ColFrost
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Joined: 10/29/2003 From: South St Paul, MN Status: offline
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ORIGINAL: Capt. Harlock quote:
Who cares if Luskan lied or not? Raverdave has and it's not like it's not allowed to lie on a public AAR. Actually, I've already partly addressed that question, but here goes for a more detailed explanation: These are, as you pointed out, public AAR's. You can't claim that "he lies, so I can lie", because many of the readers are not liars. Even more important, these forums are here for a reason. Granted, they're fun, but they also perform a valuable service to the wargaming community by offering tips on gameplay, showing why history was or was not what could be expected, and detecting bugs. This last is a very subtle but important function. Example: when Gary Grigsby's "North Atlantic '86" came out, it seemed to me that NATO fighters where not firing missiles at the rate they should. I called SSI on it, and they told me the numbers were right. Some time later when I managed to read the source code, I found that missile launches were good if only one aircraft type at a base had missiles, but if there were a mix such as Eagles and Tomcats, the missile expenditure counter got messed up. To sum up, psychological warfare is best carried on through e-mail. Accurate reporting makes a public forum much more valuable. But this an AAR, not a "there's a technical problem" thread. This is for entertainment purposes, and to give ideas on how to run things. We should be grateful that they are bothering to post at all, and keep us entertained, rather then demand something both accurate and scholarly. Besides, if you think your opponent will be telling you the entire truth in any communication while the game is still going on, you are fooling yourself. I've seen email replies that are so misleading in every single one of my PBEM games. I'd rather see Luskan and RaverDave post as they have been, rather then have it accurate, and therefore, boring.
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...the bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding go out and meet it. -Thucydides
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