Bratch

Hello, Thanks to Robert (Tomcat) for pointing this thread out to me or it would have been missed. Fionn, I certainly appreciate the offer but as I am certain you can understand I have RL obligations keeping me from playing any games right now. I would like to ask, if you are willing, that you let Terence McLaughlan aka CDIC have my slot. He is a worthy opponent and certainly most worthy of a shameless spanking. Regards, Eben

Hi Jsoh, I can answer your first question reasonbly well. The second I will defer to many of the more than capable posters here. Hull down is an advantage sought by a tank commander where only the turret or upper hull portion of his tank is visibile to the enemy while he still has clear ability to direct fire upon the opposing tank. The simple adavantage is he is presenting a much smaller target. And no, you do not have to open to use it. [This message has been edited by Bratch (edited 09-04-2000).]

Greetings all, I have been a lurker here for some time. Rarely do I post and lately I have not even spent a lot of time reading because of the obvious transgression of this board. When I first stumbled across CM, prior to the beta demo release, I followed this board with a fervor. I gleaned many useful tips and have implemented them into my reasonably successful tactics thus far. I often chuckled at the humor of the old hands as they sparred. I admit, I was even one of the refresh-monkey types on the night of "The Thread". Tonight I decided to check out the board again as I waited for turns to roll in. I have to say I am aghast. This board was created with a purpose, I fear that has been all but lost. I am not saying that there is not a wealth of information to be gained by the prospective CM player but attempting to sort through all of the accumulated BS tends to leave a sour taste in ones mouth. What does the person, such as myself, that stumbles across this board gain? I have to wonder if I would have pre-ordered on blind faith if this is what I had been greeted with. I whole heartedly support Steve and Charles in their banning of ANYONE who uses this board to act like an idiot and spout useless rhetoric. Let us all remember the power we hold while posting on this board when it comes to influencing propsective CM players. Eben Bratcher

1280x1024 on a P3-600 with a TNT2 32meg card. Runs great! No problems with fog, rain or hi-res smoke. [This message has been edited by Bratch (edited 07-10-2000).]

That's odd Scott, during our last game you numbered the turns a little differently. T01Amiscoming T02Morecoming T04Amiseverywhere T05DamnAmis T06STOP!! T07WeSurrender Bratch

Manta I agree somewhat. I find that sitting down and playing a one player scenario to completion is brain draining. I much prefer PBEM where I can devote as much time to a turn as needed and then take a break. I still love the game but marathon sessions are not for me. I am not sure that I will even use the TCP/IP patch very much. This is still the best game I have ever owned and will remain so until CM2, etc.

Try this one, I have found lots of good stuff there. http://www.uwm.edu/~jpipes/start.html

I thought we had been through this once already. Although I take great exception to someone coming to this board and making threats it could have been avoided if we would play in our own neighborhood. I am not going to waste the time to go see what was posted at the CC site, I have never purchased a CC game and I never will, it is not my bag. It is theirs though so let them have it. IMO it is juvenile behavior that leads to this sort of thing, from both sides. I hope that Steve or Charles can lock this one up and everyone else can let it go and stay out of the CC sites.

Ed, Exclusively Scotch Whisky, of the single malt variety.

Finally!! I got it, and it looks great. And my wife is not in any danger either. Now to get to those blind PBEM's.

Didn't make it to Yuma today either. Tomorrow is my birthday and if I find out my wife has had it hidden and intends to 'surprise' me there will be a problem here!

Monday: I knew that was asking too much Tuesday: Well, probably tomorrow Wednesday: Dammit! Where is it? Thursday: Arrrrrrrggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhh! Friday: (if it doesn't show up then watch CNN for headline news)

It hasn't made it to my neck of the woods either.

Try alt+F4

Dammit! You beat me to it.