Soddball

I think Ligur was laying the irony on with a huge trowel, given the recent debates in the forums

I think it depends on the laptop model. Damn, Panzer Leader, what cooling have you got on your machine, and how big is the case? My Athlon doesn't overheat at all - I have three 8cm case fans and a huge HS/Fan to keep it cool - but my video card gets toasty very quickly.

Harharhar. I get to play Dorosh again

Fight you for first place

I found that his analysis of the political and social aspects enhanced the book, rather than detracted from it, by putting the war into some sort of context. As I said above, I'm not a grog, so I don't care about armour penetration figures, or which side had more reliable pistols. I found it an interesting read, and a valuable insight on something I've never known much about. As for sneering about it because it hasn't been offered at full price...

I haven't read Ryan's book. I have read three of Beevor's books, including "Stalingrad" and "The Spanish Civil War". Both were excellent and very readable. Towards the end of the book, Beevor touches on the phenomenon of mass rape in a sociological context, and the primeval aspects of rape and war. The book also includes some very touching personal accounts, and some interesting psychological analysis of the leaders on both sides. The Allies underestimated Stalin's paranoia and his desire to control Poland and what became the "Eastern Bloc". One of the things that appalled me was German boys as young as twelve being given a bicycle and a pair of Panzerfausts and told to "do their duty for their Fuhrer." All in all, highly readable for a nongrog like me, and well worth the money. Recommended.

It does discuss the phenomenon of casual rape by invading armies, and how this phenomenon became institutionalised within the Russian military. I thoroughly enjoyed the book - it gave a fine idea of how out of touch the loons at the top were with the real situation, and how paranoid Stalin was that Germany would capitulate to the Allies and he would lose Berlin. I paid £15 for mine (special offer), and it was an excellent read. Hi mum.

Slow down? I need more TCP/IP gaming! Faster! *twitch*

OGSF said: That's about 2 miles away from me. Nice pub.

Where did you get someone as ugly as that to pose? Like the idea of wounded soldiers, BTW. Nice touch.

I've played two scenarios PBEM lately which contain Flak trucks. In one of them, I was able to reverse a quad 20mm flak truck through open terrain at a number of HMC's - and it was able to take them all out. In another, I'm on the receiving end, and the damn thing is proving impossible to clobber. The only sure way to deal with them is to drop large calibre artillery on them (105s or something).

Damn. Rumbled. (joke)

As an aside - the Jagdtiger carried a 128mm gun. I'm reading Antony Beevor's new book about Berlin, and he's talking about 128mm Flak guns. Is that the same gun that the Jagdtiger carried?

Just used 1 150mm spotter in a 1500pt PBEM game with a small map. All 25 rounds hit the ground. Casualties: 0 My conclusion: They sucked this time :mad:

Thanks MrSpkr Now about that other little matter of a setup?

Playing the Villiers-Bocage scenario as Axis, Wittman's Tiger was immobilised on second 1 of turn 1, by a 50cal from a halftrack 300m away. :eek: Needless to say, that caused me some distress.

Edited: Death to double titwanking posts. [ May 13, 2002, 05:16 PM: Message edited by: Soddball ]

Posted by Slapdragon: Fair dinkum. If they won't come forth and accuse you, you can't be done over (in "eloquent speek"). Dear Mr. "Underpants": 1) It's a safe bet that Seanachai knew what he was calling himself. Mr Spkr is an old grumpyface, pay no attention to him. I didn't know what it meant, thankyou for enlightening me. 2) For someone who lives on this side of the pond, you should avoid using American terminology. "a$$", or "ass" is how the Americans spell "arse". Big difference, it's also pronounced differently, as you will know. We have to keep ourselves as separate from them over there as possible.

My guess is there's a 'place doodads' option in the map/scenario designer, where you can lay extra terrain widgets over the top of the map - craters, foxholes, etc.

Posted by Slapdragon: *sag* What's the "hate Slapdragon" group? Have I missed something? Nobber said: Perhaps, then, one of you should keep your squire on a tighter leash, for I have received a challenge from within the pool in the last two hours. Whose squire is it, say I?

Posted by Slapdragon: *sag* What's the "hate Slapdragon" group? Have I missed something? Nobber said: Perhaps, then, one of you should keep your squire on a tighter leash, for I have received a challenge from within the pool in the last two hours. Whose squire is it, say I?

Berli said: Spot the provincial who's never tried to buy a cup of coffee in England.

Berli said: Spot the provincial who's never tried to buy a cup of coffee in England.

Berli said I care not for your democracies, your oligarchies, your self-perpetuating fascist regimes. I stand here to bellow and howl, and mock you, Hurly Berli, for your failure to speek propper. YOU VOTE? Don't you mean your vote? I thought that as official overseer and beard-wearer of the Peng, you would at least be able to handle your words. Now I find that you're incapable of stringing two .... erm.... yeah. Since I'm here, and whilst I'm waiting... I demand a scrap with one of your lowly squires. I'll paste him into the ground, and sell the remaining bits to a Romanian paste merchant. I have a few game slots spare whilst I'm waiting for the tournaments to start, so can one of you Kaniggets sort out a scrapette for me?

Berli said I care not for your democracies, your oligarchies, your self-perpetuating fascist regimes. I stand here to bellow and howl, and mock you, Hurly Berli, for your failure to speek propper. YOU VOTE? Don't you mean your vote? I thought that as official overseer and beard-wearer of the Peng, you would at least be able to handle your words. Now I find that you're incapable of stringing two .... erm.... yeah. Since I'm here, and whilst I'm waiting... I demand a scrap with one of your lowly squires. I'll paste him into the ground, and sell the remaining bits to a Romanian paste merchant. I have a few game slots spare whilst I'm waiting for the tournaments to start, so can one of you Kaniggets sort out a scrapette for me?