#playstyles

Me: "Well, I have to consider what Selena (my Tav) would do in every situation. Who would she talk to? What would she say? How would she approach this problem?"

There is not a single male human ADC I hate. Lucian, Ezreal, Jhin, and Draven are all so fun to play with unique playstyles.

It has occurred to me somewhere between my 36th and 38th (?) run of Blue Prince, that playstyle may also have something to do with how much you enjoy a game. 

I’ve talked about playstyles in the past and how it’s a really weird thing. If the game developer doesn’t account for a potentially different style of play the player playing may miss contextual information. Like the way the first Bravely Default game left it up to the player whether or not to read the journal, meaning that you had some players who had no idea what was going to happen, and others who had growing existential dread the further they got into the game.

Now some differences in playstyles can’t be helped. Like if you have a player that skips all the dialogue in a narrative driven game, that is on the player for doing that. They should know better, or at least don’t complain about being confused when you purposely skip the information the game is giving you.

But, in Blue Prince, where there is a goal, but it requires you to explore an ever changing manor, the playstyles can get different. I’m actually finding I am treating this game less like a point and click adventure game and more like an exploration game.

And that’s important because the motivation around the choices I make in the game differs from someone who might be playing the game with the purpose of finding Room 46. Generally, that means I may choose to place rooms that will end my run early, or even choose upgrades that do not benefit me.

For example, the Parlor Room will give you a puzzle that grants 2 diamonds if you solve it. One of the upgrades to the room is turning it into a Funeral Parlor. Doing this will grant you as many diamonds as there are Red Rooms in the manor, however if you fail the puzzle you lose 30 steps. And as someone who is not good at the Parlor puzzle, this seems like a terrible upgrade.

Except… I was curious. I wanted to know if there would be any new information if I did this, so I did. Even though it meant I wouldn’t benefit from the Parlor Room like I had in the past. But that didn’t matter to me, because I wanted to know what the room was like.

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Generally when you go to play EDH/Commander this is what you would like to see, a large group of people playing and multiple opportunities to get into games. This allows you to play with new people and see different decks and learn different aspects of the game.

The above picture is what I like to call the optimal environment for options or choices. Different multi-player games and different play styles. If you don't like the people you are playing with there are many other opportunities to try other players.

What usually happens is that there are only a few people hanging out looking for a third or a fourth player to have a game. Many times it is the same people you play with every week and you see the same decks over and over. You learn peoples play styles and personalities (the good and the bad aspects). These games tend to boil down to playing against a personality rather than against the board state. I have seen this over and over again, and I have fallen victim to this mentality. Games then tend to break down to this.....

The blinders go on and you don't focus on much of what is going on in the game. Someone has painted a GIANT bulls-eye on their chest and all you want to do is get that person out of the game, board state be damned! 

Personality has a huge impact in the way you are perceived by your playgroup and whether or not you want to play with certain people. I have witnessed this happen as well. Player X "My philosophy of EDH obviously doesn't mesh with yours, so maybe we shouldn't play together anymore,"  Player Y "OKAY, we won't!" Player X "Wait, what?"

Animosity toward other players because you feel that they do "Douchey" things every time they play.

What is the solution? I don't know if there is one, but if the perceived irritant continues then the continued use of blinders will probably continue. The other outcome is that players stop playing with each other until things can calm down, which I have noticed doesn't solve the problem.

I think this all boils back to this thin fuzzy line we call casual vs competitive. Mono Blue Slaver lock is never fun to play against, Uber ramp into Prophet of Kruphix and take a turn at the end of every turn not fun, Dead Eye and ETB all day long, not fun.... 

All of these things lead to my belief that people should check out other shops/play groups and get a feeling of where you like to play when you are in the mood for something casual or something more competitive. If we all just stay with the status quo of our groups and we have issues, EDH/Commander will stop being fun.