Skill or experience?

[safariguy5]

where's the "Talent" option?

Right below the "Modest" option.

[Robinette]

Many have skill in gaining experience, but lack experience gaining skill.

[comic boy]

I think you could easily get to major within 50 games and your current knowledge. Therefore set your sights a bit higher, can you become a general if you were to multi?

I know this is the case for some members who have gotten foed so now don’t have the chance to seriously take advantage of certain players with high points, but overall? I do not have the skill to get to a singles general, solely based on the fact that I don’t play freestyle (where this is still possible) and the fact that my win percentage is okay, but not good enough to make up the points when I loose.

I have never played freestyle but to sustain a high rank in singles it is important to consistently play with those of a similar rank , in essence this means private games. This happens to suit me because every win is an achievement , luck obviously plays a part in the games but there are no freebies and very few games are ruined by reckless or stupid moves.

[Bruceswar]

I want to tap on the medals part of the conversation. I'll admit that I collect medals, it gives me something to do on this site. Obviously they don't require skill, you could have a below average win % and still get a medal. However, they ofc do show experience as the OP said, so they can be useful for certain things.

For example, a guy asked to be considered for tsm. The had a decent score, but then I saw that he had no team medals, not even bronze. That means less than 20 ud's for each setting, dubs, trips and quads. So I looked closer and seen he hadn't played any. So medals can give you a quick snapshot of someone's experience, but as other posters have said, that doesn't tell you if they are good, just that they've played.

Did you snub the guy?

When I joined KORT, I had:

dubs - bronze medal
triples - no medal
quads - never played a quads game before

WOW!

You were quite the catch, Rodion! KoRT snagged you at a time when you had hardly played trips or quads? Impressive!

I know how to pick them

[SirSebstar]

I think you could easily get to major within 50 games and your current knowledge. Therefore set your sights a bit higher, can you become a general if you were to multi?

I know this is the case for some members who have gotten foed so now don’t have the chance to seriously take advantage of certain players with high points, but overall? I do not have the skill to get to a singles general, solely based on the fact that I don’t play freestyle (where this is still possible) and the fact that my win percentage is okay, but not good enough to make up the points when I loose.

I have never played freestyle but to sustain a high rank in singles it is important to consistently play with those of a similar rank , in essence this means private games. This happens to suit me because every win is an achievement , luck obviously plays a part in the games but there are no freebies and very few games are ruined by reckless or stupid moves.

yea, respect for that man, that takes skill. Myself i take on random people, so there is always a bigger chance for things to go wrong, and well overall thats the part where you make 25 points per game but loose 30+

[Robinette]

I have never played freestyle but to sustain a high rank in singles it is important to consistently play with those of a similar rank , in essence this means private games. This happens to suit me because every win is an achievement , luck obviously plays a part in the games but there are no freebies and very few games are ruined by reckless or stupid moves.

i'll bet we share a lot of DNA... could not have said it better...

yea, respect for that man, that takes skill. Myself i take on random people, so there is always a bigger chance for things to go wrong, and well overall thats the part where you make 25 points per game but loose 30+

Ahhh... I do enjoy these games occasionally too... anticipating bad moves and ducking and dodging them while arranging oneself to capitalize on them... they can be fun sometimes, but they aren't without frustration... and despite being much easier to win, the points penalty does makes it a challenge...

[JoshyBoy]

I'm experienced. Over 3500 games played, and I have very limited skill.