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Hi lordmaul13,

this will happen sometimes, you always can/will find a few cheaters and several people who complain about everything in a PBEM ( blabla in RL this or that can not be done...; this is against the historical concept of the game.....blablabla )

I hope you will find someone who enjoys a good game !!


Hi Steven,
I know you are not that old, but are you suffering from Alzheimer ?? [:'(]
Our first PBEM was WIR ( were I got whacked in late 43 )


Werner

Hi Werner,

We did WIR before BTR?

Christ I must be getting old [:D]

Steven

I agree with Mogami, publishing transcripts is in poor taste.

But I think an exception should be made when some one admits to reading an AAR that they should not be reading. That is a really good reason to call a game and under those circumstances I think its necessary to show why you quit . Otherwise your own reputation can be damaged.

Sorry it turned out this way.

Tom

By the way I am sitting here next to a pre-schooler who would find some of the comments in this thread in very poor taste if she could read. Anyone else see the irony in that?

What is needed is some kind of matchmaking service with personality profiles.

We could also develop some acronyms for "opponents wanted"

SH...strict historicalist
AG...Anything goes
NDOA...no do-overs alowed
OTPDOD...one turn per day or die
ECIC....enahnced civility in communication
OSOB....offensive SOB
IYSABABOUSIQ....if you say anything bad about Bush or the US I quit
OBUOTJ....offended by use of term "Jap"

What, you two couldn't have a nice, friendly war?

I know, I know, not my finest hour nor my proudest.

Hi, Public forums are not the proper place to air out dirty laundry.

Hi. That’s a blanket statement and you maybe correct in most circumstances. However I would not put it past Dan to bring this up and cast me in a negative light (or a more negative light than I deserve) or outright lie about. By coming here, out in the open, with direct quotations (of the parts that apply to the reasons for the game ending, there are other parts that actually dealt with the game, rather than insults and jabs at each other) from my email I think people will believe me and my reputation and honor (If life were Star Trek I'd be a Klingon) will stay better intact.

Shame it came down to this.

I agree. Once I got over the sick, empty feeling of Midway in December 41 I was actually looking forward to seeing if I could rise to the challenge and really shine. Yes, I made a horrible blunder but this is my 2nd PBEM ever. For WITP anyway.

Firstly, it is a great way to play but you need to find the sort of opponent who you can have a good game with and secondly (most importantly in my mind) someone you can TRUST.

I think I had the first, like I said, I was looking forward to the challenge. On the second point… I was this close to calling the game myself when he said he’d been reading this. Especially considering I asked him in email not to read it and it says in the very first post don’t read this. I imagine he was probably joking but if you joke about something like that don’t be surprised when you lose the other guy’s trust.

Lordmaul13 maybe you could find someone to play against that you know and trust?

Well, I’m still fairly new here, I’ve only actually been playing WiTP for a few months, maybe four at the outside. So I haven’t really gotten to know everybody. Like I said, I’ve only ever played one other PBEM and that was Guadalcanal against Titanwarrior. I thought he was a good opponent and I thought we got along fine.

this will happen sometimes, you always can/will find a few cheaters and several people who complain about everything in a PBEM ( blabla in RL this or that can not be done...; this is against the historical concept of the game.....blablabla )

It’s really sickening when it happens to you though. It almost turned me off of PBEM. If it wasn’t such a great way to play, it might have ended my PBEM career right here.

By the way I am sitting here next to a pre-schooler who would find some of the comments in this thread in very poor taste if she could read. Anyone else see the irony in that?

I’m sure about half of them are my own. My apologies. I can only say that I was pretty darn hot under the collar.

What is needed is some kind of matchmaking service with personality profiles.

That’s pretty funny. [:'(] [:D] Although, in a way, we do kind of have that. For example when someone says they play a “no house rules” game or they say they play an “anything goes” game.

lordmaul13

ORIGINAL: Tom Hunter
I agree with Mogami, publishing transcripts is in poor taste.

But I think an exception should be made when some one admits to reading an AAR that they should not be reading.

So, by your own admission, you have "poor taste". Try this on for size. This lordmaul dude manages to lose the KB in world record time--before Christmas of 1941. The next day a scandal is fabricated to force the game to an inglorious end.

Could it be? No, this lordmaul is clearly a regular Mother Teresa. All he needed was some carefully edited transcripts.

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