BenjaminBirdie
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TehOh said:PAX attendees can stop by Telltale's booth for this awesome poster.
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Telltale Games reveals Poker Night
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HOLY FUCK CHUCK BB DELIVERS.
Buttonbasher
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Sold. Twice.Jake said:
Is Tycho 3D in this?
Cooter said:
Poker is a game to play if you're autistic or if you want to pretend your skill, outside of acting and reading people's ability to act, has anything to do with the outcome of the hand. Close to a hundred percent of people who play any form of poker are not the people that calculate the odds on cards and draws while adapting and playing it to suit. Not beyond the very rudimentary basics of it anyways.
Gravijah said:
My apologies. I meant it in a mathematically idiot savant fashion. I was unclear. I was also unclear on the fact that I have no problem with people playing poker and having fun with it. I just take issue at someone calling another out because of their lack of skill in comparison.
Jive Turkey
Unconfirmed Member
I have loads of fun playing poker. I like strategy and skill based games hence my distaste for a game that requires almost no skill like Texas Hold 'Em.Mr_Elysia said:
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
Have you played Hold 'Em at a high-level consistently? Sure there are other games that require more skill, but to imply you don't need any is asinine, which is how you come across.Jive Turkey said:
That said, I prefer PL Ohama High-Lo or Razz games.
Jive Turkey
Unconfirmed Member
Not in any tournaments or anything...And I'm not implying that it requires no skill just far less than any other poker game.XiaNaphryz said:Have you played Hold 'Em at a high-level consistently? Sure there are other games that require more skill, but to imply you don't need any is asinine, which is how you come across.
That said, I prefer PL Ohama High-Lo or Razz games.
Jive Turkey said:
This is just completely wrong. First off the general rules of Hold' em are more complicated then both stud and 5 card draw. Beyond that it has more turns at betting, and you are given more information to work with then simply your own cards and how your opponents are betting to work with. With stud maybe you could make an argument, but 5 card draw is complete shit compared to Texas Hold'em.
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
Jive Turkey said:
You were saying? ;P
Jive Turkey
Unconfirmed Member
"Almost" being the operative word.XiaNaphryz said:
The more input any particular player has, the more you weigh the outcome on a base of skill. The question is the correlation of draws per hand and bets per hand. Draws per hand will weigh it in favor of the mathematically minded. Bets per hand will give those with a better ability to sympathize and empathize the upper hand. Sources of data and how they are interpreted. That said, the more draws per hand, if calculated correctly would obviously give the skill based edge if you could keep up. So very few people will be able to that it almost isn't worth mentioning.
TouchMyBox
Member
There's gonna be tf2 hats included to sweeten the deal, isn't there? I guess some strongbad apparel? FUCKING VALVE STEALING MY MONEY Q_Q
SuperAwesome
Member
So, it's ONLY those 4 characters?
HadesGigas
Member
Platy said:
Ah, I'ma guess I'ma go fishing
Jive Turkey said:
Oh, bullshit. Pre-flop raise on no limit texas and get back to me on what you'd do.
There is strategy in Texas Hold'em. Just as much as other variants.
Does this mean people shouldn't get off Texas Hold'em's nuts? No. I'd prefer to play other types (like 5 Card Draw), but "skill-less" seriously? It's the same fucking Poker game, just played different.
Punchy4486
Banned
Meh, Tycho has exhibited a pretty consistent personality throughout all the comics.
He's pretentious and uses a high vocabulary, while looking down on others who are "beneath him". He's self-righteous and passionate about his nerdy hobbies, to a disturbing degree. If you disagree with him, he will either respond with violence or completely demolish you verbally. He has a fetish for animals with long necks, and a crippling self-hatred installed by his parents who told him that puberty was evil festering inside him. He's a holier-than-thou kind of "Comic Book Guy" who's really just sad and insecure, with homicidal tendencies. He thinks he's the straight man, but it's just a thin veneer he uses to hide his insanity.
He's got just as much of a personality as the rest, if not a more in-depth one, in my opinion.
Will be interesting to hear his voice in this game. Odds are it won't be Jerry's.
He's pretentious and uses a high vocabulary, while looking down on others who are "beneath him". He's self-righteous and passionate about his nerdy hobbies, to a disturbing degree. If you disagree with him, he will either respond with violence or completely demolish you verbally. He has a fetish for animals with long necks, and a crippling self-hatred installed by his parents who told him that puberty was evil festering inside him. He's a holier-than-thou kind of "Comic Book Guy" who's really just sad and insecure, with homicidal tendencies. He thinks he's the straight man, but it's just a thin veneer he uses to hide his insanity.
He's got just as much of a personality as the rest, if not a more in-depth one, in my opinion.
Will be interesting to hear his voice in this game. Odds are it won't be Jerry's.
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
Not enough info.TheSeks said:
Cash game or tournament? How many players at the table? What position are you in? How big is the pot and what are the pot odds? What position was the raise from? Was there a caller or raiser already in the hand before that raise? Do you have an idea on the general tendencies of the players that could be/are involved (i.e. loose-aggressive, tight-passive), as well as any specific tendencies you may have picked up in regards to plays made in specific positions with particular hands? How big are the stacks? If a tournament, how far in are you, what are the blinds/antes, how long until the blinds go up, how many players are left, and how big are the stacks in relation to the overall tournament average?
After all that, you can worry about the cards you're holding and start contemplating more odds. Depending on these and more factors, you can decide on a particular approach (fold, play by the book, play mainly to setup a particular move later on in during a different hand, play to attempt a steal regardless of hand, etc), and several of these approaches involve more decisions. And in some cases, you don't even need to know what cards you hold before making a decision on what approach to take.
Granted, all of the above pretty much applies to any poker game. But that's where most of the general skill in poker is, you just wrap it around the strategies and rules for the particular game you're in. What you're strong and weak at usually will dictate which types of poker games you're good and bad at moreso than the other way around.
BlazeHedgehog
Member
L00P said:
The Penny-Arcade guys are not some gigantic, stingy corporation like Disney who only allows licensing their characters under strict rules and high licensing fees. They're like ~6 people. I would not be surprised if the conversation went something like:
Telltale: Hey do you want to lend us one of your characters to be in our game?
PA: Are you kidding? Fuck yes. We love your games. Where do we sign?
Upsidedown Fuji
Member
I want this game. I don't even like card games, I just want it. XD