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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Controversial Questions |
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Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2023 6:15 pm
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| Having followed this debate most closely, my only observation is..........I refuse to be drawn into it :roll: :lol: :lol: They is fun, ain't they! https://tse3.mm.bing.net/th/id/OIP.R6X-3xPFCUUn74fDWqPKfwAAAA?rs=1&pid=ImgDetMain I will let Paul get in the last shots because I don't think he wil... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Controversial Questions |
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Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2023 5:13 pm
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| As I said above, "the ratings in the game are related to very specific things". In terms of those specific things Lee's ability and application never wavered. Consequently, he should have very high ratings for 'Leadership' and 'Command'. But, Paul, in another thread you wrote, "The '... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Controversial Questions |
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Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2023 8:26 pm
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| I think the ratings should remain unchanged. Command Rating This rating is essentially used to determine if Disrupted units become un-Disrupted that turn. I do not see that Lee ever lessened in this respect, either personally or in his ability to influence his subordinates in that regard. Lee had h... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Controversial Questions |
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Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2023 10:42 am
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| Concerning Lee at Gettysburg - is he overrated with a Command rating of B? His command performance at Gettysburg was arguably his worst. Does he deserve a "B" or some other grade? Second, if the Battle of Gettysburg is refought by the ANV and the AotP 100 times, how many times does the Ao... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Could A/I Consistently Defeat Human Players? |
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Posted: Sun Dec 17, 2023 2:25 am
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| "There are over 9 million variations after just 3 moves each, 288 billion different possible positions after 4 moves each, and 318,000,000,000 ways to play just the first 4 moves. In a whole Chess game, there are more possible iterations of chess games than there are atoms in the observable un... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Could A/I Consistently Defeat Human Players? |
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Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2023 9:44 pm
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| With the recent advances in A/I programs (not in our games of course, lol), do you think it is possible for someone to design a program to take into consideration all of the movements, variables, and decisions that we make each turn, and then use all that to defeat us with regularity in these games... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Former club member thinking about getting back into the game |
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Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2023 1:01 pm
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| https://blakeacwgc.wixsite.com/trainingacademy/acwgc-201 You may be thinking of this article by Kennon Whitehead from long ago. It could stand with an update but is still an excellent summary. Be forewarned, if you are asking which ones to use, you will be engulfed with two-bit opinions :mrgreen: |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Army of Tennessee or the Army of the Potomac |
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Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2023 12:35 pm
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| Can Robert E. Lee find the equivalents of Longstreet, Stuart, and Jackson in the west? Here's a fun game - 1864 in Georgia - Lee commands the AoT - who are his three CCs and cavalry leader? CAVALRY Forrest was a great raider but not a scout like Stuart. Lee could utilize Forrest like he did Mosby or... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Army of Tennessee or the Army of the Potomac |
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Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2023 5:12 pm
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Robert Frost wrote: What would Lee have done in this situation? Interesting to ponder.
I never thought of what Lee might have been able to do in a hilly/mountainous terrain with a trained army. No wonder Grant was determined to run his army down before they could reach the mountains in 1865! |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Army of Tennessee or the Army of the Potomac |
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Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2023 1:28 pm
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| Alright, I have to vote for the Army of the Potomac. At least the Army of Tennessee had a single commander throughout most of the time period in question. The Army of the Potomac requires a reference book to remember who commanded it and when. The Army of Tennessee had lots of internal drama but at ... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Army of Tennessee or the Army of the Potomac |
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Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2023 1:22 pm
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| The Army of Tennessee or the Army of the Potomac - which army, from the period of 1862 - 1863, was more dysfunctional? Anyone have a two-bit opinion to throw in? This period for the AotP includes: The failure on the Peninsula and McClellan's cautious generalship. The failed experiment with Pope. Th... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Is the Records Site Down? |
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Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2023 11:41 pm
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I believe it is down at the moment. Ernie usually gets it back up in a day or two  |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Forced Promotions |
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Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2023 4:43 pm
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| The games do not understand seniority though. In the example of Early's Division from previously, I did a test with Gettysburg and found that Gordon was chosen to replace Early (presumably as the highest rated subordinate). I did the test three times using different variables and each time it was Go... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Forced Promotions |
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Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2023 12:11 am
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| I assume it has everything to do with computer coding and nothing to do with anything else. Don't get me wrong, I am in full agreement that that would be a very cool thing. If Early is wounded at Gettysburg, I want Gordon taking over the division and not Isaac Avery. Add it to your Christmas list fo... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Movement Through Towns |
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Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2023 2:28 pm
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| Urban destruction, as a battlefield tactic, wouldn't really be in the Civil War playbook. The only notable exception is the Battle of Fredericksburg. But that's the only real urban fighting I can think of in the war and it's duration was only part of a day. A more likely "Civil War" tacti... |
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