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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Seanachai: Without the French, this place will...er, be...completely lacking French!! <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> I knew it. I never should have revealed the cheese thing. Now he has to leave France, and probably head off to somewhere without a net connection, or even electricity. He really is French, but I've revealed his dirty secret for all his countrymen to see. There was something on the CNN International about a Parisian mob marching through the streets with torches and pitchforks. I didn't put it together until now that they're all after PB. If he makes it as far as Quebec then I nominate Seenatree (as the token canadian) to go fetch him and return him to the pool. ------------------ Slayer of the Original Cesspool Thread.

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by PawBroon: I'm not into famous last words so I'll make that one quick. I'm off. All of you should consider that as a surrender. Lorak, I've just Lost2*.* Credit every buggers in here with a victory over me. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> ??? After I spent all of about 15 minutes setting up that QB against you? It was going to be fast and gruesome. Are you going to the Antarctica to search for Meeks? Kentucky or Pennsylvania or wherever to administer antibiotics to Peng (I want his lungs to be pink and healthy when I rip them out-- I don't like getting pus on my hands, and the way our battle is going it's going to be hands and teeth.) Oh, well Lorak, post a victory for me over PB... ------------------ Slayer of the Original Cesspool Thread.

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Vanir: Why? Because they can rotate in place in CM (something they could not do in real life) and German turrets are so slow. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> The PSW 234/3 has a similar advantage over the Puma-- it has no turret, yet gets rounds on target faster than the Puma, because the Puma doesn't rotate the hull simultaneously with the turret to bring the gun to bear, and has a slow turret. The 234/3 rotates the hull pretty quickly. Tanks don't seem to have this problem-- they'll rotate both together, and so the advantage of a fast rotating turretless vehicle over a slow turreted vehicle isn't usually there. ------------------ Slayer of the Original Cesspool Thread.

We all ought to send him get well cards with big smilies on them. ------------------ Slayer of the Original Cesspool Thread.

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by dalem: man, post in the straight forum and it's just shouting in an empty stadium. At least here you guys hate me a little. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> We hate you a lot. That's all the abuse you deserve until you become more entertaining. What happens when you leave for a few days? You come back and there's six pages of mostly drivel, with OldGrumpyStumpFetishist and his scottish among the more entertaining drivel, as well as discussion of why we like Hiram. We don't like Hiram. He annoys us. He comes into the pool all polite, like an irritating little boil that won't quite become really noxious, but won't go away. A sebaceous cyst. that's what he is. Deep under the skin, and a bit lumpy, but difficult to lance without something that borders on real surgery. No matter how much you push on him and beat him, he doesn't go away. And even if you did manage to have him removed, he would just reappear in the same spot a few months later, just as annoying. Then he comes up with the occasional really nasty bit, and lapses back into politeness. I think he should inherit the brick upside his head. Heavy blunt objects really aren't that effective for removing gnarly little cysts like him, but they sure are fun to apply. In other news-- Peng is reduced to hair-pulling in our battle. It has become quite gruesome, with blood and gore and little bodies stacked up like hirams troops in a typical battle. Sure, the flightless bird with a smiley on his belly has a bunch of StuGs left, but his infantry is on it's last legs, and is about to be fully apodized in just a few turns. The StuGs will be rendered useless. Seanachai-- I don't remember. It's been a few days and I've been a bit busy, but I think there were lots of things exploding and it was snowy, much like his own neighborhood. It really doesn't matter whether I win or lose against He-whose-name-sounds-like-a-sneeze, since he's stuck shoveling snow until may or june, while I've been at the beach and can go out in shorts without freezing off any of my extremities, or even being uncomfortable. He's stuck at home screaming because the snow is so bad that even the liquor delivery service isn't running. Peter "If you wear woolen socks I'll be a foot fetishist" NZer- sent me the wrong file. I think he was blowing up my tanks, but otherwise things weren't bad. If Elvis would send me his password I could at least watch the file that Mr. Sheep sent, in which Elvis apparently dies a lot. PatBoone- finally managed to read at least one file that I sent him, despite the best efforts of the French telecom system to prevent any compatibility between their file transfers and any other nation or planet, but has since vanished. He's probably off drinking milk and singing wholesome songs (even worse that Seanachai) about all powerful deities. I don't think he's really even French, as he confessed in an email to not liking cheese. In his favor (well, not actually in his favor, since there is nothing favorable about him, but at least as evidence that he might be french) he does seem to find bad jokes about mimes funny. Does he like Jerry Lewis? And I almost forgot-- he does actually only border on making sense at best, winding his sentences in and out of coherence, which is probably another indication of his frenchitude. Then again, a real frenchman would have threatened me with bodily harm over my cheese comment. I nearly got in a knife fight with one once over a piece of very nice spanish cheese (it was the last piece on the table, and a fine piece of cheese indeed-hard and crusty and sharp on the outside, like a really sour gouda, only more so, and soft and creamy inside, even more buttery than a young brie), and then he almost clobbered me over the head with a cutting board because I had the lack of culture to drink coke along with the fine cheese, instead of cheap red wine. ------------------ Slayer of the Original Cesspool Thread. [This message has been edited by chrisl (edited 12-16-2000).]

And flag control is subject to fog of war. I've gotten plenty of emails from people to the effect of "Ha--I'm kicking your butt. I own three of the four flags, and am contesting the other" and when I open the file, it shows that I own three of the four flags and am contesting the other. ------------------ Slayer of the Original Cesspool Thread.

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by M. Bates: What is ASL? Is it a cross between Monopoly and Risk? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> ASL is Advanced Squad Leader. It's a complete overhaul of an earlier game system that started with the game Squad Leader, and was expanded in a series of three additional gamettes (which required all prior sets). The most appropriate description of the ASL/CM relationship is that SL/ASL is the spiritual parent of CM. They are both squad level infantry games in a WWII environment. SL attempted to do many things that are difficult in cardboard: complicated turn phasing to be semi-simultaneous, fog of war, individual support weapons, morale, leadership effects, etc. <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR> BTW... anyone remember Diplomacy? I think that was the name of the game. I loved the back-stabbing and dealing in that game. Probably one of the few games which couldn't be simulated on computer so well. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Another of my favorite games. Despite it being nearly impossible for a computer to play, computers have really helped the game. There's a very large PBEM community supported by an automated turn adjudicator system. It's pretty fancy, in that it can be set for any number of variants, as well as anonymizing email, and much more. Lots of information is available at http://www.diplom.org/ ------------------ Slayer of the Original Cesspool Thread.

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Seanachai: Alright, I know a lot of the lads have been put off by OGSF's weird Scottish gibberish, I vote the useless git gives up his horrible original name, and gives up his horrible spew of initials, takes on the whole shame of his second 'juniour member' status <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Put in a vote for "Angus McDuck"-- OldGrumpyStumpFetishist always reminds me of old Angus when he lapses into Scottish. ------------------ Slayer of the Original Cesspool Thread.

The thing that I always look for (and never see) is the indirect rounds on the way *up* from the source. When someone is hitting you with little (or big) on map mortars the FOW seems to work properly: the player who controls the source can see the outgoing shells, but the player on the receiving end can't unless the source has been spotted. ------------------ Slayer of the Original Cesspool Thread.

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Compassion: might also have it automatically disregard all 0.0.0.0 and 192.168.x.x addys to maybe clear things up a bit. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> You don't want to ignore the 192.168.x.x, because you'll use that when friends come over and plug into the router in your home network. ------------------ Slayer of the Original Cesspool Thread.

One more advantage of the Jabos: They can tell you where the enemy is. I've only used them in a few scenarios (no QBs). In one fictitious scenario that someone sent me they zoomed over, popped a couple of HTs and StuGs that were hiding behind hedgerows (leaving nice smoke columns) and bombed the center of my destination village as well. In general I wouldn't buy them in a QB for most of the reasons above, but they can be a nice addition to a non-QB scenario. ------------------ Slayer of the Original Cesspool Thread.

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Stucco: Second: Originally posted by Seanachai: "mammals gnaw at their extremeties." Ah hah! A thingey reference from the self confessed anti-thingite. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> You can just park yourself right over there next to Bauhaus!!! Unless you have had your arms and legs (and apparently your head) (or at least all your fingers and toes), amputated since birth, you would ought to know that there are extremeties other than thingies, though you might be obsessed with the latter... ------------------ Slayer of the Original Cesspool Thread. [This message has been edited by chrisl (edited 12-02-2000).]

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by PatBoone: I am from the home of post-modernism. Hermeneutics is my middle name. I will deconstruct your taunts and reduce them to something that keeps threatening to be coherent, but always ends up just a little skew to reality, like all that I write myself. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> File is on the way. Parameters are set for fast and bloody... ------------------ Slayer of the Original Cesspool Thread.

Against tanks with a slower turret I like to charge the shermans up close, and plot a full loop up to, around the victim, and then back to cover, moving fast almost the whole time, except for a very few short hunt segments. Don't plot it so it crosses in front of the gun on the early part of the loop-- plot so the gun is likely to have to try to track as you whirl around. If you do this with two shermans at once, with a little space between them then it can work pretty well, but only against either tanks that are isolated or so close together that you can circle them all at once. If your opponent has another hidden tank or gun behind the first then you're likely to get clobbered. ------------------ Slayer of the Original Cesspool Thread.

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by PawBroon: Well... I challenge you all has a certain Chrisl like quality in its utter simplicity and total lack of chutzpah. It's quite level with that famed Ah taunt ye All of his. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> It's the remnants of contamination by years of contact with a large population of people suffering from excessive post-modern angst. I don't even recall you being particularly active when I taunted you all PatBoone-- you I have not yet taunted, other than a mild comment about your insane froggishness, which although entirely true, isn't quite a taunt. PatBoone--you are a pustulent sore on the face of humanity. You are like cheese covered with the wrong sorts of mold. You are like a lactose intolerant gut filled with a gallon of fresh milk. I will rend you limb from limb, cook you up like a little edible dormouse, and serve you baked into a puff pastry with a bit of brie. Sounds yummy. Send me a file. ------------------ Slayer of the Original Cesspool Thread.

bump. People were reviving threads about TCP with much less useful and current information than this one. ------------------ Slayer of the Original Cesspool Thread.

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by RCMP: Thought I would bring this up to the top......any chance of a update? TCP/IP before Santa?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Let this one die. There's another one about the good TCP/IP news, which is that there is likely to be a beta version with TCP/IP within the next week (or less). The game code will be the same (with a few more tweaks, it sounds like) but the TCP/IP stuff will be less fully tested it sounds like. ------------------ Slayer of the Original Cesspool Thread.

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Mace: I spend two days in limbo, pulling foot from mouth (and looking at some real nice dresses....but I digress) and look what happens! The Cesspool qaulity suffers... Exactly who is responsible for this? This is deplorable! <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Blame the pilgrims, or rather the native americans who brought them enough food to fatten up in november and survive the winter, allowing a continued presence of smallpox spreading vermin to celebrate gluttony once a year throughout the continental US. The drop in quality and quantity has nothing to do with your departure--it's solely related to overindulgence in north america (we're all in a collective food coma-- a great time to invade, if you're interested). Had you remained for those two days, the quantity would be greater, the quality would be lower, and we'd all be marveling at your flexibility and gymnastic skill (not to mention size of your mouth) for being able to get both feet in your mouth all the way up to your hips. Get those feet back in your mouth and continue sucking on your own toes (stay away from everyone elses). And you are sentenced to listening to the Seanachai boxed set. ------------------ Slayer of the Original Cesspool Thread. [This message has been edited by chrisl (edited 11-26-2000).]

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Mark IV: I'll be at the beach with my inflatable waterproof wireless 2GHz laptop, like everyone in California, which is 2000 miles long and 300 yards wide, if you're interested. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> See you there. And don't forget my T-shirt. (I vaguely recall there being one T-shirt/vote...) ------------------ Slayer of the Original Cesspool Thread. [This message has been edited by chrisl (edited 11-23-2000).]

Just don't forget who cast 3 votes in your favor. I prefer L or XL. ------------------ Slayer of the Original Cesspool Thread.

I use them on anything. They can cause the tank to button, and a permanently buttoned tank is much easier to kill. ------------------ Slayer of the Original Cesspool Thread.

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Lorak: But don't take the loser's way out and blame it on newbies ect. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Gak. That explains everything-- we've had the current set too high on the Mecta Model D and it's utterly lobotomized all the newbies that get hooked up to it. Time to trade it in for a thymatron. ------------------ Slayer of the Original Cesspool Thread.

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by PatBoone: A lot of weird **** with a picture of some puppies in the middle. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Wow. I always thought Sneezy-train-boy was just a bit off for thinking your posts were twisted or required some special parsing. They always made perfect sense and were entirely clear and easy to understand. I'm going to have to rethink that now. You really are some kind of crazy frog nutcase, after all. ------------------ Slayer of the Original Cesspool Thread.

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Seanachai: Well, winter has come early here to the north pole. I'm stuck inside to stay out of the cold and snow, while my opponents send me games that are set in February 1945, the ground covered with snow, and that ****e falling from the sky. I especially hate those insenstive southern californian and austral opponents, who sit on the porch drinking iced tea while they set up their moves and send me notes about how nice the weather is, and wondering if the beach will be crowded at thanksgiving. This winter stuff has caused a dreadful case of seasonal affective disorder. It's afflicted the whole state to the extent that they're projecting a national Prozac shortage around January 17. Normally we don't start sucking the stuff down until mid January, but it's especially bad this year. Even the cesspool looks frozen over, with just the occasional turd poking out. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Oh, pshaw. (not you Shaw). Nothing a little CM won't cure, especially a bloodfest on nice clear open terrain against von Scabs. With a steady stream of reports on your progress or lack thereof. ------------------ Slayer of the Original Cesspool Thread.