Dinglir
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ORIGINAL: Hermann
ust want to point out here that although the Russian player is at a serious disadvantage - the historical attacker allows him to actually take part in the game with the panzerball approach the Russian player is forced to sit turn after turn watching 40 motorsed formations surround po ket after pocket in one tiny section of the front till he runs out of troops... no way to play a wargame. my opponent has had time to display some excellent and admirable qualities and has earned my respect. he is resourceful, observant and meticulous .... GREAT opponent. Panzerballers really need to realize there are 2 players in the game and the key to a great experience is allowing both sides to play ... winning or losing is weeks into the game - having fun starts at turn 1.
Personally, I take no offense at the strategy of the "Panzerball players". What I do think, is that every game should be set up to contain a challenge for both players. Both players should then play the game to the best of their ability to achieve the best possible result. The task for the Soviet player facing a Panzer ball, is to set up in such a way that he minimizes the number of units lost, while keeping the proper amount of terrain.
The problem, in my mind, is not the Panzer ball strategy, but the "German scientific approach" that so often goes with it. In the early game, the Germans hold the initiative, so the German player can, over a period of several games, develop an almost perfect "script" for winning. This is shown perfectly by HardLuck in his game versus Stelteck. HardLuck has perfected his strategy, and against players unfamiliar with it, it is practically a certain win.
Let us take that game strategy as an example. Hardluck has now played some 15 different opponents with it and won every game early on. Imagine he had played the same opponent 15 times - does it not stand to reason, that the result would have been very different?
Please do not construe this as a critizism of HardLuck. I have every respect that he actually publizises his strategy, hoping for people to develop methods to beat it. If he had just sought easy wins and a high win/loss ratio, he would have acted very differently.
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