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New "Allow X" box


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I don't like the stalling mentality IRL. I practice BJJ and Judo and I hate this. I dont like the BJJ point system. *BUT* I am a huge fan of stalling IN GAME. I just am. Guilty as charged, it is my guilty pleasure.

That being said, I think we have "allow clinch", "allow stand up", "allow takedowns".... Why not "Allow full guard"?

One of the aspects of jiu jitsu point system is that if you are a better grappler and you are on top position, you can pass guard, get a point and ALLOW the opponet to get back to full guard so you can pass again and get more points.

Now, if you are a better grappler in MMA (like Demian Maia or Ronaldo Jacaré) and you managed to TD a better striker, why not transition, get to a better position and then allow full guard so you can pass guard again? This way you can stall, but still stay active (or seems like active, after all you are "trying to get to a better position so you can finish the guy off") instead of a lay n pray position. Jon Fitch style.

 

Im just getting back to the game, so I dont know if grappling was broken before and getting more stalling would break balance again. Any thoughts?

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Checkboxes like this would add more granular control and more options without really changing the core game. Don't know about the striking/grappling balance, but I'm cautiously positive.

 

And yes the "tactical thinking" in points grappling is a huge part. Ideally intelligence and experience should do much more there in TWGC.

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Yes, well, IMHO it does change some aspects of the game, otherwise the allow boxes wouldnt exist. It allows more options, specially because there IS now a grappling only aspect of the game. Point scoring in grappling match is a huge part of the "fight for decision".

As I said, I dunno if allow stalling makes the game unbalanced, but it would give some good spice to the grappling only match.

Before escapes and transitions, I used to be pretty good at ground stalling and I do see why changes were made. Dunno how the meta is now, my partners said "ground is shit, you have to clinch rape".

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