From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 25882 invoked by alias); 11 Jul 2004 05:57:33 -0000 Mailing-List: contact xconq7-help@sources.redhat.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: xconq7-owner@sources.redhat.com Received: (qmail 25872 invoked from network); 11 Jul 2004 05:57:33 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mail1.panix.com) (166.84.1.72) by sourceware.org with SMTP; 11 Jul 2004 05:57:33 -0000 Received: from panix5.panix.com (panix5.panix.com [166.84.1.5]) by mail1.panix.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 15C2648727; Sun, 11 Jul 2004 01:57:33 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from kingdon@localhost) by panix5.panix.com (8.11.6p2-a/8.8.8/PanixN1.1) id i6B5vX906876; Sun, 11 Jul 2004 01:57:33 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2004 06:01:00 -0000 Message-Id: <200407110557.i6B5vX906876@panix5.panix.com> From: Jim Kingdon To: xconq7@sources.redhat.com In-reply-to: (message from Hans Ronne on Fri, 9 Jul 2004 19:51:15 +0200) Subject: Re: Just say no to bungee paratroopers. References: <200407091610.i69GA3G06335@panix5.panix.com> X-SW-Source: 2004/txt/msg00701.txt.bz2 > Then there is the point I already alluded to, and that is that being able > to do rapid forward deployments makes most games more interesting. There is > nothing more boring than a stalemate "West Front" trench war situation. Good point. All too many xconq games verge on this problem already ("yeah, I'm pretty sure I'll win, but it is too boring to prove it"), so we should be wary of anything which might make it worse.