Required reading for 4th graders in Illinois....

[Hammerskjold]

Wow, I was tricked into thinking this was serious. Good job, I guess.

Everything in this thread is serious. 110%, super real, super serious.
Deadly. Serious.

Since I mentioned a part of my autobiography, I will explain a bit further. My exploits and adventures in the Real D1 Dueling circuit were made into a movie at one point. Uncredited, and names have been changed, and details are fleshed out allegorically rather than literally. Overly literalist might have trouble with comprehension, but for everyone else it's not a biggie to decipher the clues.



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A LAN circuit game with one of the circuit rules enforcers, as portrayed in the movie.

I don't like spelling it out, but some wee ones have trouble with reading comprehension, so for their sake I will help them out. No, I'm not Hugh Jackman, or his character. Jackman plays a composite character, and my adventures were weaved into that composite. My stories were uncredited officially, but I was compensated.

For obvious security reasons, getting financial compensation is better than getting name credit in some hollywood film. For the same obvious security reasons, details had to be told allegorically vs literally.

What I can say is 'the 3 sided coin' is real. It's literally just a coin, exact same as you would have in your wallet. Since every coin has 3 sides, head, tails, and the -edge- (circumference) connecting the two.

What's special is not the coin used in the coin flip. It's the surface it lands on. Think a bed of nails crossed with a pachinko machine.

Reasons for serious circuit matches using LAN instead of (hahahahahaha...oh lordy) B.net, is obvious. But it is also done to ensure a minimum ante and insurance. No one in the circuit cares about B.net. Showing up in person, in the flesh, is the minimum ante to show the organizers and opponents you're serious about the match.

It's partly symbolic as well. And can spill over to some real physical outcome as well, due to the stakes involved.

Another misconception is Real D1 PVP consists solely of 'duelz' between chars. Anyone who has actual knowledge of the D1, understands the game is not actually optimal for such a thing. Even with LAN there are still occasional tech issues like desync glitches. Good enough for giggles among friends. Somewhat ok for pro-am if done right. Not good enough when it's a real match, with real assets on the line.

Butcher Race games and other racing style games allows for multiple participants, more than the 4 player limit. Since the terminals are run parallel but may or may not be connected to each other directly.

They are synced for timekeeping and monitored for shenanigans. They can be set up either as parallel tracks style, or hub and spoke style depending on the type of match being played.

However that's mere technicality, what really separates the scrubs from the serious players, are the stakes. The former is absent of any real risks and consequences, the latter has real risks but also real rewards.

Scrubs want to 'duelz' (on B.net no less..lulz X infinity) anything and anyone at the drop of a hat, for free. They don't even value their own time. Maybe they're just lonely and want a hug\any human interaction, who knows, who cares.

Serious, Professional Competitive Real D1 Duelists asks what's the real game, what's the real rules, what's my real risk\reward ratio, and act accordingly.

Scrubs literally haven't even figured out what the real game is, what the real rules are, and what they're 'fighting' for. At best, they're still thinking Character lvl = Actual Player Level. Scrubs get flustered and poop their diapers when you say pros don't play T-ball in the Majors. Scrubby the tadpole thinks his pond is an ocean.

As for my movie experience, I can say that Mr. Jackman is a classy stand up bro. Ms. Berry is beautiful and smart. The craft table was awesome in that shoot. And their check didn't bounce. In general it has been such a positive and rewarding experience on that movie set, I am seriously thinking of doing more work as a D1 Duelist film consultant.