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Offline muckmaw

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« on: November 06, 2002, 12:55:33 PM »
Why do we have 3 countries anyway?

What advantage does this have over 2...or 4?
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Offline Wlfgng

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« Reply #1 on: November 06, 2002, 12:57:57 PM »
less than 4


more than 2


it's an odd number


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OH.. you mean in the game.... oh...
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Offline AKS\/\/ulfe

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« Reply #2 on: November 06, 2002, 01:00:44 PM »
2 countries- perpetual gang bang.

4 countries- perpetual gang bang.

3 countries- perpetual gang bang... but if one country has too many players, 2 countries can ally and whoop up on 'em.
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Offline muckmaw

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« Reply #3 on: November 06, 2002, 01:27:44 PM »
So, in essence, on option 3, would'nt that be the same as the 2 country perpetual gangbang as in situation 1?
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Offline AKS\/\/ulfe

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« Reply #4 on: November 06, 2002, 01:28:16 PM »
No... 2 country is far, far worse.... far, far, far worse.
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« Reply #5 on: November 06, 2002, 01:28:40 PM »
CT has 2 sides
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Offline AKS\/\/ulfe

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« Reply #6 on: November 06, 2002, 01:29:59 PM »
CT also usually doesn't have more than 30 people.. and typically they have a different mindset than the average MA player.
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« Reply #7 on: November 06, 2002, 01:30:09 PM »
And the Lord spake, saying, 'First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin. Then, shalt thou count to three. No more. No less. Three shalt be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, nor either count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then, lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who, being naughty in My sight, shall snuff it.'
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« Reply #8 on: November 06, 2002, 01:34:36 PM »
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There are no dumb questions, only dumb LW drivers.   :)


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« Reply #9 on: November 06, 2002, 01:52:20 PM »
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CT has 2 sides


So does warbirds (maybe a few more players than CT) and they are screaming about gangbangs over there on their boards right now.
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Offline muckmaw

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« Reply #10 on: November 06, 2002, 02:04:05 PM »
I'm still missing the point, and this is not a troll.

What are the mechanics behind a 2 country war that cause gang-bangs? (By gang-bangs, I assume you mean massive furballs)
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« Reply #11 on: November 06, 2002, 02:04:58 PM »
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3 countries- perpetual gang bang... but if one country has too many players, 2 countries can ally and whoop up on 'em


I think you meant to say: 3 countries- perpetual gang bang... but if one country has too few players, 2 countries can ally and whoop up on 'em

When I flew in WWIIOL before they screwed up the flying part, we did have on occasion some pretty massive furballs.  Then again those type of furballs were the most fun.   These major furballs usually happened over key points ie key cities or airfields where a major ground push was in affect.   Who ever controlled the skies control the out come of the ground warfare.   How ever these massive furballs were not common where as the most common fights were of ten planes or less at any one time.   I flew Stuka's in that game and was only shot down six times in A2A combat.    All six times were in those massive furballs, so that should tell you just how often they did occur.    As for massive furballs here, I don't think it would be any worse then it is now with the three county system, may even spread out the fighting even more.

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« Reply #12 on: November 06, 2002, 02:57:55 PM »
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When I flew in WWIIOL before they screwed up the flying part, .........


at what point in time wasn't it screwed up?

Gang bang to me doesn't mean furball, means #s are imbalanced among countries. Higher number teams pick on low number team & whoop them into submission.
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Offline TheCage

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« Reply #13 on: November 06, 2002, 03:25:26 PM »
"at what point in time wasn't it screwed up?"

LOL BigGun your correct, it just got more screwed up as the game was suppose to be progressing.
 

"Gang bang to me doesn't mean furball, means #s are imbalanced among countries. Higher number teams pick on low number team & whoop them into submission."

That sounds to me more like we have now.   Two larger countries ganging up on one little country!   Don't see how going to a two country system would make any difference in the gang bang in relation to what you are implying.  

No matter how many countries you have the largest or larger countries are going to attack the weakest one.  It's human nature at it's best.  Every flight sim I have flown has had the same problem.   Never understood the logic behind a three country system as it only promotes the current situation where there is no true solution.  

But like everything on this board it's just my opinion and everyone has their own.   No one is right and no one is wrong.  It just boils down to what you expect out of the game. :)

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Offline HFMudd

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« Reply #14 on: November 06, 2002, 03:31:24 PM »
Why 3?

Turn it on its side and you get

m

'M' is for McDonalds

McDonalds has fries.

Fries sounds a lot like "flies"

This is a game about flying.

Get it?  Seemed rather obvious to me.
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