Daveman

Boy, is it just me or is the 1991-1995 era the toughest one to choose from? It was a good time to be a gamer! Seems like all the 1996-2000 titles had a Roman numeral after them... except Combat Mission of course!

With a few exceptions, I have at least one mini of all the the 3025 era mechs, and a few tanks/infantry too... I never played with any of that Clan crap, give me 3025 or give me death! I just stumbled onto it the other day ago, but there's a Battletech-like freeware game called Titans of Steel that looks promising. I downloaded it but haven't played it yet. Check it out at: http://www.titansofsteel.de/ ------------------ "Whenever a mission ends and I still have a member of the red team standing, I have to ask myself: did I do enough to ensure my own safety?" - Old Man Murray review on SWAT3

I've never pulled back in the face of imminent defeat. I figure at this level game I'd surrender if I was badly beaten. I did have one memorable game where both my opponent and I were exhausted... what little we each had left were all dug in looking across no-mans-land at each other. I offered a cease-fire which seemed to be the realistic way to end the game. I edged him out in points though ------------------ "Whenever a mission ends and I still have a member of the red team standing, I have to ask myself: did I do enough to ensure my own safety?" - Old Man Murray review on SWAT3

I've never used a ballot. I've lived and voted in Delaware and New Jersey and both have used machines. In these states, you go to a sign-up desk where they have all registered votes in a book. You tell them you who are and then sign off in the book next to your name. You're then given a slip or card that you then present before entering the booth. In Delaware (last voted 4 years ago) the machines were, um, mechanical. There's a switch beside each candidate and you throw the ones you're voting for. When you're finished selecting you throw a big switch and you're done. In New Jersey the machines were essentially the same only they were electronic... buttons instead of switches. I suppose each machine keeps a tally and those results are printed out at the end of the day... I really don't know. Is this about something I heard on the radio about checkboxes being close together and the theory that many may have mistakenly checked off Nader instead of Gore? ------------------ "Whenever a mission ends and I still have a member of the red team standing, I have to ask myself: did I do enough to ensure my own safety?" - Old Man Murray review on SWAT3

Here's an idea for a great war movie... the election of the US president is unbelievably close. One winner is declared, but half the country is pissed. Chaos ensues. Private Parts - Replaying an entire game in movie form is one of the highest items on the wish list. Last I recall they were seriously considering it for CM2, but it's not likely for CMBO. ------------------ "Whenever a mission ends and I still have a member of the red team standing, I have to ask myself: did I do enough to ensure my own safety?" - Old Man Murray review on SWAT3

Starship Troopers... what a disappointment. The only female character (Denise Richards) I wanted to see take her top off didn't. ------------------ "Whenever a mission ends and I still have a member of the red team standing, I have to ask myself: did I do enough to ensure my own safety?" - Old Man Murray review on SWAT3

Oh yeah? Well that's the way things were AND WE LIKED IT!! Oh dear... 29 is too yound to be an Old Man isn't it? ------------------ "Whenever a mission ends and I still have a member of the red team standing, I have to ask myself: did I do enough to ensure my own safety?" - Old Man Murray review on SWAT3

Just call me the Grinch who stole Halloween. Someone please explain to me why this poor excuse for a "holiday" is still in practice here in the US. I really don't know if this "holiday" is celebrated elsewhere, so to sum up it's the 31st of October. I don't know what the historical basis (if any) is for it, but on Halloween children dress up in costumes and go door to door, at night, and expect to be given candy. How this came about is a mystery to me. Now admitedly, I went out for Halloween when I was a kid and have fond memories. My parents always made up cool costumes for me (Darth Vader, a knight, a soldier, the usual boy stuff) and went with me wherever I went. I remember them checking out my candy first to make sure everything looked OK. BUT, this was maybe up until I was 7 or 8. Then I was "too old" to go out and that was that. In the meantime, there have been occasional horror stories of sickos giving out poisoned candy, abducting kids, safety problems with kids going around at night, etc. I would have thought this was a holiday on its' way out. I'm a recent (2 years now) homeowner and have come to dread Halloween. When I see a neighbor I know with his little ones dressed up real cute I enjoy it, but all to often it just pisses me off. Among my favorite things: 1. Roving packs of kids on rollerblades zipping through the community with no regard for others, presumably to cover more ground faster. 2. Kids who treat our small front porch like the front row of a rock concert, cramming little kids up against our front door so I have to tell them "Now back up so I can open the door" 3. Kids who trample our flowers and other nick nacks on our porch/flower garden to get to the door. 4. Often violent and disgusting costumes: Oh look, it's our cute neighbor Timmy with a big gash in his head weilding a bloody knife! 5. Freaking teenagers (seriously, 16, 17 or older)... go buy your own damn candy!!! 6. Well meaning but lazy-assed parents who follow their kids around IN THEIR CAR... tooling along at 5mph. 7. Kids from other neighborhoods, often dropped off by car by their parents. 8. Kids who don't say "thank you" or the traditional "trick or treat". 9. Fast moving kids (see #1 above) who wear something simple like a cloak, then take that off to reveal some other costume underneath and go round the neighborhood again... IT HAPPENS! OK, I've vented. Time to catch up on some PBEMs. ------------------ "Whenever a mission ends and I still have a member of the red team standing, I have to ask myself: did I do enough to ensure my own safety?" - Old Man Murray review on SWAT3

At the risk of exposing myself as a total sci-fi junkie, may I recommend Daleks as armored vehicles with Cybermen infantry... mmmmmm. Partially agree with the comments about Lucas "selling out" with Episode 1. When I watch it on tape (which admittedly hasn't been too often) I skip through much of the movie. The real "phantom menace" stuff... the intrigue on Coruscant, Senator Palpatine, etc. is interesting viewing and should have been the focus of the movie instead of podracing, Jar Jar and "yipee!". Darth Maul is pure fluff but I can't help but watch the final duel. I do enjoy what parts I watch though, a lot like Return of the Jedi. I fast forward past much of Jabba and Endor but really enjoy the Luke-Vader-Emperor scenes. ------------------ "Whenever a mission ends and I still have a member of the red team standing, I have to ask myself: did I do enough to ensure my own safety?" - Old Man Murray review on SWAT3

Saw this one just yesterday... for $49.99!! Can't wait to see this one plummet! ------------------ "Whenever a mission ends and I still have a member of the red team standing, I have to ask myself: did I do enough to ensure my own safety?" - Old Man Murray review on SWAT3

Game over man... game over! ------------------ "Whenever a mission ends and I still have a member of the red team standing, I have to ask myself: did I do enough to ensure my own safety?" - Old Man Murray review on SWAT3

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Croda: Sorry to be even more of a complete Geek than you, Disaster, but he says both in that scene, though I'm quite happy to report that I cannot remember which is said first. PHEW! Saved myself at the 7th gate to geekdom. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Well I'm quite the Star Wars geek, but you don't have to be one to figure out he asks if TK421 is at his post first... then asks why he doesn't respond when he doesn't get an answer. Sheesh. ------------------ "Whenever a mission ends and I still have a member of the red team standing, I have to ask myself: did I do enough to ensure my own safety?" - Old Man Murray review on SWAT3

The early T-34s had a 76mm gun, but late war (43-44?) T-34s had a larger turret to accomodate an 85mm gun. Better, but the 76mm turret was really slick. ------------------ “Thus, the M4A3E8(76)W designation meant a tank with an official Mortality of 4 minutes, Actually 3 minutes, cost Extra, and had a 76% chance of going WHOOSH." - Bullethead

I suppose that flaking would deteriorate armor, but remember that one hit isn't likely to have the entire armor facing flaking off. I'm assuming it's more like a radius around the point of impact that flakes... so a subsequent hit in the general area of the shot that caused flaking might have a better chance of penetration, but elsewhere it wouldn't do a thing. ------------------ “Thus, the M4A3E8(76)W designation meant a tank with an official Mortality of 4 minutes, Actually 3 minutes, cost Extra, and had a 76% chance of going WHOOSH." - Bullethead

Slightly OT, but when I saw this thread the first thing to come to my mind was: will any future improvements to the CM engine be applicable to our beloved CMBO? I'm sure I'll love CM2, but I really hope CMBO can be updated so I won't have to "downgrade" to CMBO when I'm tired of fighting Russians, Italians, etc. in CM2+. ------------------ “Thus, the M4A3E8(76)W designation meant a tank with an official Mortality of 4 minutes, Actually 3 minutes, cost Extra, and had a 76% chance of going WHOOSH." - Bullethead

Heard about it in another forum, then ordered after reading the CGW review. ------------------ “Thus, the M4A3E8(76)W designation meant a tank with an official Mortality of 4 minutes, Actually 3 minutes, cost Extra, and had a 76% chance of going WHOOSH." - Bullethead

You have to be very careful how you move people around in a building. As noted above, small buildings can only house a few people... although I have gotten 2 squads and a CO in a small building. Be careful with the larger buildings too. One squad or team per corner will usually work. I got a little sloppy one game... I wanted 2 squads and a CO to take up positions along one wall. The CO felt a little boxed in I suppose and walked outside into a stream of bullets ------------------ “Thus, the M4A3E8(76)W designation meant a tank with an official Mortality of 4 minutes, Actually 3 minutes, cost Extra, and had a 76% chance of going WHOOSH." - Bullethead

I picked up Combat Flight Sim 2 last night and played with it for awhile... it's been awhile since I played a flight sim but I really enjoyed it. Even on my lowly P2-300 the graphics were pretty sweet. Next game I buy will probably be Starfleet Command 2, but I'm looking forward to a good WWII sub sim so Silent Hunter 2 is on my list too. ------------------ “Thus, the M4A3E8(76)W designation meant a tank with an official Mortality of 4 minutes, Actually 3 minutes, cost Extra, and had a 76% chance of going WHOOSH." - Bullethead

Hmmm... would squads with satchel charges or gammon bombs count as anti-mech infantry? ------------------ “Thus, the M4A3E8(76)W designation meant a tank with an official Mortality of 4 minutes, Actually 3 minutes, cost Extra, and had a 76% chance of going WHOOSH." - Bullethead

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Captitalistdoginchina: Hmmmmm, in a quick battle generated by the computer for a PBEM game i had the good fortune to receive 4 Elite Jeeps.......now can anyone tell me the advantage of having Elite Jeeps compared to Regular Jeeps??? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Jeez, what's this board coming to? Someone has a serious question and nobody answers it. Those Elite Jeeps will have a much shorter command delay than Regular Jeeps, responding in like what, 3 seconds? Just think how quickly you'dve been able to react with them. I think you made a grave error in resigning so quickly. ------------------ “Thus, the M4A3E8(76)W designation meant a tank with an official Mortality of 4 minutes, Actually 3 minutes, cost Extra, and had a 76% chance of going WHOOSH." - Bullethead

I'd be a little concerned that this would come across sort of cheesy... English being spoken in German and Russian accents. Sort of like the campy stuff people often criticize in movies. Then again, I'm sure some would love it... ------------------ “Thus, the M4A3E8(76)W designation meant a tank with an official Mortality of 4 minutes, Actually 3 minutes, cost Extra, and had a 76% chance of going WHOOSH." - Bullethead

I'd have to say the second half of Full Metal Jacket, I kept wishing they'd go back to boot camp. Pity too, since it was refreshing to see a Vietnam movie out of the jungle. ------------------ “Thus, the M4A3E8(76)W designation meant a tank with an official Mortality of 4 minutes, Actually 3 minutes, cost Extra, and had a 76% chance of going WHOOSH." - Bullethead

Glad you had a good time! It's been a few years since I was last there, but CM has me in the mood to go again... maybe I can tell my wife we're going to Baltimore and then take a "detour" Hmmm... maybe I can grab the office digital camera too... ------------------ “Thus, the M4A3E8(76)W designation meant a tank with an official Mortality of 4 minutes, Actually 3 minutes, cost Extra, and had a 76% chance of going WHOOSH." - Bullethead

LOL... is this for real? But I have to admit, sometimes I wish my Shermans could pick up a Quad-Damage and put a 75mm right through a Tiger ------------------ “Thus, the M4A3E8(76)W designation meant a tank with an official Mortality of 4 minutes, Actually 3 minutes, cost Extra, and had a 76% chance of going WHOOSH." - Bullethead

Technically you're not supposed to, but nearly all the vehicles are out in the open so the temptation is definitely there. The couple of times I've been there I've seen a guard or two patrolling the area... you're on an Army base, so they're not your usual museum security people either. Being out in the open, a lot of the vehicles are in so-so shape... rust spots, etc. I don't know if I'd let my kids go climbing (if I had any).