[It Never Snows in September: The Peng Challenge View of Market Garden]

Originally posted by rune:

you fecking Aussie koala Noba,

You have to run five yards and get out of the way. Boo hoo. A REAL referee runs the entire pitch, for 90 minutes or more, and stays by play but not in it. That is 120 meters by 100 meters, while being judge, jury, and executioner in a sport with a lot of physical contact. 70 meter by 50 meters and you have to mark 5 yards, and they aren't even aloowed to tackle. train one of your rats down there to do that. Oh wait....I see, never mind, carry on, carry on..

Say another word about Soccer referees, and I'll make sure you never get wine from Winecape, he, like me, is a Soccer Referee.

Rune

When I work a game solo I generally get a good workout, but most of the time we run a two man system, and I do amble around. I hate a three man system, but I barely move at all when working the middle. This past fall was my last year in black, and I do believe that I'll miss it.

[It Never Snows in September: The Peng Challenge View of Market Garden]

Originally posted by Boo Radley:

</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by stoat:

And it seems NG cavscout is too busy throwing possessors of overdue library books in jail to send me a turn.

And you are too busy being an annoying twit to send me a turn. </font>

[It Never Snows in September: The Peng Challenge View of Market Garden]

And it seems NG cavscout is too busy throwing possessors of overdue library books in jail to send me a turn.

BELOIT, Wis. - Keely Givhan got a hard lesson on the importance of returning overdue library books -- six days in the Rock County Jail.

After stopping her for a traffic violation in November, officers executed an arrest warrant for failure to appear in court over items that had not been returned to the Beloit Public Library.

Happy Casimir Pulaski Day to all of you scum secreting sallies out there on the board.

[It Never Snows in September: The Peng Challenge View of Market Garden]

Originally posted by Noba:

The fact that I did indeed get rewarded for the fantastic effort of running around over a hot 3 days refereeing (mainly women) in tight lycra bodysuits... wait - that was them, not me! - goes to show that the National Referee Coaches recognised the effort you all put in to help me achieve this marvelous result.

I'm surprised you managed to control your urges in the midst of all of those sweaty, fit, 12 year old girls. Was R Kelly also attempting to get certified?

[It Never Snows in September: The Peng Challenge View of Market Garden]

Originally posted by Michael Emrys:

</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Hell, vigorously rubbing an eraser against one's forearm just to see how long you can stand it is more fun than knitting.

You do that a lot? Girl, you need to get out more. I do greatly fear that some day I am going to open a paper to read that you were found amid a pile of empty cough syrup bottles.

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[The Nibelungen Peng Challenge Ring Saga Thread...I Know, Let's Do a Show!]

And where has the Cheese-Eater been? That unfortunately placed Midwesterner owes me a turn.

[The Nibelungen Peng Challenge Ring Saga Thread...I Know, Let's Do a Show!]

Originally posted by Joe Shaw:

</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Speedy:

Time for guess the quote.

</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the darkness at Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time like tears in rain. Time to die.

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[Seeking PBEM Opponent]

Originally posted by Gumby:

Interested in quick games or campaigns. Can usually get in a turn or two each night.

Send me an e-mail.

[CM SF for low price in USA Illinois?]

Originally posted by skunkle3:

Thanks fellas for making me smile. I live about 20 minutes from the St. Louis Cardinal stadium on the Illinois side. Indeed...flat land, beautiful farming areas, etc. But the scenery along the Mississippi river road is fantastic.

The Illinois River Road provides equally magnificent views. The bald eagles are back for the winter.

[Cav Squadron/ Arm'd Recon Bn Histories]

Very interesting stuff, and I'm looking forward to Steeds of Steel.

[I Love My Cigar, But Even the Peng Challenge Takes It Out of Its Mouth Now and Then..]

Originally posted by Seanachai:

</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Boo Radley:

Joe, you keep misspelling Sioux.

Why is that?

Probably because it's a 'questionable' term. Dakota, Lakota, or Yankton are more appropriate, depending on which portion of the nation you're talking about.

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[M3 scout car question...]

Originally posted by Der Kuenstler:

I see - well I am in a position where he has just run a few squads into a clump of palm trees and a 100 point flag - I don't belive any HMGs have had time to set up yet. I just wanted to hose the guys he's still got in the open but apparently I got too close.

It is not only range that determines vulnerability. If you have two or three M3s spaced closely together, they can generally put out a sufficient weight of fire to supress the enemy infantry, thus making them effective at a closer range than a single car.

As others have said, the best use for scout cars and gun halftracks is to cut down infantry in the open. They are also good for lighting up unarmored transports. However, if you are engaging good order infantry in a terrain that offers them cover, it is wise to keep your lightly armored units out of range of the squad LMGs. These units should also not be kept in any one place for too long, as even light mortars can ruin a perfectly good White.

[re-deploying shaken / panicked infantry in operations]

All troops start every battle (except possibly the first, depending on the design) as "OK."

[New to Operations, am I about to learn something the hard way?]

Originally posted by GDog:

For static operations you get to redeploy as long as you are not padlocked or a stationary unit ( emplacements etc..) and no-mans land shifts according to the amount of ground gained /lost by either side. At the same time, ground captured or occupied by the attacker ( in an assault operation as is my case ) becomes part of, or factors into the re-calculation of the attackers new deployment zone.

Am I on the right track here?

I would say that you are on the right track. At the end of each battle new setup zones are drawn based on the troop movements of the previous battle. If you advanced, you will have a larger setup area. If you were forced to retreat, your zone will be smaller. You have free reign in redeploying your forces after each battle, unless you've imposed a "play as they lay" rule on yourself.

If you have units far in advance of the rest of your forces they will be in no man-s land at the start of your next setup period. You can actually move them back into your own setup zone from no man-s land, but they will receive no resupply, no matter the supply level of your force. You can also decide to leave those men in no man's land, but you will be unable to move them at all, and they may end up on top of some Germans, depending upon how the lines were redrawn.

The only units that cannot be redeployed at the start of each battle are stationary units such as bunkers, pillboxes, and 88s and fortifications like roadblocks, mines, or trenches.

[Artillery Spotters: Resupplying]

It wholly depends upon the level of supply your side has. A low supply level may result in only 1/6 of the usual loadout while a higher level will provide 2/3. I am not sure of what percentage is recouped for each supply level, but you can rarely count on a full load for the next battle of an operation.

[Knocking out 75mm AT Pillbox]

Originally posted by GDog:

</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by David I:

GDog,

Don't do it man! That pillbox will knock you out. It fires as if it is firing at a TRP, which means he will hit you and probably kill you when he does. You, on the other hand, have to get a firing slit penetration hit, pretty unlikely at that range.

Let us know how it turns out.

DavidI

David, thanks for the tip, I did not know it wokred as though firing at a TRP, better re-read my manual I guess?

I have backed my tank back and threw up some smoke from another, hope he doesnt get a last lucky shot in as I pull back. </font>

[The Peng Challenge Thread....Drunken Shotgun of the Gods]

Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate it, and Happy Thursday to those who do not.

[Do people play TCP/IP on CMAK?]

I used to play a fair number of TCP/IP games, and up to ten PBEM games. I'm just too damn busy to handle more than two or three PBEMs, and these not as efficiently as I'd like. There aren't all that many real time players just floating about, and this number is further reduced by those who can't host games. I do prefer it to PBEM, and if I weren't so busy I would likely be disappointed in my lack of recent games.

[The Peng Challenge Thread....Drunken Shotgun of the Gods]

Originally posted by Abbott:

I bet they would pay him a nice chunk of change to do so.

It would take a great deal more to get me to care.

[It's a Man's Life in the Peng Challenge Thread!]

If you correct them you provide them with a measure of relevancy. Oh, and rleete is a neanderthal-like chum-swilling hamster-abusing girly-girl.

[It's a Man's Life in the Peng Challenge Thread!]

Originally posted by Joe Shaw:

</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by NG cavscout:

and with that, I think rimjob454 can be safely ignored.

Indeed, one more post along those lines and we'll have another candidate for Coventry. It's been too long.

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[It's a Man's Life in the Peng Challenge Thread!]

Why do I want to grow up and become a member of the voting citizenry again?

And if you want to pile on our representative democracy, the reason it takes so long for a train to get from A to B is a lack of government regulation. They move oranges from Florida to Cincinnati faster than they do people.

[It's a Man's Life in the Peng Challenge Thread!]

Originally posted by NG cavscout:

Oh, and Seanachai, now that you are back from the staff meeting of Faeries and like minded fey folk, can you return the setup I sent you oh so many weeks ago?

I may attempt to get a turn to you within the next seven days. Boo can wait.

[Small and Tiny Scenarios]

Originally posted by pcelt:

Thanks Stoat--but Im not sure where to look for these TSD Salvage files.

Sorry but could you please clarfy------thanks

Birdgunner uploaded four or five large zipped files full of scenarios and operations from TSD before it went down. The Small Battles and Tiny Battles will be in whatever file contains the "T" and "S" scenarios. Search for them under the designer name birdgunner.

[Small and Tiny Scenarios]

The TSD salvage files have a large number of both Small Battles and Tiny Battles. I'm not sure who uploaded those scenarios, but given their titles, they are all in the last group at CMMODS.