Joe Shaw

Crap, nope it's still doing the same thing. Seriously Matt I can hit it from IE, so don't hassle on my account. I'd bet, however, that you do want it working no matter what browser others are using. Thanks, Joe

G4A I agree with you in principle, that copy protection scheme was massively annoying when it was commonly used to stop piracy. However, I think Manta's suggestion has some merit in THIS context. If you don't know who you're playing, there's no reason they can't take just a moment (it's PBEM after all) and look up a single word in the manual. And if it would help to prevent piracy of CM, I'm all for it. Joe ------------------ Compliments appreciated, Questions answered, Death Threats reciprocated.

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Hey Joe, try the Annex, does that come up for you???<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Yes Matt, that one shows up fine, hmmmm. Joe

Agreed Buckeye (did I say that?) ... it's not going to be rocket science to figure this one out. While I wasn't really interested in figuring out a way to "unblind" a quick battle, it did occur to me that there was probably a way. No harm done that I see and it does bring up the issue. Joe

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>How about "Combat Missionaries"?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Hmmm, interesting position to take there, Griffin. BTW, there are no silly questions, only silly people with silly walks. Joe ------------------ Compliments appreciated, Questions answered, Death Threats reciprocated.

I tried that too Buckeye, both refresh and reload and no good. Also tried it this morning and same thing. Oh well I guess I'll use IE to see the site. And I apologize about the Mac crack ... I shouldn't be making fun of the mouse button impaired crowd Joe ------------------ Compliments appreciated, Questions answered, Death Threats reciprocated.

Trust a Mac user to come up with that {sniff} Seriously, a good point Buckeye. Unfortunately the only way the Tourney Save can be used, IIRC, is with an already created scenario. That would mean that someone would have create the Quick Battle, then save it as a scenario and THEY could then look at it before using Tourney Save. Or, as a PC user, am I up in the night yet again? Joe ------------------ Compliments appreciated, Questions answered, Death Threats reciprocated.

Beats me then Matt, I'll reboot and see if that makes a difference. I'm only running 64 Meg of RAM and sometimes it does goofy stuff when I've been on a while. Thanks for trying. Oh and my other question was whether both players need to have a particular scenario in order to play it PBEM? Joe

Sorry Matt, it's the title page for TGN's CM section: http://combathq.thegamers.net/ And just to be even more annoying, it's still not working on this PC's Netscape. I get the TGN logo, then two ads for something to do with recycling and it stops. And Buckeye, if you'd use a MAN'S computer ... JUST KIDDING, IT WAS A JOKE, DON'T YOU PEOPLE KNOW A JOKE WHEN YOU HEAR ONE! With apologies to Gene Wilder Joe

It's still the same old story, A tale of love and glory, A case of do or die. The fundamental facts apply, Netscapes a slice of POO Pie. I presume you want us to let you know when Netscape is misbehaving? The site works fine on IE but in Netscape you only get the two header ads and it stops loading. BTW, do both players in a PBEM game have to have the scenario in order to play? Thanks, Joe

Yes, congratulations, now there's just the matter of the initiation fee. Just send $120 in small unmarked bills to me personally and I'll send you the secret decoder ring. BTW, glad you found the Caps Lock Joe

BAD MantaRay, Bad, bad bad ... is there an echo in here? And have you stopped peeing on the carpets yet? Joe

Oh very good Smoker, first we had the USPS conspiracy theory, then the Shipping conspiracy and now you have to postulate the Evil BTS conspiracy That should keep the Captain going for a good half a dozen more posts. Joe

Guys I think the irony may have escaped him. Or his irony escaped me. Jmac, good point and one that I'm sure BTS will consider. Joe

Damn Kump that was funny But you forgot to call yourself pathetic, I always liked that myself. And note that I haven't forgotten the little people that helped me through the tough times this week Actually I'm DLing the new 3Dfx drivers or you guys wouldn't see me for a while. Hang in there, easy for me to say I know, but I've been there too. Me: "My name is Joe and, I'm abitanxious." Group: "HI JOE" Joe

Arien, mine showed up too Guess we can finish the CE scenario and then on to bigger and better ... Joe

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>My simple solution to this crying thread:<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Well Stodge (and a more appropriate monicker I've never seen) that would be ONE solution ... another would be ... TO GO HOME AND PLAY THE DAMN GAME ... WHICH JUST GOT HERE! BYE! Joe ------------------ Compliments appreciated, Questions answered, Death Threats reciprocated.

Arien and I had the same problem. We finally boiled it down to a goofy issue with replies to emails. We solved it by sending NEW messages with attachments each time. It didn't happen ALL the time, but after "X" number of replies the turn got embedded in the body of the email instead of being attached. Another solution is to zip all your turns and then attach that. However, you should still be able to get the data and use it by cutting the relevant text out of the body of the email and pasting it into a text editor. Cumbersome but it works. Joe

George (Arien), it got a tad tense didn't it Of course now that your guys are assaulting the church AND the woods to my right it's going to get even worse. Can't wait to get home and see what happens ... NOT THAT I'M POSTING AT WORK ... kind of ... well maybe ... a little. Joe

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Now, if your tank (turetted tank) gets immobilized because the engine was hit (instead of losing a track say), I'd expect the turret to be immobilized. Would you guys expect the same? I don't recall there being manual rotation of the turrets, but I may be wrong on this.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> No, I wouldn't necessarily expect that. In most cases I would think that immobilization will occur because a track got knocked off or something happened to the running gear. If the engine got hit and resulted in a loss of electrical power THEN your situation might occur, but I bet the crew wouldn't be around to worry about it in that case ... even if the tank didn't brew up. Don't know for sure about manual rotation but I would be surprised if they didn't have something in place, mind you it would be dead slow. But then I'm no expert on it either. Joe ------------------ Compliments appreciated, Questions answered, Death Threats reciprocated.

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>I was on the edge of my seat, screaming for that turret to get around in position.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> I am constantly amazed at the comments of some RTS proponents who claim that CM doesn't have the emotional impact of their games. I just had a similar situation in CE, my Stug was targetting a line of woods when a Sherman rumbled out and into my line of fire. I was literally yelling "Come on, come on, get on it." I could see my Stug's targeting line and the Sherman's turret swinging and hull rotating. Finally my gunner pulled the trigger a second before the Sherman got lined up and the US tank brewed up ... my grandson, who was in the room, has taken to looking at me oddly ever since. Joe

Sniperscope, so basically you're saying that it had a good beat and you could dance to it? What do you give it, a 70? HE understands what I'm referring to even if you young whippersnappers out there don't, right SS? Joe ------------------ Compliments appreciated, Questions answered, Death Threats reciprocated.

Why is it that whenever you go into full blown RANT mode, you end up with a classic case of messages crossing each other? That's what happened to me last night. I had previously sent an email to Steve (I know, I know, I was supposed to wait till today, my bad) asking for my shipping date. That was about noon my time. I didn't receive a reply but saw the post from BTS explaining that some pre-orders didn't go out till yesterday. At that point I went postal (you should excuse the pun) and posted my message to this board. I just now opened an email from Steve explaining that my order was shipped on the 20th, he also explained that another order I had placed for a friend in May was shipped on the 16th. That explains why my friend got it well before I did. Steve also repeated what he said before that some orders went out early by error. I don't retract my statements, if I had known that my order didn't get shipped till the 20th I could have accepted that. I could even have accepted that an accident occurred and my buddy's went out before mine, hey, it happens. It was the NOT KNOWING that was the problem. I don't blame BTS for the delay in shipping, they are still responsible for it (as they are responsible for the great gameplay, the brilliant execution, the superb modeling and the painstaking research) but it happened and I can live with it ... NOW THAT I KNOW that my order was shipped. If it doesn't get here this weekend, it's the USPS that did it and I can even live with that. So, for future reference BTS, I would strongly recommend that you review your policies (as I'm sure you're doing already) to minimize this issue in later releases. Given the small size of your staff (is your Labrador Retriever on the payroll yet?) it may be difficult/impossible to send confirming emails, but something of the sort would have eleminated a lot of complaints and (especially) my whining. It is a shame that the release of such a great game was marred by the delivery, but the first time doing such things is always difficult. In closing, I hope that my comments didn't ruffle too many feathers. I have nothing but complete admiration for the job done on CM and look forward with great anticipation to actually playing it and all of the iterations of CM that will come our way in the future. Joe

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>I think the whole problem stems from the fact that we don't know if the CD's are being carried by european or african swallows.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Was it swallows then, thought for sure it was sparrows? BTW, what's your favorite color? Joe See what happens when I get REALLY desperate? Best hope I get my game tomorrow or it's on to ... BwahahahahaBenny Hill!

Perhaps a Python moment is called for at this juncture: "Right then, we'll call it a tie!" And I'm mad at myself for caring so much too. At my age you'd think I'd know better Joe