Re: FTIII Rules Tryout

Aaron P Teske wrote:
> 
> Excerpts from FT: 10-Feb-98 Re: FTIII Rules Tryout by John
Leary@sj.bigger.net
> > Section 5)	 The 'where shall I put it' portion of the SMB
> > seemed to be rather prolonged, and not really worth the effort.
> > Since the same person had the missles and the SMB it was like
> > watching an instant replay of something not very interesting
> > the first time 'round.
> 
> Ah... you see, that's almost more of a personality quirk than a
function
> of the SMBs.	I just took the counters, looked at (roughly) where
> Kochte's ships were the turn before, estimated the difference, and
threw
> the things down.  Took all of maybe 10-20 seconds (IIRC) to place six
> SMBs.  Now, if you get someone who's more anal (no offense to your
> opponent) about that sort of thing... it can take a lot longer.
> 
>		      Aaron Teske
>		      Mithramuse+@cmu.edu

Aaron,
     It may be that placing six takes less time than placing one.
Analytical may be a better term, for a thoughful novice.

Bye for now,
John L.