Re: Offline one on one games

Me and my friends have a suggestion to make about offline events. We have tried it between us and it proves to be a fair rule.
What we suggest is that in offline games the home player sits on the left side of the monitor and the away player sits on the right side. For some of you it may sound silly but this rule has some important advantages.
For example when someone joins to watch the game they don t need to ask for the score but just wait for the first pause and score will appear clearly showing who leads. Otherwise the observer will have to ask for the score and this is distracting not only for the other players who watch the game but also for the players themselves.
But the most important advantage of this rule is that if the monitor is not right in the middle between the 2 players this could be an advantage for one of them in case they don t switch places. I personally find it harder to play when I am not close to the monitor or when the monitor is not parallel to my eyes.
Please comment and state your pros and cons about such a rule.

Playaveli, I disagree with some of your points.
First of all not all players customize teams and Brazil 2 - 1 Italy doesn t tell you who is leading.
Second of all it is a fairplay to ask your opponent to choose his place but I guess not everyone finds it the same where they would sit.
And last but not least, you can move the chair back on the other side of the monitor too.
Anyway... if such a rule is not applied I d rather pick where I may sit before every game. Is that possible?
Any other opinions?

If we start this rule, we would need additional rules for more things:


the serious ones

- which shirt-colours are allowed? (opponents with big yellow brazil shirts can be disturbing, modest grey t-shirts are more comfortable for my eyes...)

- which joysticks are allowed? (loud-clicking sticks can be disturbing, I like pads or sticks without clicks...)

We can add some nonserious like opponents aftershave, hairstyle, etc.


I am sure everybody knows what I want to say.

I was just trying to convey the idea that this thing is important to me. And since you don t find it important I d be happy to sit where I like the next time we play