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The Operational Wargame Series: The best game not in stores now (2021)

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Post by chaostheory »

KineticLensman wrote: post #73
chaostheory wrote: post #65

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This sounds extremely inefficient and even Luddite like. Having a computer involved wouldn’t reduce interaction. It would allow you to drastically increase the game speed.

> It would allow you to drastically increase the game speed. A lot of the value of these games is the human interaction of several people working closely around the same table, not sat at separate screens interacting via the systems rather than each other. These sorts of games have real value for training senior decision makers whose day job is all about personal interactions, e.g. gold or silver commanders in a blue…

You don’t need a separate computer per person, just per team. You probably only need a single computer for the entire game. This is really bad mental gymnastics.

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the_af wrote: post #74
BlueTemplar wrote: post #68

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What do you mean by "entry level" ? Did you have to work on an Eee PC during its time ? (I "did", but it was leased for free by the university, not an employer.) About a year ago I checked out laptops available at the supermarket, and most of them still didn't have an SSD !! Though I think I get what you mean, and also Oculus isn't "entry level" (maybe the first consumer one would qualify today, I have (had ?) one an…

I'm not using any hard definition, but by "entry level" laptops I meant low RAM, average-to-low CPU power, low-resolution screen (do you remember 768p screens? I've used that for more years than is acceptable to human dignity [1]), and if an external monitor was given, it was 1080p at best . And this was for development. As for the Oculus, I own an Oculus 2 and recently tried an Oculus 3, and while I don't know if ca…

Heh, both of the laptops I still use are like this : one is a midrange one from ~2012 and has 768 lines, the other a high end one from ~2016 and in theory 1440 lines, but I run it at 720. In both cases it's because the screens are too small for the typical assumptions with regards to pixel density programs use to have more lines, their graphic cards are frankly not good enough to be able to run more than that, and it saves on battery life.

But then laptops aren't for serious work, that's what desktops are for ! (And nothing wrong with 1080 lines (though I prefer 1200) for a typical size desktop monitor, especially if using more than one screen.)

Re: The Operational Wargame Series: The best game not in stores now (2021)

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BlueTemplar wrote: post #83
the_af wrote: post #74

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm not using any hard definition, but by "entry level" laptops I meant low RAM, average-to-low CPU power, low-resolution screen (do you remember 768p screens? I've used that for more years than is acceptable to human dignity [1]), and if an external monitor was given, it was 1080p at best . And this was for development. As for the Oculus, I own an Oculus 2 and recently tried an Oculus 3, and while I don't know if ca…

Heh, both of the laptops I still use are like this : one is a midrange one from ~2012 and has 768 lines, the other a high end one from ~2016 and in theory 1440 lines, but I run it at 720. In both cases it's because the screens are too small for the typical assumptions with regards to pixel density programs use to have more lines, their graphic cards are frankly not good enough to be able to run more than that, and it…

> But then laptops aren't for serious work, that's what desktops are for !

Where is that? I haven't seen a desktop at any workplace for more than 10 years, possibly more. Closer to 20 likely. And I mean anywhere -- neither small startups nor bigger businesses. Nobody used desktops for work, serious or otherwise. I'd say the only people I know who still use desktops are hardcore gamers (and not even most of them, either!).

In any case, we're getting sidetracked. My main point was that even these entry-level laptops are better than an Oculus headset for working. My experience, YMMV, and all the standard disclaimers.

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