I have to agree. The most vocal opponent I have dealt with on any of the boards (AA.org, AAMC or C-Sub where I actively discuss) was a man who couldn’t handle the slightest deviation from his calculated plans. He would rip, roar and brutalize anyone who disagreed with him on the boards and then seek to prove himself right in a game, but the instant you started to win that game, he’d claim you cheated or whatever, and stop playing. (One such instance was a game where I claimed Russia could go on the offensive and hold Germany back with support from England while America disassembled Japan in Revised. I still have that map if anyone wants to see it. He quit very early.)
I only mention this person because it seems indicative of the majority of players who have historically been very vocal in their opposition to technologies. It seems, from experience, and I know it is not true of everyone who takes this position, that the weaker players are the ones who refuse to play with technologies.
But while that may be true, it may be false, the important thing is that we are the only gaming community who does not allow technologies in our tournaments, to my knowledge, at least online. Flames of Europe allows them, DAAK allowed them, probably still does, and I know AAMC encourages you to use technology in tournaments.
So let’s join the rest of the world and use all the good things Larry has given us!
To me, Axis and Allies without National Objectives and without Technologies is like playing Chess where all your pawns are queens. Sure, it’s fun for a while, but it gets old. There’s no dynamics any longer, it becomes stagnant.