OGSF

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Big Time Software: OGSF will be happy to know that he pointed out a nice little bug with bazookas hitting the back doors of bunkers. No idea when this stopped working, but the fix was rather easy. It will be in 1.1.Steve<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Thanks Steve, I do bugs for a living. I'll be sure to run a regression test after the next load is delivered. :^) OberGrupenStompinFuhrer

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Mace: OK, then I can call you a Yank from now on? Mace<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Turn it up Macey me ol' china - nothing less than "Septic" will do, eh? And what's with askin' the bludger "Please Sir, can I call you a "Yank"?"? Whaddya expect him to say? "Quite all right Mr Mace, join me in a nice cup of tea?"? He's up and called you banana bending, crow eating, mexican bastards a "pommie". Sheepshagger might not mind, but stone the flamin' crows, where is the immediate challenge to fill the mongrel in with a PBEM? OberGrupenBloodyStompinFeuhrerSicBastardDundee

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by nijis: Beginner's luck, Mr Ogspiffle? What you saw was an assertive armored thrust into your soft mushy bits. It don't take no Church of Scotland presbyter to know what kind of punishment you're predestined for in the near future. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> An assertive thrrrust was it? Racin' ye tin can in tae the middle o' tha map, dumpin' your poor wee soldiers, then reverrrsing back as far as ye could gae? Findin' tha' your sacrificial lambs ha' nae been slaughtered, ye cam creepin' back leek sam repentant crack-whore, knowin' full well ye'll bolt agin when tha bullet's began tae fly. Tha reason mah bits were soft an' musheh, as cos mah wee fellahs widnae there, ya papyrus scratchin' hack. Tha question yoo need tae be askin', as which o' mah exposed flanks are OGSF's brave laddies approachin'? Prepare tae be annihilated. MacOberGrupenBloodyStompinFeuhrerSicBastard

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Mace: Hmmm, 3 consecutive posts by Aussies! Aussie! Aussie! Aussie!.....<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Tha'd be four noo, feeve if'n we count yours...sax if'n we count this un as waill. Sae heere's a wee song.... Come on Aussie com eon, come on, Come on Aussie come on! Repeat antull ye fall doon passed oot o' yer beer soaked meend. MacOberGrupenBloodyStompinFeuhrerSicBastard

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Hakko Ichiu: As to taunting, laddie, it's quality, not quantity that counts, and any one post of yours on this thread has more quality prose and poetry than I could hope to produce in a month of Sundays communing with the ghost of Bobby Burns. So put that in your sporran and smoke it. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Tha's Mr Rabbie Burrrns tae yoo, ya scabbed kneed cigar smokin' Sassanach! Ah'm noo surpraised ye knoo sae much aboot gutter's an' the habit's associated wi' 'em either. As tae mah warrior diary... StukaPukaPants Has aboot three wee laddies an' two mooves tae try an' keep 'em aleeve. Did Ah mention tha' Ah wiped oot all his armor wi' me poor outnumbered soldiers? Speedy Is viewing the third movie o' the gam in shock Ah'd reckon. Bastabubbles Hae gan tae groond lak a winged grouse...nae turrrns fer days. Lorak Tha dyin' o' his wee soldiers ha' temporarily ceased cos Ah nae received a turrn frae him fer days noo as waill. Ah'm sure at will resume darectly. Meeks Bah his ain admission Ah've go' his number. Whain he returrns frae clamberin' aboot wee hills Ah'll finish him orf. Hiram Sedai A daft and funny bugger. The Kannigget Joust continues ain it's inimitabley borin' way. Ah could tell ye tha' Ah've disembowelled tha majority o' his men, boot tha' waild be a lee. Ah've hardly sain his green French things (och). Nijis Ah'm expectin' a sharp dose o' beginner's luck frae this laddie, seems the wah o' it, eh Speedy? Ainly tha firrst move sae far, sae ainy dyin' as premature. An' noo a wee song fer tha lassies... Weel ye gang tae tha heelands Leezie Lindsay, Will ye gang tae tha heelands wi' mae, Will ye gang tae tha heelands Leezie Lindsay Mah breed an' mah darlin' tae be. Tae gang tae the heelands wi' yoo Sir, Boot brangs a wee tear tae mah eye, aye, Ah've met in the green glens an' tha woodlands, Ain streams o' mae ain country... Ah'll shae ye tha red deer a-roamin' On moontains where wave tha tall pine And as far as the boonds o' tha red deer Lak moorland an' moontain as main.... SANG!!! Ye loch scum lappin' slurpers! Wee lassies excepted o' course. MacOberGrupenBloodyStompinFeuhrerSicBastard

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Seanachai: Let us now return to the normal business of this Thread, whatever that has become...<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Weell it's nae tauntin', tha's fer cerrtain. There are some kanniggets around this place that seem tae think it's alright tae stick their wet heads in here, criticize the standard o' posts, and bugger off agin. Aye, Hakka Itchy Choo, Ah'm referrin' tae yoo. If'n ye not playin' an' tauntin' members o' the 'Pool, ye can sod off. Ah would much prefer if instaid of finding feeve noo pages o' ****e in here tamorrow evenin', Ah found just three posts o' clever tauntin'. Af kanniggethood is tae be earned, then Ah think the retention o' the title should also be earned. The rest o' ye can go dunkin' fer apples in the 'Pool. Lassies excepted o' course. MacOberGrupenBloodyStompinFeuhrerSicBastard

Got 'em! Thanks Kitty.

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Stuka: Why yes I would care for a QB and/or scenario, only not with you....Now sod off a lot. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> StukaNukaPukaPants.... instaid o' blatherin' on here lak some crippled digger full o' piss an' wind, how aboot sending mae a bloody turrrn sae Ah kin finish smearin' ye across the muddy landscape? Firrst, Ah'll wipe oot ye tanks and...oh wait, Ah've already done tha'...well Ah'll kill all ye soldiers an'....oooh noo, Ah've already done tha' too..., well just sand mae the bloody turrn! MacOberGrupenBloodyStompinFeuhrerSicBastard

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by nijis: All right, Mr. OberDyslexicFeuhrer[sic]Bastard, Blah! Blah! Blah! Consider yourself challenged. [This message has been edited by nijis (edited 11-19-2000).]<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Who are yoo callin' a sic bastard? Aim scarcely impressed wi' ye tauntin', but it's slightly be'er than the boiled tripe tha's been shovelled onto the last few pages o' this stankin' thraid. Ah'm gonna gi' ye' tha thrashin' ye've bin beggin' fer, if ainly cos it' will amuse mah tae hear ye squealin' tae the banjo music! Send mae a setoop, attack or defence, 800 pts and anythan' ye lak sae long as the wee soldiers are medium quality. Ah'll no wast mah tam wi' grrreen rrrubbish. An' while ye in the pool there, widye swam oot and brak oop that large thang floatin' o'er yonder. Ah'd suggest ye employ a haid butt fer the task MacOberGrupenBloodyStompinFEuhrerBastard

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by nijis: After much observation of the Cesspool, I would like to wade in and get my feet wet. Blah! Blah! Blah! Anyone care for a QB and/or scenario?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Ye'll ha' tae be more obnoxious than that, Jimmy! It's nae a garrden tea party ye knoo. Na came o'er here and stan' bah the edge here... *push* *kaSPLOOOOSH!!!* An' let that be a lesson tae ye. MacOberGrupenBloodyStompinFeuhrerBastard

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Juardis: You can only enter a building from the outside. Once you know that fact, then you can plan accordingly. It's very important in a scenario such as "A Second Job" where it's a city battle with plenty of adjacent buildings. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> I agree this needs to be taken into account as the game model now stands. However, "mouseholing" or blasting through adjoining walls to get from building to building was a tactic specifically developed by the Americans in the ETO 1944. Streets *were* death traps, covered by machineguns etc. For urban warfare to be properly modelled this ability needs to be included. However, I believe the ability ought to be restricted to engineer squads, and so that they can "target" a wall for demolition, without blowing up the whole building! OberGrupenStompinFeuhrer

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Bobbaro: I recall reducing one bunker with a flamethrower,and another with a U.S. parachute squad.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Do you remember what the parachute squad did to kill the pillbox? Was the pillbox cement or "sticks"? What weapon did they use to kill it? OGSF

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by *Captain Foobar*: You have two choices: Believe a bitter Lawyer, who has been smacked down hard. Believe an honest, working class CM player, who is much like yourself. Greedy as all hell, and chomping at the bit to take what is rightly mine.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> That's only one choice. There are two things there to choose from. If there were only one thing, then there would not be a choice. Not that it matters, I just always wanted to say "That's only one choice". :^) OGSF

I am wondering about the way pillboxes are modelled in CM:BO, in particular relating to their "robustness" and the tactics needed to knock them out. Whenever I have used them, or attacked them, they seem to succumb very easily to long range direct fire from AFVs'. Tanks seem to have little trouble putting shells through the firing slit, usually in three or less shots. Perhaps the advantage of using pillboxes lies in defence against infantry and / or artillery. However, this seems moot as tanks invariably are available to take on the pillbox. Which leads me to consider tactics as used in the ETO in 1944/45 vs what works in CM:BO. According to Doubler in "Closing with the Enemy", when assaulting pillboxes artillery fire and mortars would force the crews of pillboxes to close the embasures. After the barrage moved on, TDs' would put direct fire on pillboxes to prevent the crews from manning their heavy weapons. Specially trained assault infantry would then move in under the covering fire and use bazookas, satchel charges and flame throwers to break in the back door of the pill box. At this point the crew usually surrendered. Doubler says that the average time to reduce a pillbox was 30 minutes, using these tactics. This does not really compare to the one or two minutes pillboxes have survived in my games (whether I attack them or use them). I have flanked pillboxes in games and had a bazooka team target the rear of the pillbox. All the bazooka team did was expnd their ammunition against the reinforced concrete casing, instead of blasting in the back door. So my conclusion would be that pillboxes in CM do not extend the life of the gun inside by very much as they are very susceptible to direct fire from armour, but are impervious to infantry assault. I was wondering what other's experiences are, whether pillboxes in CM need to be "tweaked" in future versions of the game, if the AIs' ability to reduce pillboxes needs to be improved, or if they are just fine the way they are. My own take is that direct fire from tanks and TDs' ought to suppress the crew inside, but a kill through the firing slit should be quite rare. I also would like to see bazooka and engineer troops have the "AI sense" to blow in the back door of pillboxes, effectively causing the crew to surrender. OberGrupenStompinFeuhrer

I remember the initial Lawyers Cup challenge like it was two months ago. So it has come to this. I obviously cannot vote for the Lawyer, because he allowed himself to be beaten. More to the point, he is a Lawyer. Captain Foobar's game sounds like a weasel shooting chickens in a barrel with a large rock. I like it. He did not come out and fight like a man, but skulked about like a snivelling sniveller snivelling snivellishly. And so as the prize of my vote wafts tantalizingly close to his scrabbling paws, I wisk it away for another.... Mannheim Tanker...as Christmas approaches and the jolly season of strange rituals begins, I know that once again I will be subjected to endless renditions of syruppy music courtesy of my darling wife's Mannheim Steamroller collection. Thank you for having a name which prompts such a painful memory and angst filled anticipation. Much like the dweeb who, on a Sunday evening end of a rollicking weekend, announces to all in a whiney voice.."Work tomorrow!". May all your sores burst at the same instant of agony. Which leaves Mark IV. Who never did a nice thing for me except mention once long ago that "he liked the hamster theme". Which is enough for me. My vote goes to Mark IV. If anyone's got a problem with that, I'll see you in the Cesspool. OberGrupenStompinFeuhrer

It's happenin' agin! On a week day you backslidin' crowd o' jammy bastards'll post feeve pages of tripe, yet on a weekend ye kin barely scratch oot feeve single porsts! And haf o' thaim are fraim snivelling buggerers o' wee animals that ha' leaked in fraim ootside! Ah want tae knoo who's gettin' their arses kacked and whose makin' the baist excooses fer it! Ah'm nae inturested an anythin' said bah non-squires, kanniggets or lords. An another thing...Ah've go' ten gams on at the moment, boot Ah've sain more mooves out o' a geriatric Japanese peasant lassie! If'n mah opponent's nae climbin' Ben Everest, they're gaddin' aboot some tank museum in Moscow! Yoo that are laift, send mae a bloody turrrn, ye cowerring swine! All taigether noo.... Ah'll tak the hee road Ahnd yoo'll tak the loow road An Ah'll bai in Pengdom aforrrrrrre ye! Mae an' mah bonnie... SANG! Ye furrrtive fondlers o' floofy ferrrets! Didnae mak mae cam o'er therrre! MacOberGrupenBloodyStompinFeuhrerBastard [This message has been edited by OGSF (edited 11-19-2000).]

I looked at these a little while back. Couldn't make up my mind between the "Ultimate Soldier" packs, which are the 12" GI Joe type models or the 1/18th scale. I went back today and bought the 1/18th Panther, a Sherman, a Kubelwagen, a Jeep and about four or five German infantry (mauser, MP-44, MG-42, panzerfaust) and a GI. Actually bought two Shermans', one for my brother-in-law. I expect I'll go and get the Bf-109 and the rest of the set. Maybe another Panther, and another couple of Shermans. And some extra infantry.... I'm hoping they'll do the Brits as well....a Spitfire would be cool. I am amazed at the detail and quality. I don't really see them as toys for kids, they'll break too easy. They strike me much more as grognard gear. :^) OberGrupenStompinFeuhrerBastard

Great job Kitty, and the quality is tops. I will get the set when MadMatt puts them up! Who would have thunk it....from a tiny acorn a mighty oak tree grows. :^) OberGrupenStompinFeuhrer (original poster of "SS are overpriced hamsters" thread)

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Seanachai: A backpacked figure makes its way through a dark and formless landscape. The terrain is completely zzzz!zzzzz!zzzz!zzzzz!zzzz! to make something of themselves? Berli: How 'bout a QB? Peng: Why not, I believe I'll win this time. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Ah fail trooly blessed tae ha' such a talent as this hangin' aboot tha Pool. Blessed lak a man in an iron lung ais bleesed tae have a mirror above his haid. Boot Ah fear thaht the message wull be lorst on many o' the fetid scum in this plaice, ainly cos there were nai pictures fer their wee mainds tae look at. Boot 'nuff o' this soppy ****e, in mah PBEMs... Stuka Ahs the final press o' mah hobnail boot squeezes doon, the last o' his men began tae burrrst lak green grapes. SpeedyAs aboot tae discover how lucky he wa' in our firrrst gam. MeeksHe as destroyed, Ahm jest waitin' fer him tae return fraim clamberin' aboot the Bens. Hiram Sedai Ah nootice thet Sir Lorak, the ainly Kannigget worrrthy o' mah respect (an' mah sponsor), has ommitted the "Sedai" fraim "Hiram Sedai" in tha promulgation of our joust on hais Cesspool page. Ah think tha' needs correctin'. Meanwhal, we've sloowed doon our gam tae gi' Crodadendrun's proton sized brain somethang tae fret aboot. Lorak Ah respaict him, boot Ah'm still killin' his men. Bastables He thinks he's winnin', lak a wee rat thinks he's won tha cheese in a trrrap. As fer the rest o' ye..... hootsmonochayethanoo! Tha wee lassies excepted o' course. MacOberGrupenBloodyStompinFeuhrerBastard

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Croda: Point of Order for the 'Pool: Ah think ye'll find thaht a spotty faced squire wi' his skid marrrked underpants jammed oop his cleft chin is nai qualified to be pointin' anything fer the Pool Does anyone actually read OhGoshI'mAScottishFreak's crazy-ass Scottish ramblings? I can't get through them without getting Vertigo. Ah'm sorry CrodaRhodaSodaFarter, ye've obviously mistaiken ma fer someone who gives a flyin' shat wha' ye bloody think. I'm ainly mildly anterested in that "Vertigo" remarrrk, cos it might mak ye throw oop and choke on ye ain vomit. Boot "mildly" is perhaps a wee bit too strang a worrrd.. Here's a suggestion for you: Take your sorry, OnTheGroundSuckingFarts ass home to your PC, play Hiram's turn and send it back so that you two can get your challenge over with. Hiram, you go home too. Stuka and I will finish before you at the rate of 1 turn per day, and we started well after you. Yer a sorry wee talentless piece o' ****e on a shaggy cow's arrrse, are'nt ye? StukaPukaPants'll kick yer whiney arrrse all over the map, if ainly cos he's an Aussie. An Ah dinnae give a cat's pee sandwhich if yer finish yer gam firrst or never.....Mr Hiram Sedai and Ah'll play our ain gam in our ain tam. An ye can go molest yersailf wi' a stick. And, OhMyGAmIAStoopidF***, stop with the Scottish! <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Sod yoo Jimmy! Did ye pet sea monkey dah and mak yoo king? Ah've bad noos fer ye, Crodadendrun, the used hankie in yer handbag has demanded a recount. Whain Ah firrrst saw yer post, Ah thought ye were askin' fer a PBEM. But Ah've checked yer record on Lorak's Cesspool page and frankly, Ah'd no' waste mah tam wi' ye. Come back when ye've actually won a game and grown a pair. MacOberGrupenBloodyStompinFeuhrerBastard [This message has been edited by OGSF (edited 11-17-2000).] [This message has been edited by OGSF (edited 11-17-2000).] [This message has been edited by OGSF (edited 11-17-2000).]

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Stuka: I must concur with you Herr Speedy, that rat bastard OFGS dared scoff at my "9", now who's laughing fat boy? A "6", MUHAHAUAHAHUAHAHAHHhhhaaaa....! Stick that in your Rastafarian pipe and suck hard! <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Ye cannae be serious!?!? Ah wipe ye snotty nose on mah kilt in our firrst gam, and noo I've wiped oot ye armoured attack wi mai infantry in our second gam, and ye stick ye haid oop here lak some brain daid ferret bein' goosed?? Naxt ye'll be squeakin' on aboot hoo Speedy's ye hero an' ye want tae have his wee bairns fer 'im! Af'n ye think "9" was bad, stand by fer ye naxt scorre! MacOberGrupenStompinFeuhrerBastard

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Speedy: Ah but laddy with that scoreline I don't need to taunt.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Oooooh! Will somebody nae hold mai? I feel soo, soo..."taunted"! Here...poot this haggis on ye haid and Ah'll see aff Ah kin hit it wi' this caber! Ah set fire tae the ainly cover available tae me, then charge ye entranched soldiers wi' mai ain troops, an' ye think the score is relevant? Wha aboot mai stupidity? Kin ye noo say anything aboot that? MacOberGrupenBloodyStompinFeuhrerBastard

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Speedy: Aha your not getting away that easily OGSF, I just saw your surrender file. Now I will publish it so that the entire pool can know your shame. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> As that the best ye kin doo? D'ye call that "taunting"? Ya beat one o' the best players in tha Pool, and all ye kin do is post the surrender stats? If Ah weren't aboot tai keeck ye spotty white arrrse all over a frrresh PBEM, ah'd keeck ya spotty white arrrse all over a frrresh PBEM! Have ye noo grrist mon? Wha aboot handin' me a proper tauntin' instaid o' nancyin' aboot lak some skinny wee sailor oot on his farrrst date wi' a cheap whore? Wha's his bloody sponsor? Some daft bugger needs tae tak this wee sporran stain in hand! MacOberGrupenBloodyStompinFeuhrerBastard Edited cos I cannae spell ma ain name! [This message has been edited by OGSF (edited 11-17-2000).]

Winnae somebody thank aboot the wee bairns!

There's noo justice an thus wirrld! Ah engage Speeeeedy in a meetin' engament an' prroceed tae implement mah furrtive and cunning plan. Ainly tae find thet Ah've snuckered mahseelf wi' mah daft burnin' o' mah hoose an kirk! Sae, Ah send mah wee laddies aroon' ta eend o' the burrnin' buldins, tae see them savagely cut doon bah a horde o' killin' machines dusgised as Yank soldiers. It'd mak mae poor wee Mam cree a wee tear fer mae! Sae, Lorak yae keend and gentle man, will ye noo mark oop mae defeat tae the crow eatin' Speedy ain the Cesspool boarrd? Thank ye! And noo fer a wee song.... When Ah've done mah worrk o' day An' Ah row mah boot away, Doon the waters o' Loch Tae When the ev'nin light is fadin' An' Ah gaze upon Ben Lours Wir the after glory glowers An' Ah Think on two brright eyes An' the meltin' mouth below.. SANG! SANG ye scum sucking ferrets wi' the charm o' a blind mullet! Aaah, feh.. MacOberGrupenBloodyStompinFeuhrerBastard