Psychology of Purple players

[little laurel]

Is it just me or has anyone else noticed that the purple payer in games is always an instigator that goes completely off the rails? They love to break bonuses or smack stacks for no reason at all. It's crazy how many times I've seen this happen

[prime veldt]

@magic trail can confirm

[magic trail]

"no reason at all"

[prime veldt]

Sounds like you 😈

[burnt trench]

always purple

[little laurel]

I'm guessing @magic trail plays as purple? lol

[magic trail]

yes

I never break/smack for no reason tho

[little laurel]

I'm at the point where I just boot them from my lobbies. It would be funny if it wasn't so detrimental to a fun game

[deft abyss]

Hmm, Purple Henrys...

[sullen stag]

🙃

[sturdy jetty]

lmao

My sources are telling me purple players are the greatest and you should protect them at all cost.

[little laurel]

https://tenor.com/view/billy-madison-dont-care-your-opinion-opinion-thats-your-opinion-gif-17726463

[fossil crest]

This sounds like something a blue player would say

[little laurel]

Once you go black you never go back

[sand viper]

nah dude that's red players 100%

[sturdy jetty]

@reef whale can confirm.

[pallid isle]

I play purple

[dark linden]

Yellow most trustworthy

[wraith ember]

You are probably talking about me, I have been known to smack someone when they were looking at me wrong lol.

[lost aspen]

I do not play Purple, but I sometimes play like that. I like my games of risk to be fast and if it seems clear that other players are in a stack and wait mood I will go and slap large stacks to incite something a bit more exciting and lead to a quicker end game, it might not lead to me getting the win but I would rather come 2nd or 3rd in a fast game then win after an hours slog of who can make the biggest stack.

[wraith ember]

You would hate playing caps then. lol

[lost aspen]

I love caps 🙂 again I will sometimes just throw a large stack at a cap just to knock it down for someone else to then attack it 🙂

To be fair the new exponential game option is the answer to all my issues with progressive lol.

[wraith ember]

Interesting. I think I am the opposite. I prefer the long multi-hour matches. I only played exponential once and I guy was trading way ahead of me because he took out 2 players. That really ended up mattering once cards got over 200. I didn't really like it but I may try it again sometime.

Guy took out 2 players and gained like 7 cards between them.

[lost aspen]

There is an issue of luck, where you are in the draw order, and of course if you get a set on 3, 4 or 5, and the snowball effect becomes very real,

But progressive you tend to get to a point of stalemate with no one really advancing, or it becomes clear who the winner will be but people then drag it out for another 30-40 mins

[wraith ember]

I do not agree with your assessment. Sometimes there is a noob in the last 4 but 4/5 times it will be finished in normal time if you ask me. But also I don't consider stalling (in the sense I think you are speaking of) until cards get around 300+ per trade. I think there is a strong incentive for the last 4 players in a 6 player ffa to postpone the game until trades are 120+ that a single trade can complete a full move. (of card blocking)