I didn't see you calling to rally the troops, or suggest attacks, missions, orders, anything constructive during the hour plus defense of that base either.
He was rallying to invade the French coast for an hour before he came back to watch the Allies try to repulse the Germans off the UK coast for an hour then he joined in to help for an hour. Can't say he never or always does any of that now.
It's all in the mindset/perspective of how one views the game, I suppose. I used to make the mistake of perceiving that the AvA was all about setting up as immersive an atmosphere as possible, allowing players (Axis and Allied alike) to come one virtual step closer (as close as an online mp game can take you) to feeling like they were sitting in the cockpits their WWII heros did*. It's not really. As much as it pains me to admit, the AvA really
is no different than the MA in most respects. It's all about playing the boardgame RISK with airplane, tank, ship and shore battery simulators thrown in to make it more challenging than rolling dice, drinking beer and extending your plastic pieces too far. It just has some historical terrains used like scenarios (but not always), 2 sides instead of three and a planeset that differentiates between Allied and Axis to offer historical matchups (but not always because the "Germanese" didn't really exist). But it can't help but be alternate or virtual reality because .. well .. it already is. So ... I suppose for guys like me it was only a matter of time before the physical reality of the game overtook the seperation of disbelief immersion requires.
No, Arlo it can't be reasoned that a British Admiral went rogue in the very midst of the invasion of the island and took assets away from defending it to invade France because .. afterall, old chaps, the best defense is a good offense, pip pip. Or can it? I miss immersion. But it's not the responsibility of other paying players to facilitate mine. Now you know how Arlo went crazy in the AvA.
TK is TK ... just like everyone else is everyone else. Even HT admits the point of this game is to pizz off other players. I suppose it doesn't matter if they're on the other side or not because, with or without TK, I've already been seeing that.
Hello ... therapist? I had another cathartic breakdown on the AvA forum.
*An additional insight after posting ... someone please stop me ... maybe it's the inner turmoil of admiring Axis war heros as well as Allied ones that drive Axis players insane .. while it's Axis players that drive Allied ones so. Neh .. nevermind ... brainfart there. Carry on.
