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Complexity in Gaming (semi-OT)

From: Los <los@c...>
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 14:23:49 -0700
Subject: Complexity in Gaming (semi-OT)

I thought you guys would get a kick out of this given the recent thread.
This is from the ASL ML, (Don't get me wrong I love ASL but....)

     > Note the words "first" and "fire" in the term "Subsequent First
     > Fire" -- "Defensive First Fire" does't ever mean just the very
     > first shot you take.

     What you don't want to note are the words "subsequent" and "first"
in the term "Subsequent First Fire," since the former means "following
another" while the latter means "coming before in order" so that when
you add it up "Subsequent First Fire" means the kind of "first" fire
that comes after other fire, making it both first and not first
simultaneously, so that you might even think it might be better off
being called "Middle Fire," except that might be confusing because then
someone might think that that would mean that you would have to fire at
the unit in the "middle" of the hex, thus eliminating Snap Shots, and so
that wouldn't be right either.

So just don't think about it.

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