https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer?GameID=8182997

You should pick 6 territories in such 1v1 auto game. Unless you want a wasteland in a random bonus you will be forced to pick.

that's what you get when you play with new users.

Some level 50ish players still don't pick enough.

faceplam

btw the only reason to pick less than 6 territory is if you are gonna make an huge counterpick :D

Edited 3/5/2015 16:33:43

You could also just play auto distribution.

Manual distribution requires a lot more thinking than auto. Auto picks in strategic 1v1 aren't a good idea.

yeah good idea, with wasterland in distribution is super!!!! facepalm

faceplam

btw the only reason to pick less than 6 territory is if you are gonna make an huge counterpick :D

Then what happens when your opponent did exactly what you did thinking that you would do what you thought they would do?

eww auto distribution. im not a luck hater, but after playing so many games, auto distribution seems closer to lottery than strategy. yeah i guess it takes a lot of smarts to get ahead when you have really bad picks, but it takes less smarts for the guy that got really good picks.

i suppose auto distribution might be good for certain types of games, but other than the over-crowded melee (which is also largely a crap-shoot), i can't think of one.

Then what happens when your opponent did exactly what you did thinking that you would do what you thought they would do?

usually i do some strange coutner that nobody would counter :P never happened

usually i do some strange coutner that nobody would counter :P never happened

One day Gnuffone, someone is going to do this to you, and the 6th pick you get randomly will somehow allow you to win anyways.

so far i know of 3 kinds of counters

1.positional counter-placed in such place that you dont let opponent expand while you expand freely

2.ftb counter-used to counter first turn bonuses.this may or may not be a part of wasteland bonus

3.weird last pick counter to second last pick

if you know of other types,do tell

One day Gnuffone, someone is going to do this to you, and the 6th pick you get randomly will somehow allow you to win anyways.

true. but one day.. xD

4. combo counter: you basically counter a big bonus like Greenland combo with a wasterland pick in canada. (or no wasterland, doesn't matter)

https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer?GameID=4815814

5 - counter a small bonus, very good as you have 2 picks near it

https://www.warlight.net/MultiPlayer?GameID=4815617

Edited 3/5/2015 19:06:03

what if someone took greenland as safe 1 bonus in that region and you got europe and canada?

my counter pick style is based on previous game, ladder 1v1 game analysed etc, i know the style of each player, and i knew WM red wouldn't do that. It's risky, but each counter Worth a lot if you perfect know opponent playstyle.