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Re: Stone Age Slaughter 7 Mon, 16 July 2012 10:08 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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Ron wrote on Mon, 16 July 2012 06:31
Coyote wrote on Sun, 15 July 2012 16:45
Out of curiosity, why is HE banned? Is there a critical advantage that they'd get in these starting conditions that I'm just unaware of?

Edit: I was never intending to play HE, just so you know.

Is it because of ccmaster's monster HE?


Yeah, they are all scared *grin

As strong ccmaster's monster HE is and especially in his skilled hands, I think it's excessive to ban it. It doesn't break the Stars rule that every design has its weaknesses and can be beaten by another design. As a matter of fact, it brings quite some thrill into every game.

Nevertheless ccmaster's HE is my favourite example of explaining other people why Stars is such a great and wonderful tactic&strat game. In the ancient times the 3i-HE-HP was considered too strong and banned from many games. Followed by strat and counter improvments which led to the situation that the HE was considered rather one of the weaker PRTs and the old monster suitable only for very special settings and seldomly played. And replaced by the fear of the almighty CA-monster. ccmaster brought back the HE with a unique and new design. That's what I really love about Stars.

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