Fairbairn-Sykes

Friends, I do so enjoy taking a moment out of my day to catch up with the goings-on in SC land! For the occasion, I feel I must acknowledge your cheap vaudeville sideshow with a few words... Oh my gracious! Neighbors, what a positively stunning affirmation of the myriad contributions Mr K.Worth has made to these pea green and khaki halls! The laughter he brings to all may cause many a poster on these esteemed SC forums to consider wearing more absorbant under-garments. The wit, friends! I marvel! It is only too unfortunate that his earlier attepts to deluge the GF with goofy-gags and zany one-liners (second only in quality to moldy navel-lint) were all for naught! He truly gives testament to the belief that you, good neighbors of slightly furrowed, heavy brow - often seem to drag your knuckles on the ground as you post! *cue 'Wild Kingdom' chimp laughter track* I salute you all, gentlemen - but I tip my hat to Tim the Enchanter for his groundbreaking style of truly caring about his neighbors! Never was a more technicolor imposter of sincerity able to so seemlessly channel the spirits of a past poster while simultaneously managing to invoke a kind of 'Mister Rodgers as a bed-wetting fratboy' mystique. Bravo! Carry on friends! May Dr Carl Baker and Gaylord Focker continue to inspire you all toward your ultimate life goals! [ October 18, 2004, 09:35 PM: Message edited by: Fairbairn-Sykes ]

Tim, could I hold you close while we dance slowly in the dusky twilight? [ October 05, 2004, 03:40 PM: Message edited by: Fairbairn-Sykes ]

hey Andrew, it's been a while since I pestered you about the Red Devils - but I recently got CMAK and wanted to use your British para mod. Your British para jeep in CMBO was 'off the heezy', as the kids say. Excellent work, as always, with these new Denison smocks... Neophyte question, but, I noticed no crimson berets in the unmodded game, so is the HQ helmet a separate BMP from the enlisted boys'? What I mean is, have i just been blind, or does your mod change only the HQ helmet into a beret? Is there an option? I guess i'd just have to install the mod to find out, but... I'm inclined to ask you silly questions instead.

Thanks for the lowdown. Don't know if you noticed from one QB, but, does each squad have a random mix of small arms, or are there set combinations one might draw each time he selects partisans?

Thanks. The paragraph on partisans was helpful.

*cough* Any news from the regional preview scenesters?

Anybody check out GAZ_NZ's profile in that classic thread? a brief excerpt: Either he needed a 'D' or an 's'. [ July 19, 2002, 04:27 PM: Message edited by: Fairbairn-Sykes Trench Knife ]

How does their TO&E vary from region to region, year to year? Perhaps more importantly, do they have cool hats with separate BMPs?

I wonder how many people here will get your reference....it's a good one!</font>

James Coburn rocks! And, he can rig a jeep to sound clanky enough to fool the Jerries into thinking its a Sherman! I'd love to see the CMBO 'sound contact marker' on that one...

I always thought the combat bonus (lightning bolt) helped with a tighter, more accurate barrage - but i'll freely admit that i haven't run any proper tests to support my claim. I'm also fairly certain that the command bonus (star) contributes to a faster FFE. Perhaps this is just wishful thinking because I always make sure to have my spotters within C&C of some type of HQ. I'm sure the guys with test results will be along shortly.

British Sniper Team: 1944. [ June 28, 2002, 12:03 AM: Message edited by: Fairbairn-Sykes Trench Knife ]

Yeah, but there was a hi-res French whore mod around here somewhere...

That pesky Harvard Law degree ain't good fer them thar conversion type thingies... Wombat Genital, you Da Man!

Those veteran Vickers nests held out for so long because they were each in C&C of HQs with +2 Morale (heart) bonuses (that extra dram of rum didn't hurt either). The Paras in that northern stone building were well lead and kept their spirits high, as their Stens spit steamin' 9mm every time you tried to seize the Vicar's house. The thing that stifled my localized counter-attacks was low ammo, even though I'd tried to exercise fire discipline. Those prolonged engagements near the north pines ate up my .303 slowly and steadily. Furthermore, my pack howie just couldn't find your PSW 234/1, who kept out of PIAT range and hull down quite effectively. i should have bugged out sooner on the south flank - before you'd dented it. Nice little probe. In a skirmish of that size, I found myself counting how many Stens each squad had left as you attrited them, so that when the close engagements occured I'd know who to stand fast with. That, and praying that nobody dropped the Bren. What I wouldn't give for some Vickers 'K' guns on bipods. And your damned Scharfschütze won't be eating any of the Oberst's cake... [ June 22, 2002, 01:03 AM: Message edited by: Fairbairn-Sykes Trench Knife ]