Angst
Rambling and inconsistent
We Danes of course. We've got Greenland and therefore have the northern ice in our realm.
While We Wait: Part 4
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We Danes of course. We've got Greenland and therefore have the northern ice in our realm.
No, it does not belong to the Danes. Instead it should be lead by an alien force of the dark eleven unicorn squadron under the control of Satan.
But why has this nesing forum been extremely inactive for the last week or so?
But why has this nesing forum been extremely inactive for the last week or so?
I see no Greeks, only Romans.You mean the man who liberated the Greeks from themselves?
Just trying to live up to the stereotype, alex, nothing more. I figured it was pro forma, like you complaining about too much military stuff despite being one of the few countries in stazNES X to launch a war of conquest on the first turn.
alex994
Hail Divine Emperor!
I see no Greeks, only Romans.
How could it be a war of conquest when my peace proposal was so generous? The peace proposal that they rejeted.
Your timelines do have too much military stuff though dachs! Tactics, tactics, tactics and maybe some strategy; there aren't much economic, social, or cultural ties compared to the overwhelming military nature of it.
The outrageously anachronistic peace proposal that involved them basically swearing fealty to you because you made a landing on two islands, as well as arms limitations in the freaking 18th century? Come on, man.
I almost never write about tactics and almost always about operational warfare.alex994 said:
The few times I do write about tactics I make it epic and memorable though. Grand strategy does feature in most of it too. Note, though, that I haven't written anything at all since nearly a year ago, and in what few attempts I have made to get something off the ground (none of which I posted here), things seemed a lot more balanced because I know enough to write about more stuff now. Even looking at the Gothic Roman Empire, hell, I spent a good deal of time writing about religious and economic stuff. Points for reading comprehension.In the end, you can think of my focus on the military - real or perceived - as a reaction to the near total lack of anybody else here who does focus on that aspect of things.
Terrance888
Discord Reigns
Hell, no, If you can read my mind you will be surprised the nations I would back stab but wouldn't have the time.
You will see stuff that would have worked but a single broken wheel blocked the supply train yadda yadda.
You will see bloody M***** and R*** and such and so much you will hurl:
Then, you will see harmony and peace.
You will see stuff that would have worked but a single broken wheel blocked the supply train yadda yadda.
You will see bloody M***** and R*** and such and so much you will hurl:
Then, you will see harmony and peace.
das and NK are gone and Thlayli has intermittent access? (Off the top of my head.) Update delays in stazNES? Everybody in the Northern Hemisphere - everybody except for BananaLee - is feeling drained by the heat?
Terrance888
Discord Reigns
Let me see: Abbadon gone. Other players gone. Daft's LifeNES prosproned: wow. I didn't know so many people are gone!
Also: intermittent access due to mom.
Also: intermittent access due to mom.
Don't be so sure.
Luckymoose
The World is Mine
There have been multiple points in my NESing career when only one active NES was running for weeks on end.
silver 2039
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I'm happy there are finally some world NES's now.
It was horrible when every NES was a random map, fantasy, or some sort of RPG.
It was horrible when every NES was a random map, fantasy, or some sort of RPG.
Symphony D.
Deity
So who likes their god-modding with an order of fries and an extra-large shake? Me, I always think it goes down best when you don't screw around with the sides and go with 'because I say so' or 'I thought it was cool'. It's simple and elegant and doesn't lend itself to being talked back to. When you throw in a bunch of extraneous crap about how 'my research team says...' and 'well I know better than you despite the fact I've never been able to defend my points to save my life,' and 'I'm tired of your independent-thinking ways and making my arguments look bad, so I'll just write you off,' then drizzle the hypocrisy on it real thick it just gets kind of disgusting and loses its flavor compared to the straight stuff.
Then again, being open to criticism and outside thoughts, I suppose I'm kind of implicitly acknowledging that I'm not perfect and clearly, compared to someone who doesn't, I must be wrong, because everybody knows when you don't--can't--ever even admit the possibility of being wrong, you can never lose an argument. Am I right? The only way to be perfect is to appear perfect, and acknowledging that you might not know something just betrays weakness. Improvement is not a sufficient excuse for tolerating weakness, is it boys and girls?
When somebody says my food tastes bad, I tend to try making it better, but I guess I've been wrong. Who knew?
Well, your advice, no matter how it is intentioned, is typically either unwanted (the 'It's not supposed to be perfectly realistic' claim), or already known by the mods (the 'Yes, large exoduses by copper age cultures across vast oceans are unrealistic, but what's done is done!' claim ).
).silver 2039
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Oh and I'm sure its been said before but you come across as arrogant and overbearing as well.
So that hardy helps.
So that hardy helps.
Symphony D.
Deity
I know you like to keep the peace and intermediate and be nice to everybody, and I can respond that no matter how well intentioned it too is typically unwanted. However, since I can actually defend myself, I respond:Well, your advice, no matter how it is intentioned, is typically either unwanted (the 'It's not supposed to be perfectly realistic' claim), or already known by the mods (the 'Yes, large exoduses by copper age cultures across vast oceans are unrealistic, but what's done is done!' claim
In the instance of (1) stating that is perfectly reasonable; covering it up with excuses designed to cover for that fact is not (the entire first part of my opening statement); and (2) that doesn't apply if it is something in progress, of which the three major times I've interjected, it has been (A. mixing a B-2 and an AC-130, B. whether or not governments that had nukes would be too stupid to not notice fallout despite the requirement for massively more testing, and C. that having psychic fortune-tellers running the governments of major countries is a little bit metagamey).
Boiled down, I suppose my point is this, since I wasn't blatant enough: you want to say things happen because they did, or will, and nothing anybody says or does will change that, great your prerogative as moderator.
Tarting it up under the guise of "knowing better" or "that might not be the case" when the issues involved are factual or logical is a cop-out designed to shield and disguise the fact that decisions are being arbitrarily decided on whim, without consideration for any physical laws or rationale of any sort.
If you're going to arbitrarily bend reality to fit your view and ignore corrections, you should be willing to inform your players of that fact, and of the fact that they are playing in reality through the lens of you, and that in that realm, you are lord and sovereign and whatever you say goes, regardless of the justification. And under those circumstances, where things are totally arbitrary, you need not bother with realism at all. Realism is not a half-assed thing. It is binary. You either strive to be realistic and correct faults as they appear, and acknowledge past ones as having been faults and endeavor not to repeat them--or you play in your little sandbox where your word is law and don't pay attention to anything. And you explicitly state that, because anything less is a disservice to your players.
But most of all, you don't cover it up and pretend it's something it's not.
I don't know, I've said flatly several times before on this forum that I'm excessively abrasive and to-the-point, among the other adjectives I've bestowed upon myself. I would argue I've got a pretty grounded view of what a dick I can be, and I am in fact willing to acknowledge it. If you'd like to find me a post where I said I was a saint, you can accuse me of hypocrisy. Otherwise, you can ignore what I have to say, or try and argue with me on the actual points I'm raising.
Your collective track records aren't too hot at the latter.
silver 2039
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Thats not the point. You seem to be wondering why you get the reaction you do to your viewpoints and suggestions. I'm saying that's why.
Symphony D.
Deity
I didn't know you were all so strongly ruled by emotions that it completely impaired your ability to reason. I guess I should have looked for the warning advisory that said "New Age Empath Gathering Spot." Or it could just be a cognitive failure or lack of desire on your parts to separate content from context despite having been literate since about the age of three.
It is a mystery!
No, I am wondering why some people seem to be incapable of calling a spade a spade, instead of pretending it to be an AK-47. These are rather different things. Please try again.
