Chupacabra

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Choco Taco: Woof woof! <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Yes, we've established this much, but haven't you anything else to say? ------------------ Soy super bien, soy super super bien, soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super.

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Big Time Software: You could fire just as the vehicle started to drive down hill, thus allowing for a better shot against sloped armor (obviously this is NOT relevant for the Churchill ) Steve<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Yeah, one has to wonder whether the Brits ever thought of anything besides "hey, let's weld more plates on here!" ------------------ Soy super bien, soy super super bien, soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super.

I was gonna be mean, but Phoenix pretty much said what I was gonna say. Nuts, I wanted to be mean! ------------------ Soy super bien, soy super super bien, soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super.

And Look at Life, Herbie, A Man and His Car, The Emperor, Anyone Lived In a Pretty How Town, 6-18-67, Filmmaker, and THX 1138, if you're being specific ------------------ Soy super bien, soy super super bien, soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super.

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Hakko Ichiu: Chupacabra the Wise, God-King of Babylon: I am a dog-faced man. Woof woof! In addition to my physical deformities, I am a huge cheating liar. I didn't make the scenario. I just selected it from the current crop at Boots 'n Tracks, after seeing the "WARNING! EXTREMELY GAMEY!" tag next to the file. And I only looked at it three or four times before I realized that it might be fun to play the Axis on the attack on this godforsaken wasteland of a map. I apologize for your time, My Lord, may I go now please? Thank you, and I apologize again. I know I'm bad. I know I'm bad. I know I'm bad. Woof woof! <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> The first step is admitting it to yourself. ------------------ Soy super bien, soy super super bien, soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super.

Suuuure. Have fun trying to figure out where my MLR is! ------------------ Soy super bien, soy super super bien, soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super.

To quote myself - I'd love something like this. IF it can be done well, and without sacrificing CMs existing strength, namely deep, realistic tactical combat. If it's done well, I may have spontaneous multiple orgasms during gameplay, but I do suspect that it's a trickier proposition than perhaps you're suggesting. ------------------ Soy super bien, soy super super bien, soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super.

Updates! Scrota I'm still bludgeoning him severely about the head and shoulders. He's dropping a whole lot of arty without any effect, and he seems to be making a kamikaze charge with his last tank. I may have to bring up my reserves. Although I doubt it. Snoriarty Well, it had to happen sooner or later. I have finally taken a casualty. Just one so far, but alas, perfection is not to be mine this time. Woe is me! All the joy is taken out of life. Now all I can do is shuffle my feet and bide my time in this grey, cold world, until I can finish ekeing out my 99 to 1 victory in this shameful game. Squirminjoy This scenario would be better named 'The Shooting Gallery,' because that's about the tactical skill it requires. Line 'em up, shoot 'em down. He's gotten some of my stuff, I've gotten some of his stuff (including a pretty little 'schreck kill on a fast-moving Stuart), and we've both got more stuff to kill, so... JD Horseface Boy, are you ever dead. This map is made for the defense. JShandalier Peekaboo! I see you! AManForAllSheepNZer My Puma (funny how often those show up in pre-designed scenarios, eh?) took a lucky hit from one of those everpresent AT mortars. Oh well. He's still got to do something about crossing the bridge. Machu Piccu Wow, what a nice, flat, treeless map you've selected. Funny that you're playing the Germans. Expect much complaining to come. Senility Sooooo...gonna do anything about that setup I sent you, or did you just want it for its memorabilia value? I think that's it. If I missed anyone, too freaking bad, I hate you anyway. ------------------ Soy super bien, soy super super bien, soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super.

I too have no problem with merchandising. When I metioned action figures and Chewbacca bandoliers and Greedo underoos in an earlier post, I had all that stuff, and I wish I still had it. Well, maybe not the underoos. The fact that I've lost respect for George Lucas' instincts and sensibilities as a result of the re-releases and Episode 1 has no impact at all on my love for the original films (with a caveat on Jedi). And that's pretty much that. ------------------ Soy super bien, soy super super bien, soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super.

Uh, read my second post in the thread. I don't dislike the idea, I'm just not sure it's possible (yet) to combine a top-notch operational-level wargame with a top-notch tactical wargame. Yes, the last 2 CC games had a strategic level, but I found it sort of...well, limp, and not very well done. Not enough options to make it worth the while, IMO. I think I could do without something like that being tacked on to an otherwise fantastic game like CM. ------------------ Soy super bien, soy super super bien, soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super.

I'll leave it up to one of the Crazy Finnish Grogs to elaborate , but the Finns fought throughout the war, and after 1944 fought against the Germans. I'm glad they're being modelled, it's an important part of the war. As for partisans, I don't think they regularly took part in large-scale engagements. IIRC, most partisan activity was centered in the Pripet Marsh, AKA the Wehrmacht Hole, so-called because it was completely unsuited for more than the most basic operations. Yes, fight between partisans and anti-partisan units did take place, but I'm not sure they're the kinds of things CM would model anyway. ------------------ Soy super bien, soy super super bien, soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super.

Stick to roads. Other than that, not really. ------------------ Soy super bien, soy super super bien, soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super.

Wow, Maximus, you really know how to elevate the level of a discussion. Go away. ------------------ Soy super bien, soy super super bien, soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super.

Why is it an unfair review? He noted CC5's good and bad points, and then said that there's a game which, in his opinion, is better. Isn't that what a reviewer's supposed to do?

At some point you should probably ask yourself, "Is anyone actually paying attention to me anymore?" ------------------ Soy super bien, soy super super bien, soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super.

Oh, and by the way. I'm your age, Shatter. I grew up with the same action figures, Chewbacca bandoliers, and Greedo underoos you did. And you know what? Episode 1 still sucked. Live with it. ------------------ Soy super bien, soy super super bien, soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super.

Boy, that's some good debating style. Night night. ------------------ Soy super bien, soy super super bien, soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super.

Uh, yeah, but I don't think Atomic did it particularly well... ------------------ Soy super bien, soy super super bien, soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super.

I've got to wonder what Keith Zabaloui's thinking when he reads reviews like that... "Hmm, maybe I'll get in on that Squad Leader thing..."

Uh, Shatter? You're taking yourself a bit too seriously there, fella. As for your sports teams analogy? I love the Mets, I rooted for them in the World Series, but that doesn't mean I can't think they played like ass and blew it to the Yanks. ------------------ Soy super bien, soy super super bien, soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super.

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Lorak: Also updated the win loss records. This is what I had. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Lorak! You have 'conveniently' ignored my draw with Dr. Alimantado, no doubt to further some sort of wicked scheme of your own. I've got my eyes on you, mister.... ------------------ Soy super bien, soy super super bien, soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super.

I think at this point the conversation has gotten down to the hair-splitting level, but for the sake of argument... <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by brucer: As for "...use, competency and mastery of equipment such as tanks, guns and aircraft was not something that were taught to children," you don't think the much higher rates of motorization and industrialization in American society had any influence at all on the American army's ability to keep its vehicles well maintained and serviceable? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Compared to who? The British and Commonwealth armies maintained their equipment as well as the American army did. As for the Germans, they ran out of parts and mechanics, and their equipment was generally much more difficult to maintain than American equipment. Difficult to keep stuff running under those circumstances. <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR> I understand your argument perfectly, gentlemen. Please try to understand mine: I started by asking if saying "American Paratroopers should generally be crack," or "Volksturm should generally be conscript" were not valid statements to make. Your answer, apparently, is that they are not.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> I can't find where you said that, in fact. Your first post in this thread seems to be a clarification of Dupuy. As for specifics - Volksturm certainly should generally be conscripts...because they were conscript soldiers with no training, no military inclination, and no motivation. As for American paratroopers being crack - when? Were they crack when they dropped in Normany? Remember that CMs 'crack' designation implies both training and a good deal of combat experience. The American Airborne in Normandy were very well trained, but they had no combat experience. So, no, I'd say that, in the context of CM, I would not consider the paratroopers in Normandy crack. As Airborne units gained combat experience, I'd probably consider them veteran or crack units. <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>I'm not arguing that that's a wrong theory... just that it is not in tune with much of what all the anthropologists, sociologists and social historians on the "Nurture" side of the "Nature vs. Nurture" debate have been telling us for decades. It is, however, remarkably in tune with modern conventional thinking by the citizens of, what did that fella call it... our "more educated age?"<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> To be honest, I see this as a sort of backhanded way of saying "I'm not going to flat out call you wrong, but you're wrong." I believe you're incorrectly attributing certain beliefs to those of us who disagree with you. Cheers, ------------------ Soy super bien, soy super super bien, soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super.

TCP/IP is scheduled to go in with the next patch. ------------------ Soy super bien, soy super super bien, soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super.

Hrm. Sent a few others. I'll try to resend.

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Croda: But slowly? (yes, I did start a sentence with 'but') <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Only if they call that mangled hack of a phrase a sentence in whatever Podunk grade school you went to, sonny. In my day, they called that an adverb, not a sentence. ------------------ Soy super bien, soy super super bien, soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super.