Re: [eia] British naval phase, 12/06 (part II)

["J.J. Young" <jjy@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On at least some of the occasions when I have misunderstood the rules and my
interests suffered as a result, I have chosen to just take my lumps.  I
figured that it wasn't the other guy's problem that I had misread the
situation.

Having gotten that off my chest (although I probably shouldn't have said
it), I don't want to seem unreasonable, so I withdraw my objection.  The
wind guage and combat rolls for my first two fleets are on their way.

-JJY

----- Original Message -----
From: "Joel Uckelman" <uckelman@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "public list for an Empires in Arms game" <eia@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 4:34 PM
Subject: Re: [eia] British naval phase, 12/06 (part II)


> Thus spake "J.J. Young":
> > Sorry to be a hardnose, but in my opinion Joel already passed on
> > intercepting the first two fleets, and it was only when he saw how my
orders
> > continued that he changed his mind.  Of course, when the Portugal fleet
> > moves into the blockade box Russia can intercept then, before any more
> > fleets would join the battle (and they would).
>
> Absolutely not. I thought that in chosing not to intercept the stack, all
> that could happen was that that stack would declare an attack on me, or
> it would just pass by. Had I realized that that stack could be joined by
> others before the battle, I would have intercepted it at that point.
> Can you think of any reason why I would chose to fight a larger fleet
instead
> of a smaller fleet? That should indicate to you that I didn't understand
> the situation when I made my decision this morning.
>
> > Sorry, Joel.  I'd like to be generous, but if I lost the battle because
of
> > it I'd be kicking myself too much.
>
> This comment confuses me. Do you mean to imply that you woudln't have
been,
> had I understood the naval rules and you'd lost?
>
> > What do the rest of you think ?  Am I way off base ?
>
> I've always advocated charity in allowing people to correct orders when
> no important information is given away in the process. I don't see how
> it could be surprising---on a correct interpretation of the rules---that
> more fleets would arrive.
>
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