not2nite:
I feel like I should respond to this, especially since you and I just played a 300 point game together:
I don't see much of a difference in the gameplay. I like the longer games because I feel that the longer the game is, the players with the most skill have a better chance of winning. I hate playing individual games to 100 or even 150 because if someone gets two good hands in a row, the game is over before anyone else has a chance. Anyone could win a "game" like that. A longer game takes more skill because you have to know when you should bag and when you should try for a set. It's really about feeling out your opponents, in my opinion. I've been playing here since August and I begged these guys to have rooms up to higher scores so I feel it is long overdue.
Spades can be a very cruel game--sometimes you do can make every bid perfectly, without any bags, and still lose. At some point, you need a good hand to catch up...but it doesn't always happen. Bags are always a part of the game, frustrating as it may be.
It's sort of like baseball...every spades, or cards player for that matter, goes into a slump at some point. When you start changing the way you play that's when you get into trouble.
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