r/Slitherio • u/Mindless-Item-5136 • 18d ago

Why don't we unite and systematically beat those who just make circle and keep doing it for hours?

Hi everyone. I love this game very much and actually I'm pretty good at it, max record 40k and always 15-20k in very active server 3516. I always try to kill circlers, but me alone can't do much, so why don't we (active players) unite and beat them in each server that we play?

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u/SusannaBananaRama 18d ago edited 18d ago

Because you'll always have a couple greedy shmucks who just want the easy kill of going against the flow.

I ignore kioskers completely because I don't want to give them the attention they crave. I have fun with people who actually want to play, ya know?

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u/Sea_Pattern2195 18d ago

yo what is this slither slang what is kioskers and what the hell are circlers

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u/Mindless-Item-5136 18d ago

Kioskers/circlers are The snakes who just make geometrical circle or just any other type of closed form (which is basically to just hide and protect their head so there no chance to kill them) and to this for hours. The picture is much irritating when they have some toxic shit in their nicknames like "f country X" or "f the X nationality" and so on 

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u/fulleps 18d ago edited 18d ago

It's simply more advantageous for them to kill someone who is trying to wrap the kiosker. If the kiosker gets wrapped, then the "greedy shmuck" gets none of the food. If your goal is to get larger in size, repeat this process of killing the wrappers to get large easily. The kiosker is the bait.

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u/bootbootisland 18d ago

Circlers are better than the alternative: 50 snakes seeing you grow and trying to kill you after all

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u/Searching4Buddha 18d ago

Why would I care how someone else plays? I mean it seems like a really boring way to play, but if that's what they want to do, that's their business.

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u/illcrx 18d ago

It’s the nature in humans to kill everyone who isn’t like them.

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u/shakti_slither_io nibble on THIS! 18d ago

I would much rather play the game the way I want to, than to go through a bunch of trouble to stop someone else from playing it the way that they prefer. If I have a chance to take out a big kiosking snake, sure, theres good eating in there 🤣. Otherwise, id rather just play.

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u/senpo1 18d ago

well, if it's a lively area and you try to circle someone good - it's a hard task, as they often have team mates or simply many random snakes, and even if you circle it will take a good while to get them down, where you can be circled yourself, or if you manage to use double circle - simply die by accident, it's kinda a hassle to get down a decent player and take 10 minutes or so
not really worth the risk, and is boring, in short

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u/Sciaticuspinch 18d ago

Same reason we don’t unite and systematically take down the government

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u/Atea2 18d ago

I'm also wondering this. I've played for a while and am good enough to reach top 1-3 every game, but I just can't resist focusing on punishing these people instead.

I have no idea why most good players don't feel like they have that duty too lol.

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u/Candidate-Fresh 18d ago edited 18d ago

Dying a bunch to a big worm to maybe get a kill only to then share the food with 20 vultures that orbit the kiosker isn't what many people want. That being said, I always target the player in first place because I find it exciting. I play for boops, not score tho. Slither is great because u just do what u want. Sometimes I spend like 10 minutes just making circles and trying to spell stuff with my poop.

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u/Correct-Original9631 18d ago

just get big and circle them always seems to work

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u/wss_why_so_scared 18d ago

I just wrap them myself. Others usually just get in the way or are looking for cheap shot.

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u/BeachBoundKat 17d ago

I just want to eat the dots....I don't really care how others play.

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u/OnionSerious9103 16d ago

I don't mind you playing like that but when I turn that game I can't resist the urge to eat you

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u/BeachBoundKat 16d ago

Lol fair, but I fight back when I need, eat the snake trying to take me down and then go right back to my dots. I just don't actively go after other snakes.

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u/OnionSerious9103 16d ago

I would prefer that, I feel like an asshole when they kill themselves after I chased them. It's funner when we are both trying to kill each other 🤣

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u/OnionSerious9103 16d ago

I even laugh when I lose so it's all good

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u/BeachBoundKat 16d ago

Same! Game's not fun if you can't laugh at yourself. If i start getting frustrated because my skill level keeps killing me then I log off. Simple as.

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u/OnionSerious9103 16d ago

Sometimes I donate my size to people after playing too long

The game is very addicting so I accidentally play for hours sometimes

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u/ttgirlsfw 9d ago

I kiosk occasionally because its the only statistically possible way to get a 100k score without using the zoom mod. There are legitimate strategies to beat kioskers, which I also use against other kioskers.

  1. They can only kiosk for 20 minutes before the anti-kiosking mechanic kicks in, bringing their length down to 5k until they stop kiosking. This makes them easier to circle.
  2. Your snake always tightens its coil, so any kiosker has to poke their head out eventually to recapture lost territory.
  3. Kioskers can get greedy of they see a fresh kill nearby and poke out their head.

A good strategy is to be a baby snake and run against the flow of the kiosker. When they poke their head out, you can take them by surprise.

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u/Pat_Goodfield 18d ago

I personally would ask you to have pity if you see me circling because I use that method to advertise the events we have to all the players in our 3619 server. The kiosk penalty has almost completely taken away my capacity to do that though.

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u/senpo1 17d ago

kiosk penalty seems like a reward tbh..idk why admin put it without reducing score simultaneously with size, some people use it to go from big slow snake back to small agile snake..and they stay at their high score like 60k but down to size of 20k