[SG] The Tuffley 500

Okay Adrian, I'm calling you out. 

On the one hand, you cite 480 m + 60 m as a 
distance that a vehicle + infantry could easily 
due in the notional 5 min period. Then you turn 
around to say that the idea of moving 120m is 
ridiculous. You can't really (on the one hand) 
argue about "reasonable distances" and on the 
other hand argue about the game being 
abstract and limiting vehicles. Either you 
consider the real distances and times involved 
(hard to do, given the time as an abstract 
quantity.... and then again you could explain to 
me why RAW alows you (in theory) to close 
assault and follow through right across the 
board while the APC can only move 480m) or 
you don't and only consider relative effects. 

<caps below is for emphasis, not me yelling 
and frothing>

I'm considering relative effects when I say my 
APC, having used ALL OF THE TURN IT COULD 
TO MOVE has moved X (whatever X is). 
Similarly, your APC moves the same X, then 
infantry moves AS FAR AS IT COULD IN A FULL 
TURN. Something seems odd there. Actual 
distance is utterly irrelevant. The point is I've 
moved _AS FAR AS THE RULES LET THE UNIT 
MOVE_.	Does it not strike you that two APCs, 
both advancing, one that stops to let out 
troops and the other that continues the 
advance, should end up with the one that 
stopped further behind (and probably with the 
troops also behind the continually moving APC 
as their movement shouldn't match the APCs)? 
Instead we get the APCs parked at the same 
place and the infantry RUSHING OUT AHEAD. 

This just boils down to two schools of thought. 
You like to consider "real numbers" in your 
arguments. I'm only examining relative 
performance which is utterly without reference 
to time units or distance units. We've presented 
both sides, and all listeners will make up their 
own minds. 

I suppose that means we can let this particular 
subthread die. I agree that in games you 
referee, I can live with your ruling as it makes 
sense from a certain perspective. I think you 
should similarly concede in games I referee, the 
other perspective having some merit is 
acceptable. Thus, as usual, it comes down to 
"It's your game (as the ref), run it as you think 
right." I support that PoV wholeheartedly. 

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