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Here in Sacramento it looks like: Best case - Tomorrow (9/23) Expected case - Tuesday (or Wednesday) Worst case - after next weekend (shudder)

Since your profile locale says Massachusetts, does this mean you got it today? If so, you must be one the first US citizens to get delivery of CMBB. Just curious.... So now we'll get "sighting" reports from Chicago on Monday, Denver on Tuesday, and hopefully Sacramento on Wednesday or sooner. Somewhat analogous to tracking Santa Claus on Xmas Eve, I suppose.

Hey ParaBellum, Welcom back from your sleep time (I saw you nod off earlier today at work). Thanks for all the screenshots. Since you posted just a couple of minutes ago, I guess it's just us Californians and the Europeans awake at this time?? (probably the Aussies as well) Thanks again.

As we use to say in the 70's - FAR OUT!! or in the 60's - GROOVY!!

Yeah, I'm not expecting it here in N. California until the middle of next week, despite my efforts to bribe BTS into Fed-Xing it to me.....

I don't mind BTS making interest on my money....

Oder # 80962 at 5:30 PM PDT on 9/7/02 So what's that, about a 1,000 copies pre-ordered so far?? Hey, I woulda ordered sooner, but I've been watching college football all day. Too bad BTS won't ship Fed-X......Can I bribe you guys with an extra $20?

Hmmm, Battlefront could make some money by starting the bidding for a spot in the pre-order queue....

Instead of asking how many downloads the first day, let's ask what the body count will be on the first day. Will there be more casualties in CMBB on the first day than there was on the Eastern Front for the entire war? Just speculatin'

September 1st!! Sh*t, I'm out of town until the 2nd!!

Aren't there laws against this? I think he's pulling our lariat.....

Pardon my ignorance, but what kind of beast is that behind the group?

Boy, if Battlefront doesn't make their Sept date there won't be any empty beds at any of the psychiatric hospitals.... I know, slap me silly for even suggesting this - but HEY, it is **SOFTWARE**. So the count is about 45 days, depending on which side of the International dateline you're on.

Well, at least ventilate it!

I'll buy it for $100 if BTS will Fed-X it to me tomorrow....

49. And I remember Tactics II too. About 20 years ago, after playing SSG games on my Commodore 64, I envisioned something like Combat Mission eventually being developed, a feeling based mostly on my unshakable belief in Moore's law. Though I have to admit that using a C64 at the time was far superior to setting up "Atlantic Wall" in your living room only to have the cat jump on it.... Think about where games will be in 10 years.

Hey Capn, Found your post to be one of the funniest I've read here. I don't care what you do for a living - you've missed your calling....

Well, I WOULD have attended being near Sacramento myself. But really, any chance of a CMBB preview in N. Calif?

As soon as I can.... I just hope they make enough copies initially, otherwise the whining and moaning may be intolerable.

I'll hazard a guess that "very soon" means within two weeks.....

The complete quote (thank God for Google): "You smell that? Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world smells like that. I love the smell of napalm in the morning. You know, one time we had a hill bombed, for twelve hours. When it was all over I walked up. We didn't find one of 'em, not one stinkin' dink body. The smell, you know that gasoline smell, the whole hill. Smelled like - victory. Someday this war is gonna end."

I always liked this line: KILGORE: "What do you know about surfing, Major ? You're from goddamn New Jersey." Of course, it helps to grow up in California listening to the Beach Boys....

I made a similar post a few weeks ago regarding a similar ad in Computer Games (I believe). It drew a yawn.....

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Warmaker: I've seen a few documentaries with US tanks on some slope with their guns at high angles to act as some sort of artillery. Don't know how accurate/effective it was though. Are command tanks going to be able to call artillery fire in CMBB? Or is there going to be an actual command tank variant for many tank models?<hr></blockquote> My father commanded a tank platoon in Korea (38th Infantry, Second Division) and has told me about this exact method used by his tanks. If I recall correctly, he has pictures of his tanks (I think they were Shermans) positioned on sloping ground/embankments to get sufficient gun elevation. Yeah, he has a lot of interesting stories about Korea and has said a number of times - "Thank God the Chinese didn't have many anti-tank weapons." He actually did a tank support mission for Chesty Puller one night, for all you U.S. Marines out there. (Paraphrasing the movie Full Metal Jacket - "God Bless Chesty Puller wherever he may be.")