[Freeciv] Re: Some questions

["Bobby D. Bryant" <bdbryant@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Reinier Post wrote:

> On Mon, Dec 18, 2000 at 06:34:43PM -0500, Mike Jing wrote:
>
> > My sentiment exactly.  What disturbed me the most are the staunch defenders
> > of this strategy that I met in the server.  I am worried that people would
> > come to accept that this is the only way the game could and should be
> > played, while in fact it is anything but.
>
> No, it is often the only way in which the game can be *won*.

I think that's what he was getting at.  If you can "win" the game using a canned
strategy that only touches on 5% of the features of the game, what are the other
95% of the features there for?

Some of us enjoy the experience of building a civilization.

Bobby Bryant
Austin, Texas