elmo,

hiya, ya old f*rt :)

yes, i made a post similar to yours in M:TW forum not long ago and yes, i think it would be great. but let's carry it one step further now, if cat will permit ;) imagine the full map of japan as our battlefield. and essentially, we are playing IN, not on, the strat map. each player involved, and it would have to be quite a few to make this work, would have their own small army or units. each would have a home province. each might start with a taisho and a daimyo, not himself being one yet. there is no online campaign game, so what if this were it. instead of moving little pieces around on a strat map, we simply did everything in battle mode. a game like this would be ongoing. it wouldnt be played in a single night or a single month and maybe not even in a single year. it would be more like one of those massive multiplayer games like air warrior or asheron's call. you log in whenever you like. you log out whenever you like. the play simply continues 24/7.

certainly there would be a lot of details to work out and it might have to be a pay game to make it work for the dev guys, but imagine 2000 players playing at once on dedicated game servers on the full map of japan.

i'll leave this as is for a bit and let others contribute ideas, but frankly it inspires me just thinking about it. but just one last note before i go...now, take this to the other regions and time periods of the world and let your imagination run. ;)

K.


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