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Re: An idea for a new X-com

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From: W. Schnitzel
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 00:00
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Simon Trowman skrev i meddelandet <6urkff$jdh$3...@eros.clara.net>...
>
>W. Schnitzel wrote in message ...
>>It
>>would be extremely tiring to manage all your agents on the huge maps that
>>Apoc had.
>>
>>Having 50 X-Com agents may sound cool, but isn't X-Com about small unit
>>tactics? Getting to know your individual agents rather than queing up a
>>whole group of agents? Just a thought.
>
>
>Hi friend,
>               I agree 100% with you on the subject of smaller units.  I
>think for me it was this "getting to know my squadron"  thing that really
>got me hooked. how i weeped out loud when one off my men, whom i nurtured
>and trained from the begining took a nose dive from one lousy  accident.
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Now... if we could only make MicroProse agree *grin*
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From: "W. Schnitzel" <wschn...@liamtoh.com>
Subject: Re: An idea for a new X-com
Date: 1998/09/29
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