As for teams that give up too early - I think that's for them to decide.
If the other team have bluffed them, then great. Post game discussions
are some of the best - there's nothing to stop the GM giving his view
after the event. The game also has a morale aspect - you batter the
enemy nation, and in your head you picture the depressed guy reading his
turn sheet. If you beat a team by eroding their confidence then that's
great - just look at what happens to the England cricket team every
year. Their skills are not cr*p, you can see that on paper, but the
other teams, esp. the bl**dy Aussies, intimidate them. The GM should
not intervene any more than an umpire should.
It goes for Aussies in general, I think, meaning applicable to the Aussies players
with Harlequn. They tell me insulting is a way of life with them, they regularly
abuse each another with insults, so therefore they would indeed appear much more
intimidating to more "cultured" ppl.
I'm already used to this after playing more than 2 years (way too long, :))
against and with them.
b.e.
MALAYSIAN
of Malaysia TAK Boleh