Are you a man (or woman) with a plan or do you just go with the flow?

[Mizywill]

(07-17-2012 09:09 AM)Mizywill Wrote:  I know we all use a bit of both but i believe that we tend to lean one way or the other

Odd I have to resort to quoting my first post, but this is basically the whole point of the thread. I agree with the posts that you need both, but still stick to my guns that your Primarily one or the other.

(07-17-2012 05:43 PM)metalsquid Wrote:  If you never keep the ultimate goal of destroying the other base in mind when planning your moves and only react to the latest immediate threat

Not sure I advocated abandoning this concept. I myself always keep this in mind and I like to think I'm not just eliminating the threats but also advancing towards my goal and imposing new ones.

(07-17-2012 05:43 PM)metalsquid Wrote:  (I take 5-10 mins not half a day!) But this almost always changes after a few turns because you never know what your opponent will do beforehand.

But in reacting, I still think 2 or 3 turns ahead though they will now have changed from the moves I had planned earlier.

I love strategy, I employ it constantly, all the time. But I would have to say that my scales tilt more to the "go with the flow" style of play as I would say yours do too from what you're saying. You said according to me you are a strategic player but in my mind the strategic player knows the entire, hopefully, plan of attack from the get go. He/she knows there will be changes and they have to adapt of course but they try to fit theses adaptations into a new strategy.

I think it comes down to this, you're strategic, primarily, if when you start the game you know, or think you knw, exactly how you are going to kill the other guys base and what units you're going to do it with, as long as things go according to plan that is.

I would love a comment on this game. I could be wrong but I think this guy's strategy blinded him to my attacks. I think he was too focused and from my belief he is the strategic player, not so much reactive. He may of thought, and this is speculation here, this is a winning strategy, no needed to worry.

I really am loving the feedback and opinions but give extra kudos to those claiming one or the other and not stating the obvious and easy response, "I'm both of course." hey, maybe it's true, your the perfect blend of both.

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Just thinking, maybe my concept of the strategic player doesn't exist for this game and no-one fully plans out games they way I think they might. I know they exist for such wonderful games as Chess, Checkers and Go and I also know that in these games a strategic player may have difficulties with one that doesn't have an equally planned strategy because it's more difficult to get into their heads and predict their moves. In my understanding real strategic players an almost control each others moves leaving the end game to the better strategist, after all each move should be logical with prepanned responses, and here's the kicker that makes it strategic and not reactive in my opinion, that work towards a specific end game.