ORIGINAL: DEB
I guess they don't have the same disregard for lives as us players!
That's a great post.
I have lobbied hard and long (sorry for the sexual overtones) that these games ought to restrict players to some semblance of what was possible for historical commanders.
But, no. All I see is, "We want to mod it," and "Just because it happened historically shouldn't mean we are restricted to doing that," and "I want to explore how it could have been, not how it was," and "If I wanted history, I would go and read a book."
And so on.
I started playing wargames based on the excitement level generated by Avalon Hill's old saying, "Do you ever wonder if you could have done better?"
I want what they got historically. I want to apply my skills and abilities to it and see what I can accomplish by comparison to what actually was done with it.
I could care less about "Suppose they built 183 Yamatos."
I guess that makes me a dinosaur. At least, I'm not a dinosaur who says, "Skrew your asteroid, I'm gonna keep on breathing, eating, and reproducing no matter what."
I'm sure you all hope I don't reproduce. Sorry, I already did. Twice. But don't worry. They wound up hating me, too.