Personally I don't take issue with people that have hobbies around things like the civil war or WWII. Things start to get bad when someone's hobby turns into an obsession and they start apologizing for the confederates or the nazis.
Yeah I didn't really expect anyone here to be too harsh but also I kinda also wouldn't blame them much if they were. I'm just a NES nerd and it reminds me of good times with my bro.
Like I said you know what warning signs to look out for. Wargaming nerds are just nerds usually who like games like that. But when someone start saying "umm, actually, the nazis weren't all bad..." then it's time to eject.
The problem with War Games is that you get very fixated on the strategies and tactics of various armies. You very quickly lose sight of what anyone is fighting over. Getting a unit of tanks up a particular hill means far more to you than what that tank commander plans to do once the war is over.
You end up sympathizing with the Confederates or the Nazis or the Imperial Stormtroopers or the Zerg, because they're all just units on a map to you, and your team is always going to be the Good Guys because you're on it. Gamification eliminates all the political stakes and just makes this an exercise in managerial style.
Personally I don't take issue with people that have hobbies around things like the civil war or WWII. Things start to get bad when someone's hobby turns into an obsession and they start apologizing for the confederates or the nazis.
Yeah I didn't really expect anyone here to be too harsh but also I kinda also wouldn't blame them much if they were. I'm just a NES nerd and it reminds me of good times with my bro.
Like I said you know what warning signs to look out for. Wargaming nerds are just nerds usually who like games like that. But when someone start saying "umm, actually, the nazis weren't all bad..." then it's time to eject.
The problem with War Games is that you get very fixated on the strategies and tactics of various armies. You very quickly lose sight of what anyone is fighting over. Getting a unit of tanks up a particular hill means far more to you than what that tank commander plans to do once the war is over.
You end up sympathizing with the Confederates or the Nazis or the Imperial Stormtroopers or the Zerg, because they're all just units on a map to you, and your team is always going to be the Good Guys because you're on it. Gamification eliminates all the political stakes and just makes this an exercise in managerial style.