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  1. Well Joe, where were you to defend me tonight when Michael Emrys (yes, THAT Michael Emrys who lorded over us) attacked me with what appeared to be Real Wit? And where the hell is the Cesspool these days? I've been gone a long, long time, Joe. I almost got cleaned up, although I got in trouble once again on another forum this evening for attacking a witless knave who thought he could top THE Lawyer. But you know better... So where are you guys on the forum these days? Is Elvis still dead? Has Peng and/or Seanachai yet risen from the dead? Did any of you get a much needed brain transplant? Inquiring minds want to know...
  2. Wow Michael, that was almost witty. I'd forgotten how tough this place is. Where's Joe Shaw when ya need him??
  3. Geez, Michael Emrys still lives (or apparently pretends to do so)... I thought that viral strain was gone the last time I flushed...
  4. Hello to all, both the old and new... I was there at the start of CM and did it all big time for a few years back then. It was an exciting new game that appealed to me since I don't have a quick mouse finger and I liked realism and strategy. The turn play and email turns fit me perfectly. I could drink beer and take a day to figure out what to do next. Of course, I was disappointed when CM did things that undermined my tactics, but I lived to play again... But the vibrant online community of like-minded souls was the heart of it. Back then, I mouthed off on the Peng thread forum. Traded trash and played games with a few fellow Peng guys. Mostly got beat after they got better and I didn't. But I always loved the original setting in ETO which matched my reading list of U.S. WWII history. And I had lots of attitude, which was crucial back then. If you couldn't throw an interesting insult, you were dead meat... I've been gone for several years now while living Real Life for better and worse. I'm kinda "retired" from a real job these days and wanting to doing things I actually enjoy like biking, kayaking, hiking, drinking (like a fish as always), and trying to have more fun. So here I am playing the new CM with better gameplay and graphics I always wanted. I never got into the East Front or Africa, and I NEVER wanted to play modern war in the Middle East. But I always hoped Battlefront would realize that guys like me wanted a better ETO Western Front game. It took a long time, but now they apparently have done it, so I'll buy the new game and give it a try... I don't know who's left here from the old days. But I'm definitely back in the game now that CMBN is out for Mac. I left Windoze long ago and will never return. So I'm an authentic "old guy" and look forward to having some good times with the new CM. And I hope to have some fun with you guys, no matter when you joined up. Most of you are far better than me, but I'm THE LAWYER who everybody loves to hate and beat to a pulp. Hmmm... Maybe I should change my monicker to The Priest... Hey, it's all about the camaraderie of enjoying CM, so I'll see you around... Jake
  5. Thanks. The text fix worked for me. I never could get the ATI Catalyst to load because my WinXP with auto update does not have .NET framwork, whatever the hell that is. I've become spoiled by Mac software that automatically loads easily and does not require running around or screwing up the OS on my computer. I sure hope Battlefront makes its next game compatible with OSX. That's where the action is for home computers these days. And with good reason...
  6. Hi, I installed CMAK on my new 24" Intel iMac running WinXP using Bootcamp. I have the ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO card and 2GB RAM on the Mac. CMAK runs, but the text blocks in the game are blank white and the ESC key does not work to quit the game, so I have no way quit mid-game. Basically, CMAK is unplayable. I read Madmatt's trouble shooting advice about ATI drivers causing the blank text boxes, and that I should disable anti-aliasing to fix the problem. But I don't have a way to do that under Bootcamp, since all I have is the Windows Control Panel display box that only lets me set screen resolution. And I still have no way to quit using the ESC key. This is all very confusing to me. I really want to keep playing CMAK, and I purchased and installed WinXP to play Battlefront games. Can somebody help me? Is there somewhere I can download a more elaborate control panel for the ATI card installed on my Mac? The Bootcamp install of WinXP went perfectly with the necessary drivers being installed from my Leopard OSX disk, but I don't have the standard video card control program most video cards come with to make detailed settings. Thanks for any help. Jake
  7. I am NOT interested in "peace keeping", "nation building", "hunting insurgents", or fighting corrupt third world armies that deserve one good nuke. Let's face it, WWII literally presented a world of combat opportunites that involved fascinating military hardware and excellent tactics used by opponents who were on fairly equal footing. And we knew what we were fighting for back then... It never gets tiresome. I must have CM:WW2, and I must have it work on Mac OSX since Windows for consumers is an oxymoron. And the whole Microsoft crew that produced Vista are morons too. I've read about new coding techniques that make it much easier to convert a great game like CM to Mac. Let's get back to the future by giving us the FULL WWII experience we never got on earlier CM's using modern graphics and advanced gameplay. As The Lawyer has spoken, so let it be....
  8. Beautiful work. What does it include? Trees? Buildings? What? Thanks, because CMETO is more important than ever now that the next game is Iraq. Jake
  9. Very nice, David. Keep up the good work! I had a great two week vacation touring Normandy and the Breakout last summer. Mortain should provide a good scenario design for a Normandy pack.
  10. Thanks! Gura is a new name to me, but he seems to do very nice work. MikeyD and AndrewTF have always been great.
  11. I love CMETO. I've got MikeyD's new Sherman mods, and I'm looking for other good German and US mods that will work in CMETO. I've downloaded a bunch of CMBB mods in the past, but I never know which ones will work with CMETO. Any recommendations? Thanks, Jake
  12. I'm loving CMETO, David. Please do Normandy. Thanks for breathing new life for us Western Front fans. Cheers, Jake
  13. Just make sure the next CM plays well on Mac OSX. I've abandoned Win XP for everything except CM, but I can't postpone the inevitable forever. Now that I've learned to enjoy a consumer-friendly computer, I won't be going back for any game in the future.
  14. There are a lot of dirty windshields in Chicago. So get rich... That is, if you can stand on yer tip-toes and reach that high... Maybe all those evenings you spent pirouetting around in front of the mirror playing the lead in "Swan Lake" will finally pay off.
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