Desert Dave
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Please meet - Dick.
Also meet - Jane.
See their little dog - Spot.
It is elite, created
Out of - anti-matter.
See Dick & Jane chase
Sprightly dog Spot!
Daytimes, yippee! It's fun!
Night times, alas,
They can search and search
And search and search, but,
Can find,
The turned-dark dog... not.
That work for ya?
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OK, returning - on topic,
Been doin' somemore research,
And now, shoot the man in the moon,
Gotta down-grade
That OTHER game... to... $7.95
As a bike-riding pal a' mine
Once shouted across
The fast-blasting wind - to me,
Then,
We were approaching a PO-lice
Barricade - was stretched
Shoulder to shoulder
Across Route 66 Road,
"How LOW can we go?"
(... you know, drop the hog and slide
the gravel, then get right back
up, again and - ride like the dickens!
red or blue lights a'flash, no matter!
)LOL, well, pret' soon here
They gon hav to PAY
Me to play that thang.
[ June 24, 2007, 06:40 AM: Message edited by: Desert Dave ]
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As per usual,Originally posted by Kuniworth:I think someone here need to take his pills.
Grown VERY Old, Dude,
You got it all wracked
Around - back-*sswards!
As a licensed "addictions counselor,"
I do my damndest
To get them there unfortunate users,
(... to include across-the-counter
EQUALLY as deadly - "legal prescriptions")
OFF - ALL!
The pills.
Live lean, live and let live,
Mostly,
Mind yer OWN piddling bidness,
And,
While yer at it,
Go - holistic! :cool:
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Yep jjr,Originally posted by jon_j_rambo:Guess we're off to the expansion pack soon enough...
@DesertDave --- That was some of your finest material. Old School.
Won't be long before you will be able
To whip the daylights outta everyone!
With this most amazing! new!
Version of SC too!
Ah, ack & alas,
X-cept... you know who! LOL!
Well,
At least you NEVER quit TRYING
To take down the (... temporary,
as ALL things ARE) reigning champeen,
The Cassius Clay of... SC 1 & 2!
Yea, that's... "old school" too. :cool:
BTW: If every forum member wrote
Of their experiences here,
And out there, of
This & that,
Them there nuts, bolts & nails
(... clench and wrench and hammer!
like hell! Grit Cats!)
I gotta admit,
I'd read your story-book - first.
PT Barnum has got nothing on you!
Hmmmm... seems my thread
Has got hi-jacked!
LOL, EVEN - by me!
OK, Old School - as you would say,
Is ---------------------> OUT!
**[... though I'll continue to X-press
same as I have for 5+ years now and if'n
some some body ain't liken it, well,
tough titty, kitty Cat,
they can rock me or sock me,
can me or ban me, nah, nope,
makes no - big deal diff, to me
]Back on topic:
That OTHER game is nuthin'
BUT! Utter and useless... JUNK!
Now! Down-graded to value of $12.95
IMHO.
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Good for you, but... you ain't one NOW,Well I've been a forum mod for nearly a decadeInsofar as I am aware,
So... giv it a rest, yes?
Are hard to git rid of, but,Old habits you know.You CAN... all ya gotta do
Is - say to yerself - I ain't actually
Gotta be any freaking snitch no more!
Sh*t on a dowsing stick,Promotional team for AMD and PC GamerNothing grand like Fox with it's propaganda, much smaller.
Was running a Gaming / E-sports news website 25k registered people with a team of about 20 volunteers as newscrew.
Nice and rewarding project till they pulled the plug on it 6 months after I was gone.
I AM impressed... I guess - ah, no,
Truth be told, I am MUCH
More impressed with... how those fellaheen
Can survive on next to - NOTHING.
Live in an over-turned refrigerator box.
Scratch at the arid land,
Sup on the cess, scrub and spoor
That emerges from sun dunned sand.
Have no interest in "rational X-planations"
About how they are situated
So awful poorly, IE,
Hey you - "Anthro-pologist!"
Leave me be, get yerself
A REAL job!
Have - superstition.
Determination.
Steel-welded sort of Soul.
Them are the kind what impresses me.
Well,
It's obvious we got two entirely
DIFFERENT ways of apprehending
This World.
That's cool,
I ken live with that. :cool:
I ain't gon go on with this,
You can have the last word,
I gots to take the Terrier Dog
For a walk in the park... being
Mighty - careful!
How I awaken that sleeping creature,
There - where he lies.
[ June 23, 2007, 09:21 AM: Message edited by: Desert Dave ]
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Good!
That we have a rational some one
Who will keep track
Of ALL the nefarious doings
Hereabouts!
In another time & place,
Then I was a soldier, a biker,
An everyday common laborer,
This sort of attitude would be called:
Snitching.
Being... a rat-fink.
Know what I mean?
How's about you let the sleeping dogs lie?
Never know what some ol' cur will do
Once awoken out of a peaceful slumber,
So to speak.
BTW, I am hardly surprised
That you worked for the Mega-Corp Media,
It shows, it grows
Ever more apparent!
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Not to omit,
John the Baptist
Had 'is head handed to 'im.
Literally.
(... think about it... what would he
be, in order to accept that
sort of, ummm... "temporal and
utterly ineffectual - gesture?"
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Ah I see.Originally posted by n0kn0k:Let's do away with ANY discussion
Of... "politics or religion." on a wargame forum
You almost got it right there DD
Taking my quote out of context
And adding YOUR OWN agenda/addendum, eh?
You should be working
For ANY English-speaking Mega-Corp Media!
I've got news - Xtra! Xtra!
Hear all about it!
For you... forum members have been
Bespeaking politics & religion
(... EVEN - then they didn't KNOW
that they were, RE: my post just above)
For the 5 + years I been around.
What gives?
YOU yerself gonna CHANGE all that,
All of a sudden?
HOW so, might I inquire? LOL!
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How would you know that, Blash Mon? :confused:Originally posted by Blashy:Patriotism is always supporting your country and supporting your Government when it deserves it.
- Mark Twain
That is the biggest problem with USA, they can't make the difference between the two.
You don't live and die here.
I myself can "tell the difference."
MOST of the folks I know,
Can indeed "tell the difference."
According to the latest polls
70% of Americans
Can "tell the difference."
On and on
Under the same old (... ever lasting?) Sun,
Geee Yippeeeeee!
Ain't we got fun!
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The sig is an attempt to come up with the only rational reason behind a person's "patriotism". Nothing in the history of this world, maybe with the exception of religion, is responsible for so much death and suffering as patriotism. </font>Originally posted by borsook:</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by jon_j_rambo:
@borsook --- Dude, what's with your sig? You some kind of New World Order Commie? If Shaw & you can realize that taken pride in one's country...ah, may have a reason? (See Freedom)
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Home is the hunter
Come from the hill,
Home the sailor,
Come from the sea;
Home is the Honch, baby,
Recovered from - 'is cheap thrills?
Why 'e begone in the first place
Well, that's... way beyond me. :confused:
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Long time no hear from Old Man like me!
Playing?
1) Nascar board game where little replicas of Bobby Labonte and Rusty Wallace and Matt Kenseth race 'em little cars around 3 different tracks,
yep, it's got flagging, pit stops, drafting and slip-streaming, screaming! by those who suppose they were "bumped aside," and moving through the "groove of the track!"
Well, all them years livin' in the deep south remain in my blood, I reckon.
2) A baseball game that I made from scratch which features all them great and legendary stars of yester-year (... IE, them that don't have heads the size of Alabama watermellons, and cojones reduced to mustard seeds), such as Moose Moryn of the lovable Cubbies and Joe DeMaestri that good-field, no-hit shortstop for the hapless KC Athletics... tho, he did warm the bench for them damn! Yankees a couple of years.
3) SC-2 WaW, natch. Boy! Are you guys gonna be surprised! :cool:
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I have read all contained in this thread,
And,
I have read all WRT to this OTHER game,
At a couple other purely
Fanboi sites.
And so, I have changed my mind.
I had originally said
That I would pay $25.00 for it,
Same as what Hubert had for SC-1.
Now,
Since I am a little better informed,
I guess I'd now pay, oh,
NO MORE than $19.95.
Been playing almost all these WW-2 GS
Games - board & pixel,
Since we were introduced to Third Reich.
That OTHER game is commercially exploitive
JUNK.
Same as Grigsby's serio-cynical rip-off.
You guys that like it, well,
You can have it.
Yeah, yeah I hear ya.
NICE!
That we got another game in the genre,
LOLOL!
Like I say - maybe,
Another year,
Many & manifold patches,
It MIGHT be worth $29.95.
Those coy cats what made this thing
Apparently,
Can't hardly grasp
The INTRICACIES of WW-2,
Let alone - what makes ANY game
ANY good.
Too bad.
Nice try, PITIFUL poor execution.
[ June 20, 2007, 07:36 AM: Message edited by: Desert Dave ]
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Hey! Idaho Ivanho!@DesertDave --- If you're in true need of a few bucks for food, clothing, & a KJV...let me know. Don't want to see you with a cardboard sign,"Vet in need". Despite what many don't do, I do. I give my change in the Honda away to those on the corner. And the rich man wouldn't even give the crumbs off his plate.Thanks for the offer,
But,
I'm gettin' by alright. :cool:
Haven't - always,
Then again,
Who has?
I ken appreciate that your offer
Comes from a right
Righteous heart, and
You know - and I know what that really
Means, but it seems some don't, well,
That's alright too, but
Them kind are often the very SAME
(... IE, who don't LIVE here)
Who ain't got a Sherlock clue
What America was, is
And ever will be... all about, neither.
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WRT all the fair-minded commentary
About that OTHER game, well,
Just goes to show
The immense DIFFERENCE between SC Community
And them other 2 I'd mentioned,
Whoso seem to delight in trashing
THIS game, and this game maker.
Rare is the one
At Smithereens or Matrix
Who has given Hubert
Much, if any CREDIT
For gifting us all
With that most amazing! editor.
They ain't got no class, man.
And so,
I tell you straight,
You ain't seen nuthin' yet!
Just wait 'til you
Get a glimpse of this next game
And what you can do with
That next Editor! :cool:
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What, you slither into yer wet-suit,Originally posted by n0kn0k:It's not about how much you earn,
but how you spend it
I love games and gamedesign,
so I'd rather go without shoe-laces then games.
And all Dutchies know the Beach Boys ofcourse
Paddle far out into
The Nord See,
Then!
Shoot the curl,
Walk the board,
Back & forth,
Hanging 9,
Until!
You hit... the dyke?
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You can't be a critic without testing the productOriginally posted by n0kn0k:</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Desert Dave:
You said the PRODUCT itself was no damn good,
Never mind... the delivery system.
And yet,
You HAVE ordered this one,
If I am reading correctly, IE,
"Good thing I ordered the digital download
and the physical DVD."
So.
Now?
Of a sudden?
You are liking the products better
Than you - once upon a time,
Did? :confused:
I don't mind spending the money, it made me a bit wiser again and my review supported my earlier views of Slitherine. [/QB]</font>
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ROFLMAO!Originally posted by Iron Ranger:I lead my attacks with HQs, them old generals cant see much so they always run right into firefights.
Second time in two days - a very first
For me! LOL!
When I wuz in,
I NEVER did salute enny a' them
Sorts of... hanging back
100+ clicks from the action
Soldiers.
Never did found one what deserved it.
In fact,
The ONLY "officer" I gave more
Than a sort of... half-*ssed,
Half-raised, nonchalant "carry-on dude"
Kind of faux salute,
Was my First Sergeant.
I still think of him, now & then,
To this day.
Saved me two Article-15's, at least,
IE - told them ROTC shave-tails
To cool it and go find
Some rear-echelon slouch Cat
To nit-pick with. :cool:
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</font>Originally posted by n0kn0k:</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Desert Dave:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by n0kn0k:
Something interesting! Keep this in mind!
You pay nearly 4 euro's to be able to keep downloading the 130 MB file for only 2 years :/
Damn ripoff imho. Good thing I ordered both the digital download and the physical DVD.
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Extended Download Service
Digital River, Inc. (“DR”) will provide, upon paid consideration for the extended service, the ability to reinitiate a download of any digital product file within an original order placed by end user (the “Service”) for a period of two years.
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</font>Originally posted by n0kn0k:Something interesting! Keep this in mind!
You pay nearly 4 euro's to be able to keep downloading the 130 MB file for only 2 years :/
Damn ripoff imho. Good thing I ordered both the digital download and the physical DVD.
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Extended Download Service
Digital River, Inc. (“DR”) will provide, upon paid consideration for the extended service, the ability to reinitiate a download of any digital product file within an original order placed by end user (the “Service”) for a period of two years.
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Geeeeeeeez,
What an INexpert, UNfinished,
Copy-cat (... no you duplicitous dudes over
to Smithereens/Matrix, it ain't LIKE
"PG," it's been sorta
"accidentally borrowed" - mostly from
'round hereabouts, IMO... and - as
I always say - who
else's - should I have?
)Piece of OVERpriced slab of UNDERcooked
Pizza Pie! In the sky! LOL!
Well,
I ain't gotta ELABORATE all the reasons
Why - do I?
$60.00!! :eek:
For - essentially, the SAME thang
Hubert put out for - 25 bucks?
OK,
Let's see... maybe,
A couple years,
10-20 patches or so,
Another iteration or 2?
THEN they can yak up the smack.
[... BTW: hmmmm, hard for me to imagine
another Geezer what wheezes so awful
supercilious as that fat-lip
Canadian Cat - LestheSarge... nope,
canno think of nary a one!]
Yeah yah yah yah!
I am been with Hubert for 5 years now
And I am a mite sympatico.
So what, that don't change nuthin'
IMHO.
[ June 17, 2007, 09:26 AM: Message edited by: Desert Dave ]
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Where've you been the last 5 years vveedd?Originally posted by vveedd:</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Desert Dave:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr /> Guys are working hard but they made same mistake as Hubert did; they didn’t include gamer population soon enough in development.
Parsing out the stems & seeds?
Folks on this here forum have been expressing
Quite explicitly,
Many and multiform requests all along!
What did you miss?
Worse, does that worry you? :eek:
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Better to do that
With "scripted variants,"
Which has increased dramatically
Due to new!
Opportunities soon to come
To a theatre near you.
O/W, as Targul has said several times,
With the current a-historical exploits,
You may as well be playing
Nazi Space Rangers meet Godzilla.
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Man, have you EVER changedOriginally posted by Kuniworth:This forum have had some disturbances in the past. No wonder moderators are "trigger-happy".
Skando Mondo! :eek:
It's as tho... you grew VERY old
Like,over-night, man.
[... BTW, are you still keepin'
that "lock-out count?" I do believe
I've passed you by now
)Ya gotta have some "outlaw juice,"
Else everything starts sounding
Like one a' them there
Hollywood musicals
Where ever body is smilin' & singin'
Pretty little ditties.
I just don't GET you guys, I guess. :confused:
Folks get together - no matter WHAT
The reason, war-gaming or
Bird-finding, and naming,
And the NEED to,
Now and then,
Express them REAL selves.
It's only human nature.
O/W you - finally,
End up with cloistered kind of zombies
Who are liable to commence
That there "authoritarian"
Sort of stuff, IE,
EITHER think and talk - like ME,
Or,
You ain't no damn good.
Lighten up dudes,
Yer life is VERY short.
Have some fun.
Well, Skando, NOW we only got
The one GENUINE "show-man" left,
rambo_jr.
It's a travesty, a real shame, IMHO.
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Same here.Hello Desert Dave. Nice to see you again. :cool:Though, I can't SEE you, merely
Hear the, ummmm... defensive tone
Of yer 2D voice, ah,
That's alright,
Since - NOBODY really "knows"
Anybody else, nope,
Even if they been trading smack or blather
For 5 years or more.
EVERYTHING is "related," even whenI can’t see how your question is related to point of this discussion...The seeker/searcher doesn't know
That it actually is.
Until much later in Life, usually.
LOTS of folks do.I DON’T CARE about editor, modders or anything related to this. Never really care and never will be. I didn’t open SC2 editor, not even once and never will.Now, more than ever,
Thanks to the most amazing!
Editor you shall ever witness
Thence SC2-Weapons and Warfare
Becomes available... notso long
From now, or
So I hear, tho, as with ALL else,
I could be wrong.
However,
I appreciate your common fear
Regarding - trying some thing,
ANY thing... that is new.
It's what is causing so much grief
And consternation
In the World community, IMHO.
And too,
Many are the number who are like you,
Well, in this particular way anyhow,
And prefer to let others make those
Mods for them.
North Afrika,
Battle of the Bulge,
Air Assault on Crete,
Etc, etc.
Heark!
I am in suspense just now!
Can we make uniquely scaled MAPS,
As for those scenarios
Listed just above?
With that other game?
Just wondering.
Where've you been the last 5 years vveedd?Guys are working hard but they made same mistake as Hubert did; they didn’t include gamer population soon enough in development.Parsing out the stems & seeds?
Folks on this here forum have been expressing
Quite explicitly,
Many and multiform requests all along!
What did you miss?
Worse, does that worry you? :eek:
Didn't you realize?For commercial point of view Expansion Pack is maybe good move but still many of these features should have been in original release.EVERYTHING, darn near, is "commercial,"
These latter days.
That which is not - and, cannot
Be bought & sold, well,
Those sorts of things are THE most valuable,
Ach,
We save that discussion for another day, eh?
As for the other comment, nope, nix nay,
There ain't one single thing
I've EVER heard tell of... that
Should be... other
That what it - IS.
Could be?
Sure, you bet.
Might have been?
Well, who wants to dwell on what's
Long ago gone?
Commercial?
Well, they ain't puttin' much in at start,
So I must presume that MOST
Of what else is necessary
To make a decent WW2 GS game
Will come later? :confused:
With what kind of price tag,
No one can tell.
From my readings it sounds as though,
This is a pretty rudimentary version,
With plenty of "basics"
(... as with complete
Polish sovereignty) yet
To be inserted, yes?
That YOU do NOT careBy the way, as I know, in this other game, EVERYTHING is editable. Not from editor, every original game files are editable but I will say again; I DON’T CARE. :cool:Is well established by now, no need vveedd
To lather rinse and repeat.
However, I am - same as any other potential
Buyer,
VERY concerned to know just HOW
That "file editing" might be done?
Easily,
And intuitively,
With a few simple mouse-clicks,
As Hubert has done it,
One would hope?
And so... the DEMO will let
Whoso is actually interested
(... based on fleeting flimsy knowledge
thus far enumerated by, ummm, rather
reluctant-to-reveal immoderaters) - finally,
KNOW all about 'em nuts & bolts,
As well as IF the game is balanced
And has a robust AI,
And whether it tends to crash & burn,
And the like.
Good luck! With yer future testing!
May be you will do some good
For the real-deal,
Get it when they SEE it... gaming crowd!
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ROFLMAO Can't Hep it!
in Strategic Command 2 Blitzkrieg and Weapons and Warfare
Posted
Actually,
I AM able to say - WHY, but,
Choose - not to, at least
Just now.
You guys figure it out for yourselves,
I am ONLY interested
In helping Hubert in whatever way
That I can.
I have said it before, but will
Say it yet again - I wouldn't
Spend all this time,
In this, my one & only Life... for ANY OTHER
Game-maker now alive - claimed famous,
Over-rated, or hardly even beginning,
No matter - NO INTEREST!
So, there you go.
I will however, mention a couple things:
1) The game is WAY over-priced
For what you get, IE, essentially,
The near identical thing - and,
I mean that literally,
That Hubert put out - all by himself,
(... most of the testing included)
For... $25.00
And, what do you know?
Now I hear tell that there will be
"Expansions?"
Add the price of those - another
$60.00 bucks each?
And you'll soon enough have to pay
A couple hundred dollars
For something that should have been part
Of this half-*ssed game
To start with.
It's like this one board-game I - mistakenly,
Purchased - awhile ago... see,
In order to get ALL
The assorted unit types,
You had to buy "add-on" packets.
Well, the game sold for $30-40 bucks, IIRC,
BUT... each add-on pack - and there were about
4 or 5 of 'em,
Cost $15-20.00
What do we call THAT? :eek:
Scam job.
Conning the gullible (... at first).
Commercial exploitation.
Royal rip off.
Just like that OTHER game, IMHO.
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**[... yeah yeah yah! I ken hear ya,
You IMAGINE this is what is happening here,
With SC1 -> SC2 -> SC2, WaW, yes?
Well, best to keep in mind that Hubert
Codes - all by his lonesome! Has
NO coterie of computer-schooled Dudes!
And, has been pressured!! - all along,
From the SC Community, from places
Higher up, even, and, no doubt - him being
A "perfectionist"... taking SUFFICIENT time,
Wanting - nay, personally insisting!
He would indeed put out
The VERY best game that he could manage,
Given the time-pressures,
And those ever-present forum demands, IE,
I want the new! Game - NOW!
Best to keep in mind also, the TOTAL investment
For SC1 + SC2,
Thus far -> $25 + 40 = ABOUT the same
As what Smithereens is asking for... JUNK!]
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2) At the moment, I am creating
A scenario (... actually, updating
an old one - 1941-42 North Afrika)
And adding in many changes, IE,
Much different OOB, using
Almost all!
Of those new unit types,
As for instance,
GErman 88's as anti-tank,
Mobile anti-air,
TAC bombers, etc.
**[... and here, I want to express immense
THANKS! to Brad - AKA: SeaMonkey,
For his VERY helpful and quite informed input WRT the OOB's! :cool: ]
And unique terrain,
And some more scripting, for "events"
AND - for the AI.
Now,
I can make a complete map
Of ANY WW-2 scenario, as for instance
I am currently considering doing
"The Battle of the Bulge,"
At the same scale as '41-42.
I can do it,
GIVEN what currently is available,
WITHOUT resorting to units/resources/terrain
Paint-created by some other Mod Cat.
And so - I have to ask?
Can we do such as that
With that OTHER game?
New map,
Damn near ANY sort of unit,
Like stand-alone Arty or anti-tank?
If not
(... and keep in mind,
We are talking... $60.00!)
Why Not?
Next,
To go a bit further,
I have ALWAYS favored having
ALL "experience" gained by a unit
EQUAL, whether you win, tie or lose.
How not?
The losing soldiers HAVE indeed become
"Combat hardy" every bit as much
As the winners, IMO.
In my VERY strong opinion.
(... the losers have to reinforce with MORE
"green recruits," and so, the unit will LOSE
more experience in the process; also,
we already have "morale" so that should
surely suffice, WRT the winner's
newly achieved combat superiority, and etc)
So,
Listen up!
I go into the Editor,
And with merely one little mouse-click,
Takes - oh, maybe 3 or 5 seconds,
I have "equalized" ALL experience,
On the CRT (... combat results table)
As I personally believe it should be.
And,
So it WILL - in that aforementioned
1941-42 North Afrika scenario.
OK, enough.
As said - I have absolutely NO interest
In helping Smithereens make their game
Better.
I only have so much time,
And I can think of a couple thousand
Other things I'd rather do.
YOU go back and tell them what's WRONG,
What's a-historical,
What's freakish and needs immediate!
Attention and improvement, yes?
Though, Stalin's Organist has
Done a pretty good job,
So I agree with his assessment,
As of - now.
[ June 25, 2007, 05:42 AM: Message edited by: Desert Dave ]