A slice is a piece of bread
TERRITORY
an area of land under the jurisdiction of a ruler or state.
Synonyms
REGION
an area or division, especially part of a country or the world having definable characteristics but not always fixed boundaries.
Synonyms
an area of land under the jurisdiction of a ruler or state.
Synonyms
- area
- area of land
- region
- enclave
- country
- state
- land
- colony
- dominion
- protectorate
- fief
- dependency
- possession
- jurisdiction
- holding
- section
- turf
REGION
an area or division, especially part of a country or the world having definable characteristics but not always fixed boundaries.
Synonyms
- district
- province
- territory
- division
- area
- section
- sector
- zone
- belt
- part
- quarter
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A slice can also be a piece of pie or cake. Or lunch meat. Or cheese.
I don't think that is what it's meant by that
Anyway, if you look at the territory board as a whole, it resembles a loaf of bread cut into six slices. Use some imagination.
Phases are a segment in time not a physical section of the board. One single phase can take place in 3 territories each of which occupies a different vertical slice of the map.
They are saying that as long as you 1* all territories platoons and missions will never have the same requirements.
However if you don't that state may occur in 2 or more territories in the same phase.
Hence why they used this terminology which perfectly clarifies the message they are conveying.
Or not.
Clearly we apply the term differently
Yet nobody refers to horizontal slices.
It's not a question of imagination. I have loads of imagination. "Vertical slice" is the least imaginative descriptor I can imagine.
It's by definition, not how the term is used. They are referring only to territories directly above or below one another. There is no other term that could possible convey that exact information as clearly or succinctly.
Because there's no need to, yet it was necessary to say vertical because that is the only possible relevant adjective they could have used to convey their message.
Which is why it's perfect. They could have used their imagination to event a term, but I'm glad they stuck with words that already exist and used something as clear and concise as vertical slice to describe it.
Seriously people complaining about this terminology really don't have a leg to stand on...
Lol
Enjoy your Vertical Smiles
If you want to laugh about it, come up with some terminology that actually conveys the message they were trying to, because not ONE of the terms you listed would actually tell us anything about what they were trying to.
Come up with a more descriptive and succinct phrase than "vertical slice" that has the same meaning... go ahead, I'm waiting.
I'll consider you to have conceded if you can not.
Call it what you will, I don't care. I'll just have a slice (of pizza) and leave you to it.
This forum gets more toxic by the day.
Who wants to win?
Sector or region would explain that they are directly above and below each other how?
It's not about winning. It's about pointing out that the complaints about the terminology are completely illogical.
Vertical means up and down. Slice means they have the same lines. Sector or region would be horrible terms to use because they wouldn't convey the locations as they relate to each other... only the phrase vertical slice will do that.
So they aren't commonly used in geographical terminology. Who cares? That's not a relevant point, as the information trying to be conveyed requires properly descriptive terminology rather than conventional.
Now ALLAYING complaints about things that have no logical basis... that's as far from toxic as you can get.
Section, segment, column, phase. Slice doesn't suit well tbh.
Column would be good.
Everything is better than a slice, this word implies something that has been cut off. In old french it meant divide/blow apart.
Being on top is no issue since we already have some words for that (vertical/horizontal - french words, again...)
Slice is by far better than those others because it is ONE cut... as in they share the same lines. Without it vertical doesn't help since you can and will have territories that are above and below each other without them being DIRECTLY above and/or below each other.
This is an implication that is present with the word slice (or column) but NOT present with the others you listed, hence it is still a more aptly descriptive word than those others.
People have a natural predisposition to react negatively to things that are outside what they are used to.
Knee **** reactions are what they are. The fact that the word slice isn't one that some people have commonly heard in conjunction with geographical discussions would certainly lead some to cognitive dissonance.
When it comes down to it though, the listener's familiarity with a term as it is being used isn't actually a factor in whether or not using it there is a poor choice in terminology. What matters is how well it conveys the details to the listener.
Vertical slice was chosen specifically to make people picture the map cut up into strips. It was purposeful and excellently descriptive. Please understand that objections to it are coming from cognitive dissonance rather than a logical standpoint.
If your complaint is that it's not what you're used to, it's not logical, it's cognitive dissonance.
There's nothing disparaging about these words that are completely factual (look up the definition of cognitive dissonance and you will see this), nor are they an opinion.
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