martxyz -> RE: CM:SF PREVIEW DID you see it? (7/12/2007 7:52:26 PM)
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Hi Judge Your point's well taken, and it's true that wargaming is, by definition, about war. It's a strange but despite this, on forums like this, and NWS and SSG, the people playing them are just so darned pleasant. I think I can only put the way I feel by way of an example. Quite a (large) number of years ago, I used to enjoy playing Harpoon, and flight sims like Tornado etc. But at that time, although the weapons being modelled were modern, and you were out to wreak maximum destruction (well - sometimes) it didn't actually matter. In the days of the cold war, a mission to blow Warsaw to bits meant nothing. If such a war ever happened, the niceties of peoples opinions wouldn't have counted a jot. When the changes (and unpleasantries) came during the 90's I simply lost the stomach for it. Even during the cold war, I would have felt very uneasy about some things. Vietnam scenarios, central american scenarios. All the places where the superpowers fought out there little wars. There is also a general point that as the time frame gets more and more modern, there is a tendency for there to be assumptions made about who "we" are. Wargaming, at it's best, should be for everyone, regardless of where they live, or their race or religion. I can't deny the general thrust of your argument though. The only trouble is I would just hate it if the matrix forum turned into the the type of nut-case wargaming forums you can find elsewhere. I just can't see how it's possible to have a generally neutral and well-spirited attitude to a game like CM:SF and I think that damages the hobby. It's not a great philosophical argument, but I think it could tend to happen. I know everyone seems to get fed up with WW2, but the other extreme is to have "SWAT 5 University Massacre" which could, conceivably be argued as a simple tactical game, but would rightly cause outrage. I just feel uneasy about the whole thing. I think I expressed my views in a clumsy and off-hand way, for which I apologise.
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