Soooooooooo
I've played a bit and I don't understand. What's the point of the game?
From what I see the ONLY possible move is to drown a player...
And I don't understand at all how the result is decided.
What I mean is:
On another player you can drown or do nothing. Both do nothing = +1 for each, you drown the other +2 for you -2 for him, both drown each other =-1 for both
Whatever your neighboor does your best move is to drown him:
-he drowns you you do nothing -> makes -4 difference for you (he wins 2 you lose 2)
-He drowns you you drown him -> makes 0 difference (both at -1)
-He doesn't drowns you you drown him -> makes +4 difference for you (he loses 2 you win 2)
-He doesn't drown you you drown him -> makes 0 difference (both win 1)
So why would your action be to play fair? I don't understand something here right?
And result seems completely random, because other players moves are random as hell, I suppose they're bots? Last game I got left behind really quick because I drowned everyone and it seems everyone drowned me (logical) but some people weren't drowned by all players... Without any reason Oo
I think I missed something cause right now I don't understand at all the point of this game and how it's supposed to work. Best logical move will always be to drown someone and wins are just because bots randomly chose to drown or not some players, without any reason.
To be quick about it you're missing 2 things :
1. Penalty (Revenge) points :
It's fairly simple to understand. Every time x player drowns you, give him penalty points. Once his penalty points go above a threshold, you will ALWAYS drown this player every time you can. This is how you make enemies in this game.
Here for example, if a player drowns me on the first move, he gets 1 penalty point. If he drowns me on the 2nd move, 5 points, on the third and above, 4 points.
So if another player drowns me the 1st and 2nd move, His total will be 6>5, he is now an enemy. This one is pretty simple, works like : Drown me once, shame on me, drown me twice, shame on you.
Notice that in 20 moves, the admin added a 7Drown max limit, so once you drown 7 times, you can no longer drown anyone.
2. Cumulative movement:
Now that you understand how you can make enemies, this is a quick example to make you understand how playing aggressively while everyone else is not playing aggressive, will quickly make you the lowest player on the mountain.
Being on top very fast doesn't always mean you're winning, because once you're at the top you can only move using people lower than you. While everyone under you is surrounded by people they can cooperate / play aggressive with.
I hope it cleared it all for you, you can always ask for clarification!
I did my best I guess.
