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August 27, 2008

Who wins?

[quote=Vladaar]The marines would win, because they would not stand toe to toe in open country against the brittish, but retrograde into the woods, and then dispatch them in such large numbers, that the brittish would retreat. If the brittish would not come into the woods, the Marines would come out at night and harry them in the cities. Ambush patrols, it would be bad for the brittish. Tactics of the brittish at the time stand no chance whatsoever against modern warefare today. Heh, even our

Who wins?

Sounds like the parameters of the experiment need to be made much clearer before anything "conclusive" can come of this wildly speculative discussion. :wink:

Who wins?

Well, the accidental biological implications are certainly considerable as a factor, but even without that one, who ever said that the marines would need a single bullet for each Brit?? Unlike the soldiers of the period, we now have nifty things called grenades, and mortars.. and even in the period in question they had carts and wagons to transport their ammunition and supplies.

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[quote=Hades_Kane] I think that about sums it up?[/quote] I would just add that the heavens did not fall. -Crat

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FWIW and at the risk of being consumed by a dragon :wink: the reference to the previous post wasn't meant to replace, but to add -- the ideas were complementary, not opposing. EDIT: fixed evil, evil spelling mistake.

Vlaadar on Colaboration, forked.

You're quite right that one shouldn't think a hobbyist project is doomed to failure. I should have added that one shouldn't think it will become a success simply by throwing more people at the problem. [quote=Sandi]It might even be suggested the ones running the failed MUD are the ones with more common sense. :surprised:[/quote] To some extent I don't want to agree, but I find myself thinking that you might be on to something pretty insightful here... :smirk:

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Bravo!

Vlaadar on Colaboration, forked.

Good points, David. "Struggling", I can see where someone struggling might appreciate some help. A "failing" MUD is simply one where they've given up "struggling", so they're really equivalent, I think. It might even be suggested the ones running the failed MUD are the ones with more common sense. :surprised: You are quite right about what it takes. But, I can tell you this from the music industry. You can't tell who's going to be a star. There's equally something wrong with thinking a

Vlaadar on Colaboration, forked.

I'm still a little bleary eyed from sleep, so keep that in mind, but I'm having trouble understanding the motivation. Let's say there's a "failing" MUD, and I run a "struggling" MUD. What's my incentive to take on staff? How much of my creation do I need to give up? Should I be asking questions about why the MUD is failing? I would be a little uneasy about these "mergers", although I suppose that had I listed myself on the site in the first place, I probably wouldn't be one of those uneasy peopl

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As a ratio of 1:1120 I reckon the brits have it. I'm not saying a Marine win isn't possible. But as a Gambling man, I'd go with the figures.

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To sum it up? I clarified what I meant, and that others are in favor of moderation, just less of it I guess? Or moderation that takes a "warn first, lock later" kind of approach. That misunderstanding seemed cleared up. Samson and Cratylus were going back and forth over a couple of things, but they just agreed to disagree. DavidHaley was saying Samson confused disagreement w/ disrespect, Samson took that literally, DavidHaley pointed out earlier posts to try to clarify what he meant a

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Lessee... each Marine would have to carry 1,000 bullets, and never miss... Any of you know what happened in the Korean War? I think Lobotomy is on track, given enough time it would be War of the Worlds. The Brits would die of the Asian flu.

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[quote=Vladaar]So I was thinking the qualitymuds site that Sandy made was a good idea at the time, but I was disappointed that it basically became a free advertising site, for muds that used it, and they stopped taking applications.[/quote] It's not mine, I was a late comer, in fact. I'll take some blame for it failing though. In the end, I think it failed because we couldn't streamline it enough before everyone gave up on how tedious it was. I think, right now, it would take at least 6 dedic

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someone sum up the last 4 pages for me, i dont have time to read this :(! edit: perhaps we should hire a moderator to handle just the long threads :p

Who wins?

The marines would win, because they would not stand toe to toe in open country against the brittish, but retrograde into the woods, and then dispatch them in such large numbers, that the brittish would retreat. If the brittish would not come into the woods, the Marines would come out at night and harry them in the cities. Ambush patrols, it would be bad for the brittish. Tactics of the brittish at the time stand no chance whatsoever against modern warefare today. Heh, even our hand to hand c

Vlaadar on Colaboration, forked.

[quote=The_Fury]Hmm, its an interesting idea, I would be interested in seeing you develop the concept further, its certainly new and original and that's something surely missing at the moment.[/quote] I would be glad to, if there is enough interest in it. I am devoting already too much time to my game, so I am not interested in spear heading something of this magnitude. Someone with website/php skillz who would be willing to tackle setting up a site like that would be needed. I would be

Vlaadar on Colaboration, forked.

Hmm, its an interesting idea, I would be interested in seeing you develop the concept further, its certainly new and original and that's something surely missing at the moment.

Vlaadar on Colaboration, forked.

[size=2][b] So I was thinking the qualitymuds site that Sandy made was a good idea at the time, but I was disappointed that it basically became a free advertising site, for muds that used it, and they stopped taking applications. So I thought what would make it possible for the struggling muds out there to join forces to work at making "super muds" like the big pay to play muds. Then I got an idea. Anyway, on with my idea. I had thought it might be something I would want to tackle myse

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Unintentional biological warfare is also a possibility, considering the genetic, exposure, and immunization differences between the Humans of both periods. It's possible that the British might eliminate the Marines via a mere cough, and vice versa.

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Skippy just isn't that frightening anymore. I should retire him to a beach in Malibu. :sad: On that note, g'night. - Zenn P.S.: My name should tell you something. I'm a robot. Zero Emissions, No Noise. Has to be a robot! =P So.. does that mean Skippy's eating ME? BAD SKIPPY.

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I'm sticking to the paradox theory.

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That's a Cylon? It looked a bit more like a Cyberman from Dr. Who. I guess it could be either one. No worries though. I've been eaten by a dragon once before, hence the undead state of my existence as an Iguanadon.

August 26, 2008

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[quote=Zenn]My dragon will eat you now. (picture)[/quote] So...Samson is a Cylon Centurion then? :stare: [quote=Zenn]I am not power hungry, I do not want to be a moderator. Here. Let's put it this way. I, Zenn, hereby swear on my honor that I will never pursue a position as a moderator on the MUDBytes community Quote me. Satisified? Kthxbye.[/quote] Going to need a signed and notorized copy, in triplicate. One for public reference, two for safe keeping and redundancy which will be

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Derailing the thread with horrible attempts at humor was kind of the point, to try and prevent further argument.. Also: [quote=Zenn]I find it kinda funny that people think I'm taking advantage of the situation to get power. :rolleyes: I could care less. The only reason I would [i]want[/i] power on a community site would be if I was .. 1) A forum bully who wanted to push people around for no particular reason. 2) Actively involved in the development of said site.[/quote] I am

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You're also seriously derailing this thread, and demonstrating further why a lot of us dislike the idea of you playing moderator.

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