Mannheim Tanker

Oh...you might as well put me down as a tanker. I prefer to be with the Amis (in which case I'd surely be a sacrificial lamb as a Ronson), but my name is probably more appropo for the Germs. Either way is fine since I'll surely be dead 10 seconds after the first Go!. Just as long as I'm not on the same team as Lawyer it's fine with me...I just want to get my one pot shot it at him before I crow and die.

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Coyote: "Forseeable" being the operative word here. If we plan to remain active in shaping the course of world events in our favor we need a fairly wide mix of forces to choose from. As discussed above public opinion/policy do run in cycles and the weapons/forces we build normally have as much to do with getting votes as with winning wars. Those are just facts of life and they are not confined to the US. It only makes sense in a world as fragmented as this one, to keep the widest practical array of forces on-hand. When I was in the 25ID (Light) I would have been glad (make that ecstatic) to have a couple of medium brigades as ready reinforcements. Getting reinforcements in days rather than weeks could make a big impact on how the next conflict turns out. Not every adversary will be gracious (stupid) enough to let us ship in a couple of heavy corps before the big battle. Gary Chilcote Coyote<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Exactly. Having a good mix of units at our disposal is the best strategy. It would be pure stupidity to invest everything in a Cold War heavy-armor army. Hehe...this coming from a Cold War heavy-armor tanker!

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Lawyer: I TROUNCED MANNHEIM TANKER AT TCP LAST NIGHT! I think I'll go to Disneyland, and then...<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> ...run away before Tanker gets his revenge. I still can't believe that my tactics of using elite crew rushes mounted on Pershing II's worked! If I wasn't a lawyer, I'd...

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Lawyer: Lawyer arrived. Mace welcomed him with...<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> ...a slap in the face with a soiled supeana (where's the damned spellchecker when you need it?). You git, you can't even post in a FAQ thread without screwing up the storyline. Lawyer paused, too a swig of his pisswarm beer, and responded... Editorial note to the Lawyer: we prefer to call them domiciles for the employmentally-impaired. As a lawyer, you should have your PC gub'ment lingo straight. [ 06-25-2001: Message edited by: Mannheim Tanker ]

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Mace: ....bowl a maiden over through his ball handling skills. The crowd at bay 13 roared as the...<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> ...bowler bopped the Lawyer over the head with his bowling ball for asking questions on the main forum that are answered in the friggin' FAQ thread. We can only hope that the contracts that he writes are as clear and concise as the almighty FAQ thread. However, if he's anything like most lawyers, CM's Lawyer is...

Never mind! Found my answer up a above [ 06-25-2001: Message edited by: Mannheim Tanker ]

Omar Bradley...interesting.

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by [CoFR]Archangel: So I don't have to bug you all, is there a FAQ outside of the manual, which is well read next to my throne? Think that's it for now. Thanks, [CoFR]Archangel<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Check out the FAQ thread that bounces up and down the first page (maybe the second too). It may answer some of your questions. As far as the Company HQ, it is similar to the platoon HQs in that it provides Command and Control benefits. It can also assist your mortars in providing fire support from behind cover (think FO). Finally, they also serve well as rallying points for panicked units fleeing to the rear.

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Mace: ...the nearest blouse and whip it off as quick as a flash! Unfortunately, it was his own as he was a cross-dresser. He also...<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> ...was a huge fan of that most underrated of all Aussie bands: Air Supply (choke, gag, sputter!). I'll bet that they chase their wooly four-legged friends...

As bait.

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Gyrene: Warmaker, IIRC one of the Skorzenny scenarios involved freeing POW's along with a raid on a truck yard, but as I got my butt handed to me on that one I never got to see if there were POW's or not. I'll have to look at that scenario again from the Allies' side. Gyrene<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Where can I D/L this scenario? Sounds like fun...TIA!

While there appears to be some merit in Lawyer's theory, there is one niggly little point that throws the whole works out the window. If density were the key to the game, then Lawyer would mark up a win within the first 4 turns of any given game, as nobody is more dense than a Lawyer. This guy sets me up with a loser of a scenario where I have nothing but HTs and kubelwagons versus Pattons Third Army - and I'm still running him off of the battlefield [gratuitous *crow* for the Lawyer]. I will be victorious in this one, General Jake, despite your gamey zook rushes and distracting crews running about screaming like little girls at their first NSync concert. I must say, however, that the Lawyer does have good taste in beer. (gratuitous emoticon for Peng. He looked a little hungry, so I threw him a bastard).

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Wildman: I guess I should have stuck by my original idea of just sending them an email.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Actually, that's probably a bad idea. The last thing that BTS probably wants is 200 emails per day suggesting bug fixes.

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by JAK: Wouldn't CM's combat engineers have training to do just that? If you dug under a road block about enough to fit 2 democharges, that thing would go sky high. What happens if they had the same requirements as minefields to destroy, and BTS could mix in a success rate that is dependent on troop quality and C&C? Most quick roadblocks would consist of trees and the like (dutch citizens made roadblocks out of dead bodies in Arnhem). :confused: Jake<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> An abatis can be "quick" to set up, and a bear to take down. Picture trying to blow up several interlocking trees. Having been a combat engineer (in addition to my stint as a 19K), I spent some time blowing up beaver dams on our property (with the aid of a licensed demolition expert, I should point out to our law enforcement agents out there!). It's not as easy as you think, as the explosion can often just rearrange the logs! Edit: I'm a non-typing fool. :cool: [ 05-30-2001: Message edited by: Mannheim Tanker ]

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by K_Tiger: The "pause" style he means, i would like to see in games like close combat in a larger scale. I know what he mean, he would play and not sit back and show a hollywood movie.. Its a good idea, i hade it long time before and hope someone made such a game. Not changing CM, but for a hole new one. Not only a pause button, also a stepless speedcustomizer to slow down the game insteed to stop it complete to save the "Battleatmosphere".<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> The old Microprose strategy Crusade series (eg Crusade in Europe) used this very setup. You commanded entire armies by giving orders at the division/brigade level. The units followed your orders in accelerated real time, but the orders weren't immediately executed (like changing orders in CM). If things got too hectic, you could always pause the game (it was accelerated time after all). On a C64 at that! It was a great strategy game all around for its time. TOAW was a great game, but it would have benefited immensely had they implemented the accelerated RT gameplay. It completely elimintated the artificial "breaks" in gameplay that even CM has. For games at the scale of CM, accerated RT is unacceptable, however. Good comparisons and contrasts, Jason. [ 05-30-2001: Message edited by: Mannheim Tanker ]

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by JAK: Then why I ask you does CMBO not cover fortified buildings? If the combat engineers had such a long time to build this great roadblock then why can't they put sandbags around my HMG42 position in that building over there? I'm not familiar with the type and size of the explosive used in the demolition charges, but I would assume based on their name that they can be used to demolish obstacles. Another example of this is the lack of including the Brummbar in CMBO and including the Hummel. The Brummbar would have been far more likely to appear on the battlefields we play on than that poor 2inch mortar magnet. Jake <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> It depends on the obstacle. HE might just make an even bigger mess of an abatis.

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by G0gmag0g: I think civilians and other non-military paraphanalia (scuze spelling) eg cars, wagons, farm animals etc are out of CMs scope because of the extra computing power needed to do them. Going off track a bit here, I would jut like to add my favorite civilian in war movie scene: the elderly woman calling out for a taxi in Arnhem from 'A Bridge too Far'. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> I'd like to nominate the Fraulein in the chateu in the Dirty Dozen. "Wolfgang? Wo bist du?" Enter Telly Savalas...

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Rommel22: What is so bad releasing his info here? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> It's illegal for starters. Nobody is questioning your decision to turn in a pirate. It's the (illegal) public release of his name based on unconfirmed information (IE just his word) that is getting everyones' undies in a bunch. Releasing this information to an LEA or to BTS serves a useful purpose. Posting it on this forum doesn't.

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by MrSpkr: But my point is, so what if the French use it on the internet to keep their thoughts hidden from non-French speakers? It's not as if their thoughts are really all that important! In all seriousness, however, I find it refreshing that a bulletin board like this contains people from so many countries - I have spoken with people living in Finland, Sweden, Australia, New Zealand, Britain, Germany, Belgium, Italy, South Africa, Canada (the place is crawling with Canucks!), the Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, Ireland, and now France, to name a few. I'm sure there are folks from other countries that I omitted. Ain't it great that BTS could create a game so popular all over the world? MrSpkr<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Don't forget the Deep South (USA)! That's entire country of it's own (Third world perhaps...)

Ummmm...maybe you should reread, Mike I think Gunner got your point. Like Gunner, I think BTS should still sell CMBO. CM2 may generate so much interest in the game that they rush out to buy the original. I'm not sure that CM2 will make CMBO obsolete...(especially since there are so many mods out there).

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Gen-x87: I dunno. I have a Hetzer that is 3d foliage placed on it. Cant imagine if one can do that why you could not add some kind of 3d to the ruinded buildings. I also feel that a flat sqaure showing a blowing up building kind of looks bad. Gen<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> It can't be done because while the Hetzer is already mapped to a 3D model, the ruined building is not (it's just a texture mapped to the terrain).

Sounds great - where can we find this scenario?

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Jack Arilliac: Anybody notice....this thread started with the question "What's the Peng?" and rapidly mutated into.....something resembling the Peng! That seems to happen quite a bit. Here's what I think: notices rumblings....who cares what you think, newbie.....whatever.....who are you?.....shut up, rookie. I, veteran poster, have something brilliant to say.....etc Woah, maybe I better not. I'm afraid! What if I don't measure up? Seriously....the Peng is interesting to me. I'm interested in social behavior of all kinds, and internet message boards/communities are a unique study all their own. The Peng Challenge (and other pools) is a phenomenon within a phenomenon. It's a group of similar individuals that naturally come together for a particular purpose. What their true purpose is, I'm never sure. It's clear that part of the purpose is to impress others with intelligence, cleverness, knowledge, etc., which provides the individuals with self-satisfaction. That's a little sad, but hey, we all want that, right? There's also the sense of "belonging", which is a valuable commodity offered by any group. I've been (mostly) lurking for some time now--I even participate sometimes, but usually only regarding CM itself--and I keep coming back because they're interesting. As an observer, I find The Peng itself riciculous, entertaining, funny (for awhile), intelligent (in a particular way), and mostly worthless. Is it "valid"? Yes. Is it "productive"? Probably not at all. But, like all the other parts of the CM community, it obviously serves the purpose of those involved, or it wouldn't be here. It doesn't hurt anyone (who doesn't ask for it, i.e., participants), and even though I pay relatively little attention to it (I'm more interested in more game-related stuff), I like that it's there. Why? I guess because it's unique, and I like that. Are you done yet, doofus?......what are you, Freud?......shaddup already......nice stream-of-consciousness (snore) do you have a point?!....Hi mom!..... Um...no, not really. I'm just searching for some personal validation. Sorry. Here's one for ya: I was nearly goaded into a flame war on my fantasy baseball league message board recently! I almost couldn't stand leaving it alone! Being one-upped by someone that (and I say this with a heart-full-o-love) was clearly an utter moron. I said....HI MOM! Actually, it was the thought of him believing that he'd one-upped me that I couldn't leave alone. It was tough, but I suddenly realized that the whole thing was over a fantasy baseball league! Yikes! God, I hope nobody reads this..... Viva Peng! Viva CM Forum! Viva CM! Ok, now I'm done. thank GOD!<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> ROTF! Great post, Jack. Hehe...I know better than to ask which team you were rooting for

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Fred: Chup, Poolers are def not the 'elite' of CM fans, and they should live with it; when it all started (you saw my number?), ...<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>blah blah blah... Wow! Is THAT pretentious, with an unhealthy dose of generality thrown in for good measure. Fred, I have never posted in a Peng thread, but occasionally lurk a bit just for a good laugh. The Peng thread is all about humor - if you don't like that style of humor, then simply stay out of it. However, to brand someone's abilities based upon their sense of humor is ludicrous. Especially when elitism enters the equation - what does member # have to do with anything? You're #176 - big deal, have a cookie, just for having heard of the game before many others. Get a grip, man.

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Jumbo: The 'Peng' threads artificially boost the number of posts to the discussion board and waste bandwidth.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Much like 10,000 threads asking the time-old question: "How do I take a screen shot, and how do I view all of the movies strung together. BTS, do somefink!" My suggestion is much like what you'll tell me regarding these repetitious threads: If you don't like it, don't read it.