russellmz

hey, did you consider posting a link to yr faq every couple days/weeks, like in usenet? that way we can have fewer "want to play PBEM", "where's the air support" newbie type questions. ------------------ "They had their chance- they have not lead!" - GW Bush "They had mechanical pencils- they have not...lead?" - Jon Stewart on The Daily Show

parodies of saving private ryan and thin red line. (some cursing and two offending comments about war veterans, u have been warned): http://ter.air0day.com/thinredline.html http://ter.air0day.com/savingprivateryan.html ------------------ "They had their chance- they have not lead!" - GW Bush "They had mechanical pencils- they have not...lead?" - Jon Stewart on The Daily Show

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Pillar: He's talking about CM, right?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> remind me never to play a hotseat game on your 'puter. ------------------ "They had their chance- they have not lead!" - GW Bush "They had mechanical pencils- they have not...lead?" - Jon Stewart on The Daily Show

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by patboivin: This dates me, but we need Cylons too. And other types, like United Federation of Planets shock troops, etc. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> THE UFP has shock troops? i thought the goody-goody feds were never allowed to make anything cool...at least before DS9. Episode I wasn't that bad when i went in with low expectations after i saw the trailer revealed anakin flying a fighter in a space battle. ------------------ "They had their chance- they have not lead!" - GW Bush "They had mechanical pencils- they have not...lead?" - Jon Stewart on The Daily Show

drool...must...not...get...overexcited... are ya gonna do vader and the red imperial guards and bobba fett and the rebel commandos and snow troopers and gugans and wookies and and and...(russellmz passes out) ------------------ "They had their chance- they have not lead!" - GW Bush "They had mechanical pencils- they have not...lead?" - Jon Stewart on The Daily Show

my feeling is that the nationality quality is hard because of a large percentage of overlap in quality. let me use some fake numbers to give an example: the germs and us quality are identical bell curves, but the german bell curve is shifted 5% to the right, so they have more troops in each above average quality category. but 90%+ of the soldiers' quality is the same since the bulk of the bell curves overlap! only in the 99%+ range would we see a significant number of aces and bad-sses, but these rarely fight one-on-one battles with the top 99%+ of us bad-ssed troops. so that is why even though troop quality by nationality is shown in certain cases, experience, leaders, luck, and training have a much bigger effect.(the italians were not that lucky, trained, experienced IIRC) it also shows why the us break quickly but rally quickly effect (if their is one, i never heard of it till now) would not be that significant since the bulk of break/rally times among differing nationalities would be overlapping except for the very top of the bell curves. plus, i read in a former post that giving bonuses to certain units like the ss was illegal in some countries(can anyone confirm this?) since it basically counts as glorifying the ss. so the troop type of crack/reg/green seems to work out well IMHO. i hope i was clear here...if not, im used to it... ------------------ "They had their chance- they have not lead!" - GW Bush "They had mechanical pencils- they have not...lead?" - Jon Stewart on The Daily Show

to be honest, i was questioning whether it was in good taste or not to post. but i thought that since i pasted that little warning and i wondered if anyone knew the title i thought it would be ok. in the end i thought the The Gashleycrumb Tinies were more humorous than disturbing. since we are basically describing stuff that happens in cm (with a few exceptions, one in between eyes, ss said was to blame) it is kinda hard to make a case that it's horrible and in bad taste and then fire up cm and waste some germs/ameris/brits/poles/canadians with Tigers and 240mm rounds. IMHO i'm glad some people aren't as innoculated against violence and disturbing stuff as me ------------------ "They had their chance- they have not lead!" - GW Bush "They had mechanical pencils- they have not...lead?" - Jon Stewart on The Daily Show

verse, huh? hmmmm. not as good as Chupacabra's but... Alf who the SS said was to blame Bernhard who was hit with flame Clemens who led the last attack Dieter who left a Tiger hit in the track Eugen who was too slow in retreating Fritz who received an artillery beating Gottfried who had too much courage Heinz who waltzed into the bocage Ingo whose Lynx wasn't very strong Joachim who stayed in the building too long Karl who didn't like the Jabo Ludwig who ran out of ammo Martin who didn't see the sharpshooter's gun Nikolausr who refused to run Otto who laughed at the Sherman Per who was misidentified by Herman Quentin who was too panicky Rudolf who got ahead of the infantry Sigmund who missed the Firefly with his 'faust Tobias who tried to win an Iron Cross Ulf who had too much faith in his Panther Volker who met a tank destroyer Wolfgang who saw a 155mm at Aachen Xavier who mocked his captor and his Bren Yorick who still carried his MG-42 Zeke(german name?)who stepped on duds with his shoe ------------------ "They had their chance- they have not lead!" - GW Bush "They had mechanical pencils- they have not...lead?" - Jon Stewart on The Daily Show

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by PeterNZer: haha brilliant Chupie PeterNZ<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> i agree! thanks for the info, going to look it up now. ------------------ "They had their chance- they have not lead!" - GW Bush "They had mechanical pencils- they have not...lead?" - Jon Stewart on The Daily Show

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Bruno Weiss: The Brighters versus the Dimmers. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> i prefer the term 'realistic crowd' myself. ------------------ "They had their chance- they have not lead!" - GW Bush "They had mechanical pencils- they have not...lead?" - Jon Stewart on The Daily Show

i remember once seeing a fairly disturbing/funny poster that had the death of cartoon people named for each letter of the alphabet: francis who met up with a stranger, george who drank too much gin, harold who poked himself in the eye, etc. i forgot the name of it does anybody know? it was all black, with white drawings of the people before their ends. it's title was something like the "grisly grimley's"... since i was bored i made up my own grimly/grisly cm names : (german version) if you're easily disturbed by a one ine sentence describing a death, don't read on. Alf who stayed in the bunker Bernhard who got flamed Clemens who couldn't see the sharpshooter Dieter who ran into an ambush Eugen who was too slow in retreating Fritz who wanted to see the artillery barrage Gottfried whose Mark IV brewed up Heinz who ran out of ammo Ingo who stayed in the building too long Joachim who refused to run Karl who led the attack Ludwig who was too brave Martin who abandoned his Tiger Nikolausr who missed the Firefly Otto who didn't like Jabos Per who laughed at the Shermans Rudolf who got ahead of the infantry Sigmund who panicked Tobias who tried to earn a medal Ulf who had too much faith in his Panther Volker who still carried his MG-42 Wolfgang who ignored the sound contact Xavier who tried to cross the open field ------------------ "They had their chance- they have not lead!" - GW Bush "They had mechanical pencils- they have not...lead?" - Jon Stewart on The Daily Show [This message has been edited by russellmz (edited 10-28-2000).]

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Bruno Weiss: Hey Tiger, is this the one on MadMatt's site? I think that is what I'm using. Just curious. I'm one of the Mod addicts. Gimme gimme gimme Ooops, just read Mord's post. Nah Mord, you ain't stupid, I typed mine above before I read yours. Or I guess that makes me stupider. "Duh, dis my odder brodder Daryl". <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> odder? i thought it was "other"...i still thinks it's funnier as other ------------------ "They had their chance- they have not lead!" - GW Bush "They had mechanical pencils- they have not...lead?" - Jon Stewart on The Daily Show

what, no cageful of rats and recitation of nonsensical math equations? ------------------ "They had their chance- they have not lead!" - GW Bush "They had mechanical pencils- they have not...lead?" - Jon Stewart on The Daily Show

it is very possible. my wwii history prof managed to get my class onto a national guard base where they watched m1a1's fire at stuff. i (of course), had a lot of hw from other classes and i had to forego the trip ) u probably just have to ask the closest base to you that has actual live fire training. as for being in a bunker while it's being shelled fun, yeah it sounds crazy as . but it's probably safer than my predilection to crossing the street at the dont walk sign. ------------------ "They had their chance- they have not lead!" - GW Bush "They had mechanical pencils- they have not...lead?" - Jon Stewart on The Daily Show

not bad, i like most of the one colors grays. however, i couldn't tell the diff with the dusk one. also,(warning hyper nitpick: prepare yourself) do the stars in the night version form astrological signs? i couldn't tell if those three stars were orions belt, or if it was just three stars in a row. does it have a north star over the north compass? do they change with the seasons...(okay, ignore those last 2 questions, that's just sick that i asked that ) ------------------ "They had their chance- they have not lead!" - GW Bush "They had mechanical pencils- they have not...lead?" - Jon Stewart on The Daily Show

those skies look nice..."ringlets" could be modified to represent b-17 wing flying over ------------------ "They had their chance- they have not lead!" - GW Bush "They had mechanical pencils- they have not...lead?" - Jon Stewart on The Daily Show

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Von Brizee: "I'm NOT sending MY guys in there!" <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> heehee, don't forget the illegal orders: execute the prisoners...gonna be taken personally when he has your name ------------------ "They had their chance- they have not lead!" - GW Bush "They had mechanical pencils- they have not...lead?" - Jon Stewart on The Daily Show

ok my IE works at ftp again and i got the new bases. thanks for the effort guys! ------------------ "They had their chance- they have not lead!" - GW Bush "They had mechanical pencils- they have not...lead?" - Jon Stewart on The Daily Show

oh, i get it now! player a giver orders to his platoon, saves the file, sends to player b who giver orders and saves, etc...cool ------------------ "They had their chance- they have not lead!" - GW Bush "They had mechanical pencils- they have not...lead?" - Jon Stewart on The Daily Show edited because for some reason i replied to my own post...weird [This message has been edited by russellmz (edited 10-26-2000).]

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Manx: We're all sitting on the edge of our seats wondering just how the hell this is going to work! ....but good luck to you guys anyway.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> yeah, that guy in the other posts was pretty mean but i had the same question about how you were going to get your players to give separate orders...are going to look at each guy's PBEM file and then give all the same orders in one file?(i didn't see how u were going to do it last time i looked at yr webpage) ------------------ "They had their chance- they have not lead!" - GW Bush "They had mechanical pencils- they have not...lead?" - Jon Stewart on The Daily Show

thanks for the comments. i tell ya with SAG on strike on, i used regular troops at first. big mistake. it took forever for them to move out and they did so at differing rates. finally i used elite and i wrapped up in less than half an hour. now, i always liked playing cm, but i really actually want to direct... yup your trees. hmmm...IE worked on the ftp site before but now it doesn't. was it gmk_treebase_v2.zip? i already got that...guess i didn't unzip those yet... ------------------ "They had their chance- they have not lead!" - GW Bush "They had mechanical pencils- they have not...lead?" - Jon Stewart on The Daily Show [This message has been edited by russellmz (edited 10-26-2000).]

http://www.geocities.com/russellmz/images/combatmission/letterbox.jpg http://www.geocities.com/russellmz/images/combatmission/letterboxbw.jpg two jpg's, screen size images gimme yr opinion on which i should use. im leaning to color, gunslinger mod at dusk looks pretty cool. ------------------ "They had their chance- they have not lead!" - GW Bush "They had mechanical pencils- they have not...lead?" - Jon Stewart on The Daily Show [This message has been edited by russellmz (edited 10-26-2000).]

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Snake Eyes: The round had entered the turret front and exited the back! <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> good thing there wasn't MORE armor, it might have gone in and rattled around a bit...lucky as hell. ------------------ "They had their chance- they have not lead!" - GW Bush "They had mechanical pencils- they have not...lead?" - Jon Stewart on The Daily Show

i wa swondering: are pics like my screenshot too big? it loads up fine on my school's bad-ss connection, but how long does it take on 56k modems? should the images be smaller, like half the size i got nnow ------------------ "They had their chance- they have not lead!" - GW Bush "They had mechanical pencils- they have not...lead?" - Jon Stewart on The Daily Show

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by ScoutPL: I want to make sure I understand so I dont have to get involved in a hugging session like you and russel before I let loose.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> TOO LATE! (- hug -) (pause) what's the hell's that smell? ------------------ "They had their chance- they have not lead!" - GW Bush "They had mechanical pencils- they have not...lead?" - Jon Stewart on The Daily Show