Me and Mr. Taktik had a lengthy discussion/debate over armors in CMBB through the weekend.
My point: armor battles mainly rely on luck ---- the luck factor is too heavy.
Taktik's point: armor battles surely involve luck, however the luck factor isn't as heavy as I thought. And mainly depends on player skills and tactics.
Obviously this argument cannot be solved by words. So we decided to take it to the battlefiend and let the War decide it:
I suggested we go through the following tests:
5 pairs of mirrored games supposedly with armors heavily involved. Taktik will dictate everything about these battle setups, i.e., maps, weather conditions, turn#s, force mix ...everything, except that they must be mirrored.
I predict the result between us will be a rough draw, something like 3 wins for me, 3 wins for him and 4 draws.
I agree that if Taktik can manage anything better than that (i.e., he can win at least one more game than he loses), I will full heartedly agree to his "armor is not mainly luck" argument. Otherwise, I will tend to believe our test is proving my point (i.e., even if I win more games, I do not think it is because of anything more than luck.).
These games are to be non-ladder rated games. It is more like a technical proving tests.
And we are to follow the progress here, for some1 might be interested
My point: armor battles mainly rely on luck ---- the luck factor is too heavy.
Taktik's point: armor battles surely involve luck, however the luck factor isn't as heavy as I thought. And mainly depends on player skills and tactics.
Obviously this argument cannot be solved by words. So we decided to take it to the battlefiend and let the War decide it:
I suggested we go through the following tests:
5 pairs of mirrored games supposedly with armors heavily involved. Taktik will dictate everything about these battle setups, i.e., maps, weather conditions, turn#s, force mix ...everything, except that they must be mirrored.
I predict the result between us will be a rough draw, something like 3 wins for me, 3 wins for him and 4 draws.
I agree that if Taktik can manage anything better than that (i.e., he can win at least one more game than he loses), I will full heartedly agree to his "armor is not mainly luck" argument. Otherwise, I will tend to believe our test is proving my point (i.e., even if I win more games, I do not think it is because of anything more than luck.).
These games are to be non-ladder rated games. It is more like a technical proving tests.
And we are to follow the progress here, for some1 might be interested