[ASLML] A.2

[Seth W Fancher]

Jim,

As I asked another person, would your "very satisfactory process" also 
apply if the oversight was not discovered until the DFPh of your player 
turn?  And you opponent now claims that he does not have to apply Case C 
because he is stopped?  In addition to now possibly being able to apply 
Case L?  In this case it would seem that your solution rewards the guy who 
screwed up.

Or is it really just kind of an arbitrary judge/jury/hangman approach that 
you are suggesting where every situation is different?  Oh, you forgot to 
move your vehicle, but it's your DFPh now so stopping would be better for 
you, and we can't have that...let's just Malf your MA then, ok?

If you're not going to be consistent then your "rule" is no rule at all IMO.

If I forgot to fire my MG stack marked Opp Fire will you insist that I malf 
the MG too?  After all, I _might_ have rolled boxcars!

At 02:15 AM 11/22/2003, you wrote:
>Listerz;
>
>Bruce Probst wrote:
>
> > >> As A.2 mistakes go, forgetting to move a vehicle (whether it's in 
> motion or
> > >> not) is pretty harmless -- not even worth commenting on other than, 
> perhaps,
> > >> "d'oh!".
>
>I wrote,
>
> > >"Harmless"?
>
> > >Oh, I don't know about that.  A +2 TH DRM has got to count for
> > >something.
>
>Bruce replied,
>
> > Not sure I get your point, Jim.  The issue is forgetting to move a vehicle,
> > not remembering to maneuver it into the best firing position.
>
>This is a matter of game philosophy Bruce.  You screw up, you pay for
>it.
>
>Recognizing the fact that the vehicle missed a turn of movement may be
>penalty enough, having it Stop, thus losing its Motion status, is a good
>abstraction that represents the indecision of the cardboard tank crew
>and their melon head of a commander.
>
>In making the vehicle that forgot to move Stop, one also increases the
>odds of hitting it with an ATW and possibly destroying it.  Once
>destroyed, we won't have to worry about our opponent "not" moving that
>vehicle anymore now will we.
>
>Taken as a whole, that is a very satisfatory process in my opinion.
>
>
>                         =Jim=