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FA's avatar

Did it occur to you that... tricks don't work at the high level?

It's a stretch of a comparison but I'm one of the top players in one of the most popular online games and a lot of "barking dog" like plays work on the lower level (<90-p players) and might even work on good ones (~99p), but at the very top levels those competing are "built differently" and will execute the correct set of actions/reaction regardless of how expected/unexpected his opponents moves are.

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Roger’s Bacon's avatar

This is the exact attitude that makes one susceptible to tricks. The element of surprise cannot be suppressed, it is a fundamental force of the universe, like entropy.

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FA's avatar

Do you have any experience doing anything competitive at the professional or semi-professional level?

Because what you are saying is good on paper but doesn't work. As I said, you need to consider that those doing anything competitive professionally are superhumans, including the psychological aspect. The barking-the-dog style plays you are saying will be so paradigm-shifting will perturb the opponent for 1 millisecond before they already have a counterplay to exploit the obviously stupid "play" you attempted.

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Roger’s Bacon's avatar

you are missing the point and in doing so only proving my point. Again I say: Tricksiness is as fundamental to the cosmos as gravity or electromagnetism. The element of surprised cannot be suppressed - your hubris will be your downfall. Heed my words FA, heed them!!!

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