Sims -- Barracks

On 18 dec, 04:01, BP <re... DeleteThis @newsgroup.please> wrote:
> On Tue, 18 Dec 2007 02:40:24 +0100, "Paul Ney" <Paul_... DeleteThis @t-online.de>
> wrote:
>
> >The Sims seems to be a challenging, while also intriguing game, perhaps also
> >a kind of private BigBrother environment, and, in any case, intensively time
> >consuming. I only watch related reviews etc., I see that Electronic-Arts
> >http://www.ea.comhas a lot extensions. But I had an idea, asking (myself)
> >if this could work.
>
> >A Barracks extension of The Sims -- an environment to play around with Sims
> >located & living in an army unit. I wonder if this could satisfy modern
> >military. But the historical wargamer -- interested in a deeper study of the
> >historical age concerned by his game -- could use such a setting in order to
> >(try to) learn about the social relationships and everyday life in
> >historical armies, this could be useful entertainment too. E.g. a unit in
> >real barracks, or in a WW1 trench etc. Any opionions?
>
> *checks calendar* OK, it isn't April 1st - do they have something
> similar in Germany on Dec 17th?

It's "fool an American day" - it all started back in 1944 when a few
pranksters on a dare drove a couple of panzer divisions through a
forest, in the middle of winter, along a mud trail

Greetz,

Eddy Sterckx
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On 18 dec, 07:31, CaligulasHorse
> Actually, it suggests a range of scenarios in fairly constrained
> settings where the goal is to get other people to do what you want
> them to. Cardinals in conclave, electing a Pope; Talleyrand and the
> last days of the Empire; 1963 & Cuban missiles ...

Great settings for real life RPG games, but in a computer game it
would feel restricted I think.

Greetz,

Eddy Sterckx
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On 18 dec, 13:28, "Paul Ney" <Paul_....TakeThisOut@t-online.de> wrote:
> I doubt whether table-top gamers would enjoy a Sims just about table-top
> gamers

Sims in a table-top Sim game playing a table-top game ? Sounds like a
Möbius strip loop to me

Greetz,

Eddy Sterckx
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On 18 dec, 13:58, Briarroot <Briarr....TakeThisOut@gmail.com> wrote:
> eddyster....TakeThisOut@hotmail.com wrote:
> > On 18 dec, 04:01, BP <re....TakeThisOut@newsgroup.please> wrote:
>
> >> *checks calendar* OK, it isn't April 1st - do they have something
> >> similar in Germany on Dec 17th?
>
> > It's "fool an American day" - it all started back in 1944 when a few
> > pranksters on a dare drove a couple of panzer divisions through a
> > forest, in the middle of winter, along a mud trail
>
> Maybe they'll think to bring along some gas the next time they try
> that!

Well, the plan was to refuel at the Texaco gaz station at Bastogne,
but those bloody American tourists were blocking the roads - as usual.

Greetz,

Eddy Sterckx
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In article <fk78ef$mc6$01$1@news.t-online.com>, Paul_Ney.RemoveThis@t-online.de
says...

> A Barracks extension of The Sims -- an environment to play around with Sims
> located & living in an army unit. I wonder if this could satisfy modern
> military. But the historical wargamer -- interested in a deeper study of the
> historical age concerned by his game -- could use such a setting in order to
> (try to) learn about the social relationships and everyday life in
> historical armies, this could be useful entertainment too. E.g. a unit in
> real barracks, or in a WW1 trench etc. Any opionions?

The *only* thing that would get my playing THE SIMS would be the
introduction of firearms.

"Oh, so your *printer won't print*. <fx: double-tap from Colt .45>

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BP wrote:
>
> *checks calendar* OK, it isn't April 1st - do they have something
> similar in Germany on Dec 17th?
>

That was the first thing that crossed my mind.







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blessings. The inherent blessing of socialism is the equal sharing of
misery." - Winston Churchill
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eddysterckx.RemoveThis@hotmail.com wrote:
> On 18 dec, 04:01, BP <re....RemoveThis@newsgroup.please> wrote:
>>
>> *checks calendar* OK, it isn't April 1st - do they have something
>> similar in Germany on Dec 17th?
>
> It's "fool an American day" - it all started back in 1944 when a few
> pranksters on a dare drove a couple of panzer divisions through a
> forest, in the middle of winter, along a mud trail
>

Maybe they'll think to bring along some gas the next time they try
that!



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blessings. The inherent blessing of socialism is the equal sharing of
misery." - Winston Churchill
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On 18 dec, 17:09, Giftzwerg <giftzwerg... RemoveThis @NOSPAMZ.hotmail.com> wrote:
> In article <13mfh6lrpk1r... RemoveThis @corp.supernews.com>, Briarr... RemoveThis @gmail.com
> says...
>
> > > It's "fool an American day" - it all started back in 1944 when a few
> > > pranksters on a dare drove a couple of panzer divisions through a
> > > forest, in the middle of winter, along a mud trail
>
> > Maybe they'll think to bring along some gas the next time they try
> > that!
>
> At *these* prices? They'll never get a Tiger anywhere near Bastogne.

A full tank was 540 liters, at the current cost of 1.4 Euro/liter
that's 750 Euros or a cool $1000 for a "fill 'r up". I think the major
German problem was maxed-out credit cards

Greetz,

Eddy Sterckx
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In article <13mfh6lrpk1ri9d.RemoveThis@corp.supernews.com>, Briarroot.RemoveThis@gmail.com
says...

> > It's "fool an American day" - it all started back in 1944 when a few
> > pranksters on a dare drove a couple of panzer divisions through a
> > forest, in the middle of winter, along a mud trail
> >
>
> Maybe they'll think to bring along some gas the next time they try
> that!

At *these* prices? They'll never get a Tiger anywhere near Bastogne.

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in human history exceeds the ability of the computer to make its user
want to construct a device that hurls heavy objects as far away as
possible."
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> A full tank was 540 liters, at the current cost of 1.4 Euro/liter
> that's 750 Euros or a cool $1000 for a "fill 'r up". I think the major
> German problem was maxed-out credit cards
>
Eddy, you blow my mind! The things you know....

What about the Sims: Tin Foil Hat Adventures based on that MI5
persecuted dude? Some simpeople aren't what they seem.
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On 18 dec, 21:14, p.oxf....TakeThisOut@ca.rr.com wrote:
> > A full tank was 540 liters, at the current cost of 1.4 Euro/liter
> > that's 750 Euros or a cool $1000 for a "fill 'r up". I think the major
> > German problem was maxed-out credit cards
>
> Eddy, you blow my mind! The things you know....

eh, I live about a 100 km from Bastogne so I know what the local gas
prices are and currently the discussion in the Panther Games beta
forum (and the public forum) is about fuel consumption so combine
these two and you get the extremely "learned" post above

> What about the Sims: Tin Foil Hat Adventures based on that MI5
> persecuted dude? Some simpeople aren't what they seem.

On closer inspection they are usually even more simple than you first
thought

Greetz,

Eddy Sterckx
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> On 18 dec, 07:31, CaligulasHorse
>> Actually, it suggests a range of scenarios in fairly constrained
>> settings where the goal is to get other people to do what you want
>> them to. Cardinals in conclave, electing a Pope; Talleyrand and the
>> last days of the Empire; 1963 & Cuban missiles ...
>
> Great settings for real life RPG games, but in a computer game it
> would feel restricted I think.

Peoples playing RPG and also simulating their opponents within a
Sims-Extension setting -- this could also be funny and, perhaps, of game-use
too. Also, the RPG itself might contain a "simulation shell" and this would
be a "game-in-game"...

I would not think of mixing up a regular (RTS, Hex tc.) wargame with such a
"simmy game", as serious wargamers prepare themselves some way (reading,
studying etc.), a related Sims extension might turn to be a further and
(entertaining) help. Many games are accompanied (in the box or c/o the
website) by Trailer movies; what about giving away small Sims too?!

More ideas: a Sims about the (of course, ancient) Senate of Rome and zoos
I doubt whether table-top gamers would enjoy a Sims just about table-top
gamers

Greetings, PY
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