Category Archives: Depth

More Profound content, often related to real world happenings.

Fabrics

Posted on November 17, 2010 by

Desolate recently wrote a thought provoking piece on the cyclical nature of fortress strategy. In many ways I think he is correct. The game has stagnated. Clans play each other again and again with mostly the same players. There are … Continue reading →

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November Power Rankings

Posted on November 6, 2010 by

This Ladle will be the third straight I have played in and I feel sufficiently qualified to give my thoughts on the clubs and players competing in it. I hear a lot about how fortress is opening up again, how … Continue reading →

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Words on Teamwork (Not Mine)

Posted on October 24, 2010 by

I just re-found this piece of writing by 2020, who is an older player some of you may know. The poignancy of it, just kind of hit me, so I thought I would pass it on. In my opinion, it’s … Continue reading →

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Is Fortress Growing?

Posted on October 20, 2010 by

The main subject of Play Fortress throughout Spring 2009 was the TRONIC progression. Broadly speaking, this concerns the growth of the game of fortress. We discussed a lot and did very little. Despite our inaction, fortress has grown substantially, especially … Continue reading →

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Regarding Hegemony

Posted on October 17, 2010 by

My largest inhibitor from writing these past two months was that I was out of the game for the two months preceding that. And in truth, I have not competed at a high level since Ladle 31 back in March. … Continue reading →

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Raw Skill Index

Posted on March 10, 2010 by

From the fantastic resource dlh and G5 have made to available to us in DS Mega Fortress statistics, I have calculated a raw skill index for most of the players active enough to show up on that website. Players using … Continue reading →

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tron school – first month

Posted on February 3, 2010 by

End of a month. It’s been interesting. Most interesting was my visit to BETT, europe’s biggest education fair. Didn’t go to buy technology, though I visited the open schools stand. I tried promoting the game to them, but they can’t … Continue reading →

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Café Statistics, Insights

Posted on January 24, 2010 by

Taking a look at the advanced statistics page that dlh put together, I have been looking through, seeing if anything is revealed that we cannot see plainly on the grid. From round to round or match to match there are … Continue reading →

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Shifts to the Right

Posted on January 2, 2010 by

In the rounds of the Ladle 28 final, as the Twixted Xats- pronounce and type at your own discretion- were fighting towards another crown, the first signs of a shift appeared. It did not come there defender, SageLord, who was … Continue reading →

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Dream Team

Posted on December 17, 2009 by

Back in June, I theorized in a conversation with another player if five Ladles could be won in a row. We discussed how after even two in a row, special teams are formed specifically to beat the champs, that the … Continue reading →

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