The Fun Zone

I've really been enjoying yucata.de lately. I find it very easy to set up and jump into multiple games, and to keep track of what's going on. It's great for me during this particular drought of face-to-face gaming.

So, I've been playing a game of Atta Ants with three other players, one of whom uses the screen name "Atta." That made me a little nervous, because one would assume that "Atta" is someone who really likes Atta Ants. I wasn't sure how things were going to go, as we all acquired four ants, but couldn't find a clear path home to get any more. I was able to steer a few spiders toward the side of the board where I wasn't, effectively blocking several ants from getting home with their leaves. Finally, I found an opening, acquiring my fifth ant, and setting up an unblockable path home for the sixth. Victory was (and still is) in my grasp. Then it was Atta's turn.

He has yet to take it.

Now, this sort of thing happens all the time in play-by-web systems. Somebody gets busy, has to step away for a few days, etc. However, since yucata.de uses a ranking system based on your win/loss record, there are also a few people who try to game the system by not finishing games they think they're going to lose. I didn't really think that was what was going on in this case, but I clicked on Atta's profile just to see when he last logged in.

Atta's real name is Richard de Rijk. The designer of Atta Ants.

And I'm winning against him.

Hee.

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Oh, hey, yucata.de recently added Arkadia to its list of games. I know some of you have enjoyed that one in the past. If you fancy a game, just invite amazingintern to the party. You know you want to.