Timeline for answer to Is Mind Sliver + Pact of the Chain Investment of Chain Master pseudodragon game breakingly OP? by Nobody the Hobgoblin
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| Sep 5, 2022 at 3:01 | comment | added | Darth Pseudonym | I would describe the above as a Johnny effect. Timmy just likes to pull out giant monsters and smash. Johnny loves combo moves that combine apparently weak effects (like say a cantrip and a familiar's special attack) to do something with an outsized effect, and is happy even if it only works once in a while. Timmy just wants to cast empowered heightened fireball, and wants to have it hit like a freight train most of the time. | |
| Sep 4, 2022 at 19:25 | comment | added | fectin | @SeriousBri Groody answered above, but without @ you. The terminology is a little obscure, but its deeply influential in talking about game design and is worth knowing. | |
| Sep 4, 2022 at 18:22 | comment | added | Nobody the Hobgoblin | Its from M:tG, they used to classify players into three types: Spike (tournament player, seeks intellectual challenge), Johnny (combo player, seeks self-expression), and Timmy (power gamer, wants to experience something, piles on lots of buffs on his cool creature). See here. | |
| Sep 4, 2022 at 18:19 | comment | added | SeriousBri | Timmy effect? What's that lol? | |
| Sep 4, 2022 at 18:07 | vote | accept | nonymous | ||
| Sep 4, 2022 at 18:05 | history | answered | Nobody the Hobgoblin | CC BY-SA 4.0 |