Getting Good (faking it)
There comes a point an EggWars player needs to ask themselves the hard questions. Questions like:
Lucky for you, these questions all have an easy answer:
Getting Good: the easiest way to win games
Luckier for you, these questions also have a more useful answer: MATH
A Player’s skill level may be thought of as a normalized distribution. (a.k.a., fancy bell curves):
Example players red, blue
In this drawing…
Red: average player, high variance. Sometimes plays great, sometimes plays terribly.
Blue: elite player, low variance. Almost always plays great, sometimes plays average.
If red were to fight blue, red would have a low chance of winning. It’s still possible, but not likely.
Unlikely win: Red does very good, blue does very bad
In the case above, I would expect blue to win 19/20 fights. So, the question is: if I am red, do I almost always lose?
NO, you don’t. Lucky for us, eggwars isn’t a perfectly static game, like chess. If you want to win, you can do lots of things to change your chances of winning. In general, there are four ways to do this:
“But mystery post writer,” you object, “how is this useful?”
I’m glad you asked, disembodied dissenter. Knowing these 4 techniques allows you to improve your fighting strategy. Fighting isn’t the only part of eggwars, but it is a big part of it. After all: if no one else is alive, how can you lose?
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Timing is important
After reading the above 4 getting good techniques, you might be thinking to yourself: “this author is a genius. I’m going to do all of these things, every game. This will give me the best chance of winning.”
First: I am very smart, thank you
Second: Don’t do that, that is a bad idea
Everyone and their mother is trying to do at least some of those 4 techniques, every game. In order to win, you need to identify what techniques your opponent is using and kill them when you have an advantage. Some people call this cowardice. Some people are wrong.
Timing-Informed Strategy Examples:
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You are randomly queued into a tea party game. There is a tryhard team on pink, and you have no teammates. You do not have the advantage right now. In this case I would suggest…
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You are a very good player, and win almost all pvp fights. The game has just started. In this case I would suggest…
There are two players left. You are in full iron, and a player in leather armour is hiding on a bridge. They are trying to increase your randomness in order to give themselves a chance of winning. In this case, I would suggest…
There comes a point an EggWars player needs to ask themselves the hard questions. Questions like:
- “Should I fight this person now, or later?
- “Can I beat this person in pvp?”
- “Where do I fight this person?”
- “When do I fight this person?”
- “Am I actually bad at this game?”
- “Why doesn’t cube’s anticheat $#@!ing work??”
Lucky for you, these questions all have an easy answer:
Getting Good: the easiest way to win games
Luckier for you, these questions also have a more useful answer: MATH
A Player’s skill level may be thought of as a normalized distribution. (a.k.a., fancy bell curves):
Example players red, blue
In this drawing…
Red: average player, high variance. Sometimes plays great, sometimes plays terribly.
Blue: elite player, low variance. Almost always plays great, sometimes plays average.
If red were to fight blue, red would have a low chance of winning. It’s still possible, but not likely.
Unlikely win: Red does very good, blue does very bad
In the case above, I would expect blue to win 19/20 fights. So, the question is: if I am red, do I almost always lose?
NO, you don’t. Lucky for us, eggwars isn’t a perfectly static game, like chess. If you want to win, you can do lots of things to change your chances of winning. In general, there are four ways to do this:
I’m glad you asked, disembodied dissenter. Knowing these 4 techniques allows you to improve your fighting strategy. Fighting isn’t the only part of eggwars, but it is a big part of it. After all: if no one else is alive, how can you lose?
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Timing is important
After reading the above 4 getting good techniques, you might be thinking to yourself: “this author is a genius. I’m going to do all of these things, every game. This will give me the best chance of winning.”
First: I am very smart, thank you
Second: Don’t do that, that is a bad idea
Everyone and their mother is trying to do at least some of those 4 techniques, every game. In order to win, you need to identify what techniques your opponent is using and kill them when you have an advantage. Some people call this cowardice. Some people are wrong.
Timing-Informed Strategy Examples:
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You are randomly queued into a tea party game. There is a tryhard team on pink, and you have no teammates. You do not have the advantage right now. In this case I would suggest…
- Getting an initial set of chain gear and diamond sword (increase your combat power)
- Getting them to rush other people’s eggs (increasing their randomness)
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You are a very good player, and win almost all pvp fights. The game has just started. In this case I would suggest…
- Rushing opponent’s bases (decreasing your opponent’s combat power)
- Rushing any base that you saw get gems from mid (decrease your opponent’s combat power)
- Getting gear when there are a few teams left (increasing your combat power)
There are two players left. You are in full iron, and a player in leather armour is hiding on a bridge. They are trying to increase your randomness in order to give themselves a chance of winning. In this case, I would suggest…
- Buying TNT, or a bow to kill them (decrease your own randomness)
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