I Totally agree with Phil. Guy
> Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2011 05:00:16 -0700 > Subject: [TANKS] Re: Fw: T-70... > From: sasquevane...@aol.com > To: rctankcombat@googlegroups.com > > Here's my two-penneth to the Great Rules Debate: > > One of my other hobbies is role-playing games. Here rule-changes are > endemic- everyone changes them, including me. However there is one > pointer we use a lot, which is: does the rule change make the game > more fun? If it doesn't then it's probably not worth it. > > I like Steve's suggestion. It's simple and it means you get WWI Mk IXs > or whatever fighting Abramses on an equal footing. It also makes for a > fair game as the only real difference between our tanks (apart from > skill in construction & relaibility which is down to the builder)is > size and that is compensated for by these rules. > > I'm assuming that modern MBTs such as Abrams, Leopard etc count as > Heavies. > > Phil P > > > > On Oct 15, 8:15 am, "Dave D." <degeck...@optonline.net> wrote: > > What are we sending now, secret code...? > > Wait, wait, I'll go and get my enigma machine... > > > > Dave D. > > > > uafoo 7ewa'a,dsmn83hafna78yfhbqakwk98 e e00a fna99na to you too!! > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "jvragu47" <jpl...@yahoo.com> > > To: "R/C Tank Combat" <rctankcombat@googlegroups.com> > > Sent: Friday, October 14, 2011 11:53 PM > > Subject: [TANKS] Re: Fw: T-70... > > > > dfoijdrg0dfoerjoxdijfawwiq9i0iwdkpeicpwe0oc'x. > > > > On Oct 14, 3:44 pm, Steve Tyng <steve...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Dave, > > > > > Nice job on your analysis. This clearly shows that sloped armor should be > > > factored if the current defense ruling method remains. It be easy to setup > > > a tank list in Excel to perfrom all the needed calcs. > > > > > Now for something more radical. > > > > > IMO, any historic basis this hobby has needs to be thrown out. Basing > > > performance specs on actual vehicle datum IMO is counter productive IF you > > > want to open the playing field to all tanks from all eras. What I propose > > > is that we have three types of vehicle classes, heavy, medium, and light. > > > I > > > vehicle gets thrown into one of these buckets by the designs intent when > > > it > > > was introduced. Doesn't matter when it was built, how much armor, or how > > > big the gun is. If it looks like a medium, into the medium bucket it goes. > > > Even though a WW1 heavy would have its side ripped open by a 70's > > > Sheridan, > > > it was a heavy when it was built so into the heavy bucket it goes. That > > > Sheridan was a light so goes into the light bucket. Each bucket would have > > > an assigned defensive rating, a max speed, and a max ammo load. For me, > > > this makes the most sense for the hobby IF you want to open vehicles from > > > all era's. > > > > > Steve Tyng > > > > -- > > You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. > > To post a message, send email to rctankcombat@googlegroups.com > > To unsubscribe, send email to rctankcombat+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > Visit the group athttp://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat- Hide quoted > > text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > -- > You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. > To post a message, send email to rctankcombat@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe, send email to rctankcombat+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat -- You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. To post a message, send email to rctankcombat@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe, send email to rctankcombat+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat