"Also that might be a way to fight against some other games which are coming later this year. Only way to stay in business is keep your customers happy with your product. After all some of us are looking a game with more "depth" than furballing (No insult here Westy & Others)."
No insult taken and I'm not intending to be either! <S>
But last night the customers DID speak by thier actions. Many, many folks wanted to furball at A1.
As for competing with other games in the future? These games (only one really that I can think of <G> ) will have the same problem. Actually it will be WORSE. Why? Because it is mission centric and every one there will be "a little general" by either posting too many missions or if they do not have the rank to do so they will constantly express thier opinion of what should be done over the common channel - just as they have in AW, WB's and here in AH.
There is no escape from having to deal with what other people want to do, even if it is not what some think they should do. Well, EXCEPT, in scenarios where a military like obedience is the "norm" and allegiance to the cause is expected.
There is no war to be won in the MA. There is a reset, rinse & repeat. A hamsters life.
Allow me to share this with you. From a friend I had in AW a few years back. It's something he wrote in response to the same kind of issue when folks did not understand why people would not listen to thier passionate (snork!) entreaties to rally for the land grabbing cause"
-Westy
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Hampsters Dream -- by Pasha
HAMPSTER'S MAIN OBJECTIVE:
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1) I will win the war in
BigPac(ie. the main arena)....eEEeee......eEEeee....... ...eEEeee......eEEeee......
Section A: Win the War. (Chewing Aluminum Tubes for Water)
To complete this objective will be easy for me as a rodent, I am naturally
nocturnal. I will fly unescorted buffs....eEEeee......eEEeee.. ...., deep
into enemy territory....eEEeee......eEEe ee......, without
gunners....eEEeee......eEEeee ......, by myself on the
longest....eEEeee......eEEeee ......, most
boring....eEEeee......eEEeee. ....., anti-social....eEEeee......eEEeee......
Point Grab....eEEeee......eEEeee... ... I can think
of....eEEeee......eEEeee..... .
To complete my main objective, I will have to learn a few things to
compete against an expected opposing enemy force of 2 (two), some of these
will surely be ripping my wings, flying in a straight line at an altitude
that is easy to get to in 2 minutes, and finding the "b" key on my keboard,
that is yellow, and orange to match the tunnel, leading to the tower, next
to my water bottle....eEEeee......eEEeee. .....
Section B: I need Points (And Cedar Chips)
I refuse to accept the fact that taking bases was meant to be done by
squads on their squad nites, or impromptu "JAM SESSIONS" put together by
maybe 8-10 guys, making it a team effort, all I really know is you get less
points if you fly with a squad, those bastards end up getting all the
points, besides it is a wasted effort trying to take a base by myself when
there are enemy fighters up.
Section C: Scenario Points don't show in BigPac (I toejam where I sleep)
I would't last 30 seconds in a SCENARIO, besides SCENARIOS HAVE
OBJECTIVES that humans see important, as a HAMPSTER I would be wasting time
in a SCENARIO...... YOU ONLY GET 1 LIFE THERE!!!! Plus you have to accept
orders, just like the humans did in the real war the humans talk about while
I am....eEEeee......eEEeee..... . eating little pellets of compressed
vegitative matter....eEEeee......eEEeee. .....
SCENARIOS ARE A GREAT TIME, TO GET SOME TIME ON MY FAVORITE THING!!!!!!!!!!
....eEEeeeeEe.............eEE eeeeEe.............eEEeeeeEe. ........
I need land, I need lotsa land.... and I know the best time to really get
good at my lifetime ambition, of constantly flying the same mission over,
and over, and over ....alone at 2k in my bomber, is when I am all alone,
when the humans are over in the SCENARIOS, using something they call
TEAMWORK, and some other unknown weapon or something ....they call it
TACTICS over there in the SCENARIO, that is a bunch of crap though, as we
all know, when they return to BigPac, they will see the mistake they have
made flying in the SCENARIO when the find me and two other rodents just like
me have been
"jogging"....eEEeee......eEEeee....... ...eEEeee......eEEeee......
I wish I had known about this game a long time ago in DOS, I may have even
captured every base, and won by now, they had about 6 bases to take, I could
do that in 28minutes and 34seconds!!!! (unopposed, of course)
By the way, In BigPac (ie. main arena) someone told me "IT IS JUST PRACTICE", what are you
guys practicing for anyways?
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Hard to sleep in the same room while I run in my little wheel, Shave me and
cram me up your ass
The Hampster
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