23:03 Gemini6Ice: hi, gl!

23:17 nzp: I really believe this game is all about luck

23:18 nzp: when i get math, once for a change, it immediately cover itself

23:18 Gemini6Ice: Sometimes I feel that way, but the fact that a few people get up to rank 22+ and stay up there really indicates they know what they are doing

23:18 Gemini6Ice: the trick is to avoid long-term plans

23:18 Gemini6Ice: because you'll get screwed out of it easily

23:18 nzp: the last 3 games i played, my opponent teched with math up to level 9+ without a problem

23:19 nzp: I mean, there is no strategy counter against a math which works well

23:19 Gemini6Ice: i see that happen often. when someone gets mathematics out, i seek to ruin it as soon as i can

23:19 Gemini6Ice: shared melds are a great method to do that

23:20 nzp: one change in 5 !

23:20 nzp: it's poor probability

23:20 Gemini6Ice: I enjoy doing a "meld a 3" dogma when my opponent has tons of 8s and 9s out :D

23:20 Gemini6Ice: well, each stack has 2x of each color

23:20 Gemini6Ice: so you can count the colors left often

23:21 nzp: and then, when i get stuck to age 4

23:22 nzp: because of course, game would not let me tech up to age 8+

23:22 nzp: i had to empty age 4 without finding gunpowder

23:22 nzp: most of the time, the first card my opponent get at age 4 IS gunpowder

23:23 nzp: so it's all about luck

23:23 Gemini6Ice: I think you just more strongly remember those times and view them as disproportionately common

23:24 nzp: well, i'm summarizing all my previous games of today

23:24 nzp: lost by math, or by gunpowder

23:25 Gemini6Ice: well, I have gunpowder in my hand, but it wont hurt you

23:25 nzp: sure it's too late now

23:25 nzp: gunpowder has to be found in early age 4

23:26 Gemini6Ice: but it's effective only if the opponent has gona heavy-castles

23:26 nzp: which you did

23:27 Gemini6Ice: and, for a while, you were outpacing me on all other symbols

23:27 Gemini6Ice: as a result

23:28 nzp: this is way too late now

23:28 nzp: the game was lost the moment you used machinery

23:29 Gemini6Ice: Nah, I think you had plenty of routes to take

23:29 Gemini6Ice: sorry you feel that way

23:30 nzp: I think I know when a game is lost