Re: [risque] is this confusing to you too?

[Richard Rognlie <rrognlie@gamerz.net>]

On Fri, Oct 06, 2000 at 10:47:21PM +0200, Jeroen M.W. van Dijk wrote:
> I didnīt think it is confusing.
> I agree there are other ways to write down the battle info.
> 
> In the design process Richard has made some little choices.
> This makes it truely a product of Rrognlie and if you change those
> little things it become more a dzander project then a rrognlie project.

no no no.  pbmserv is a community project.  I'm just a driving force.
8^)

> If itīs a bug or the info is given in an incorrect way then I will be the
> first to ask for a change.
> 
> I like it the way it was and I like the new way.

For an invasion, it makes sense to show to target region.

For the Borderwar, it was a legitimate confusion.  I've changed the
code... it was trivial.

> I prefer to let it unchanged. A change is a risk and I donīt what to take
> risks with
> risque if I winning in risque if donīt take too big risks.
> 
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-risque-users@gamerz.net
> > [mailto:owner-risque-users@gamerz.net]On Behalf Of Douglas Zander
> > Sent: woensdag 4 oktober 2000 6:17
> > To: risque-users@gamerz.net
> > Subject: [risque] is this confusing to you too?
> >
> >
> >
> >     Border War AS sia swift (31) <-> AU mal bobharris (6)
> >         swift (25) survives to invade AS sia
> >
> >     Border War NA gre sharkey (13) <-> EU ice bobharris (1)
> >         sharkey (12) survives to invade NA gre
> >
> >  (My apologies to sharkey, swift and bobharris for using these examples)
> >
> >  Above are some examples from a recent game of Risque.  The thing is
> > that they appear to be backwards!  In the first example, swift was
> > originally in Australia (AU) in malaysia and bobharris was in
> > siam in Asia,
> > then they attempted to invade each others' territory.  *BUT* it looks as
> > if swift was originally in sia and bobharris was originally in mal before
> > the conflict.  I feel it should be printed out as:
> >
> >   Boarder conflict: AU mal swift (31) <-> AS sia bobharris (6)
> >        swift (25) survives to invade AS sia
> >
> >  this looks more like the combination of the following two separate lines:
> >
> >     AU mal swift (31)  -> AS sia
> >     AU mal            <-  AS sia bobharris (6)
> >
> >  How do others feel about this?   Does anyone really care to read the
> > battle reports that appear in their games (besides myself)?  :-)  :-)
> > Richard, if others agree, could this be changed?
> >
> >
> >
> >
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