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You may have noticed by now that there's a new tab called Triple Triad above. Those of you who play(ed) the Final Fantasy games might recognize this game. Basically it's a card game where you fill a 9x9 grid with cards trying to change the cards to your color. The person with the most cards of their color (including possibly one in your hand if you went second) wins.

It's not a difficult game to learn but there are intricacies to it because you have to choose your cards, place them in the right offensive/defensive positions, etc.

There are a couple of ways to get new cards. First, you can purchase them using the coin of choice - gil - or when you win you choose one of the cards from the vanquished foe.

Right now there are very few decks that can be purchased and you start with very little coin. But as you post you'll be gaining more and more money to use. Also as of now there's no way to administrate the amount of coin a player has so I can't give or take away any.

Please note I am considering this in the Beta stage as I have to build by hand every deck, every computer player and can even make - get this! - cards based on anything I want....like forumites! So I can make a JCM card with his avatar as the picture!

It really quite limitless in what I CAN do, but right now it's very limited in scope.

If you have suggestions, I'm happy to hear them!

Have fun!

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Oh, and a special note to lurkers/unregistered. I usually set these things up so you can play along without feeling like you have to register or sign in. But the way this is set up I can't do anything about it without allowing for some pretty seemingly nasty security holes. So I'm sorry, but you have to be registered and signed in to play. But you can still hit the arcade or the daily game.

Trying to challenge Amy. Amy, battle me in the ring of honor!

Great! That's the kind of thing I need tested!

It works. Was a draw. We'll see if the card taking works when someone beats someone else.

Thanks for the card.

My Gesper!

Agh, one dumb mistake... and with that very card.

I won a card from the CPU, but the computer didn't seem to want me to have it. So, karma....

Good lord did I stink at that game in FFVIII.

How do I start? I have no gil to purchase a starter deck.

^This...

If you've posted in a thread, you now have enough gil to buy a deck. :laugh:

Ahh man, this was my absolute favorite part of FF8. I had every God damn card, even the one you get from that whore who's ruleset is complete, COMPLETE, bullshit. The ultra randomizer chick from the ruins.

Dave said:

If you've posted in a thread, you now have enough gil to buy a deck. :laugh:

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you know what this means.

^ Is just posting to get more gil to buy bigger decks.

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Yeah, I'd like to not have it tied to posting & stuff, but for right now that is what it is.

The purchasable decks have a limit to how valuable they are for playing, so I wouldn't worry about it.

Now.

I'm having to build new sets. Right now I've only built 3.

Starter Deck: 10 random level 1 cards.
Novice Deck: 10 random cards; 75% chance the random card is level 1, 24% chance level 2 & 1% level 3.
Journeyman Deck: 10 Random cards; 20% chance the random card is level 1, 70% chance level 2 & 10% level 3.

More decks of varying cost will be built but before I did that I wanted to make sure people would like/play the game and that the damned thing would work!

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By the way, this means if you think decks are too expensive or even too cheap, please let me know.

you're posting too, Dave. Don't think we don't see it.

I love this game. I use to be pretty good in FF I hope I can be good again.

Dammit, I suck at this game if I don't have my killer deck from FF8.

Finally beat Level 2 insane! The computer's a fricken cheater, it uses level 3 cards.

Any chance of opening up some higher level computer opponents?

God DAMN you Dave. This music won't leave my mind anytime I see this thread!

It'd be even cooler if we could add that music to the game, somehow.

Creating new CPU Players now.

Level 3: Spammer
Level 4: Lurker
Level 5: Registered User
Level 6: Card Sharp
Level 7: Hacker
Level 8: Cheater
Level 9: Mod
Level 10: Super User
Level 11: Administrator

Also, if you want to make some cards of your own, simply make a card using the templates from the database (which you can access in the game) and send them to me. Remember that the points MUST show on the card.

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Oh, and level 3 on up you can no longer see the cards of the opponent unless it's easy mode.

Posting in this thread to get Gil wooo (Though I remember being terrible at this card game, I was a lot better at the one in FFIX)

I'm only seeing the Lurker and Spammer levels so far, though. Is there something I have to do to unlock the higher levels?

EDIT: Also, would it be possible to number or reorder the difficulty levels on the drop-down list? At the moment they're arranged in alphabetical order, which means Lurker ends up above Spammer, making it seem like Lurker is the easier difficulty.

Hmmm. Let me work on that one. I may have to number them.

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Temporary fix. Don't like it but it'll work for now.

Dei said:

Posting in this thread to get Gil wooo (Though I remember being terrible at this card game, I was a lot better at the one in FFIX)

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Same here, although I thought Tetra Master was the inferior game.

Yay!

Posting stuff for gil you say?

Man, fuck you guys for making me post more. Because dammit, I need some goddamn gil.

Dave! I've managed to collect all the cards up to level 4! I need higher level computer opponents!

*twitches*

*hums softly, "Gotta catch 'em all..."*

Basically, there are four numbers on each card. If the number of a card you put down is larger than an adjacent number on an adjacent card, the card with the lower value gets flipped and becomes yours.

Okay, that sounds slightly complicated, so here's a diagram:

Let's say player 1 puts down this card, with a birdie on it:


Then player 2 puts down this card to the right, with the freaky gray guy:


The 8 on the left of the Gray Guy card is larger than the 4 on the right of the Bird card. Therefore, the Bird card is flipped over and now belongs to player 2.

Repeat until all the spaces on the 3 by 3 grid are filled, the player with the most cards belonging to him/her at the end is the winner.

That's the basic rule, there are other, more complicated ones, but you won't need to know them immediately.

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Oh, and Dave? The Lurker Insane level doesn't seem to work for me. I can pick my cards, but when I try to start the game, I get a blank vBulletin Message, and the game doesn't start.

bhamv3 said:

Oh, and Dave? The Lurker Insane level doesn't seem to work for me. I can pick my cards, but when I try to start the game, I get a blank vBulletin Message, and the game doesn't start.

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Should work now. When I added his 1 level 5 card I accidentally erased all his level 4 cards. So when the game came to start he didn't have enough to begin.

Yep, works fine now.

(And once again, the computer's a cheating bastard... grumble)

Oh, also, is it deliberate that there's nothing above Lurker level at the moment?

I just haven't had time to make the CPU players yet.

They take time, ya know?

Okay, they are all set up for the FF tab at least. I'll have to do the WoW tab next but that may be later.

Note that all levels up until Super User & Administrator are 4 levels - Easy, Normal, Difficult and Insane.

Easy: You can see the opponent's cards and can plan accordingly. Use this to build up your deck.
Normal: You can't see the opponent's cards any more, but he's still not the best player in the world.
Difficult: Okay, here he's a total bastard. Highly aggressive, this guy is out to get you.
Insane: Not only is this guy all about the aggression, but he's got at least 1 card from the next level to help him out. Cheating git!

When you get to the top two opponents - Super User and Administrator - there is no longer an easy mode. Super User is more like a normal setting. Administrator, though? He's a jerk. And if he wins he doesn't just take 1 card - he takes all 5!!

Damn him!

mr_thehun said:

Wow, I'm seriosuly considering reopening the say something about the above poster to gain some gil...

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that would be WRONG

And this is why I wish you could wager or have it tied to something other than post counts, etc.

Dave said:

And this is why I wish you could wager or have it tied to something other than post counts, etc.

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I find it odd that you don't gain some gil for winning...

bhamv3 said:

Basically, there are four numbers on each card. If the number of a card you put down is larger than an adjacent number on an adjacent card, the card with the lower value gets flipped and becomes yours.

Okay, that sounds slightly complicated, so here's a diagram:

Let's say player 1 puts down this card, with a birdie on it:

Then player 2 puts down this card to the right, with the freaky gray guy:

The 8 on the left of the Gray Guy card is larger than the 4 on the right of the Bird card. Therefore, the Bird card is flipped over and now belongs to player 2.

Repeat until all the spaces on the 3 by 3 grid are filled, the player with the most cards belonging to him/her at the end is the winner.

That's the basic rule, there are other, more complicated ones, but you won't need to know them immediately.

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So, wait, the left digit on the middle number on the card being put down is compared to the right digit on the other card?

What are the top & bottom numbers used for?

They are compared when you place one card above or below another.

ah, ok, so it's one number for each side then. That makes sense now.

Changed Gil to HalBucks.

Working on something else for it you might like.

Yaaay!

More stuff to keep me on Halforums instead of doing work! :biggrin:

I'm looking at either a stable uCash system or a better but unstable vbCredits system. Either one would allow me to give money to play the game instead of relying on posts/threads.

Plus there's an interesting looking RPG thing that MAY be a lot like the Conquest system. The demo is all in Vietnamese so I haven't been able to do anything but look at screen shots.

Woo hoo, kick ass, Dave!

I'm gonna recreate my FF8 deck the hard way.

Installing uCash right now. Wish me luck.

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GAH!

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Hmmm. Doesn't seem to want to integrate as it says it does.

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It wants to add the 5 decimal pointsfrom uCash. Annoying.

ok so what do the cards with As on them do? In the rules it says something about same wall but that rule is not even on so do they do something else?

Will Post For Money

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Need money to pay for cards

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I don't lie, I just want a card

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and other cardboard signs soon seen on corners...

A = 10.

They are called walls because nothing in the NORMAL game can beat them. I can set up some games where ties go to the player placing the card so if you have a 6 and I lay down a 6 then I turn your card.

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Point test.

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Better. I was giving out double points for a minute there.

Since you switched is to uCash do we still post to get money or is there a different way now?

You still get points for posting but I can give money to users, there will be a lottery, you'll be able to STEAL POINTS FROM OTHER USERS and buy things like steal protection, user titles, etc.

So what can I "offer" you in order to get more points

Dave said:

I'm looking at either a stable uCash system or a better but unstable vbCredits system. Either one would allow me to give money to play the game instead of relying on posts/threads.

Plus there's an interesting looking RPG thing that MAY be a lot like the Conquest system. The demo is all in Vietnamese so I haven't been able to do anything but look at screen shots.

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Oh sweet Jesus, please do not introduce a Conquest analogue. That game ate my life.

Is there any incentive to play the tougher opponents in each level? Right now it seems to be the case that the path to getting the good cards involves playing all the easy level opponents.

You may be right about that, Piotyr. But I didn't want this to be just for the hardcore dudes. So you want to take the easy way you can. In the future (i.e. next release) the different CPU opponents will be worth differing amounts of HalBucks. So an easy opponent will get you a card but probably no money. The Insane will get you a card AND a bunch of cash.

I got an error when a CPU player played a card with the same number matched up, but each had a different "element" (one lightning bolt, one stone). It popped up an "invalid card" message box, and when I clicked "OK", I won anyway.

What level were you playing?

Dave said:

What level were you playing?

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Level 2 Easy.

Just played one there myself. No issues. Let me know if it happens again.

beep

Piotyr said:

I got an error when a CPU player played a card with the same number matched up, but each had a different "element" (one lightning bolt, one stone). It popped up an "invalid card" message box, and when I clicked "OK", I won anyway.

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I can't remember what level I was playing but I got the same error earlier.

There's an elemental game where if you put a card with an element on it you get +1 per number.

I'll look at the CPU players to make sure I don't have that marked.

One thing different about the HF version of Triple Triad, compared to the FF8 version, is that in the FF8 version certain cards are unique. Therefore, if you get your hands on a powerful GF card or a character card, you can safely assume no one else will play that card against you, and thus you'll always be able to overpower your opponent with superior cards. Here, though, you end up facing cards of the same caliber, which encourages more skillful play.

Man, I want to reinstall FF8.

Huh. This was the best part about FF8, and now I can play it without all the awful filler-game.

Awesome.

If I hadn't been stupid and forgotten what Triple Triad was, I would have been saving my spacebucks, er, I mean HalBucks for a good set of FF cards. Feel pretty dumb for missing this.

Actually, since you have experience with Triple Triad, if you just play the Easy level opponents, you can work your way up the tiers in no time, even with a basic set of cards.

Null, man, what were you thinking, challenging me with cards three levels below me?

I didn't even have to use my Doomtrain ace in the hole.

Yeah, I'm noticing that. It's still going to take a decent amount of time to get up there though!

bhamv3 said:

Null, man, what were you thinking, challenging me with cards three levels below me?

I didn't even have to use my Doomtrain ace in the hole.

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I was thinking "Well, I've played the computer 20 times in the row, who's on?"

halbucks++

Null;393041][QUOTE=bhamv3 said:

Null, man, what were you thinking, challenging me with cards three levels below me?

I didn't even have to use my Doomtrain ace in the hole.

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I was thinking "Well, I've played the computer 20 times in the row, who's on?"[/QUOTE]

Ah well, it was a good match nonetheless.

That was pretty much as unfair as it's possible to be, huh Krisken?

bhamv3 said:

That was pretty much as unfair as it's possible to be, huh Krisken?

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hehe, it's all good. Give me 2 days and we'll be on even footing

Good rematch there, I think you took it easy on me at the end though, and let me turn it into a draw instead of a loss.

Now that was a bit more fair

Yeah. I figure we have so many cards by this point, I could have a little fun. Also getting to know the other rules. Turn 2 I was like "Oh, so that's what same wall does!"

Same Wall at this level is like navigating a minefield, with A's everywhere.

I actually used the Same and Same Wall rules because I was expecting you'd use your usual strategy (I watched a few of your matches with Administrator), which would've let me Same Wall you to death. And then you changed your strategy and showed up with different cards...

bhamv3 said:

Same Wall at this level is like navigating a minefield, with A's everywhere.

I actually used the Same and Same Wall rules because I was expecting you'd use your usual strategy (I watched a few of your matches with Administrator), which would've let me Same Wall you to death. And then you changed your strategy and showed up with different cards...

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Mua ha ha! I figured you were watching me! Oh no, I am sneakier than that. ::mustache twirl::
Good game

Krisken said:

Good game

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Good game.

I AM here for the halbucks, because apparently basic functionality is a privilege now.

Also, because children's card games are serious business.

AshburnerX said:

I AM here for the halbucks, because apparently basic functionality is a privilege now.

Also, because children's card games are serious business.

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Heavily implied beating!

Vrii said:

Huh. This was the best part about FF8, and now I can play it without all the awful filler-game.

Awesome.

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It was the same for me. The only reason I advanced the story was to find new cards and opponents. I don't think I even came close to finishing that game.

Occasional Poster;393078][QUOTE=Vrii said:

Huh. This was the best part about FF8, and now I can play it without all the awful filler-game.

Awesome.

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It was the same for me. The only reason I advanced the story was to find new cards and opponents. I don't think I even came close to finishing that game.[/QUOTE]
Yup, me either. I only had 1 card to get, and it kept screwing me out of getting Rinoa. Stupid random rule.

I just lost 2 Doomtrains, 2 Rinoas and an Edea to the administrator lol.

Must get better cards so I can challenge harder opponents and get better cards! (hence why I am posting this message :biggrin: )

I've had the game for years and I barely get into disc 2. I get so bored of the game - the stupid draw magic system, the annoying weapon upgrades, the GF, it's like basically everything in the game is adjusted so that all of the really cool set-up feels wasted.

Working on the WoW side of things now.

The creatures are going to work a tad differently. Murlocs, for example, use combo rules. You flip a card and it will cause a chain reaction. Defias bad guys will flip on a tie number.

Mages will frequently use Elemental rules.

Still building the decks.

Hey Dave, when you say certain opponents will flip on a tie, are you referring to the Same rule? Because I don't think that's how it works, exactly.

It isn't? How does it work, then?

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So it only works if it ties 2 or more cards at once? That sucks.

Oh well. That's how the cookie crumbles!

Yeah, the Same and Plus rules are basically equalizers, they can give the player with inferior cards a fighting chance as long as his mental arithmetic is up to scratch.

Game has been live like a day or so. Bhamv already has all the cards for the first set.

Don't think he'll get the WoW cards so easily.

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And if you want to make cards the dimensions are 105x130 px.

Krisken's not far behind me, he should be able to complete his set soon.

bhamv3 said:

Krisken's not far behind me, he should be able to complete his set soon.

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I would have if I hadn't needed sleep. Stupid sleep!

Wait, people are trying to finish the set? I was just playing to get top-end cards.

Huh, something else to do, then.

When you have 5 Edea's there's not much else to do

Ok, now I have them all

Yaay!

I have all of them

I'm getting an error message while fighting the Defias Footpad in the World of Warcraft Arena. I think it happens when the CPU is trying to play the Sewer Turtle card.

Card Move Error (Unable to find: 99)

Edit:

Here is one game where it happened. Here is another.

The CPU successfully played a Sewer Turtle card in this game, so it might not be an issue with that card.

Occasional Poster said:

I'm getting an error message while fighting the Defias Footpad in the World of Warcraft Arena. I think it happens when the CPU is trying to play the Sewer Turtle card.

Card Move Error (Unable to find: 99)

Edit:

Here is one game where it happened. Here is another.

The CPU successfully played a Sewer Turtle card in this game, so it might not be an issue with that card.

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Every once in a while I get that in the Triple Triad game. I always fix it by reloading the page. Have you tried this?

Krisken;393570][QUOTE=Occasional Poster said:

I'm getting an error message while fighting the Defias Footpad in the World of Warcraft Arena. I think it happens when the CPU is trying to play the Sewer Turtle card.

Card Move Error (Unable to find: 99)

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Here is one game where it happened. Here is another.

The CPU successfully played a Sewer Turtle card in this game, so it might not be an issue with that card.

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Every once in a while I get that in the Triple Triad game. I always fix it by reloading the page. Have you tried this?[/QUOTE]

Oh, it has not been a problem. The game finishes properly after the error message. I stopped getting the error message when I moved up a level. Thanks.

Ugh. I hate games with Random on. Getting punished for trying to collect all the cards is...not fun.

Vrii said:

Ugh. I hate games with Random on. Getting punished for trying to collect all the cards is...not fun.

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You must be playing the one as well now. Egads, there is nothing safe about that game!

Vrii said:

Ugh. I hate games with Random on. Getting punished for trying to collect all the cards is...not fun.

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Yeah I hate the "random on" as well

Added a new set of cards. This time it's FFVII and I'm being a total bastard on it.

The CPU is going to be a bit more devious and it's not always going to be a "lose = lose 1 card" thing. Sometimes they'll take all 5! Of course, if you win....

Also, the decks will be a bit pricier as not all of the cards will be available to the CPU players. So there will be cards you just plain can't get without buying the decks or winning them from another live player.

I learned my lesson on making it too easy before, but I won't put random on every monster - it's got to make some sense. Like the Mentalist is random because he fucks with your mind...

I thought that was Mentock, the Mind-taker!

Changed. :biggrin:

ok playing with the new VII arena weird things happen when the game ends in a draw. It automatically starts a new one but my cards were changed. After three draws in a row I had four cards that were the exact same even though I only had three of that kind. Then the next match with a draw it changed one of them to a card I did not even have. I think it gave you the cards you were in control of when the match ended.

I like the new progression not as easy to work your way up. Although how do you expect people to afford those top decks?

Gambling, posting, lottery, stealing from the rich guys. Or winning cards.

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Oh, and what you ran into was called sudden death. What that means is you guys HAVE to have a winner and whatever cards on the board that are your color when the game is a draw is put in your hand. You don't keep them after the game, but until there's a winner the cards will keep changing hands.

Started a 4 person tournament to see how they go. Note that they are all Sudden Death so no draws. Plus at the end of each draw you get the cards that are your color placed in your hand. You don't get to keep these cards, but you use them for the duration.

Entry is free and winner gets 100 HB.

I will probably lose but I will try

I picked FFVII because then Bhamv can't just kick the shit out of us.

C'mon, people! I want to test this tourney thing!

I'll make them a regular deal.

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Hell I'll give you 100 HB just for participating!

Dave said:

I picked FFVII because then Bhamv can't just kick the shit out of us.

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:smug:

Actually, I think Krisken's a better player than I am. I just dominate the FF8 card game because I liked FF8 so much, and played Triple Triad in-game obsessively. With the same level cards, though, Krisken (and probably others) would win more than they lose against me.

I probably spent more time playing Triple Triad than I ever spent studying. I spent two weeks trying to get the last card I needed, which was Rinoa. You had to lose Ifrit to a player in one town (and if you had a more powerful card they would take that one instead), and then it would show up in another town and you had to play against that player with the random rule, so it took tons of matches for it to show up. I was so mad at the end of it, I stopped playing FF8.

Well, the story didn't help

I don't know, I think Bhamv would give me a run for my money.

Hah, now I finally figured out how Plus works. Won't be long before I can finally get somewhere on the WoW setlist

Alright, I joined the tournament. Even though I have a grand total of 5 cards in my ff7 collection.

Should be quick, at least!

Vrii said:

Alright, I joined the tournament. Even though I have a grand total of 5 cards in my ff7 collection.

Should be quick, at least!

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We should have an even match then, I'm playing with the starter kit as well.

Heh. Disqualified for inactivity - that's what I get for trying to play during the lulls in a wow raid, I guess.

Just you & me, Mr. Poster. I'm there & ready!

Sorry for the delay, I'm around and playing when I can.

Yay me!

Thanks for the games Dave and Vrii. It looks like my FF7 deck need some work.

Mine too. That'll come once I finish the World of Warcraft collection, though.

By the way, what is the timer to get disqualified in the tournaments? All it said was 'after a specific length of time' or something like that, which is...not terribly helpful.

Wow. Fuck Onyxia.

Vrii said:

Wow. Fuck Onyxia.

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Onyxia?

Dave, I don't think you have to worry about the FF VII game being too easy

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Wow. Fuck Onyxia.

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Onyxia?[/QUOTE]

Also the third-to-last match in the WoW set. Relevant rules:

Match Rules
Combo
Plus
Random
Sudden Death
Elemental

Victory Rule
Difference


So not only do I get a random selection of (inevitably shitty) cards to play against her excellent ones, I also lose 2+ of them each time she manages to win.

And it looks like all three of the last opponents have similar sets of rules. It just isn't fun.

My current plan to deal with Random is to gather higher level cards and intentionally lose all of my lower level cards, play the random game (left only with my high level cards), and then win them back later on.

There's a reason why Random was always the first rule I'd try to abolish when playing FF8.

Agreed. Random is a kick in the balls. We'll see how long it takes to collect all of the cards with that rule in place!

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What the game really needs is the ability to sell back cards for HalBucks (amount of bucks dependent on level of cards) and trade with other players. Probably impossible to implement, but would definitely make playing a little less frustrating.

Trading would definitely be interesting. Then I could beg Krisken to share some of his Edeas, mine keep getting taken by Administrator.

Always shoot for a tie or a lucky win with the Administrator. 2 Edeas and 3 Doom Trains guarantee a tie at worst.

I'd be happy to trade some of them away, but mostly it would fuel my rise to be able to sell my excess off for packs in the other games. At this rate, I'll be Dave's age before completing all of the games!

Okay, so does random pull in cards from all levels?

That would suck. I'm going to keep them on for a little bit but will get with the developers to see if there's a way to set random for only certain levels and not go into a level 11 battle with level 1-4 cards.

Yeah, it does. 5 random cards from everything you own.

It worked the same way in ff8, though, so it's not really surprising. Just kind of frustrating, especially against opponents that only have top-level cards.

From the developer:

While this can be done, it would be going against the core rules of Triple Triad. If random wasn't truely random, the rule becomes pointless. Despite that, one of the features I have knocking around in my head for the future is placing a Level Limitation on matches (so only cards from X, Y, Z levels can be used), group that with a modifier so the random rule abides by this level limitation and you'd get what you're asking for. For now however the rules are maintained exactly like Triple Triad, until modifiers come in later

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I also found out I can change the rarity of cards so that monsters will only use them every once in a while. They can be set up as unique or rare.

I still want the option to sell my shit cards and multiple copies!

Rarity would be interesting, but it would have the drawback (or benefit?) of making certain cards much, much harder to get. It wouldn't be a big deal in some of the matches, but against someone using random, I can see it getting really annoying.

More Developer stuff:

Cards don't have a defined price, wouldn't be able to really sell it back for a value (though we could add that in

). That said, we've got Auctions/Trading on the list for future updates so users can sell to others or swap card(s)

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Thanks for checking into it Dave. I'd definitely advocate for adding value to the cards to have a sell or even auction block.

Yeah random at the higher levels is hard since it brings in level 1s. I intentionally lost 5 matches against thief to remedy this but I wish I could sell them and make me feel like I am actually using what I earned. So second that sell or auction option.

Update to Triple Traid.

Now you can fight in multiple battles (so if you start a game against another player you can keep playing) and a Trade Zone where you can sell and trade cards!

Sunday I will be working on the monsters and making some cards more rare so that they will be worth auctioning off for HalBucks.