So now I have to figure out what to be more jealous of: That some people have gotten to playtest the new expansion, or that some people have gotten to play Dominion on Isotropic again!
I have to be honest with you, I was one of the people who whined the most about Goko when we lost Iso -- maybe not here but I was really butt-hurt about it.
When I played on Iso for the first time doing this, I was really surprised at the way I felt about it. While playing, and for about a day after, I was filled with a lot of emotions, not too different from reconnecting with someone I used to date. There was an overwhelming amount of happiness, sadness, lots of different things going on.
I know I may come off as emotional on a lot of my videos, but I don't actually feel most of the emotions you see, I haven't really been all that emotional of a person for several years now. Playing on Iso really stirred up a lot more than I was expecting, and a lot more than I thought I was capable of feeling.
And here's the strange thing, it wasn't all good. I mean, I had some really good times on Iso -- that's where I grew as a Dominion player to where I am now. It was so cool seeing the Dark Ages and Guilds cards on there, and watching newer cards change ALL the time.
But I've gotten really used to Goko and if I had to pick between Goko in its current state (including extension) and Iso, it's not a difficult choice for me:
I'd rather play on Goko.The pace may be slower, but I really don't mind that. It's so much better at allowing me to follow what my opponent is doing -- I don't have to add up to see how many actions, buys, and dollars they had at the end of their turn, which is super-useful. I don't have to click on the info button and look through a lot of information to see something that I can either see already from the main screen or can see relatively clearly from just one click on Goko. And you may not believe it, but there are misclicks that happen on Iso that just don't happen on Goko (though I have to admit I needed to change my pants the first time I got to use the undo playing basic treasures feature again).
On the other hand, you should have seen me the night I got that message from DXV asking me to playtest. I was hosting a board game night at my house and I'm in the middle of a game of Resistance when I see it on my phone. Everyone is like "Adam, it's your turn, what are you going to do?" and I'm sitting there holding my phone in front of my face, with my mouth just hanging open like an idiot. I was squeeing so hard I literally couldn't speak. I'm smiling like an idiot as I type this just thinking about it, and that was several months ago.
