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[2ndACR]

Well, GH is alot better than me........I would have told him to shove 90% of his HR demands. Anyone can be a great player if you tie your opponents hands behind his back. And then I would have told him to shove it the moment he started his whining about something...............especially an AAR I spent alot of time with like GH did.
 
Of course, what better way to humiliate a guy than to thrash him when staying within his HR's.

[Fishbed]

Well, GH is alot better than me........I would have told him to shove 90% of his HR demands. Anyone can be a great player if you tie your opponents hands behind his back.

Well I wouldn't like to comment any further on GH's questionable preferences, but looks to me that this man definitely likes to be tied-up by his partners. If you're looking for real hardcore action you know who to ask guys! [:D] [;)]

[pauk]

Ah Fishbed, you are not in China anymore? Just hollidays or party in China is over?[:)]

[Roger Neilson II]

ORIGINAL: String

Methinks someone thought that his opponent was getting too much guidance from other forum members and didn't like that. AFAIK that someone has been complaining about it before.

That is, of course, an understandable reason for getting upset. I'm sure most players might get upset if they realised they were not simply taking on an opponent, but a whole A team! in such a situation surely a request to not do that would have been sufficient? I am sure GH would have guaranteed that if asked.

It is an interesting issue the whole one of 'advice'. One of the reasons I have enjoyed playing in team games is the learning and advice I get from others. However when playing a single game there has to be an openness about whether advice is being given - and taken. I have seen some advice given here - but mainly it wasn't taken. OTOH its a pretty good way of learning things! I guess its another one of those things that has to be 'ironed out' with your opponent.

Of course it could be argued that Troll's posture almost made us root for GH.....

Of course we are still only making assumptions as there has been no response from whoever told GH to shut this down!

Roger

[Fishbed]

Ah Fishbed, you are not in China anymore? Just hollidays or party in China is over?

Ho man! Party in China is over since August already, and as far as I know, it's not party time for everyone in China right now (and you can trust me, it's not gonna get any better).

By the way, you left us, GH leaves us now, are you guys looking for a forum mass-seppuku or something? Maybe Im blind, but I didn't see anywhere why you finally abandoned us - the fact that you're becoming a family guy doesn't say it all [:'(]

[Roger Neilson II]

I have become concerned that if it was Trollelite that insisted GH stop this AAR the traffic on here is likely to make him feel he has been ignored and he will 'duck out' of the game. Can we close the thread now and add comments on the one I began - the ploute request one. He is able to read them there should he wish to.

Given GH has done everything he can to keep this game going it would be really ironic if we actually gave cause for the game to be shut down.

Roger

[dekwik]

This is a real shame. This AAR thread had a kind of Luke Skywalker versus Darth Vadar feel to it. And even Vadar had redeeming qualities. Troll was at the pinnacle of our community, and much as many complained, I certainly respected his ability. I thought he got a bad press sometimes based on his language skills. But now I wouldn't play him if he was the only player in the world. He's probably not missing that much, but I bet there's many good players out there who feel the same way......

[1275psi]

OK

Im playing GH at the moment, as japan, and I love AARs, and it looks like Im about to have to finish one as a bug has killed Tabpub and my game - a gazillion posts too[8|][:(].
Im writing a AAR of a different nature on the game against GH -and its a game a million miles from trolls type of game.

So - a little help - can I ask everyone to put the hard sell on GH to start an AAR on his game against me? Every game I play and write i never at the end get to see my opponents view -Tabpub was pretty intermittant.

As the dual creator with Wobbly of the dual AAR, Im hardly going to give problems am I[:)]

Just a thought.
I too am very dis apointed to hear about this -as an oponent he rates very, very highly.
PS - Tabpub does too!! -extreme disapointment there i must say!

[witpqs]

GH - My advice is too continue the AAR. Let Troll man-up or not.

The way I see it, he will quit the game whenever he pleases anyway. So far you have a game that has been frustrating due to gamey tactics and an AAR you like. If you stop the AAR the game just might stop on a whim anyway. If you continue the AAR, the game might still continue. But here's the clincher - within hours of the Troll game ending you can have another game going with one of many players who will offer and an AAR.

If you stop the AAR, you definitely lose out on what you enjoy. If you continue the game, you definitely win with what you enjoy. Think about it.

[FeurerKrieg]

I'm not surprised by this. Sometime ago I ended my subscription to this thread - mainly because I expected troll to just up and quit when some battle didn't go his way. This is about the same thing.

It really is a shame to see such a good, honest opponent (GH) go to waste playing a pointless one sided game. But I suppose if GH is enjoying, then so be it. Fishbed might be onto something with the masochism though...

[Feinder]

Methinks someone thought that his opponent was getting too much guidance from other forum members and didn't like that. AFAIK that someone has been complaining about it before.

I gotta respectfully disagree with you String.

While TE might indicate that he is the victim of having to play vs the suggestions of half the forum (maybe his has, maybe he hasnt), he set himself up for that with all his chest thumping and his dubvious "strategies". Frankly GE has played his own game, and taken the high-road at evey turn (good for you, thus making his staying it so much the better). I think the simpler and more likely explanation is that TE hit his high-water mark, he's not going to get an auto-vicotry, and he doesn't want to face the music. Something tells me if TE was still rolling, the AAR would be on as well.

-F-

[mlees]

ORIGINAL: String

Methinks someone thought that his opponent was getting too much guidance from other forum members and didn't like that. AFAIK that someone has been complaining about it before.

That's what I was thinking.

I mean, if GH was getting advice and tips from a half dozen or so players in the forums, Trollelite might feel that he was not getting GH's, and only GH's game, but Trollelite vs. several players at once.

I can sorta see why Trollelite might want a "gag order".

How about this compromise:

GH can post his moves to the AAR, but on a delay (a "week" of game time? a month?), so that any advice offered by the forum is a tad too late, as events have already moved far past that point.

[Roger Neilson II]

Based on the assumption that it was Trollelite who said to shut down the AAR - which may well be a good assumption to make its interesting that every time I have dropped by over this long weekend there has been no sign of him anywhere - so its all a bit irrelevant - he's not listening, if its him who ought to be.

Roger

[Fishbed]

Well maybe he does. One doesn't need to login to read all this, you know that Roger. Especially knowing that logging in may easily betray you now and then ^^

[aztez]

No word what actually happened here? Why?
 
What is the actual reason why this AAR was "banned"?
 
This whole episode does not make much sense at all.

[Roger Neilson II]

ORIGINAL: Fishbed

Well maybe he does. One doesn't need to login to read all this, you know that Roger. Especially knowing that logging in may easily betray you now and then ^^

Surely that is the action of an unspeakable cad only and no gentleman would stoop so low?

Of course anyone not in uniform found behind enemy lines can be treated as a saboteur and shot out of hand.......

Roger

[Fishbed]

Of course anyone not in uniform found behind enemy lines can be treated as a saboteur and shot out of hand.......

Do pink underpants qualify as a uniform?
Just want to check if there'll be friendly fire out there...

[Roger Neilson II]

ORIGINAL: aztez

No word what actually happened here? Why?

What is the actual reason why this AAR was "banned"?

This whole episode does not make much sense at all.

No-one is absolutely sure as the person who insisted upon the ban has not seen fit to explain this at all. At the same time GH has been bound by a gagging order.

The consensus seems to point the finger at Trollelite and the assumption is that he didn't like the way people were offering advice to GH. However that would indicate that Trollelite has been reading an AAR that he should not have done, or that someone has been passing info to Trollelite. However its all supposition and the only way the mystery will be solved is for the person who insisted on the ban to state why this happened. Until then it joins the great mysteries of the world - to be speculated upon until the end of time......

Roger

[Roger Neilson II]

Well the Theban Sacred band may have worn them.......

Roger

[okami]

Bump. GH may not be able to respond on this thread, but I for one do not adhere to underhanded action. If just the mere presence of this thread on the first page brings discomfort to the Troll.... my work is done.