Not exactly seeing as Kharma is basically the First Law of Thermodynamics (every action has an equal and opposite reaction). Such things as training and being the type of people that eggheads would like to watch or exotic dancers would like to follow is perfectly fitting with the idea of Kharma.Well, no. Desperate Measures might remain the same (because, as you'd know if you bothered to read my post attentively, I admitted that title was apt) but calling the second table Dirty Tricks is different to calling it Random Events and Dirty Tricks. And if handicaps are meant to be things your team/coaches/cheerleaders have done or acquired to increase their chances of winning, then Petty Ploys is a better and more appropriate title than Good Karma.Petty Ploys? and the other two you came up with were the same.
Please reread attentively the words "all that much". My personal view is that you can call them what you like it's the rules that are being discussed here not the finer details of aesthetic bliss and satisfactory fluff.No, of course not.Without getting into some philosophical arguments over what Kharma is does it really matter all that much how their named.I've just heard a rumour that the BBRC are going to rename all the teams Human #1, #2, #3, etc. After all, it doesn't really matter if an Orc team is called Human Team #12, does it?
Desperate Measures was a special play card. The difference is between Petty Ploys and Good Kharma was it really worth all this argument just to get the label of one handicap table changed from something pretty fitting to something....pretty fitting.You are obviously wrong here. The cards were called Random Events, Dirty Tricks, and Magic Items. So where is Magic Items? Where did Good Karma come from? Or Desperate Measures?It's obvious they haved been pulled from the Special play cards.
......Maybe but at least I gave some thought to my argument, which you, judging by your inaccurate responses, did not.Your argument sounds little petty tbh.
Please reread attentively the words "As far as I'm aware". I obviously was not aware thanks for bringing it to my attention.Try reading your LRB. I quote from the table on page 43: "[TR difference]101+ [Rolls]4 + pick a fifth result of your choice." Can't get much clearer than that, can you?As far as I'm aware in the LRB if you get four rolls on a table you get all four results you dont have to pick one.
Read the poll it was not asking about your leagues handicap table but the one stated in Galak's first post. When taking an example you may want to consider the difference a change in prices might make to your experiences when trying to relate it to a different table.Try reading the post again (actually, just try reading something... anything!). I stated quite clearly that my league uses a 50 point Desperate Measures table. So I would get two rolls. Two random handicaps. Compared to four random handicaps and one picked on the old LRB table.Under the proposed new table you would get at least 2 rolls (as it was changed to 40 points).
Again..Read the poll and read the table. Firstly its 40 points. 'I am the Greatest' is the two players with highest SPP not random. Doom & Gloom will remove 5 out of every 6 RR's and from your post I deduce that this would reduce most teams you're playing against to one reroll. At TR200 most teams will have difficulties with only 1 reroll especially in conjunction with their two biggest stars not playing on the pitch at once. With all this in mind do you really dislike the table all that much (you might want to read it first before replying)?Doom & Gloom costs 50 points. For that I can make the opposing player lose between 1 and 3 TRRs, depending on how many they have. It's usually 1 or 2, as only one team in our league has more than 6 TRRs. Gee, how great is that. My lethal opponents, who possess a large number of highly skilled players (who thus do not need the use of TRRs), have to play me with 2 TRRs rather than 4. Gee, my life has been spared!If you can't get any benefit from 'Doom and Gloom' or 'I am the Greatest!' then I suggest you give up on any handicap system suiting your needs.
I am the Greatest! Wow, two randomly selected players don't like each other. So (to use an example that actually occurred in our league), if I'm playing an Orc team with 4 BOB Star Players, 4 Blitzer Star Players, and an Ogre (this was before the 2003 Rules Review), they might not be able to field one Goblin and an Orc lineman with no SPPs at the same time. Phew! Breathes deep (but decidely sarcastic) sigh of relief.
I can gain benefit from these handicaps, of course. But it doesn't happen very often because of the huge TR difference in the first case and the random nature of the handicap in the second case. The changes made to these handicaps in the proposed tables is an improvement to be sure but not much of one.
You've heard my suggestions on this so i wont bother repeating them. But don't say I didn't warn you if you end up changing it later 