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    Guerrilla Guy

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    • Why politics are not allowed on this board

      I am perfectly fine with anyone responding to this post via threads below, but understand those threads will be treated with the same attention to detail dedicated to any thread, so no one can complain that I’m “suppressing” dissenting opinions to what is stated here. I locked and stickied this thread.

      That being said…

      axisandallies.org started with a general discussion board and a politics board. In the politics board, any topic was open for discussion and debate, and flames and baits were strictly enforced. I joined the moderating team in January 2006, and at the time, our political boards were already out of hand. Just about every single debate brought up by the first page had a flame. And not just from people who were expected to be trolls; those individuals would get banned rather quickly. Instead, the people inciting the flames and debates were our regular, 1000+ or even multi-1000+ members, steady posters with well formulated opinions and arguments. Some of those people aren’t here anymore, either cause we had to enforce the same standards that were put against standard trollers, or they left out of utter frustration.

      The worse part of the board was it literally build feuds up between individual members. All that had to happen was for one particular member to post a discussion, and immediately the other member of the feud would find some way to bait out the member, and the topic would devolve from there until it was closed. For the moderating staff, it was a pain. It was I believe 2007 or 2008 when the political discussion boards were axed, and members haven’t been lost to frustration, feuds, or any other such consequence of political debates.

      If you were an owner of a website which marketed itself out as “content production” and “dissemination,” and you were losing members due to this one side section of your website, and if subsequently that section was making members leave (who would otherwise be advancing the main purpose of your site), wouldn’t you axe that section? I do not say any of this as someone against political discussion. I love argument; in fact, it’s taken a lot of self control to not jump into some political debates that have arisen in this forum, even when I felt I had a better argument to offer the opposition, but I understand the necessity of why it needed to be closed.

      This is the real world (the General Discussion Board) in the sense that real emotions come out through words. I think it’s far too easy to loose sight of that. Recently, I heard a member make the claim, “People are too sensitive, that’s why this thread was locked,” in regards to why a certain political thread was shut down from General Discussion. I have heard this argument from multiple people on this board. My response is yes, people have feelings. Everyone does, even the person who contends it is only “the other troll” who has feelings; those same accusers don’t realize they are operating out of those same “said” feelings when they continue a flame, or offer a bait, or get worked up over the smallest thing. The “schoolyard” mentality of “the mod tattle-talers are just weak wusses” is ludicrous. If you get offended enough to post an argument, plus a dig against another poster (or just the dig), you are ruled by the same emotions you pin on your nemesis poster. You just happen to leave it in the open for a mod to correct it swiftly.

      And no, this is not constructed to preach down to anyone. I’ve had members come to me frustrated that their threads are closed, or that their posts get moderated and asking, “Why can’t we have political discussions?” For me the reason why is obvious. I am saying this cause it is the facts of the case, and they are simple. Since I run into them as a mod more often, perhaps they are that much more of a reality to me, and I willingly acquiesce that, I am also willing to acquiesce that there are arguments against the reasoning above posted. Yet, I am happy that we don’t have to deal with the veracity availed in the political discussion right now.

      We are a community concerned with a wargame, not a wargame within a community. Thanks for reading.

      GG

      posted in General Discussion
      Guerrilla Guy
      Guerrilla Guy
    • RE: Paintball or Airsoft

      Airsoft. Although I haven’t played in forever. Dang college… RPK-74 is righteous along with US SAW’s and the Steyr AUG.

      GG

      posted in General Discussion
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      Guerrilla Guy

    Latest posts made by Guerrilla Guy

    • RE: Battle of Princeton

      I understand! AAA has a way of altering your thinking, for the good! I will just say I am happy to accept any tidbit you have, even repeats or comments.

      GG

      posted in General Discussion
      Guerrilla Guy
      Guerrilla Guy
    • RE: Battle of Princeton

      @wittmann:

      Thank you GG. Great read. I had no idea you had Winter battles in your little war with us.
      And you have been to the battlefield too. Nice.
      Hope you are well and had a great Christmas and New Year.

      Wittman, thank you. I can only find two major engagements during the winter: Benedict Arnold’s failed attempt into Canada during '75, and the New Jersey Campaign in '77. In the US, we do idolize Washington’s Christmas crossing of the Delaware, but, to me, Princeton was more significant in that whole campaign. It was a little war, but if any battle of the war made it “larger”, it would be Princeton as a display to the French.

      Happy New Year to you! I had an outstanding Christmas and New Year. A busy work schedule throughout the beginning of December, so, it came at the right time. I’m looking forward to a year of your excellent historical posts. Always a treat.

      GG

      posted in General Discussion
      Guerrilla Guy
      Guerrilla Guy
    • Battle of Princeton

      On January 3rd, 1777, George Washington led a large American force in an attack on Princeton, a principal British outpost in southern New Jersey, completing a successful excursion which he had started on the night of December 25th, 1776 at the crossing of the Delaware. Before the battle of Princeton, numerous soldiers enlistments in their local state militias were expiring in the new year, yet Washington was able to impress the gravity of the situation on many troops, and he persuaded 5,200 to continue to fight with him in New Jersey.

      Before the battle, Washington devised a brilliant hoax, leaving 400 men to tend fires and make entrenching sounds in their positions outside of Trenton, making the British think they were digging in for the night. All the while, Washington’s main body was circumventing Cornwallis, and moving to seize Princeton farther up the road. Washington did not expect that the British force holding Princeton was also moving towards him.

      The continental vanguard, led by Hugh Mercer, engaged British forces under Charles Mawhood, stationed as a holding force in Princeton. Mercer was killed in the engagement, and his men began to retreat, even though they outnumber the British on the field. Then Washington arrives, bringing reinforcements with him. He rides to the front of his line to rally his troops. While Washington is rallying his men, both sides exchange volleys, the smoke clears, and the American general still sit atop his horse unharmed. He subsequently orders a charge against an already breaking British line, and temporarily seizes Princeton.

      The attack on Princeton was less a victory for US forces (they were forced to retreat shortly thereafter, since Cornwallis was in close pursuit) and more of a proving ground that the colonials could stand, albeit weakly, and be victorious on a European battlefield. French support was secured. I was fortunate this last year (2013) to visit PA and NJ and visit the crossing as well as Princeton/University, seeing Nassau Hall, where 194 British soldiers hid until Alexander Hamilton, a young officer in the Continental Army, fired at the structure and forced the enemy to capitulate. A wonderful battlesite to visit, as well as the college.

      GG

      posted in General Discussion
      Guerrilla Guy
      Guerrilla Guy
    • MOVED: 4 players

      This topic has been moved to House Rules.

      http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=32301.0

      posted in Axis & Allies Global 1940
      Guerrilla Guy
      Guerrilla Guy
    • RE: Canada names it's warships after US defeats

      @variance:

      Canada is 1000% better that the USA.  Don’t believe me?  Go take a trip to any American city and to any Canadian city and look around and then think about where you would like to live.  No contest.  I won’t even visit the USA anymore because the place is such a dump I am afraid I will catch a disease, and its a police state too.  Lots of Americans are nice people but the country is messed.

      I enjoy Canada. Wouldn’t go as far as saying that it is 1000% better. You haven’t been to every US city. Where I live is gorgeous! But, to each their own.

      GG

      posted in General Discussion
      Guerrilla Guy
      Guerrilla Guy
    • RE: A soldier's silent night

      Merry Christmas, Jen! Thanks for sharing; I enjoy reading it each time you post it.

      GG

      posted in General Discussion
      Guerrilla Guy
      Guerrilla Guy
    • RE: Canada names it's warships after US defeats

      IL, we (USA) do the same thing in regards to US allies. USS Lake Champlain, USS Lake Eire, etc. I think we all do our jobs reminding respective allies they were once bad on the field.

      GG

      P.S. Yes, I get this wasn’t meant as serious….

      posted in General Discussion
      Guerrilla Guy
      Guerrilla Guy
    • MOVED: Game anyone?

      This topic has been moved to Find Players and Game Discussion.

      http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=32582.0

      posted in Axis & Allies Global 1940
      Guerrilla Guy
      Guerrilla Guy
    • RE: Espionnage

      Bean has a point. The best way to implement this is play with two battle boards, and then be able to implement “reveal” systems, allowing you to track enemy movement. Where this becomes hard to track is with shipping. At that point, it would seem a moderator would be in order.

      GG

      posted in House Rules
      Guerrilla Guy
      Guerrilla Guy
    • MOVED: Real value of units

      This topic has been moved to House Rules.

      http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=31933.0

      posted in Axis & Allies Global 1940
      Guerrilla Guy
      Guerrilla Guy