Josey Wales

Hi guys, I've just come across this thread as I don't frequent this forum very much these days. Firstly I'd like to say that I am very much still alive, the Union soldiers haven't caught up to me just yet! Thank you for the appreciation of my AAR video's, it's really nice to hear how people have enjoyed them over the years. There are others out there producing great content, Usually Hapless has to be really commended for his commitment to the game and the high quality of his videos. I also enjoy the content of others, particularly Double's and some of the older channels like Rinald's, Ithikial's and his1ojd's. So to give a bit of context to me, I started my own business in 2014 and it was a slow start which allowed me time to make AAR's of this amazing game. As you can probably guess it's a very time consuming process that took me around 2 months to play and edit each video. As time has gone on my business has taken off and in early 2020 it really started to take up more of my time to the point where I couldn't really commit to making vids. I've always really enjoyed war films ever since I was a kid, the main reason I played the game was to make the vids and recreate the battles from movies like A Bridge Too Far and The Longest Day. So as a result of not making the AAR's, I've also not played the game for 2 years. I still believe that CM is one of the best games that has ever existed and I still follow it. I am still a member over at the Few Good Men but mostly play Field of Glory II & Medieval with some of the other members. The FOG games resolve much quicker than a CM battle and suit my current lifestyle better. It's unlikely that I'll be able to make any more AAR's for the foreseeable future, maybe one day when retirement rolls around! (CM3 perhaps?) So just wanted to say thank you and remove the mystery of what happened to me. Have fun, and don't forget...War is Hell!!

You do realise you have destroyed the British Army from within; Sgt: "Perkins what the hell are you doing? You were supposed to be on patrol 10 minutes ago!" Perkins: "Err yep.... be right with you sarge... just got to split off this scout team, give them a hunt command" Sgt: "Perkins get your backside in gear!" Perkins: "Yep yep, just calculating the turn.... just got to quickly watch this replay" Sgt: 'PERKINNNNSS!" Seriously though, really interesting to see this. Well done.

Ha love it, a great idea to get our attention. I am now invested in my small kampfgruppe - charge them forwards to crush the red savages! Fast moves to Jagermeister all round!! Err on second thoughts I've just remembered that never works....so umm...yep, just keeping them in reserve for now is probably a better idea.

Outstanding!

Ha, but my tanks don't fire their guns! The video clips above are from the that AAR.

Ha, I've been away for a while and I need the practice before I release another AAR

Perhaps, here's a vid showing the T34's turret and what it's tracking; https://youtu.be/VZmwNS9bdY0

Thanks @MOS:96B2P, you have eagle eyes! Yes, however the commander only changes from Spotting to Aiming once a second Panther comes into view to the left of the first one. It's this second Panther that he is aiming and preparing to fire at, not the first one which he can already supposedly see. It's hard to tell from the angle of the video, but the T34's turret never points towards the first Panther which is spotted from the start of the turn, but it does point towards the second Panther moving up the hill.

@Bulletpoint, ok great, then it does look like 'a thing'. The only thing I noticed although I have no idea if it's connected is that the T34 in the original replay went from Ok to Cautious to Nervous due to one of it's other platoon members being destroyed by the Panther. (This didn't happen in the replay where the target command was used because the Panther was destroyed by the T34 before it could take out the other platoon member.) So one thing to rule out (or in) would be if this something that is seen more often in units that are going through morale state transitions that turn.

This thread and @Bulletpoint's topic has struck a chord with something I witnessed recently in the Red Thunder scenario 'Getting Ugly'. As is usually my style I explain it best in a vid; https://youtu.be/IpgBxu8xhkE To me it seems like there is an issue unless someone is able to offer an alternative plausible explanation. Cheers.

Welcome back to the game. Split your squads into fireteams and scout teams. Use the scouts to find the enemy locations. Basically they'll get shot at and hopefully you'll gain a contact location when that happens. Amass firepower on the enemy locations as quickly as possible. Engagements are won by the side that can bring the largest amount of firepower to bear quicker than the other side can both in terms of volume and caliber. Get to know the terrain. Each type of terrain has advantages for some units and disadvantages for others. Locate areas which give good cover & concealment and offer good lines of site towards the enemy. These areas can be considered key terrain. Be patient! It's easy to get carried away in the moment to try and build on a gain, but there will be another enemy nearby that you haven't seen yet who will make you pay for being too hasty.

@MOS:96B2P & @Sgt.Squarehead I don't frequent this thread very much as I don't play SF2. All the images in the vid are from the demo. However looking at the content you guys are uploading, I can't help think that this track would have worked great with a vid for that. Not sure you would agree though Sgt

Ha yessss! and yes either this or something by AC/DC

Cheers bud. It's a nice idea but I've got to be careful with that. Each vid I make with a soundtrack from a well know artist already flags as a copyright claim. That's no big deal as the owners of the rights can either monetise or ban the vid in some countries. Sometimes they do nothing and I've had all 3 outcomes. With this vid though I've also copied the style of the music video and if it was used to advertise a product I could end up with a copyright strike which is a bit more serious. It's why this vid is unlisted on my YT channel so that it can only be seen by clicking the link here and over at the FGM.

The other day I heard the Beastie Boys' track Sabotage which I haven't heard for years and I thought to myself 'that would be a good accompanying track to a Shock Force 2 montage'. So I took some inspiration from the track's video and put this together. See what you think.