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    Pre-Orders - WOOT!!!

    in Strategic Command 2 Blitzkrieg and Weapons and Warfare

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    Originally posted by Sombra:

    Just a little question before preordering. I hope Battlefront does not include nasty surprises like "Starforce" in the game?

    Is it possible to do a full install on my laptop and Homesystem though I do not have to keep track of my CD?

    There's an interesting history regarding SC 1 and the need for a CD...when SC 1 was first released, the CD was not needed to play. Then one of the patches included the need to have the CD in your drive...many gamers complained about the change, and Hubert was gracious enough to revert back the original with another patch...let's hope there is no need for the CD this time around too.......
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    "The Great Raid" : Remembering Legends, add POWs to SC-2?

    in Strategic Command 2 Blitzkrieg and Weapons and Warfare

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    For the actual truth of the event, I recommend the book, Ghost Soldiers by Hampton Sides....it is an excellent account of the heroic act but you will be disappointed when you discover that the actual "raid" was rather uneventful and not the hollywoodized version seen in the film...actually the Filipino supporting actions were more dangerous than what the US faced at the prison...a great event which deserves attention, but take the film with a grain of salt......

    [ February 01, 2006, 04:52 AM: Message edited by: J P Wagner ]

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    High Wire Balancing Act

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    I think what all this leads up to is an extensive OPTIONS screen to allow you to create the type of balances you want....do you want to try playing a game where the USA remains neutral unless attacked?. Or how about a neutral Soviet Union until 1943? How about having Spain be part of the AXIS in 39? Then a check on a box should make these and many other things so.

    There is already the ability to limit the number of units that a country could produce so this can go along way in creating balance in the game if players feel the default setting skew the game in favor of one side or another.

    The default settings should be the game that Hubert envisions for us to play which would, not exactly mirror, but shadow a historical framework. An extensive choice of options will then allow players to take the game to the next level.

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    When will the Soviet Union declare war in SC 2?

    in Strategic Command 2 Blitzkrieg and Weapons and Warfare

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    Grigsby's World at War has the Soviet Union frozen until '43 (unless certain conditions trigger an early entry) and I think it works just fine....Keep in mind though that WaW has no Diplomatic model which many view as a short coming in the game, so with SC 2, perhaps if the Axis player sees the Soviet war readiness start to rise, he can invest in some diplomatic/propaganda chits to reduce that readiness percentage...consider it as Germany's way of reassuring Russia, that despite what they think, their treaty is still sound, and the latter's willingness to believe it....I'm sure Edwin already covered this somewhere and in better detail....

    [ January 02, 2006, 01:38 PM: Message edited by: J P Wagner ]

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    Farewell

    in Strategic Command 2 Blitzkrieg and Weapons and Warfare

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    Originally posted by jon_j_rambo:

    @Kaptain Kangeroo --- Dude, first of all, what's with this "K" & "K" stuff? In Idaho, that means something when you spell words deliberately with "K"s instead of the natural "C"'s. Do you mean what I think you mean? If so, Idaho is too great for hate.

    Next, how can I miss somebody who never got here? Reminds me of a great quote by Johnny Cash to the guy dating his daughter,"Son, I don't know you enough to miss you when your gone". I also like the classics,"Let the door knob hit you where the dog should have bit you". Or the other version,"Let the door knob hit you where the good Lord split you.".

    Now take your A.I. playing self out of here. The A.I. sucks, how long did it take you to finally figure that out? Maybe you should go play with yourself in some 3R?

    Just doing my job,

    Legend

    Just so no brands a newcomer as being a member of a hate organization, Kaptain Karl was a character played by the late Phil Hartman and it was spelled that way.....
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    hearts and minds versus blood and guts

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    An excellent book on the subject is Hitler's Airwaves by Horst J.P. Bergmeier and Rainer E. Lotz.(Yale)...it traces the development of Nazi radio broadcasting and propaganda swing . The book covers the broadcasters as well including William Joyce aka Lord Haw-Haw...a cd is included which has many of the propoganda swing tunes that were playing on the German airwaves during the war....a recommended read.....

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