Jump to content
Special Upgrade 4 Tech Tips

Terence

Members
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    960

  • Joined

  • Last visited

    Never

 Content Type 

Posts posted by Terence

    Now is the Challenge of our discontent, made horrid cess by this son of Peng

    in Combat Mission Archive #3 (2001)

    Posted

    <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by dalem:

    Terence: You know that feeling you get when three German tanks trundle into the sights of three British ambushers and all three Brit tanks miss their first or second shot and then the German tanks blow them to the moon? Well, I was on the wrong side of that feeling last turn. Other than that things couldn't be better.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

    I have nothing to add other than that Im a gamey bastard, and that since I knew you were there and went looking for you with many Nasty German Tanks, it wasn't an ambush.

    So sucks boo.

    0

    It happened yesterday...

    in Combat Mission Archive #3 (2001)

    Posted

    <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Commander:

    I have only had this game for one month. Yesterday my wife made a comment about losing me to the game. I'm sure it was an innocent thing. Sure, I might play and think about this game all my waking moments but heh - its a GREAT game. What can I say?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

    The CM Borg should be by any minute. You have been assimilated, clearly.

    0

    CM Players NYC Gathering

    in Combat Mission Archive #3 (2001)

    Posted

    <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Murph:

    I'll try to drop by as well. Maybe I missed this crucial bit of info, but how will we recognize "the group"? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

    Well, i dunno about a secret code, but I said I'd bring my copy of the CMBO manual and prop it up on the table. Also, Ill be reading doubler's book, Closing with the Enemy.

    0

    Fascine Reprise

    in Combat Mission Archive #3 (2001)

    Posted

    <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Spook:

    Popping back in to address a question directed to me, regarding a case example I posed:

    The basis to my hypothetical case example, Brian, was that the veteran's account and written record concur with each other. It is accepted as documented fact.

    But would this one factual case example suffice to establish a trend?

    For example, what other conditions were in play so that this 6-lbr AT gun scored a long-range kill against a Panther, and through its frontal armor?

    Was the armor plate poorly cast? Was the tank moving, or immobilized? Did the 6-lbr use a jury-rig field-mounted sight that improved long-range accuracy from the standard sight? Was the gun using APDS? Or did the shot fail to penetrate, but the tank merely panicked and bailed out?

    So, the case example isn't thrown away, nor is the veteran's record discounted. Rather, it's all kept for reference, but measured against comparable AT combat situations to establish a trend.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

    Yeah. Plus consider the possible conditions that the veteran was in when he made the report -- exhausted, injured, terrified, filthy, hungry and thirsty and possibly under fire or in danger of coming under fire.

    Also this event we are all so glibly discussing happens at 2,000 meters from this guy and his comrades.

    If they didn't get it exactly right, who can blame them?

    So treating their account as potentially valuable but waiting to confirm it against other accounts and other records seems pretty reasonable. In fact, it seems so reasonble that I wonder why it has even come up.

    But I recall that this has issue has arisen from the context of a nationalistically driven argument about troops characteristics.

    So I supose that the best justification for making one nations force inherently better than another in the game doesn't come from a multitude of confirmed sources but rather from the opinions and preconceptions of certain people.

    [ 10-03-2001: Message edited by: Terence ]

    0

    Now is the Challenge of our discontent, made horrid cess by this son of Peng

    in Combat Mission Archive #3 (2001)

    Posted

    O, that this too too solid cess would melt

    Thaw and resolve itself into a duel!

    Or that the Everlasting had not fix'd

    His (76mm) canons 'gainst ssn-slaughter! O God! God!

    How weary, stale, flat and unprofitable,

    Seem to me all the uses of this board!

    Fie on't! ah fie! 'tis an unheeded challenge,

    That grows to seed; things rank and gross in nature

    Possess it merely.

    Ahem.

    Or in short words that your little rat-mind can grasp:

    Slapdragon, send me a setup.

    I am in need of some Entertainment, and I suspect that the movement of your troops, compared often and humorously to the thrashings of a sack-full of stoats would provide me with tea-time giggles for a month.

    Have at thee. Nyah.

    0

    Fascine Reprise

    in Combat Mission Archive #3 (2001)

    Posted

    <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Enoch:

    And what is your point about the tripod mounted Bren again? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

    Ill second that one, at least.

    What was the issue with the Bren guns on tripods?

    Does it make that much different if they are on tripods or not?

    Is the weapon demonstrably more effective if you put it on a tripod?

    How would tripod mounted Bren guns be modeled in the game?

    Penultimately, if they are not modeled, how does that affect the battle-worthiness of the commonwealth forces, who get bren guns of the non-tripod mounted variety.

    And finally, what I really want to know is how the non-inclusion of bren guns, fascine carriers and so on is evidence that BTS is biased against the Commonwealth, when taken in a context where every army represented is missing vehicles and capabilites easily explained by programming difficulties and time shortages.

    [ 10-03-2001: Message edited by: Terence ]

    0

    Dorosh is God: The Need to Vent

    in Combat Mission Archive #3 (2001)

    Posted

    <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Spook:

    And by the "edit record," it took you three times to spell "wanker" correctly? Tch tch tch.

    You still staying up with weightlifting, though, Terence?

    [ 10-03-2001: Message edited by: Spook ]<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

    Thats just the type of shy self-deprecating humor I've become famous for on the board.

    To answer your question, though, yes, I do lift the weights. I've been at it since I was 16 (am now 31) but only weigh about 165 pounds.

    So its pretty clear that I've been doing something wrong.

    Not sure what that could be, really. I eat right, get enough sleep, vary my workouts, get really sore, yet don't overtrain. Ive tried creatine, but that doesn't really seem to help.

    Its a source of continual frustration for me, and since ive bored everyone I know in meatspace about it, I figured I'd start in on you guys.

    Any weightlifters out there have some good advice?

    0

    CM Players NYC Gathering

    in Combat Mission Archive #3 (2001)

    Posted

    <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Dan Lamb:

    Good points. I'm up for anything in that general vacinity... just hoping to make it convenient so I can swing by :D<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

    OK, ive done a little careful research of my own, and here is my proposal.

    There's a place called Burp Castle, on 7th St. between 2nd and 3rd that is relatively quiet and very uncrowded, nearly all the time.

    It serves a great variety of excellent beer, too. Their own version of Belgian Ales, plus actual Chimay, Duvel, etc.

    The folks who work there purport to be monks aand wear habits but arent.

    I know Burp Castle sounds Silly but it actually isnt. Here's a review

    "Burp castle (7th St between 2nd and 3rd ave) - Don't be put off by the name or tacky exterior (faux moat). Burp castle has one of the most extensive selections of belgian beer in the city. The waiters dress up like monks (there is even a bona fide hunchback), and the interlor is tastefully painted. you can even carry on a conversation over the classical music."

    What do you guys think?

    0

    CM Players NYC Gathering

    in Combat Mission Archive #3 (2001)

    Posted

    <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Dan Lamb:

    Hmmm... On the fifth of October I have class down on 13th until 9:00 and plans up in midtown at 9:30. That leaves just enough time to stop in and say hello, wherever the meeting convenes.

    May I suggest Old Town Bar... and excellent fin de siecle NYC setting now serving pumpkin ale. 45 E. 18th Street between Broadway and Park Ave. :cool:

    Village Voice 1999: Best 19th-Century Saloon - Old Town Bar You may remember it from the opening titles of Late Night With David Letterman: the Old Town Bar, a fixture in the Flatiron District since 1892. It's far more accessible than the overcrowded McSorley's, and the range of drinks is more copacetic as well. Remember that a quorum of three is required most times of day for the handsome dark-wood booths, and act accordingly. Note: the bar food is a notch above the usual. -Robert Sietsema

    <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

    Old Town is a good choice on any other day but on Friday it will be JAMMED and noisy as hell. Not sure we'd be able to snag a table or hear eachother talk.

    0

    CM Players NYC Gathering

    in Combat Mission Archive #3 (2001)

    Posted

    <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by PeterNZer:

    I will be in Manhatten as of next Friday smile.gif

    Some of the folks from Philly might drop by some time too. Although they are all Pengers, so should not be mixed with alcohol as per SOPs.

    o

    Facine

    ha! that should spur some debate!

    PeterNZ<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

    next friday? thats the 5th of October, right? I work on 19th and 5th, and can suggest some excellent places to meet up.

    Anyone else?

    0

    CM Players NYC Gathering

    in Combat Mission Archive #3 (2001)

    Posted

    Looks as if those guys in Washington actually pulled it off and had fun.

    Anyone in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens or the surrouding areas want to try to meet up for some beers and other refreshments?

    Distilled spirits? Baked meats of various sorts? The traditional Stews?

    Im sure that even now, our great metropolis is girding its loins to service us.

    Maybe we could use this thread as a com center to plan?

    0

    DOES CM SUPPORT VOODOO 3 ???????

    in Combat Mission Archive #3 (2001)

    Posted

    <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Kanonier Reichmann:

    Yes it does. I have a Voodoo 3/2000 and it works just fine with it. Just make sure you have the most up to date drivers and you shouldn't have a problem.

    Regards

    Jim R.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

    i used a 16 meg voodoo 3 3000 for month and months before I upgraded to a dell 8100 with a 32 meg card. the voodoo was fine for tiny and small battles. medium gave it small fits but it was doable.

    I had 32 megs of ram and a p2 233, so if you have better than that, you may find that a voodoo 3 is adequate. My experience is that you really want a 32 meg card, but YMMV.

    0

    How to make the AI Defend then counterattack

    in Combat Mission Archive #4 (2002)

    Posted

    <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by mikeadams:

    What is really needed is the ability to change the position of victory flags when specific conditions are met. maybe in some future rewrite BTS could allow scenario builders to reposition flags after a fixed number of terms, or when some morale level is reached. It would produce some very different play tactics<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

    And the ability to do some scripting as well would be nice...

    0
×
×
  • Create New...