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				|  Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2005 6:20 am    Post subject: Re: the Arms Race |  |  
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				| Chris,
 
 In doing some list work, and looking through the books, can you point
 me to an Army armed with 2HCT that does not have the following "List
 Rule", or at least a variation of it:
 
 Steady, Non impetuous foot not armed with 2HCT and no other H-T-H
 Weapon fight 1.5 ranks.
 
 Looking through Feudal Warrior, every Army with 2HCT guys has this
 rule, the only Army I "Know" od off the top of my head is the Later
 Ottoman Turks, who have the option to upgrade to 2HCT but not the
 rule.  There's the Rule for KoSJ in the erratta, and the Later
 Hungarians as well.
 
 Now, the Later Ottoman could be an exception, or a mistake, I don't
 know, might be best to ask Scott.
 
 But, giving a cursory look to all the lists I can see with 2HCT (and I
 didn't look that hard) Later Ottomans are the only ones I see without
 that rule.
 
 Are there others?
 
 Todd
 
 
 
 --- In WarriorRules@yahoogroups.com, "Chris Bump" <cncbump@v...> wrote:
 > If it were the original intent then why the list rules allowing it
 in the
 > medievel list book, and then only on specific armies?
 > Chris
 >   -----Original Message-----
 >   From: Mark Stone [mailto:mark@d...]
 >   Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 10:58 AM
 >   To: WarriorRules@yahoogroups.com
 >   Subject: [WarriorRules] Re: the Arms Race
 >
 >
 >   Quoting "WarriorRules@yahoogroups.com" <WarriorRules@yahoogroups.com>:
 >
 >   >
 >   > In a message dated 3/1/2005 21:12:25 Central Standard Time,
 > Quahog25@a...
 >   > writes:
 >   >  <<  As the halberd and the axe are superchargred to  keep pace
 with the
 >   > supercharged lancer ( and presumably the LTS is soon to  follow),>>
 >   >
 >   > The halberd and axe are not 'being supercharged' to 'keep pace' with
 >   > anything.  First, Warrior 2HCT has always been 1.5 ranks if
 steady and
 >   > non-impetuous, so there isn't any change there.
 >   >
 >
 >   Jon, you bring so many fine qualities to our hobby and the rules,
 but this
 > is
 >   one of the few mistakes you consistently make. What you should, of
 course,
 >   being saying is that in _your_ opinion there isn't any change
 there. But
 > there
 >   are two valid points of view here, and I submit that your point of
 view
 > matters
 >   considerably less.
 >
 >   I know what you are trying to say: in your own mind it has always been
 > your
 >   intention that 2HCT fight 1.5 ranks. But as any of the professional
 > writers on
 >   this list will tell you, author's intent has very little to do
 with the
 > meaning
 >   of a text. The ultimate judge of meaning is the reader, not the
 author.
 >
 >   We, your readers, can only judge by the text you actually produce. In
 > Warrior
 >   there is no mention of 2HCT fighting in 1.5 ranks, and to many of
 us it
 >   certainly seems like something that has become more pervasive over
 time
 > via
 >   list rules until, with the forthcoming reprint, it will indeed be
 fully
 > part of
 >   the rules.
 >
 >   To many of your readers that means that the rules have changed. It
 seems
 > to me
 >   that you'd be better off spending more effort thinking about why your
 > readers
 >   have those perceptions and how best to address them, and less time
 > defending
 >   the hollow notion that nothing's changed because this was your
 intent all
 >   along.
 >
 >   Of course, that's just my opinion, and I only have 20+ years of
 > professional
 >   experience as a writer, editor, and publisher with which to back
 it up.
 >
 >
 >   -Mark Stone
 >
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		| Chris Bump Legate
 
  
 
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				|  Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2005 6:31 am    Post subject: RE: Re: the Arms Race |  |  
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				| My point was that if the rule were meant to be universal, then there would
 be no need for list rules.  There are list rules, hence the rule was not
 meant to be universal and certainly was not always in place or even always
 intent on being in place.
 
 But to satisfy my curiosity:
 From Feudal Warrior,
 List 2 has no rule for 2HCT and has hussites armed with 2HCT.
 List 4 has no rule for 2HCT and has sailors armed with 2HCT
 List 5 allows only German infantry armed with 2HCT 1.5 ranks even though
 Polish foot are also armed as such.
 This took me 5 minutes.  I am not inclined to continue the search as I am
 confident this trend continues further into the book.   Now, there may be
 clarifications that have caught these "oversights" and changed them, but
 again this all tears at the fabric of the notion that the 1.5 rank rule was
 always the intention, much less the case.
 Chris
 -----Original Message-----
 From: thresh1642 [mailto:thresh1642@...]
 Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 9:21 PM
 To: WarriorRules@yahoogroups.com
 Subject: [WarriorRules] Re: the Arms Race
 
 
 
 Chris,
 
 In doing some list work, and looking through the books, can you point
 me to an Army armed with 2HCT that does not have the following "List
 Rule", or at least a variation of it:
 
 Steady, Non impetuous foot not armed with 2HCT and no other H-T-H
 Weapon fight 1.5 ranks.
 
 Looking through Feudal Warrior, every Army with 2HCT guys has this
 rule, the only Army I "Know" od off the top of my head is the Later
 Ottoman Turks, who have the option to upgrade to 2HCT but not the
 rule.  There's the Rule for KoSJ in the erratta, and the Later
 Hungarians as well.
 
 Now, the Later Ottoman could be an exception, or a mistake, I don't
 know, might be best to ask Scott.
 
 But, giving a cursory look to all the lists I can see with 2HCT (and I
 didn't look that hard) Later Ottomans are the only ones I see without
 that rule.
 
 Are there others?
 
 Todd
 
 
 
 --- In WarriorRules@yahoogroups.com, "Chris Bump" <cncbump@v...> wrote:
 > If it were the original intent then why the list rules allowing it
 in the
 > medievel list book, and then only on specific armies?
 > Chris
 >   -----Original Message-----
 >   From: Mark Stone [mailto:mark@d...]
 >   Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 10:58 AM
 >   To: WarriorRules@yahoogroups.com
 >   Subject: [WarriorRules] Re: the Arms Race
 >
 >
 >   Quoting "WarriorRules@yahoogroups.com" <WarriorRules@yahoogroups.com>:
 >
 >   >
 >   > In a message dated 3/1/2005 21:12:25 Central Standard Time,
 > Quahog25@a...
 >   > writes:
 >   >  <<  As the halberd and the axe are superchargred to  keep pace
 with the
 >   > supercharged lancer ( and presumably the LTS is soon to  follow),>>
 >   >
 >   > The halberd and axe are not 'being supercharged' to 'keep pace' with
 >   > anything.  First, Warrior 2HCT has always been 1.5 ranks if
 steady and
 >   > non-impetuous, so there isn't any change there.
 >   >
 >
 >   Jon, you bring so many fine qualities to our hobby and the rules,
 but this
 > is
 >   one of the few mistakes you consistently make. What you should, of
 course,
 >   being saying is that in _your_ opinion there isn't any change
 there. But
 > there
 >   are two valid points of view here, and I submit that your point of
 view
 > matters
 >   considerably less.
 >
 >   I know what you are trying to say: in your own mind it has always been
 > your
 >   intention that 2HCT fight 1.5 ranks. But as any of the professional
 > writers on
 >   this list will tell you, author's intent has very little to do
 with the
 > meaning
 >   of a text. The ultimate judge of meaning is the reader, not the
 author.
 >
 >   We, your readers, can only judge by the text you actually produce. In
 > Warrior
 >   there is no mention of 2HCT fighting in 1.5 ranks, and to many of
 us it
 >   certainly seems like something that has become more pervasive over
 time
 > via
 >   list rules until, with the forthcoming reprint, it will indeed be
 fully
 > part of
 >   the rules.
 >
 >   To many of your readers that means that the rules have changed. It
 seems
 > to me
 >   that you'd be better off spending more effort thinking about why your
 > readers
 >   have those perceptions and how best to address them, and less time
 > defending
 >   the hollow notion that nothing's changed because this was your
 intent all
 >   along.
 >
 >   Of course, that's just my opinion, and I only have 20+ years of
 > professional
 >   experience as a writer, editor, and publisher with which to back
 it up.
 >
 >
 >   -Mark Stone
 >
 >
 >         Yahoo! Groups Sponsor
 >               ADVERTISEMENT
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		| Todd Schneider Centurion
 
  
 
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				|  Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2005 6:44 am    Post subject: RE: Re: the Arms Race |  |  
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				| Chris,
 
 Hussites have the rule that says they fight 1.5 ranks
 (List 37). So the Hussitte Infantry in List 2 without
 the rule is either an oversight or an excpetion.  I've
 set it aside for Scott to address.
 
 However, looking at those lists with 2HCT, the
 majority have the list rule.  The others seem to be
 the exceptions, which Scott can address.
 
 Atthe same time though, you're going to have a hard
 time convining me no one plays early Poles because the
 Late Period 2HCT armed guys don't fight 1.5 ranks.  In
 fact, at least to my noobish eyes, the rule for the
 Poles is upgrade 0-1/2, which means half the unit,
 which usually means just the front rank (unless the
 powergamer in us takes 8 elements, and makes a 4E unit
 with all 2HCT).
 
 Todd
 
 
 
 --- Chris Bump <cncbump@...> wrote:
 
 
 ---------------------------------
 My point was that if the rule were meant to be
 universal, then there would
 be no need for list rules.  There are list rules,
 hence the rule was not
 meant to be universal and certainly was not always in
 place or even always
 intent on being in place.
 
 But to satisfy my curiosity:
 From Feudal Warrior,
 List 2 has no rule for 2HCT and has hussites armed
 with 2HCT.
 List 4 has no rule for 2HCT and has sailors armed with
 2HCT
 List 5 allows only German infantry armed with 2HCT 1.5
 ranks even though
 Polish foot are also armed as such.
 This took me 5 minutes.  I am not inclined to continue
 the search as I am
 confident this trend continues further into the book.
 Now, there may be
 clarifications that have caught these "oversights" and
 changed them, but
 again this all tears at the fabric of the notion that
 the 1.5 rank rule was
 always the intention, much less the case.
 Chris
 -----Original Message-----
 From: thresh1642 [mailto:thresh1642@...]
 Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 9:21 PM
 To: WarriorRules@yahoogroups.com
 Subject: [WarriorRules] Re: the Arms Race
 
 
 
 Chris,
 
 In doing some list work, and looking through the
 books, can you point
 me to an Army armed with 2HCT that does not have the
 following "List
 Rule", or at least a variation of it:
 
 Steady, Non impetuous foot not armed with 2HCT and
 no other H-T-H
 Weapon fight 1.5 ranks.
 
 Looking through Feudal Warrior, every Army with 2HCT
 guys has this
 rule, the only Army I "Know" od off the top of my
 head is the Later
 Ottoman Turks, who have the option to upgrade to
 2HCT but not the
 rule.  There's the Rule for KoSJ in the erratta, and
 the Later
 Hungarians as well.
 
 Now, the Later Ottoman could be an exception, or a
 mistake, I don't
 know, might be best to ask Scott.
 
 But, giving a cursory look to all the lists I can
 see with 2HCT (and I
 didn't look that hard) Later Ottomans are the only
 ones I see without
 that rule.
 
 Are there others?
 
 Todd
 
 
 
 --- In WarriorRules@yahoogroups.com, "Chris Bump"
 <cncbump@v...> wrote:
 > If it were the original intent then why the list
 rules allowing it
 in the
 > medievel list book, and then only on specific
 armies?
 > Chris
 >   -----Original Message-----
 >   From: Mark Stone [mailto:mark@d...]
 >   Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 10:58 AM
 >   To: WarriorRules@yahoogroups.com
 >   Subject: [WarriorRules] Re: the Arms Race
 >
 >
 >   Quoting "WarriorRules@yahoogroups.com"
 <WarriorRules@yahoogroups.com>:
 >
 >   >
 >   > In a message dated 3/1/2005 21:12:25 Central
 Standard Time,
 > Quahog25@a...
 >   > writes:
 >   >  <<  As the halberd and the axe are
 superchargred to  keep pace
 with the
 >   > supercharged lancer ( and presumably the LTS
 is soon to  follow),>>
 >   >
 >   > The halberd and axe are not 'being
 supercharged' to 'keep pace' with
 >   > anything.  First, Warrior 2HCT has always been
 1.5 ranks if
 steady and
 >   > non-impetuous, so there isn't any change
 there.
 >   >
 >
 >   Jon, you bring so many fine qualities to our
 hobby and the rules,
 but this
 > is
 >   one of the few mistakes you consistently make.
 What you should, of
 course,
 >   being saying is that in _your_ opinion there
 isn't any change
 there. But
 > there
 >   are two valid points of view here, and I submit
 that your point of
 view
 > matters
 >   considerably less.
 >
 >   I know what you are trying to say: in your own
 mind it has always been
 > your
 >   intention that 2HCT fight 1.5 ranks. But as any
 of the professional
 > writers on
 >   this list will tell you, author's intent has
 very little to do
 with the
 > meaning
 >   of a text. The ultimate judge of meaning is the
 reader, not the
 author.
 >
 >   We, your readers, can only judge by the text you
 actually produce. In
 > Warrior
 >   there is no mention of 2HCT fighting in 1.5
 ranks, and to many of
 us it
 >   certainly seems like something that has become
 more pervasive over
 time
 > via
 >   list rules until, with the forthcoming reprint,
 it will indeed be
 fully
 > part of
 >   the rules.
 >
 >   To many of your readers that means that the
 rules have changed. It
 seems
 > to me
 >   that you'd be better off spending more effort
 thinking about why your
 > readers
 >   have those perceptions and how best to address
 them, and less time
 > defending
 >   the hollow notion that nothing's changed because
 this was your
 intent all
 >   along.
 >
 >   Of course, that's just my opinion, and I only
 have 20+ years of
 > professional
 >   experience as a writer, editor, and publisher
 with which to back
 it up.
 >
 >
 >   -Mark Stone
 >
 >
 >         Yahoo! Groups Sponsor
 >               ADVERTISEMENT
 >
 >
 >
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				|  Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2005 10:32 am    Post subject: Re: Re: the Arms Race |  |  
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				| In a message dated 3/4/2005 06:24:48 Central Standard Time,
 darnd022263@... writes:
 
 For anyone who cares. In Derekcons I have always let 2HCT fight 1 1/2
 ranks since 6th edition. There has been no real sweeping advantage of
 these units in the 33 tournaments I have held. I think all 2HCT
 should  fight 1 1/2 ranks.>>
 
 Thanks, Derek.  We are aware of that experience and it was  one of many
 factors in our decision to try that as a fix when we originally  encountered the
 problem.  There's nothing like actually played games as  an 'argument' - at
 least to this professional playtester...
 
 << But hey I don't own the rules  system.>>
 
 
 Funny, I find something strangely appropriate and applicable about that
 sentence....
 
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				|  Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2005 2:21 pm    Post subject: Re: the Arms Race |  |  
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				| For anyone who cares. In Derekcons I have always let 2HCT fight 1 1/2
 ranks since 6th edition. There has been no real sweeping advantage of
 these units in the 33 tournaments I have held. I think all 2HCT
 should fight 1 1/2 ranks. But hey I don't own the rules system.
 
 Derek
 
 --- In WarriorRules@yahoogroups.com, JonCleaves@a... wrote:
 >
 > In a message dated 3/3/2005 21:12:31 Central Standard Time,
 > cncbump@v... writes:
 >
 > If it were the original intent then why the list rules allowing it
 in  the
 > medievel list book, and then only on specific  armies?
 > Chris>>
 >
 >
 > I assume you mean 1.5 rank steady non-impetuous 2HCT.  Ok, I will
 explain
 > this ONE more time.
 >
 > In the Warrior playtest (1999-2001) we determined that a single
 rank of  2HCT
 > did not accurately reflect the capabilities of such formations in a
 large
 > number of cases.  We were not sure at that point what we were going
 to do  about
 > it and we were running out of time in the sense that more
 playtesting on
 > this formation would have delayed publication.  Since there was no
 2HCT  in
 > Biblical Warrior, we decided to hold off on making a final decision
 and  include
 > further playtesting as part of the playtesting for each list
 book.  As that
 > playtesting progressed it *seemed* (although we were not  100%
 sure) that the fix
 > we derived for Feudal Warrior *might* possibly end up  working for
 all such
 > formations.  I told Scott to keep making it a list  rule where
 appropriate and
 > if at the end it did end up as something that  applied in all such
 cases, we'd
 > just make it universal in the revised rulebook  and he would not
 have to
 > repeat it a jillion times in the master army list  book.
 > That is what turned out to be the case.
 >
 > In a couple of instances, troops that could be 1/2 or 1/4 2HCT
 could in  fact
 > be taken as a pure 2HCT unit and a whole bunch of other elements of
 the
 > other weapon (typically JLS) those troops could be armed with.  We
 didn't  catch
 > or consider all those cases (the most famous of which is KSJ
 Marines).  In
 > looking back at those cases (mostly at the request of Greg  Regets)
 we discovered
 > that there was no reason from a formation standpoint not  to
 include those as
 > well, in fact it was essentially an oversight on our part  not to
 have
 > included them in the first place.
 > Once OW was done and we were sure that all our 2HCT troops should
 be
 > fighting this way, we made it universal.
 >
 > Along the way from Feudal til now, essentially all troops with
 2HCT  have had
 > this rule apply to them with the exception of the glitch mentioned
 above -
 > one we fixed.
 >
 > Future references to this issue will be simply have this message
 number  in
 > the reply.  I can't afford to keep going over this.
 >
 > J
 >
 >
 >
 >
 >
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				|  Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2005 4:52 pm    Post subject: RE: Re: the Arms Race |  |  
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				| Todd,
 
 What is your point?  I don't care if 2HCT fights 1.5 ranks or not.  I do not
 care if it is a list rule for specific armies or universally applied to all
 so armed troops.  I really have no skin in the game about which armies have
 it and which do not.  I cannot imagine how you got the impression from any
 of my posts that I am concerned about any of the points you make below.  My
 point was that John proclaimed that 2HCT had always fought 1.5 ranks and
 that it had always been his intention as such.  I sneezed bolgna.
 Chris
 -----Original Message-----
 From: Todd Schneider [mailto:thresh1642@...]
 Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 9:44 PM
 To: WarriorRules@yahoogroups.com
 Subject: RE: [WarriorRules] Re: the Arms Race
 
 
 Chris,
 
 Hussites have the rule that says they fight 1.5 ranks
 (List 37). So the Hussitte Infantry in List 2 without
 the rule is either an oversight or an excpetion.  I've
 set it aside for Scott to address.
 
 However, looking at those lists with 2HCT, the
 majority have the list rule.  The others seem to be
 the exceptions, which Scott can address.
 
 Atthe same time though, you're going to have a hard
 time convining me no one plays early Poles because the
 Late Period 2HCT armed guys don't fight 1.5 ranks.  In
 fact, at least to my noobish eyes, the rule for the
 Poles is upgrade 0-1/2, which means half the unit,
 which usually means just the front rank (unless the
 powergamer in us takes 8 elements, and makes a 4E unit
 with all 2HCT).
 
 Todd
 
 
 
 --- Chris Bump <cncbump@...> wrote:
 
 
 ---------------------------------
 My point was that if the rule were meant to be
 universal, then there would
 be no need for list rules.  There are list rules,
 hence the rule was not
 meant to be universal and certainly was not always in
 place or even always
 intent on being in place.
 
 But to satisfy my curiosity:
 From Feudal Warrior,
 List 2 has no rule for 2HCT and has hussites armed
 with 2HCT.
 List 4 has no rule for 2HCT and has sailors armed with
 2HCT
 List 5 allows only German infantry armed with 2HCT 1.5
 ranks even though
 Polish foot are also armed as such.
 This took me 5 minutes.  I am not inclined to continue
 the search as I am
 confident this trend continues further into the book.
 Now, there may be
 clarifications that have caught these "oversights" and
 changed them, but
 again this all tears at the fabric of the notion that
 the 1.5 rank rule was
 always the intention, much less the case.
 Chris
 -----Original Message-----
 From: thresh1642 [mailto:thresh1642@...]
 Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 9:21 PM
 To: WarriorRules@yahoogroups.com
 Subject: [WarriorRules] Re: the Arms Race
 
 
 
 Chris,
 
 In doing some list work, and looking through the
 books, can you point
 me to an Army armed with 2HCT that does not have the
 following "List
 Rule", or at least a variation of it:
 
 Steady, Non impetuous foot not armed with 2HCT and
 no other H-T-H
 Weapon fight 1.5 ranks.
 
 Looking through Feudal Warrior, every Army with 2HCT
 guys has this
 rule, the only Army I "Know" od off the top of my
 head is the Later
 Ottoman Turks, who have the option to upgrade to
 2HCT but not the
 rule.  There's the Rule for KoSJ in the erratta, and
 the Later
 Hungarians as well.
 
 Now, the Later Ottoman could be an exception, or a
 mistake, I don't
 know, might be best to ask Scott.
 
 But, giving a cursory look to all the lists I can
 see with 2HCT (and I
 didn't look that hard) Later Ottomans are the only
 ones I see without
 that rule.
 
 Are there others?
 
 Todd
 
 
 
 --- In WarriorRules@yahoogroups.com, "Chris Bump"
 <cncbump@v...> wrote:
 > If it were the original intent then why the list
 rules allowing it
 in the
 > medievel list book, and then only on specific
 armies?
 > Chris
 >   -----Original Message-----
 >   From: Mark Stone [mailto:mark@d...]
 >   Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 10:58 AM
 >   To: WarriorRules@yahoogroups.com
 >   Subject: [WarriorRules] Re: the Arms Race
 >
 >
 >   Quoting "WarriorRules@yahoogroups.com"
 <WarriorRules@yahoogroups.com>:
 >
 >   >
 >   > In a message dated 3/1/2005 21:12:25 Central
 Standard Time,
 > Quahog25@a...
 >   > writes:
 >   >  <<  As the halberd and the axe are
 superchargred to  keep pace
 with the
 >   > supercharged lancer ( and presumably the LTS
 is soon to  follow),>>
 >   >
 >   > The halberd and axe are not 'being
 supercharged' to 'keep pace' with
 >   > anything.  First, Warrior 2HCT has always been
 1.5 ranks if
 steady and
 >   > non-impetuous, so there isn't any change
 there.
 >   >
 >
 >   Jon, you bring so many fine qualities to our
 hobby and the rules,
 but this
 > is
 >   one of the few mistakes you consistently make.
 What you should, of
 course,
 >   being saying is that in _your_ opinion there
 isn't any change
 there. But
 > there
 >   are two valid points of view here, and I submit
 that your point of
 view
 > matters
 >   considerably less.
 >
 >   I know what you are trying to say: in your own
 mind it has always been
 > your
 >   intention that 2HCT fight 1.5 ranks. But as any
 of the professional
 > writers on
 >   this list will tell you, author's intent has
 very little to do
 with the
 > meaning
 >   of a text. The ultimate judge of meaning is the
 reader, not the
 author.
 >
 >   We, your readers, can only judge by the text you
 actually produce. In
 > Warrior
 >   there is no mention of 2HCT fighting in 1.5
 ranks, and to many of
 us it
 >   certainly seems like something that has become
 more pervasive over
 time
 > via
 >   list rules until, with the forthcoming reprint,
 it will indeed be
 fully
 > part of
 >   the rules.
 >
 >   To many of your readers that means that the
 rules have changed. It
 seems
 > to me
 >   that you'd be better off spending more effort
 thinking about why your
 > readers
 >   have those perceptions and how best to address
 them, and less time
 > defending
 >   the hollow notion that nothing's changed because
 this was your
 intent all
 >   along.
 >
 >   Of course, that's just my opinion, and I only
 have 20+ years of
 > professional
 >   experience as a writer, editor, and publisher
 with which to back
 it up.
 >
 >
 >   -Mark Stone
 >
 >
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