Alderaan Warzone: If you're Losing DON"T CAP!

Hi matekwong,

Whilst I will not accede to the OP's request, and have presented my reasons for that in this thread, I do accept the logical argument he/she represents.

An Ad Hominem attack is not called for. The OP has been reasonable and engaging and presents a viewpoint for discussion.

You on the other hand add nothing.

Regards
Wolf

At the OP. Pretty obvious you don't have it...or don't get it.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Af1OxkFOK18

Does nobody think that practicing your PvP skills despite poor odds a good enough reason to fight on in a losing situation?

That said I'm not diving into situations which will result in almost instant death but I will always defend the last turret til the end if I there is a chance of taking down a few of the opposition.

Quitters never imagined that they are losing because they are bad due to lack of practice do they?

As others have pointed out "giving up" does not sit well with a lot of people.

Firstly the mathematically inevitable situation is mislabeled as inevitability requires 100% which doesnt exist in anything except Voidstar which is addressed in 1.2 or Huttball where the score differential exceeds the minimum required scoring time, but at that point its such a short time left anyway who cares. Civil war is never inevitable.

Personally the main reason I encourage people to fight it out even beyond the point of seeming impossibility is that the alternative is developing a habit of giving up. I have seen dozens of wins turn to losses because people abandoned nodes they didnt think they could hold or didnt push a little harder because it seemed like the other team was too good but I have also seen games turned around when the negative players werent present and certain wins lost because the same people who give up when they feel they are losing assume certain victory when they are winning and dont play as hard as they should.

Giving up is a terrible habit to have and a difficult one to break. Practice assault if you are losing - work out why you didnt do better. If you make excuses at the end of a game why you lost you missed the point, what you need to think about is what you could have done better to win and if that answer is nothing I am certain you had some fun (and a little frustration).

Hey, genius, my characters are in my sig. I guess observance is an acquired skill.

Some of my favorite AV games were turtle matches. On my warlock. At the bridge. *cackle*

Because scores don't reflect anything except who held the cap points.

They might have had a full team to start, and you were short. They might have had better quickcappers/stoppers on the sides, with just one or two crucial mistakes by your team letting them start out with a lead they've been clinging on to. Your team might have required several fatal engagements to figure out and communicate who their healers are. It might be the first match of the morning and people are still waking up. Anything! There are plenty of ways you can get to 400-150 without it being scrubs v All-Stars.

I can certainly understand throwing in the towel. On the other hand, there is something to be said for fighting it out until the bitter end. Would sports be interesting if the losing team gave up when they thought they had very little chance of winning? Moral Victories are still victories in my book.

Pvping for pvps sake. Could care less about the result, a generation of whiners mean we still get reasonable payouts when we lose so **** it let's just fight, meet u behind the shuttle on void

Yesterday I had a Alderaan battle where we lost 0-600.