Its true though lol... And no I wasnt good back then but I played back then and the game just used to be much harder and isnt anymore..
Psychological Side to Pokemon
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Its true though lol... And no I wasnt good back then but I played back then and the game just used to be much harder and isnt anymore..
Miamisportsfan45
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I don't necessarily understand why people consistently believe whether the game is 'easier' or more 'difficult' personally. It's not that it was more difficult at any point in time, it's just that the format and the game is constantly changing to change up the possibility of it becoming boring or repetitive. As the formats change, so do the players and competition over time. It's just how the game works.
I never knew them at that point in time, but since we're getting offensive with one another, they were much better than your grammar. :tongue:
Not giving too much information about this particular player, just using a daily top cut participant and winner of various large events as an example to make a statement. Psychology doesn't necessarily come to mind during games. Therefor frustration is easily recognizable and capitalized on in every player.
Personally, if you're opening hand is 6 energy and a Tynamo and you draw into yet another energy during your turn, I'd like to see your face during a match. It's not that it makes anyone a bad player by any means. It's just natural and relative to react in a particular way. This is what this thread is about, but with much more detail and depth as far as corruption of cards in the format or just in general. Has nothing to do with the caliber of the player. We're all guilty of giving our opponents psychological readings at one point in time. It's just part of playing any game.
PhadedPhione
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I win the majority of my games by misleading my opponents into situations I can capitalize on.
My favorite part of the game is watching my opponent draw into a junk arm and then watching them look at their discard immediately or in a similar situation, looking at the bench when they get a catcher.
I just do both of those consistently throughout the game even if I don't have a junk arm or catcher lol
It gets them worried, and sometimes they will use Judge/N early game because of it.
I just do both of those consistently throughout the game even if I don't have a junk arm or catcher lol
It gets them worried, and sometimes they will use Judge/N early game because of it.
Spirit Of Mew
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I have not logged in for a very long time, but this conversation definitely took my interest.
There can be an actually psychological point to this game that can create a large amount of strategy to it.
I have been playing since around the time legend maker was released and have done well since then as well as creating my own psychological strategies.
I'm quite skilled at rapid memorization and math. This allows me to quickly produce ratios and probabilities in my mind of what is possible and not possible for my opponent to do during their turn as far as cards played, drawn, and returned. This isn't the psychological part, but it plays in.
Being able to do that kind of calculating allows me to relax a bit when playing during my turn. When you relax, your opponent may get nervous. You have to remember that not only are you reading your opponent THEY are reading you. If you have enough self control you can actually manipulate your emotions to match what you would like your opponent to see.
In more than one game I have manipulated my own facial expressions to seem as though I was feeling the very opposite of my opponent. You must also have a great knowledge of your facial expressions and your entire mannerisms. A good knowledge of your body can have huge psychological advantages in this game. You can make yourself seem bigger or smaller depending on how far up you sit in your chair. Opening your eyes a little wider may make you seem quite intent on something you or your opponent has done. Even the littlest thing such as shifting in your chair a slight bit after your opponent has made a move can make them question it.
The list goes on... Certainly psychology can win you games, but you can't build a 60 card deck out of body language that's for sure.
There can be an actually psychological point to this game that can create a large amount of strategy to it.
I have been playing since around the time legend maker was released and have done well since then as well as creating my own psychological strategies.
I'm quite skilled at rapid memorization and math. This allows me to quickly produce ratios and probabilities in my mind of what is possible and not possible for my opponent to do during their turn as far as cards played, drawn, and returned. This isn't the psychological part, but it plays in.
Being able to do that kind of calculating allows me to relax a bit when playing during my turn. When you relax, your opponent may get nervous. You have to remember that not only are you reading your opponent THEY are reading you. If you have enough self control you can actually manipulate your emotions to match what you would like your opponent to see.
In more than one game I have manipulated my own facial expressions to seem as though I was feeling the very opposite of my opponent. You must also have a great knowledge of your facial expressions and your entire mannerisms. A good knowledge of your body can have huge psychological advantages in this game. You can make yourself seem bigger or smaller depending on how far up you sit in your chair. Opening your eyes a little wider may make you seem quite intent on something you or your opponent has done. Even the littlest thing such as shifting in your chair a slight bit after your opponent has made a move can make them question it.
The list goes on... Certainly psychology can win you games, but you can't build a 60 card deck out of body language that's for sure.
Miamisportsfan45
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I was just thinking about how all of that comes into play when making this thread. It's just that, with so many "disruptive" cards in a deck/format, where does it become not "disruptive" in the benefit of it helping someone. I was recently playing someone who nearly had there entire deck in their hand. I used N and there first reaction was a sarcastic but not-so sarcastic "Thank you!" because they had absolutely nothing to work with. Needless to say, I most likely would have used N anyway because the benefit of it helping me along with them drawing into 1-3 cards or so were outweighed with the odds. But the concept of this thought is just something none of us necessarily think about during matches.
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