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I tried, I really tried to start up a campaign and play this weekend as the Rebels again but I just was so burned out of this game that I couldn't continue. I am so sorry, it just seems more fun to check the messages here than to actually play the game anymore.
Pizzaguy, you no longer type huh? I haven't been on for a while but I don't really see your name anywhere anymore.
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I can't believe this :elephant:.
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yeah thats something i didn't notice, Pizzaguy hasn't shown up here for a little-bit.
I've gone back to RTW for a bit, quite surprising how the units seem to be more responsive than in M2TW :laugh4:
Mostly personal discussion, so I'll transplant this to the frontroom, complete with 98% more kindered souls ~;)
Sorry to hear all that Budwise. Life's a ***** ain't it.
1. I think Pizzaguy posted last week that he was doing something else besides playing M2 lately.Quote:
Originally Posted by PapaNasty
2. Thats the first thing I noticed upon firing up M2TW was that the units seemed slower to respond. Probably more realistic though, given the methods of communicating orders. Prior to graphical interfaces, it probably went something like this:
"Ok, you, yes YOU, untrained meatbags holding pointy things. Ok, I've got your attention. What? You can't hear me, Ok let me move closer." Clop-clop clop-clop clop-clop. "Can you hear me now? Good. Ok now I want you to break your line, turn right 37 degrees, run 67m that way to the enemies left flank, stop, and rotate .... yes, the enemies left, that would be your right, What? Its the one with your spear in it you imbecile! .... where was I, ah yes, then rotate your formation 138 degrees left to face 42 degrees into the enemy line, and wait for further instructions. What? What do you mean its only 74 degrees today!? How am I supposed to win a battle when this.... Aw screw it, just CHAAARGE!"
Hey Budwise that blurb there about your son?
Its not all bad, my Nephew is Autistic and there really are some great, i suppose i'll call them systems, out there to help Autistic kids learn and fit in. My sister was told that her son was so far Autistic that he would probably never fit into mainstream school nor would he ever be "potty trained", but after a whole lot of work and dedication (very very hard-almost impossible in that situation described in your blurb I understand) at 5 he potty trained himself.
One day he decided that he would only use the toilet, and from then on stopped using nappies. He's now 7, is in mainstream school (with a lot of understanding, luckily) and really is one if the most intelligent kids i've ever seen (i've got two myself, unfortunately they are like me...poor kids). He does his 12 year old brothers math homework :book: . He's also never thrown a tantrum about anything.... so its not all bad, and he can be helped, its just not easy even with the best set-up. The issue is the need for constant contact and work....
LMAO @ ReiseReise
Dude your posts always make me crack-up.
Hey Budwise, your a good guy I have read a lot of your posts in the MTW2 forum, head up man.
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Thats good, my son is four now and my b of an exgirlfriend has been holding him out on seeing me. I know hes not in any programs but just a quick question. Can an autism kid live a successful life? My son will not respond to his name, has not potty trained yet but he very loves his mom and I. He also shows great signs of intelligents and I do have hope for him. He does say simple words or a phraze or two but no complete sentences yet.Quote:
Originally Posted by PapaNasty
He does however, whine about everything. I think its because his mom is so lazy as a parent but when I was able to take him out for the first time alone since I left her three years ago, he was very alert and showed great interest in running. Inside a store he would run as fast as he could and he enjoyed me chasing him. I guess its okay, its better then down syndrome.
Yeah he can have a successful life, its just that people have to adjust their way of thinking to realise that Autistic people see things differently to others.
Normally, like with my nephew, Autistic kids show little emotion unless they are really upset (then you better watch out, because they only consider the effects of what has happened AFTER it has been done), and they see everything in black or white, very factual, which is one of the reasons Autistic people can be some of the most talented and intelligent people you will meet, but socially they do need guidance and understanding (like some people on these forums HAHA).
My Nephew goes through phases of having "favourite" things that he CAN NOT be parted with. when he was 4 he was very interested in dead things, like bugs, and he would not got to sleep unless his collection was arranged in a specific pattern, exactly the same almost to the millimetere, each night, beside him in bed. Some people might think that very sick, but they have to understand that to him, its just something dead that used to be alive, there is no "ooo icky bug" about it. And because thats how he wanted it, if it wasn't there, he wouldn't sleep.
Sometimes dealing with Autistic kids is about giving them the room to feel their way, understanding how they think and adjusting other things to suit. When they are interested in something, they're very alert, attentive and curious.
If you like, i dunno how much you know about it but I can see what "course" my sister used, and PM you the name of it so you can look it up and have a quick look. It was not a very well-known oranisation here in NZ, the specialists new nothing of it, but without a doubt his progress has been phenominal compared with their forecast of his future. Even with just understanding how he works and thinks would probably make things a damn site easier.
Oh yeah, and about his speech, thats fixable. My Nephew has a full vocabularly better than that of his brother, and he's way more polite and doesn't talk back, mainly because his sense of humor is completely different and, because of the way he sees things, Yes means Yes, and No means No. If he is told to do something, he does it because he was told to.