Spitzenhund Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 What do you guy's do after you lose a scenario? I get stressed out because I know whenever I retry the scenario I will already know where everything is. And if it's part of a campaign I can't skip it. I'm wondering if people have ways to deal with this or if everyone simply doesn't lose. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sburke Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 Many scenarios have multiple plans. Don't take for granted it will play out the same. In my case after a good cry, I'll get a shower, have a beer and sit on the back stoop trying to figure out if my life has any meaning at all. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antaress73 Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 I drink myself to sleep. Thinking of all the lives I wasted because of my incompetence 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyD Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 (edited) From my old scenario building days (I haven't done any for awhile) I've perfected the art of *making believe* I don't know where opposing units are. I tell myself for the sake of testing I am 'officially unaware' that that clump of trees hold a mg nest. If I decide to target it I ask myself "Would someone who was unaware of the mg nest target that location?" If you sufficiently delude yourself you can get 2-3 good run-throughs before finally cracking and shelling every known enemy location on the map for spite. Edited February 2, 2015 by MikeyD 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AttorneyAtWar Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 (edited) Cry and ask myself if all the death and destruction was worth it. Edited February 2, 2015 by Raptorx7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BletchleyGeek Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 Cry and ask myself if all the death and destruction was worth it. I am not into crying as a coping strategy, but I can't help feeling a bit sad. One of the saddest memories I have was in the A Temple to Mars scenario in CMFI. Far too many GI's lied strewn on those snowy slopes. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sburke Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 I am not into crying as a coping strategy, but I can't help feeling a bit sad. One of the saddest memories I have was in the A Temple to Mars scenario in CMFI. Far too many GI's lied strewn on those snowy slopes. Oh man that one was brutal, true misery. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dams-fr Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 After a lost scenario, I take a coffee ! And then, I try to understand how I can be so bad tactician and poor commandant . Later, I come back on this scenario and I put the bar higher , aiming for the overwhelming victory before dying again and again . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macisle Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 I like to give my dogs a new cuddly stuffed toy. -To tear apart. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miller41 Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 I remember why i joined the navy instead of the army Cause I can't lead a thirsty horse to a stream and they are not shooting at the horse either 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peregrine Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 Electric zap a la Ghostbusters then move on. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hister Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 If I'm not too tired from all the mouse clicking assigning unit waypoints and commands I reload to the save game where I still have a chance to win the damn thing but then game becomes more of a chore then real, pure enjoyment. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baneman Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 (edited) I am not into crying as a coping strategy, but I can't help feeling a bit sad. One of the saddest memories I have was in the A Temple to Mars scenario in CMFI. Far too many GI's lied strewn on those snowy slopes. Oh god, I'm in the middle of that one and it's like Verdun. There's men all over the map, cradling their buddies' bodies and sobbing. Some are running in little circles. We've broken in to an enemy position and ... there's more of them My men also appear to have mastered the art of shooting over the enemy's heads ( one guy fired a full Tommygun clip at 2 fleeing Germans at 30-40m and missed ) whereas all the Germans have Richthofen-like accuracy I started with quite a lot of men. It aint gonna end like that. I'm going to need every strategy in this thread even if I win ( seems unlikely ) Edited February 2, 2015 by Baneman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L0ckAndL0ad Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 In Single Player, I mostly ragequit and try again later. In PBEM, I discuss how fun the mission was, with my partner. Somehow, taking casualties from a real opponent feels more "fair". What I've found myself doing every time - analyzing, learning from my own mistakes. The enemy is your greatest teacher, cuz he can show you your weaknesses. Knowing that every loss makes me better obviously helps. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agusto Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 (edited) I commit seppuku. Every time. After my second has chopped off my head and replaced it with a better one, i try to figure out which tactical mistakes lead to my defeat and play the scenario again. Usually that leads to a completely different approach on my side, which keeps the scenario interesting during the 2nd play through and additionally i learn something that way. Exceptions are campaign missions and PBEM of course. During campaigns is usually accept defeat and carry on if my losses allow it, during PBEMs i am can accept loosing too. Loosing doesnt feel as bad when playing a human opponent, probably because a real opponent is actually inetlligent which then AI is not. Most scenarios are designed in a way so that the player can win vs. the AI, so if you loose, you ve probably made one or several severe mistakes. A human, on the other hand, might just be better than you, so even if you dont do anything really stupid there is a good chance of loosing. Edited February 2, 2015 by agusto 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUCASWILLEN05 Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 Be glad I am not doing the job for real because I got lots of people killed. Think of all those graphical widows and orphans 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fizou Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 I try to analyse what went wrong and why. Then get back at it again. Not going over the AAR screen helps if you want to keep the FOW in the next atempt. In campaigns, I just continue with the loss if the campaign allows it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAKODA Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 If I stumble into an ambush and take heavy losses my face turns bright red, the veins in my neck start bulging, my eyes roll back into my head and I bang my fists in fury on the computer desk and curse the scenario designer. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c3k Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 I laugh at the futility of my pixeltruppens' sad, little, lives. Then I call for more to take the place of the fallen. As the new men eagerly take their places, I swirl my glass and pick where my whimsy will send them next. Ken 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antaress73 Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 Blood.. More blood !! The Gods are thirsty ! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antaress73 Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 Blood.. More blood !! The Gods are thirsty ! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antaress73 Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 Blood.. More blood !! The Gods are thirsty ! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUCASWILLEN05 Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 Blood.. More blood !! The Gods are thirsty ! You want to bathe in Russian blood for a week! :-) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antaress73 Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 Sorry for spamming.. The post button was stuck on my phone again 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
db_zero Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 If I was playing the American side I go shoot off a box of 5.56 from my AR15. If I played the Russian side a box of 7.62x39 gets expended from an AK47. I feel better afterwards. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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