[mrexcess]

After being restarted, the red (opposing) force general resigned due to the restarted game having what amounted to a scripted end, with little to no latitude for the red force to exercise creativity in strategy or tactics. Among the highlights, the red force were required to turn on and leave on their AA radars so that blue force HARMs could take them out, and the red force was prohibited from attempting to shoot down any of the 82nd airborne / marine air assault forces during the assault.

Gen. Van Riper's tactics were apparently discredited in 2002 because they were unfair, but Iran seems not to have received the memo since their moves bear more than a passing resemblance to his.

[pepperoni_pizza]

We have not gotten quite to the "VDV tries air assault, gets wiped out" stage of Iran war yet, as far as I know.

But the US seems to be committed on repeating the Russian experience.

[tim333]

Similar complaints from Trump the other day

“So, it’s it’s uh little unfair. You know, you win a war, but they have no right to be doing what they’re doing.”

https://x.com/ME_Observer_/status/2033768757688934424

[w00ds]

In fighting games, this is exactly the way "scrubs" think. They lose and appeal to some vague notion of fairness to avoid confronting the reality - they lost!

Would be funny if it wasn't real.

[Terr_]

I feel the comparison is too apples-to-oranges, games are designed things with goals like the enjoyment of participants and—on at least some level—a fair playing field.

[gzread]

Wow! He is saying: we said that we won, but they are winning... how are they allowed to be winning when we said that we won... so unfair...

[Tostino]

And with him saying that, millions of his followers instantly started believing it with no second thought.

[jimbokun]

It’s all the VAR referee’s fault.