Slitherine

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ORIGINAL: ElvisJJonesRambo

Only a select few will send messages. No one talks. No one posts funny stuff on Forums. Get ghosted in games by the majority. When I resign, I at least send a private message of congrats, post my loss.

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ORIGINAL: Markiss

The Land helped with getting the WiE sheet set up, I'm sure he would be willing to help anyone who wanted to run a WaW tournament.

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if there are enough people wanting to take part.

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ORIGINAL: ElvisJJonesRambo
No one posts funny stuff on Forums. Get ghosted in games by the majority. When I resign, I at least send a private message of congrats, post my loss. Winners don't even respond back to me. Weird people.

Is the whole world on Prozac?

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ORIGINAL: The Land

Yup - I'd be happy to help, I could even manage the tournament for a bit to get it up and running - if there are enough people wanting to take part.

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ORIGINAL: Cpuncher

To the actual topic of this thread:

The "Naval Mod" made the naval part of the game worse, a lot worse...appreciate the effort, but (it really made me to appreciate how reasonably balanced the original game is, even as I complain about how unbalanced it is)...

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ORIGINAL: ElvisJJonesRambo

Hey, I need to a good beatdown. I need a challenge match. Everyone has seen my games posted & record. Would call myself above average player, but certainly not a "top player". I want to improve my game. So I need to play top talent. Allied early intervention is what top players are doing. If I want to beat top player's, I have to add some cookie-cutter and quit doing crazy crap.

I'd put $50 that Argentum is the best player in the world. Argentum should battle HamburgerBun. Sparky0565 plays with a whole different mindset, I'd like to see his game against Argentum or HamburgerBun.

Far as my player profile.

Nationality: United States
Background: Part of SC-1 original Christmas Riot
Skill Level: Above average, but have not beaten top talent
Favorite Theater: Pacific, probably the reason I'm not beating top talent.
Top complaints: Too much weather on the board. German HQ's are too powerful. Patton should be beefed up.
Game play: Everyone is triple teaming Germany, not enough players do squat in Pacific. Needs something to change. Island fighting needs re-programmed. Too much rain. Come one, it's not 100% rain 60% of the time.
Favorite General: Patton
Favorite Music: Elvis, 1960s/1970s rock, classic country, anything British Invasion music
Favorite Movies: Stalag 17, Aliens, Once Upon Time in Hollywood, The Omen, Hostel, Eagle Has Landed, Few Good Men, The Rock, Cliffhanger, Rambo
Favorite Sports: Golf, UFC, Gambling, Stock Market
Favorite Games: Advanced Squad Leader, Victory Games US Civil War, Strategic Command

I've played 50+ games of SC during C19. Time to spice this puppy up. Anyone want a game? I'm ready. Pick your poison. BUT I will never play that NAVAL MOD. Mod sux.

You don't like crazy music
You don't like rocking bands
You just want to go to a movie show
And sit there holding hands
You're so square
Baby, I don't care

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ORIGINAL: The Land

ok, have an ELO tournament!

https://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=4868517

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ORIGINAL: ElvisJJonesRambo


https://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=4868517

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ORIGINAL: LordOfPants

I agree about the naval mod; while carriers should be dominant, they shouldn't be capable of destroying surface fleets with no escorts and no risk to themselves, even though the author of the mod seems to love immortal carriers. Yes, carriers didn't often get sunk by surface ships historically, but it's because they were screened, avoided battle when the weather didn't support them, and generally behaved cautiously. They didn't just brazenly sail out, unconcerned about whether they even have escorts, and engage surface ships with complete impunity. In my last game with the mod, I sealed off Gibraltar and Suez as the Axis, and trapped one UK carrier in the med. I had killed its air complement and got tired of it hanging around in the last allied port, so I airdropped to grab Crete and figured my surface ships could deal with a single carrier with no planes, no friendly ports, and no supply. After several turns of teleporting the carrier around and getting bunches of NM, I had to bring in bombers to actually kill it, and even that took multiple turns!

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ORIGINAL: lwarmonger

I'd be game, but I've switched to playing Fall Weiss mod pretty much exclusively. Playing allies just got to demoralizing in vanilla (even if you do everything right, just a very narrow path to "victory"... and against an evenly matched player you still feel like you are losing because you aren't matching history insofar as progress).

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ORIGINAL: LordOfPants

I agree about the naval mod; while carriers should be dominant, they shouldn't be capable of destroying surface fleets with no escorts and no risk to themselves, even though the author of the mod seems to love immortal carriers. Yes, carriers didn't often get sunk by surface ships historically, but it's because they were screened, avoided battle when the weather didn't support them, and generally behaved cautiously. They didn't just brazenly sail out, unconcerned about whether they even have escorts, and engage surface ships with complete impunity. In my last game with the mod, I sealed off Gibraltar and Suez as the Axis, and trapped one UK carrier in the med. I had killed its air complement and got tired of it hanging around in the last allied port, so I airdropped to grab Crete and figured my surface ships could deal with a single carrier with no planes, no friendly ports, and no supply. After several turns of teleporting the carrier around and getting bunches of NM, I had to bring in bombers to actually kill it, and even that took multiple turns!

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ORIGINAL: lwarmonger

I'd be game, but I've switched to playing Fall Weiss mod pretty much exclusively. Playing allies just got to demoralizing in vanilla (even if you do everything right, just a very narrow path to "victory"... and against an evenly matched player you still feel like you are losing because you aren't matching history insofar as progress).

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ORIGINAL: Simulacra53

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ORIGINAL: LordOfPants

I agree about the naval mod; while carriers should be dominant, they shouldn't be capable of destroying surface fleets with no escorts and no risk to themselves, even though the author of the mod seems to love immortal carriers. Yes, carriers didn't often get sunk by surface ships historically, but it's because they were screened, avoided battle when the weather didn't support them, and generally behaved cautiously. They didn't just brazenly sail out, unconcerned about whether they even have escorts, and engage surface ships with complete impunity. In my last game with the mod, I sealed off Gibraltar and Suez as the Axis, and trapped one UK carrier in the med. I had killed its air complement and got tired of it hanging around in the last allied port, so I airdropped to grab Crete and figured my surface ships could deal with a single carrier with no planes, no friendly ports, and no supply. After several turns of teleporting the carrier around and getting bunches of NM, I had to bring in bombers to actually kill it, and even that took multiple turns!

Hairog has a concept for his mod and sticks to it, maybe to the detriment of playability.
I have not played his mod, I like the fleet idea and more attention to naval warfare, I didn’t try it - partially because of the balance.
Mods are a labor of love and Hairog should be praised for his effort.
Some mods simply work better than others, regardless of effort or concept.

Maybe you can convince Hairog to rebalance his mod.

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* BB attacks lone Jap CV - odds 5-0 against BB?

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destroying surface fleets with no escorts

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but it's because they were screened, avoided battle when the weather didn't support them, and generally behaved cautiously. They didn't just brazenly sail out, unconcerned about whether they even have escorts, and engage surface ships with complete impunity.

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Favors the Japanese, thus Axis, big-time.

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* Too many "damage evaded" for Axis.