Say what you will, but he has successfully obtained a quantity of cans. You may wish to do likewise before the time expires.
I didn't exactly take away from his accomplishment, nay, I actually praised him in his execution of his work; I didn't deny that he played well, I stated he played well. It seems that you are becoming overly-defensive of your players for no apparent reason ^_^. Obviously, you read half of what I said, then came to the conclusion, "Fukuda is getting mad at Ichii for winning, must stop this before it escalates." Seems reasonable, I guess?
I am just saying, that I personally find a 1v1 setting more comfortable; not only that, I, and unfortunately many other people, find a 1v1 setting more competitive and more fun in the sense it's your fault you lost.
The most obvious answer I can expect from you is this: "This game is just as competitive as any 1v1 game because every one has access to the same number of opportunities. Therefore, it's your fault you lost, not anyone else's."
And certainly, this game is competitive, as competitive as 'Monopoly' or 'Yahtzee!'. However, in the same regard, 'Monopoly' and 'Yahtzee!' aren't competitive; also, in Monopoly and Yahtzee, you are given the same starting point, yes, but that doesn't mean you will end up in the same point if you do the same thing. It's a roll of the dice, a coin-flip if you will; there's an "optimal" strategy in Monopoly and these games, but again, I can't control it if someone lands on "Park Drive" when someone has a Hotel on it in Monopoly, and I can't control it if I land on "Park Drive". I can only just hope that the person who got the money will play less than optimal or get unlucky, but if he's in jail (because after a certain point in Monopoly, that's the best place to be) I can't control it; it's not a strategy that anyone can fight back against, it's just out of our control.
In this game, there are two options: STEAL and SLEEP. Personally, I've no clue why people kept trying to STEAL half -1 of the cans, because there's no way you can get cans if someone steals that night. To sign a contract like that is dumb, but it can't be helped, because contracts can be abused to a certain extent to control the outcome of a game (I think this game was proved like that, with Ichii playing as he did); this game was extremely reliant on contracts, and it was just my luck for coming at the worst possible round to play in without an ally that tried to win, but rather an ally that was frightened to play this game properly (worst kind of ally in my opinion, the ally that only allies for the sake of an alliance) and consequently joined an alliance besides mine and betrayed me. If you think I'm raging, understand what I've stated in my Confessionals that was about one or two days before this event.
Is that so wrong for me to say that?
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BTW, I just wanted to say, no one buy cans.
If you don't understand, Ichii has payed 3 people to STEAL every night; now then, if 3 people lose, he's gonna get 37.5 Million (as will the rest of the winners). The current losers are:
Me, Kyoko, and Kiyoshi.
There is one person on that list that he's going to sell to *ahem* Kyoko *ahem*. Kiyoshi has a 200 Million Yen Debt anyways, if he buys cans, he's just setting himself up for a loss; his best bet is to return to being a substitute. Ichii won't sell the cans to me, simply because I'm not last place. Kyoko is the only one remaining. Guess why she works? Because she has the least amount of debt in this group of three, and therefore, has more buying power.
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Anyways, I've already expressed my thoughts on why I think contracts are overpowered and why I think they detract from the value of the game, so I guess a game of contracts wasn't even my cup of tea; I've been given stupid reasons why they exist: "The other player has to accept." This, in no way, cancels out imbalance, this just tells you that even the dealers, who for some reason uphold contracts in this game of lies, don't know how to counter a contract, and even furthers the truth that this game was just a coin-flip; if it just comes down to contracts, it's just a game of who makes contracts faster.
I guess that's fun to watch as a dealer?
I should probably stop ranting, but it's the truth in my eyes of an abusive game mechanic and what the dealers expected. I don't get why a game hinged around a game mechanic (regardless of whether it was abusive or not).
Personally, I like to watch the games where each player has not only an equal chance of winning, but also where one player doesn't lose because of another's fault. Maybe I'm hipster if I feel that way.
Anyways, LGT has already stated they won't change contracts regardless of how imbalanced they are, so I guess the only point of me furthering that was just to point out it's silly. But I guess a dealer will come on and think: "Fukuda is raging like a beast."
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I guess the most fun part about this game so far is that everyone reads a paragraph of another's post, doesn't read the rest, and then comes to the conclusion the entire purpose of the talk was about the first paragraph. Someone troll me, I dare you. Haruka seems pretty expert at that.
