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Originally Posted by flameslayer93
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Originally Posted by Dad_Scaper
Playing to time out a win? No wonder I’ve never seen it. Heresy!
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I don’t condone it, but in tournament play sometimes that’s the way to go. Higher stakes events like GenCon would warrant play like that.
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To my mind, for the same reason that OEAO decided against using such a strategy, it is flatly unacceptable. It's the kind of rules exploit that, when exposed in a major sport, leads to rules being changed. When the New Jersey Devils started playing their boring but effective neutral zone trap defense in the early to mid '90s, the NHL changed the rules to open up the game again.
In 'Scape, it might not lead to rules changes, but I imagine it would lead to format changes.
Such a player - podding up on height with artillery, and never moving - would deservedly be a pariah.