You people are all quite mad!

[miral]

And I say this affectionately. I don't play WITP (though I have tried, arghhhh) but I like to look at the forum from time to time. I am convinced that you are all the victims of some wierd compulsive behavorial disorder. Not that I am one to talk, having played wargames for 40 years, about every day of that time. But WITP. I did try, I did. Then, in midst of another hour of loading up vast fleets of cargo ships to distribute C-rations to islands spread halfway across the globe, I grasped my sanity, and fled in most cowardly manner, to live to fight another day.

But I like to come to this forum because I am constantly impressed by the people who do play WITP with such dedication. Your great knowledge of WWII, your persistence, your constant searching for the ultimate detailed wargame (or simulation, but lets not get into that one) are all admirable qualities. I am in awe. I believe I could go with a WWII strategic level game that had weekly turns, but no smaller. But those of you who play it day by day!!! Actually, I don't whether I admire you or am afraid of you. Probably both.

But please keep at it; your threads are delicious. This, of course, calls for no reply, but feel free to tell me to go away. Thank you.

[Terminus]

Mad? Mad, you say? I say "pish tosh" to that; not because it means anything, just because it's fun to say...[:'(]

[JeffroK]

Go Away
 
Gooo Awaaaay.
 
Yingtong iddle I pooooooo.
 
[:'(]

[Ursa MAior]

Oh miral. Dont bother with T. He is our forum clown. [;)][:D]
 
Among others. [8D]

[niceguy2005]

ORIGINAL: Terminus

Mad? Mad, you say? I say "pish tosh" to that; not because it means anything, just because it's fun to say...[:'(]

Mad? He must be talking about you Terminus. He can't be referring to me.

[Terminus]

ORIGINAL: Ursa MAior

Oh miral. Dont bother with T. He is our forum clown. [;)][:D]

Among others. [8D]

Yes, I've never contributed anything whatsoever to the WitP community in any way, shape or form. Yupyupyupyup...[8|]

[Cuttlefish]

You may have something there, miral. But you have to be careful even visiting this place:

Alice: But I don't want to go among mad people.

The Cheshire Cat: Oh, you can't help that. We're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad.

Alice: How do you know I'm mad?

The Cheshire Cat: You must be. Or you wouldn't have come here.

[miral]

As I said, I'm not one to talk, and I got my numbers wrong (brain going with age, I suppose).  I've played wargames about everyday for over 50 years, so I've no right to call anyone mad for having a, what shall we call it that's nice?  Fixation, interest in, raving obsession, with any particular wargame.  There is a wonderful Borges short story in which an obsessive map maker ends up making a map of a country that is 1 to 1 scale; the map is the same size as the country.  Good analogy for WITP.

[Knavey]

WOOOOOT!
 
Miral said it first...even though he doesn't know it.
 
WITP II
 
1 to 1 scaling!

[ctangus]

What makes you think we're mad??? [&:] As you can see below we're all perfectly sane... [;)]

[pmelheck1]

1 to 1 scale   awesome
 
now make it real time and it would be perfect!  or better yet half speed !!!
 
[:D]

[Gen.Hoepner]

That's War in the Mediterrenian! I see Italy Clearly!!!

[Raverdave]

"I know I've been mad, I've always been mad" ---Queue music-- "Us (us us us us), and Them (them them them)"

[Grotius]

Nice post, miral! I actually have persuaded some of my non-wargaming friends to read this board on occasion. A couple friends were entranced by Cuttlefish's AAR, for example. There's nothing quite like this forum. Er, which may be for the best. [:D]

[BrucePowers]

ORIGINAL: niceguy2005

ORIGINAL: Terminus

Mad? Mad, you say? I say "pish tosh" to that; not because it means anything, just because it's fun to say...[:'(]

Mad? He must be talking about you Terminus. He can't be referring to me.

Or me

[msaario]

Dude, you just haven't played enough [:)]

Resistance is futile... (just taking an 18 month break from Witp to clear the head before AE comes out).

--Mikko

[ny59giants]

It was mad on 7 Dec 07 when news of AE came out.
We are all, except "T," back on our medications. [;)]
But when AE does come out, then madness will be just a common cold on this board. [:D]

[Warspite3]

Hi miral, I was doing the same thing, since WitP was first released I been coming to this forum off and on. I notice you over on the AT forums a good bit where you see me too. I finally just got WitP a few days ago, got the physical today. Its completely impressive to say the least. Oh yeah, detail like I have never seen, ever. It will certainly take me longer to learn then AT did even though there is alot to learn in AT as well, its just easier than WitP to keep up on what is going on. I think WitP takes a specialy breed that really loves the pacific theater, much like me even though I have never really tried to handle an expert level wargame before, this would be the one I will give a shot. Another pacific wargame I love is pacific storm, thats a good one but many here may not like it too much, its not as detailed as WitP but stands on its own and I personally love it. After I learn how to play WitP, I may not like pacific storm anymore but time will tell.

ORIGINAL: miral

And I say this affectionately. I don't play WITP (though I have tried, arghhhh) but I like to look at the forum from time to time. I am convinced that you are all the victims of some wierd compulsive behavorial disorder. Not that I am one to talk, having played wargames for 40 years, about every day of that time. But WITP. I did try, I did. Then, in midst of another hour of loading up vast fleets of cargo ships to distribute C-rations to islands spread halfway across the globe, I grasped my sanity, and fled in most cowardly manner, to live to fight another day.

But I like to come to this forum because I am constantly impressed by the people who do play WITP with such dedication. Your great knowledge of WWII, your persistence, your constant searching for the ultimate detailed wargame (or simulation, but lets not get into that one) are all admirable qualities. I am in awe. I believe I could go with a WWII strategic level game that had weekly turns, but no smaller. But those of you who play it day by day!!! Actually, I don't whether I admire you or am afraid of you. Probably both.

But please keep at it; your threads are delicious. This, of course, calls for no reply, but feel free to tell me to go away. Thank you.

[bradfordkay]

Warspite3 wrote:

"I finally just got WitP a few days ago, got the physical today."


What??? You have to pass a physical to play WITP? Why is that? Because a PBEM is likely to run several years and you guys want to make sure that both players will live long enough to complete it?

[Knavey]

Its the new requirement.
 
They want you to be aerobically fit BEFORE you start to become a computer couch potato.