Re: What's wrong with SF?

On Fri, 11 Jul 2003 11:09:08 +0000 Richard Kirke 
<richardkirke@hotmail.com> wrote:

>> The third store caters to the area's historical gamers, who were 
"horrified" at the mere thought of playing a SF or fantasy based game. <

> I have to say that I come across this a lot. I just don't get it... 
what do people see as the problem with SF? <

Oh, brother... do we have time for all the reasons? Short answer (or 
one of them) is that _some_ hysteric-- er, historical gamers don't 
think FSF is "serious" gaming. After all, it doesn't involve actual 
events -- it's fiction, "made-up stuff" which can't be relied on to be 
logical or even consistent, so how can a "simulation" be realistic?

I could go on, but won't, and I expect that all of us here on this list 
would agree that that is, in the words of the late, great Douglas 
Adams, a load of dingoes' kidneys, but that's the attitude that some of 
the more rabid historical types take -- FSS is not "proper" wargaming, 
it's immature, over-grown kids playing with toys.

Funny, but that's what a lot of non-gamers think about wargames in 
general...

Phil
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