Complexity in Gaming (semi-OT)

1 posts ยท Aug 11 1998

From: Los <los@c...>

Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 14:23:49 -0700

Subject: Complexity in Gaming (semi-OT)

I thought you guys would get a kick out of this given the recent thread. This
is from the ASL ML, (Don't get me wrong I love ASL but....)

> Note the words "first" and "fire" in the term "Subsequent First

What you don't want to note are the words "subsequent" and "first" in the term
"Subsequent First Fire," since the former means "following another" while the
latter means "coming before in order" so that when you add it up "Subsequent
First Fire" means the kind of "first" fire that comes after other fire, making
it both first and not first simultaneously, so that you might even think it
might be better off being called "Middle Fire," except that might be confusing
because then someone might think that that would mean that you would have to
fire at the unit in the "middle" of the hex, thus eliminating Snap Shots, and
so that wouldn't be right either.

So just don't think about it.