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November 6, 2013
Hearts: Round Two
Here's my second go-around of playing a hundred games of Hearts (first one here: Half-Hearted); I did a little better this time.
Now, I'm sure this post doesn't interest many - if any - of you reading it, and probably is boring to the rest, just as if I were to post about the dreams I have or what I had for supper, but please cut me some slack...you'd pity me if you knew just how boring my life is otherwise. (nearly as boring as my dreams) A close game of Hearts is about as exciting as it gets for me these days. (well, there ARE my thrilling Skip-Bo sessions)
I think I'll give Hearts a rest for a while, maybe have another go at a hundred games during this upcoming winter when it's too cold to do much else. I'll post about that after I'm done.
Or not. I may just have some sympathy for the pitifully few readers of this pathetic excuse for a blog.
Now, I'm sure this post doesn't interest many - if any - of you reading it, and probably is boring to the rest, just as if I were to post about the dreams I have or what I had for supper, but please cut me some slack...you'd pity me if you knew just how boring my life is otherwise. (nearly as boring as my dreams) A close game of Hearts is about as exciting as it gets for me these days. (well, there ARE my thrilling Skip-Bo sessions)
I think I'll give Hearts a rest for a while, maybe have another go at a hundred games during this upcoming winter when it's too cold to do much else. I'll post about that after I'm done.
Or not. I may just have some sympathy for the pitifully few readers of this pathetic excuse for a blog.
November 5, 2013
Strange Hearts
I've been playing another 100 game set of Hearts (see: Half-Hearted) and just finished a game. It started out with one of my computer opponents "shooting the moon", then I did, then another one did, all in the first three rounds. I had never seen that before and was thinking "What if the fourth player does it, too?"
A little way into the hand it sure looked that way, but I couldn't be sure; the computer game isn't like a real-life Hearts game where you can see who is catching all the tricks. I've sometimes passed up the chance to catch a trick and ruin one of my computer opponent's chances of shooting the moon because I've been so intent upon my own hand I don't pay much attention to which of the others are catching the most tricks.
This time, however, I was being a little more aware because of the extremely rare way the game was playing out. Even though I didn't have to, I caught a trick in the middle of the hand and after it was over, saw that it was indeed going to be the fourth-in-a-row shoot the moon...and that it caused me to lose the game by a single point.
A little way into the hand it sure looked that way, but I couldn't be sure; the computer game isn't like a real-life Hearts game where you can see who is catching all the tricks. I've sometimes passed up the chance to catch a trick and ruin one of my computer opponent's chances of shooting the moon because I've been so intent upon my own hand I don't pay much attention to which of the others are catching the most tricks.
This time, however, I was being a little more aware because of the extremely rare way the game was playing out. Even though I didn't have to, I caught a trick in the middle of the hand and after it was over, saw that it was indeed going to be the fourth-in-a-row shoot the moon...and that it caused me to lose the game by a single point.
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