Wargaming in the military
http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htlead/20100204.aspx
As the article points out, this has been going on for some time. My own hope would be that they would allow the players to lose. Back in the 70's I heard horror stories about commanding officers changing the rules in mid-game to allow the trainees to "win" and not ruin the poor dears' self-confidence. Such childishness is contemptable and results in horrible leadership. Two of the biggest brats I knew in wargaming in the 70's were both junior officers who'd obviously been brought up in this type of environment and simply couldn't believe when they (inevitably) started to lose a game and the rules weren't changed to assure them victory. The gods only know how effective they'd of been in a real-life situation, bawling at the heavens that the "rules" should be changed to stop the enemy. This is what causes fragging....
(Thanks for the link, Dennis!)
As the article points out, this has been going on for some time. My own hope would be that they would allow the players to lose. Back in the 70's I heard horror stories about commanding officers changing the rules in mid-game to allow the trainees to "win" and not ruin the poor dears' self-confidence. Such childishness is contemptable and results in horrible leadership. Two of the biggest brats I knew in wargaming in the 70's were both junior officers who'd obviously been brought up in this type of environment and simply couldn't believe when they (inevitably) started to lose a game and the rules weren't changed to assure them victory. The gods only know how effective they'd of been in a real-life situation, bawling at the heavens that the "rules" should be changed to stop the enemy. This is what causes fragging....
(Thanks for the link, Dennis!)
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