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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by dalem: I'm sure I'd just send the old boy off the deep end.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> That would be okay. Now where did I leave those cinderblocks . . .

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by caralampio: Has anybody figured out what the rate of good/mistaken air attacks is? About 50-50?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> I don't know about the ratio, but I do know the mistaken attacks is impacted by the experience level of the Jabo. In a current scenario, I am attacking across a largely wooded map. My guys are about 35m fromt eh enemy, who is in a 20m wide swath of trees. My opponent ran a platoon across about 30m of open ground to reinforce his line and got jumped on by three Jabos. He lost about a third of his platoon while I lost nary a single man. The Jabos were crack or elite quality, I forget which. . . The poster formerly known as MrSpkr

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by dalem: MrSpkr2 yelled at me out on the main board. I think I'm going to cry. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> I hear Fred has some tissue if you need it . . .

Let's all leave Fred alone. The same thing happens to my wife about once a month or so . . .

Babra - Its happened to my old ID, and pondscum's too. MadMatt just sent me an email - apparently, it is part of the system problems. His only suggestion is to use a different username for now. . . You know, if they would allow us to make the on-screen name different from teh registration name, we wouldn't have a problem . . . MrSpkr au deux

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Mace: ...wait, knowing how much releasing the criminally insane into the general community would annoy the populace. With a quick zip, Mister Sprinkler finished his preliminary work of 'watering' the flowers, pulled out an almighty large meat cleaver, and with an evil look in his eyes, went to...<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> make himself of Phillies Cheesesteak sandwich. "Mmm, mmmm ,mmm," he slobbered as he swung the cleaver. Phillies shrieked horrifically as blood began to spew from his mortal wounds. And then . . . He woke up. "Wow, what a strange dream," Phillies' said, absently stroking his favorite dog, Wormy. "That was almost as strange as the time I . . ." [ 05-20-2001: Message edited by: mrspkr2 ]

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by incarna2k1: Did you register in the last week? I registered as incarna on Tuesday and since the problem this morning I can't login with that nick, and can't re-register with it, so I'm guessing the problem took out any folks that regged in the last week too.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> No, I've been on the boards for about three months - bunches of posts, etc. MrSpkr

. . .the FAQ'ers awoke slowly from their daze. "What the heck was that?" said Mace. "One minute I was shagging a fine little ewe and the next thing I know, I've lost a week of my life!" "And look at this place! It's got Baldy's marks EVERYWHERE! I haven't seen this much lavender and leopard skin print since . . ."

Piss off. This is a serious post and I would like serious replies, please. Steve

WIth the site crashed, I get this message when I try to log in under my normal name (MrSpkr)- Hack attempt logged or corrupt/altered member file found with extra fields. Anyone else have this problem? Steve

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Maximus: I post on emotion. I don't believe you have to brown nose through some reference book before you make a post. I post what comes off the top of my head at the moment. If it's wrong, so what? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> So, in other words, you post a lot of flaky white stuff, ehh? mrspkr2

Agreed. The AI doesn't "cheat." Haven't you ever heard of cover? Why do you think AT guns and Tanks use camoflage? The whole point of war is to be able to eliminate the other guy's men and equipment with a minimum loss to yourself. Ideally, on defense, you are able to defeat an enemy attack without revealling your positions. You should be pleased that the AI doesn't get nasty, like a human player does. You haven't really lived until you successfully hide a group of AT guns and men and wiped out an entire enemy column without significant return fire. An example of this style is described at http://www.combatmission.com/articles/fogofwar/fowatg_1.asp. Here, Fionn Kelly plays the Germans ambushing a column of Allied armor. Fionn has 3 88mm ATG's and a King Tiger; the Allies have 14 tanks (2 Stuarts, the rest Shermans of one sort or another, including one Jumbo to offset the King Tiger). Fionn played both sides and took screen shots to show how sighting works. In my own games, I have used sharpshooters to nail tank commanders on a regular basis. Often, the sharpshooter can get two or three shots off before the enemy can pin down his location. mrspkr2

You know, this really makes me mad. :mad: BTS has totally disregarded the historical use of the bulletin board systems within the German army on the Western front. Everyone knows that the Wehrmacht used Feldgrau backgrounds, with alternating grau to differentiate messages. This is simply another example of BTS selling out to the man! mrspkr2

Heck, for a fun experiment, take a dozen or so Stuarts and pit them against a Jagdtiger, Marder III, a Panther VG and a StuG IV in relatively open terrain (maybe a few trees, some brush). The Stuarts (depending on how you use them) will take out the German tanks better than half the time, particularly if you use a few of the Stuarts to keep the German's attention to the front while the others circle around to the side. Done this several times and, while the Stuarts usually take pretty nasty casualties, they also usually eliminate the enemy. mrspkr2

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Mannheim Tanker: ...the hot blonde strutting across the room towards him. Marveling at himself for steering the thread in such a favorable direction, Tanker smiled at the blonde and she...<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> strutted towards him, thrust forth her hand and said, in her deep, booming voice, "Hi, my names Jimmy! I work on deisel engines!" At that point, Mannheim noticed "her" Adam's apple. Stifling the urge to purge, he quickly ran to the closet and . . .