Subj : Re: Apology to Silver
To   : All
From : Silver Dragon
Date : Tue Jan 07 2003 03:15 pm

Just so we dont get confused. Not releasing the TWA has nothing to do with 
protecting newbies. 
Silver Dragon
>From a message by Cherokee about Re: Apology to Silver:
> Kemper is right on target. The better players are continually assaulted
for being so much better than newbies. Why?

Why do people insist that newbies should be able to compete?

Nothing we can do (short of training them for several months) will
enable them to compete.



--- Kemper3 <twgsdotorg@twgs.org> wrote:
> 
> Let me get this straight... if given a large amount of time to plan, 
> a good player will beat a newbie immediately.  However, this same 
> newbie who can't come up with a good strategy after 30 days of 
> planning will be able to rapidly adapt to adversity and come up with 
> a winning strategy faster than a good team?  Also, this a tournament,
> 
> not the special olympics.  Let those who aren't cut out for it play a
> 
> different game. 
> 
> On 7 Jan 2003 at 8:27, Timberwolf wrote:
> 
> > 
> > what the file is gonna do is give certain players unfair
> advantages.
> > 
> > Guys like yourself, Prestone, Kemper, etc are excellent strategists
> and game
> > planners.
> > 
> > This leaves newbie teams behind in the dust before the game even
> started.
> > 
> > I would rather see a game baned with no edits announced at all.
> Just this
> > simple words in this example:
> > 
> > "5000 sectors, 750 turns, light edit ships, light edit plan

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