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I'm disappointed. Andreas is crumbling like a little Play-Doh man, Berli is too scared to send me new turns, Shandorf is falling for every trick in the book (I just sold him a slightly used Chargers QB and some oceanfront property in Lemuria), Croda is stumbling slowly into a vise, Peng is putting up what could be called a fight (If by fight you mean not a fight but rather Peng is being mugged), PeterNZer is dead but doesn't know it, Herr Oberst is dead and knows it only too well, JDMorse is running through the woods screaming about the Blair Witch and sobbing like a poorly paid actor, Seanachai won't send me turns and, most importantly, I have a map for the Battle Insane with dear Pawbroon and I have no troops. Who will give me troops? I don't really trust any of you but it's that or go into the khaki wearing world outside the Pool. Ech. ------------------ 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

Ha HA!!! Yes, Pawbroon, that sounds like the battle to end all battles. It should be equal parts SS & VG vs. Equal Parts Canuck and Brit. Set it up and get the first half of the turn to me, you buy the German schtuff and I'll grab the Limey things, eh. PeterNZer is getting better but he doesn't seem to understand that green and conscript troops cannot engage in long range combat, so I think I have one this one. As his piss pour pansies try to assault my position, they shall be turned back like a midget trying to get onto a rollercoaster. ------------------ 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 just in!!! Right after posting I checked my E-mail (To see if the omnipotent one, Berli the Nasty, had sent me a file) and I discovered this: Herr Oberst has surrendered, giving me a Major Victory, after destroying his pitiful armor with nothing but Sherman IIs, Sherman Vs, a Churchill XXX and, ahem, a few Fireflies. Lorak, where are you? Meeks: Win, again. Herr Oberst: Loss, oh yeah, one hell of a loss, even though he had crack troops, Panthers, Tigers, a MiG31 and at least three hundred T800s. ------------------ 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

Ah, I'm back from trouncing poor Herr Oberst. He hasn't given up but he will be soon. Berli, my dear dear friend, I have not sent you a file as I have had no file from you. Your mind games will not work on me. I am giving out 30 demerits to Hakko Achooie for telling that rat bastard whose name I cannot speak that he should come back to the Cesspool. Does anyone else find this to be one of the most disgusting things you've ever heard?!?!?! And it was a minor victory against Seanachai but only because my men, unable to master their bloodlust, left a VL after chopping the defending Germans to little bits. Yes, dammit I did begin a sentence with "and". ------------------ 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

Wow, FSAA looks nice. What's the performance hit? Also, it looks less crisp, I assume this is because of the screenshot, 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 Tiger: Well if you're only intrested in framerates (which is limited by your own moniter's refresh rate, btw) and not visual quality, the geforce certainly "beats" voodoo 5 by a modest framerate boost in quake 3 and 3dmark 2000. I'm very pleased with my Voodoo 5 and superior anti-aliasing and excellent compatibility with games. -johnS <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Hey Tiger, I always thought 3dfx's big thing was framerates and nVidia's big thing was image quality? I'd love to see you make some bump models for armor though. Aaaaah, bump mapping for Panthers, aaaaaah... And beware, beware for the path that this thread is on could lead to certain doom!!! (eg, Video card flaming...) Oh, and the good thing about these expensive cards is that they'll all be less than 50USD when CM2 comes out, wahoo!!! In fact, if CM2 takes long enough, we could all buy a value PC with a 1ghz chip and a 64mb vidcard for the price of a playstation2. ------------------ 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

While I agree with you Subvet, I think it would be very difficult to model without running into cries of racism. ------------------ 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 :USERNAME:: Humor. Thats funny. I get it, you think its funny. Do you know the genius that went to all the trouble to be that funny? Meeksy. Did you pre-order? you are getting demanding. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> You're raving now, Lewis. By the by, used in that way you meant "it's" not "its", I hope your C++ syntax is better than your English syntax. And no, I find it illogical to pay 90USD for cardboard. I can get all I want for free. ------------------ 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

BTS has said they were going to improve graphics and lens flares, T&L and bump mapping would look cool but we all know their primary focus is on the realism and extensiveness of the game. ------------------ 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

They're beating the snot out of Bugaha. Wow, it's almost like Nebraska is France. ------------------ 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

Gritty German Soldier: Vell, Hans, ve've managed to kill some more Americaners. Gritty German Soldier #2: Ja. Gritty German Soldier #3: Who wants sausages? Gritty German Platoon in Unison: Me!!!! All these men, after their marvelous battle with Chrisl, where poor Chrisl suffered a Major Defeat, would be sent to the command of Seanachai and get beaten to death by General Patton, John Wayne and elements of the third army. So, Lorak, wherever you may be: Seanachai: Loss Chrisl: Loss Meeks: Win, Win Put a little star by my name, too. You know, just for the hell of it. On other fronts, Oberst had been bringing things slowly back to even, we have one duel left and then it's lights out for the one of us or the other. When most of your tanks have 75mm cannons, it can be very depressing engaging in armored combat. Yes, most of dear Oberst's "Fireflys" have been Sherman Vs and, god forbid, Sherman IIs. However I am quite happy with the battle and if Oberst manages to pull it out, kudos to him. Foobar is beating to death my French troops unmercifully. I should have known not to engage in combat with troops who yell out, in French, "Oh the hopelessness of life!!!" when given a move order at full morale. Andreas, guilty and penitent, has started sending me turns again. I will remove the foul but he still has to work of the half demerit in the cafeteria. I picked a fight with Lewis in the where's Gauchi post. He doesn't have much in the way of intellectual firepower but he has 200mm of stupidity on a 60 degree sloped forehead. PeterNZer wants me to truly demonstrate my Russian Front skills, so he has given me, literally, 3.2 million conscript troops with which to rush his lines. Of course, his lines are manned by Green Canucks, so I have little to fear. now it's back to the front. ------------------ 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

That sounds like a great idea Rebane, I think I'll drink to that. ------------------ 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 :USERNAME:: Elijah Weaks what is this crap?http://battlemoose.com/matrix/shard2.html <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> It is humor, Lewis. Those of us who enjoy life, enjoy things that are funny. I iterate, where's the cardboard CM killer that you were touting so highly? ------------------ 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 :USERNAME:: Meeks? English as a tertiary language? Or feining a shakespeer attitude? As we sez in noo yawk "shaddup"<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Ouch Lewis, now that you've laid bare my poor grammar and terrible spelling, I will run away yipping like a dog. How's the cardboard CM killer going, anyway? ------------------ 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

Ah, that crisp winter air, the sound of Germans blubbering about their mumseys. What's that, you say, did you ask if I just returned from defeating Seanachai? Why yes, yes I did. Oh, it took more men than we lost and at the end none of my boys had any weapons other than their own fists. Wait, I think I have a recording of the last few minutes of the battle: Gritty Sarge: Well, boys, this is it, we're going to have to charge up that hill, through the fire from that MG42 and murder the last of those Hun bastards. Patton: Sounds like a plan, sarge. Gritty Corporal: Hey, you're General Patton! Patton: That's right, I figured you boys needed some help with this. Gritty but Slightly Shaken Private: But General, we don't have any bullets left for our guns! John Wayne: Who needs guns, -Patting his forearm- when you've got these guns. The Rest of the Squad and Patton: The Duke!!! John Wayne: That's right, and I've got John Cassavetes... John Cassavetes: And Lee Marvin... Lee Marvin: And Sam Pekinpah... Sam Pekinpah: And a case of whisky... What follows is a mostly unintelligible din of punches, kicks, Hun wimpering and an unmistakeable plea to almighty god for help. John Wayne: Sorry, herr partner, even the omnipotent padre couldn't save you from this. More wimpering, some all out sobbing, and the unmistakeable sound of a man lighting a match off the cold, dead corpse of a German soldier. Patton: -In between puffs of a fine Cuban cigar- Well, Wayne, we did it. Now let's go find the Fuhrer and knock his block off. ------------------ 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

There's no difference between Polish, German, American, British, Canadian and French troops. None of them are any more brave or competent than any other as modeled in CM. ------------------ 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 Steve Clark: To further add to Meeks' ACW numbers, the total white population breaks down as follows (in millions): Union: 18.8 Border: 2.5 Confederacy: 5.4 Total: 26.7 Thus 600,000 casualties represent 2.2% of the white population.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> The point of my statement having been that a nation that is invaded and fights tooth and nail, as the Russians did, can use up men at a rate that can be thought of today as unbelievable. While I do not know enough about the Ostfront to declare support for any one stand, I would be shocked but not surprised to learn that it was on the high end of the estimates shown here. ------------------ 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 know, anyone who says the Pool is not as funny as it used to be, after reading the posts on this page, mine excluded as it is bile, mostly and vitriol mainly, is a snob and a fool. You're the same guys who got PBS to stop showing Monty Python late at night. ------------------ 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

Would that we could spray the scent of intelligence all over the board and drive Lewis away. Fionn was banned for cursing, Manieri was a twit but a loveable twit and shows up occasionally. The rest were sent to the camps, I believe. ------------------ 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: Croda bashing... Grumble grumble, damn Pool not as good as it used to be... Mumble, gonna need to do something... Probably involving a rifle and a clock tower... Grumble grumble...<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> And let this be a lesson to all of us that the Pool, like any good ecosystem, needs our help, lest the nitrogen cycle be thrown out of whack and the unbelievably ugly Foo bird fly overhead. You should excuse ol' Croda and Jefe, as they have formed a bond which only my total mastery of CM can bring. You see, neither can seem to beat me so they huddle in a corner of the Pool playing jacks, each picturing my face on the other, much like their respective significant others do on the privacy of the Internet. I come bearing good news from all fronts. Chrisl, his men beaten and bloodied, stands poised like a reed before a hurricane, ready to break and be thrown bodily into a telephone pole. Poor Chrisl thinks he's got me, thinks he's managed to hold off against the worst I can offer but he's about to learn that he's only faced the first wave. Yes, the first wave has all ready ruined his little sand castle and soured his frisbee game. The second wave will wash away what little remains so that his forces will be but a memory, a memory held by an enemy that will make it the butt of those funny jokes that most nations tell about the Italian armed forces. Then there's Oberst. I like Oberst but this has had no effect upon my men's accuracy or the quality of our ammunition. He still has a chance, much as the Germans did near the end of the war. Of course, as the combined forces of the Russians, Americans and whoever else took part in grand ol' WWII did not fall dead of simultaneous massive coronaries, it stands to reason that I will take the day here as well. In the dark terrain that is the nameless land of CM, JDMorse wanders around like a blind Antwerp, bouncing here and there until he, by pure chance, falls directly upon my sword. JDMorse will be gone but little blue copies of him shall flourish in beautiful Spielberg. Andreas, after badgering me relentlessly, now refuses to send turns. He receives a Magenta Card and 1/2 a demerit. Berli has been paying me compliments, this means I'm about to die. Don't try to sugarcoat it, Berli, just give it to me straight, it's that sob from Hayward, isn't it? He's gonna shoot me off a barstool, isn't he? MarkIV. Well, better than a Hotchkiss. ------------------ 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 Schrullenhaft: aka_tom_w - I suspect that you can't make your own maps is probably a more accurate rendering of my impression of the game. I may very well be wrong - but that's the impression I get from the site. Maybe they'll publish the specs for creating more maps or provide additional ones after the game is published. I'm guessing that the mission editor is probably something more along the lines of selecting force composition, game length and other variables. The terrain will probably remain the same, but there appears to be 3 maps of a little over 100sq km. Not bad, but it would be nice to create your own terrain.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> The way the site reads, they'll be offering a full editor so that you'll have 100% freedom with map creation. ------------------ Seen in the light of evolution, biology is, perhaps, intellectually the most satisfying and inspiring science. Without that light it becomes a pile of sundry facts—some of them interesting or curious but making no meaningful picture as a whole. -Theodosius Dobzhansky, "Nothing in Biology Makes Sense Except in the Light of Evolution"

Bloody fighting, terrible exchanges, casualties and destruction everywhere. And that's just the GMs. ------------------ Seen in the light of evolution, biology is, perhaps, intellectually the most satisfying and inspiring science. Without that light it becomes a pile of sundry facts—some of them interesting or curious but making no meaningful picture as a whole. -Theodosius Dobzhansky, "Nothing in Biology Makes Sense Except in the Light of Evolution"

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by tss: PzKpfw 1 wrote: However, I have severe doubts on the figure of 26 million combat deaths. The population of Soviet Union before the war was (probably) between 150-180 millions. The male population of this would be 75-90 million, including children. I don't know how the Soviet age distribution looked, but losing 30% of all males as casualties of war sounds improbable to my ears. - Tommi<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Tommi, I'm no expert on the Ostfront but in the American Civil War, 25% of white southern men of military age died in the war and the ACW was not nearly as total a war as the Ostfront. ------------------ Seen in the light of evolution, biology is, perhaps, intellectually the most satisfying and inspiring science. Without that light it becomes a pile of sundry facts—some of them interesting or curious but making no meaningful picture as a whole. -Theodosius Dobzhansky, "Nothing in Biology Makes Sense Except in the Light of Evolution" [This message has been edited by Elijah Meeks (edited 10-27-2000).]

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by jshandorf: Sandbag! -Insert rampant hyperventilation- Bah! Why do I try? I am gonna crush you in this one. Jeff<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> You idgit. I said I was having as much fun as I had when OGSF sandbagged me which was an enormous amount of fun. You have not sandbagged me, you horse's ass. OGSF sandbagged me. Do you see the difference. Do you understand English sentence structure? Have you got two neurons to rub together?!?!! Subject: OGSF, verb: sandbagged, predicate: me. Not Shandorf sandbagged me. Not Shandorf shagged a sheep. Not Jefe's smoking too much of the ganja. No, O-G-S-F s-a-n-d-b-a-g-g-e-d m-e. Comprende? You have issues my friend, serious, diabolical issues. I'm happy they result in interesting CM matches but, yeesh, get some damn therapy. ------------------ Seen in the light of evolution, biology is, perhaps, intellectually the most satisfying and inspiring science. Without that light it becomes a pile of sundry facts—some of them interesting or curious but making no meaningful picture as a whole. -Theodosius Dobzhansky, "Nothing in Biology Makes Sense Except in the Light of Evolution"

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Slapdragon: Just to clear up one little thing not about SL the game (which is hardly worth discussing). Black soldiers were segregated in World War Two, but the hug casualty rate for US infantry meant that in late 1944 a "5th Platoon" process was implemented where black soldiers were added in segregated platoons to most white divisions in Europe. Many division commanders promptly disolved the 5th platoons as a waste of manpower and used the soldiers to bring the regular TO and E up to snuff. From November on black soldiers were common in 9 divisions and occasional in another 8 divisions, plus a half a dozen black combat battalions which were attached as a whole to white divisions. In fact, Japanese and Chinese Americans were subject to far more harsh segregation at the end of World War Two than blacks. So -- a black soldier would be at best rare at the front, and if you were in some divisions, common. By Korea, black soldiers were integrated, by order of Truman, and served in increasing numbers in the US military until today when they are over-represented about 15% by population (ie. there are more blacks serving in the military than other ethnicities when measured against their presence in the population).<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Slapdragon, as usual, demonstrating the informative power of this forum. I never heard anything about this. Thanks for the info, back to my Ostfront lessons. ------------------ Seen in the light of evolution, biology is, perhaps, intellectually the most satisfying and inspiring science. Without that light it becomes a pile of sundry facts—some of them interesting or curious but making no meaningful picture as a whole. -Theodosius Dobzhansky, "Nothing in Biology Makes Sense Except in the Light of Evolution"