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Offline CFYA

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Why 3 Sides?
« on: May 14, 2007, 06:18:38 PM »
I have flown AH2 for some time now and I have a simple question. Why do we have 3 sides? Hitech trys to keep things WW2 ish and thats respectable! Seems like to me we should try, for a day even, a 2 sided map. We could use one of the scenario maps that are already designed. I wont demand an answer from hitech but I would seriously hope they have some input. I dont gripe about the game often (maybe what occurs in it tho) so I hope my question will be taken seriously.

DANG THE CHESS PIECE LOYALTY:furious :furious

Side 1 Side 2 and give it a whirl!:D

Even for a day!:aok

Ryan
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P.S. I tried the search function but never found the answer I am looking for.
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Offline The Fugitive

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Why 3 Sides?
« Reply #1 on: May 14, 2007, 06:26:39 PM »
believe HTC tried 2,3,4, and found that 3 sides worked best.
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Offline nirvana

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« Reply #2 on: May 14, 2007, 08:10:34 PM »
You ask why, I ask why not?
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« Reply #3 on: May 14, 2007, 08:16:04 PM »
and remember, strive to be your best...but don't drink and strive.

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Why 3 Sides?
« Reply #4 on: May 14, 2007, 09:18:57 PM »
points to the AvA /special events .
the MA is a different animal altogether .
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« Reply #5 on: May 14, 2007, 09:30:14 PM »
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Just so everone knows,

Pyro and I have created a game with 4 countries.
Pyro and I have created a game with 2 countries
Pyro and I have created a game with 3 countries.

We think 3 works the best for unstrucksured game play.


HiTech


http://forums.hitechcreations.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=121504&highlight=why+is+there+three+countries
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Offline CFYA

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Why 3 Sides?
« Reply #6 on: May 14, 2007, 09:55:19 PM »
With all do respect thats not an answer more so a statement. Id like to know why......not the 5 page essay mind you.....but a paragraph or to why 2-4 countries failed where 3 succeded. Call me a pain.:D


Id fly AvA all the time if there was a fight to be had! :(  

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Offline AWwrgwy

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« Reply #7 on: May 14, 2007, 11:11:02 PM »
Someone post the story about the sheep.....
Do I need to find it?

A long time ago......





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« Reply #8 on: May 14, 2007, 11:36:33 PM »
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Id fly AvA all the time if there was a fight to be had! :(  
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Come there most nights at about 6-7PM CST theres a few people in there. All oyu need is 6-10 people to get a great fiht going.
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« Reply #9 on: May 15, 2007, 12:23:37 AM »
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Come there most nights at about 6-7PM CST theres a few people in there. All oyu need is 6-10 people to get a great fiht going.


Sounds like H2H would work CFYA......

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« Reply #10 on: May 15, 2007, 01:00:47 AM »
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Originally posted by AWwrgwy
Someone post the story about the sheep.....
Do I need to find it?

A long time ago......





wrngway


Is this the one your talking about?


http://forums.hitechcreations.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1803&highlight=Your+sheep+belong+to+me
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Offline CarlsBee

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Re: Why 3 Sides?
« Reply #11 on: May 15, 2007, 06:30:40 AM »
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Originally posted by CFYA
I have flown AH2 for some time now and I have a simple question. Why do we have 3 sides? Hitech trys to keep things WW2 ish and thats respectable! Seems like to me we should try, for a day even, a 2 sided map. We could use one of the scenario maps that are already designed. I wont demand an answer from hitech but I would seriously hope they have some input. I dont gripe about the game often (maybe what occurs in it tho) so I hope my question will be taken seriously.

DANG THE CHESS PIECE LOYALTY:furious :furious

Side 1 Side 2 and give it a whirl!:D

Even for a day!:aok

Ryan
CFYA

P.S. I tried the search function but never found the answer I am looking for.



Hope they drop the rooks

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Offline Blooz

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« Reply #12 on: May 15, 2007, 07:03:29 AM »
Three pie shaped countries have a longer front line and less depth than you'd get on a map with two countries. It allows for more possibilities of conflict and less wasted space.
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« Reply #13 on: May 15, 2007, 07:16:58 AM »
To make it 4 sides, you need another name. ...  Pawns? inferior feeling, Queens or Kings? much superior beings,(and more over, how can there be many Queen"s", or King"s"?)  So dropped the idea.

right ? hmmm... (well, though I remember the time when AH countries were named after colors ... )
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Offline KayBayRay

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« Reply #14 on: May 15, 2007, 09:11:22 AM »
CFYA I am not an authority but I have been playing air sims for quite a while and have some experience. We asked the same question back in AW and I think they are the same reasons here.

Basically the logic that was put forth was that with only 2 teams it may be very likely that one team could suppress the only other team indeffinately. This would be a real show stopper and create a lot of frustration on the team that was being suppressed. With a third team in the mix it was generally thought that no one team could suppress or dominate two other teams indeffinately.

IIRC it seemed that the presence of GRIEF players in the online gaming community had a lot to do with this. Since the companies that sponsor online games charge a user fee to play I think this is only  protecting both their investment and your ability to participate and have fun.

I dont really want to address the little nitpicky things about having 3 sides because I believe the reasons I stated above are fairly sound. Yes there are some trade offs but overall it seems to be working in online gaming.

Later,
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