Quick note: I've been playing as MeOhMy recently.
Anyway, this guy made a weird assertion that I hadn't ever thought of before:
11:26 xxx: !disable
11:26 MeOhMy: >> Point counter disabled.
11:26 MeOhMy: strategizing a sec.
11:26 xxx: Please tell me you're not using an online analyzer.
11:26 MeOhMy: man, if there were such a thing, it would be the second coming
11:26 xxx: There is.
11:27 MeOhMy: ?
11:27 MeOhMy: that's the first I've heard about it
11:27 MeOhMy: what is it called?
11:27 xxx: It's not like a 'This is the best strategy for this kingdom' analyzer, but you can input cards and rules and run a few hundred games to see what strategies are most effective
11:28 MeOhMy: really? never heard of it, and I read the boards a fair amount
11:31 xxx: This one
11:31 xxx:
http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=144.011:31 xxx: I've run into some people that will be really slow starting because they're plugging stuff into that
11:31 xxx: Or something similar
I've totally heard of Geronimoo's simulator...it's just that it hadn't occurred to me anybody would use it at the beginning of a game.
Is this really something people are doing, or is this guy just paranoid? I mean, I disagree with this if it's happening...but I don't think it is. Nobody I know takes anywhere near the time it would take to use the simulator to simulate games before their first turn.