On Jun 2, 11:40 pm, Russell Wallace <russell.no.spam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> In particular, an issue that came up that I haven't seen referenced very
> often before: is it more exciting if you win on your last hit point? I
> come down on the 'no' side, but I've met people who come down on 'yes'.
Winning on the last hit point suggests to me a very close fight, which
would normally be exciting. But I would have to believe that my
decisions
were all appropriate (e.g., not running away with half of my hit
points intact,
or not stopping for healing); I don't find a game of chance exciting,
unless betting on it was a reasonably rational decision.
I can imagine game systems or genres where winning on one's last hit
point would be very likely or even certain, but they would inevitably
make that result unexciting, like the movie time bomb that can't be
disarmed until the final five seconds before detonation.
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Magister
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