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Old 04-24-2021, 03:05 PM
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Default When Helping Doesn't Help

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Originally Posted by mpipes
One final thing, there are people on the board that tried to help FL in their endeavor that feel betrayed by what FL produced initially.
If said "help" reads like the critique below, then how can one be surprised- let alone offended- that it was ignored/rejected?

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As I have said, the Alpha background reads like it was drafted by a left of center European's quasi-Socialist take on a NATO-Soviet war with zero knowledge of military matters, doctrine, or forces. Any 8th grade wargamer could likely have done better in my opinion. Worse, when problems were noted and explained, the developer/authors sagely nodded their heads and ignored the input. Put bluntly, and in my opinion, it was filled with blatantly anti-NATO biases and pro-Soviet sentiment. The setup for the nuclear exchange was absolute drivel. The only side that would initiate a nuclear exchange in a stalemate as described would be the Soviets! It was simply an awful setup and seemed more concerned with making some sort of a political statement rather than presenting a plausible, military doctrinal-based background.
Setting aside the issues of tone and presentation for a moment, does the above assessment of the v4 content still/equally apply to the Beta?

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