Originally
posted by
Dissident:
Land trading is lame
You're a good man Dissi, but this is really what you should be taking issue with.
The last two sets that I've netted (not within 6 months, but within the last couple years) - One set I spent about 15 min a day on my country, trading with LaFers, MDers, Evoers, and whoever else would trade, and got a top 10. I was surprised at how easy it was. It felt oddly unsatisfying.
A few sets later, I tried again... I spent about 3-5 hours per day setting alerts, hitting untags/bots as soon as they exited DR, etc etc, did not trade a single hit, and got a top 10. I was much prouder of this finish...
...but would you like to take a guess at which country finished better in NW and rankings? Easily finished better?
A lot of factors have helped kill this game over the last few years, but organized landtrading was one of the biggest imo. I know of at least a few other ex-netters/earthers who would agree with me. If it's going to exist though, you can't fault what's left of the netting tags for taking advantage of it.
I've never bragged about my "skill" in this silly game and I'll be the first to say I don't think of myself as an elite player, but it's pretty telling that virtually every netter I learned the game from has despised the effect ghost acres has had on netting competition. I could list a few people have stopped netting or left the game because of it, and I'm sure my list would be small in comparison to others. It's nothing more than another mis-step in a series of many which has lead to the decline of this game.
+First game related post I've made on this board in longer than I can remember. I really need to retire one of these days.
++Once I run out of good bourbon.