Kingfish

The pack is complete! Thanks Jeff

A bump, and also a tease Just took the CMAK remake of Wild Bill's 'We can't wait' for a test spin. What a freaking blast it was to revisit that old classic. For those who don't know, this is one of 6 original ROW I scenarios. I also have the map for 'Sounds in the night' about 3/4 done, but I may forgo testing that one. Don't want to resurrect the nightmares. 'Resolve at Ranville' is next, followed by 'Real guts' and 'Duel at Dompaire'. I am still on the lookout for 'The high cost of Real Estate', which is still missing. Ironically, it was the only one of the 6 that was set in Italy.

No, Jeff Hardy a.k.a. "Levitacus" took over for you. He asked if it was ok to contact you, but I told him he probably couldn't afford your consultation fees. However, since you are willing to do it pro bono... Check your inbox

Games finished as of 04/09/04: South of Vevi Jbertles vs Ankulin Wellsonian vs The Capt PHLGuy vs Tychus Cpt T vs a1 Steaks Green as Jade vs Melnibone Victor Charlie vs Flammenwerfer Heavy Drop vs Pacestick Bryce Baker vs Combined arms 8/36 (22%) Things that go bump in the night Ankulin vs mPisi jbertles vs Steve McClaire Vadr vs The Capt Wellsonian vs Sgt Kelly PHL guy vs Overkill Sripe vs a1 Steaks Determinant vs Cpt T Michael Greiss vs Nolloff Londoner vs Ace Pilot Cuzn vs Melnibone MickOZ vs Victor Charlie Jaws vs Heavy Drop Bryce Baker vs dalem Dangereous Dave vs Capitano Gino OWL vs Wadepm Larsen vs EMIG 16/36 (44%) Squeezing the Melon Jbertles vs mPisi Redwolf vs Steve McClaire Vadr vs Sgt Kelly Wellsonian vs Michal a1 Steaks vs Nolloff Sripe vs Determinant Ace Pilot vs John Kettler MickOZ vs Flammenwerfer Jaws vs Ted Direwolf11 vs Bryce Baker Capitano Gino vs Walpurgis Night OWL vs Larsen 12/36 (33%) Frontier Firefight '40 Steve McClaire vs Ankulin Redwolf vs Jbertles Vadr vs Michal Enoch vs Tychus Determinant vs A1 Steaks Nolloff vs Cpt T Michael Greisse Scheer vs MickOZ Flammenwerfer vs Michael Dorosh Pacestick vs Jaws Walpurgis Night vs Alsatian Wadepm vs Larsen 12/36 (33%) Retreat from Metemma mPisi vs Steve McClaire Redwolf vs Ankulin Wellsonian vs Vadr PHL Guy vs Enoch Tychus vs Overkill Cpt T vs Sripe Nolloff vs Determinant John Kettler vs Londoner Flammenwerfer vs Scheer Michael Dorosh vs Victor Charlie Ted vs Heavy Drop Panther Commander vs Brent Pollack Dangerous Dave vs Walpurgis Night Larsen vs Nidan1 14/36 (38%) 62 out of 180 total (34%) 66 days to go. Game results are coming in at an average rate of 2 a day, so we may finish before the deadline.

...Kingfish slowly withdraws his hand from the "dump Nidan1" button...

The typical CM customer tends to be older, and thus does not upgrade his computer as often as the younger gamers, who are always in search of ever more powerful rigs. Because of this, CM was designed at the outset to work on the mid-ranged systems of the time. The engine has been improved with every new game, but nowhere near enough in order to compete with the graphics in some of the newer games. But then again, that was never BTS's business strategy. In my opinion, I would much rather enjoy trying to coordinate a battalion assault on a heavily fortified town than knowing I can count the fingers on each soldier's hand.

John, I have not received any game results for Ace-Kettler. Go ahead and send them to me.

Steve, Not a problem. You take care, and make sure to sign up for ROW V. As for the files, you can send everything to me and I'll take care of it. My address is sc112265@bellsouth.net Thanks for participating. Hope you had fun. Sergio

There is no entrance or stairs per se. Infantry units can enter or exit from any side of any building with two exceptions: 1) They will not exit into a tile that is on fire 2) They cannot exit into an adjacent building if only a wall separates the two buildings. These are considered blockhouses in CM, and currently there is no way for an infantry unit to cross that wall.

Please tell me you are not referring to the time out he said he was taking before the tourney started. I would like to think he was back already and well into his games.

But the ratio of Matilda's armor vs the pentration capabilty of the early war Axis guns is greater than the Grant's 37mm gun vs most axis armor later in the war.

John, No problem. I'll make do somehow. Thanks for looking

Keeping the enemy under constant fire, even if the rounds don't appear to be doing nothing more than scratching the paint, does have an effect. Gun damage, blown tracks or rattled crews are all possible from repeated hits by a 37mm gun.

As I understand it, being hull down in a Grant / Lee (or even the Italian M13/39) will not mask the hull gun, since this is the primary weapon of the vehicle.

Both are correct. The letter designates the ammo type, so if will fire an A7 when it encounters an armored target that it feels the smaller turret mounted 37mm cannot kill. Same with the H7.

I don't have the game in front of me to check, but I believe the rounds that are labeled H7 or A7 designate the hull gun, with H being HE and A being AP.

**** Very Important **** In case I haven't mentioned earlier, everyone should keep the latest game files saved at all times. The reason being that at any time one of your opponents may have to drop out, and that file will be needed in order to get the replacment in the game.

John Kettler thinks he may have it. If not I'll try your suggestion.

[ April 06, 2004, 06:35 AM: Message edited by: Kingfish ]

[shameless plug] Try 'all is fair...'[/shameless plug] I'm also working on a 4km x 6km Operation featuring a reinforced regiment per side.

Games finished as of 04/03/04: South of Vevi Jbertles vs Ankulin Wellsonian vs The Capt PHLGuy vs Tychus Cpt T vs a1 Steaks Green as Jade vs Melnibone Victor Charlie vs Flammenwerfer Heavy Drop vs Pacestick 7/36 (19%) Things that go bump in the night Ankulin vs mPisi jbertles vs Steve McClaire Vadr vs The Capt Wellsonian vs Sgt Kelly PHL guy vs Overkill Sripe vs a1 Steaks Londoner vs Ace Pilot Cuzn vs Melnibone MickOZ vs Victor Charlie Jaws vs Heavy Drop Dangereous Dave vs Capitano Gino OWL vs Wadepm Larsen vs EMIG 13/36 (36%) Squeezing the Melon Redwolf vs Steve McClaire Vadr vs Sgt Kelly a1 Steaks vs Nolloff Sripe vs Determinant MickOZ vs Flammenwerfer Capitano Gino vs Walpurgis Night OWL vs Larsen 7/36 (19%) Frontier Firefight '40 Steve McClaire vs Ankulin Redwolf vs Jbertles Enoch vs Tychus Determinant vs A1 Steaks Scheer vs MickOZ Flammenwerfer vs Michael Dorosh Pacestick vs Jaws Walpurgis Night vs Alsatian Wadepm vs Larsen 9/36 (25%) Retreat from Metemma Redwolf vs Ankulin Wellsonian vs Vadr PHL Guy vs Enoch Cpt T vs Sripe Nolloff vs Determinant John Kettler vs Londoner Flammenwerfer vs Scheer Panther Commander vs Brent Pollack Dangerous Dave vs Walpurgis Night Larsen vs Nidan1 10/36 (27%) 46 out of 180 total (25%) We are approaching the halfway point, with 71 days left to go. By now everyone should be well into all their games, and with a good idea of how they are progressing.

I'm a step ahead of you Let's all mosey on over here

I'm a step ahead of you Let's all mosey on over here

I'm a step ahead of you Let's all mosey on over here