Solitaire boot camp for W3 games

[houseofpwncakes]

I already posted that I'm willing to help out with anyone who wants tutoring in SR in Ikrauga's bj2 thread, but figured I'd start a new one just in case people didn't read my post. And to create a thread designed for just SR.

I'd love to help out anyone that wants it, all I need from you is a bit of information. I'm assuming most people on here know how to successfully complete a hand, so if you aren't able to compete in the top ranks, it's likely due to speed and strategy issues. And if you do know how to solve a hand, the best help that I can offer you is sending you free challenges and then recording how I played the winning games (if you want me to upload my losing games, I can, but I don't see the point lol). If you want some basic strategy tips, I made a post here in the games forum, and if you're a PC member on ww, there's a thread there too. But if you don't feel like reading through all that, here are my top 3 tips:

1. This is a boring and obvious tip, but practice as much as you can. You will not be able to score well if you aren't comfortable enough with the game for your moves to be instinct. If your scores are low, you're thinking too much because you don't play enough. You will notice a difference with practice.

2. LEARN AND LOVE THE RIGHT-CLICK. Do NOT double-click.

3. I don't care what other people say or do, if you can play a card, do it. SR basic strategy tips say that you should only play low cards at first since you may need high cards later. Ignore this rule. Play every possible card that you can, unless you can foresee a use for it in a click through of the deck or two. I won't lie, you will lose games playing this way. But I made $7k in January of this year alone playing my way--and that's without even touching premiums, unless there's a mega tournament--so that part is up to you.

Beyond that, let me know if you want me to challenge you. And if you want me to challenge you, would you prefer that I send you the youtube link of my playing first so that you can imitate my moves, or have me send it to you afterwards. Or if you want to send me a video of you playing and you would like constructive criticism, I can do that too. But if you do that, I'd prefer it be in a challenge so I can compare and contrast how I'd handle the same hand. It's not necessary, but it'd probably be more helpful to you.

Oh, and with challenges, it would also probably be in your interest to do 3-card draw. If you want 1-card, that's fine, but 1-card is less about skill and a lot more about speed, so advice there won't be very helpful. I'm assuming that the w3 games will be 3-card, which is a lot more skill-based than 1-card, since 3-card is more popular.

Good luck to everyone and I hope to see some new people blowing out the competition March 2nd!

[Grengoddess]

wow thanks Amy! i really have a hard time making split second decisions when there is like 2 of the same color card to use. like if there is a black 6 and 2 red 5s to choose from...i just get stuck and dont know which to pick

[afort56]

Hey GG, I'm not as quick as Amy, and haven't played SR in a while because I always seemed to be 5-10 seconds too slow to win any games in the high ranks. I do think I've beaten Amy a time or two, but that was probably 2 years ago, so I'd stick with getting your advice from her Anyways, from what I remember, the WW rules for the game actually say when encountering the 2 5's dilemma, pick the one from the column with the most cards in it. Statistically, it's better to reveal a hidden card, then take one from the stack, but then again, in 3-card draw, it may be better to get at the Ace that's just under the 5 on the stack than picking the 5 that uncovers a hidden card. In some cases, it's really just a guessing game, educated guesses, but still.

[houseofpwncakes]

lol afort, you've been doing a pretty good job at keeping me in line on dukesbox. In Space and Klondike Solitaire both.

But Samantha, he is absolutely right. In general, you should pick the card with the most cards underneath it. I say in general because--this is going to be completely unhelpful, but a lot of times I just get an instinct to click on a different card and it almost always works out for me when that happens. That's what won me my last survival, most likely, as a matter of fact lol. And Samantha, what kind of help would be best for you in your opinion in SR?

Overall, you want to pick the stack of cards with the most because that will theoretically put more usable cards in play than picking a stack with few cards underneath it. The latter can seriously damn you. But, again, even though it sounds weird, if your gut tells you to go for a different card, I say do it.

[houseofpwncakes]

Oh btw great example of the instinct for cards, go to about :38:

YouTube - SR camarofire challenge--#523053718

By all ww advice, I should have gone for the one on the far right, but I didn't. And my picking the other one gave me a good winning score. So again, go with your gut! And if your gut is quit, hit the far right.