Tutoring thread

[Mag!cGuy]

Some tips I think are pretty general to get to ST are these ones:

- Know everything your opponent has. Do a pass and play if needed, but knowing the opponent's amount of wits and the exact moves he did help you so much know what is the bets to do. This is something I don't do anymore because I tend to play too quikly, and it simply led to many losses.

-Wonder "what is the best to do?", "if I were him, what would annoy me the most?". Sometimes the solution that seems the most obvious is not. It will shock some people here because I've always talked about wit efficiency, but sometimes a wit unefficient move can be the best by far. And the best way to know what you should do is think as if you were your opponent.

- Plan. If you are close to ST, you can't play anymore without doing it. Provoke your opponent, make him think he will be doing a great attack when you have a scrambler behind... This is what outwitters is the most fun for: mind game. When it is your turn, you must know before you even see the new face of the board what you are gonna do, because you predicted everything the past turn. When you are in the top 100, players play fairly well, so it is far easier to know in advance what would be their response. The best example that comes to my mind right now is my game against doodat, for the world cup, where I was feedback. This:

http://osn.codepenguin.com/replays/view/...CArKajqQkM

Turn 18. I knew I could do something to win here. But I had to be sure of what doodat would do. I had countered his attack, I had a positionnal and unit lead. So, he wouldn't do something crazy, he wouldn' be greedy. My guess was that he would just spawn something, and that was all. So I spawned a scrambler without healing it. I could have healed it, but if I did so, I would have had only 6 wits next turn, not enough to win! This is why I had to ensure doodat wouldn't use his two soldiers to kill mine.
I'm not saying it's an amazing turn obviously, but I think it's a perfect example of a basic plan. Can I take the risk? If I were him, what would I do? Will I have enough wits? Am I sure there is nothing hidden behind?
I was able to answer all those questions, and it paid off!