Boo Radley
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So what this Peng of which you all speak? Reading the posts, it would seem that you all loath and despise each other with the white hot passion of a thousand suns, yet I believe in my heart that actually your love for your fellow "Pengers?" out-Saroyans Saroyan.
But that's just my opinion, I could be wrong.
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<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Iron Chef Sakai:
Is it possible to do player vs player campaigns?<hr></blockquote>
OK, here's a n00b (newbie) question: what is a player vs. player campaign? I understand PBEM's and TCP/IP, so how does this fit into the puzzle?
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<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Joel:
First, I'm glad to see that such an old scenario can still help players enjoy the game!
Joël<hr></blockquote>
Maybe old to someone who's been playing the game for three years, but to someone who's only had the game for a week, it's all very fresh.
I played a medium sized QB this evening (that's another thing -- figuring out all the acronyms -- I knew it couldn't mean Quarterback!)and at this point, I would be extremely hesitant to play another person. Honestly, with some of the mistakes I've made, I'm surprised I haven't been fragged yet. I do think I saw a bailed crewman flip me off once.
:eek: :eek:
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I've only played Paris as the Allied. I'm not sure if I'd want to play as the Germans just yet (the whole thing is too fresh in my mind). Paris was my first stab at fighting in a city and I just wasn't prepared for it. I was very thankful for the reinforcements because while the panzers were playing cat and mouse with my Sherman's, the tank killers were able to take out the panzers from behind. After that, it was really no problem at all.
Yeah, this is a pretty cool game. I'll sit down at the computer after supper and when I next look up, it's 10 PM.
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OK, I think what I saw was some advertising copy that stated you "could call in your own airstrikes". Maybe I misread it.
As for "All or Nothing", I've decided to let that go for awhile until I get a few of the smaller battles under my belt. I quit early in that game, the only enemy object I had seen was a wooden bunker near the bridge, which was no problem.
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<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by aka_tom_w:
They are always at random, you cannot call in an airstrike.
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Wait a minute. I thought you could call in an air strike. I've just started playing the game, but I could've sworn I saw that option listed.
[ 01-21-2002: Message edited by: Boo_Radley ]</p>
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I've begun skipping around. Playing the smaller scenarios first. I played Wiltz this afternoon, as Allied and it was a blast. I think I lucked into my deployment, because within the first 5 turns, the road was littered with dead German vehicles. After that it was a turkey shoot for the most part.
I also played a small game this evening...some kind of attack on a ridge (I'm lousy with names)and an odd thing happened. The last obstacle facing me was a panzer and before I could get my mortars within range, it was hit by an air strike. I didn't call in any air strikes. Are they sometimes random?
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I checked out the Bruyeres scenario just to see what a night mission was like and I'm sure I heard crickets. Either that or a bunch of allied soldiers were wearing squeaky shoes.
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<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by aka_tom_w:
what side did you play?
I take it you chose the German's?
-tom w<hr></blockquote>
No. I played the Allied, not out of any latent jingoistic feelings, but...well, maybe a little. lol.
Do most players go right down the list in choosing games or do you skip around?
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<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Mud:
Or if you want to experience the irritation that one well-placed unit can provide, try "All or Nothing", or perhaps "A Long Cold Day".<hr></blockquote>
Oh good. I just started "All or Nothing". I was going to play these as they appear in order. Is that not a good idea?
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Just got done playing the Walk in Paris scenario. Actually, I finished it yesterday. Since then I've played Aachen, just to get the sour taste out of my mouth. Where do I begin? I was not prepared for this situation. I'd played the demo scenarios often enough and the tutorial was like a picnic, but I was not ready to command that many men and tanks. If the actual Paris offensive had been orchestrated with the same level of incompetency, the denizens of the "city of light" would be wearing lederhosen and defining "lard" as a beverage even today. A bunch of blindfolded pogo-stickers could have affected a more successful liberation.
"Tactical Victory", my eye! What a nice tactful way to say "Your leadership skills suck canal water through a straw."
I am devastated. I am beside myself. There's actually two of me here and neither of us is very happy.
I think I need to go lay down.
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Where would one find this mod?
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Just got here myself. The natives do appear friendly, but it could just be crocodile grins, if you get my drift.
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Basically, that's what I've begun doing too. Any kind of crew, be it mortar, tank or even bazooka, when they are out of ammo or have lost their tank, I send them back to wherever my main command post is.
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Cool. I'll scope it out. Thanks.
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Or do we? i just got the game earlier this week. I assume it is the most updated version you have out, but I just wanted to make sure I don't need to grab a patch. Or do I?
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This may be a stupid question, but why couldn't both sides be in foxholes?
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Ah yes. Sodoff Baldrick. God, I love that diseased little pustule.
Allow me to take a moment for some newbie observations:
CM doesn't believe in letting you make a gradual progression in the game does it? There I was in the tutorial, which was basically a story of some guys who got together with a couple of Shermans thrown in, and they go for a walk on a nice day. Sort of like a Miller Lite commercial. Oh sure, some Germans showed up to try to steal our Frisbee and kick sand in our faces, but it was no big deal.
Then comes scenario 2: Paris in Springtime, or whatever. There I am with a baker's dozen of Shermans and a whole flock of French guys, retaking Paris.
Of course I had no idea what I was doing. I moved my units right down the middle of the street like I was marching into Paris...wait...I was marching into Paris. Well, be that as it may, right now I'm maybe halfway through the scenario and everywhere I look, burning Sherman's litter the city. (Ettiene, No! Guiles, Mon Dieu!). And what is it with sharpshooters? Does their union require them to wear big hats and flashing signs that say, "Shoot me first!"? I lost both of mine right at the start. 3rd turn and I see this little crumpled form in the middle of the road, I ask myself "Who's the dead guy? My sharpshooter?!? Sacre merde!"
I'll continue on with this scenario. Maybe play it a second time a bit more intelligently (spread out the armor, you nitwit!). I wonder what the next act in our little play will be like.
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Very good. Thanks Redeker. I'll have to thoroughly check out the IP thing. I use computers every day in my work, but have no real technical know-how with them. I'm sort of like the character Oddball in "Kelly's Heroes". In the scene where Eastwood asks why he isn't helping to fix the tank and he replies, "Hey I just drive them. I don't know what makes them go." That's me and computers.
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Yes, I've noticed a preponderous of hamster references and something called "Peng". I hesitate to ask what that could be as I am a shy and reticent person who frightens easily. And I lie.
I see you too are a BlackAdder fan. "The phrase I'm thinking of rhymes with 'clucking bells'".
[ 01-16-2002: Message edited by: Boo_Radley ]</p>
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<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Terence:
Feel the burning stare of my hamster and change your ways!!!<hr></blockquote>
I have absolutely no idea what this means, but I feel a vague sense of unease. Is this some bizarre euphanism? Is it a threat? Does it fill me with fear, or just make me headachey and kind of sad? So many questions, so few available snacks.
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<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Sgt_Kelly:
[QB creeping evil of American cultural imperialism.[/QB]<hr></blockquote>
(sigh) I just love that phrase. It brings back all the warm feelings I got watching "Gilligan's Island" and "Car 54 Where Are You?"
(Sniffs back a tear)
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<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Holien:
CIKS...
Watch out for the sharks in here Boo, they have got teeth....
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[ 01-16-2002: Message edited by: Holien ]<hr></blockquote>
Wow, so it would seem. I feel as if I've gone swimming over the Great Barrier Reef while wearing my lucky ham.
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My wife is pretty cool about me playing games on the computer. After all, it keeps me out of her hair. She knows that if I'm sitting slack-jawed in front of the monitor, emitting pleased little gurgles every so often, that I'm happy and she's free to watch the LifeTime channel.
As fro playing a PBEM game, let me get a couple of missions under my belt first. I've rarely played much with total fog (because it was cooler to see what was going on all over -- so sue me), so I'd like a little practice before I take on any of you cagey veterans.
One Flew Over the PENG CHALLENGE Thread
in Combat Mission Archive #4 (2002)
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<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Hiram Sedai:
You are wrong and also not welcome. Go away now and save yourself the trouble of listening to our spineless justicar. Try another smiley face and I will eviscerate you, string your intestines all over your front lawn and play hopscotch.
Edited due to Croda (anal leakage)
[ 01-22-2002: Message edited by: Hiram Sedai ]<hr></blockquote>
I understand now! Why didn't you just come out and say you're a collection of neanderthalic misanthropes? I'll make sure to drop a coin in the bucket as I pass by next time.
Oh, and seriously guys, you really need to work on your threats. Unless you were aiming for them to fill me with ennui, then you were right on the mark.
p.s. Never having heard the band the Boo Radley's I cannot comment on their expertise. But you sir, I have heard.
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