Opinions

[Larry Reese]

Wow. I can tell some folks take this way more seriously than I do. As I said, I was just curious as to others experiences and thoughts on this, and that is all. I'll handle the inquiry with my opponent when (and if) it appears necessary. Take a deep breath and lay off the caffeine. :-P

As for the question as to how one can "cheat" (I don't particularly care for that term, maybe "take unfair advantage" is better) is to save the game prior to a particularly difficult or hazardous attack, say of a multi-hex village. From that one save you can explore different routes and series of attacks (i.e. if unit A fires into hex B and does no damage, and then moves to hex C and is damaged by enemy opfire, one could restart and try other combinations, such as moving unit A to hex C (and not drawing opfire), then firing into hex B (this time doing damage), and the enemy is destroyed, etc...). This just method of exploiting the game, there are others (from a programming perspective this is the easiest in my opinion). Now, would I bother with any of this BS, of course not, nor would most players. But there are those out there who would do so (a notable instance that comes to mind is in one of the "club versus club" tournaments (which I did not participate in but read up on the postings and experiences of others - those players seem at least in my experience to be young, and of a mind that winning is everything no matter what gets in the way). When I encounter those players I generally move on, not playing them again (not worth my time, though I might share my thoughts with some of my regular opponents to see what they think if they've played that particular person as well).

But I digress. It is very late (or early). I'd like to close by saying I appreciate all the responses and thoughts on the subject - that aim of the original post was quite successful. The amount of vitriol however was surprising, and, while entertaining, was, at least in my opinion, unbecoming. Just my two cents.

Best regards all,

LR