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Well,Originally posted by Ottosmops:Desert Dave,
concerning misspellings, why do the English speaking people always write 'Neitzsche', when 'Nietzsche' is meant?
Taking a long shot at it, Ottosmops,
For the same reason, I'd reckon,
That the GErman speaking peoples
Always write der Haus,
When,
What is really meant, is... the House.
By the side of the road,
Or,
Of the Rising Sun or
Billed as - filled
With ill-repute! :eek: and etc.
You wouldn't want to see a CD label
In a Wall-to-Wall Mart,
Let's say... in Battle Creek, Michigan,
That says: "Der Haus of the Rising Sun,"
Would you?
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Yah, yer right,
I am overly fastidious, or possibly?
Reckless-righteous in zee zeitgeist or just
plain old obsessive-compulsive, I guess,
That the folks (... die Leute? or, das Volk?)
Would get Hubert's last name correct.
ANYBODY's name... correct.
Apparently,
And judging by the above 5 postings,
I am, ummmm... meowing up the WRONG
SC Tree?
LOL!
**Actually,
I ASSUMED I knew the correct spelling,
Since here in US of A the "long hard E"
Would be pronounced "eeeeee"
And not "eye,"
[... as above, we might PRESUME that
"zeitgeist" would be ZIETGIEST since
pronunciation proceeds
after the Z... with "long hard I"
and not ipso vice-verso] oh well,
Truth to tell,
Ich wast,
In this ONE instance
I must insist - TOO LAZY to look it up.
How's that for STRAIGHT answer? :cool:
[... now you know WHY I could never be
a lawyer, politician, doctor or even, der Herr Professor @ Heidelberg U... again, there is
that "e" BEFORE the "i" and we say, ah,
never mind
it was... l-o-o-o-n-g way to go, yep,
I know.
][ November 13, 2006, 04:03 AM: Message edited by: Desert Dave ]
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TJ,
You've been around awhile now,
You've seen Hubert Cater
Post up, what?
20, 40 - 60 times already?
Can you not notice how his name is spelled? :confused:
EVERYONE prefers that their NAME,
Which is the only one they'll have,
Most likely,
Is not only spelled properly,
But pronounced correctly, yes?
You wouldn't like it if folks
Took to calling you... Dow Jones, eh?
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Insofar as "cheating" goes,
I would say this... folks who cheat,
In a game,
In various aspects of life,
On their mistress or their wife,
For ill-begotten fortune
Or silly-begotten fame,
Well,
They are only cheating themselves,
That's apparent, ain't it?
Let 'em.
Live & die with it,
In their heart,
Rubbing soil into their soul,
So?
Don't play 'em anymore,
IF YOU ARE CERTAIN of it.
Else,
I myself wouldn't do like rambo jr
And commence calling folks "cowards"
When he doesn't know for surely sure, nah,
Just goes by some anecdotal accusations,
And them ain't worth nuthin' much, mostly.
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Liberty?
Well,
She is now,
At long last
Kept safe, and fastly bound.
To borrow a line from
The Beatles:
Read the News Today - O Boy!
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Even including Hubert? LOL!1) Terif is THE master of this game, bar none, he has studied EVERY aspect and knows it better than anyone, no one comes close to his knowledge of the game mechanics.[... perhaps? Edit out "bar none?"]
Well,
I would rate "game mechanics"
A distant third, behind:
1) Game "aesthetics," IE, variants and appearance of units & game-board and the like
kind of "pleasure-creating" aspects
2) Reasonable adherence to WHATEVER historical imperative it might be, whether WW-2
or USA Civil War #1, and etc
Other than that,
Another!
Wonderful AAR,
Superbly written and contested,
As per usual. :cool:
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The message is the message </font>'I hate starting again and again ...'Only 'again' is enough
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As I've said,
I am EQUALLY concerned
To let the SOLO players
IN on - the fast action reactions. :cool:
HvsH
Ain't the only game going blue blazes
In most-amazing! SC Town,
Though,
Some suppose it's ONLY so.
Yep,
AI is gettin' better 'n better n' better
Is what I was sayin'
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Playing as Axis only last night,Originally posted by Hyazinth von Strachwitz:I`m not quite sure wether this works vs Human, but vs. highest level AI this works out quite well:
- take the whole Med including Spain, Gibraltar and Portugal.. as well as Mid East
- Fortify Casablanca, Alexandria, France and the east german Border (down to the hills in northern Romania)
- get Sweden and Norway as well.. than you get Finnland for free usually
I think it won`t work out against an experienced human player, but who knows..
Until too late, as usual
Since so much to do!
In order to TRY and wrest control
Of Libya mind you,
From marauding Desert Rats.
V 1.05,
Intermediate, + 0.5
And it is already?
July of 1941.
D-rats have Tobruk surrounded,
Unremitting bombardment
With 2 - 4 - 6 - 8 pounders!
FM Rommel?
Back at AK HQ, near El Aghiela.
Could hardly get Afrika Korps
Across the Med... to Tripoli.
Port of Tobruk?
Forget it.
Italian Navy has already lost:
2 BB's
1 CA
HvS,
I think yer gonna need a bigger boat,
The sharks are roiling the waters.
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If I might ask... what does this "pre-emptive DoW" REALLY mean? :confused:Ireland got a preemptive DoW by Axis.It wouldn't, by glad happenstance,
Be the case where a faithful Player
Would DoW some unfortunate tiny-Minor,
With NO INTENTION of occupying it himself? :eek:
Just to DENY plunder to his opponent?
[... morale issue should be defunct
with V 1.05]
**IF SO... and say it right out,
If it ain't,
Well, perhaps
Some teeny tweaks need be made
To appropriate Diplomatic Scripts
(... IE, Tunisia & Algeria, and etc)
Ober there, and yonder too,
And also, as here, for Eire,
I am thinking.
But another grand game,
And most X-cellent story telling,
Soon enough
We'll have to start calling you guys:
Herr Terif Hemingway,
Liam T. (you can't go home again) Wolfe,
And F. Scott Fitz-Hellraiser. :cool:
[... for rambo, well, that'll take a LONG
time to get it... the author of "Superman"
comics? LOL! JK! rambo!]
[ October 24, 2006, 08:17 AM: Message edited by: Desert Dave ]
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All these assorted gambits
Are - Not TOO!
1) Exploitive? (... I keep hearing, rather SEEING that word on the boards... often)
2) A-historical?
3) CONTRARY to "traditional" WW-2 GS gaming
as we've come to know it over 50 + years, board or computer?
4) Strategems that were NEVER EVEN CONSIDERED by the actual WW-2 leaders, are really OK?
5) No need for ANY small adjustments?
6) Not "off the mark" that a GErman Panzer can kill off a Russian Corps, or even, an Army... 10 to nothing? Whole Army destroyed, no losses to the panzergrenadiers?
[... I am thinking of the many games where 2:1 attacks cause significant casualties for the attacker; 1:1 attacks even worse, possibly utter ruin and retreat]
7) No problem with GErman air fleets that can reach 4 or 5 medals by 1942 or 1943, when the Allies have NO medals?
**IOW, "experience differential" has NO bearing on the outcome, or, perhaps more importantly, the good FUN in playing the game?
OK, I am likely pushing the oncoming tide back into the moon-beam Sea here,
But I am EQUALLY concerned that the "Solo Gamers" will have a similar amount of "competitive excitements" that the HvsH players do.
Ever improving AI, and some of the Mods help, it is certain.
Thanks for responses thus far, and any further commentary RE: above questions, as you please. :cool:
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How about for Solo Play?
Should you ever do such a thing, I mean.
You must?
Mustn't you? :confused:
Estimates are 80% do play it thatta way, mostly, even if to "practice" moves... and now, it's happening!
AI is very much improved... so, maybe?
*For instance,
Do you think the "balance" has been achieved
In North Afrika?
For solo-play?
If not, what would you do DIFFERENT in that Theatre?
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And,
You are no longer concerned with the game being
TOO "offensively oriented?"
As you had stated in the past.
Several times.
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And so,
Unlike the unfearing,
Yet, become-vulnerable Max Schmeling
Of yester year,
Terif the Myth
Remains!
Undisuputed - SC World Champeen!
Roll out the barrels of non-Gaullic Champagne!
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OK, down to business,
And now - a pertinent question:
Given what you have learned after 100 + games,
And,
Given that you claim that V 1.04 is "balanced,"
**What changes would you MOST like to see
For V 1.05?
Proviso: that would MAINTAIN your perceived "balance."
Excluding "excessive morale boosts"
Due to ruination of hapless Minors.
How about a short list, say, ~ 5 or so.
Or more,
If you feel like it.
Conversely, don't do it if you don't, etc.
Thing is this... best way to learn HvsH play,
As many will say, no - nix - insist!
Is to play... the very best.
We got some feisty Cats doing just that,
Like Liam & Hellraiser and Rambo jr,
And so they ALL contribute
To the "learning curve"
For all still in class-room.
Cool. :cool:
And yet... playing Myth Ist Terif,
Is NOT the same
As emulating, or duplicating,
Or even,
ACCOMPLISHING his sehr assorted Strategems.
Since,
We sure realize,
He has... his S&T... in depth.
IOW,
No good to merely COPY.
Must also have, at minimum,
TWO YEARS planning - extending outward until
That apparently insignificant little move
Several YEARS prior, becomes
Ack!
HUGE in a later oft awful... Achtung! LOL!
Good show.
Excellent write ups.
Nearly TOTAL... Mojo Mastery.
Ball-hat must come off.
[... worn forward, as is de rigeur
for actual... Players, yep!]
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Best advice I've seenSurely something can be done, forget the historical comparisons and tweak the engine to get the desired results.In a blue Skando Mondo Moon.
And that's quite a while.
Yea,
Once V 1.05 hits the show-room floor,
And IF
The shy cats will do as you suggest, SM,
Why,
They'd have THE game they've been clamoring for
All these dry-dessicate, WW-2 GS days. :cool:
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An oddness duly redux.
Months of normalcy shattered!
In a gnat's heartbeat.
Yep, some are the folks
Who will ANNOUNCE! that they are leaving,
Or,
About to,
A'times they feel... anxiolytic Word-fear,
Or,
'Em nuts & bolts have got all
Jumbled and screw-loose.
Yet... FEW are the number who announce!!
They are back,
Even though,
Indelicate derelict are the SC Cats
Who never knew so & so was gone.
You cannot do that @ Hotel California,
However,
As no one will hear ANY!
Yells or screams,
Even,
From... The Emperor of Ice Cream.
Sorta like here I'm livin' it out,
With all refuseniks
Who just will NOT - stand up and cheer!
(... these last -oh, half dozen years,
giv or take 7 days)
Should you dissent from
The... "amassed Crass Media view,"
Which,
As we know,
Has no News, and, as our vanilla Emperor
Sans proper clothes,
Whose too attuned to dirty-Rat
PlutoCrat cues.
Anyhow,
I do like your suggestion
RE: "Variable # of Experience Medals."
In exacto facto,
I had suggested just such
A preposterous,
Albeit, reat unprepossesing thing
Quite awhile ago,
Feeling
Four
Was more than enough.
VERY scary. :eek:
That you and I would have a similar longing.
Or,
Some... same insane and gone-wrong Familiar,
For that matter.
Loki for you,
I'm sehr certain of it, and any ol'
Ash-can involved
Elm Street alley cat for me.
OK,
It's how the revolving door
@ Hotel California solves concealment, but,
I ain't liken it much. :eek:
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LOL.Thank you Dave, and I'm pleased to have found something relatively unexplored at the forum.You're reading my mind, as usual.
Yep,
And, as you have demonstrated MANY times
Over the years, John,
You are reading mine mind also!
Here fair soon,
Then I get some
Vexing VA matters over & done with,
I'll have to send EM
And we'll catch up on all the latest.
REALLY thrilled that you've, at last,
Begun to achieve some old goals. :cool:
First, though,
You had to live it on out,
And it wasn't always - quite, like that
Storied Atlantic Ocean we both
Know and love.
IE, falling ashore with such wonder-full music,
In some of those days, eh?
Well,
If it was - easy does it,
Anybody could do it,
And, very apparently,
They don't.
Wish it.
Sufficiently.
Etc, and, like that there.
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Yogi,If we adopt the attitude like it, take it, live with it or get out - just maybe more people then we think, choose to get out.I don't believe that is the "attitude" at all.
Rarely have I seen it so.
Folks don't gotta read nuthin
They don't cotton to,
Who's makin' em?
Anyhow,
Who would be afraid of
A series of etched line symbols,
Who "afraid of"... words? :confused:
The World is FULL of all kinds of things,
Good Bad and Ugly,
As one of my Cinema heros,
Clint Eastwood, would have it,
And if you are afraid to deal with
Some, if not many of them,
Well,
Good luck in living out yer life
In a reasonably care-free manner, nope,
It ain't gonna always turn out
EXACTLY as you'd like.
This I know.
Too well, LOL!
BTW,
WRT to that "@" business, I don't take offense
If you should use it when responding to me,
So no apology necessary.
All I said was that I "prefer" it not be used,
Since it makes it seem as though
You are not conversing WITH someone; rather,
AT them,
As though they are an "object."
PC?
LOL.
No, nix nix.
Merely, I'd hope, a return to courtesy?
And some, me included, could
Use the practice, I'd reckon.
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You do understand my "hideously metred"Terif, in wonderment:(and if I understand Desert Dave correctly it will
And old Southern-umbra'd English after all!
As for "mechanics."
What game, board or pixel,
Does NOT have... "mechanics?"
Games are not such as... cob-webs spun
Out in some kaleidoscoped space, are they?
Yes, agree, best to just... have FUN
Playing the game.
Though, IF you wish to ALSO win one once
In a while,
You gotta know the rules/mechanics.
Terif knows them.
So do I.
But not as good as he, most probably,
We'll see one of these "tag-along" days.
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Don't care for that "@" businessYogi, elaborating:@Desert Dave
My post was an intentional overstatement, but for what it's worth, I have no problem with dissent, and it is one of the reasons I am so proud to be an American. As an American, I can certainly express my views about the motives and methods of some although many seem to feel free speech only applies to those who agree with them.
Bashing? Maybe it is like the old quote on pronagraphy - Dissent vs Bashing, hard to define bashing, but you know it when you see it.
That jjr started,
IIRC.
Kind of like - hurling a stone,
Or a picked-over bone,
Or it's a Blues Tune sans the moan,
See what I mean?
O/W,
Well said.
I'd only add... the Lens of Perception
Is, necessarily UNIQUE
For each.
The Doors of Perception
Open DIFFERENTLY... for each.
[... and the gap is VERY tiny; how has it
been said? We merely use, maybe, 10%
of our brain... well, ALL originates there,
other than what you might cull outta yer
imperishable Soul, and so, ipso, we CANNOT
actually SEE so very much,
in any given moment - ALL is vast
and we are quite tiny in compare]
On we go;
As Ottospmops hath righteously stated,
2-D language on a Forum Board
Has about as much to do with
WHO,
And, what we REALLY are,
As staring at an old
Washed-out PIC, say, circa 1888,
Has to do with the Cat
Standing directly next to you, true?
As I see it, pardon, butNerd King, an instant - indignant!Alright, why hasn't this been moved to a political forum? Wasn't it made for this inflammatory bullsh*t? Where the hell are the admins keeping things on topic? No wonder the SC2 community is dead. We all bicker about stupid sh*t when we should be discussing the game.
One Cat's... "bullsh*t
Is another's... lotus flower.
Drifting along, hour by hour,
In a glistening, deeply listening Sea.
Take 'er easy,
There's plenty of room 'round here
For all sorts of stuff.
You can talk SC-2 all you want,
Who's stopping you?
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One word for WHY the Allies won
The World War 2?
It's actually 3... they HAD to.
EVIL, pure and undiluted
Had been let loose.
Desparate, almost, the race
For very best Technology.
The stakes were huge.
Have... "progress," fairly orderly
And commonly agreed to, OR... live
Under the boot
Of bullying Doom.
BTW,
Thanks! JJ,
For the details on Hitler's witch-doctor.
I'd heard tell about some of it,
But, as per usual,
You've provided some insights
I'd not known.
**Would make a very apt
Center-piece for the latter half
Of your novel-to-be.
Luck!
With that.
[ October 08, 2006, 06:43 AM: Message edited by: Desert Dave ]
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Well, it's no kept secret,Terif, understandably Romantic:Until a patch changes that (and I really hope it will be changed)
I do believe Hubert has paid heed
To the needs of the Forum Cats,
Like he always does - ain't it unique?
And so - my best guess?
Yea Merrily, your wish shall indeed come true.
Thanks,
In immense measure - to you!
Prosit!
Mythic Man! :cool:
Now... time for some brand new S&T.
Them old decrepit ones
As hellraiser has herein delineated
Are - how to say?
Completely... kaput.
Playing new V 1.05 the last couple days,
And I daresay,
Hey - mostly Solo Players?
Yer gonna have to - DIAL BACK
The difficulty settings.
Due to better AI and tweaks
Here & there and what-else besides!
Play the Axis @ "Intermediate, +1"
And,
VERY good chance... you lose!
Get yer clock cleaned,
In other words!
You've never seen so many RED sprites
In yer whole life, I bet the House
Of the (mid-summer) Rising Sun
On that one.
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Why, my my, Yogi,Desire to know reason why for most U.S. Bashing? Insert appropriate concept(s) from group one and add one or more personality traits from group two to understand reason.DISSENT is as "American"
As Apple Pie,
Did you not know that?
Bashing.
Who framed that debate?
Who inflamed that ordinary discourse?
Merely saying that someone is "bashing"
America,
JUST BECAUSE they have differences
Of opinion,
Let's say... in what direction
WE the people... should go next?
Whether that be in war, or peace,
Or social welfare or whatever,
Is... nothing more,
And nothing less than... a Con.
A "con game," you know,
Like when the Shill move the pea around
Beneath the shells?
Ask the Cat to guess where the pea went?
See what I mean?
Bashing?
LOLOLOLOL!!
I call it... a citizen's RIGHT
To... dissent.
Though,
Alas... these draconian laws
The Chicken-Hawks
And other Neo-Cowards are passing
Out there in Washington D.C, well,
It's gettin' close, brother.
You'll wonder where it went
When it's gone, I reckon?
Free-speaking Democracy, I mean.
WAKE UP!
As my old neighborhood bike-riding pal
Jim Morrison usta say,
It's getting' late in the Con game, brother.
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Very very very ODD to me that MOSTRetributar - apparently, more American than any Americans are, uh huh, of late:What is going on now!,...is wrong!!!, a leader is responsible for his action's,...that's why i can NEVER support...the..."shut-up-and-support-our-leaders"...axiom. Leader's need to be held to account!,and their action's or lack of them, questioned!.
Of the upholders of good old fashioned
American Spirit
Aren't even - Americans! :confused:
From Canada,
From European Nations
Large and small - they come!
They speak out free! and clear!
Three cheers!
Well,
Not to be out-done,
I put aside H.D. Thoreau book,
And, enter on in, only
One
Humble, working-class Cat
Since age 16
It has been!
Imagine that!
That's... over 40 years Dudes!
Any-hoo,
About time to... throw! them Scoundrels
O-U-T
OUT!
As our U.S. Consititution promises
That we can,
Should it become prudent, necessary
O Yes!
Yeah, you bet it does.
The... Days of the Smiling Vile Tyrants
Are very near
O-V-E-R
OVER!
Yay Hooray I say it - out loud!
[... hey! is this "bashing?" Gee whiz,
I sure hope not, I wooden wanna
Be some sorta "degenerate radical"
Or somethin, O Lord on High - nix nix!]
'Course,
That means we gotta get,
Hmmmm,
At minimum,
57 % of the Vote,
'Cuz they gonna call out the Goon Squads
Once again, oh yea,
Make 'em poor folks stand
In the voting line
In the rain - 8, 9 hours, and then!
With that X-tremely Ugly grin they got
(... born with it? or, acquired? no matter)
They just... close the door.
OK.
Suck it up,
Get it done, I tell myself!
And so,
First I tried... a Novena.
To Saint Philomena.
Lit the candles,
Said the sing-song thing properly
As it's meant to go:
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"O faithful Virgin and glorious Martyr,
Whoso workest so many miracles
On behalf of the Poor
And the Sorrowing,
I beseech you... "
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No go?
Not a problem, next, as is my wont,
I commenced - in a friendly sort of manner,
Asking for STRICT accounting
Of ALL!
This lying and cheating and applying
Of the crude-cowardly sledge-hammer
(... whereat, a deft, and adept touch
would've got it done, no muss, no harm,
thank you kindly, see you
down the glory road!)
But... well, we know how
That goes, eh?
Some votes count MORE than some others.
What is left to do, Dudes?
Pseudo AMERICAN Dudes?
OK, down the steps,
Across the dank expanse, there!
I pull the light cord.
It's dim and dusty and - doggone it!
I trip over an old rusting Sword,
Saint Michael the Archangel
Up and forgot it
Last visit?
And anyway, finally - yep!
Over in the corner of the basement,
There they are!
You should see them beauties!
It's like... Saint Vitus fire!
Left over from Chicago,
Left over from post mortem
Kent State,
The... barricades.
I look em over.
A little "wobblie" here and there, LOL!
Not a problem!
I got 3-penny nails all over the place,
In Mason Jars,
Falling from Mars and long dead stars,
Though, LOL, these ones were
Picked up,
Only recently, you see,
At a garage sale.
Yep,
It's like the Boy Scouts taught me.
Be... PREPARED! :cool:
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LOL, JJ!It doesn't seem to have the room anymore for people like disorder, kuniworth, Immer Etwas/Desert Dave, General Billote and myself. You can't joke around without someone popping in and saying the thing is off topic or defacing the place blah-blah-blah and the admins ought to put a lock on it.Don't know about them others, hope
They'll stick their wrong-wired wicket IN
Now and again.
And hey!
BTW!
Where in dickens you been?
Out on boardwalk?
Be strolling the day away?
Commenting to some startled!! passer-by:
"That Atlantic Ocean!
She sure was something!
Back in the day... you know?
Tell me
That, anyway, you DO know!"
Yeah,
Hotel SC California
Is a lot like that there
Overlook Hotel
Out in Rocky Mountain Colorado, where
Nicholson vamped & grimaced,
Scowled and howled - here's Johnny!
All over the place!
You gotta pony up some special sort
Of entry fee - uh huh, jeepers,
Last I heard it was... the gold fillings
Robbed right out the mouth
Of ol'... Mojo Mother MaCree!
Anyhow,
As the song goes
[... wouldn't you know, it's by jjr's
VERY favorite-most house band,
The Eagles! ... him being
so truly enamoured of the American
demi-democratic Diaroma and all
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OK - faithful excerpt, with one small addition,
IE, "SC":
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Welcome to the hotel SC California
Such a lovely place
Such a lovely face
They livin’ it up at the hotel california
What a nice surprise, bring your alibis
Mirrors on the ceiling,
The pink champagne on ice
And she said ’we are all just prisoners here, of our own device’
And in the master’s chambers,
They gathered for the feast
The stab it with their steely knives,
But they just can’t kill the beast
Last thing I remember, I was
Running for the door
I had to find the passage back
To the place I was before
’relax,’ said the night man,
We are programmed to receive.
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Well, seems, as though
It's them last two lines that will surely
Hex and vex and totally wreck!
Some folks idea of HOW
To conduct orderly! business
On some game forum or other, ah,
Tsk tsk, too bad,
Let 'em learn the REAL deal,
How it is on the streets,
How to perform - most amazing! feats!
When you ain't own nuthin'
But a crust of bread
And a crow feather in the ball-hat
Backwards on yer head,
And,
Not least,
How old Mother MaCree feels?
Then that pinched wither-mouth is scavenged!
Of all it's... useless gold.
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Here we go, last two lines,
Memorize,
Or not, as you please:
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You can checkout any time you like,
But you can NEVER leave.
--- Music & Lyrics by The Eagles
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My kind of hoo-doo hang-out, man! :cool:
**By the by, I've got a RELEVANT question
For ALL SC Cats... to whom?
Does that turqoise-blue T-bird - belong? :confused:
WHO... some Ecce Homo
In ambling innocence... checked in,
WHO - now... wonders,
What's the fate of his much beloved,
Daily polished and oft thought
Fetishly fondly of,
Auto-mobile?
LOLOLOL!
C'mon "nuts & bolts" SC Cats,
Let's have some FUN,
NAME the Dude that holds the skeleton keys!
... 'cuz, he ain't got no pockets
anymore, those were ripped to tatter & shred
by them steely knives?
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MajorRH,Originally posted by MajorRH:I attempted to edit the basic North African Operational Game. After I saved the file with a different name and then opened it to play, the sandy desert had turned to marsh. I repeated this without making any edits...same effect. Is there something different when you try to edit operational games? What am I missing?
Whenever you modify an existing campaign or scenario, you'll need to copy/paste the data stored in the Campaign Folder and place it in your new game folders.
Naturally, editing whatever changes you have made from the original.
For Example,
File Directory:
Bitmaps Folder -> Campaigns Folder -> _41-42 North Afrika Folder,
Campaign Localization:
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
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; 1941-42 North Afrika - Custom Text
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; COUNTRY ID's
#CANADA= Commonwealth
#DENMARK= Crete
#LITHUANIA= Malta
; Terrain ID's
#MOUNTAIN= Escarpment
#MARSH= Desert
; Unit ID's
#HQ= Mobile HQ
#CORPS= Brigade
#ARMY= Division
#ENGINEERS= Special Weapons
#ROCKETS= Artillery
#TANK_GROUP= Tank Regiment
#AIR_FLEET= Air Squadron
; Weather ID's
#TEMPERATE= Desert
#FROZEN= N/A
#DESERT= N/A
#MUD= Rainsqualls
#SNOW= Sandstorms
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Also Edited, so to fit the specific scenario SCALE and schematic:
Movement Costs, Terrain/Resource Defense Bonus, CTV's (... unique per Nation) and Weather zones to account for sandstorms and rainsqualls.
You will also need to alter the Campaign Configuration file, depending on which parts of your new scenario you have changed.
#CUSTOM_BITMAPS= 1
#CUSTOM_INTERFACE= 1
#CUSTOM_SOUND= 1
#CUSTOM_LOCALIZATION= 1
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IOW, ANYTHING that has been changed from the ORIGINAL, default campaign (... or ANY scenario included) will need specific, special information stored in one of the files/folders.
When you do make alterations, and save the file, you'll need to CHANGE the name of the file, IE, something like... "_41-42 North Afrika Test"
**WRT to "desert into marsh"... instead of making a separate tile for desert, we simply used the marsh tiles and coloured them yellow.
So, you would need to make sure that your new "configuration" file included... Custom Bitmaps (... where the terrain tiles are located) is "1." Using "0" means that you have NO changes from the default game.
Naturally, movement costs and defense bonus, etc, were changed to "fit" the smaller scale.
I would suggest reading the "designer's notes" also.
Any questions on this scenario (... that I created) don't hesitate to ask.
BTW... just curious, and interested, but what changes did you intend to make?
[ September 30, 2006, 06:09 AM: Message edited by: Desert Dave ]
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So much for all them mistaken calculations
I have been reading for months now,
About how you just cannot defend
Merry Olde England against, even,
A hell-for-leather,
X-tremely risk-taking
Idaho kinda Foe.
Well told tale, myth'd Terif,
And just as CS Lewis himself,
Enjoyed reading all about it. :cool:
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Sorry, didn’t see another post with same theme.On the other hand we should have posts about this much more because diplomatic system is not good.Originally posted by vveedd:</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by John DiFool the 2nd:
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question on scenarios
in Strategic Command 2 Blitzkrieg and Weapons and Warfare
Posted
Now that I have some VA issues resolved,
I'll have some time
To work on this a little more.
Hubert has already indicated
That he will help out with
Sure X-tremely versed
AI scripting.
And so... after Thanksgiving,
If you are yet willing
We can test it through,
Get that earlier game done!
And you can provide,
If willing - some of your
Knowledge and expertise,
WRT to swirling sands
And last ditch desert-rat stands,
And how the Scotch-Irish
Will enter on in,
Playing that old time march-forth rag
On the bag-pipe band! LOL!
And therefore and then!
It'll be even better than ever.
Most likely!