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  • Birthday 09/30/1966

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  1. I hope this isn't a hijack, but I have a large-format monitor I inherited that has an unusual native resolution (1360 X something or other). I just want to be sure: There's no way to get CM:BB to see and accept this? Thanks, Jim
  2. http://grogheads.com/forums/index.php?topic=11601.0 From the above: have there been any observed behaviors relating to Marders not properly? One hypothesis shared above, which I have not been able to replicate, is that, given that turns are one minute, they might open and be surpressed before the commander can intervene? This strikes me as unlikely as the TacAI usually takes the shots it has it if can, but I certainly don't know. Any thoughts here would be welcome. Best, Jim "Cyrano" :/7)
  3. As I say, I haven't finished it up yet and the purpose of The Blitz's "Scenario of the Month" program is H2H evaluation. You'd have to ask my opponent how the Axis side plays, but I'm having one heck of a good time -- and a challenge! Best, Jim "Cyrano" :/7)
  4. I'm playing as the British. Uh-oh...layers of defense you say ? Best, Jim "Cyrano" :/7)
  5. I picked up this scenario as a result of the "Scenario of the Month" project over at The Blitz -- something I'd recommend to anyone hereabouts as you get interesting scenarios and a chance to make the H2H experience stronger for everyone. But I digress. I don't know yet if this scenario is balanced. I like to playtest blind and only peek behind the curtain once I've had a single playthrough. What I can say though is: 1. It has one of the most interesting maps I've ever seen done for this system. Huge and a labor of love. 2: I thought the time allowed (1-1/2 hours!) was going to create one of those ridiculous long waits for the end of game once the matter was decided. It has not. 3: The flow of reinforcements and the scope of both the map and the TO&E are as exciting as I've ever seen. In sum, while I'm not yet done, this is the kind of scenario that reminds me of why I love this game more than even my little lead men and tanks -- I shudder to think how much a battle of this size would cost in FoW...and where it could be played. It's also a reminder that CMx2, in the right hands, is something very, very special. Thank You. Best, Jim "Cyrano" :/7)
  6. Put me down as in for the whole kit. I was surprised and exceptionally pleased by this. Best, Jim "Cyrano" :/7)
  7. Huh...as a nigh-mythic BF fanboi (so dubbed by others; I can't imagine granting oneself such an honorific) I find myself in the awkward position of disagreeing with Steve. Given the way people think about software, the "best and latest" is that which is craved. This is why Part Is (of whatever) often go unsold though they're dramatically cheaper than Part IIs. Charging for an upgrade is fine by me, but, were I selling this to my friends -- as I have had occasion to do -- letting them get in a up to spec with a single shopping run strikes me as a self-evident path to offer. In the end it's immaterial to me personally as I purchase everything as it comes out. Still, I'd hate to see something prevent BF from getting more money which, in turn, could prevent me from getting more toys. That would prove unacceptable. Best, Jim "Cyrano" :/7)
  8. Call it a guess -- everything after Waterloo is, in my judgment, current events -- but I think it's folks wanting to game history rather than the future. We have ORBATs for Cechnya, Afghanistan, Iraq (both times), &c. The speculative future is harder to come by. Besides, there's a fair number of folks hereabouts that served in one or more of the conflicts I listed above so they've a particular interest. As I say, just a hypothesis... Best, Jim "Cyrano" :/7)
  9. First of all, great read and thanks for sharing. Second, the folks I know who do this for a living are fighting mightily to get the armed forces to accept "civilian" applications like this one as affordable, accessible replacements for their homegrown monster programs. Last I had heard was that the fight was nigh-lost. Very glad to hear of this. There's an old wives' tale...or maybe it's true...that some of the first fighter jets we supplied to the Israeli Air Force had to be stripped of all their gadgets, whoo-dads, and geegaws because their pilots found that they interefered with, well, flying and fighting. I've used -- one does not say played -- Decisive Action and respect mightily what it's on about, but I wonder how much worse the signal-to-noise ratio gets with things like the VBS2. Like I say, fascinating... Best, Jim "Cyrano" :/7)
  10. Not to hijack, but @broadsword, have you published the details of that campaign anywhere? I have a particular interest and would love to see it. My thanks, Jim "Cyrano" :/7)
  11. Well bugger me...of course you're right. Glad I could be of some use and I hope your ambitions, trimmed though they may be, bear good fruit. Best, Jim "Cyrano" :/7)
  12. FWIW, this is the first scenario in the "Force on Force" Iraq War scenario book. I poked around on Google Maps months ago and tried to figure out just where the complex was...rather pleased I seem to have got it right. That said, I am MOST impressed by the rendition you've done in CM:SF and will be following this project with great interest. Best of Luck! Jim "Cyrano" :/7)
  13. CM:BO, CM:BB, CM:AK, CM:SF, and CM:BN have dominated this genre for over a decade now. Ain't nothin' blind about pre-ordering CW. As Animal might say: "MAKE GAME!! MAKE GAME!!" Best, Jim "Cyrano" :/7)
  14. SB Pro PE is what it says "on the box": the best thing in the game. Now, it helped that my wife bought it for me for Christmas...lowers the guilt...but there's absolutely nothing like it. Best, Jim "Cyrano" :/7)
  15. Both work fine on my Win7 rig... The only CMx1 side-effect of upgrading I've seen has been in CM:BO where the fires burn REALLY quickly on my fastest machine... Best, Jim "Cyrano" :/7)
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