Discussion Do you play against yourself?

Pokeman

Pokeman

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Hello, I’ve always been one for playing with another player and see how the other players mind works, but curious, because I do this all the time, if you’re a good player is it worth to play just with two decks by yourself for practice?
 
I don’t do it because it basically lets you see what’s in your opponent’s hand, and that would decide certain plays. When I have nobody to test with and want to test, I just play the deck online.
 
I do it for proxy testing for the next set. My games don't last past turn 4 though because I just want to get an idea of the consistency/speed of a deck before I go into future testing. If I like it past turn 3 then I'll test at my league against more meta stuff :) perfect example red&blue+weavilr GX+silvally gx

If the cards are already released I'll go into ptcgo.
 
I do the same, only play up to 4 turns or so, sometimes I decide to play 3 prizes each deck to get the speed tested, plus consistency!
 
I don't have PTCGO, nor am I able to make it to tournaents often--I'm also super impatient when it comes to waiting for online play simulators to get updated. So all of my testing has been proxy deck testing for the last 3 years.

If you are able to play both opponents and be as unbiased as possible, you can learn a lot through testing, both in how your deck works and how opposing deck X would/should/could react to things.

Thing is, the unbiased part is the hardest, but most important part of it all.
 
In Magic, playing against "no-one" (just testing how your deck sets up) is called "Goldfishing" - because you're playing against something that does absolutely nothing and just passes turns.

Perhaps PTCG equivalent should be called "Magikarping".
 
For "early" card and/or deck testing, I like using online TCG websites to initially work out deck "kinks". For "serious" testing, I find playing against other players (especially good, trusted Poké-pals) to be more rewarding, because:
  • My opponent thinks differently than I do; so, he/she will not make the same mistakes (most likely) I do;
  • My opponent's play-style, deck construction, strategy, etc. are different than mine; so, that will be more representative of the real tournament environment; and
  • I can discuss game tactics, card thoughts, suggestions, etc. real-time with my opponent.
In either case, I prefer playing against another person.
 
Sometimes yes. I find interesting to test the consistency of T1 of my decks, although using only one deck as I’m not going to pass further T1 end of turn. Sometimes I test with 2 decks a full match, just to know how to respond when I have a great hand which get disrupted by something like N or Marshadow, but generally I prefer just to use PTCGO for this.
 
TuxedoBlack said:
For "early" card and/or deck testing, I like using online TCG websites to initially work out deck "kinks". For "serious" testing, I find playing against other players (especially good, trusted Poké-pals) to be more rewarding, because:
  • My opponent thinks differently than I do; so, he/she will not make the same mistakes (most likely) I do;
  • My opponent's play-style, deck construction, strategy, etc. are different than mine; so, that will be more representative of the real tournament environment; and
  • I can discuss game tactics, card thoughts, suggestions, etc. real-time with my opponent.
In either case, I prefer playing against another person.
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Imagine having friends lol...
 
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