Fog of war

[Lt. Ketch]

I would like to offer my two cents. There have been multiple issues that have come up over the course of this discussion but since I'm a late comer to the tread, I'll only address the ones that I feel are relavent at this stage of the discussion.

It seems the fog of war can be thick or thin, depending on who you are and what you like. There has been a lot of discussion that has occured, most of it good. I am all in favor for establishing "Gentlemen's Agreements" between players on a game per game basis. It makes sense that some of the ideas put forth will never happen for one reason or another. But players who feel strongly about one thing or another can request that an understanding be made in regards to unit names, information screens, etc.

I personally have never switched unit names or refrained from using the info screen, but am open to both ideas assuming the other player was o.k. with that. I would accualy like to play a game where the info screens are prohibited. I think it would be interesting.

All I ask of the SP generals across the world is that consideration be taken towards each other. We don't have to hate our opponent in order to beat them. As Cross has advocated in his signiture

Conduct yourself with honur, and there is victory even in defeat

To put it another way, as one of my opponents said,

I harbour no malicious intent at all,,,no just a friendly game of kill or be killed.

My cents. Looking forward to playing any and all of you.

[RERomine]

Whenever you play against someone, just make sure all the ground rules are set up first. If it is a personal concern, bring it up and agree on it. Items/options not mentioned can be construed as fair game. Take nothing for granted. Once agreed upon, I would expect my opponent to uphold their end of the bargain.

I've never personally changed unit names with the intent on confusing/misleading anyone. If one is careful, renamed units doesn't really work. It's a chore to do anyhow. I went through that phase in my games against the AI to visibly group my units by name. Obviously, it's not going to confuse the AI. The last thing I want to do anymore is rename 100+ units in the hopes that I might confuse my opponent. With proper tactics, they can be defeated anyhow.

I'm not sure name changing really falls in the realm of "fog of war". Not much fog if a SABOT round whizzes by your tank. Seems to be more along the lines of "deception". It might be splitting hairs, but I view "fog of war" as just natural consequence of a confusing battle where as changing the unit name is an intentional attempt to deceive your opponent. Before long, we will be including Quaker guns and Patton's inflatable army in the game