I... wow, just wow, man. Really? You're going with "if X is outlawed, only outlaws will have X" as an argument? Really?
...yes. Yes I am. I would like to better understand your apparent belief in the absurdity of this notion, as "Really?" isn't really helping me.
Maybe the issue here is our differing experiences with other online communities? I just find it inconceivable to have faith that strangers on the internet, presented with an opportunity to cheat at a game with no chance of getting caught, will not do so. It must be nice to feel certain that your community is entirely above that, but I think it is naive.
In the early days of Isotropic I might have been more willing to entertain this notion, but after a recent string of players I've never met before opening games by saying "Fuck you" in chat, muting me, and proceeding to slow-play, I see absolutely no reason to assume people in an isotropic tournament won't be unscrupulous.
Of course, I also really, really,
really think Dominion is a better game when played with the extension, so my conclusion intrinsically makes me happy rather than sad, and there is a real possibility that this is biasing my logic in some way. If you think so, please point out how.
I think Personman's argument is probably exaggerated, but reasonable. Still, I believe people here are nice enough, and the games are friendly enough, so this argument is not relevant.
However, one thing I always have a hard time understanding is why some people prefer not to have point counters even in a pure online setting. I guess I just don't understand what part of memory game is fun, especially comparing to other aspects of Dominion.
Man, it feels really nice to encounter a somewhat like minded player. We should play some more games! And I wish I could be as optimistic as you about the community, but see above...
This is cuckoo.
I do not see myself being willing to try to talk sense into you. You could try David desJardins on BGG, I have seen him shoot down this brand of nonsense.
With all due respect, I was not asking you to talk sense into me. I worry that I am slipping into a persecution complex here, but I am really reading this as "HEY EVERYONE I MADE THIS GAME SO MY OPINION IS THE BEST, THIS OTHER GUY IS CRAZY AND WRONG LOL". I want to believe that you are above that, so I hope you can explain to me what I was meant to take away from your post, other than being made the target of a witchhunt by the most high-profile member of the community. I really am not attempting to force my opinions on anyone else. All I want are the following few things:
1. For my position to be respected, as I respect those who prefer memory-intensive Dominion.
2. To educate those who have misconceptions about why people like me enjoy extension-Dominion.
3. To find and/or help create like minded players, via my forum posts and commentary videos, so that I have a larger pool of like-minded players to compete with.
I wish everyone didn't have to get so mad...