by Malefact
Stunke wrote:
To my knowledge, most online implementations have some few players who completely dominate the online scene since they almost live in front of their computer. If the player base isn't large enough, those few rabid, talented, obsessed players can skew statistics quite a lot.
This would be even more pronounced the newer the online implementation is. What we see could be more average players playing against each other, so the stats even out (rather than the meta changing), where the beginning could be veterans of classic netrunner trouncing the opposition.
This would be even more pronounced the newer the online implementation is. What we see could be more average players playing against each other, so the stats even out (rather than the meta changing), where the beginning could be veterans of classic netrunner trouncing the opposition.
I agree that this is an important consideration. However, I do take issue with this implication that to do well online you "live in front of your computer". I didn't play the original Netrunner, and I've probably clocked less than 30 games online since I started playing - including my 14 OCTGN tournament games. In fact, I've played just as many games in person as I have online - and I came first in the OCTGN tournament.
(In fact, I don't think it actually matters how many games you've clocked. It's still not right to draw a line between how many games someone plays and what sort of person they are).
My impression is that OCTGN has more newer players than vets, who don't have the chance to play other folks in person - but this may just be the time of day I'm playing. My only other experience with an online implementation (YuGiOh, for my sins) was similar, although the OCTGN crowd are in general much nicer, more patient, and less prone to rage quit.
I've yet to meet one who had rabies.
...returning to the point. I do think that the game favours the runner, slightly. I believe this is primarily to do with the inflexibility of the current set of agendas (which will change) and the psychological advantage I find as a runner - it's easier to know what to do on your turn. However, I don't think that (house) rules like the ones described by the OP are the way to go.