Its official - I am leaving WOK. Its just become too easy (I havent lost a "normal" game since a silly typo 18 months ago!). The cheap VPs are fun for a while but when you are fighting the same people every game, with the same allies, same old enemies, and NOBODY EVER puts up a good fight, it gets boring fast. Look at Fredo's game where I won two 2-on-1's even though I was the "1" both times.
It seems that the Oxford guys know how to exploit the rules and nobody else does. When was the last time an Oxford guy lost to a non-Oxford player?? It just doesnt happen, and its a joke. The fact that with such little training, Xarfei is now one of the best players, is just a joke. There is no other word for it.
I have tried to help the situation -- so many times I have emailed Al with considered changes to the manager only for him to either ignore them, or make random changes. Basically I give up.
Duke -- if WOK5 ever gets changed then I expect you to come looking for me.
However we will probably still have the situation where one or two players understand the imbalances in the rules better than others and therefore win every game.The only thing that kept my interest up this year was joining the Family. At least then we had some good fights against the new breed of "Scholars". Even the Scholars are not what they used to be. No surprises there though.
So big thanks to AF and UT who helped me win the Champs this year. Also thanks to Nick who has tried harder than anyone to fix the broken game we play.
Maybe I'll see you in next year's Champs, IF IT HAPPENS. But then, the Clan Champs seem to have disappeared... Are the Champs gonna be the next thing to go?
Thin King
