Comments by "MarcosElMalo2" (@MarcosElMalo2) on "Ukraine u0026 Russia - Game Theory" video.

Mark is an old war gaming nerd! You love to see it. I’m not nearly as optimistic about the “Great Reforming” as Mark. But he’s spot on about the usefulness of the framework he’s demonstrating.
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Interesting fact is that the Soviet and now Russian “professional” officer corps are probably more focused than any other military on breaking down all the factors into numbers to determine best strategies. The problem that they have been encountering is that they don’t have accurate numbers or anything close to an accurate picture, and they’re being tasked by leaders that are even less in possession of the facts.
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@EconLessons SPI was for nerds too nerdy for Avalon Hill. 😅
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Modern games have the goal of psychologically drawing you in and keeping you playing (and where applicable, manipulating you into buying). The old war games, the strategic simulation games Mark is talking about (from SSI) aren’t designed for player enjoyment. They’re designed for historical accuracy and accuracy of the model. This is why such games weren’t popular. They attracted a specific audience: people with plastic organizer boxes for organizing little square cardboard pieces that represented military units. I’m not disagreeing with you, just elaborating on what you said.
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Not really Mark’s fault. You probably want to talk with Vladimir Putin about the loss of human life.
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@EconLessons More like Chainmail than D&D, really.
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