The D1 Meet'n'Greet

[--Pete]

Hi,

As for me messing with clock is not legit.

Good. So don't.

When someone justify "hey, let's messup with clock and we will have same chances in tournament" he opens way to thinking . . .

Just because a door is open does not mean that you have to take it. That's what intelligent self control is all about.

. . . that other equalizing chances are also legit i.e. the same items for dueling . . .

Again, depends on how you do it. Best dueling experience I've ever had (and I admit, I haven't had many) was one where each person started a new character and fought with what they started with. Now, you might find some pretzel logic to claim that somehow this is not legit, but I'm not buying it, even if it comes with mustard.

. . . (look at most of polish community playing with duplicates - for equal chances, and justifying - that it is for skill only) and you are not better then.
You can say - yes, but RNG is buggy, ok, but legit ones shall say - "Fate is my deciding god". Thats why they are looking for luck in randomness (searching for items, going through random levels).

Sorry, too much lost in translation. Not sure what you mean by 'you are not better then', don't understand what the bugginess of the PRNG has to do with anything here, and not sure what you are getting at with the whole 'luck in randomness' bit.

If someone is playing IM of Immortal or whatever with fixed time and date - he shall speak of himself that he plays IM with fixed clock variation of variant, and not just IM.

And what, precisely, is the difference between starting the game *at* a random time as opposed to starting the game *with* a random time? Except, of course, that one is reproducible, the other is not.

As for me real IM is that one without reusing shrines, going back to level 1 for puryfying spring, storing items in town. But it is just my opinion. All other "tricks" are just waste of time for me (like i.e. going to town or other level to reuse some shrine) . . .

Sorry, you are not entitled to an opinion, because the defenition of IM is not yours to make. That has long since been made. You are free to add additional restrictions to any variant. You are free to make up your own variants. But you are a good ten years too late to redefine the existing variants.

. . . and are for pussies.

Spoken like a true childish brat (or governor of California)

--Pete

PS If a mod should pass by, would it be possible to split this sub thread off and make it a new regular thread?