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Tournaments and Events / Re: Dominion Online Championship 2018
« on: September 18, 2018, 01:17:45 pm »
Thank you so much for the information!
I think my two biggest suggestions regarding the beginning of the game are (a) to click "Start Game" so your opponent can start planning, too, and (b) to say something in chat like "interesting board," "give me a minute" or the classic "thinking..." (or, you know, something more specific) to let your opponent know you're actually there and planning to play, you just need some more time.
If you're curious how long I take to analyze a board, check out my Interesting Games of the Week series on YouTube. All of those games are just random automatch games, and you can see my thought process as I look at each board.
You may do this already but try to always greet your opponent before you start to think. I only get annoyed by people thinking before the game if I'm not sure they are there at all. Say hi and maybe "I'd like to take a minut" and only the hatasses shold be irritated by you reading the board.
And oh, press "start the game", I want to see my starting hand please.