Min maxing.
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Min maxing.
There is a term going around, and it is called min maxing. What does this mean?
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Re: Min maxing.
In short, it's basically just creating an optimized team (or character or army, depending on the game). It's usually used as a pejorative terms, with the implication that this process doesn't allow consideration for background, fun, or sportsmanship. The name refers to minimizing undesirable aspects of a team/character/army (negative skills, say), while maximizing positive ones (block).
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Re: Min maxing.
My understanding was that it went a little further especially with regard to FUMBBL in that the minimising refers to TV while maximising the team ability to either win or destroy a team. Mainly this takes the form of having a few highly skilled players with the rest of teh team kept as rookies, i.e.os Dwarves or Chaos with two or three Claw, Piling On and Mighty Blow with a team teams of rookies to keep the TV down for better match-ups.
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Re: Min maxing.
As an example, take the following Chaos Pact team:
1 Ogre: 140k
1 Dark Elf: 70k
9 Marauders: 450 k
3 Rerolls: 210k
Total TV: 870
This means that, if you build selectively, you can have 2 ClawPOMP Marauders (60k x 2) at a TV of 990. In a match-making environment, where you are automatically coupled with a team of the same or very close TV (like FUmBBL's Black Box), you will face rookie teams with this setup. And you will destroy them. Yay.
1 Ogre: 140k
1 Dark Elf: 70k
9 Marauders: 450 k
3 Rerolls: 210k
Total TV: 870
This means that, if you build selectively, you can have 2 ClawPOMP Marauders (60k x 2) at a TV of 990. In a match-making environment, where you are automatically coupled with a team of the same or very close TV (like FUmBBL's Black Box), you will face rookie teams with this setup. And you will destroy them. Yay.

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Re: Min maxing.
Box has changed recently to take games played into account. This means that such teams with many games played will (usually) find themselves playing against a higher TV team.
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Re: Min maxing.
Oooo. I was unaware of that change. May have to go hit some box games again.dode74 wrote:Box has changed recently to take games played into account. This means that such teams with many games played will (usually) find themselves playing against a higher TV team.
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Re: Min maxing.
Isn't that what us men are always thinking of doing?burgun824 wrote:May have to go hit some box
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Re: Min maxing.
That's what you boys are always thinkin'....Kikurasis wrote:Isn't that what us men are always thinking of doing?burgun824 wrote:May have to go hit some box
Us men smartly hooked up, put a ring on that finger, and are enjoying the rewards of drafting that perfect assistant coach....

It ain't always a cakewalk... but beats the hell out of computer games....
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Re: Min maxing.
You either got it very right very early, or you totally misunderstand your relationshipdrafting that perfect assistant coach

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Re: Min maxing.
Kissed a lot of frog princesses before finding my 5'9" French Blonde Barbie... so, yeah, paid my dues....JaM wrote:He has had his ups and downs....![]()
j/k, couldnt resist.
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Re: Min maxing.
A very cynical friend of mine once said
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