Re: [kinda-FT] Getting Big (was: RE: [FT] SMLs, Type 3 & Tactics)

In a message dated 99-01-11 11:59:10 EST, you write:

<< Why not? Obviously at least one person did. And why not play this
kind of
 game once in a while? Push the limits of the game system, see what
happens
 (and speaking of pushing the of limits of game systems, where's Mikko
been?)
 
 >because no one with a normal income has enough miniatures to
 >put out a million points of normal ships, 
 
 No one said they *had* to use miniatures...
 
 >because the time spent marking
 >off damage would a significant fraction of my lifetime, because it
would
 >take a week to plot the movement of a million points worth of normal
 >ships, 
 
 If you've played any appreciable amount of SFB (eg, years worth), then
none
 of this should even faze you.	;-)
 
 >and because you'd need a gymnasium to game in.  
 
 That's a good thought...though you could easily change your scale to
 something more accomodating! And as the forces close, adjust the scale
 to fit accordingly. Voila', problem solved.
  >>

The game was played in IBMCAD, it is a drafting program, I set my force
at 0,0
and the the ESE/FSU force at 0,200, then as movement was done I just
moved the
ships the proper distance and direction.  I did have to group the
ESE/FSU
ships to geather, the program did not like all of the lines that it took
ot
display there ships and fighters:)
-Stephen