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  1. I could be pulling this out from where everything I say in class comes from, but this is as I remember it. This topic was touched on several months ago (searchings a pain so I won't suggest it), and from what I remember, if air support shows up for both sides on the same turn, they do some abstracted air combat and whoever wins gets to bomb the tar out of somebody (friend/foe, it's all the same). However I don't remember who stated this. I tihnk it was someone with authority, but then again it could have been G.W.B. However, your situation would refute this unless they're one side's CAS with really bad aim.
  2. Ummm, yeah. I would like to take this chance to say two things. First, "Hi Mom". But more importantly. Steve, Charles, Kwazy or MadMatt. Isn't it about time our little arian friend here got banned? He has yet to contribute anything positive or intelligent to the forum. He serves no purpose and quite frankly I'm tired of his daddy's money and attempts to buy me. I'm not for sale...punk!
  3. <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by gunnergoz: I had to laugh at that signature line...Babra must have never been in an Oceanside, CA stip club. In a town with 32,000 Camp Pendleton Marines for neighbors, there must be a hundred ball-and-anchor tattooed butts. Some of them are even female!<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Ahhh. But can we be positive that the anchor in question is a tattoo. I imagine that a woman sitting on your lap with several hundred pounds of steel hanging from her read would be quite painful. More so if she was quite attractive.
  4. Can I get $5 on Maximus making eurotwerp cry? Please pass the beer. BTW, perhaps you should reclassify him as a flamethrower instead of AT. Probably a bit more accurate, but would still draw the same number of yellow lines.
  5. <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Username: You can put a cigarette out in a bucket of diesel. Anyone that smokes near any gasoline that isnt capped off is a total fool. If what you say is true (not really but) then sloshing fuel hitting white hot exhaust manifolds can flash over (problem with panthers). Gasoline engines , in WWII, used carbs almost exclusively. Diesel, as far as I know, must be injected. So pooling diesel is from a pressurized leak that would make a terrible pool and /or mist of fuel. Not likely. Perhaps your newsgroup guy is saying that all fuel tanks leak (you can pressure test tanks) but thats what I think. Lewis<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Along these lines, my father's a mechanic for a shipping company and I remember him telling me that it is possible to weld a fuel tank that still has diesel in it. Doing the same for a tank with gasoline would be VERY George W'ish.
  6. Or maybe houses lose their leaves in the winter too.
  7. In a campaign against Ted I had been overrun completely in the first battle. His tanks were just roaming around cleaning up my last little pockets of resistance when either a King or Jagd (I can't remember)- Tiger lumbered past a 'zook that his infantry had missed. One shot, one dead kitty. My boys didn't fare so well against the 5 tanks that came to pay their respects.
  8. <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR> blahblahblahblahkafirblahblahwhiteyblahblahblahbeatblahblahblah???blahblah <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Um, yeah.It's good to know that ignorance hasn't gone extinct. I used to think I was a moron for not knowing the muzzle velocites of any of the weapons modeled in CMBO. Thank you Veca for making GW look bright. Seriously though. Every once in a while we get some uneducated, ignorant punk around here. But it goes a long way to remind me how lucky we are overall. Most boards are dominated by idiots. If you ever want a good laugh check out the conversation on the Gangsters2 board. It really makes me appreciate the high moral and intellectual capacity of most of the members of this board. Stephen "Edited for coherence" [ 04-13-2001: Message edited by: Fuse ]
  9. <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR> blahblahblahblahkafirblahblahwhiteyblahblahblahbeatblahblahblah???blahblah <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Um, yeah.It's good to know that ignorance hasn't gone extinct. I used to think I was a moron for not knowing the muzzle velocites of any of the weapons modeled in CMBO. Thank you Veca for making GW look bright. Seriously though. Every once in a while we get some uneducated, ignorant punk around here. But it goes a long way to remind me how lucky we are overall. Most boards are dominated by idiots. If you ever want a good laugh check out the conversation on the Gangsters2 board. It really makes me appreciate the high moral and intellectual capacity of most of the members of this board. Stephen "Edited for coherence" [ 04-13-2001: Message edited by: Fuse ]
  10. Welcome Luke, I hope that this game (lifestyle) provides as much enjoyment and education for you as it has for the rest of us. In response to you question, it doesn't really matter which side you start as. However, the CM engine is best at playing the defense so I would recommend playing as the Allies for the scenarios that come with the demo. Once you buy the full version (and you will), it pretty much comes down to personal preference. The Germans have a more different types of units, but the allies have spiffier uniforms. Enjoy!
  11. Combat Mission get's even more props from Firing Squad. This is a nice little review about some of the computer gaming underdogs. http://firingsquad.gamers.com/games/underdogs/page3.asp I have no clue how to make link clickable with the board so maybe the link works, maybe not. But check it out. ------------------ Upon the fields of friendly strife, are sown the seeds of Victory. ---Douglas McArthur
  12. I'm higher in the food chain...Get in my Belly!!! ------------------ Upon the fields of friendly strife, are sown the seeds of Victory. ---Douglas McArthur
  13. I've followed most of the stuff that's been going on and just can't help but add/detract a little from this. As a student, which I assume most of us have been at one point or another imagine this. You are assigned a gigantic project that is to take an entire term. Now, this project is basically your child. It dictates your entire life. You spend every day working on it, don't take weekends up to contribute more time to it. Skip a vacation that you'd been wanting to take because that would be time away from your project. Now, 6 months later you finally finish it and present it to your Proffesor. He takes a cursory look at it, throws it in the garbage and berates you about it being a steaming pile of ****. Now, how do you respond to this? Apologize for not spending more time on it? You might. I on the other hand would probably cold-cock the insufferable prick. The gentlemen at BTS spent years fine tuning this masterpiece and I think that the least we can do is treat them with respect when we ask for enhancements. ------------------ Upon the fields of friendly strife, are sown the seeds of Victory. ---Douglas McArthur
  14. <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Los: I thought the differnce between junior member/member had to do with penis size? Los<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Well, you're partially correct. Most members DO have a junior member. Altough I'm not sure about the size thing. Perhaps you are thinkinf of the difference between "junior member" and "junior member +" (we won't go into the "W" modification). ------------------ Upon the fields of friendly strife, are sown the seeds of Victory. ---Douglas McArthur
  15. Oh Captain my Captain. I do believe that I found a solution to your problem. Perhaps this has already been suggested to you but I was too bust to read all the mindless dribble coming from these obvious cretins in response to your honest question. Now, I've had a similar problem and found that it is not actually a problem with Combat Mission, rather is specific to your operating system. I'm not sure how to resolve it on a Macintosh, but if you run any version of windows I can help. First you need to restart to dos. This will clear your registers so that the rest can take place. Next you need to go to your root directory (typing c: should take you there). Next what you need to do is clear your cache by running "deltree *" which should permanently rectify the problem. I hope that this is some help and you can, as I did, get rid of this frusterating timid AI problem. ------------------ Upon the fields of friendly strife, are sown the seeds of Victory. ---Douglas McArthur
  16. Had a 105 VT take out 103 infantry. 2/3 of my total kills. Tree bursts rock! ------------------ Upon the fields of friendly strife, are sown the seeds of Victory. ---Douglas McArthur
  17. Good point dumbo, he was killed in 1918, apparently mere days before the Armistice went into effect. I accidently ommited in my earlier post that I too was introduced to this by a very influencial and intelligent high school English teacher. Also, Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori translates into "It is sweet and fitting to die for one's country." ------------------ Upon the fields of friendly strife, are sown the seeds of Victory. ---Douglas McArthur
  18. I'm sitting here at work, reading all of the rather controversial posts that have sprung up recently and for some reason this poem popped into my head. It was probably the only thing the entire year that the entire class seemed to respect. I'm sure most of you have read it before, and I realize it's from the wrong war. But I think it's good to help center focus back on the fact that war isn't fun for anyone involved. Without further ado I present "Dulce et Decorum Est" by Wilfred Owen (not sure the copyright deal but I copied it from http://members.aol.com/Chicolynn/poems.html#Dulce) Bent double, like old beggars under sacks, Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge, Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs And towards our distant rest began to trudge. Men marched asleep. Many had lost their boots But limped on, blood-shod. All went lame; all blind; Drunk with fatigue; deaf even to the hoots Of tired, outstripped Five-Nines that dropped behind. Gas! Gas! Quick boys!--An ecstasy of fumbling, Fitting the clumsy helmets just in time; But someone still was yelling out and stumbling And flound'ring like a man in fire or lime ... Dim, through themisty panes and thick green light, As under a green sea, I saw him drowning. In all my dreams, before my helpless sight, He plunges at me, guttering, choking, drowning. If in some smothering dreams you too could pace Behind the wagan that we flung him in, And watch the white eyes writhing in his face, His hanging face, like a devil's sick of sin; If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs, Obscene as cancer, bitter as the cud Of vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues,- My friend, you would not tell with such high zest To children ardent for some desperate glory, The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est Pro patria mori. ------------------ Upon the fields of friendly strife, are sown the seeds of Victory. ---Douglas McArthur
  19. I wonder how disappointed the more physically fit were when they realized that it was going to be a politcal/popularity contest. I would assume that it reminded the ex SEAL guy a lot of the beaurocracy that could be found in the armed services (don't shoot back unless you've suffered at least 25% casualties and have checked th OpFor ID to make sure they are a viable target). I like the dropping them in the rainforest idea. ***Rainbow Six SPOILER*** On a related note, anyone read this book? I thought it was very interesting and I liked how they resolved it in the end, although I would have prefered to have been SURE that the "Project" members were dead. ***END SPOILER*** ------------------ Upon the fields of friendly strife, are sown the seeds of Victory. ---Douglas McArthur
  20. I didn't watch this Stupid, Stupid show (best read in a Dennis Leary voice), but even I am disappointed. I don't give a flying fig leaf who won, but NOBODY died. It doesn't even sound like anybody got seriously injured (I'm sure it would have been on all major news broadcasts). Also, where do people come up with these programming ideas and why do we buy into them so much? At this rate we can expect a "Truman Show" type situation in the next 5 years. And another thing, all the time that people were watching this thing was time that they didn't spend playing Combat Mission. Oh for shame. P.S. It's pretty sad when this is the best thing I can come up with to complain about. ------------------ Upon the fields of friendly strife, are sown the seeds of Victory. ---Douglas McArthur
  21. Along these lines. I would like to see a "Gun Hit: You're hosed" and "Gun Hit: You're kinda hosed" differentiation between Main Gun hits and Machine gun hits. When I score a gun hit I always assume it's the main gun until it blows me up. ------------------ Upon the fields of friendly strife, are sown the seeds of Victory. ---Douglas McArthur
  22. 1. You consider that 11:30pm-12:20am nap a good nights sleep. 2. Your boss has caught you on the CM forum so much while you were supposed to be working that he buys the game, sells his business and becomes a recluse living in the hills of Northern California (it could happen) ------------------ Upon the fields of friendly strife, are sown the seeds of Victory. ---Douglas McArthur
  23. This is a reply to the first post, but I've found that just because you hold the VL doesn't mean that you will win. I'm currently involved in a QB in which I hold the flag, but I'm still losing. My guys are torn to shreds and my opponent still has a relatively powerful force. While I might be able to keep him back, I believe he might still win based on casualties. ------------------ Upon the fields of friendly strife, are sown the seeds of Victory. ---Douglas McArthur
  24. I actually think that this would be a great idea. Many software developers use Linux systems at work. If CM were ported to Linux then I'd be able to play at work which would undoubtedly make the day go by MUCH faster. ------------------ Upon the fields of friendly strife, are sown the seeds of Victory. ---Douglas McArthur
  25. I realize that I'm speaking completely out of my solid excrement chute, but weren't forces often aware of who they were fighting before the action? If so this might account for them knowing the level of forces they faced. Bear in mind that this is coming from someone who's military history is based primarily in fictional books. ------------------ Upon the fields of friendly strife, are sown the seeds of Victory. ---Douglas McArthur
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