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Let me quote something else from that article:

"It allows players to react. One of the biggest arguments against randomness is that it takes away from skill, the idea being that having everything under your control rewards the better players. Turns out it doesnt quite work that way. Let me explain. Random events happening in a game force players to do several things. One, they have to identify what is happening and what it means to the current game; two, they have to deduce how best to use the new variable to bend the game to their favor; and three, they have to maximize their other resources to take advantage of the new variable. It turns out that doing all this is pretty complicated and thus the more experienced players are much better at it. The more unpredictable, unknown variables that get added to a game, the more opportunity there is for the better player to take advantage of them. This is one of the major reasons, for example, that experienced Magic players have such an advantage in Draft formats. It turns out that the ability to react requires a lot of skill.

Randomness makes games more fun, more repeatable, and more skill-testing."

Mark Rosewater himself says that randomness makes games more skill-testing. How can you treat this article as gospel and not accept EVERYTHING he has to say about it?

UltimaterializerX posted...

There's no playing better by learning from mistakes, no decisions to make, nothing. It's literally all RNG effects deciding games, but HS streamlines it with games being decided quickly.

You never answered my questions about misplays being skill-based. I want to know what you think about decisions such as life-tapping last, playing too many minions on the board, when to use board clears, things like that. You won't derail me. Why do you keep shouting that there is LITERALLY ZERO skill involved, and yet refuse to answer my questions? All I want is answers to what you think ulti. Actual, logic based arguments on why such things do not consist of skill.
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