Compendium on Military Gameplay & the Defender Debate

Compendium on Military Gameplay & the Defender Debate

  • The chasm between raiders and defenders: a collection of works

http://s2.zetaboards.com/The_East_Pacific/topic/5173485/1/ - Written by Evil Wolf (2006)
http://s2.zetaboards.com/The_East_Pacific/topic/5173486/1/ - Written by HEM Tiberius (2006)
http://s2.zetaboards.com/The_East_Pacific/topic/5173579/1/ - Written by Scardino (2006)
http://s2.zetaboards.com/The_East_Pacific/topic/5173490/1/ - Written by HEM Tiberius (2011)
http://s2.zetaboards.com/The_East_Pacific/topic/5173582/1/ - Written by Oliver Marlowe (2012)
http://s2.zetaboards.com/The_East_Pacific/topic/5173584/1/ - Written by Oratio (2013)
http://s2.zetaboards.com/The_East_Pacific/topic/5173585/1/ - Written by Marxingrad (2013)
http://s2.zetaboards.com/The_East_Pacific/topic/5173280/1/ - Written by Kogvuron (2013)
http://s4.zetaboards.com/UDL/topic/9814182/1/ - Written by Unibot (2013)
http://s2.zetaboards.com/The_East_Pacific/topic/5181309/1/ - Written by Unibot (2014)

Additional comments, info and links are welcome.

BGP here: fixed links to connect to the new Bachtendekuppen Library and added a few new ones.

I can’t help but notice the lack of pro-Defender papers. :stuck_out_tongue: Here’s a Utilitarian one…

Kogvuron >> The Gameplayer’s Dilemma: Game Theory and NationStates
http://s4.zetaboards.com/UDL/topic/9856003/1/#new

You are right. Turns out we did indeed include it and it’s mentioned in the Library, but it didn’t get on this list for some reason. Thanks Uni.
(http://theeastpacific.com/topic/5173280/1/)

EDIT: If you know of any other works which would give more balance to the debate, please don’t hesitate to add them too. I’d assume you are the NS expert in this field.

How’ll about a speech?

“Common-Sense Ethics”
http://s4.zetaboards.com/UDL/topic/9821618/2/#new

You see the problem is that before Region Influence, Defenderism’s moral argument was so widely accepted, there weren’t too many “this is why defending is good” pieces – while there were many “this is why invading is good and defending is bad” articles.

I think in the Post-Influence world, defenders needed to kick themselves and re-evaluate why they were doing what they were doing. Paradise Found was that for me.

Having just read though this whole compendium, I can now say it’s an excellent contribution to the university. Well done!

Are we as students going to be tested on it? :stuck_out_tongue:

Thanks!

There are no tests, since that was a real hassle to keep up with, however I was thinking if there’s interest in this from more people (and if Uni maybe would like to participate) we can organize some sort of forum debate or talk on it in the University.

Alternatively, write a little work on it yourself and you just might get an academic grade from our University :wink:

Oh I will… oh I will… :wink: