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    Greatest Submachine Gun of WWII

    in Combat Mission: Afrika Korps

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    Albeit, being an Australian,I've got to back everything that's been said about the OWEN GUN. There's something to be said about a machine pistol that can be drenched in mud and then will still shoot as many IJA that can pop their heads up. Hell, it was made out of pressed parts, dirt cheap to make and as reliable as heck.

    You can cite the MP44 etc... but anything including this is an assault rifle... the M16 etc; whatever... and the MG3 well, excellent yes but give me a mini gun any day...

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    **** ROW IV (part 3) ****

    in Combat Mission: Afrika Korps

    Posted

    Originally posted by GreenAsJade:

    </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Lord Harmes:

    erm... how the devil do i get into a tournament and start cracking some heads together?

    You wait and wait and wait for the next Tournament to start.

    This tournament takes a _lot_ of putting together: it uses brand new scenarios, all created for the tournament.

    Regretably, then, these things only start rarely.

    I (for one) would love to see more tournaments, if only we could figure out a good way of running one without needing scenarios that the combatants haven't seen before.

    I ponder this from time to time, and have some ideas.

    Is anyone else interested?

    GaJ. </font>

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    Operation Map

    in Combat Mission - Scenario Talk

    Posted

    Just a point...

    I think CM is supposed to be fun isn't it?... and war.. where people really get shot... well that's historically accurate...?

    Sorry, Sergei/Michael, sometimes the cinisism parodies a certain reality that can take the fun out of the original concept... perhaps ;)

    and Senachai, he just hates Australians anyway..?

    [ March 14, 2004, 08:47 AM: Message edited by: Richie ]

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    B&T's Battle for the Reichstag

    in Combat Mission - Scenario Talk

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    Thanks for your kind reviews guys!

    A couple of issues have been raised here and I'll address my reasons behind them for clarity's sake. I do appreciate the feedback though. It's all helpfull!

    SPOILERS AHEAD

    Re the number of turns;

    As stated in the briefing, Stalin demanded the Reichstag have the Soviet flag flying over it in time for Mayday in Moscow. In reality, resistance in the building itself continued for two more days from the cellars, finally ending on May 2 with 200 Germans killed, 500 injured and 300 surrendering. Clearly the AI will not put up as stout a defence as a human opponent will, but it was my desire to place pressure on the Soviet player here to capture the building, by t45 (the Mayday deadline) or face Stalin's wrath and Beria's horrors for the failure...

    Having read a little about the final days of the Russian assault it becomes clear the importance Stalin placed on having the building and how eager Zhukov and others were to appease him. It's always a personal thing and everyone will have there own opinion but I feel giving the Soviet player more time to complete the task throws things in his favour. I mean, he's unlikely to run out of men. ;)

    Re the guns on Washingtonplatz;

    Over Washingtonplatz the Soviets had positioned many artillery pieces, up to 100 on the day of the assault. The guns there are more symbolic than a realistic attempt to recreate the equipment at the Soviet players disposal. They were never included in any balance assessment. If I hadn't included any I may be answering, 'Why are there no guns on Washintonplatz?' from some Grog somewhere, 'coz there were hundreds on the day!!!' Hence the abundant Soviet artillery provided via spotters. :D

    Re the briefing;

    Yeah, you got me there. Not the standard format. Things got a little rushed and I could have set them out a little better.

    Thanks again guys! I hope this shines a light in some dark places.

    Cheers, Richie

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    How do I set up multiplayer?

    in Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin

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    If you turn off your XP internal firewall you will leave your system wide open for virus's, hackers and worms. This can be very, very bad. I know from recent experience. All advice recommends using Zone Alarm as your firewall instead. This is a free download but may have conflict issues with any other firewall you are running. You can configure the port to allow traffic from one specific IP address. It works but it's a bugger to get rid of when you try and uninstall it. Can you get a friend to host instead?

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