New Format/Name
I've mostly finished the new format and name change. I grew tired of the "moreninja" bit. It was a hold over from when I couldn't find a name for the blog and didn't really care if it worked or not as I just wanted to see the blogspot interface.
I recall being frustrated for the most part at the time.
Regardless, here it is with some CSS polish and some dering-do.
The new name "Phyrric Victories" is a reference to my father. One lesson that I learned, among the many -many- defeats my father handed me over a plethora of paper chit wargames, is that to win, sometimes you need to make sacrifices.
The most memorable of instances, and the first time I heard the word 'phyrric', was over a game of Advanced Squad Leader. And although I lost the battle, a few small engagements turned in my favor by way of overwhelming brute force in the form of a tidal wave human bodies. If it is of any interest, it was an engagement of Russians vs. Germans, and I did have a commissar on board. I was at least playing the part.
"Look at that blood bath," he'd gesture to me while looking over the stack of casualties I was incuring. Despite gaining some ground, he told me enthusiastically that I was winning a phyrric victory and gave me the definition of the word upon my inquiry. He didn't cut any of the details about King Phyrrus and his bloody campaign against the Romans, about how he lost, and the famous quote "If I was to win another such victory I will go home alone". It would prove to be fore shadowing what was to come.
I didn't really care. For about 10 minutes I was winning a game I always lose. And it's a lesson I haven't forgot.
I recall being frustrated for the most part at the time.
Regardless, here it is with some CSS polish and some dering-do.
The new name "Phyrric Victories" is a reference to my father. One lesson that I learned, among the many -many- defeats my father handed me over a plethora of paper chit wargames, is that to win, sometimes you need to make sacrifices.
The most memorable of instances, and the first time I heard the word 'phyrric', was over a game of Advanced Squad Leader. And although I lost the battle, a few small engagements turned in my favor by way of overwhelming brute force in the form of a tidal wave human bodies. If it is of any interest, it was an engagement of Russians vs. Germans, and I did have a commissar on board. I was at least playing the part.
"Look at that blood bath," he'd gesture to me while looking over the stack of casualties I was incuring. Despite gaining some ground, he told me enthusiastically that I was winning a phyrric victory and gave me the definition of the word upon my inquiry. He didn't cut any of the details about King Phyrrus and his bloody campaign against the Romans, about how he lost, and the famous quote "If I was to win another such victory I will go home alone". It would prove to be fore shadowing what was to come.
I didn't really care. For about 10 minutes I was winning a game I always lose. And it's a lesson I haven't forgot.
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11:06 AM
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