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    Weird Text.

    in Combat Mission Archive #4 (2002)

    Posted

    Originally posted by Asschen:

    In a PBEM where my MGbunker is under fire I suddenly get this text : "Firing slit penetration 2 Night is falling." I don't get it, is this some insider joke? Or some grog lingo ? I have the save if needed.

    Regards

    LOL, that sounds like an attempt at more poetic damage results.

    No more "front upper hull penetration, 1 casualty". "night is falling" does capture what the feeling must be inside the bunker as the firing slit penetration damage occurs doesnt it smile.gif

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    The Lord of the Peng: The Two Challenges

    in Combat Mission Archive #4 (2002)

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    Originally posted by Panzer Leader:

    Be aware, though, that I am often called "The Lion of Sweden" due to my ferocious decapitation of all Swedes I meet, whether born Swedish, or converted there-in.

    Tell the truth now, it is you who insist that all your friends, family, neighbours and co-workers call you "The Lion of Sweden" because you have fallen for the myth that all Swedes are great porn stars.
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    The Lord of the Peng: The Two Challenges

    in Combat Mission Archive #4 (2002)

    Posted

    The previous taunt:

    Panzer, your incoherent ramblings in this thread and your slightly amusing, yet tragic ramblings in the other thread reminded me why you owe me a setup.

    To be perfectly honest I had forgotten about it, and your vicious post directed at me left me in a strangely bewildered state. Like a Budhist monk pondering over the sound of one hand clapping I sat at my office staring at the screen "why did I think he owed me a setup" I thought..."was it all a dream? A wild and beautiful dream..or was it some figment of imagination stemming from a thoroughly drunk mind?"

    Then, when I read your 34-second thread. And I swear, I did not want to read it, it was more like the situation you face when you pass a horribly ugly girl with an enormous big nose in a bar...you dont want to look, but yet you cant help it because "WOW that is a big nose you think...is it really THAT big?" So you look and stare when you dont think she sees you. She notice how you are looking at her and thinks you are interested in her. You on the other hand panic as you realize that she is looking at you now and you force yourself not to look, but then you think "I have to make sure that she doesnt look at me right now" so you look at her, and she was looking at you and now she thinks "yes, he likes me, that is the only reasonable explanation to why hes looking at me all the time". And you panic again, worse this time and you order in lots of shooters and beer thinking "if Im drunk enough, she will leave me alone" but soon you find yourself staring like crazy at her and generally you are behaving like a baboon on a bad acid trip. (Then you end up following her back to her place, and when you wake up the next morning you just want to cry/join the foreign legion and you feel an uncontrollable urge to scrub your entire body with iodine).

    Then I thought "I've seen these incoherent ramblings before...yes, I recognize the so-very-not-logic arguments presented with the finesse of a drunken elephant having a panic attack inside a small porcelain gift shop."

    You know why you owe me a setup, you STALKER.

    Anyway, the 34-second thread inspired me to write a small poem in your honour:

    Roses are red, violets are blue, sugar is sweet, and your thread was cute.

    But the roses are wilting, the violets are dead, the sugar bowl's empty and so is your head.

    Setup please.

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    MasterGoodWaffle's Thread of Cheery Ale

    in Combat Mission Archive #4 (2002)

    Posted

    Originally posted by Soddball:

    That title sounds groovy.

    RIGHT!

    Gaylord Focker failed to respond to my challenge, proving once and for all that he is a whiny sausage.

    So, I demand a mighty duel of doom from someone.

    The penalty for your defeat shall be as follows:

    In your Sig, you must include the line "I am Soddball's wife" for a period of at least six months.

    I am going shopping for wives.

    oooooh, you're my wife now.

    I accept. The penalty for your defeat shall be:

    In your sig, you must include the line "Gay still means happy"

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    Why can't CMBB hav ea Dynamic campaign system like Hearts of Iron?

    in Combat Mission Archive #4 (2002)

    Posted

    I have HoI and with the new 1.02 patch it is really good. There are a couple of relatively minor issues left to fix (arent there always) but now the game is playable and challenging (if you play at the highest difficulty-level). I think the limit for multiplayer is 8 players, and you can play whatever nation you want (even the really crappy ones like Abbessinia or Bulgaria or whatever).

    A taste of what 1.02 is like:

    I'm playing a game as Germany right now, its in the middle of September 39 (I'm playing the 36-48 campaign) and this game has been the most intense, nerve wrecking experience I've ever had with a strategic-level game.

    As my panzers were tearing through the Polish lines, France did the unexpected and attacked into southern Germany. Something like 15-20 French divisions came charging out from the maginot line. I only had some cavalry divisions and some militia divisions covering that front (because, hey, we all know how the French suck...right). My poor second line units were quickly routed, and whats worse, a counterattack with four of my good 1st line infantry divisions was beaten back with heavy losses. So now Im scrambing units from the Polish front to build a hasty new defensive line around Munich and Hannover. And the damn russians seems satisifed with just waiting for me to mop up Poland before they demand their half in accordance with the Molotov-Ribbentrop agreement.

    Meanwhile, my poor Luftwaffe is stretched to the breaking point. British (and Canadian) strategic bombers are attacking targets in northern Germany 2-3 nights a week, at the same time the Polish airforce (!!) proved to be quite a challenge with 6 or 7 fighter squadrons more than I expected. So with half of my fighter squadrons facing the british bomber offensive, and the other half keeping the poles in check, I didnt really have alot of aircraft left when the French hit in the south. So now the French airforce is dominating the skies over southern Germany.

    The only bright spot is Bismarck, she managed to slip through the British lines together with the cruisers Deutschland and Graf Spree, and they are now wreaking havoc among the British convoy lines in the north atlantic. In two weeks they have sunk over 20 merchantmen.

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    Initial Impressions of Strategy Guide

    in Combat Mission Archive #4 (2002)

    Posted

    Originally posted by Battlefront.com:

    the "this should have been included in the manual because the game is unplayable without it" nonsense is just that... nonsense.

    Well, the game is certainly not unplayable without that information. However, personally I am of the opinion that basic stuff like how units recover from shaken status should have been included in the game manual.
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