Holien
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Move it or Lose It!!!
You can play this multiple times and it will not play the same.
I suggest playing it blind as it is serious fun blind.
South of Sword is also good and provides some interesting challenges.
H
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Warning Warning do not be fooled by the protestations of JK.
He has the boot... Occhhhh!!!!
I will be lucky to sneak a draw on this one. While he has lost a fair few men he has made up for it on vehicles which I have used poorly and now he has ammo and I have none. My fists are not strong enough and soon the flags will fall.
Anyway the turn has been sent back and we have 3 to do and I am truly sweating. Who knows how this will end. WB has balanced this well, or we have both played well and badly at times. So I am sure JK will take back all his complaints if he wins this!!
Anyway work calls...
H
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Bugger the Australians woke up...
Ahh well at least it has been contained.
As for men not using the damn weapons my Missues has heard me shout many a time fire damn you fire.
JK got off lightly the other night as I did the run close and pray routine on one of his little buggers.
Not a single poop.
Eventually the man with it died and I had to scurry back with a depleted squad.
How I resolve this type of thing in my mind is that the chap with it is not in the right position or right frame of mind to use it. Bear in mind those men are spread out and might not all have view to the target, or even want a view of the target.
So in my recent example my men ran into the house. The chap with the toy ran into the basement and hid until the sarge got him out and then they died just as they were getting ready to use it.
I must say however I have had some great success with Vets, Elite and Crack in the most difficult of situations.
Anyway just paint the picture in your mind of the situation portrayed and you can resolve anything this game does.
H
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<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Kingfish:
You wuss. I bet you had the misses kill that mole for you. Too afraid to walk out in the backyard, are we?<hr></blockquote>
ROFL
Look some men are born fighters and some are born luvers....
I fall into the second category....
So sod off and go and eat a fish or sumfink.....
H
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<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by CMplayer:
No way! We are flabby and soft. They were... they were...(splutter)... they were tougher somehow. They ate MARMITE for chrissakes.<hr></blockquote>
Look don't go the Marmite route as the damn Aussies will bring out the vegimite. It is a good job they are asleep at the moment and will likely miss this thread.
So folks please move on nothing to eat here!!!
H
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<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by CMplayer:
Stick a revolver into his groin, load him onto the lead tank and say 'tell us where the AT guns are, we start driving forwards in 5 minutes' and you're going first.<hr></blockquote>
Ahhh the man who knows what sort of prisoner he has and is sure he knows the answer.
LOL
What you did not know before driving away was the man knew how to cook and that was pretty much all he knew.
Well done....
H
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I agree with all of the above points and would ask that you remember the troops in WWII are not as trained profesionals troops you see today.
Today professional armies have years and years of training.
WWII those trained men had mostly (not all) been taken in combat and were spread thinly. Someone with more facts in their head will give the time in basic before being shipped to the front for the one the job training.
It would be like having yourself there after a brief period of training. I shut my eyes when using a blank firing pistol in a simulated combat situation where I can not possibly die.
If I could be killed I am not sure how I would hold it together.
Soldiers in WWII were like me and you, look around your work place and ask if your workmates would be any good fighting for their lives?
What CM and all the games model (or try to model) is nothing to the sheer terror of the situation we ask our pixels to fight through and demand to know why they fail.
H
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Ok Ok
I am practising my singing now, but the lads in the office don't think it is in "D Major".
I do hope there will be no silly initiation rituals.
I had enough of the ones I had to do to join the Coventry chapter of the Hells Angels.
As for "sweaty buttocks" we won't go there will we children.
:eek:
H
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Right,
Will that be outside or inside?
What entrance if there is more than one?
What will you be holding so that I may identify you.
That or post a link here, to the site you had showing your mugs at Bovington some time ago.
H
P.s. Any recommendations on parking nearby?
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ROFL....
JK Rocketman is truly talented. Have you ever wondered why his best work is early in the morning? He is reputed to be a West Coast man and his nocturnal habits could be linked to his twitterings.
Of course there are two sides to any story and mine will come out in due course. Needless to say there are things I would have done differently if I had been JK, would they have worked, who knows?
All we can do is wait until all the games for that scenario are played and see if all those playing the side JK played suffered the same fate.
Of course some of his musings are tongue in cheek (I would hope they were) and his real views may lie closer to the median. I await his AAR to see how he really thought about the game and see if he takes ownership for his actions.
Anyway I see in my Mail Box a turn from JK and Tom and I look forward to playing them on my return home tonight.
For Tom and George if you happen by this watering hole of innuendo my beloved is away in Paris from Friday to early Sunday. This means I can keep American time on Friday night and maybe Saturday depending on how much I drink at the London CM meet.
If you want to get some quick turns in, tell me a time and I shall do my best to be around to oblige. I have 2 and a bit weeks of play left before a lay off until the beginning of January.
Fishman you are so funny you could be a Brit as well. Our game was a blast and I have been sooo lucky in playing some nice friendly chaps, even CDIC.
KR if you are in Sydney I will be there for 10 or so days and will be visiting many bars, fancy a drink?
H
P.s. Just seen KR is in Adelaide which explains his British interest as it is the most British of all Aussie Cities.
I will be there over the weekend of 21st Dec sampling the wines and catching up with an old work colleague and his family and then upto Sydney for the 24th.[ 11-14-2001: Message edited by: Holien ]</p>
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Latest....
JK is using his final troops to charge my hapless defenders. I just hope they have enough strength in their fists!
No turns from George or Tom in a day or so. If you did not get my last e-mail please say and I will resend.
JK the video is on way to you and these last four turns will be crucial. As with all WB games they rarely end before the allotted time.
H
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Morning Update.
JK Rocket man is moaning big time and I think I will make him an honorary Brit. This will only come into effect if I can get him drinking some decent beer.
JK will now feel a stew being brewed at buildings near you as my three witches go to work cooking his forces. I just hope that he has no more surprises as I have the boot and want it to stay on my foot for the rest of the game.
I just want to publicly honour one unit that managed to kill (recorded) 18 plus of his men before they managed to sneak out the back door leaving 3 of their own. Good going chaps, the grenades down the stairwell worked wonders!!!
JK is an absolute gent and I look forward to the AAR, which should be soon as we have I think 7 turns to go, and he is turning them out daily.
Tom is sat back waiting for me to deal with him. I have sent in some flyboys who are for once not shooting at me, and not doing much to him. The game is still in the balance and could go either way.
George has been sent his turn and I am now in for a severe beating and just hope my lads can take it and hold onto what they have. There are about 15 turn’s left in that game and I might get it finished before the 6th Dec with a fair wind.
My AAR with CDIC is planned for this weekend as my beloved is in Paris and I have the pad all to myself, wondering how much she is spending.
Well back to work and I look forward to the next turns.
H
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I know people are busy with the new game but any news on this bug would be great to hear.
Bump.
H
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Just to add fuel to the fire I can say that they do not always work.
I have had a German Flame 1/2 track squirt several jets of liquid at several stone buildings and the jets failed to ignite the building. It was later taken out (same turn) by a Piat in the building I was trying to ignite and was I pissed.
So I do not think that they supress all the time.
As for the men dying with ease I agree they seem to be less resilent to gunfire and I put that down to them not being killed but dropping the tanks and running like mad when they come under fire. CM shows them as dead but that might not be the case, it is just that they have given up the fight.
I know if I had a man pack flammer given to me the first sign of serious gun fire in my direction would cause me to drop the pack and run like hell, before being engulfed by hell.
You can use them in the offensive role and in a recent game I used one to great effect to take a key position in two turns. I still lost a man (of the two man crew) in the attack but the effect and diversion (all gunfire from the enemy went towards the flammer crew) ensured my men at the back door came in unobserved.
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Jim get back to the gaols where you belong mate... "Put another barbie on the shrimp..."
As for JK he is not a normal American and I would like to meet him as there are so few of them.
JK As for your Red Dwarf question I think it was because they could not get the same actor for the following series, hence the switch.
I have just got back and laughed my socks off at JK's post. A fair rendition of my moanings and our game!!!
BTW your unfair X is XXckd and your turn awaits you. (Evil snigger...)
CDIC glad you are having some fun with JK Rocket man. Us Brits need to gang up on these damn chaps.
Sorry for the tardiness but I spent the weekend in a Jacobean mansion in Cumbria being shot at, and finally dying in a hail of gunfire in a bathroom. (Murder Mystery)
I am now ready to return to reality and send rounds flying.
Cheers
H
P.s Sent Out George's turn, YIKES!!!! And Hussah for the boys in blue in regards to the turn sent to Tom
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I strongly Recommend Trun,
But then again I could be after a free beer...
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Slightly off thread but about pillboxes.
Would people think IRL that you could knock out a HMG wooden bunker with one Piat round?
When you compare this to a HMG team in a heavy building which would not be knocked out by a single Piat round?
What do people think? Shold CM model that for HMG teams a single round knockout?
H
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Ahhh good then I have given nothing away and will escape sanction from those above.
Shhhhh Secrecy is everything.
H
(Could not resist, sorry, "resistance is usless" )
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Ahh is Peter in the running?
He is in another Section than mine so I should be ok talking limited XX and XX.
Of course I will ensure that I do not give him any hints about what he has to come to him? (Some of the scenario's are truely evil.)
I have started / nearing the end of all my games so I can talk about any game with someone who has completed that game too.
H
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As I am sat at work on a Friday and feel like doing an update here goes.
JK is throwing men my way and so far I am doing a good job at batting them back.
His XX is a pain in the derrier and will get a medal for what he has done so far, unless I can get my hot paws on him. Heh Heh...
His XX are also causing much loss to my X and unless I can declaw them they represent his best chance of victory from what I have seen so far.
Tom and I are trading X for X and so far he is slightly up on the trades. I hope that I can rectify that soon, but I need to be careful as they are dangerous cats with very sharp claws.
George and I are in a stalemate (or waiting game) and I feel a storm brewing and just hope I have battened down all the hatches to prevent my ship from sinking.
The AAR for CDIC is on hold although once this weekend is out of the way I should have some more free time and lots more the following weekend, barring the drinking time in London. So I can complete that epic tale.
I am off line this Saturday Day and Night and will be back online Sunday late day / early evening depending on the snow in Cumbria and traffic on the M6
H
P.s. Is it only our section that has the mouthy gits in it? How are the other sections progressing?
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<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Germanboy:
Not sure about my place - my lodger is off shagging moose in Calgary the next day, he may not be happy being disturbed in his anticipation.<hr></blockquote>
Hmmm you have a moose shagging lodger. Nice...
Just seen this little old thread and as you have kindly made it a Saturday when my beloveded (is that a word?) Is off in Paris shopping and no doubt spending I will drown my sorrows in a pub with the Brit CM community.
I will check out train times and see if I will train it or drive it.
Just tell me where and at what time and I will plan my weekend around it.
I will be seeking advice on how to defeat my opponents in my contest for a crate of SA wine.
H
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<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Holien:
Just seen my next turn for JK.
Thankyou WB Thankyou...
Not quite what I prayed for but beggars can not be choosers and I will make do...
Now Mr JK Rocket man the boot has been switched again!!!
Turn to follow in 9 Hours time.
H<hr></blockquote>
N.B. It has now gone 9 hours turns sent to JK and George and Toms will be out soon.
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This sounds good, and I hope you are able to post some snippets about the battles and how it all works.
When I get back from my walkabout I hope someone else will start a campaign so I can play too.
Great work and the map looks splendid.
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Just seen my next turn for JK.
Thankyou WB Thankyou...
Not quite what I prayed for but beggars can not be choosers and I will make do...
Now Mr JK Rocket man the boot has been switched again!!!
Turn to follow in 9 Hours time.
H
Taking prisoners
in Combat Mission Archive #3 (2001)
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<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by aka PanzerLeader:
I recently read a book about the SS Freiwilligen Legion "Flandern" and I clearly remember an episode where the Russians were preparing a massive attack and a company commander, desperate to get info (because he had experience of Russian maskirovka measures), asked a patrol to go out and get some Russian prisoners. The 5 man patrol approached the Russian lines at night (and thick fog too I believe), sneaked close to an isolated guard and KOed him with a rifle's butt. Then they dragged the body back to German lines. The patrol lost 1 man and another was wounded in the process.<hr></blockquote>
I don't doubt all of these types of missions but did they get anything useful?
I doubt it.
Will it be modelled in future releases?
Nope. I will bet money on that.
H