect of the game that gives an unfair advantage to people who co-ordinate on a solo server.

I suppose in a way the mods are just being consistent. They ahve said they will not reveal the reason to the board so that people do not think of ways to get around how they was found out (awfully written but I can't be bothered re-writting).

Since they do not want the reasons released, they will probably actively delete all threads/posts regarding it.

I would still like to know the reasons though. Just my curious nature :)

These things can sometimes take time, not to mention that the person might not have been back online to read the appeal.

I'm sure all will be revealed in time.

Good idea TNT, I would give this my vote.

I had already reported #16. If Tenshim0 has broken the rules then the mods will punish him. If not, no harm done.

JJ23 - try and keep the thread on topic, please. There is already a thread for you and Deerhunter to argue.

I wish!

True, just a shame people feel they need to cheat. I'm pretty average at this game and it doesn't even occur to me to cheat.

4 purples already, not cool.

It does seem rather odd that you can receive a ban for pointing out a cheater yet they don't seem to reserve much of a punishment.

I never feel like a suspension really affects people. You can take a month off from a game and come back and do it again. In game punishments would cause them to use up their time and not finish as well. Below is what I would do.

You cheat once = Alliances and bonuses are disabled for 3 sets.
You cheat twice = As above but you receive -10% PCI for 5 sets.
You cheat 3 times = As above and the market is disabled for you.

This is sets where they have to play, not just opt out.

This way the cheaters might learn from their punishments or leave the game entirely.

Think I seen 3 purple before tbh.

Take it easy man.