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In cyberspace, no one can hear you get peeved... ------------------ I've got far more annoying things than that up my sleeve. -Meeks You must wear awfully loose shirts to fit an oompah band up your sleeve. -Chrisl

Hey, if you're not part of the solution, you're part of something entirely different. Probably something ugly, too. ------------------ I've got far more annoying things than that up my sleeve. -Meeks You must wear awfully loose shirts to fit an oompah band up your sleeve. -Chrisl

Oh and have I mentioned how poor of a cavalry commander Custer was? Really quite poor, for those of you who were wondering. ------------------ I've got far more annoying things than that up my sleeve. -Meeks You must wear awfully loose shirts to fit an oompah band up your sleeve. -Chrisl

Hey people, subject lines are there for a reason. If I see any more "Just wondering..." "Just a Question..." schtuff, I'm gonna, well, probably not do much of anything that will change anything, but I'll be peeved. Come on, people, be a little more topical with your topics. ------------------ I've got far more annoying things than that up my sleeve. -Meeks You must wear awfully loose shirts to fit an oompah band up your sleeve. -Chrisl

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Slapdragon: Nope, it started as a question of the less well known "5th Platoon" system (ie doubting its existence) and a disagreement that they served side by side with white troops on an unrelated thread, so I moved it over here. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Whoa, I was the one who was shocked to learn of the existence of 5th platoons (Initially discussed in the Wow, Squad Leader Sucks post). However, I was amazed at the existence of integrated units in WWII, not blacks fighting in WWII. I, and I'm pretty sure everyone else, am familiar with the black airmen, soldiers and medal of honor winners from WWII. ------------------ I've got far more annoying things than that up my sleeve. -Meeks You must wear awfully loose shirts to fit an oompah band up your sleeve. -Chrisl [This message has been edited by Elijah Meeks (edited 10-31-2000).]

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Teamski: Full Screen Anti-Aliasing It sharpens the graphics and makes the game look sooo much better. I can E-Mail you a utility that allows you to select FSAA on the fly (trust me, you won't want to use it on most games, on the G2 it's too slow except for CM) Let me know Your E-Mail and it's yours.... Elijah: JPGs screw the image up enough that you can't see the difference. But FSAA does one hell of a job eliminating "glitter" and boy, does the game look sharp. -Ski (Sorry Tiger........) -Ski <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Cool, man, E-mail's on the profile. ------------------ I've got far more annoying things than that up my sleeve. -Meeks You must wear awfully loose shirts to fit an oompah band up your sleeve. -Chrisl

You realize that by posting this you are officially an "Old Man" and you are now required to grumble about how kids were more respectful in your day, how girls hardly wear anything, how bad their music is and how great the cars were in, and repeat after me, "The good ol' days." ------------------ I've got far more annoying things than that up my sleeve. -Meeks You must wear awfully loose shirts to fit an oompah band up your sleeve. -Chrisl

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Tiger: Check my "New Weathered Firefly tank for download" post. Both those pics are in 4x 3dfx fsaa. Regardless of what the nvidiots ( ) say, the fsaa of the voodoo 5 is implemented much better than the geforce. -john<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> That's it??? I mean, I don't want to sound like a boob but, that's all FSAA does??? I thought there'd be, well, more. ------------------ I've got far more annoying things than that up my sleeve. -Meeks You must wear awfully loose shirts to fit an oompah band up your sleeve. -Chrisl

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Croda: Yap yap yap! Ghan-Buri-Ghan and his legions of Pukel-men? Grrrrr! Yap, yap! <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> The Wild Men are free, they are not children. My Wild Men would bury those stupid, Jamaican Gungans. ------------------ I've got far more annoying things than that up my sleeve. -Meeks You must wear awfully loose shirts to fit an oompah band up your sleeve. -Chrisl

Odd, I can't understand when people aren't impressed by CM's graphics. I love realistic FPSs but anyone who's tried to push a significant number of models knows that the engines are optimized for about a dozen, max. CM puts down three per squad and a battalion is, roughly, a kajillion squads. I think the tanks in this game look A1 spectacular, with or without the high quality textures. I would happily compare this to Q3 or UT and CM still looks great. ------------------ I've got far more annoying things than that up my sleeve. -Meeks You must wear awfully loose shirts to fit an oompah band up your sleeve. -Chrisl

Jefe, need I remind you of that old saying oft attributed to Abraham Lincoln (A better calvary commander than Custer, just like 99% of the population, regardless of what that midgit Sheridan thought): The hen is the smartest of birds, for she only cackles after laying the egg. So far I have lost a StuG and, probably, a platoon. What, pray tell, are your casualties? How will your pathetic forces hold that single VL that you have dashed for? How will that mob of soldiers caught out in the open manage to survive? And Roborat, just let me know which of these simpletons has shown such cowardice and I will gladly tear them a new metaphorical rectum. I must change my request, will any Pool resident who does not have reason to stick me with crappy, sappy troops please step forward so that my battle with Pawbroon may commence? ------------------ I've got far more annoying things than that up my sleeve. -Meeks You must wear awfully loose shirts to fit an oompah band up your sleeve. -Chrisl

I haven't seen it and, frankly, it sounds like you're dressing up anecdotal evidence to vent frustration about some Panther or another getting killed. ------------------ I've got far more annoying things than that up my sleeve. -Meeks You must wear awfully loose shirts to fit an oompah band up your sleeve. -Chrisl

When I say Tolkien and LoTR, I am not talking about the soon to be released movies, as Tolkien had no control over them and cannot be blamed if they're shash. I'm merely pointing to the fact that Tolkien put out LoTR and didn't follow it up with horse**** that ruins the series, undercuts the mythologies, effeminizes the characters and otherwise sells out. To relate this to CM, if BTS sold the name to Galoob and Galoob produced a CM with letters from home and other crud, then we would react in the same way we reacted to Squad Leader. If, on the other hand, BTS released CM4 and it was sell out junk, then yes we would turn on BTS and curse their names. They deserve no less. ------------------ I've got far more annoying things than that up my sleeve. -Meeks You must wear awfully loose shirts to fit an oompah band up your sleeve. -Chrisl

I don't think age matters, Shatter, but I'll tell ya what I do think matters: In 1977 Lucas was a movie director. In 1999 Lucas was a goddamn multi-millionaire. The man does not care about art any more, he's only concerned with money. You can see it in the quality of work and the elements of his films. I like Star Wars, I like Empire, I even like Jedi but Phantom was all Lucas the Hutt pimping his franchise for all it was worth. It was bland, boring, convoluted and dumb. ------------------ I've got far more annoying things than that up my sleeve. -Meeks You must wear awfully loose shirts to fit an oompah band up your sleeve. -Chrisl

Utter shash. Oh and by the by I meant Jedi, not A New Hope (Episode VI not IV). This isn't about Lucas being in a slump, it's about him selling out. Episode II will be crud and even if it isn't, it doesn't make up for the embarassingly stupid Episode I and the half-corny Episode VI nor the asstacular books, comic books, lunch pails, Star Wars toilet seats or any other of the 10 trillion pieces of merchandise that make Lucas the Hutt even more rich than he was to begin with. And for those of you who say, "Well gee, Elijah, who hasn't sold out?" I say, "Tolkien." LoTR trumps Star Wars any day. ------------------ I've got far more annoying things than that up my sleeve. -Meeks You must wear awfully loose shirts to fit an oompah band up your sleeve. -Chrisl [This message has been edited by Elijah Meeks (edited 10-31-2000).]

Oh puleaze. Episode 1 and, to a lesser degree, Episode IV were proof that Lucas cares nothing about the art of storytelling and everything about the practice of merchandising. Defend Jar Jar, defend the Ewoks, defend mito-chlorians, Pod Racing and stupid book deals about 3rd rate characters that can't be killed. I say fie on Lucas, he is dead to me. ------------------ I've got far more annoying things than that up my sleeve. -Meeks You must wear awfully loose shirts to fit an oompah band up your sleeve. -Chrisl

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Jarmo: Combined with "full battle replay" this would be very cool. Have the AI calculate everything first, and then watch the whole battle in one go. Instant war movie. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Watch it, hell! I'm gonna bet on it! Think of the spread, the bookies... CM would be the ultimate horse-race. I'm taking this idea to Vegas!!! ------------------ I've got far more annoying things than that up my sleeve. -Meeks You must wear awfully loose shirts to fit an oompah band up your sleeve. -Chrisl

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Maximus: JESUS fellas, drop the politically correct bull**** and face up to the fact, that each country's troops fought differntly than another's. Crap like this argument is where I get sick and wanna throw up at all the politcal correctness. Hell, we all want CM to be as historically accurate as possible and when something that is obviously important to accuracy as this is, people start throwing a ****-fit. Even when comparing German troops and American troops. German troops were fighting (whether brainwashed or not) for extreme nationalism. Their doctrine was to fight to the last man even if they were losing. American troops were fighting under a doctrine that said the quicker we get this war over the better. While the British fought a war where their doctrine was to take a tea break every few hours even when they had a strict timeline to adhere to, ie. Market Garden. As far as Russian troops go, their doctrine was to push out the invaders of their homeland at all costs. Therefore the poorly trained and/or commanded troops resorted to wave tactics. "Send enough men towards the enemy, eventually the enemy will crack." Japanese doctine was to overwhelm their opponents with superior numbers and organization. So to end in point being that if nationality factors aren't incorporated into the CM series, then it'll become just another game with different units. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Maximus, a number of your examples are issues of tactics, not nature or nurture. Blitzkrieg was a new strategy, not the outward expression of Aryan superiority. Perhaps certain doctrinal differences should be factored in but they need to be well researched and not so anecdotal. ------------------ I've got far more annoying things than that up my sleeve. -Meeks You must wear awfully loose shirts to fit an oompah band up your sleeve. -Chrisl

I wonder, would it be worthwhile to seperate training from experience? You could therefor have a unit that was: Training: High Experience: None And achieve a better approximation of an Airborne unit. As well as: Training: Low Experience: High To rate a Volkstrum unit that has seen significant action. Maybe I am splitting hairs but this would achieve some of the distinction we're looking for, right? ------------------ I've got far more annoying things than that up my sleeve. -Meeks You must wear awfully loose shirts to fit an oompah band up your sleeve. -Chrisl

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Mark IV: I love Custer because he's blond.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Love a real general, like Sherman or, god forbid, Sheridan. Custer was a fop, we all know it, regardless of the revisionist history perpetrated by you Yankee oppressors. Frankly, I find your love of the North and your use of a Nazi weapon as a moniker a bit suspicious. You like the jack-booted oppressors, don't you? Well, well, now it all becomes clear. Scrappy underdogs aren't for you, eh MarkIV? You make me sick. Sick! Keep working for the clampdown MarkIV, because in Appendix B of the Cesspool it says: MarkIV: First one up against the wall when the revolution comes. ------------------ I've got far more annoying things than that up my sleeve. -Meeks You must wear awfully loose shirts to fit an oompah band up your sleeve. -Chrisl

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by jshandorf: Ooooo, look at me! I beat you once when I got lucky and you were too drunk and too pissed to do anything but surrender. I take credit for a total victory! Ooooo, I'm special!! Jefe<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> I have no words left for you. I have acknowledged this blotch on my record. I feel that only my mastery of you will make up for it, which I appear to be quite capable of continuing. However, in my current crop of games I am beating you and everyone else into the dust. As to Croda's little, "I practically own a VL all ready!" I have no words left to describe you, either. Your men are going to die so horribly and, more importantly, you know you are going to lose. You have never beaten me Croda, you aren't beating me now and you will never beat me in the future. Ahem, Muahahahahaahahahahahha!!! Send me a file, Berli!!!!! ------------------ I've got far more annoying things than that up my sleeve. -Meeks You must wear awfully loose shirts to fit an oompah band up your sleeve. -Chrisl

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Germanboy: Why yes it is - how difficult can it be o read 'Allies surrender - Axis total victory'? The standards in Silicon Valley must be low these days. Maybe have your secretary read it to you at some point.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> You rat ninny, I'm not in front of my computer and only realized that the E-mail was your surrender when you publicly stated it here. Lorak!!! Where are you Lorak!? Andreas: Loss (Terrible, ugly loss) Meeks: Victory, again. Gah! Won't someone, other than Foobar the meaningless who doesn't even post here any more, defeat me! I want a vote! Who here thinks Andreas should have thrown his men at me like the cold-blooded bastard we all know he is? ------------------ I've got far more annoying things than that up my sleeve. -Meeks You must wear awfully loose shirts to fit an oompah band up your sleeve. -Chrisl

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Mark IV:

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Croda: Ok, so what is the noble thing to do here? My center has been smashed so that I have weak resistance on the left and the right, while he has a great deal of stregth in the middle. My Elite mofo's will certainly take the last nine turns to kill off entirely, yet haven't the oomph to be anything more than annoying. My gut says to keep up the fight and go down swinging, what says the pool? (PawBroon, take notice of the answer here. You will find it quite pertinent after the next turn). <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> You must never surrender! Fight him on the beaches, fight him in the countryside fight him at the amusement park, at every Taco Bell and Marriot Inn! Yes, every square inch of soil must be paid for in blood! And think about it, I got so pissed at Shandorf's luck that I surrendered on turn 2, giving him a Major (Or even Total) Victory when, if I'd actually played, I would have smeared the little guy. If you surrender, you give him more to gloat about. Otherwise, you know CM is so accurate that they've modeled VE-Day and there is a .00001% chance that any game at any time will end and the screen will state "That's it, wars over, everybody go home." leaving neither side with a victory. For god's sake, man, do it for the children! Andreas, is this a surrender file I hold? You couldn't even withdraw? I must say, the immovable object that is my defense has stopped cold the very resistable force that was Andreas's attack. Jefe, surrender now for what looks like an entire company is caught in the open and is about to be mowed down by a Faustian display of firepower. I see no one has read the sequel, where Faust gets together a scrappy group of mercenaries and a small arsenal and sets forth to take his soul from the Devil's cold, dead fingers. Come on, you remember when Faust says, "I've only got two questions for you, Asmodeus. One, how did a prick like you become the supreme lord of the afterlife and two, how do you plan on taking my immortal soul when I tear off both your thumbs? No one has stepped forward to offer their services in placing troops on a map for the Pawbroon/Meeks Battle for Supreme Insanity. I can only assume that it is because everyone skips my posts because every one of you, excepting that git Foobar, weeps unbcontrollably when they read my AARs. Finally there is Berli. I feel the same way about Berli as I do about Bill Gates, in that I do not want to piss him off given that he could squash me like a pinata. I need to say, however, that I have been very clear about my recent deletion (eg Cleaning) of my PBEMs in my PBEM folder. I had thought I'd responded to everyone but it turns out I responded to no one. So Berli, if you could be so kind as to resend the last file, I will be happy to continue fighting you. If, however, you would rather declare me the winner and omnipotent master of Tunisia, we can start a new game. Peng and I are fighting for a laughably placed VL. Let's just say that if we fought in the middle of a crater, with all troops starting on the rim and no protection at the base (Which, of course, is where the VL would be) we would have a marginally better time of it. Hey Croda, if you keep advancing so slowly (Except for the Scout StuG, which I loved), two things will happen: 1. The game will end with me still in control of the VLs and your pathetic life. 2. I will not be able to unmercifully slaughter your troops. Yes, I did say finally and then added some **** after, so bite me. ------------------ I've got far more annoying things than that up my sleeve. -Meeks You must wear awfully loose shirts to fit an oompah band up your sleeve. -Chrisl

Thank goodness the debate moved back to the ACW so I can add something: The major military academies were in the South before the war, most of the best officers were Southern, many of the best Northern officers were Southern, of Southern descent or very much steeped in Southern culture. Being agrarian, Southern soldiers were better marksmen but this proved next to useless in battle compared to tactical doctrine introduced and drilled into Northern soldiers. Northern soldiers at Fredericksburg and Cold Harbor demonstrated an unbelievable bravery (Or fanaticism, if you will) that was the result of doctrine, not any kind a national spirit. The only place where an acknowledged difference existed between the two sides was in the quality of the cavalry, as Southerners were better cavalrymen throughout the war due to the difficulty in training a soldier to be an equestrian. Southern success was not a matter of national spirit, rather it was a matter of strategic and tactical success combined with luck. There can be an argument made for an increase in unit quality based on successive victories, as Jackson, Lee and Forrest theorized (This being one of Jackson's three main tenants along with concentration of firepower and effective mobility as well as, arguably, the strategic extrapolation of Forrest's tactical doctrine of "Keeping the skeer on" or continuing action against an enemy after achieving immediate success so as to capitalize on the enemy's demoralization) but I do not think the ACW can demonstrate any kind of "National Quality" inherent to one soldier or another. ------------------ I've got far more annoying things than that up my sleeve. -Meeks You must wear awfully loose shirts to fit an oompah band up your sleeve. -Chrisl