Warlords are there to promote the game and stuff.
Warlords are NOT here to get little kids into tournaments where they will most likely loose (if it's there first,second game) IMHO.
you want to play with kids/other players for the first time ? fine do it in a fun Non-tournament game !

tournaments are "serious" gameplay and IF I can beat the kid I will (most of the time kids are extremely lucky with the dice ;) ), but I will help him improve his game afterwards.
but the guy giving the kid bad advice on what to do in a tournament, will get a warning from me and/or the other players because it's not the civil way to play.

kids bragging about beating older players are really annoying, same goes for parents who buy cases of MK for there 10something year-old just to shut him/her up: ever heard of education ?!
kids* need to learn that loosing is part of gaming and taking it graciously, If they can they get the highest praise.

*= all players who can't loose without starting to yell/scream/cry no matter how old they really are.

no
never go easy
the little brats get cocky
they deserve it
kill them without mercy

that which does not kill us makes us stranger

I have been to games mostly to watch because at the time I did not have the figs to complete or I would just stop in to buy figs. I am watching this mid 20s guy play agenst a 12ish kid and the whole time the kid is saying things like I can beat your @$$ and stuff like that and how the guy is whomped by him. By the end of the battle the older guy has not lost ONE fig and the kid lost his whole army. The kid gets up and tells him he is just a fat @$$ cheat and knocks all his own piecs on the floor runs over to his parents and to my surprise The dad picks him up and spanks him right there! I never laughed so hard in my life.

I am 12 years old. I play tournements that atracct good and bad kids. One guy told me that the game I had just lost was the fastest he had ever played.
However, beating the brats can change their attitude. One kid bragged about his storm golem. He was very rude. Then, as soon as I killed it w/ my Chaos Mage he became nice. He stayed that way.
Also, once I tried to teach a kid. I said , do not give up, you may still win. It has happened to me. Well, I said this to comfort his (I thought) imminant loss. I based his healer with my water minion. The #$*& healer rolled at least 2 critical hits and killed my minion. I lost. Never go easy on anyone, it just encourages bad attitude.

Last month, I was teaching a new friend how to play MK. He ha seen us play a few gams before and was interested, so he had gone out and bought 2 packs of Sinister (He got a Destroyer in one of them :)). I played him in a 100 pt game, since I'm the best at explaning the rules, and I have tought a lot of people how to play. the kid feilds an Impaling golem an two fighting automatons. I Feilded A magestone lord, elven demi-magus, and some other stuff. ow, a thir kid, who is oe of those self-proclaimed masters of the game, looks at me and says, "why the **** are you using that peice of **** army?" neglecting the fact that this is my opponent's first game.

The game got under way, andwe were about even, since I was being easy, explaining all of my moves, pointing out potential errors, etc. My opponent got some lucky rolls, and was in a good position to win, prompting the observer to say, "I cant belive your sucking so bad. I mean it's his first game, he shouldnt be doing this well!"

That sot of attitude just sickens me. Sure, I won the game, but crushing a new player is a hollow victory, and it just alienates the kid from the game.


I dont play many little kids, but My friend has a little borther who is in 5th grade, his name is Craig. Craig is one of the nicest kids you will ever meet. He is funny, laid back, and genuinley nice. He got into the game the same time his older brother did, and is often more fun to play than his brother. Sure, his brother is way better tan him, but ccraig is fun to play with,is a gracious winner and a gracious loser. He dosent take too long to finish his turn, and he plays with the figures he LIKES, not necessarily the best ones.

Still, I havent seen anyone else who's favorite army is a serpent invader, a deatonating zombie, and a summonner, with a few other figs. Its refreshing to play someone who dosent take the game as life-or -death as some seem to.

I'm not at all proud of this but I played a kid for the 1st place Lvl6 Le Prize and I not only made the kid cry but I beat him so bad that he quit playing mage knight all together. I still fell bad about it. :(

At my venue, (well he may be gone, i havent been there in a few months) there was this kid who at first wasnt so bad, he was quiet and just learning the game. but after about 20 mins into his first game he started talking, VERY loudly, all about how good he was doing and then how he was losing and he would cry and complain to his dad and it bugged the hell outta me, i just couldn't stand him.
There were also these 2 guys, a little older than me (im 14 they were around 15-16) well we were playing a scenrio where there were 2 people to a team, so me and my bro figured we could team up and beat some people. We played a couple games and were winning by some then we got beaten pretty bad, so then we got paired up with these new guys. First thing they did was comment on my techun. you NEVER mess with my techun. I think they were saying "Time to get out the bug spray" and stupid stuff like that. I was a lil angry but i just smiled at my bro because these guys had a very strange BPR army from rebellion and used alot of necro/heal. Well we won the game very easily and i offered to shake their hands and they glared at me and said i was a coward and that i was cheap. I even tried to offer them advice and they just ignored me! i havent seen them since so im glad i dont have to play with people like that.

I always shake my opponent's hands before and after playing...
Actually, it doesn't matter, they play, you play, somebody wins, someboy loses... that's all...

I STOMP them...:D

You can't judge a kid by his age. I've stomped 12 - 15 year olds and I've had my tail beat by 9 year olds. But, I can usually tell how a player is going to play in the first 5 to 10 minutes of the game and I adjust from there. I try never to deliberately stomp anyone.

I'm 12 so I guess I'm a kid.I've only been to 1 campaign and I lost a match that would have put me in first place(but came in second place).But I didnt cry.I think crying shows weakness in you.If you cry,your opponent will think your weak and then know how to beat you.All he has to do is make you cry.Then while your crying your probably not paying much attention so your opponent can just totaly wipe out your army.I would NEVER cry.Crying shows that you are imature(thats what my mom says).I dont like it when people go easey on me.Well,thats all I have to say.

It may be immature to society, but there's nothing wrong with it. A man who is comfortable with his emotions to me is stronger then one who can keep them inside. Your right though, never show an opponent weakness or they'll walk al over you. And most people consider that a weakness. Anyway, there's my 2.7 cents.

there is this kid that used to come to my venue regularly. i haven't seen him in a while - maybe he finally got the hint. really, he can be pleasant and a good sport, but that's mostly when he's winning. i don't know how old he is, maybe 9-10, but he has the mentality of a 5 year old.

the truth is, he cannot stand to lose. i mean, nobody enjoys losing, but this one takes it to the limit. he screams, he throws his dice at the floor/wall, he falls to his knees cursing his opponent ("dam you!") he can be winning an entire game and if one thing does not work in his favor (i.e. the opponent makes one prosperous move, or even if the kid misses a roll) he goes straight into these tantrums. he'll even break out the tears.

he is also the most unsportsman-like player i have ever seen. he chants "miss, miss" or my favorite - "critical miss" when you roll. disturbingly, it sometimes works. our warlord has tried to ask him politely not to do so but it's no use. everyone at our venue is convinced he's been kicked out of other venues because he doesn't live around here, and he often talks about places over an hour away and how he doesn't go there any more. we never officially kicked him out, but we let his dad know that he was bothersome and showed no signs of correcting himself.

i know that kids should be allowed to play, but they need to know that losing is part of a game.

I don't let up agianst anyone anymore. last time i did it to a little kid i got my pants beat off me. anyway when I started out I got beat alot but now I win alot and soon little kids will catch on.

i used to play MK. i won the first tourney i ever played in.

then i was traumatized.

i had a big bad drac army. the other guy's army sucked, secris of caero was all he had.

all the terrain was in my favor.

i out maneuvered him all game.

my strategy went perfectly.

we got into the thick of hte battle....

he rolled more critical hits than not.

i rolled more critical MISSES than not.

i couldnt ever hit him.

he hit me for two plus one over and over and over.....


i cried

i still do when i think about it

i dont play anymore

be nice to us overimpressionable lil kids...

*sniff*

*curls in ball and sucks thumb*



Strider
The Evercritical Critic