Ye owd sniper morality question...

[Robin Reeve]

I would find not the least pleasure winning on a : "Gotcha! You forgot to place your reinforcements before the wind DR!" or similar "I knew it all the way but I didn't tell you, nananaaa!" sorts of situations, so I do my best to prevent them.

That said, I do like to take advantage of my knowledge of the rules to apply a good "trick" like skulking, deploying Russian squads through transfer of prisoners, VBM freeze, etc.

We all have different standards to separate gentlemen from rascals.

 

[Eagle4ty]

From what I've seen from many players is that they tend to harder on themselves than on their opponents, an example is the Direct Fire Smoke>OBA Smoke>OBA>other-shots thing. Many times I've heard the guy say words to the effect, "Oh crap! ...popped that OBA before I shot my direct fire smoke! Guess I'll sure remember it next time!" Even when I offer to let them continue with direct fire smoke, they'll say "No, if I do it now, I'll never get it right!" Most people I've run across are VERY forgiving to their opponents but do not avail themselves of leniency offered by others. And yes, this is at tournaments as well!

 

[Helmseye]

good manners and sportsmanship are always optional

however whoever doesn't show them loses more than they gain

 

[Helmseye]

and again i would add that if its a tournament that the above still applies, perhaps more so

 

[Rockford]

Devil's advocate here right, but what's the actual difference between someone saying "it's not +2 to hit, it's actually +4 because you're missing THIS important modifier" and someone saying "you should button those tanks up else they can't fire"

I might very well be evil.

AS lightspeed noted above, they really are pretty different. Modifiers are not optional. Both players should be working together to get the rules right. On the other hand there may be a strategy to having a tank CE. He might be trying to get road rate, or suck up a sniper shot to preserve a 10-2 kill stack.

And yes, if I could think of no good reason to have those RST tanks CE, I would probably say something like "Hey dum dum! Your tanks can't fire."

 

[Martin Mayers]

AS lightspeed noted above, they really are pretty different. Modifiers are not optional. Both players should be working together to get the rules right. On the other hand there may be a strategy to having a tank CE. He might be trying to get road rate, or suck up a sniper shot to preserve a 10-2 kill stack.

And yes, if I could think of no good reason to have those RST tanks CE, I would probably say something like "Hey dum dum! Your tanks can't fire."

As would I, unless it was a really good player I was playing who knows the rules. Then, you're basically playing the game for them. What's the point in that. It's like Gary Kasparov saying "hey man...don't forget my Bishop can move diagonally and nail your Queen if you do that".

I can just about see the line and I accept the point on the mods. But I do want my games to be fair but hard, and I wouldn't want someone bailing ME out on one of my fuck ups in a tournament situation.

 

[Martin Mayers]

and again i would add that if its a tournament that the above still applies, perhaps more so

You forget. Some of us have played you.

 

[von Marwitz]

It's like Gary Kasparov saying "hey man...don't forget my Bishop can move diagonally and nail your Queen if you do that".

The bishop could surely do that - but he would break celibacy...

von Marwitz