Posts made by critmonster

God is God, we try and define him in human terms (and always have) or in terms of the physical properties of nature (always have even longer) and we continually grasp at concepts beyond our physical universe and fail to fully comprehend them.  God exists outside of the physical universe otherwise creation (big bang, et al) would not be possible.  so please forgive me if i come up short in my attempts to describe Him in language that does not enable me to do so :|

Inf/artillery cost more than 2 inf.  They attack the same and defend the same, but cost more.

what chu talkin’ 'bout willis?

i feel art is early game and as it moves forward with the inf then armor can catch up for the knockout punch with steady columns of infantry feeding new fodder to the slaughterhouse

balungaloaf;

when you talk of God and Christ your tone and clarity improve dramatically  :mrgreen:

remember you are an ambassador of Christ when posting elsewhere as well.  for this reason alone others will seek to provoke us into responding in ways that validate themselves and their positions.  we canot allow them to draw us into such behavior by reciprocating.  they are mislead, they are POW’s if you will, they will be given another chance (and another, and another and…)

Posted by: cyan

Quote from: critmonster on Today at 05:01:14 PM
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is spreading lies one. if it is then Jen has that one down flat.

out of line dude

sorry forgot this was a primearly republican place.  also sorry i don’t look at Regan like he was a god.

you are making less and less sense with each post.  and aren’t you the one who dogged me out about improper grammar/spelling?

calling someone a liar IS out of line (IMHO)  disagreement is fine, even healthy as long as the discourse is civil and the information exchange is pertinent.

is spreading lies one. if it is then Jen has that one down flat.

out of line dude

God can be a touchy subject for sure, but as they say “there are no atheists in a foxhole”

but He is the one who will reach them in their own time (hopefully) and show them what they need to know :mrgreen:

good thing you caught that before cyan pepper 8-)

fort is fun and has the advantage of a quicker play out

shogun is great

conquest, being the first of the brood, is too simple but i am interested in trying the variant

a&a is still king

Posted by: ShadowHAwk

I still think that 8VC with the current board and setup is doable for the allies if the rules are slightly bend.

8 VC but you have to keep all 8 for 1 full turn ( lose 1 during the turn even if you take it back resets the score )

i said this at the beginning of the thread, maybe you will get more love  :cry:

we play this way , especially if the allies have an experience advantage.  we also don’t use a bid in this format

well johnny, i guess your sylable count chased them away  :lol:

its a pitty, because i was looking froward to some more stories :mrgreen:

If you want to call me an arrogant bastard, that’s fine, even accurate a fair amount of the time.  But call me an arrogant bastard because I’m an arrogant bastard, don’t misquote me!

i have no desire to call you that, nor was i offended by your post :mrgreen:

i apologise for poor emoticon use  :oops:

that’s funny, and it wasn’t over the top the way so many of them are.  as a christian i thought it was hilarious

russian artillery if you are trading single countries (holding the one you took while vacating the one you took it from)  if you are ‘nibbling’ then inf/air is vastly more cost effective.

i also used to just buy the art when i had the extra buck, too piece meal.  either art and mean it or save the buck for next turn

Posted on: January 26, 2007, 04:58:02 PMPosted by: ncscswitch

And Darth used a great anaology with the “know when to fold”

Posted on: January 26, 2007, 08:10:58 AMPosted by: critmonster

that’s where skill comes in, like the poker analogy (and the song says)

you got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em

my names not darth  :wink:

Posted by: newpaintbrush

Quote from: squirecam on January 26, 2007, 02:34:05 PM
crit, what post were you responding to?

The one in his head?

the one that was responding to me perhaps?

IMHO S. Africa IC is useless until you’re already winning

i wouldn’t go so far as to say worthless, it cleans up africa and allows usa to go europe or pacific as well as setting up a flow of troops into persia.  since this is a thread about japan and having a way to get into south east asia would involve japan and some of us are willing to try new concepts even if “the powers that be” find them sub-optimal i felt it worth mentioning, even if it is only ‘in my head’

:?

:-D?

:cry:?

seen and/or done that.  against skilled japanese play it is an expensive waste, especially if you also have skilled german play crushing russia in europe.  i am intrigued by the “asian wall” potential and am wanting to experiment with the much maligned south african complex shuttleing troops into sino-asia combined with an american solomon island staging area and/or sink complex. 
unfortunately it still seems like heavy uk/usa pressure on germany to free ussr up to push back at japan seems to be the best

since most of our games are the full 5 player it is harder to coordinate the allies effectively.  however, last week we did the sinky binky with heavy russian presence to the east and held japan back long enough to crush germany.  as a caveat however, the skill level of the axis players was in the average range at about 6 games each.  i am confident that if a more experienced player was at the helm japan would have been drinking vodka and headed for the bratwust stand

personally, i would like to see more strats for STOPPING the juggernaut that is japan besides kgf  :-P

that’s where skill comes in, like the poker analogy (and the song says)

you got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em

in other words, pull back and regroup don’t suicide your remaining forces in jsut to get slaughtered.

if you attack ukraine for that tasty fig and get 0-2 and he nails you guess what?  it is probably a good idea to retreat baack to caucasus and possibly even change your placement and next rounds buy/strategy

Posted by: froodster

Quote from: johnny on January 24, 2007, 05:40:19 PM
“By faith Abel offered to God a better sacrifice than Cain, through which he obtained the testimony that he was righteous, God testifying about his gifts, and through faith, though he is dead, he still speaks” Hebrews 11:4 - Abel - victim of Godless philosophy (see above above quote for details.)

It is funny how Abel’s “philosophy which rejects them” not only can hope to stand, but has stood for a very long time.  I doubt Bertrand Russell’s words will be around as long as Abel’s.

Maybe not, but neither will be around after the sun gets blowed up. Which will prove Bertrand’s point quite nicely, only none of us will be there to know it…

if your right, maybe so.  if i’m right, maybe no :wink: