Posts made by bossk

wow, dude; I geuss I don’t fit into your broad generalizations then. Stalinism is not an especially savory form of communism. Most communists you will ever meet will probably hate his guts. Stalinism is very dictitorial and most communists are big fans of democracy, that means there are very few stalinists; if fact, I’d go so far as to say it’s a dead movement.

I do agree with Yanny to some degree here. If a god does exist then I think he should respect me as a fellow occupant of the universe and sentient being. I don’t believe I need to praise him becuase he happens to be a particularly powerful being and could stike me down, if he so chooses, becuase I don’t stroke his ego, however it may be called. If god really has a problem with that and doing what I chose, whether or not it is sanctioned by god, then there isn’t really much I can do about it as a mere mortal; so I don’t worry too much about if my actions are the will of god.

My deviant friend forgets about the massive population and industrial capacity of the Soviet Union during the war. Another product of feelings of western superiority and the cold war; the only reason the Russians where able to do so well against the Germans was becuase they had superior numbers and got rather lucky, right? Yet another reason to distrust western historians (although they seem to be getting better).

Well, are you talking about Convoy centres or convoy routes? If you mean Convoy centres then they aren’t really Australian, they’re british and you divide the money between India and Australia how you see fit when you collect it. If you mean convoy routes then the income from the island or territory it is adjacent to is subtracted from the appropriate country’s income. You can learn all about both centres and routes on p. 22. happy playing.

I don’t think I really fit into any of these catagories; sure I’m proud of being a Canadian, but I don’t think it’s necissarily the best country in the world (how does one go about quantifying how “good” a country is), and it is not the only one I have known. I am also an American, and I’m not terribly proud of it, it’s just another citizenship to me.
Also, I don’t think I’ll comment about your posts, YB, I just hope that by blaming Europe you feel good about being an American. :wink:

First of all, I’m not sure what you mean about the Battleships and AC in the Baltic, so I’ll just ignore it. It sounds like you’re going offensive with the Russians a little too early; you don’t need to retake every territory the Germans have, that’s the beauty of playing the Soviet Union. So, instead of buying artillery I would stockpile my infantry for a bit (just to have a greater number of units); that includes spending your cash advance on infantry. I like to give 2 to the British to put in Malta (in hopes of saving the fighter) or in Egypt, and 2 for the Russians, usually placing them in Ukraine; but of course, this is all a matter of personal preferance. Also, I can’t see how the Germans are taking Ukraine on the first turn; 3 infantry, 2 artillery and 2 armor versus a potential 6 infantry and an artillery don’t seem like wonderful odds to me.
The nice thing about the attacker is that they have the ability to retreat, allowing the Russians to hit the Germans and do significant damage without spending themselves completely. This is especially useful in the first two turns, or so, as the Germans will still have fairly weak front lines from their initial assualt.
It also seems that the German player is choosing to ignore Finland and Norway, allowing the Russians to send some infantry and maybe a tank to go grab some income. I’d also recomend you place your freshly purchased units in Leningrad, it’s quite close to the front lines and useful for puting pressure on the Germans.
With the little amount of attention the western allies fleets are giving it should be very easy to kill whatever is left of the German fleet and begin building large numbers of transports. As for Egypt, let your forces sit tight there for a couple of turns as you get your infantry scattered around the whole Middle East consolidated; this is were the transport comes in very handy. It sounds as though the Germans are not transporting much in the way of reenforcements to the Afrika Korp, so the British should now have a superior force (especially if the Maltese fighter made it through the amphibious assault).
That’s all that imediately somes to mind as far a tips are concerned, I hope you enjoy crushing Germany. :wink:

Nice to see you back, Greensleeves. :)

Saddam got into power somehow; he has support. Somebody (and I’ll bet it wasn’t us) wanted him in power, who are we to say that he shouldn’t? And moreover, who is to say that we are more right than Saddam is? I’m not saying I agree with the little dictator’s ideas, beliefs, or actions, but we cannot judge Iraq becuase it doesn’t conform. If Saddam was truely terrible then there would be a revolution (they aren’t terribly hard to come by in the last century, they can’t be that difficult) and a new government would be put in it’s place. Why are we so quick to replace other people’s governments? We aren’t the ones that should be doing that, the oppressed themselves have that honor.

I didn’t think it was anything wonderful, and I found it very much more humorous than frightening. Sure there were a couple of parts that make you jump (most of which you can see in the trailer) but otherwise there wasn’t that much to be scared of, granted it was a bit suspensful; but even many of those were ruined by Mel’s incessant remeniscing. It really makes one wonder, though, about the intellegence of the ETs in the film; they are incredibly allergict to water (probably not dealing with carbon based here) yet they decide to invade a planet that is mostly covered by water, in one way or another, and abduct organisms that are also mostly water. It sounds like a real hell-hole for one of these aliens, not someplace you’d want to harvest your intellegent beings from.

The German subs cannot submerge before combat has begun. The subs must endure one round of attack and then those that remain have to option of defending or submerging.

Aside from painting a particularly rosy picture for the Axis, I noticed a couple of errors. You are attacking Karelia with 5 tanks in round 1, but in round 2 you attempt to attack the Caucasus with 7 tanks from Karelia. I also noticed that you used your infantry in Kwantung and Manchuria twice in the first round (against both India and China). Just thought I should point it out.

No, terrorists are different than sovereign nations. You see, Iraq is a sovereign nation, terrorists are not. Going around toppling sovereign nations is a bad thing. Imposing our will on sovereign nations is bad. Sure Iraq is hostile towards us (or at least it’s leader), but that doesn’t mean we should crush them; I consider that bad. Next we’ll be crushing communists right and left in the US becuase they don’t like the way things are run and have the potential (small, but there) to recreate the government, and that’s scary becuase it’s change. Communists don’t make Americans (most) feel safe, therefor they must go. I can simplify this further, going after Iraq is BAD.

I find massive amounts of tanks rather unnecessary. I can usually do with buying perhaps 4-6 tanks for the entire game as Japan. With adequate air support (which is very abundant as Japan) and knowing when to retreat these tanks will stay with me the entire game; it’s large numbers of infantry fast that I’m usually more concerned over.

I agree that it is foolish to buy anything other than infantry for some time, but I do like to strafe at the begining of the game; it allows me (Russia) to have some control over the front. Not feeling in control is probably one of my worst enemies.

I never place ICs within transport range of Japan; I consider it a bit of a waste. The only time I really buy one is to place in former Soviet territories (or India occationally), as it can be a frustratingly slow task to get infantry from the caost all the way to the front lines.

I’d like to disagree, respectfully. I find that hit and run tactics (also known as strafing among some) can be very useful for the Russians to prevent the Germans from building up, and to a very limited extent on the Japanese. I’d much rather attack a stack of tanks than be hit with it. Of course the Germans will probably buy more infantry than tanks, by taking out a fair percentage of these infantry each turn will effectively stall the Germans’ offensive nearly indefinately. I like to take out a few infantry in Manchuria within the first 2 turns just to prevent the Japanese from making too much headway too quickly.

If only someone could have peered into the future and avioded any unpleasantness for the entire human race; aaahh! Golden Path. I’ve been Reading too much Frank Herbert :)

I recently discovered this event and I plan on attending in future years. The Diplomacy tournement looks especially interesting.

Can Saddam even get whatever weapons of mass destruction he might have to the US? Surely he knows that any sort of attack directly on the US or one of it’s close allies would bring about his destruction; I don’t believe even Saddam is that stupid.

I don’t believe Isreal to be an especailly expantionist nation. The only reason it has ever gained any territory from it’s inception was to setup sort of buffer areas between it and the various hostile nations sorrounding it, and only when threatened by hostile military campaigns against it. Most Arab nations have learned by now that tangling with Isreal is a bad idea and tolerates it’s existance.
I also believe that invading Iraq is a bad idea. Why should the US invade a country that it is on less than friendly terms with? Where is it stated that every state must suck up to the current superpower? The Iraqis are not threatening the US or any of it’s allies, they simply hold a low opinion of us.