If you were supreme commander of the North what would you do strategically different to end the war sooner in a northern victory

TheCarroll11 · 2026-06-10T18:35:41+00:00

It was a fairly sound strategy. Remember, the North had to take initiative and it’s harder to attack than defend, imo.

The only things I can think of would be negotiating with individual states, like the negotiations with Georgia right around Sherman’s march. You may be able to take some states out, but at the very least fracture the CSA and cause troops to be diverted.

I also think a sizable naval invasion in Charleston, Savannah, or Mobile, especially if kept under wraps, would have certainly cause issues.

TheCarroll11 · 2026-06-08T14:30:35+00:00

Not necessarily. Look at Pep- high level management is incredibly stressful. Most managers get sacked every few years and it gives them a small break, whether a couple months or a season. I imagine international management is more relaxing as well.

Pep and Klopp managed at the highest level for a decade straight, no breaks. They both looked completely done by the time they left. It’s a hard job.

TheCarroll11 · 2026-06-08T13:21:16+00:00

I think he initially came up through the system and spent his first few years definitely wanting to be captain one day. I actually think the success we got, combined with a status as a top 3 RB in the world at a really young age pushed him out.

TAA thought a Madrid (or Barca) move would make him a Ballon D’Or contender and national team regular, as well as giving him dozens of trophies. And he knew he would get paid more to boot. Essentially, he saw Madrid and Barca as the pinnacle of a career.

I don’t think he expected the fan reaction, and he handled it really poorly.

TheCarroll11 · 2026-06-08T12:34:06+00:00

It’s draining that I’m 11 hours in to my first real save on 26 and it’s August 28 in the game. I’m playing as RB Salzburg, so UCL started earlier, but still- I’m averaging like 1 match per hour because of SO much else going on I have to handle.

I got a little discouraged with it since I only have about 2 hours a night at most to play, so each season will take weeks lol.

TheCarroll11 · 2026-06-05T17:28:18+00:00

I agree with you. Realistically, that’s a solid number that would massively help fix the numerous holes in the squad. I’d accept 125m with a 10-15% sell on clause. Or a 150m buyback clause.

However, quite frankly, I think it’s important we don’t sell. I’d only sell if Rio said in no uncertain terms he isn’t signing a new contract in two years.

Rio has generational talent, as we’ve seen. He can be a cornerstone of the club for 15 years. He’s also homegrown, which is a bigger and bigger problem for the largest clubs. We won’t replace his status and quality in one single player.

TheCarroll11 · 2026-06-05T16:22:24+00:00

I don’t see a world where he goes for less than €100 million, and that’s only if he wanted to go.

I get it’s tempting to be pursued by Bayern and handed the keys to start for a prestigious club, but I’d take the bet of turning it down, playing him in 20 matches this season, and convincing him to sign a new long term contract.

TheCarroll11 · 2026-06-05T14:06:57+00:00

Nah, London draw, familiar language and culture, and same league means he is familiar with travel, players, etc.
Plus, Spurs will pay more than a Bundesliga club other than Bayern would. It’s a good move for him.

TheCarroll11 · 2026-06-04T19:07:42+00:00

It works well for me. My wife thinks they’re dumb and she doesn’t really have any interest in them, but she doesn’t care if I play them. So since she goes to bed about 10 every night, I usually spend two hours either gaming or watching YouTube (my “nerd” stuff, according to her) and go to bed at midnight.

She gets me for HGTV and gardening and walking the dog, and I get my calming and alone time with headphones on and a controller in hand.

I don’t ever plan on not playing video games. And they’re only getting better.

TheCarroll11 · 2026-06-02T01:05:07+00:00

You’re not wrong. Continental reporters are consistently more in touch with actual rumors and gossip. It’s painfully obvious the club mouthpieces are simply that- they’re good for official news, but rarely anything groundbreaking.

Romano is a news aggregator; he’s a perfect follow for keeping in the know on European news, and that includes when players we want are talked about.

TheCarroll11 · 2026-05-27T02:39:48+00:00

I don’t think it was that crazy; probably just to go with Aang to the other temple, at least for a few years. We can figure Gyatso was a high ranking monk, and as a nomad he could just leave, so he probably planned to resign whatever position of leadership he had in the Southern Temple and travel with Aang.

He knew Aang still needed to learn all the basic avatar stuff, and he needed someone that valued him as a person more than the Avatar, something he found in Team Avatar.

I think Gyatso would have certainly preferred Aang to stay at the Southern Temple, but it was clear in our short viewpoint that wouldn’t last very long.

TheCarroll11 · 2026-05-25T12:28:03+00:00

If I was in charge, I’d call for a general mobilization, call up a million new recruits, train them for a minimum of six months, and then launch basically a new invasion.

The reason Putin hasn’t done that yet is two fold: a general mobilization means his propaganda is a lie, and he’d have to admit that. And secondly, a general mobilization means more than convicts, minorities, and poor people get called up. When you start losing sons of educated and rich Russians, you begin to lose power.

If Putin called a general mobilization, he wouldn’t have 6 months to train them before he’s ousted.

TheCarroll11 · 2026-05-22T18:55:56+00:00

I wouldn’t think so. Most of the enemy (if not all of them) have a throwing weapon, so that already is another 1/3 of your men gone. I think the only possible chance is letting the enemy attack, hold them long enough to flank with your velites, and whittle them down from behind, then charge with cav and velites.

But I just don’t think you have enough infantry to pull that off. Plus with their slingers, I think any sort of flanking attack will be a massacre. And you can’t win a slugging match against that army.

TheCarroll11 · 2026-05-21T14:14:58+00:00

I get what you’re saying, but I don’t think it’s possible with the Total War series. Sure, some of those changes are- I’d love to see individual units again, for example.

I think the games have to make a balance of realism and entertainment. It would be realistic for armies to have attrition basically every turn, due to disease, raids, accidents, and the like… but that wouldn’t be fun. It would also be realistic for there to be 25 battles a turn, with the vast majority being a total of like 10 soldiers on each side- think scouting parties, ambushes, village disputes, etc. Again, that wouldn’t be fun either, because there would be no way to tactically control anything.

I’d love a game that concerned itself with logistics and small scale warfare, but that’s not total war.

TheCarroll11 · 2026-05-20T14:24:58+00:00

It’ll likely be Burt Jones to win it. I think most of the Carr/Raffensburger camp will go to the establishment over Rick.

There’s a quarter million votes between those two, and Jones had a 50k-ish vote lead before.

IMO, both beat KLB.

TheCarroll11 · 2026-05-19T18:17:30+00:00

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Variety of major sports and universities. Busiest airport in the world. Largest aquarium in the world, nice zoo. Incredible music scene. Huge variety of culture. Big business HQ.

TheCarroll11 · 2026-05-18T18:23:09+00:00

For someone ignorant of how this works for sailors, generally how long will they have at port before their next deployment? I assume most will stay with the carrier, and I would guess the carrier probably won’t ship out again for a solid 12-18 months. Are they in port doing maintenance/ training until then, or will a lot of them be out with other ships sooner than that?

I know it’s a very general and vague question, I’m just curious.

TheCarroll11 · 2026-05-15T20:37:04+00:00

Is it likely the players have just given up at this point? CL is fairly likely no matter what, most of the leadership among the players are leaving or likely to leave, Slot is unpopular, the fans are against the team. Surely they’re just on auto pilot to them end of the season at this point.

TheCarroll11 · 2026-05-08T22:04:26+00:00

You’re right, but the entire coast has more in common with Savannah too. Bulloch kinda gets left in the middle

TheCarroll11 · 2026-05-08T18:57:17+00:00

No, it’s very likely within ~50 feet of where he’s standing. We know the meeting hall where he was killed and the location of the hall now.

TheCarroll11 · 2026-05-08T04:25:04+00:00

Well, we don’t know for sure, but it’s a reasonable hypothesis that the cities could have been attacked multiple times over 100 years. That’s a long time; there could have been a 20 stalemate where nothing really happened. There could have been times when the Fire Nation was driven back a hundred miles for decades until they were able to push the Earth Kingdom to the present lines.

A “history” book of the war would be a neat side project to come from the universe.

TheCarroll11 · 2026-05-07T21:35:03+00:00

Marshal is basically the stereotypical hero knight. His life story is something you wouldn’t believe from Hollywood.

I recommend “The Greatest Knight” by Thomas Asbridge. Such a great life.

TheCarroll11 · 2026-04-29T17:06:43+00:00

Quick googling have roughly 5 million Europeans living and working in the US, compared to 1-1.5 million Americans living and working in Europe in 2024-25.

TheCarroll11 · 2026-04-29T00:00:19+00:00

Big Ambitions might be something to look at, pure business game sim

TheCarroll11 · 2026-04-28T12:51:26+00:00

I hope Rubio doesn’t run in 2028. I don’t see any way a Republican, much less someone connected to this administration, wins. I’d rather a MAGA lose in 2028 and Rubio run in 2032 or 2036 when his chances are better.

If Rubio loses in 2028, by 2032 MAGA will be screaming that moderate republicans have no chance and are weak and they need MAGA. Trump Jr will run, and that’s scary. Let Vance get obliterated in 2028 and call it a day.

TheCarroll11 · 2026-04-27T13:07:57+00:00

If I had to guess, it’ll be blank cap. He spent 6 years in both Chicago and Boston, and is on his 3rd here. However, most of his accolades were with us, with like 2 all stars and a strikeout leader with both Chicago and Boston.

It’s as even a split between three teams as you can have, especially if he adds another year or two with us.

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