IMO not very good game examples. In first 2 games you play noob opponents that even help you to empty critical piles. In 3rd game opponents does same tactics and makes some mistakes and gets his deserved loss.
I'll grant you noob opponents, but, looking at game #1, how do you blame someone for buying Minion, or for grabbing some Cities when a pile has emptied? I guess he could have bought Duchies or something, but the fact is that it's the guy with the Universities who controls when the game ends.
Thanks, but I do not noobbash.
In game 1 player numer 2 goes envoy silver start, while chapels presence makes university-city-minion como dominant.
At turn:
4 - he played silver and 6 coppers and bough a minion(!!!), (in the end he ended up with (0!!!) provinces).
6 - he had another chance to buy his 1st province, but he bought another minion...
7- again buys a minion while it is obvious what opponent is doing.
8 - 3rd chance to buy his 1st proince, guess what he buys?
9 - switches from minions to cities buying one.
[btw, at the end of 8th turn it says that he draws an Estate 2 Coppersand a Minion, while his 9th turn is:plays 3 coppers and a silver:buys a city. I don't get something from these game logs]
10-he again hand chance to buy his 1st province, but he is on city track, and you think it fine. Oh well.
11-he buys a CHAPEL! wow.