Re: A respectable hobby?
There's nothing wrong with role-playing or wargaming (whether cardboardish or software-like).
You put up some good words, including these. Makes me think of the typical fear many humans have towards the unknown or the mysterious.Perhaps then an unusually well-developed imagination is a subconscious red-flag: this person is a potential threat.
To continue, what I think of wargaming is very simple. We originate from animals, and are just like them. With our typical aggression, dominance, fear, hate, etc. We have the urge to conquer, to hurt, to attack, to destroy, to take power and control. The difference between us and animals, is that we're a lot worse, due to our human intelligence.
Society's rules forbid us to perform acts of violence, or whatever acts perceived as "evil". Playing wargames is just that typical thing we need, especially men need it. It's that deep part of the brain we're satisfying.
I bet if an open WW III broke out, and if many men were forced to go to battle, those who will have their first war experience will grow accustomed to it, and maybe even like it. But that's mainly speculation.
I for one am very interested in general warfare and its history, simply because it interests me. That's one of the reasons I play TW (for battles mainly). But I read books too.
I wonder what people would think if they'd have to compare two people interested in warfare, tactics, strategies, and so on. But one is playing wargames, and the other is reading books and such.
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Originally Posted by Mount Suribachi
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