I suggested rules modifications because I think they would fix a problem. Why are you getting so confused over that?
I can deal with the problem of three-piling but it's almost impossible to defend against when there is a third player who doesn't know how to defend against it, and he unwittingly aids the player who is going for a quick three pile.
Read the article on scrubs, here:
http://www.sirlin.net/ptw-book/intermediates-guide.htmlTHERE IS NO PROBLEM. You are the guy that is screaming "you only use one move". You are just not willing to accept that 3-pilling is a legitimate tactic and actually try to play around it and counter it. Instead you whine.
Edit: And you do not get to say "it's not the same, cause this ends the game immediately". If you do so, you are just trying to find superfluous reasons to justify your stance. It's the same.
Let's say you play poker with some friends for money. In the FIRST or second game you made some good decisions but you also had extraordinary luck, and you just won 100$ from the other poker players. Immediately after the game you say "Alright guys, I think I'm going to call it a night, see ya later!
That's why pro poker tourneys play a set amount of hands.
Baically WW summed up everyhting, I don't understand how you don't see how your rules are EXTREMELY subjective. For example, rules on what a slog is, or, more importantly, the rule on WHAT IS ACTUALLY FAIR. You find that what is actually fair is .. well, what your subjective judgement of fair is.
When I offered some other "unfair" scenarios, you disregarded them, and said "Well, that's ok, thats different kind of luck". Don't you see the hypocrisy?
Also, less important, the sideffect of your rule would be that players that can do a huge turn will no do so, because they are not allowed to end the game as well. Instead, they buy more components and pass. Because, if they buy anything, their opponent have the chance to buy more and end the game. And than will do the same. Only time it is actually safe to make a play is when you can buy more than half of points.
And that is not importnat at all as the actual rule of "no early 3-piling" is not important as much as the fact that you are extremely .. scrubing.