[geeks] [rescue] Video card request

[velociraptor]

On 12/1/05, Charles Shannon Hendrix <shannon at widomaker.com> wrote:
> Wed, 30 Nov 2005 @ 12:36 -0600, Brian Dunbar said:
>
> > Charles Shannon Hendrix wrote:
> >
> > > Most strategic wargames, for example, have an unavoidable god's eye
view
> > > for the player.
> >
> > Squad Leader - the paper game - had provision for 'fog of war' to get
> > rid of the god's eye perspective, but you needed two terrain maps and a
> >   referee.  Pain to setup, but it might have been worth it.
>
> Fog of war doesn't get rid of what I'm talking about though.
>
> In most games, you have instant world view, detailed statistics and
> maybe even individual unit details, and direct command and control. It's
> really cool of course, and I like it, but you wouldn't have that in real
> life.
>
> That's what I meant.

That's why I play paintball.  All the planning in the world doesn't
counter the fact that once the action's underway, chaos ensues.
Even GPS can't counter it.

=Nadine=