Moriarty

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Croda: Well let's hope it's not the drunken Robert Mitchum sheriff from El Dorado. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> I loved that look on his face after John Wayne pranged him in the head with an iron fryin' pan. ------------------ "Moriarty, you suck." -- Dunno, but somebody must've said it somewhere along the line

Commissar, if you think this is the Peng thread, then you don't really understand it. The Peng thread is much more esoteric. ------------------ "Moriarty, you suck." -- Dunno, but somebody must've said it somewhere along the line

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Mark IV: And my treasured little PSW234/3, but always with a Veteran crew...<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Oh, those are fun l'il guys to play with. ------------------ "Moriarty, you suck." -- Dunno, but somebody must've said it somewhere along the line

double post demon is back. Move along now. Nothing to see here. Move along. [This message has been edited by Moriarty (edited 01-07-2001).]

PeterNZ your file is en route. ------------------ "Moriarty, you suck." -- Dunno, but somebody must've said it somewhere along the line

Major Tom is indeed correct on all points, as is John Hough. Many of the newer people are not familiar with the rantings of the petulant teenager known as Manieri. Benny has a great deal of growing up to do and it is plain he hasn't accomplished that yet. Full FoW is the only way to play as is full disclosure should a player want to use something different. Just my 2 cents. ------------------ "Moriarty, you suck." -- Dunno, but somebody must've said it somewhere along the line

Jumbo and Crank: Did you consider that by the time the newbies outnumber the oldbies, you'll be the oldbies telling the newbies to do a friggin' search? Please accept this in the humor with which it is intentioned. ------------------ "Moriarty, you suck." -- Dunno, but somebody must've said it somewhere along the line

I guess I'm in the minority here. I found that scenario to be a hoot. Nothing historical about it, just a slugfest from the get-go. It also was an interesting test of one's ability to respond immediately. Granted, I wouldn't want to play such a thing all the time, but it was a fun change-of-pace. Just my 1/50th dollar. ------------------ "Moriarty, you suck." -- Dunno, but somebody must've said it somewhere along the line

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by John Kettler: Shatter, Though I am an excellent speller and have worked as a proofreader on several occasions, when under heavy stress I develop a condition I call typing dyslexia. Somehow the brain-to-finger connection breaks down, resulting in a stream of typos which I have to go back and painstakingly fix. Maximus, No tort,no foul! Later. John Kettler<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Yo, Kettler First rule of copy editing: It's never the editor's fault, the keyboard just can't spell. ------------------ "Moriarty, you suck." -- Dunno, but somebody must've said it somewhere along the line

Crawling is also horrendously slow and will quickly tire your infantry. ------------------ "Moriarty, you suck." -- Dunno, but somebody must've said it somewhere along the line

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by David Aitken: Derfel wrote: > Is there any way to stop infantry (in this particular case British infantry but I think the problem is general) from behaving like Kamikaze Lemmings? This of course isn't a problem when you're playing a human opponent. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Seanachai might beg to differ. He's been having a wee problem with keeping his Brits from running and re-running into known areas of intense enemy firepower and flamethrowers. Unless, of course, we are to surmise that Seanachai is not ... human. ------------------ "Moriarty, you suck." -- Dunno, but somebody must've said it somewhere along the line [This message has been edited by Moriarty (edited 01-01-2001).]

Might as well start off the new year in right-o fashion. Sir Lorak the Loathed, my good man, would be kind enough to chalk up your topplement to TC Schutz & Co. as a win for me and a loss for you. It was indeed a noble fight and merely a tac vic ... 60 something to 40 something. Sir Lorak the Loathed was indeed correct when he said the side with the last tank would be victorious. Alas, it came to pass that TC Schutz's policy of one-shot-one-kill got the better of the opposing M4s. ------------------ "Moriarty, you suck." -- Dunno, but somebody must've said it somewhere along the line [This message has been edited by Moriarty (edited 01-01-2001).] [This message has been edited by Moriarty (edited 01-01-2001).]

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Elvis: Ever since he got off the junk Moriarty has been thinking more clearly.. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Arrrghhhh. A fleeting moment of lucidity. Must ... find ... my ... junk. ------------------ "Moriarty, you suck." -- Dunno, but somebody must've said it somewhere along the line

Yeah, but can you do something with pink paint for the Shermans? Oddball loves the pretty pictures it makes. ------------------ "Moriarty, you suck." -- Dunno, but somebody must've said it somewhere along the line

The Borg should be here shortly. ------------------ "Moriarty, you suck." -- Dunno, but somebody must've said it somewhere along the line

A deadbeat list is a bad idea. Period. While I don't particularly like it when someone drops a game without letting me know, that's between me and my opponent. It's unlikely I'll play that person again but in his next game or two against other people he might very well finish. There might be extenuating and reasonable reasons why he chose not to finish, there might not. Labeling someone in error is something I doubt anyone wants to be involved in. It's bad for the other guy, it's bad for you. It just isn't worth it, however appealing it seems. The lack of communication is, after all, merely an annoyance. I find it better to move that person's pbem file into the "inactive" folder and get on with other games. Just my 1/50th of a dollar. ------------------ "Moriarty, you suck." -- Dunno, but somebody must've said it somewhere along the line [This message has been edited by Moriarty (edited 01-01-2001).]

Binkie, Chuppy, Berli and Elvis all have offered good advice. If you do take this advice, the limited visibility will mean close-in infantry engagement. You will need to get the biggest bang for your buck ... er, points. Pick infantry with highest firepower you can find. If Fionn selects fallschirmjaegers, gebirgsjaegers or some of the SMG and SMG/fusilier squads, he'll have an advantage in short-range firepower. A side note, if you get Fionn into a defensive position, it's even money or better that he'll attack in some way, shape or form. He's not one to sit back and wait for you. Above all, enjoy the game and learn. ------------------ "Moriarty, you suck." -- Dunno, but somebody must've said it somewhere along the line

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Lorak: Oh I see how it is Moriarty. I let you finally win a game... and what do you do? You get the big head and decide to crawl out of the pool and post in the real world. If I would have known my loss would cost the rest of the forum so much. I would have pounded you like last years fruit cake. Lorak <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> I haven't seen the file, but I'll take it from your tone that topplement is complete. I would be honored to do battle with you again, at your convenience. Door's always open. Shatter: I've said my piece. Take it for what it's worth and in the spirit it was offered ... or not. ------------------ "Moriarty, you suck." -- Dunno, but somebody must've said it somewhere along the line

Easy there Shatter. You're new to the board and this one, I'll warrant, isn't like too many others. There is a dedicated thread for taunting each other ... known as the cesspool (aka the Peng thread). Its inhabitants are dedicated gamers who also don't take life, or armor thickness, or relative muzzle velocities, impact alignment and trajectories of AT vs HE vs T too seriously, hence the hamsters and hamster jokes. Forever Barbarella, er, Babra is one of them (as am I). He wasn't mad. It was an inside joke that you couldn't know without having been around during the height of hamsterism. Nothing personal. ------------------ "Moriarty, you suck." -- Dunno, but somebody must've said it somewhere along the line [This message has been edited by Moriarty (edited 12-29-2000).]

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR> As far as pool players go I hear MarkIV is good but he avoids my, Germanboy is good, Peng is very good. Hiram, Berli, Moriarty and Croda are cannon fodder.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Elvis, must I bring up Villers-Bocage Tiger again. You lost. Big time. And you're losing in A Walk in the Sun ... at least until you bring out the much ballyhooed armor you're allegedly holding in reserve. So, the score remains: Moriarty 1, Elvis 0 In answer to the original question, Sgt. Morgue is in the top tier of players. I haven't played Fionn or Tomcat, but their exploits are pretty well known to board vets. ------------------ "Moriarty, you suck." -- Dunno, but somebody must've said it somewhere along the line

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Wilhammer: Consider this guys - especially if the "bail-outs" have been recent - this is the holiday season.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Nope. These were just folks who just didn't feel like finishing what they started. When all is lost, I'll generally let my opponent know and give him/her the choice of chasing units around the board ad nauseum or accept surrender. ------------------ "Moriarty, you suck." -- Dunno, but somebody must've said it somewhere along the line

Rocket guidance technology in 1944-45 was not so hot. My hard-learned experience with them is that you've got to target approx. 200m ahead of your position to have a reasonable expectation of not whacking your own guys. They are horribly inaccurate but that's half the fun. After one game in which I used 300mm rockets, my opponent told me after the game was over that they gutted his armor force. I never knew that as his armor had not been spotted due to FoW. (In that game, I did target 175m ahead of my forward position and very nearly lost a rifle squad). ------------------ "Moriarty, you suck." -- Dunno, but somebody must've said it somewhere along the line [This message has been edited by Moriarty (edited 12-29-2000).]

Yep. This has happened a couple of times (no, Lorak, not our game). It's lame. Some of it I attribute to ladder play, i.e. someone not wanting to jeopardize their position if the game is going bad. (I'm on two ladders but could care less about them. I only got on for the benefit of my opponents). But others just up and quit for no apparent reason ... and I don't think I was even winning. Must be bad breath or somefink. ------------------ "Moriarty, you suck." -- Dunno, but somebody must've said it somewhere along the line

I lose a lot. ------------------ "Moriarty, you suck." -- Dunno, but somebody must've said it somewhere along the line

You could use the "auto generate" function in the scenario editor to do most of the work for you and then edit the map to your liking in terms of tree coverage and such. ------------------ "Moriarty, you suck." -- Dunno, but somebody must've said it somewhere along the line