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simwiz2

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Posted in: 'Republic Gunship, second republic unique unit?' - The poll expansion
  simwiz2
07-11-2002, 12:49 AM
#47
No, no, no, NO!! You are completely missing my point. Saying "it could concievably be used for recon" and "it could be a recon asset" are two completely different things. A unit that could concievably be used for recon is a unit...  [Read More]
Posted in: 'Republic Gunship, second republic unique unit?' - The poll expansion
  simwiz2
07-09-2002, 10:23 PM
#44
Well obviously it's not just a recon unit. But when you call a unit "a recon asset" then it ought to have good recon abilities. Are scouts lategame attack assets? By calling the gunship "a recon asset" you imply that it would some...  [Read More]
Posted in: 'Republic Gunship, second republic unique unit?' - The poll expansion
  simwiz2
07-08-2002, 10:30 PM
#42
Is that what you say to everything? That you were misquoted and didn't really say that? Do you have a memory problem? Would you like me to quote the whole post to refresh your memory? Well anyway it's on the second page of your second thread about th...  [Read More]
Posted in: 'Republic Gunship, second republic unique unit?' - The poll expansion
  simwiz2
07-07-2002, 10:50 PM
#39
Stupid... trying to back out. Okay I will post this last comment on recon and then stop trying to back out, it is too obvious, just drop it. You lost. You called it "a recon asset" and are now saying "All i was saying is that it COULD...  [Read More]
Posted in: 'Republic Gunship, second republic unique unit?' - The poll expansion
  simwiz2
07-05-2002, 10:28 PM
#37
And a captured bantha could perform recon, but it would be a rather stupid decision don't you think? Why would anyone in their right mind choose a bantha when they have a scout mech? And why would ANYONE in their right mind choose the gunship for rec...  [Read More]
Posted in: 'Republic Gunship, second republic unique unit?' - The poll expansion
  simwiz2
07-04-2002, 11:07 PM
#35
Originally posted by Darth Windu No, i didnt, i said it could be used for recon. Also, if your read my post properly, you would've seen that i said if a Gunship encountered AA, it could drop off one or 2 troops, and they could continue scouting. A...  [Read More]
Posted in: 'Republic Gunship, second republic unique unit?' - The poll expansion
  simwiz2
07-03-2002, 8:54 PM
#33
Originally posted by Darth Windu sithmaster - the term 'recon' is used to describe the action of gathering information. In this respect you can have spying, COMINT, ELINT, SIGINT and of course battlefield recon by vehicles such as the FAV/LSV, M-3,...  [Read More]
Posted in: 'Republic Gunship, second republic unique unit?' - The poll expansion
  simwiz2
07-02-2002, 2:07 AM
#27
Originally posted by Sithmaster_821 Simwiz, Windu, just an FYI, when you quote try to use the vB code([qoute][/qote]) instead of "and". Also, most people use italics for the person who is being quoted and bold for the quote. A typical quot...  [Read More]
Posted in: 'Republic Gunship, second republic unique unit?' - The poll expansion
  simwiz2
07-02-2002, 12:32 AM
#25
"recon(short for reconnaissance)-the survey of a region, esp. for obtaining military information about an enemy" lol, I hope he looked it up as soon as he realised it wasn't the same thing as attacking....  [Read More]
Posted in: 'Republic Gunship, second republic unique unit?' - The poll expansion
  simwiz2
07-01-2002, 11:09 PM
#23
Originally posted by Darth Windu The only thing we can go by are the current results, and from them it would seem that the gunship idea currently has the support of 81% of the people whom have voted. So assuming we were to go by what we kniw from...  [Read More]
Posted in: Republic Gunship, second Republic unique unit?
  simwiz2
07-02-2002, 2:19 AM
#84
wimp :p :)...  [Read More]
Posted in: Republic Gunship, second Republic unique unit?
  simwiz2
07-01-2002, 10:36 PM
#81
Originally posted by Darth Windu By all means, argue with me as much as you want, but leave the insults off the board. I find it very amusing that although you insulted him first, you are now pretending to be the mature one who doesn't like insult...  [Read More]
Posted in: Republic Gunship, second Republic unique unit?
  simwiz2
06-30-2002, 8:23 AM
#77
Originally posted by Darth Windu I was just thinking of something, the Gunship is effectively a flying assault mech. It has the twin lasers (the pods on the side) could carry the same amount of troops, similar speed/cost etc. Would be nice... In c...  [Read More]
Posted in: Republic Gunship, second Republic unique unit?
  simwiz2
06-26-2002, 9:59 PM
#71
Where the hell are you getting this from????? I have NEVER stated the exact cost or the speed of the proposed Gunship, only estimates. OMG, the stupidity!!! I never said that was exact either!! I was using it as an estimate are you really that dense...  [Read More]
Posted in: Republic Gunship, second Republic unique unit?
  simwiz2
06-26-2002, 7:58 AM
#68
"Now as i have said, the basic specs of the Gunship would probably be a speed/range between the fighter and bomber, good firepower (but almost useless against workers, ships, air)" this alone would be an overpriced bomber, so let's see what...  [Read More]
Posted in: Republic Gunship, second Republic unique unit?
  simwiz2
06-25-2002, 12:27 AM
#66
"Just as the Republic Gunship would be nice to have, and would certainly have its uses, plus it is something that no other civ has." Okay. I am going to try to explain this as clearly as possible since the rest of my posts seem to be well...  [Read More]
Posted in: Republic Gunship, second Republic unique unit?
  simwiz2
06-24-2002, 8:56 AM
#63
and btw darth windu, i forgot to mention this earlier, but when you labeled the probot as "just another scout mech" i sincerely hope that you were aware that it can go across ALL terrain types where the scout is limited to... perhaps land?...  [Read More]
Posted in: Republic Gunship, second Republic unique unit?
  simwiz2
06-24-2002, 1:50 AM
#62
Originally posted by Darth Windu Where is the need for a mobile shield generator? Where is the need for 2 scout units for the empire? What is the need for a glorified mounted trooper for the Naboo? Everything you have said is IRRELEVANT TO UNIQUE UN...  [Read More]
Posted in: Republic Gunship, second Republic unique unit?
  simwiz2
06-23-2002, 2:31 AM
#60
But you dont seem to realize this: there is no NEED FOR A TRANSPORT THAT CAN CARRY 2 UNITS AND SHOOT!!!!!! There is no need for an overpriced bomber with no sheilds!!!! There is no need for anything else in the air right now, we already covered AA, s...  [Read More]
Posted in: favorite civ
  simwiz2
07-16-2002, 12:48 PM
#32
Originally posted by Darth Windu Of course, they would be even better with the Gunship as their second unique unit... Which is a bad thing, as they are plenty strong already....  [Read More]
Posted in: The death of SWGB
  simwiz2
06-30-2002, 1:38 AM
#52
WC3 is the kind of RTS that TBS people refer to as a "clickfest". And if they play it before they play the more moderate AoK-type games, they usually are turned off RTS forever....  [Read More]
Posted in: Before Starting a Thread - CHECK
  simwiz2
06-27-2002, 12:11 AM
#18
"...lies..." Give me one example of a lie. "...popular..." Like I have said in the past that is very debatable. Did you go to apolyton or civfanatics? Do you read my post about vocal minorites? It is probably not as drastic as...  [Read More]
Posted in: Before Starting a Thread - CHECK
  simwiz2
06-26-2002, 9:35 AM
#16
Originally posted by Darth Windu No, you THINK that the people who support the gunship idea are a 'vocal minority'. Did you ever stop to consider that perhaps we are a vocal majority? Okay, lets assume for a minute that there are 100 people at Lu...  [Read More]
Posted in: Before Starting a Thread - CHECK
  simwiz2
06-26-2002, 12:45 AM
#15
"I would appreciate it if your didnt use quotes for what you THINK i said. In no post have i ever made the statement that all UU's are overpowered, i suggest you take up reading lessons." I dont think you said anything, I know you said so...  [Read More]
Posted in: Before Starting a Thread - CHECK
  simwiz2
06-25-2002, 12:47 AM
#13
well the voting seems to be at 9 to 3 now, so even going by that it's still not quite :rolleyes: darth's vision of "the community vs sith" 9:3 /= 11:1 darth. darth, this is the second time I have had to remind you of the value of certain nu...  [Read More]
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