Thread:Buddyfight Unified Universe/@comment-26916515-20151116205608/@comment-27697921-20151118021718

Fantastic! It looks like we are on the same page in the most essential part to me at least. Attitude. Yes, the sideboard can really make the competition rise and the spirit of the fun lose it's luster, though it doesn't seem like it would do that to you.

However, the main reason I encourage the use of sideboarding is in preparation for Regional to World Tournaments or for those who have worlds that especially need the side board to fight whatever the Meta currently is. That does not seem like what you are desiring at this point, and so I see no point in doing it either;)

This may sound rather strange, but I'm in favor of tournaments that actually have categories for awards, instead of simply a "last person standing" approach. I would love to see awards for best egine, best main phase play, best crossover, etc... as I believe it would allow for the personalities of each individual to simply shine and land wherever they land.

I am really looking forward to your tactics and know that I will learn a great deal from it. It should certainly provide bizarre situations at times that will allow me to check in with Bushiroad on Rulings so that others will know what to do if/when they are in the same spot.

I'm not sure if you've seen any posts on Official Rulings that Bushiroad has sent me in response to questions that their rules and/or Q&A do not cover, but before we play, I'll make sure to show you rulings I may use as some of them I have never seen others use before and although the outcome may not be affected as the other party may still win, I believe that Rulings should be available to all. And if you are already familiar with them, at worst, it will simply be repetitious and you can skip anything you don't need to see.

This is turning into something I'm getting more and more excited about. Perhaps this will spawn a larger scale program. Some others and I have been prepping and designing a website with videos that is geared to helping newer players learn the rules through easy video tutorials and even chess-like situational problems that can enhance specific areas in their play. But the heart of it is really to encourage everyone to enjoy who they are and put themselves into their deck to tell their story, regardless of the outcome.

So, after that long response...I will brush up and definitely watch out for the backspace button! I've briefly used the tradecardsonline sim and Otakon7, and I've noticed from my son that BF Area hasn't been updated in quite a while and understand that it's possible that Hunter Serge may not be feeling well. If so, I hope he gets well soon.

On a related subject

I may try and update BF Area in the meantime if I can. I've been able to Wrap it in a Wineskin to work on my Mac, and never thought to post that in case others have Macs but don't want to run a Virtual PC just for the Sim. I've also been able to change some of the parts, so I'll give some other parts a crack as well and, even though it wouldn't be official, I'd be willing to upload anything updates I was able to accomplish to a server so that people could use it in the meantime.

But it sounds like Otakon7 is the best place for us to begin at least. Because you are a very bright person and seem more than willing to dialogue throughout a game, similar to real gameplay, we shouldn't run into many issues that a Simulator can bring anyway. However, there is one limitation that I have yet to see fixed, at least in my judgement, and I could certainly be wrong. Because of the human variable in the math of shuffling the deck, I haven't seen an algorythmn in a simulator be able to duplicate the types of hands one would get in a real game.

I've researched it quite a lot and I can see why it is so difficult. Alas, one can't have it all. However, I do recommend to people that they don't solely judge their build based on how it plays on a simulator as sometimes the difference is just too great. If you have any thoughts on it, I'd love to hear them. Even if it's "I don't care." I'm all for different perspectives as it leads to a more complete picture of whatever one is looking at.

So, I will get a deck ready and get right back to you!

Thanks again. It's refreshing to have someone be so direct in their speech and be open to new experiences. You are a vital part of this community. Please continue on.