Hakko Ichiu

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by PoisonKitchen: Chill out Fionn. Is it possible for you to answer a question without coming across as a jerk. I mean the guy asked a decent question and the first thing you do is start shooting off at him. I have been following this board for a long time and I have been impressed with your knowledge of WW2 and the time that you have given to this game. But I have definately not been impressed by your manners! I mean can a person bring up a topic without being cut down by you. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Hmm, Fionn's a big boy and take care of himself, but if I had invested as much of my time, effort, and self into a fact-based enterprise and somebody came right out of the blue to call it a "fantasy", I might take umbrage too. My umbrage might take a different form than Fionn's, but it would be there, believe me. ------------------ Ethan ----------- Das also war des Pudels Kern! -- Goethe

I think this is just the old bell curve of possible results. From the opposite end of the spectrum, I'm currently raking a single Sdkz 251/1 w/ 4 different M2s, and the damn thing won't die. ------------------ Ethan ----------- Das also war des Pudels Kern! -- Goethe

I love seeing the routing of error by the massed fanatical battalions of Fact. ------------------ Ethan ----------- Das also war des Pudels Kern! -- Goethe

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Scott Clinton: I ALWAYS target HQs first. And from what I can tell so does the AI. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> In CM, leading from the front is a quick ticket to a Silver Star (Posthumous). ------------------ Ethan ----------- Das also war des Pudels Kern! -- Goethe

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Madmatt: The man that deserves the credit is of course Kwazydog! I just assembled the team, Bil and Dan are the ones that make me look good. Of course I make us SOUND great...But I have some artisic talent myself.. Here is my latest work of art! <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Hmm, a Schleppesel MkII, but it's in desert camouflage. That color scheme wasn't used after 1942... ------------------ Ethan ----------- Das also war des Pudels Kern! -- Goethe

I think the Polish campaign will turn up in CM-4: The Early War (or s.t. like that). <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by tss: All and all, Hassel's "memoirs" are approximately as reliable and authentic than those of baron Hieronymus von Münchausen, with the exception that the good ol' baron was really a historical figure. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Tommi, thanks for giving me my new fact for the day. I hadn't known that von Münchausen's first name was Hieronymus. Then again, what else could it be? ------------------ Ethan ----------- Das also war des Pudels Kern! -- Goethe [This message has been edited by Hakko Ichiu (edited 07-18-2000).]

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Fionn: Of course it would have to be the SchwereKitchensinkgungswaffe Sdkfz 250/111 Ausf F ( issued to Panzergrenadierr armoured battalions in 1943 prior to the development of the mult-barreled "Leichtekitchensinkwerfer 38(t) " mounted on Pzkwf 38 (t) chassis or otherwise it wouldn't make sense . ( if you don't get it do a search on "kitchen sink" )<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Bah!! Once again, Fionn, you parade your ignorance of military plumbing for all to see. Any child of three-and-a-half knows that the LKS 38(t) never made it out of prototype. You are making the tyro's mistake of confusing it with the Schwerevolkssturmspüler 253/15(g) which saw service in both steel and enameled aluminum versions. See, for example, von Plumb und Flux's "I Can't Do It Till Next Thursday: A History of Axis Plumbing Units, 1939-1945" pp. 201-455. ------------------ Ethan ----------- Das also war des Pudels Kern! -- Goethe

I'd like to thank the Academy... And to all the little people, I couldn't have done it without you. I'm the King of the World!!! ------------------ Ethan ----------- Das also war des Pudels Kern! -- Goethe

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Doug Beman: There's a book by PJ O'Rourke with a title similar to this thread, as well. That's what came into my mind first when I saw this thread. DjB<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Yes, the picture of PJ from his early days is pretty ghastly, but hey, it was the Seventies. Who was it who said that good writers borrow and great writers plagiarize? ------------------ Ethan ----------- Das also war des Pudels Kern! -- Goethe

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Germanboy: And before I forget - what's that about the bad haircut eh? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Actually, I was talking about the GIs. Hit a nerve there, did I? ------------------ Ethan ----------- Das also war des Pudels Kern! -- Goethe

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Scott Clinton: It was my understanding that this actually was during the hydrogen bomb tests and not the atomic bomb tests/uses of the 40s. Scary part was (for me anyway) that there was no war (except the Cold War of course) when they thought that the hydrogen bomb might, just possibly destroy the entire planet. But they went ahead and did it anyway. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> I'm pretty sure this fear goes all the way back to Trinity, but I don't have a source to hand. By the time the H-bomb tests were going on, physicists had a much better understanding of the physics of nuclear explosions. I'll see if I can find a source... ------------------ Ethan ----------- Das also war des Pudels Kern! -- Goethe

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by jgdpzr: Ah yes, the ABB. Remember them well. Weren't they stationed at Bora Bora when they were overrun by the notorius Imperial Impetigo division?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Actually, that was the Dutch Airborne Dropsy Division. They were supposed to be reinforced by the Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Detail, but the latter got distracted and never showed up. And I bet you were just itching to mention the IID, weren't you. A rash decision if you ask me. ------------------ Ethan ----------- Das also war des Pudels Kern! -- Goethe

I guess this is the flip side of the SS-Hamster thread, but I'm currently playing an operation as the Axis. Most of my troops are Volkssturm -- and they're kicking butt. I'm just wondering if the Volkssturm are a special case in terms of "unique characteristics"? I would have thought they'd be more prone to breaking and running than Heer troops, but maybe I'm wrong. Perhaps the Volkssturm sharpshooter is Old Hartmut the Hunter who can drop a rabbit at 500 yards while knocking back a skin full of Asbach Uralt? Maybe the wrinkled old bag of bones behind that Panzerschreck is Jürgen "Tommykicker" Stahlhosen, famous for his single-handed charges of the British trenches at Ypres? Maybe they're just pissed off at getting knocked out so early in the Euro Cup? Any enlightenment on this out there? ------------------ Ethan ----------- Das also war des Pudels Kern! -- Goethe [This message has been edited by Hakko Ichiu (edited 07-17-2000).]

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by DanW: Hakko, That is hands down the funniest thing I've seen posted on this forum yet. I about split my side reading that line. I'm not big on heckling someone for bad spelling, but that reply was the tops. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Thanks, Dan. FWIW, I don't usually jump on people (especially non-native speakers) for typos, but the serendipity of bighead's last line was just too big a target of opportunity. ------------------ Ethan ----------- Das also war des Pudels Kern! -- Goethe

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by jgdpzr: That's nothing. You've not seen hell 'til you've faced the infamous Russian scurvy brigade!<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Personally, I'm hanging on for "CM3 -- The Mediterranean" and the dreaded Italian Carabinieri del' Pellagra. Unfortunately, with no Pacific CM in the pipeline we shall have to do without the Australian Beriberi Battalions. ------------------ Ethan ----------- Das also war des Pudels Kern! -- Goethe

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by bighead: I also tried 300mm rickets on Allied side, they killed all Allied solders within 20 mints!! Oh God!! Just a pure hell!!!!<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> All those poor little bow-legged soldiers running around shouting, "Medic, I need Vitamin D!" The horror, the horror. And I can just hear the German soldiers: "Fritz, you schmell that??" {schniff, schniff} "Wintergreen! Yankee Paratroopers! Hans, open fire!" ------------------ Ethan ----------- Das also war des Pudels Kern! -- Goethe [This message has been edited by Hakko Ichiu (edited 07-17-2000).]

Strategy editor Tim Chown of GamesDomain.com foregoes mass-market RTS titles to talk about CM... Go to: http://www.gamesdomain.com/gdreview/index.html Then click on "Strategy" in the sidebar ------------------ Ethan ----------- Das also war des Pudels Kern! -- Goethe [This message has been edited by Hakko Ichiu (edited 07-17-2000).]

In {REDACTED} I had a lot of fun luring a Tiger into a street overlooked by two story buildings. In the top floor of one of those buildings hid a squad of US Paras w/Gammon bombs and demo charges. They dropped one onto the roof of the kitty. End of Tiger. ------------------ Ethan ----------- Das also war des Pudels Kern! -- Goethe [This message has been edited by Hakko Ichiu (edited 07-17-2000).]

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Bil Hardenberger: As the designer of the Sunken Lane scenario, I can assure you FOW was NOT set to off as the scenario default... in fact I JUST checked it, and it is indeed set to FULL FOW. Bil<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Bil, I'll take your word for it. Still, I pulled it up on my machine again, and again the FOW setting was 'none'. I then set the FOW to 'full' and went to the setup screen and aborted. Then I pulled the scenario up again, and once more FOW was at 'none'. I then loaded a couple of scenarios at random: "Bruyeres" defaulted to 'none', while "Drop to Destiny" defaulted to 'full'. Does anybody else get similar results? Bil, did you load Sunken Lane via the game or the editor? If you loaded it via the editor, try loading the CD copy via the game and see what happens. This is something of a mystery, and I'm sure I'm not the only one who'd like it cleared up. ------------------ Ethan ----------- Das also war des Pudels Kern! -- Goethe

Please, please set the default FOW on all your scenarios to full. Herewith a cautionary tale: I finally got an hour or two to myself today, so I decided to play the Sunken Lane scenario against the AI. I had scrupulously avoided reading the AARs on CMHQ, so I was playing blind. I spent a good half hour on setting it up, then, as I'm planning out my first turn move, I notice that I can spot a couple of German units. Then I see that I can spot them all. It seems FOW had been turned _off_ as the default setting for the scenario. AAARGH! Now the scenario is ruined for me. I may try it with FOW on/Computer free to place, but the surprise is gone. On second thought, I probably won't play it any time soon. I realize that if I had been extra-observant I might have spotted that FOW was turned off, but then it never occured to me that a non-training scenario would be set to anything other than full FOW. ------------------ Ethan ----------- Das also war des Pudels Kern! -- Goethe

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Germanboy: Pray tell me, what is healthy about that? She is an icon of the spotty 18-year olds I was guarding until two weeks ago... <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Have you seen the rack on her??? Having the hots for her may not be evidence of taste, but it at least points to normal hormonal development. ------------------ Ethan ----------- Das also war des Pudels Kern! -- Goethe

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Germanboy: I actually have it on good authority (the Prime Minister's press spokesman called me up) that: a) the British invented the Crossbow Missile that said missile is therefore the envy of the world c) that it is really safe and can be fed to ministers' kids d) that England will win the Ashes and the next world-cup e) that Tim Henman, current non-performance notwithstanding is the world's most impressive tennis player f) that the Williams sisters are really English. Now where are those damn smilies when you feel like abusing them. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Was Euan Blair drinking "Crossbow Missles" (a cocktail made from hard cider, lager, beef on the bone, and one of Tim Henman's old socks) the night he was found contemplating the details of the pavement in Leicester Square? And where were the Williams sisters in all this? At least the second heir to the throne is healthy and wants to marry Britney Spiers. ------------------ Ethan ----------- Das also war des Pudels Kern! -- Goethe

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Kurtz: The "Little Boy" design (which used Uranium) was not tested before it was used on Hiroshima. The bomb that was tested on the Trinity site was of the "Fat Man" type (Plutonium), later used on Nagasaki. So they were pretty sure that the comparatively simple "Litte Boy" would work.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Although until they actually ran the Trinity test, they had no idea what would really happen. There was a strong current of opinion within the Los Alamos team that the bomb might ignite the Earth's atmosphere and turn the planet into an airless cinder. But hey, then the war would be over and they would've accomplished their mission. ------------------ Ethan ----------- Das also war des Pudels Kern! -- Goethe

Reminds me of the funniest ever sketch on Saturday Night Live, shortly after the beginning of Operation Desert Shield: {George Bush Mode} ...Their children will not know where their bones are buried. Their intestines will rot in the Sun and be food for hogs... {/George Bush Mode} ------------------ Ethan ----------- Das also war des Pudels Kern! -- Goethe

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by cward: What do the little buttons on the leaders mean.. right by their names.. like the questionmark, the lightning bolt and the heart? I think there is a total of for, but Ididnt see what function they serve, as they are not depressable..<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Rather than give you misinformation, I refer you to page 73 of the manual for the official description. HTH ------------------ Ethan ----------- Das also war des Pudels Kern! -- Goethe [This message has been edited by Hakko Ichiu (edited 07-15-2000).]