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Originally Posted by Quadratic
It seems to me that the advice is more to do with breaking your opponents by whatever means possible, rather than get there faster by having a faster acceleration than your opponent.
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Agreed...though it's not always 'sadistic', so-to-speak.
Consider what the cross-hand technique allows a player to do. Suppose the
Chigiriki-o and
Chigiriki-no cards are both on the field. Normally, a player would go for the correct card upon hearing the deciding syllable. Someone with good hearing (
kanji) would thus have the advantage and be able to go for them before their opponent hears the deciding syllable - typically when the preceding syllable is read (
ki, in this case).
Suppose now that both cards are on one player's half of the field, and have been split up. With the cross-hand, an astute player can also reach for the cards upon hearing the preceding syllable, rather than waiting for the deciding one. Hence, being good at the cross-hand allows players without the gift of hearing to challenge those with the gift of hearing.
That said, someone with the gift of hearing using it with the cross-hand would be formidable indeed!
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Training is an interesting topic to ponder, especially if anyone wants to consider another reason for Arata being able to challenge Shinobu despite having lost one and a half years. Putting aside the fact that she was sick, of course...though it's suggested that it didn't affect her all that much, really, given how she walked over everyone else in her path to the final.
As we know, Shinobu trains alone; hence her unique style of play has been developed with regards to just her own talents and her strong link with the cards. Without being seriously challenged by anyone, or studying how other people play, she has little idea how Arata defeated her all those years ago. Hence, she was unable to prevent his psychological 'attack' from affecting her again - and arguably still hasn't realised how he does it. Training with others and getting advice from them - and especially from his grandfather - is one of the reasons Arata is able to strategise to take down players with arguably more 'talent' than him.
That is to say, fellow team members, fellow players, can help one get better at the game. Does this settle the loner vs. team player debate once and for all? Well, let's see about Suou...
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The sending and movement of cards during play is also an interesting tool that can be used, though it's probably less about taking cards 'faster' as opposed to making sure that you're the one picking up the correct card. What Taichi did in the team final against Eromu to make him commit a fault is a good example.