Posts made by Hepps01

Well truth be told I don’t really use the edit that much anyway (and it is very simplistic to use at any rate given the rare situations where it is justified or necessary).  On the well designed games there is little to no need for edits anyway.  In Triple A pretty much everything is now covered by the engine.  So the only edits I encounter is when people forget things and personally I’m not particularly fond of people editing because they didn’t take the time to plan their moves properly.  If you play a game and need to continually edit then you need to better learn how to play in i.m.o.

Anyway, thanks for the discussion.  I was just curious why people would use the program given the apparent lack of aesthetic design.

From everything I’ve read here it doesn’t appear that there are any advantages other then a few different ways of accomplishing the same thing.

Appreciate you taking the time to discuss this with me.

@Cmdr:

Forgot one, easier to update maps with battlemap too.  So putting bid units and cash in, and fixing any dice errors or forgetting to put units on does not require a PhD to perform like it does on TripleA. (Fine, not that complicated, but sure is a LOT more tedious than it is in Battlemap.)

Not sure what you mean.  I find editing with Triple A to be a very simple process.  maybe it’s just because I’m used to how it works.

Maybe I’ll try to download Battlemap and see.  But with the way it looks I doubt I’d ever use it.

I wasn’t ever trying to convince anyone of anything.

I was curious to understand what is good about Battlemap if the graphics are so horrific.

Nope, well past my 30 mark.  It’s not an issue of only playing games for graphics.  I think game play trumps graphics every time, in that if a games mechanics are good they are more important than the visuals.  That being said, I also think that given the availability of far superior graphics, I’d play the better looking game 100% of the time.

I would honestly never play it just based on the graphics.  Just my opinion though.

Not for not, I’m just curious.  I’m sure there must be some advantage to using ABattlemap, but why on earth would anyone want to play with such rudimentary graphics?   The units look like they are being made for an old Atari gaming system from the 1970s.

Doesn’t it seem like a rather remote chance that the Axis could really get there in a game?  I mean in the real war there was the element of surprise, however in a game you’d be able to see it coming.

Adding it to a N.O. seems fine, but it still seems like a pretty remote terr. to ever be taken.

I live Southern Ontario and in reasonably close proximity to Niagara Falls.

Been there a few times on bus trips to see N.F.L. games in Buffalo.

Pretty sure that if you were at the Sundowner  you weren’t in NY State.  You were in Ontario Canada.

I live in the Toronto area… so there will be no flying or Border crossings for me.

I’m looking forward to hearing more about this as it approaches.  I am probably going to join you guys this year.

LOL.  He actually kinda did use the word right as his explanation actually clouded the issue further.  ;)

Those British Inf are probably one of the finest examples of a paint job.  The Union Jack bases are done superbly and I think that the weathering and muted tones for the units gives a sense of realism I have yet to see.

Congratulations.  Fe-nominal work!

I’d be interested to know to what degree the Caribbean media covered the Hurricanes effects on New Jersey.

Here’s one someone will probably get.

“Gimme some sugar baby”.

Why wouldn’t you post pictures?

Whose going to be interested in buying something they haven’t seen?

Comfort food?

I’d have to say….

Slow roasted, pot roast stew.

Chicken pot pie.

Sheppard’s pie.

5 Squash Soup.

All of these would be home made of course.  That probably goes without saying.

Why would you need posts in order to post pics?  What’s the idea behind that?  Just curious.

I have to agree with the other responses here.  Posting this seems unnecessarily callus simply to make a joke.

You should really dial your sense of humor it back a notch.  Children dying should not be considered something to use for a silly commentary.

See!  Now that’s looking on the bright side!