Can we go back?

[majog]

I guess maybe I am making this too simple but for me at least I never report balance the first time around just was it entertaining. I look at it this way...
1. Entertaining: Would I play it again. If so very likely or just nah, ok.
and base my score off that. This one is all personal preference. For instance I dislike monster scn's and don't find them entertaining but Charlie66 does so took him on in one. It was a struggle to stay engaged and keep it interesting the whole way through for me so I would have probably voted not entertaining.

2. Balanced: The reason I never score this one the first time around is that games take on different lives based on what side. How can I tell it how balanced something is just from a win or loss. For instance Jumbo had totally kicked my butt around my ears on scn's I usually win. A lot of the balance is trying to determine is it one sided or did I just suck in play this time out.

In the tourney I am hosting right now, my opponent and I cranked out lots of turns this weekend so we lead the pack. I have a very solid win as the US and then some. Feed back from other US players is they are not in the same boat. They are getting chewed up badly. My opponent though might argue that it was not a balanced scn.

So is that balanced? I figure if I can win or loose the same game to different players then it is probably balanced. It is also why I use several test players before posting a scn, to final and balanced for HvsH play. That is not easy to do. Some of my scn's I have had to play test 10 times or more against other humans. You also have to take their feedback in to consideration and make changes which restarts the whole process.

I think all we can do is what we are already doing and just fix the averaging program. The more complicated you make something the less likely it will be to work or be used.