Farslayer

One of the most common "old fashioned random variates" would yield a uniform distribution. Roll a six-sided die 6,000 times and you would expect 1,000 1's, 1,000 2's, 1,000 3's, etc, plus or minus some small variation due to chance. Each possible outcome is equally viable, with the same percentage chance of occurring, and "ignores" the surrounding world. Un-fuzzy logic (shaved logic?) says that "Given facts A, B, and C, the outcome shall be D". Fuzzy logic attempts to capture some of the real world variability that is thought to exist in the process being modeled. Something like "Given facts A, B, and C, the outcome is likely to be a value drawn from this particular distribution named P. Tweak either A, B, or C, and you may well be drawing distribution Q, or distribution R, etc, depending on the theory behind the fuzzy logic model.

Then please don't make them... Your statement is nearly as inflammatory as the original. Personally, I see nothing wrong with a brief patriotic post. Perhaps his post is focused closer to home because a grandfather or an uncle or someone close fought or died in that operation. I would see nothing wrong with anyone else, from any of the involved countries, making a similar post, hoping for blessings on their country or their young men who stand in harms way. Rather than making a post where you take an opposing or combative view, try to educate with a post along the lines of "Let's not forget all the other allies and their contributions to the effort as well." Unfortunately, most stereotypes have some small bit of basis in fact. Please be aware that generally speaking, educated sensible American folk are as embarrassed of them as you are upset by them.

Oronzo's Page of World War II mp3's This is the place you must go to!!! I listen to a series of them while playing CM all the time.

Watch that stuff boy-o, or you'll have an angry bauhaus after you, what with you moving in on his territory and all...

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Gridlines in the grass maybe, but no topographical lines to the best of my knowledge. Check out CMHQ mod section IIRC. [ May 30, 2002, 07:08 AM: Message edited by: Farslayer ]

Don't want gamey play or gamey unit selection? Choose your opponents better. Tired of ME quick battles? There are a very large number of scenarios out there, a few dogs, but also some excellent ones as well. If you are as concerned with "reality" and "operational effects" as you tout, you should know enough to play without points in mind, and be able to determine the "victor" by what the battle cost you. IIRC, BTS did not set out to create an operational level game. They are privately held, so don't get upset that they didn't build what you want. Charles and Steve built what they wanted, and found out that alot of other people wanted that also. As soon as you are the primary investor, maybe then you can make some of the decisions. Until then, I'm just damn happy that the Magnificent Bastards are doing what they are doing, because no-one else has done it.

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