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Re: NLDA [aka Medieval] Brikwars*
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Mon, 25 Jun 2001 14:04:09 GMT
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In lugnet.org.us.nelug, Shaun Sullivan writes:
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> Eric Kingsley wrote:
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> > I think either way team A will have the defensive advantage. It is much
> > easier to defend a location than take it. That said I am quite sure that
> > the only reason Team A got the princess in the first place is that she did
> > something foolish. My feeling is that Team A is really just a bunch of
> > blumber blowhards with more muscle than brains. Brainpower is what will win
> > this match!
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> I was thinking about this balancing act, particularly with respect to the
> weighting of available CP to account for one team having a fortified postion.
> Then I realized that I think Brikwars might be self-balancing in this regards.
> Buildings and fortifications are pretty expensive in Brikwars rules, so any
> team that spends some points building a structure to defend will inherently
> have less points available to purchase troops. The stronger and more
> impenetrable the fortification, the less points available for troops. With
> the two teams of three we have right now (one with 4, if Sun will play -
> nobody's responded to my post on that issue yet, grrrrrrrr) - spending even 60
> points on a building (not a very impressive building could be produced for
> that) would give the defending team a 10% disadvatange in what they could
> purchase in troops and weapons as compared to the attacking team.
I think this sounds fair. We havn't given point values for buildings before so
it hadn't crossed my mind. If you want to go this route I don't have a problem
with it.
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> Given that, my inclination is that we probably don't need to worry about
> handicapping one team or the other if one is planning on defending something,
> such as a little harlot- I mean, the princess.
Prepair to die, scumbag!
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> Thoughts? Feedback? Ideas?
Thoughts... I think Team A stinks.
Feedback... Team A doesn't have a chance.
Ideas... Team A should just give up now and forego the embarrasment.
Eric Kingsley
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