Throughout History, What General Are You Most Like ?

[Boris Godunov]

If we're talking how I play Civ, it's rather like a mix of Grant and Sherman. I don't have the patience to float like a butterfly and sting like a bee. I use onslaughts of superior forces combined with a slash-and-burn technique of cutting my opponent's territory into pieces through pillaging terrain.

Uhm, other than that...er...Longstreet maybe? I'm usually the voice of reason when friends are contemplating really bad ideas.

[SlowwHand]

I didn't say Civ, but that can certainly be a consideration for the strategy employed.
Generally, Civ play reflects personality, which is also a consideration.

Oh yeah. Thanks for the thought applied in answer.
Unlike SOME, who will go unidentified.

[Tuberski]

I'm a Grant type, apply force and numbers until the enemy collapses.

ACK!

[Drake Tungsten]

I said Genghis Khan because I have a hankering to put the entire population of some random Central Asian city to the sword. Is that an acceptable reason?

[MichaeltheGreat]

Re: Throughout History, What General Are You Most Like ?

Originally posted by SlowwHand
Michael sees himself as Lee, I think.
To me, he's more of a J.E.B. Stuart.


For me, it's James Longstreet.

Slow and stubborn, that's about right.

Though I greatly admire General Lee, I'm a Jackson man all the way.

[Odin]

I'm a mix of Leon Trotsky and Julius Caesar.

[Alexander's Horse]

Originally posted by Tuberski
Slowwhand reminds me of General Steele from M*A*S*H.



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Sadly in government I've met many, many General Steele type people. In fact I was just talking to one - totally off his trolley but quite senior so in the conversation I did my best Henry Blake

[Tuberski]

The only thing you can really do.

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[MrFun]

Let's see . . .



I'm not sure right now. But I do know I would not pick a general that was on the losing side of a war, so that leaves out all Confederate generals of the Civil War.

[MichaeltheGreat]

Yeah, you'd need all the help you could get with a country with virtually unlimited manpower and supplies. Real generals make the best of what they are given.

[Agathon]

Michael: Burnside.

Me: General Mills.

[PLATO]

MacArthur. Always right and rarely appreciated

[Ted Striker]

Washington

I'm aloof and laid back but like to fight in style and blow all the Continental money on fine food.

[Ben Kenobi]

Except when dealing with the Chinese.

I have no idea which General would suit me the best.

[GePap]

Schliffen ; great planning and intellectual. but damn followers don't follow through.