Archibald Posted January 11, 2003 Share Posted January 11, 2003 A word of advice to anyone hosting TCP/IP. Before you begin play, chat with your opponent so you know who you've beaten before he bails out in a sulk because he's losing. I've just spent four and a half hours playing an obviously very experienced player with an aggressive and dramatic style of play. He tried and failed with the Italian Gambit and gave me a hell of a time in France, but in the process over committed the British so much that I was able to launch Sea Lion before I'd even finished taking France. Once I took the UK in June 1941 I asked for a break via the chat function and was studiously ignored while he plotted a daring combined Russian-Yugoslav assault on the previously neutral Rumanians. I tried again when it was my turn and was again ignored. I even resorted to repeatedly typing "hello!" in different chat windows to fill his screen with text and gain his attention in case he had the sound turned down. Once again I got no reply. Just as I was finishing off my turn, which had seen me temporarily open a corridor to a beleagured Rumania and operate in enough reinforcements to hold out until the Luftwaffe arrived from the conquered UK in overwhelming strength, the connection was broken. I may be paranoid, but when someone I'm on the verge of beating refuses to reply to me and we lose the connection immediately I forestall his last chance of forcing a stalemate I tend to fear the worst. I know I shouldn't be peeved, as I'd effectively won the game. I'mjust annoyed at the bad manners of a bad loser. I have a shrewd idea who I was playing, but I won't name names without definite proof. I'm also not inviting speculation from others either privately or on the forum as to whom it might have been. All I would say is at least find out who you're playing, so that you're not left with the sour taste I was. That's my rant over. I feel much better now. Thank you for listening and we return you to the normal forum. [ January 14, 2003, 05:29 AM: Message edited by: Archibald ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerseyJohn Posted January 11, 2003 Share Posted January 11, 2003 Archibald Great posting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les the Sarge 9-1b Posted January 12, 2003 Share Posted January 12, 2003 If anyone ever wants to play me they can. I likely suck, and I don't spend much time on moves, because I learn more in 10 frantic games then I do in one dragged out thoughtful one. I play based on feelings, and I rarely bother to get into technical games. No one is going to learn any "Gambit" games off of me, but they will have to accept I sometimes get lucky. The only time I read a manual, is when all my cool moves seem to suck hehe. I learn from my mistakes, and I prefer to make as many as fast as possible. Why wait till SC2 comes out to play the game a dozen times eh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenfedoroff Posted January 12, 2003 Share Posted January 12, 2003 Archibald Most likely a spy checking out your game before the big tournament. Sincerely, "Paranoid in Plymouth" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archibald Posted January 12, 2003 Author Share Posted January 12, 2003 Originally posted by kenfedoroff: Archibald Most likely a spy checking out your game before the big tournament. Sincerely, "Paranoid in Plymouth"You do wonder... I've just read an AAR which is almost a mirror of the game I played as the Axis. They open my mail when I'm not looking you know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archibald Posted January 12, 2003 Author Share Posted January 12, 2003 Originally posted by Les the Sarge 9-1b: If anyone ever wants to play me they can. I likely suck, and I don't spend much time on moves, because I learn more in 10 frantic games then I do in one dragged out thoughtful one. I play based on feelings, and I rarely bother to get into technical games. No one is going to learn any "Gambit" games off of me, but they will have to accept I sometimes get lucky. The only time I read a manual, is when all my cool moves seem to suck hehe. I learn from my mistakes, and I prefer to make as many as fast as possible. Why wait till SC2 comes out to play the game a dozen times eh.I'd happily give you a game Les, as I'm another old 3R diehard who's experienced the horror of rolling two sixes in a row in a 2-1 on Gib. TCP/IP, Standard '39 scenario, your choice of sides. Let me help convince you of SC's merit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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