15-02-2000 00:22									#1
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So new poll , not sure if this has been done before.... do you prefer Real Time Strategy RTS or Turn Based Strategy TBS.... i will go first and say TBS all the way

	15-02-2000 01:49									#2
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TBS, definitely!

TBS - 2
RTS - 0

John-SJ

	15-02-2000 03:51									#3
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It's almost impossible for me to say - most of my favourite games are from both genres. I'll just sit on the fence.

	15-02-2000 06:03									#4
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TBS.



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	15-02-2000 06:16									#5
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So the score is:

TBS - 3.5
RTS - 0.5

Or doesn't my 'half and half' vote count?

	15-02-2000 13:51									#6
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There seems to be a trend here.

TBS - 4.5
RTS - 0.5

	15-02-2000 14:00									#7
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could you elaborate as to why you prefer TBS.... for me its the ability to think each turn to the max as opposed to having to react on instinct which i find is not always the best course of action i am sure others have different reasons.... not that i dont' like AOE and Star Craft as well though

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	15-02-2000 17:55									#8
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Rts of course! I'm sure you aren't going to get a good percentage if you post this question in a tbs forum!

	16-02-2000 10:23									#9
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TBS, of course. Why? Because I like to kick my feet up while I play games on the computer and RTS games are too frenetic for my preferred leisurely pace.

	16-02-2000 10:36									#10
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This is a good place to post it , its just noone comes hear.... and if i putit in offtopic.... well you know how those savages are over there

	16-02-2000 10:38									#11
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My memory is horridly impossible to keep solid.. I play rts games to help with that. In starcraft near the end of a game you have to know where 100 different units are at the same time.. good concentration builder too, I don't think a fire would distract me in a ladder game Because of this I noticed that I can read just as fast in a library as in a cafeteria.. coincidence? maybe..

	16-02-2000 10:53									#12
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Ghen obviously you take after me or i U....i read better with background noise as well, and civ provides that noise i need

	16-02-2000 07:03									#13
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Well I guess the thing I haven't done yet is play multi civ. while posting on Apolyton, I guess thats how you're supposed to fill the void but I dunno..

	16-02-2000 17:09									#14
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I prefer tbs because I usually spend a lot of time going over every little detail every turn to make sure it's happeniing exactly how it should be.

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	16-02-2000 17:50									#15
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Not like you can't do that in rts mouse, its just faster

	16-02-2000 20:44									#16
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I prefer TBS, as I like the leisurely pace, and the ability to be interrupted without losing anything. There is only one advantage that most RTS games have over most TBS games in my opinion, and that is simultaneous resolution. TBS games which have this feature (like pacwar etc.) are far more interesting than games that don't.

The Civ series are very interesting from a management perspective, but tactically they really suck. It is much more interesting to plan an attack which may fail for a number of reasons, and trying to anticipate these outcomes and minimize them than it is mowing down your enemy in your turn while his units are completely immobile. Against an AI opponent it is like stealing candy from a baby.

Simultaneous resolution is more interesting, more realistic and more challanging.

	17-02-2000 04:38									#17
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Sikander i agree that simulatneaous fights would make civ even better but alas it isn't so...... i prefer TBS for the time i can spend on a single turn.... although RTS are great for fast action though AOE STARCraft etc.....

	17-02-2000 16:57									#18
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RTS or TBS? Depends on my mood.
Usually, I prefer TBS

	18-02-2000 03:51									#19
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Definitely TBS at home, a full-lenght strat game is always TBS in my mind.

Otherwise if I have a 3D rage I go to the arcades or I play Dreamcast.

I generally avoid hybrid games ( meaning RTS ) between these two opposite genres: not enough replay value.

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	18-02-2000 17:53									#20
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Err Marcus.. I've probably played starcraft a total of 1000+ hours since I bought it.. You just don't like rts games

	18-02-2000 18:23									#21
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Has to be TBS - I'm way too old for real-time Orc bashing

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	19-02-2000 01:36									#22
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maybe this is an age thing..... younger like the carnage and the older like the paitience style..... please don't jump all over this as it is a major generalization i am 28 and prefer TBS.... if i want real time i play pacman lol

	19-02-2000 18:44									#23
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Real time for me means rpg, ala Baldur's Gate.

	22-02-2000 03:04									#24
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I definitely prefer TBS. In fact I prefer Turn Based in Role Playing Games as well (at least in battle Fallout Awe yeah!!). I always find that with RTS Im just following a set pattern and building as quickly as possible. Id rather sit and think and plan out the best strategy and I personally have a very hard time doing this in RTS.

	22-02-2000 07:51									#25
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Ahh thats why I love rts.. because its so hard to do that... granted vs. easy players you don't need much strategy, just run men at him... But today me and a friend took on a really good player and we LOST! Hehehe, the good player seemed to have direct control over every single unit all the time.. I just couldn't get a good hit in at all, and my partner was just defending. Now thats fun

	22-02-2000 14:12									#26
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I'd prefer tbs rather than rts, probably because playing a tbs games aren't as challenging or realistic as rts games. My heartbeat rate is a lot higher playing Starcraft than SMAC.

	22-02-2000 20:11									#27
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I know my wife prefers turn based strategy, because it is easier to get me to stop and do something realtime with her. (like get groceries)

	23-02-2000 11:01									#28
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Realistic?!?! Yeah right. I have yet to play a "realistic" strategy game that wasn't using cardboard counters on hex maps.

I don't care the least for RTS clickfests. I did play and enjoy Dune 2, but haven't enjoyed the Mechwarrior or C&C series.

	23-02-2000 13:00									#29
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Yes, rts games are more realistic than tbs. The real world is in real time. When we move around or do something, we don't take it in turns.

	23-02-2000 17:49									#30
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I tried doing that once.. people just looked at me funny.