Glider Rider

Can't forget BTS's earlier releases. "Achtung Spitfire!" still has a home on my hard drive.Tweaked until perfect.

I remember buying Sierra's "Outpost", only to find that the game had been shipped missing features required for even basic play. I'm not talking about bugs or hardware conflicts. I'm talking about loading the game and realizing within 15 minutes that procedures necessary for colony survival had not been coded into the game. Procedures listed in the rule book no less. Yeah, this is a common occurence. But I was new to comp games, and to me it was like Avalon Hill producing a board game and intentionally leaving out the counters. It was almost a year before I bothered to take a chance on another computer game.

FWIW I found this anecdote at the For Him magazine site (www.fhmus.com)under the "True Stories" link. Sounds a little too good to be true, but funny nonetheless... As a young gunner, I was operating a battle tank on a live firing exercise when we were told that an important general was coming to visit. After a few hours, the order came through to cease fire, and the tanks rumbled out of the greenery to form a neat line for the general's arrival. He came in by helicopter and, with a small, yappy Scottish terrier under his arm, he made his way along the tanks, briefly introducing himself to everyone. When he reached our tank, he climbed aboard for a quick look around and patted us all on the back before quickly heading back to his helicopter for an aerial view of our target practice session. As we advanced into position, I saw my first target and shouted up to the loader to arm the gun. After reaching in the charge bag, however, he suddenly withdrew his hand with a loud scream, and I turned to see the general's dog with its teeth firmly clamped on my irritable partner's arm. Angry beyond belief, he pushed the dog into the barrel of the 120mm gun, slammed the breach closed, looked at me and bellowed, "Fire!" In the heat of the moment, I nodded grimly and pulled the trigger. The slobbering pup left our tank at Mach three, and the spotters radioed through that the general was impressed by our accuracy. Name and address withheld [This message has been edited by Glider Rider (edited 11-17-2000).]

Tigers come roaring Silhouettes against the sun I run my ass off

Sent the turn SF. Let me know if there are any problems. <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Wayne: Do what I do, write your passwords on a piece of paper and tape it to the front of your monitor or put them into a notebook and leave it nearby. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Actually, I branded it on the inside of my arm with a cigarette. Wish I had read your suggestion first. [This message has been edited by Glider Rider (edited 09-22-2000).]

Hey Mark! I want to apologize about the delay in our PBEM. I've sent 3 E-mails but you apparently haven't received them. Not an unusual situation with my server unfortunately. Well , time to embarrass myself publicly, I guess. I apparently entered the wrong password on our setup, and I can't access the files. Yup, this idiot pretty much forgot his password. If you'd like to send me a new setup that would be fine. If you are too busy I can simply enter the game as a loss on T-House. It's the least I can do. Sorry about the situation, and it won't happen again. Glider

"Actually Gary Simpson in "Tiger Ace" identifies THAT tank as the one Wittmann abandoned (I'm sure because of the blown-off commanders hatch)- though if his credibility is as shoddy as his writing he is dead wrong." Unfortunately, I bought that book the moment I saw it. Can't comment on his credibility, but Koko the gorilla could communicate better than that poor fellow. [This message has been edited by Glider Rider (edited 09-19-2000).] [This message has been edited by Glider Rider (edited 09-19-2000).]

I'm no expert, but I love those fast little Stuarts and Greyhounds. Sure it's like bringing daggers to a swordfight. But if you can survive flanking a panzer, you can stab him to death with those rapid fire pop-guns. Just gotta keep them moving though. Got this game about two weeks ago and haven't stopped playing it. Referred to my girlfriend as "my snug little foxhole". Hilarity did not ensue, so looks like I'll be taking an enforced break.