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Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 12:04 am
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Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 1:25 am
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FallenSammy
But gettin more blokes to play would be a solution we get the girlies in so why can't ya get the boys in?!? And you say handicap we say cheatin as it was changed to make it easier for you guys rather than recruitin! And I have an argumentative streak in me lol
For example, if a professional basketball player were to have a 1 on 1 match with an amateur, the professional would easily beat the amateur because they have more skill in the game. To make things fair, the amateur would be given a handicap of some sort, such as each point scored being worth more. This way, the advantage the professional has over the amateur by having more skill is nullified and it is considered an even match.
Note that "cheating" gives an advantage -over- the other side, whereas a "handicap" gives an advantage to make one side -even- with the other. They are not interchangable words as they have different meanings. The men's team in this thread was given a handicap to nullify the advantage the ladies' team had by having more members, thus making things "even", though as I stated before, even with our handicap, the ladies' team still has a 12 point advantage.
As far as recruiting more males goes, that would not work for a few reasons. One being the fact that this guild has more active female members than male members. I don't know of the ratio of male to female members in the guild, but I lurk enough to realize that on any given thread, you will see more females responding than males, thus showing which gender more actively participates in the forum.
Secondly, males generally care less about male vs. female games than females do as females feel the need to "prove themselves" by defeating males in any possible manner presented to them. In other words, if us males were to go around advertising this thread to try to get more males, chances are we would only end up recruiting more females and the guys would not even be interested.
Most importantly, being that the game is already unbalanced to a degree in which it would take about 7 more guys to even out the teams, most guys would simply elect to not even join as they know their team is going to lose anyway. People generally do not want to play games that they know they will lose, especially guys as we often believe the point of a game is to win it. If there is no winning, then there is no point.
If our situations were reversed, I'm sure many females would have quit already or complained about how unfair it is. The only reason you ladies are having fun with the game is because you're always winning and you know you will always win, and the only reason that some of us guys still participate is because we don't care so much about winning.
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Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 5:09 am
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Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 6:41 am
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Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 6:48 am
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Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 6:55 am
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Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 7:06 am
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Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 7:18 am
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Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 9:36 am
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Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 9:43 am
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Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 9:46 am
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Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 9:56 am
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Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 9:56 am
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Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 9:58 am
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