Re: OLY: breaking Beastmastery

From: rcb@kaiwan009.kaiwan.com (Robert Christopher Butchko)

Date: Tue, 19 Sep 1995 00:00:00 +0000

In article <43ll9k$k5a@snook.ccr-p.ida.org>,
David desJardins <desj@ccr-p.ida.org> wrote: [Note: quoted by generous
permission of the author; please see note below.]
>Robert Christopher Butchko <rcb@kaiwan009.kaiwan.com> writes:
>> Birds are, as you say, horribly overpowerful for the game and should
>> be done away with.
>Get a grip on reality.  Or at least on third-grade reading comprehension.
>I say what I mean.  Perhaps you should do the same.
Gosh, Mr. DesJardins, you said that birds were as bad for the game as
dragons, and my point was that dragons seemed to be overbalancing the
game towards beastmastery.  You replied to the post without expressing
disagreement.  I guess you were just too subtle for me.  Perhaps your
point was simply....  hmmm.... Well, I guess it was that dragons don't
overbalance the game because a piece with under half the combat rating
of dragons and the ability to fly would be an effective substitute.
Ahh, I get it now.  Sadly, the combat simulator needs to be rewritten,
because 10 dragons against 10 birds appears to win 97.6% of the time,
with average dragon losses of two.  Birds, the fair replacement for dragons
in your little thought exercise, seem to beat 10 giant spiders only
71% of the time, with average bird losses of six.  Those combat results
are, truly, interchangeable.  [Dragons against giant spiders, the real
test for comparability, was just too horrible to report]
>
>> I'm puzzled, though, as to whether you do, in fact, actually, straight
>> out, agree with me that beastmastery needs to be broken.  Could you
>> address the point directly?
>
>Yes, I could address that point, if I chose to do so.  Obviously, as
>anyone reading my post can see, I chose not to do so.
>Copyright 1995 David desJardins.  Unlimited permission is granted to quote
>from this posting for non-commercial use as long as attribution is given.

Considering the quality of thought and argument you put into the two
posts on this thread, I suppose I am in your debt that you chose not to
do so.
I only wish I had your ability to use time wisely.
Bra-vo.
-rcb

References

OLY: breaking Beastmastery
rcb@kaiwan009.kaiwan.com (Robert Christopher Butchko)
Mon, 18 Sep 1995 00:00:00 +0000
Re: OLY: breaking Beastmastery
desj@ccr-p.ida.org (David desJardins)
Mon, 18 Sep 1995 00:00:00 +0000
Re: OLY: breaking Beastmastery
rcb@kaiwan009.kaiwan.com (Robert Christopher Butchko)
Mon, 18 Sep 1995 00:00:00 +0000
Re: OLY: breaking Beastmastery
desj@ccr-p.ida.org (David desJardins)
Tue, 19 Sep 1995 00:00:00 +0000

Referenced By

OLY: breaking Beastmastery
rcb@kaiwan009.kaiwan.com (Robert Christopher Butchko)
Mon, 18 Sep 1995 00:00:00 +0000
Re: OLY: breaking Beastmastery
desj@ccr-p.ida.org (David desJardins)
Mon, 18 Sep 1995 00:00:00 +0000
Re: OLY: breaking Beastmastery
rcb@kaiwan009.kaiwan.com (Robert Christopher Butchko)
Mon, 18 Sep 1995 00:00:00 +0000
Re: OLY: breaking Beastmastery
desj@ccr-p.ida.org (David desJardins)
Tue, 19 Sep 1995 00:00:00 +0000