I'm sorry but I don't see any negativity in the post towards these Boards. Just going through my post:



Okay it could of been worded a little better but it was a direct question to a comment made about tournaments bring out the worst in people ... I wanted to know how many tournaments that person has been to. This was so I could identify how much experience the guy has, of tournaments, to back up this statement. I’ve been to over 120 tournaments, in many different systems, in 3 different countries and I feel this guy does not have enough relevant experience to back this statement up.



I then said TRC made a good point



I then asked people if they had changed the way they played to meet the threat AND gave a very good example to combat it ... I hardly think this is negative. Actually to me (thought I did write it) it sounds positive as it gives an explanation to deal with the threat.



Again not negative at these boards (though I can see how people could read it incorrectly); if you haven't got the activations to deal with your opponents tactics, or your opponent has targeted your formations that could potentially disallow him from landing a flyer to contest an objective then your opponent should be congratulated on playing better than you, and quite rightly deserved to win. Saying that the tactic is cheesy or shouldn't be allowed, doesn't mean that your opponent doesn't deserve the right to win the game and be congratulated.

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You've hit the nail on the head here TRC ... just look at this threat ... waaay of topic and four pages long.

Open forums, for me personally, are a very very difficult way of progressing army list development.

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Hmm, I've re-read my post and I can still see only one message - what else have I said?

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They certainly could, and those words are not alone.

To draw a good example, what was it all about when you were denying that you were 'Braveheart' on the forums, as well as 'OtterMatt'?
Obviously just a joke, but without other indicators it was, at the least, confusion-raising, and is emblematic of how limited the Internet is as a form of communication, and how easy jokes, or incautious words, can look like snide sniping.


The topic at hand was admittedly settled in the first few posts, and since then we've been having a free-flowing (and, I think beneficial) discussion.

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I read the seperated sentances (independent paragraphs) on their own, instead of grouping the meaning of the entire post into one message, and inferred potentially insulting connotations in that manner, if you don't see those possible connotations then you don't see them *shrug*.

I believe that it is this kind of daft thing that has lead the two mature and sensible communities to this juncture, where insults are assumed and railed against any time the discussion touches on tournaments.



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Now if only Man of Kent hadn't felt the need to label tournaments in the first place, this'd be a one page thread.  

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To be perfectly honest there is a very important reason why I have two accounts, one:

1) Is for my own personnel opinion (Braveheart). I wanted so much to enter debates with my own thoughts and ideas on this forum.

2) Is for offical EPIC UK business; i.e announcement of tournaments, entries etc.

However it has been very difficult for people to try to seperate the two (curse of being a member of a group I suppose) so therefore that's why I don't post very often (or in any of the army list development sections) in fear that people would read it as 'EPIC UK' speaking.

Abit sad really but never mind ... I did think of setting up a new account to view MY opinions so watch this space

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what connotations?

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I've already stated them to the best of my abilities. It is beyond my abilities to state them in a clearer manner.

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Guys ... put away the claws.

We've made a few mods to sand off the rough edges of the "game-iest" parts of the rules as a compromise.  You can't please everyone but I think the current rule hits the middle ground between abstraction/playability and simulation as well as can be accomplished.

There are aspects of a tournament scene that can bring out poor sportsmanship but it doesn't have to be that way and, in my experience, usually isn't.  In fact, not once have I been to an Epic tourney that I thought had a low level of sportsmanship.

I don't know why anyone begrudges the EpicUK guys their thing.  Sure, I would like it if they had decided to be more open and inclusive, but it's not like there isn't legitimate criticism of the more open style here on TacComms.  In the end it's their thing.  Let them make the trade-offs they prefer.  More efficiency for less diversity is a perfectly valid choice, even if you (the generic you) have different preferences.

Last time I checked, there has been a huge amount of cross-pollination and each of EpicUK and the TacComms/NetEA processes have benefited greatly from the other.  I still think that more cooperation would make for an even better product but overall the net result has been positive all the way around.

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where?

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Several times in my posts replying to you, including in ones you quote in your posts. I lack the ability to elucidate my thoughts further, and there's no point in me reiterating my thoughts if they will only repeat what I have already said.


Yes Sir.  

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I'll leave it at that. Claws withdrawn

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The Eagle has landed... and gone to the pub.

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