I hadn't thought of the potential abuses of a chess clock. In fact I didn't realize what you were talking about until you explained the deal with moving instead of fighting (eMouse). That's a good point. this post has, however, brought out other interesting discussion.

I like the idea of a turn clock.. limit the time allowed on a turn.

You lost me on this part... girls like to come in, and flirt with the geeks.

Mmm, nope, I can't understand how those words fit together?

Maybe if it was in English?

The player (during a booster draft) has x2 mech, 6 infantry and a vehicle...

But insists on only moving the infantry?

Not really. It's all a matter of discipline; sure, they may be in there every day, but an LE is only around once a month.

Nya! :p

Um.. what venue are *you* hanging out in? I spent a year in Korea, and plenty of time in Japan, and I saw so few "fat" asians it was ridiculous. I hung out with the young crowd, as I was young at the time as well. I don't recall but maybe seeing one or two "large" asian fellows in my time there.

Is this a special "fat geek" club or something? :p


fleabitfox

It was interesting that the Japanese professional Sumo league was dominated by an American - Akebono(?) (Chad Rowan) for awhile. Ironic though.

Your pulling our legs.

Japanese girls like "geeks" but not "dorks". And those butt-slapping , diaper-wearing, lumpy-fat guys are hardly "geeks". :grin:

How do I know? I happen to have a lot of Japanese officemates.

-Rose you have pocky? I would like. Hmmm pocky.

Now if the girls were in Mech-jocky uniforms w/ cooling vests maybe that would catch on here.... :)

Your humor is needed here.
Seriously. I need a pocky fix. (*Homer vioce*Hmm..imported sugar sticks..drool..*end homer vioce) Send some. :)

Hmmmmm...I'm a Pocky nut.....love the strawberry flavored ones.....

I've never been there, so I'll take your word for it. It's just definitely different from my experience here in the US. I know enough about Japanese culture to know that it's very different from US culture.

My original response to your post was meant jokingly.

Stalling? I used to stall. I think that I once took a 5 minute turn. When I stalled, my turns were usually 2-4 minutes, 5 minutes being the longest, not 15-30. I would hate to play people who stall like that.

Adding the factor of a clock would be like simply adding another condition. VC4; Battle Efficiency: "For every minute remaining on their clock (rounded down), give each player 1 VC4 point." Wheee. . . Sounds. . .fun. Another condition to coplexify the game.

Hmm... a 4th VC.. I hadn't seen that anywhere else in the thread, but it could be there. That isn't a terrible idea IMO, because it at least penalizes people who are taking more than their fair share of the time. You should be rewarded in some way for taking less time than your opponent does :)