maxm2

How about a series with beautiful zombies called Myth America, Myth Universe, etc.? Seriously, I bought Myth I in the reminder bin, eager to play the game which had gotten such glowing reviews as an innovative 3D battle strategy/tactical game. It looked, in the few minutes I played it, like any of the RTS games with different camera angles thrown in (3D...but not CM's 3D). I put it away, figuring there was no way it would compete with CM. Did I miss something? Or is it just a bit past its prime at this point? Don't mean to slam Myth, just want to know if I should go back and try again.

Hear Hear! I'm using the grognard interface, and it's great.

Happy Birthday, Madmatt! And thanks for giving all the exposure and encouragement to the site-builders, pic-producers, mod-makers, penny rookers, cheap hookers, Groo-oo-oo-vy lookers--oops, sorry, these songs just come into my head when I forget to take my medication. Anyway, thank you and keep those birthdays coming! --Max Molinaro

Thanks to all of you for your "lost cause" reports. They have really improved my morale about what is possible. ---Max

I think you should have waited on the monitor. I hear the price of 30 inch monitors is going to go down drastically in a couple of months, leaving you several months with extra money to spend on a new graphics card before you succumb to your fatal illness. [Guy & his wife have come home from work; he tells her his doctor has said he will only live until the following morning. Upon going to bed they make passionate love. Around 2 AM the guy wakes his wife up and again they make love. When he shakes her once again at 4 AM she says: "Please--some of us have to get up in the morniing...."]

I'm looking for a German marching song which starts out with the lines (spelling probably wrong): Wenn die Soldaten Durch dies Stadt marchieren Offnen die Madchen Fenster und die Turen Chorus (???no idea of actual words; could be nonsense words): Ein warum, ein darum Ein warum, ein darum Ein Bloss wenn die singtarassa boomtarassa sa. ------------------ Max Molinaro

***SPOILER*** Thanks Kingfish. Altho, if that's the one that has lots of Brit troops and vehicles which have to go down a long road (wet conditions off road) and get past roadblocks to get to the other side, I have tried it and it's a great scenario. I was absolutely plastered by the German AI arty which was apparently registered at the roadblocks.

Did a search but didn't see this mentioned. Most maps with woods seem to go real easy on the woods...for example I haven't seen any maps with six or eight square tiles of woods with no paths, although that would not be unusual for some sections of Germany in WWII, would it? Mostly solid woods would force you to use limited (or no?) vehicles, which would be an interesting situation. Anyone seen any heavy woods scenarios?

If there were lots more flags, you would need even more troops to cover them all, leading to even more opportunities for "harvesting" flags in the last turn or two. I liked Disaster@work's suggestion about a contested state for VLs. Or does the Question Mark flag stand for uncertain control? Frankly, I don't understand how many units have to be how close to the flag to "control" it. But then, I haven't read the manual about that topic...have to do so tonight. --Max

Gee, Fionn, I just thought that if someone risked execution there ought to be a higher standard.....! : ) And if you think research on this forum is bad, you ought to check out some of the student papers at our institutions of higher learning! : (

I agree on the gamey aspect. In a game that I just lost (just call me "Major Defeat"!), I had a schreck guy run for one flag and my opponent sent a tank to capture another. And we both got our flags! On the other hand, one could look at the flags as the most valuable local terrain which must be held for reinforcements, a coming counter-attack, or whatever. In that case, you can't just bounce your units all over the map in an unrealistic fashion, racking up enemy casualties....you have to allow for holding the most useful/needed territory you capture. Naturally the next gamey response will be to have an ambush team hidden at all flag sites to get your opponent when he (I have no fear of sexist generalizations, unfortunately, using that pronoun) zips one unit over to the flag to bag it. "The worst day playing CM or posting to the forum is better than the best day working..." THIS IS YOUR BOSS, MAX; YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE LOTS OF "BETTER" DAYS COMING UP!

Uh, I don't want to sound stupid (any more than I naturally do) but who is von Schrad? Is he like Erik von Danikan (sp?) or Arnold? Also, how do you get that little "tm" superscript in your message? And lastly, they're "Physiological Rearrangement Specialists," not thugs! P.S. CM does model the TGIF-9 Hausfrau. It appears in the "Domestic Campaign" mode. [This message has been edited by maxm2 (edited 08-17-2000).]

As has been pointed out, locks on really stupid/insulting threads have worked well to avoid deterioration into nuclear war, and, as someone asked, what can you do to people besides kick them out or lock down the thread? After much thought, I have a modest proposal. By raising the price of each copy of CM sold by only a few dollars and placing it in a special fund, BTS could accumulate a sizable special bank account. I'm sure we have enough brain power and technical expertise on this forum to track down the actual location of any offender. Combining location awareness of offenders with the special BTS account for hiring special professional assistance, I think we would have our solution to incivility. Specifically: (Now, I can't claim my idea is original: it's actually two ideas, one from the life insurance biz and one from the fun-loving guys in the Taliban) Suppose we have a chart: one insult to intelligence equals one finger on the left hand (offender's choice), one insult to race or gender preference equals the offender's left or right hand depending on severity of insult; one insult to personal hygiene would entail a flesh wound to any extremity (offendee's choice). For criticising CM without extreme provocation (it crashes your computer and wipes out your hard drive, say) or less than ten pages of documentation okay'ed by Fionn, it goes without saying that the consequence would be death. With one appeal to George "No one who's been exectuted has ever complained" Bush allowed. Is that good, or what?

Tank Girl is a comic book movie and not as good as the comic book, but lots of funny scenes, e.g., even though she's tied up she kicks the bad guy leader in the crotch and when his men all point their guns in her face she says in mock bewilderment: "What? What?" Starship Troopers was a great book for older teenagers, terrific battle descriptions, and after you read the description of the REAL armored jump suits, you'll see why tanks *in the book* weren't necessary. The movie sucked big time. Besides the stuff people have mentioned, having all their comrades ripped & blown apart after their first time in combat doesn't bother these heavily armed kids at all; they're high-fiving each other and grinning as if they won a football game. "Did you see Bob get his head torn off?" "Yeah--hey, we kicked those bugs asses, huh?" Actually, Avalon Hill had an excellent board game of Starship Troopers, complete with underground Bug movement, MI drops on the map with scatter, etc. So what will we get? A bad version of a bad movie. ------------------ Max Molinaro

(Beginning of sincere, non-sarcastic section) Thanks, MadDog0606! You're right, I didn't search carefully enough. Hope this info. is in the next manual revision. (end of sincere, non-sarcastic section) (Beginning of sarcastic section) I should have realized that, after noting a non-relevant topic heading out of 20 or so headings, and going through the first five or six non-relevant posts under the non-relevant heading, the information I was seeking would be in the seventh and subsequent posts. Shame on me for my slipshod search! (End of sarcastic section)

Honest, I checked the manual, searched the database, read the book, watched the movie, leafed through the Classic Comic Book, sang along with the musical, and studied the Cliff's Notes. And still I must ask: can you blow apart roadblocks with a tank or anything else? Perplexed in Philly

This was already mentioned below, but I want to headline it again. CGW is my favorite computer gaming magazine & I've been reading it for almost 20 years. I have been really disappointed in their coverage of CM. This review, however, calls CM "revolutionary" and a new landmark in the genre. And five stars from CGW is hard to get, altho there are four games that reach that level in this issue, two of them war games. Congratulations Steve, Charles, and all who have worked on this game. This is a stunning, brilliant success beyond my wildest hopes for it. You have all done a wonderful job. And congratulations to all of you in this forum who have given so much time, effort and money to help achieve this success. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! --Max Molinaro

"Combat Mission: Dungeon of Death" Can you battle zombies, skeletons, and mutants and still guide your platoon to the Codex of the Damned and save the land of Elewhyre from destruction? Your GIs can now jump, climb, sidestep, and use the secret weapons developed by M1 including the Nailgun, Railgun, Sailgun, Palegun, Rocket Launcher, and K Rations of Annihilation!!!

Do a search on "movies." The topic has been extensively discussed, and I think the upshot of it was no way to do it right now. But I could be wrong. Check the search results.

Righto to the last two posts. Often when some terrible situation is "discovered" in some part of society, it existed all along, just wasn't focused on. I thought the original post was from the latter part of the Vietnam war, when morale seemed to be declining, drug use was increasing, fragging officers started appearing, etc. I believe the latter part of the war was under two Republican presidents, one of whom made Clinton look like a naughty kid.... [This message has been edited by maxm2 (edited 07-28-2000).]

I used to be very involved with models, but they have very expensive tastes, eating disorders, are very egocentric, etc. I had to stop when I got married.... : )

Now, now, pelt, be nice.... As to 10 Tigers, I just constructed a scenario where 10 Tigers face 10 Giant Shermans (or whatever they're called) over a river with no other terrain or flora. It's quick-draw time, and totally unbalanced, as the Shermans' ammo bounces off the front of the Tigers while the Tigers slaughter them. Guess you grognards could have told me that....!

No, on the chicken-egg question most of you know the definitive answer: the chicken and the egg are lying in bed, and the egg, lighting up a cig, says: "Well, I guess that settles who came first!" On the more trivial question of souls and machines, both mortals and machines tremble in the shadow of...MANGOG!!! (where is Odin when you really need him?)

"just one mayor complaint: I have'nt been able to get to bed before 2am since the CD arrived..." Well, if you'd just move to a sensible timezone instead of being on the other side of the world from some of you most dedicated gaming pals... : )

....unicorn, a rainbow, and some CareBears?