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¿Question #359?
Scott Tepper: Have you ever, during a game, silently wished an opponent would not see the move that would prevent your win?

scamander: More than once :D
Woelf: Lots of times.
BruceJackson: Yes, because I want to crush them!
oldhoss: Yes. I'm also usually silently cursing my own poor play that leads up the the move.
Spirit of 70: Sure, haven't we all?
Hexebomba: Yes, constantly.
bcooperok: 'Silently'? No, not silently. Usually I am vociferously pointing out alternatives.
Felimid: Yes. I'm all too human, after all.
blackthorne1978: of course; El Grande, take an option and decline it.
cbs42: Well yeah ... I mean, what's the other option -- hoping that the DO see it?
dcooley: Of course. Who hasn't at least once?
gmcash: sure especially in chess
smittenkitten: All the time :D...it's the worse when they're totally clueless and no one is even offering them help and somehow the one random move they decide to make totally crushes your chances of victory...and then they cluelessly put in "Did I do that?"
FrozenHoHos: Many, many times.
Impr3ssion: A-duh.
MDWilson562: Of course! Who hasn't played Chess or Khet?
chockle: Yes, I have hoped someone wouldn't see a great blocking move. But that's a good lesson for planning ahead enough where you don't even have to worry about whether they see it or not.
tsievers: Of course! That happens all the time.
Geosmores: Yes
Ebon Wendigo: Oh yeah
ctrzn: All the time
Head_Rat: Almost every game... not always silently either!
Myrdin T Sasnak: Of coarse.
Kodeir: Who hasn't?
Beowulf: Yes. Every time.
DHEK: Of course. Been there many times. Sometimes they see it, but sometimes they don't.
White Stone: Of course!
xlorp: I've even grabbed my dice to shake them to encourage my opponent to sigh and end their turn
hoojii: Yes. Many times.
Panzer: yes
Capitaine Grappin: Yes, I stopped that
Chris Page: About one out of every ten games.
_Kael_: Of course. Often. They always see.
Dubbelnisse: Of course
ZeroZilla: Often. Any guess as to how many times that has helped?
PsyJam: Of course.. what kind of gamer wouldn't?
Frankenfletch: I wish that every time my opponent is about to win.
produceguy1765: yes
slowcorner: If anyone answers this with anything but "Of course", they're lying.
jlavigne: yes
Munchkin_Micih: Sure thing
W Eric Martin: Naturally.
Igloo cool: No, just out loud
dmomo: No. I foolishly wished it out loud!
SisyphusX: Um, yeah. Never works too well.
lokipm: I'll do more than just wish, I will do everything in my power to distract them!!!
vampywife: yes, who hasn't?
Avatar_69: Frequently. Please, Lord, Keep the bugger stupid for one more round!!
Embark: yeah all the time
Gizensha: While I always try for victory (else what would be the point in playing), I do prefer to have better quality games than games where I win. So not really. Unless the game is dragging on a bit, in which case definitely.
mlanza: Many many times.
mrspank: Yep!
Maraud: Of course.
JackRandom: yes
Helenoftroy: no, I normally tell them AFTER their turn before mine so they could be more challenging next time.
Platinum Dragon: Several times. Once during setup.
BaSL: sure
rawdawg: usually I wish he wouldn't see the mistake i just made
Archvile: Of course.
MochaKimono: I'm usually not smart enough to see it myself.
aramis: Often
Tushratta: Of course.
bigbadsteve: more then once
jasta6: Yes, always
Syrion: Of course. Go is great for that. "Wait... if he plays B13, my group dies. I hope he doesn't... well crap."
flyinghogfish: Always
n_and: Yeah, many times...
ZombyDawg: Duh! No. I always tell him to ignore it and hope he listens.
TaliaIsabelle: All the time
GI Joe: Of course-- who hasn't?
beakermyers: Absolutely!
POvidiusNaso: Of course.
matthew.marquand: of course
Legend Dan: No.
nickmoniker: Of course!
Belash: yes
divisionbyzorro: Every time.
scriptorum: What do you mean "ever" as if this is a rare occurance?
Lord_Prussian: Sure
Bergbau: Not really. But it sometimes happens that I suddenly discover what would be the best to do. For other players, that is.
ssmooth: Of course
leece: All the time.
WasQ: yes
Gecko23: All the time.
bluebehir: Yes. Usually when I didn't see it beforehand, and I played a sub-optimal move because I missed that important point.
davidme: Yep
SteveK2: yes
ronster0: of course
meshuggener: All of the time.
fizzix: All of the time.
glookose: yes
Windopaene: Like, all the time...
Malacoda: Yep.
erli: ALL THE TIME!
Basilius: yes.
KnobDoctor: No, I prefer losing. What, are you crazy?
mrbeankc: All the time!
Quest22: Yes
netfilterz: of course
nexttothemoon: Yes...of course....I try not to even look at the pieces that would give my victory away....dum-de-dum-dum.
skrutsch: Well...yeah, but...
heli: nah, I just point it out to him
Wintergoblin: yes
TamiWhitsett: yup
ikeafetishist: always.
GuyHill: yes
BengalBoy1980: All the time
stephensj23: Yes...I even mimed the "This is not the move you are looking for"
isolated: All the time. My play style is too transparent.
Bearcat89: Who hasn't?
toulouse: Yep.
AlorielLelyn: Yep
2amp: yes
fellonmyhead: Yes
-Johnny-: Of course
Cal Mac: Is there someone who has not done this ?
gashlycrumb: Yes.
starbug: If only I could get the cat to jump on the table as a diversion at that exact moment!
TG Mittler: oh yes, all the time.
Sideburn: duh
Eric Haas: Yes, of course.
sos1: Of course.
buergerberatung: yes
kennyb: constantly
ZiNOS: No. Play against good opponents to be good yourself
viogression: Yes, usually during solitaire games
Blackwind: yes
Ludocrazy: Every time
dracomjb: yes
CortexBomb: Only countless times
klarkinhistrep: Yes
puffinge: of course
DangerMouse: Yes.
m_r_tyler: I wish for that every game.
P.O.G.G.: Yes
dakarp: Every time.
Glarbung: Probably the fingers of every geek in here would not be enough to count the times this has happened.
gnomehome: Sure
geberus: yes
UhhhClem: Not during *every single* game, no.
Dave: I'd rather come up with a combination that made my victory inevitable.
BobDodgerBlue: Yes
shumyum: You bet!
Vince Londini: yes
sdownin: All the time.
louiseh: Yes, of course. It never happens.
djflippy: I don't know, probably.
jens_hoppe: Sure, plenty of times
Mosse: Isn't this what gaming is about?
Gomez: Yes
chaddyboy_2000: Yup.
alkaiser: Who hasn't!
wtrollkin2000: yes, of course
yossarians: yesterday, and he didn't
seanp: Oh yes
Shakar: Indeed.
snoozefest: of course
Denise: Absolutely, doesn't seem to work very often though!! :)
Aldie: Yes.
jttm: Only for chess. (or chess-like games)
hooded_paladin: Heck, in a bad Go session I AUDIBLY wished for that.
Fa�l: Often I explain the tricky move and its conteract. My opponent's "pride" generally prevents him to do this move and broke his strategy
scribidinus: Far too often.
djlg: Always.
ping9x: Yes
WonderCinz: Yes.
CheetohFingers: yes
Flyspeck23: Sure.
Con Man: yeah but I somehow telepathically reveal it anyway.
Gelatinous Goo: that's pretty much the only hope I've got
xandryyte: yes
tragicpoet: Gee... Never.
Debate: Every game
janiera: Yes
berserkley: Yes
Sparta: Absolutely
ValJor: All the time!
Skyjack: Of course.
daw65: yes
ejmowrer: Absolutely not! (yes, shhhhhh)
Fawkes: That's the pinnacle of turn angst, so yeah.
Jim_P: Yes
fnord23: of course
jmglidden: Oh, hell yes! All the time!
CDRodeffer: Of course!
EYE of NiGHT: Every time.
Mike A: Not lately. Used to, but not lately. I'm up to the challenge.
skelebone: Of course.. but I still point out moves sometimes for inexperienced players.
Xlyce: yes, but they always do
lyman: Put another way "Have you ever felt guilty about winning when you knew it was due to an opponent's oversight?" Now there's a super ego.
Linnaeus: Yep. Many many times.
MisterCranky: Countless times. Almost daily.
ynnen: Heck yeah -- I win rarely enough, so I hate it when someone thwarts one of my infrequent chances for victory.
nix342: Most games
Gregarius: Does this count as prayer?