Also: remember "Less is more!" when it comes to table talk. In my opinion you talk waaaaaaaaayyy too much in the group chats in ranked matches. I highly recommend you watch HakunaMatata's video "The Chilling Effect" here on UA-cam and how it applies to Catan. The abbreviated version is that when you overdo the table talk or have a perceived attitude at the table, it annoys the other players and make them disinclined to trade with you from the on at best, to flat-out robbing you just out of spite or annoyance at worst. Obviously HakunaMatata explains it much better than I can and there's far more to it than just that, but the point is too much table-talk can really backfire on your game like it did this one where players were just robbing you not because you were the biggest threat, but because you really got on their nerves.
19:42 I would have plowed Black to the 2:1 wheat port over buying a dev card at this moment by either asking for wheat-for-wood trades or doing 3:1 trades to the bank for wood with your wheat. You've got to decrease Black's variance right there.
Also: remember "Less is more!" when it comes to table talk.
In my opinion you talk waaaaaaaaayyy too much in the group chats in ranked matches. I highly recommend you watch HakunaMatata's video "The Chilling Effect" here on UA-cam and how it applies to Catan. The abbreviated version is that when you overdo the table talk or have a perceived attitude at the table, it annoys the other players and make them disinclined to trade with you from the on at best, to flat-out robbing you just out of spite or annoyance at worst. Obviously HakunaMatata explains it much better than I can and there's far more to it than just that, but the point is too much table-talk can really backfire on your game like it did this one where players were just robbing you not because you were the biggest threat, but because you really got on their nerves.
19:42 I would have plowed Black to the 2:1 wheat port over buying a dev card at this moment by either asking for wheat-for-wood trades or doing 3:1 trades to the bank for wood with your wheat. You've got to decrease Black's variance right there.
Oh well. Better luck next time.
Stop that horrible table talk and learn to play faster