Fall into the category of a game? It is a game.
You don't really have war in sports. War isn't fair. Sports are built on rules. Break the rules and you're disqualified. In sports you're expected to play fair and have ... sportsmanship. No such thing in war. There are no rules in war. There are rules in AH, the only special thing about them is that they are set by the game makers IE HTC because players can't be trusted with self-policing. EG friendly fire. Spying is one rule you'll get punished for. Double accounting, same. So why aren't these and any other "exploits" allowed? Because this is a game.
Whereas successful war making depends, hinges on finding a better "exploit" than the other guy. It isn't about fun. These things are borderline hair splitting nuances but.. They're the difference between the reality of war and reality of games. Rules of war apply to games, and sometimes vice versa, but it's playing on words to choose the word "war" like it was a better description of AH than "game".
I said I would take the bait and I did, but I guess I am missing your point.
You state that "you don't really have war in sports"
Websters definition 2b is "a struggle or competition between opposing forces or for a particular end"
Not sure what sport you are talking about, but all the team sports I have played were competition between opposing forces. Nothing in the definition of war says it has to be fair.
Why you are trying to make me believe that Aces High is not a sport, I'm not sure. I never said it was. I stated in an earlier post Aces High does not fall into the "sports" category, but I did say by definition you can have a war between sides in sports.
As for the written rules for Aces High. Please post the link to them, I would love to read them. I know of the forum rules and I know how HiTech feels about cheating and spying, which I agree with, but all this came from posts in the forum. I have never seen any written rules concerning game play. So if we have rules as they have in sports, I would like to see them so I can make sure not to violate them.
You then try to explain to me the difference war and reality of games. In an earlier post I stated;
"No one should try to compare this game to a real life war or conflict". Don't know how I could state that clearer.
Then you state "Rules of war apply to games" but in the same post you stated "There are no rules in war." I think I know what you are trying to say here, but it is rather foggy since I have never seen the actual documented rules of this game. I do know by some of HiTech posts what actions he considers not acceptable, but I still have not seen any book or document of rules concerning game play.
The word war can be used to describe the game dynamics of Aces High. On the front page of the website it states "A war rages on the ground and at sea".
Let me see if I can get across what I was trying to say a little differently.
In my first post, if it did not come through clear, is I believe people get all worked up when someone says this game is or is about war. By the definition it is about war and is clearly backed up by Websters definition, and even by the creator on the Aces High web page. I have never and will never state except by definition that this game in any way reflects the real life horrors of war. I am just simply saying there is a cartoon war going on in this cartoon game.
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