15-04-2001 14:50									#1
	MichaeltheGreat - So far so good. Support Apolyton, buy Galactic Civilizations: Deluxe Edition

So far I think he's doing an excellent job as the new mod. Although we all saw that pathetic attempt at an April Fool's joke a mile away. He has produced higher than expected results. Does this mean that Ming is now going to slack off? Will MLeanard finally show up? Only time will tell. So, Has anyone else got comments?

	15-04-2001 17:45									#2
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I didn't kiss the Reb's butt before and I won't now. He knows the job, and he's doing it. Nuff said. BTW, I saw where Mleonard closed a thread the other day, so he's on the job.

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	15-04-2001 20:36									#3
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He's ok.

He was supposed to ban me couple times now, i'm surprised i'm still here.

	15-04-2001 22:54									#4
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As I have been a forum admin, my take is that admins must be strict enough, and he's doing some good job.
What would he do with the 24 Cofee Shops?

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	16-04-2001 01:28									#5
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He's still biased .

	16-04-2001 02:19									#6
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I very much like the fact that he made an announcement thread today, informing the OT of the disabling of two logins, and of the reason why they were disabled.

This is something I've often wondered why Ming didn't do. It helps in keeping track of who's not around and for how long, as well as establishing some kind of enhanced precedent for what kind of posting behaviour the mod will accept. All for the better of the community I think.

Keep it up MtG, you're doing fine.

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	16-04-2001 07:19									#7
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I didn't kiss the Reb's butt before and I won't now. He knows the job, and he's doing it. Nuff said. BTW, I saw where Mleonard closed a thread the other day, so he's on the job.


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I just saw a message where Mleonard laid the law down. I take back everything I ever said about him. Since I hardly ever saw him on and never made a comment before this thread, that wouldn't be that hard to do.

	16-04-2001 09:29									#8
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He knows the job, and he's doing it. Nuff said.

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Damned fine compliment from one troop to another. Doing the job is what it's about. Thanks to anyone else for the compliments as well.

Eli - you chilled when I asked you to. So I didn't see any reason to ban you.

If I can work things out with posters behind the scenes, by pm or ICQ, I prefer to do it that way, rather than make public displays and disrupt the forum. As long as that works, then that's the way I'll handle things, unless I think something needs to be visibly addressed so that others know the policy.

	16-04-2001 18:39									#9
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Additional thought: If MtG continues like he's started out today, the entire OT will be closed in about 7½ hours. Of course, that'll give us ample time to read through all the threads when we can't post to them...

	16-04-2001 22:07									#10
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Well, hopefully the entire OT won't take 7½ hours to get the message.

	16-04-2001 22:29									#11
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</font><font size=1>Originally posted by Sprayber on 04-15-2001 05:50 AM</font>
So far I think he's doing an excellent job as the new mod. Although we all saw that pathetic attempt at an April Fool's joke a mile away. He has produced higher than expected results. Does this mean that Ming is now going to slack off? Will MLeanard finally show up? Only time will tell. So, Has anyone else got comments?


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Yeah, he is doing a great job.. and best of all he still posts like a normal poster... good on you Mike

	17-04-2001 00:17									#12
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I have no trouble separating my poster self from my mod job. The only thing is I lock the flamethrower up.

There are some people who will over time be some of the biggest pains in my mod job, but I like them personally and their trolls crack me up - but I have a job to do.

There are some people whose views on some subjects (and obtuseness, IMO, though I'm sure they think the same of me ) drive me nuts, but they never even come close to violating any of the rules.

The fun is in the posting though, so I won't give it up unless I really run low on time. Having to read all the threads and do the mod job forces me to post shorter, so I'm sure there are some sighs of relief there.

	17-04-2001 00:53									#13
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Well, you are handling things now very well. I don't think Apolyton has ever been better, and I'm sure many would agree.

	17-04-2001 00:58									#14
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Give it a rest !, if they wanted to ban you, they'd have done so already.

	17-04-2001 01:27									#15
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Excuse me they will not ban me as they gave me awarning you fool.

Now as Lancer said, if they don't ban me he'd leave, good riddance.

	17-04-2001 05:09									#16
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and it all turns to ****e........ 'nuff said

	17-04-2001 05:16									#17
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Well I get the impression that Mtg is a quite a bit stricter than Ming but I don't have any complaints about that. (except perhaps the banning over the silly "Slocombe's ***** " thing which was quickly reversed)

The only question is: how would the old flamin' Mtg that we all know and love have fared under the new regime?

	17-04-2001 07:23									#18
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His ass would have been mine long ago.

The Evil Knevil thing wasn't over the first change, (to **** the police), that was cheeky enough I'd have laughed it off. The second change was where I drew the line, and after talking with Evil Knevil about it, I had no problem with unbanning him.

I will at least occasionally be merciful. Occasionally.

	17-04-2001 08:02									#19
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So far so good with what?

	19-04-2001 09:50									#20
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There is that pissawful name, though.

I mean, a man's monicker is nowadays his own affair and the name "MichaeltheGreat" makes a statement which other posters can adjust for.

But for a mod?

If he felt up for a change MichaeltheGreater doesn't make the same statement (and abbreviates OK).

	19-04-2001 08:18									#21
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This is a civ site, a subset of wargaming. That's where the name derives from - my playing style, which is mobility, concentration of force, and mass attack. It's a takeoff on Alexander the Great and Frederick the Great.

I have no intention of changing it, since I've used it for years on several fora before here. Although "Your ass is mine, boy" might work for a moderator's logon.

	19-04-2001 08:47									#22
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Now, now, Reb. Some decorum. That should be "Your butt is mine, boy". Love the Strother Martin quote, by the way.

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	25-04-2001 10:03									#23
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bump for Mobius, MWHC, or anyone else who cares to express their opinion about my moderating in the actual proper forum for that sort of thing.

	25-04-2001 17:38									#24
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This is a civ site, a subset of wargaming. That's where the name derives from - my playing style, which is mobility, concentration of force, and mass attack. It's a takeoff on Alexander the Great and Frederick the Great.
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Hah! That's generally called the "tank rush", one of the most unoriginal and boring methods of play in strategy games, you can't dress it up behind claims that you're acting like some ancient great General.

As for my thoughts on how the man is doing? Well, Ming might close a thread after 20 spammy posts, he'll do it before five have been posted. Which is... probably a ...good thing.


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	26-04-2001 04:23									#25
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Tank rushes are lame, pale, imitations.

I prefer Desert Saber type overwhelming sea-air-land combined arms assaults that crush the life out of an opponent everywhere at once. Not this base at a time elephant or impact rover trading kid stuff.

	26-04-2001 08:32									#26
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MtG, do you adopt different personalities for different games?

	26-04-2001 12:05									#27
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Nope, I am a heart-breaking, life-taking, widow-making son of a ***** in all of them. That said, I try to force things to happen offensively on my schedule, and use a lot of delaying, terrain based low rent defensive screens, to tie up the enemy and let him commit and lose more resources in his attacks, while I prepare the time and place of my own attacks.

Think Lee and Jackson at Chancellorsville.

	26-04-2001 17:17									#28
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Nope, I am a heart-breaking, life-taking, widow-making son of a ***** in all of them. That said, I try to force things to happen offensively on my schedule, and use a lot of delaying, terrain based low rent defensive screens, to tie up the enemy and let him commit and lose more resources in his attacks, while I prepare the time and place of my own attacks.

Think Lee and Jackson at Chancellorsville.
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We are still talking about CIV right.

	26-04-2001 19:42									#29
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Nope, wargames. MtG seems to be interested in modern battlefield tactical games. Big suprise there, it may have help sharpen a few skills to keep his ass alive. I remember a War-Con at Texas A & M once. The Student had a reinfored (about +50% with extra armor, arty, & a couple of Su something attack a/c and some helos) soviet Mech Rifle division, and the 2nd armored guys from Fort Hood had about 1/2 an amored cavalry regiment. Soviets were obliterated. Misdirection and ambush after ambush, but the Aggies were feeling confident with the ground they were gaining. They never saw it comming, even though us older naval gamers who checked on the game every now and then did. The soviets just did not notice how they were channeled into two main lane of advance or that a high priority for the TOWs was the ZSU-23s. When the last one was gone, a few turns later came the two A-10s. Damn those things carry a lot of ammo.

	26-04-2001 20:53									#30
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Both, actually. I started playing miniatures wargames before computer ones came out, and am generally interested in anything from Napoleonic era on.

Professionally, though, very little was applicable (other than basic principles) to me as an airborne pathfinder E-4 and E-5. Light infantry squad tactics, and individual / small team recon techniques aren't really simulatable outside the real training environment.

For higher command levels, and heavies like the Cav boys at Hood, it's a different story, and the kind of channelizing of enemy forces like Lefty describes is right out of what the OpFor teaches the heavies at the NTC at Ft. Irwin. Only thing I would add is a MLRS artillery bombardment at the rear of those columns, so that after the A-10's made their passes, the survivors would have a tougher time retreating out of the killing zone.

Regardless of whether it's civ, or pure wargames, I apply the same set of principles - it's just a case of matching them to the tools in the toolbox. One of the things I wish Civ had was the idea of supply lines supply nets for warfighting units. That would lead to some fun.
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