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Fionn, Your AARs are very detailed and fun to read. I read the Alpha one and the one currently being posted on CMHQ. I guess my question is, how long do you take to plot each turn? And doesn't it seem that a great deal of stratigic planning goes into each "minute" of combat you discuss? From posts you have made you always struck me as a player who plays intuitively. ------------------ "Tryin to be so so bad is bad enough, don't make me laugh by talkin tough" EC

I am in the middle of a PBEM game and I had some guys in a building when 2 Stugs opened up on it. My comment to the other player was "the recap in the beginning didn't mention you had Nukes!!" Talk about scary. The house was demolished in what looked like the top of mushroom explosion. ------------------ "Tryin to be so so bad is bad enough, don't make me laugh by talkin tough" EC

I sell cars on the Internet by day and drink beer, make out with my wife and bad mouth people (whenever I have interviwed someone for a job and they tell "I'm a real people person" I tell them that they must never have worked with the public and I don't hire them. People are horrible nasty things and should be taxed severely) by night. Whew....Elvis must have had a bad day at the office. ------------------ "Tryin to be so so bad is bad enough, don't make me laugh by talkin tough" EC

Thomas, I can answer #2. BTS would like to have had the option of a full "movie" available but it won't be. ------------------ "Tryin to be so so bad is bad enough, don't make me laugh by talkin tough" EC

I used a debit card to place my order that pulls right out of my checking account. I usually keep my checking account balance kinda low. How much notice do you think we will get before our cards are charged so I can make sure there is plenty of extra dough in my account. PS. Steve should I just send you an email if I want to add an extra copy to my order? ------------------ "Tryin to be so so bad is bad enough, don't make me laugh by talkin tough" EC

Trooper, Yes. Mark, The fastest way to play a PBEM game is by using AIM (AOL instant messenger) or ICQ. AIM is MUCH faster than ICQ by the way. Both are free to download and use. Maybe it's me but I couldn't imagine taking a half hour to turn around a turn. Maybe I should be more patient but when I wait 10 minutes for Peng to send me back a file instead of giving him a hard time. When I play CM against either the AI or a human after the initial setup the playing of turns can be very quick. When I begin a turn I continue the plan I devised during setup or make adjustments where they seem nessasary and I know the "hot" areas that I focus my attention on. It will be very frustrating if during TCP/IP I find myself waiting for 20 minutes after I have completed my plotting before my prey completes her turn. For this reason I hope that the TCP/IP comes with a timer that can be set by both players to keep the game going at a reasonable pace. If not and I am in the minority, as far as turn playing speed, I suspect my list of opponants will be short. ------------------ "Tryin to be so so bad is bad enough, don't make me laugh by talkin tough" EC

DAMN..they got the kid from St. Louis ------------------ "Tryin to be so so bad is bad enough, don't make me laugh by talkin tough" EC

Also the wheat might provide too much concealment. Sounds like you might need a regular grass tile tweaked by Coolj to get the entire effect. Plus you don't want to set up a Normandy thing that has the wrong date stamped on it. ------------------ "Tryin to be so so bad is bad enough, don't make me laugh by talkin tough" EC

HEY....What the hell is going on here? That post sounded very Pengish.....Ya know I have never seen MrPeng and MrHappy in the same place at the same time...makes one take time for pause and think......NAH...can't be MrHappy is so nice. ------------------ "Tryin to be so so bad is bad enough, don't make me laugh by talkin tough" EC

Thank all of you for not relpying to this thread. You all must have known that it would fix itself (as it did) ------------------ "Tryin to be so so bad is bad enough, don't make me laugh by talkin tough" EC

LORAK!!!!!YOU COWARD. I have seen this sort of cheap trick from you before and it won't work this time. Oh wait....I'm not even playing him a game. (Sara the above was just kidding. Tell he said that he hopes he his back in the saddle soon.)

Lorak, backspace should be all it takes to rename the file.....got an answer for my question?

Slipped onto page 2 with no response...figured I'd give it and try by putting it on top. ------------------ "Tryin to be so so bad is bad enough, don't make me laugh by talkin tough" EC

I decided to say "screw it"..sneak out of work early and send it from home. PS..for those of you still working on my problem I should point out that the rest of the game works fine at work..it seems to only be the PBEM thing. ------------------ "Tryin to be so so bad is bad enough, don't make me laugh by talkin tough" EC

I agree with Lorak. One thing I was looking for in the game (SP W@W) and haven't been able to find is TCP/IP. I asumed it would be in there but it doesn't seem to be. Peng and I had planned on playing it TCP/IP tomorrow night... ------------------ "Tryin to be so so bad is bad enough, don't make me laugh by talkin tough" EC

I did a search and didn't find this problem listed. I set up my units and click GO. The screen appears that say "click mouse ect...." when I do this at home it works fine...when I do this at work (where I am right now) the screen freezes. C-A-D will get me out but there is no PBEM file like there was in the beta. There IS a PBEM folder but it is empty. The one other thing I should point out is that when I installed and reinstalled the game the first screen asking "can you see this " does appear but after that the screen is black...clicking anywhere on the black screen sends me right into the game no problem. Anyone else have this problem? Anyone have it and fixed it? ------------------ "Tryin to be so so bad is bad enough, don't make me laugh by talkin tough" EC

I am with you jon and wreck.....Although it may have been a drag for Charles and Steve at some while it was happening last night there will be a time (if it hasn't happened already) when BTS will sit back and say "do you remember the night we threw out the gold demo for CM1 and the place went crazy....can believe we really created something that so many people got so excited about?" Great work guys...thank you. ------------------ "Tryin to be so so bad is bad enough, don't make me laugh by talkin tough" EC

For once I have to disagree with Fionn. While I have played many enjoyable PBEM games the immersion level is nowhere close to when I have played a game straight through in one sitting. This is why I am hoping that TCP/IP will be out as soon as possible. Which reminds me ....Steve should we still be expecting TCP/IP about one month after the game is released...It would be a BIG bummer if it took six months for it to come out...Possible for a TCP/IP update? ------------------ "Tryin to be so so bad is bad enough, don't make me laugh by talkin tough" EC

I was lucky enough to smack someone around one game and won 150-75. ------------------ "Tryin to be so so bad is bad enough, don't make me laugh by talkin tough" EC

Matt, I have been following this AAR more than any other since the Alpha AAR. But did I miss something or is Bill not posting his side? Fionn, I really dig the way you compose and AAR. ------------------ "Tryin to be so so bad is bad enough, don't make me laugh by talkin tough" EC

Gonna change your name to PeterUK? ------------------ "Tryin to be so so bad is bad enough, don't make me laugh by talkin tough" EC

SS_ediblepanties stop your rumor starting and giving of false hope now. And I can think of a very good reason why someone would rather the demo come out on th e8th rather than now. My wife who is a CM dabbler (and could still kick SSs butt) has a paper and final exam this coming week. If the demo were to come out Monday she would not do the paper and probably fail the final exam. If not because she was playing than because I was hogging the computer. On a more serious note...I have noticed that since the release date was announced I have been much more calm in my anticipation. It must be because I can now see the light at the end of the tunnel. I am at peace with myself. BTS, giving up that info was the best thing you guys did since the last best thing you did. ------------------ "Tryin to be so so bad is bad enough, don't make me laugh by talkin tough" EC

SMILES!?!?! I did that once, hurt like hell...never catch me doing that again. ------------------ "Tryin to be so so bad is bad enough, don't make me laugh by talkin tough" EC

We have sent some stuff back and forth over the last few weeks but you'll have to ask Peter or Groucho where we are at now. The last version I saw was still looking like an Alpha build. ------------------ "Tryin to be so so bad is bad enough, don't make me laugh by talkin tough" EC

Can we PLEASE get back on topic here!!!!!???? Busting SS_Bedwetters ovaries. ------------------ "Tryin to be so so bad is bad enough, don't make me laugh by talkin tough" EC