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<blockquote data-quote="Dr. Strangemonkey" data-source="post: 398984" data-attributes="member: 6533"><p><strong>Victory?!?!</strong></p><p></p><p>Oh, Chrisling, do not concede so soon.</p><p></p><p>I'm not even sure what's being discussed here.</p><p></p><p>The idea that Elves aren't what they're cracked up to be?</p><p></p><p>Well, I have to support that. The demographic thing I did a while back started out to be about elves until I realized that humans have a generational advantage over them in the new rules. In my opinion a single war pretty well screws their ability to grow.</p><p></p><p>The thought that Dwarfs would be taken out by politicians?</p><p></p><p>Well, this I must disagree with. But that's one little thing.</p><p></p><p>The argument that Orcs would be the essentially superior race in a fantasty setting?</p><p></p><p>This I agree with, I think Dwarfs and Gnomes have some pretty good strategies for surviving generally, but overall I think the superior strength, large numbers, and nighttime advantages of Orcs make them the power to beat. I think the other demi-humans are forced to ally in order to survive their attacks. And I think they have the potentiall to create a really interesting culture based on their short life expectancies and the amount of energy that would have to be spent in some form of education.</p><p></p><p>I mean we assume they breed like rabbits, but with their short life spans they must have a phenomenally intensive learning curve in order to achieve even the disadvantaged levels of intelligence and charisma they have. The level of cultural investment they would have to make in education would surely yield some benefits. Not to mention they all wear some pretty sophisticated armor, with their numbers they must have a pretty good system of micro-level industrialization.</p><p></p><p><sigh></p><p></p><p>I suppose I'm upset because, this time, it really doesn't look like you will be pulling me back in. Sniff, sniff.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dr. Strangemonkey, post: 398984, member: 6533"] [b]Victory?!?![/b] Oh, Chrisling, do not concede so soon. I'm not even sure what's being discussed here. The idea that Elves aren't what they're cracked up to be? Well, I have to support that. The demographic thing I did a while back started out to be about elves until I realized that humans have a generational advantage over them in the new rules. In my opinion a single war pretty well screws their ability to grow. The thought that Dwarfs would be taken out by politicians? Well, this I must disagree with. But that's one little thing. The argument that Orcs would be the essentially superior race in a fantasty setting? This I agree with, I think Dwarfs and Gnomes have some pretty good strategies for surviving generally, but overall I think the superior strength, large numbers, and nighttime advantages of Orcs make them the power to beat. I think the other demi-humans are forced to ally in order to survive their attacks. And I think they have the potentiall to create a really interesting culture based on their short life expectancies and the amount of energy that would have to be spent in some form of education. I mean we assume they breed like rabbits, but with their short life spans they must have a phenomenally intensive learning curve in order to achieve even the disadvantaged levels of intelligence and charisma they have. The level of cultural investment they would have to make in education would surely yield some benefits. Not to mention they all wear some pretty sophisticated armor, with their numbers they must have a pretty good system of micro-level industrialization. <sigh> I suppose I'm upset because, this time, it really doesn't look like you will be pulling me back in. Sniff, sniff. [/QUOTE]
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