Terence

Well, its nicer than "foul-smelling grog," I suppose. [ August 15, 2002, 11:52 AM: Message edited by: Terence ]

And yet, compared to YOU our intellects, or particularly mine, stand forth like a grand edifice. I am a great blazing sun of knowlege and perception, compared to which the tiny flickering match of your mind is a pale weak thing ineed. To put it more vulgarly, lackwit, none of these lawsuits are true, and none of these people are real. Toddle off back to the sandpit.

But thats because the lot of you don't have the combined brainpower to tell time.</font>

But thats because the lot of you don't have the combined brainpower to tell time.

And I seriously doubt you use makeup at all. Or soap for that matter. Not that it will matter when you start work stacking boxes at Walmart. *sigh* These proles are so tedious.

If its polite we're supposed to be, someone should tell all the guys typing "Sod Off" in big letters to cease and desist. And there is the matter of Brothel Boy ... Of course, out of deference to your delicate sensibilities and teetering sanity, we modestly turn our eyes and morbid fascinations from the howling pit of depravity that you facetiously call your "love life."

I see bristly dark hairs protruding through a crust of drying foundation.

Pah! You're pissing hopelessly into the wind, lad. Sir AJ Knight of the HoB</font>

Oooh! Another Peng Thread!! How exciting. It would be ever so Jolly and Fun to play a game of Combat Mission against a Cess Pooler. Why? Because the happy Cess Poolers are so clever and silly! Silly Cess Poolers! Lets have a happy fun game of Combat Mission and giggle at all the cute taunting.

I was a sociology major in college, yea these many moons ago. This is more like developmental psych. Or abnormal psychology.

Same basic configuration but different plumbing. They own more shoes than we do.

O **** (where is thy sting?). Was this the Peng Challenge Thread's latest incarnation? I thought it was something else entirely. Forget I said anything.

Sodding off, sir. In the meantime, fancy a Jolly Game of Combat Mission? It would be immensely convivial.

Well, VOT is a bear from either side. Watch out for tons of falling high explosive.

I thought Sodball WAS a girlie. He pouted and shrieked so piteously when I beat the tar out of him last time... Unless you care for a rematch to try to remove the blot from the escutcheon, old bean?

Hey we can't think like the Red Army or Soviet head honchos here. "Yes, infantry very good in Red Army. Enemy fire NOT problem. After the first wave, we send the second. Then the third. Then the fourth. They pave the way for the fifth, you know, comrade. Then we send the..." and so on. I care about my little polygon men!</font>

I definitely agree with this. I hesitate to speak for anyone else, but I can confirm that surprise attacks of SMG-bearing infantry and a platoon of tanks definitely put kinks in my plans. It seems that the changes to FOW and MG firepower might make the more set-piece assaults more possible, and so we might see the tankodesantniki employed on our computer screens in much the same fashion as they were in history.

Thanks to you all for your swift and informative replies. Do the the changes to MGs and the firepower model that lets suppression happen more generally and at higher ranges, may make the lifespan of the average CMBB tankodesantnik longer than we find in CMBO? My understanding is that Defenders may be more suppressed by attacker fire --as Andreas explains. Can anyone correct me, or confirm? It also makes sense that when the bullets are flying around, the smart infantryman gets on the ground or moves to cover, and doesn't stay sitting on top of a large metal box, especially one that attracts enemy fire.

If memory serves, in CMBO a really good way to get your men shot to bits is to ride them into harms way, embarked on a tank. Whenever I've transported men into way of shot and shell, either by getting ambushed or early on when I was learning what worked, I paid for it heavily. The troops riding tanks are exposed and very vulnerable to small arms fire and arty. But I read a mention in another post about SMG bearing Russian tank riding forces, and I was wondering if there was anything different about the Russian tanks -- ie. modifications that made the troops safer? OR are tank-riding troops in CMBO too vulnerable to enemy small arms fire? OR does the player with the tank riding troops just take heavy casualties and write them off as the price of doing business OR, (I just thought of this) did tank riders not ride right into range of enemy small arms? Did they dismount before reaching that point?

The CMBB sounds great, but I have to correct you on one issue. What you had is not barbecue, but grilled meats. Of course, a grill is just as delicious in its own way, and I mean no disprespect, and of course, as a European (barely one step up from Yankee) you are not expected to know the difference. For future reference however, grilling is done over coals with direct heat. It usually happens quite quickly, with the meats being cooked within several minutes. Barbecue, often abbreviated BBQ or just 'cue, uses (this is key) indirect heat to slowly break down the meat over hour and hours. Still, I wish I'd been there.

Neeuuuuuuu Jersey!!! My God!! We're not barbarians you know. How about Brooklyn?