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  1. OK, maybe this is normal but again it is a first for me. I had a Sherman with a gun damaged in the last turn of a battle in an Operation. Next battle, the Sherman shows up as abandoned in my setup. Proceed to movie phase to watch the first replay, and the damn thing is rolling forward from its last position, then it stops! Did the guys jump out in between battles and I just see it come to a stop like when it is normally knocked out on the move? I'll say this, it scared the heck out of my opponent and I thought Gen'l Sherman's ghost was in there driving that thing when the movie started. biggrin.gif

    Mike

  2. Originally posted by Robert Hall:

    You may also be interested to know the results of over 1,400 CM games played over the last 9 months on Rugged Defense:

    Axis Wins: 650 46%

    Allied Wins: 607 43%

    Draws: 159 11%

    Wow, i have a much smaller sample of course, but of the pbem games i have played a much larger % have ended as draws. Of 30 or so games my guess is I'm more in the range of 30-40% draws if not more. I wonder if this could be inflated because I tend to play with the same group of people generally?

    Not to change the subject, but what are others personal experiences with this?

    Mike

  3. Necessary? No, but many like to use them. I find them too much trouble (yes i am lazy) and prefer to play in snow or rain to prevent the purchase of most of the heavy stuff. Or I just let the AI select for both sides. In over 30 pbem games I've never had a problem w/o using them; of course others find them a good compromise so there is obviously merit to them.

    I should also add i have a pretty good group of pbem opponents (more good ones than I have time for games at the moment) so we don't really need them. Playing new partners often via TCP may be another matter. I also don't participate in any ladder play - they may be useful there but I obviously can't comment on that. I still like the snow or wet field idea for limiting the heavies though...

    Mike

  4. Hey, that looks real good! A bit different than the DD stuff I am using but I will give it a try - be sure to let us know when it is available.

    What are those little things on the grass in the right foreground of the last pic? They look like little 3 legged monkeys. smile.gif

    BTW the direct link you posted does not work, but it is ok if you back off the "index." at the end (to get to the Last Defense main page).

    Nice work.

    Mike

  5. LOL you guys are brilliant! Anyone who even has the game loaded at work obviously has a better job than me. Does it run on NT? wink.gif

    thanks to Hawkmek for the Alien "Game Over man" wav; it is really appropriate. And makes me want to watch the movie again.

    Most encouraging of all is the way BTS named these wav files - do the multiple zeros in front of the number mean they plan version 1000 of CM eventually, or just that many different sounds?? biggrin.gif

    Mike

  6. For the longest time I couldn't figure out why anyone would buy Hellcats or other Allied TDs. I tried a couple here and there in pbem games with no luck - they all died before getting a kill.

    But, recently i did a quick battle pbem where the AI bought, and I got 3 Hellcats. These guys have taken out 3 Stugs and a whole army of HTs. I now am wishing for more enemy armor as I only have AP ammo!

    You play this game long enough, you will see it all.

    Mike

    AP not HE for the edit

    [This message has been edited by MikeE (edited 02-11-2001).]

  7. I am playing the "Misfits at Wiltz" Operation pbem. Towards the end of the 2nd battle (turn 9 of 10) I had a Priest get its gun damaged by artillery. On the next turn I backed him up out of danger, hoping the gun maybe would get repaired later in the Op. Instead, when the 3rd battle started i found my poor Priest abandoned. I've only played 4 or 5 ops all the way through, not enough to know if this is something that happens or should happen at all. I'm not sure why the crew would abandon it in between battles. Is this normal or just a case of "**** happens"?

    thanks.

    Mike

  8. Well I can't speak for others, but shyness, fear of being flamed, ignored or etc. is certainly not a concern of mine. I just prefer to read rather than write these days. Where people find the time to write the dissertations you see in some of these technical threads or serious flame wars is beyond me. (Not that I don't enjoy both.)

    I'm only posting twice in two days because I can't get over that damn smiley legend. Heck I'd be up to over a hundred posts by now, but before asking a question I always do a... well you know. rolleyes.gif

    Mike

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