Slitherine

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ORIGINAL: Big Ivan

What the hell happened, did everyone die off?

Rico, UP844 and Hailstone are you there? Been Quiet!!

Last Sunday (Palm Sunday) had an tornado touch down 6 miles (9.8 Km) from my house.
We are OK, took a break from TotH to see damage up north, WOW! Never saw a dumpster
box in a tree before, and a pickup truck and 30 foot trees (9.1m) cut off 8 feet (2.4 m) above the ground.
Tornado's are bad indeed! Welcome to the American heartland!!

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ORIGINAL: Hailstone

I was getting into the latest addition of Orders of Battle and kinda drifted away from TotH. John, I know all too well about tornadoes as a USAF
meteorologist stationed at Offutt AFB, Omaha, NE and Whiteman AFB, Missouri. I also went to school at KU, don't hate me because I'm a Jayhawk.
I chased tornadoes when I wasn't forecasting them when I was young and stupid. In fact, I envy you being able to experience nature in its most extreme but
that's the weather bug in me. Yet, I haven't forgotten grabbing my sons and running into a closet when it was really close many years ago. The funny
thing is that my kids were 4 and 7 at the time but now they are in their 30's and they still remember the whole incident as if it happened yesterday.

Don't worry John, It's all gooood.

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i've dodged the tornadoes for many years but got wiped out by a hurricane in 2017...

just before blub blub time

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ORIGINAL: wodin

I don't understand why people live in Tornado areas. No chance I would. I mean how much insurance it must cost!!

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ORIGINAL: UP844

Hello John,

I'm glad to know the tornado missed you: last year I translated a book about winds and I was impressed by the destructive power of such phenomena.

As regards to ToTH, basically "The thrill is gone".

I played all the released scenarios, including the very last ones, and I came to the conclusion - supported by the many AAR I posted - that, despite the best efforts of their authors, they inevitably fall into one of two categories:
1) scenarios ending in easy Major Victory, with ridiculous loss rates due to the AI wimpiness.
2) scenarios where victory is utterly impossible (Best, to name one, where the only way to reach the farthest VP hex is to double time across a plain covered by German MGs).

I lost any hope to see the major faults of the game AI (lack of long range fire and omniscient OBA) acknowledged, let alone corrected.

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ORIGINAL: Hailstone

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ORIGINAL: UP844

Hello John,

I'm glad to know the tornado missed you: last year I translated a book about winds and I was impressed by the destructive power of such phenomena.

As regards to ToTH, basically "The thrill is gone".

I played all the released scenarios, including the very last ones, and I came to the conclusion - supported by the many AAR I posted - that, despite the best efforts of their authors, they inevitably fall into one of two categories:
1) scenarios ending in easy Major Victory, with ridiculous loss rates due to the AI wimpiness.
2) scenarios where victory is utterly impossible (Best, to name one, where the only way to reach the farthest VP hex is to double time across a plain covered by German MGs).

I lost any hope to see the major faults of the game AI (lack of long range fire and omniscient OBA) acknowledged, let alone corrected.

UP844, you are right, of course, but as you know the limitations of TotH makes porting old ASL scenarios very difficult and many compromises are made in the
hopes that a new scenario will keep the "flavor" of the author's intent. Rico's scenarios have taught me a thing or two about thinking outside the box like when
I used brush to simulate a canal to allow for fording. It appears playtesting scenarios for balance has only demonstrated my limited abilities at TotH because I
try to create scenarios that I can win most of the time on the first play and still be enjoyable. I don't enjoy challenges that require multiple plays to win and I
believe there are those that might appreciate that. The trick to everything is knowing the AI but just when you think you figured out the AI's behavior it disappoints.
Anyway, the Editor is where players can adjust a scenario to increase the challenge. The scenarios are all open for modification for a TotH entusiast to explore and
that's all we can do.

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ORIGINAL: lk2500

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ORIGINAL: Hailstone

I was getting into the latest addition of Orders of Battle and kinda drifted away from TotH. John, I know all too well about tornadoes as a USAF
meteorologist stationed at Offutt AFB, Omaha, NE and Whiteman AFB, Missouri. I also went to school at KU, don't hate me because I'm a Jayhawk.
I chased tornadoes when I wasn't forecasting them when I was young and stupid. In fact, I envy you being able to experience nature in its most extreme but
that's the weather bug in me. Yet, I haven't forgotten grabbing my sons and running into a closet when it was really close many years ago. The funny
thing is that my kids were 4 and 7 at the time but now they are in their 30's and they still remember the whole incident as if it happened yesterday.

Don't worry John, It's all gooood.

Ha, small world! I'm a Jayhawk too, class of 1988! I lived in Overland Park for 20 years but, fortunately, have never experienced a tornado.

Stay safe!

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ORIGINAL: Rosseau

I wrote an article a couple of years ago when the big one hit Offutt and the roofs came off the entire community. I think they're still working inside the gate. At least I hope that was the big one!