Patience -it's all in the Game

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I didn't feel complex negotiations before each game would be necessary. This is a serious wargaming community populated by history buffs, not graduated Starcraft d00dz, or so I thought. See the thread I just posted for a fuller explanation of the behavior that prompted me to stop the game in question. Just because a limitation or oversight in the system design allows some BS ahistoric thing to happen, does that mean we as presumably mature adults who play these sort of games because we want a deeper, more realistic experience than Command and Conquer or whatever, should exploit those limitations? I say no. I'm not saying don't fight hard and try to win, but don't intentionally abuse the spirit of the game just to get more points on the ladder. Anyone who agrees with me, I will gladly play you if I have time and energy and the scenario is fun for both of us. But let it be known that I will just quit drastically unbalanced scenarios or any game in which my opponent uses such exploits on me. I will not besmirch my own self-respect and retaliate in kind with gamey maneuvers of my own, I will just drop the game without remorse or regret. I don't care about ladders or rankings, I just want to enjoy a historically believable war simulation in my spare time. I don't do things I don't like if I am not getting paid.

J