Clarification appreciated!
I believe I've made a life-long enemy of one of those Know Everything types.....
I accept neither lectures nor presumed authority......
BUT, the technical knowledge is definitely an asset. It allows you to make informed
choices. No point trying to sabotage fortifications with that 30 agent....but as long
as the innovative risks are designed to help the TEAM, and are communicated within
the group, well, I would hope that the Wise Sage would eventually be supportive....
The whole team can therefore share in the results, and either we all learn something
new, or Mr Wise Sage is proven right (they love that...) and all is good AND fun.
Personally prefer the risks and the new ideas, thinking outside the box is Always
worthwhile, and if it doesn't always work out, well you know, neither do all the Text
Book Chess-Style moves either.....
Regards,
Brad B
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On Sat, 30 June 2001, "Draugnar" wrote:
Here is the rule I live by. I play to have fun. Winning is fun, so playing
as a team is fun. However, I play with my money. If all I'm doing is what
everyone else tells me to do, it ceases to be fun and I will stop wasting my
time and money. In other words, MePBM is a team game, but only if everyone
on the team realizes that it is individuals running the various nations, not
automatons, does it remain fun. I occassionally do some interesting and
unorthodox things, but I at least let the team know what I'm doing.
Sometimes, they may try to talk me out of it, but if I really think it's
going to be fun and won't hurt the team, I'll do it and say "I did it
my........ way..........." Of course, most of the time it's one of those
daring and risky things that will either succeed with overwhelming success
or fail miserably, depending on just how much info the enemy has (and how
much guts). You know what they say, no guts, no glory! But in the end, "it
was (pause) fun."I guess what I'm trying to say is I'm a team player, but I won't let someone
else run my game for me.-Draugnar
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