Villainous players are healthy part of any competitive community.

By dev, in X-Wing

Opinion and point of view are large parts of what makes someone a villain. In any competitive environment there are "bad" guys and "good" guys. Take a second and think about the professional sports world. Its part of the appeal. X wing contains gray areas of behavior, like bringing 2 lists to a tourney, it might be perfectly innocent or might be a "cheap" (but not illegal) attempt to field a stronger list. Intentional draws, net listing, stalling for time, or even model bumping can be in one players gray area, but not another's. I think it is great that FFG has these "behavioral opportunities" to some extent built into the game so players can label one another. I like beating "bad" guys. Fly casual guys who always give their opponent the benefit of the doubt are not always the most fun to defeat. It's fun to have an archenemy at the FLGS. It's extra fun to smoke them. For some players, being the local nemesis/spoiler is great.

I just wanted to point out that having public opportunities to make choices that some will find "dishonorable" is great. It spices up the game environment. If you have no taste for it, you don't have to participate in tournaments. It takes a villain to make a hero.

On a side note, the intentional draw rule could be fine, with an additional rule/change. "After the regular rounds, let the top-seed finishers choose their opponents in the 1st elimination round in descending order. If you have been chosen by a higher seed, you obviously can not choose."

On your marks.

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Baaa

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hitler agrees.

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I suspect collision.

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YOU'RE ON!!!
That was a short game.

I suspect collision.

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Baaa

yes totally i collided into my keyboard. :P

**** autocorrect

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Baaa

Hey, I got a challenge for everyone.

Nobody post anything after me in this thread.

Ready?

Go!

YOU'RE ON!!!
That was a short game.

I suspect collision.

Cheers

Baaa

yes totally i collided into my keyboard. :P

Hey guys which do you think is worse, all these repetitive threads or the fact that we take the time to constantly watch them?

TV is rubbish on a Monday night, plus I can read the forums with no pants on.

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Baaa

So is this Para's sock puppet or what?