Seanachai

I ask all those who honour the "Peng, I Take Our Challenge Public", aka 'The Cesspool', to await its rebirth. I wish to consult with Peng (and Berli, as the foremost representative of Evil), and other Knights of the 'Pool, to determine its new name and location. Post as you will, but no new home will be official until our announcement. As good Illuminati, we must consult in this, a time of crisis, before making decisions regarding the fates of thousands (or at least thousands of useless posts, and where they will be found). -Seanachai ------------------ After witnessing exceptional bravery from his Celtic mercenaries, Alexander the Great called them to him and asked if there was anything they feared. They told him nothing, except that the sky might fall on their heads.

Ahem. The thread entitled: The Cesspool, by Meeks, is an informational posting on the death of the "Peng, I Take Our Challenge Public" only. I insist, as the creator of that Thread, that the future home of the Cesspool™ always have 'Peng' in the subject, unless, or until, such time as Peng himself, in consultation with myself (and Berli, as the foremost representor of Evil), shall determine that another topic/thread name is acceptable. All who honour the memory of the Peng Challenge thread will await its new home. ------------------ After witnessing exceptional bravery from his Celtic mercenaries, Alexander the Great called them to him and asked if there was anything they feared. They told him nothing, except that the sky might fall on their heads.

Big Time Software Moderator posted 10-12-2000 02:49 AM ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hello you wastes of space! It is my sad duty to make it official. The Peng Thread has imploded. You can still access the pages by using the base URL and page number, like so: http://www.battlefront.com/discuss/Forum1/HTML/007077-128.html But I have locked it up to preserve its memory (and stench) for generations of Hamsters to follow. In honor of the late Peng Thread, I ask that the only Smilies that be used for this first page be limited to this symbol of unity and hope: May it rest in peace. Steve

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by FutbolHead: So what says the 'pool? Stay or leave?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> None shall be cast out, should their feet, yea, and even knees, and, in the wet season, even right up to their arses, be ever so wet, so long as they shall desire to be a member of the 'Pool, and gain thereby. This has been found written into the Book of Peng, and we have read it, and it is good. But right now, our bloody crisis seems to be whether we have a Peng Challenge, Cesspool thread or not. And Meeks, you useless wank, I'm getting in touch with your sister, and I'm going to seriously help her smite your useless arse for trying to restart the Cesspool in your name, you poseur, you megalomaniac, you Not Me. ------------------ After witnessing exceptional bravery from his Celtic mercenaries, Alexander the Great called them to him and asked if there was anything they feared. They told him nothing, except that the sky might fall on their heads.

I never thought the Peng Thread death would come like this...like an attack of dysentery. Well, actually, I tell a lie. It was probably always destined to come like this. Quick, Peng, come on! They're trying to crucify us! ------------------ After witnessing exceptional bravery from his Celtic mercenaries, Alexander the Great called them to him and asked if there was anything they feared. They told him nothing, except that the sky might fall on their heads.

Bugger off, Meeks, I have the situation in hand. Actually, as Peng Thread starter, it seems shockingly, not to mention improbably, significant that I was present when the damn thing went west. ------------------ After witnessing exceptional bravery from his Celtic mercenaries, Alexander the Great called them to him and asked if there was anything they feared. They told him nothing, except that the sky might fall on their heads.

In an attempt to restore stability and reassure our more violent, demonstrative, and disturbed members, I have begun yet again the Cesspool, which seems to have entered some sort of Black Hole phase (as has been long predicted). ------------------ After witnessing exceptional bravery from his Celtic mercenaries, Alexander the Great called them to him and asked if there was anything they feared. They told him nothing, except that the sky might fall on their heads.

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by DukesterMM: i stated in a previous post that you could do it if it was an objective, read up abit.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Sorry, but I was not talking about exiting units for points, as in an objective, read my post . I was talking about voluntarily bugging units off the map so that they're not captured or killed, not a scenario mandated exit to gain victory points. ------------------ After witnessing exceptional bravery from his Celtic mercenaries, Alexander the Great called them to him and asked if there was anything they feared. They told him nothing, except that the sky might fall on their heads.

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by *Captain Foobar*: OK this is not a cesspool wannabe thingy, so let me be Steve Lawyer, my email is broke, and I cant send files. I did what I thought you would have done,and called my CABLE modem provider, and threatened legal action. I am having them pro-rate my bill until this is fixed. (I thought you'd be proud.. ) Anyways, hopefully the crap will be working again on Monday, and I will start killing your shermans again....<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Captain, why did you ever strike off on your own, anyway? I thought you always realized you were a welcome participant on the Peng Challenge Thread. ------------------ After witnessing exceptional bravery from his Celtic mercenaries, Alexander the Great called them to him and asked if there was anything they feared. They told him nothing, except that the sky might fall on their heads.

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by DukesterMM: one way to solve it is not being able to put the unit move marker outside the boundry. think bout it.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Except that there are times when you want to be able to move units off map. I often move crews from knocked out AFVs and mortars off map because they're of little value as troops, but count for points if they get killed or captured. In a PBEM that's gone west on me, for example, I will often move all the units I can off map in order to avoid surrendering them or having them wiped out. This can often affect the final point/victory level. I can't remember a single game where I've inadvertently moved units off the map. Occassionaly I've had shattered units take off on their own, but that's not only realistic, but probably just as well, as they weren't going to achieve much for me anyways. ------------------ After witnessing exceptional bravery from his Celtic mercenaries, Alexander the Great called them to him and asked if there was anything they feared. They told him nothing, except that the sky might fall on their heads.

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Jadayne: Member A: You're lame and I can kick your ass. Member B: No, YOU'RE lame and I can kick YOUR ass. Now, repeat 1300 times <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Well, perhaps shorn of the literary references to everything from popular fiction, to norse sagas, to Dumas; stripped of the merry name-calling and gratuitous insults, taunts, ripostes, and humorous caricatures; and finally, ignoring the panáche and élan of the posters who represent a sometimes vulgar, sometimes posing, but always wonderfully receptive gang of enthusiasts who've built a community of PBEMers, I guess that might be an otherwise pointless characterization of the Thread. The Cliff Notes version rarely touches on anything truly significant about a thing, but does try to make it accessible to those who want to get on reading People magazine and watching Big Brother. ------------------ After witnessing exceptional bravery from his Celtic mercenaries, Alexander the Great called them to him and asked if there was anything they feared. They told him nothing, except that the sky might fall on their heads.

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Kitty: You called? Kitty =^..^=<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Hokay, this is all it takes to conjure up a woman who plays CM? Here kitty, kitty? And Lorak discovered it?!!! I am so going to kick his arse in a more thorougly evil way in our next game... ------------------ After witnessing exceptional bravery from his Celtic mercenaries, Alexander the Great called them to him and asked if there was anything they feared. They told him nothing, except that the sky might fall on their heads.

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Madmatt: Umm ,that would be Madmatt, Lewis. Anyway, for the last week or so AOL has been issueing IP addresses that seem to be way off their normal range. This is causing some issues with some AOL customers who try to attach here and are ID'ed as an IP that was legitamately banned. We are looking into this issue. Our recomendation is that if you are on AOL (or any ISP for that matter) and for some reason you are told that you can't post here due to being banned (and your sure that you WEREN'T banned!) then just disconnect from your ISP and reconnect. That will usually lease you a new IP and the problem will be solved. If that doesn't work then drop us an email and your current IP address and we will take a close look. Thanks, Madmatt p.s. Of course it could have always been a sign from God, Lewis... [This message has been edited by Madmatt (edited 09-28-2000).]<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Last week I, as an AOL user, was banned multiple times. I took it in stride. Of course, if I had been Lewis, I would have been more deeply worried. But I know that I am stainless, I am innocent, I am not a useless wank. Well, I may be, but I have no stain upon my conscience. So I kicked out, signed off, restarted, and kicked back on. I got on every time. I never posted a word, nor contacted BTS/Battlfront, because my conscience, as I said, was stainless. AOL is the complete ****e of online services. No one knows why they do what they do, when they do it, or what? Get a grip, Lewis. ------------------ After witnessing exceptional bravery from his Celtic mercenaries, Alexander the Great called them to him and asked if there was anything they feared. They told him nothing, except that the sky might fall on their heads.

Hey, Rob, went to your site, hit the B&N Banner and got a 'no such site' message.' Could just be traffic or my foul Service Provider, but you might want to check the button and make sure it's correct. ------------------ After witnessing exceptional bravery from his Celtic mercenaries, Alexander the Great called them to him and asked if there was anything they feared. They told him nothing, except that the sky might fall on their heads.

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Bullethead: What I want to know is why nobody but Elijah has yet mentioned the dreaded nutria? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Probably because Meeks is barking mad, and most people shy away from any of his ploys to further his insanity. I can cope with the rodents, but this new invertebrate thing is disturbing. Please desist from further introduction of slimy life forms. ------------------ After witnessing exceptional bravery from his Celtic mercenaries, Alexander the Great called them to him and asked if there was anything they feared. They told him nothing, except that the sky might fall on their heads.

Sportsmanship! Fair play! Honourable opponents! (now, back to the Cesspool and enough of all that). ------------------ After witnessing exceptional bravery from his Celtic mercenaries, Alexander the Great called them to him and asked if there was anything they feared. They told him nothing, except that the sky might fall on their heads.

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Holdit: It adds another new posting to the thread, thus pushing the thread higher up the list. Seanachai, if you bumped it for another challenge, I'll accept it. I've room for one more. Send your runner to me if so. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Aaaarrgghhhh, people aren't getting it! I'm not here to seek PBEMs, I get all I can handle and more in the evil 'Peng, I Take Our Challenge Public' thread (aka Cesspool). I'm just the...er...moderator, or rather caretaker of this thread! I just want to keep it active, near the top, and available so that people who want a game can find each other. I didn't go to evil Combat Mission school for years to be challenged in a nice and courteous thread. Ignore the evil man who started this thread, and play amongst yourselves. ------------------ After witnessing exceptional bravery from his Celtic mercenaries, Alexander the Great called them to him and asked if there was anything they feared. They told him nothing, except that the sky might fall on their heads.

bump ------------------ After witnessing exceptional bravery from his Celtic mercenaries, Alexander the Great called them to him and asked if there was anything they feared. They told him nothing, except that the sky might fall on their heads.

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by M. Bates: Anyone who has seen this effect will know exactly what I mean, the damned things are moving so quickly across sideways up and down the screen - across the entire screen - that they are almost a blur.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Well, I will have to say that I've noticed this effect as well. When it happens (and I have seen it a number of times), it is always vehicles. They are always sound contacts only, and very occasionaly very poor visual contacts. The bad visual contacts do a normal 'it might be here, wait, is it over there' sort of dance. The very early on sound contacts appear in a demented stuttering pattern all over that region of the map. I might get 10-15 Sound Contact? images appearing around the map, one after the other, in the matter of a few seconds. I just figured it was a rather awkward indication that no one has a clue where the noise is coming from, although the appearance/dissappearance of the markers is so fasst and covers such a volume of territory that it might be a bug. Again, the most egregious examples were invariably either 'Sound Contacts?', or occured in already very dicey sighting conditions. Oh, and I'm on a Mac, and have seen this both in PBEMs with opponents on either platform, and on QBs generated and played on my own machine. ------------------ After witnessing exceptional bravery from his Celtic mercenaries, Alexander the Great called them to him and asked if there was anything they feared. They told him nothing, except that the sky might fall on their heads.

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Berlichtingen: Seanachai, Greetings! How are you this fine day? If you would be so kind, please create a new setup as soon as our current match is concluded thank you<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Ick. What are you doing here? Challenge me in a disgusting and reprehensible way over on the Peng Challenge Thread. Oh, well played lads, well hit! Let's drive this thread back to the top! ------------------ After witnessing exceptional bravery from his Celtic mercenaries, Alexander the Great called them to him and asked if there was anything they feared. They told him nothing, except that the sky might fall on their heads.

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by chasd: mods just look good<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> And impress women. And make you feel more virile. ------------------ After witnessing exceptional bravery from his Celtic mercenaries, Alexander the Great called them to him and asked if there was anything they feared. They told him nothing, except that the sky might fall on their heads.

Upwards, lads, and let's have some nice challenging going on! ------------------ After witnessing exceptional bravery from his Celtic mercenaries, Alexander the Great called them to him and asked if there was anything they feared. They told him nothing, except that the sky might fall on their heads.

I'm currently playing 13 PBEMs, so that takes anywhere from 2-4 hours per day (depends on how many turns come in, where we are in the battle, etc.). I try to play a couple of QBs against the AI on weekends, but haven't had as much time for that. I also spend a fair amount of time with the Cesspool, and the Board in general (often while waiting for email turns to come in). There have been days when I spent almost the entire day playing CM. ------------------ After witnessing exceptional bravery from his Celtic mercenaries, Alexander the Great called them to him and asked if there was anything they feared. They told him nothing, except that the sky might fall on their heads.

Bump ------------------ After witnessing exceptional bravery from his Celtic mercenaries, Alexander the Great called them to him and asked if there was anything they feared. They told him nothing, except that the sky might fall on their heads.

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Elijah Meeks: ...You think you can just walk away and create some kinda cutesy, dainty, little-Polly-teapot thread that has kind, warm-hearted PBEM challenges?!! EH!?!?!? Well you've got another think coming, laddie! ...portions deleted as useless[/] So turn right around and get back to the Cesspool you...mindless raving <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Sigh, Meeks. Meeks, I shan't be coming here for games, I merely thought it might be a nice place for others to do so who don't wish to...er...deal with the Cesspool (you are a reinforcement of that concern, you loon). I get all the games I need from the Cesspool, and I won't be departing from there. Banshee, I'm afraid that you're probably right, and as I stated, this probably won't work. I do know that BTS stated some time ago that they were hesitant to create new forums. I don't believe that this was because of the amount of work involved, but it gives them yet another place to have to monitor and police. It might be better for people to just post quick 'anyone for a PBEM' threads that quickly sink to the bottom when they are no longer current. I just notice that sometimes there are several of these going at once, lately. Oh, well, we'll see what happens. Maybe BTS will come on and give us their take or preferences on this issue. I should also add that Tournament House, and, I believe, Rugged Defense, have areas for people seeking PBEM opponents. I haven't used them, so I don't know if they work out well or not. Both links are posted (I'll edit this and include them if they're not already both listed in this thread, can't remember right now). ------------------ After witnessing exceptional bravery from his Celtic mercenaries, Alexander the Great called them to him and asked if there was anything they feared. They told him nothing, except that the sky might fall on their heads.