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Re: RA vs. Warcraft 2 [Was Re: RA update (fwd)]

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From: Thomas M. Turner
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 1997 00:00
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Chris Milner <cjm...@mailserv.mta.ca> wrote in article
<cjmlnr.59...@mailserv.mta.ca>...
> With your ignorant post you basically supported the original poster's
point.  
> Unless a player has played an equal amount(or there abouts) of both games
they 
> really can't argue the tactical difference between the two.  People have
a 
> tendancy to enjoy the game they played first and to dislike all the rest
that 
> aren't 'like' the other.  Bias plays a huge factor in people's judgement
and 
> that is very apparent in post about this topic.

I disagree. I played Warcraft 2 a long time before Red Alert.  I haven't
played Warcraft 2 since I started Red Alert, but I still stand by my
comparisons.  From all of the "tips" from various newsgroups and web pages,
 and from actually playing hours and hours of multi-player levels, I have
found that there are *less strategies* in Red Alert than in Warcraft 2.  

However, having said this, and upsetting all of you Westwood "cult"
members, remember what I *just said*: I haven't played Warcraft 2 since I
got Red Alert...  What does that mean?  It means that until Warcraft 3 or
the next C&C game, I will put up with the annoying faults of RA until I get
completely sick of the game altogether, having pretty much mastered
Warcraft 2.  Once again, though, I must point out that you are probably
missing a lot of potential strategies in WC2, if you disagree with my
statements - in other words, you probably didn't play it enough to figure
them out...

- T.Turner
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From: "Thomas M. Turner" <Thomas...@uni.edu>
Subject: Re: RA vs. Warcraft 2 [Was Re: RA update (fwd)]
Date: 1997/04/15
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