Baneman

And then I realised with growing horror that I had fallen in amongst Cthulu and his minions. Which for the first time, actually explains ...a lot... about this thread and its inhabitants.

I hate to get all nitpicky, especially amongst grogs of such note, but isn't that an example of Marmottruppen ?

This. Would be most welcome.

It's not a bad idea LLF, but the trouble is, the Road may be skylined or otherwise inderdicted by known enemy assets, so how do you "turn it off" if you don't want your tank/truck/platoon to use it ? I'd much rather see more intelligent AI where it simply slows down if about to run into a vehicle ahead ( rather than CMx1's Stop/Reverse/Go again method which tended to exacerbate the problem - ie. if one vehicle caught up to the vehicle in front, pretty much every other vehicle behind them using that road was screwed for the rest of that turn - at least )

This sounds very worthwhile, I'd like to be considered. There's not a lot I can say to justify my inclusion except : a) I can do bribes - probably in mead Someone has to be the loser. I can do that

Of the list, I'd say the KWV, Zonnebloem, Nederberg, Simonsig, Vergelegen, Rust en Vrede and Allesverloren are reliable names. I don't know all the names on the list as there's a few new ones and I've been out of SA for some years now. The KWV Pinotage is a personal favourite ( if you ever get the chance, the Middelvlei Pinotage is probably the best Pinotage I ever tasted ) Nederberg cater for mass market and are very successful at keeping their wines tasting the same, year after year ( no mean feat ), so are reliable for someone new to SA wines without being the best. I'm sure WineCape can give you more info

Ahem, if there's good SA wine going, I'm there ( did my Wine Tasting diploma through Cape Wine Academy back in the day ). Favourite is still Buitenverwachting... @NormalDude - the trouble with South African red is that ( at least this is true for the UK ) the really good stuff seems to stay in SA - apart from a couple of specialist shops I've found ( the one in Kingston-on-Thames is very good ), the supermarkets particularly seem to import the most awful co-op and brands-you-never-heard-of rubbish. If you're lucky they have one bottle of decent stuff for an exorbitant sum. But feel free to Pm me and I'll give you some names to look out for. Or WineCape will

Take off and nuke them from orbit

You and Jarmo, with post counts of 4 figures, hardly qualify as lurkers. Sorry, but that's the brutal truth

Judging by my post count, I'm a lurker too. Mostly though, I just don't have anything to say. About CM:BN though, I'm willing to step up and proclaim an ability to drool in anticipation as good as any grog

Was also going to mention - didn't Liverpool do better during the Houllier years than recently in the Hodgson years ? Still, shouldn't talk, I support a team of proper surrender-monkeys...

I'd guess that it probably looks perfectly fine when in motion, but a still screenshot gives rise to a "look" that your eyes are never going to see. The same issue arose in the IL2 Cliffs of Dover forum with Development shots of planes on fire - people moaned about the look of the fire without taking into account the still nature of the screenshot which necessarily robs the pic of all the coding goodness that makes flames look real.

Hehe, I thought "Ken" was c3k - who suggested putting back the release date and as such, is worthy of a good kicking...

Exactly - and IL2 Cliffs of Dover is a new engine, so issues are inevitable ( not helped by Ubisoft's meddling with the imposition of the epilepsy filter, work on which probably took valuable time away from pre-release optimisation ).

Fair enough, thanks for that info - point being, I didn't know what their speeds were, just that most AC descriptions said "using their speed for protection" and I've never seen one ... get away with it

I was just commenting to a CMx1 opponent that I felt Armoured Cars have always gotten the short stick in most wargames as their speed doesn't seem to affect AT guns and other tanks enough - usually they are killed in short order. Does the speed of the target in CM:BN have a major effect on accuracy of the shooter ? ie. will a madly zigzagging AC have a good chance to cross some open terrain covered by AT assets ? Or is this just wishful thinking and AT gunners have had skeet shooting training ? PS: What happened to the lock and thread part 2 ?

There were definitely South Africans in Italy ( don't think Normandy ) as one of my Great-Uncles was killed in Italy.

I was a regular wargamer ( miniatures even ) and loved the Steel Panthers series. Then one day I saw almost by accident a review for CMBO in PC Gamer magazine and thought "that looks interesting". Bought it and was immediately hooked.

"Don't worry officer, I'll tell you everything ... I know nothing !" Yeah, I looked it up the other day too just for laughs

Hmm, I recall when I first joined this forum, an innocent post sort of agreeing with another post had me immediately misidentified as a re-register of some nutter who'd been banned. For a while there it looked like hot irons would be applied to my feet etc. So I can kinda agree with Moon's comment. It can be a bit ... insular here

Arggghhhh ! Sounds great, but your timing sucks ! There's no way I can afford the full wellie at the moment, finances are in the toilet - thank you, unemployment Are you ever likely to redo the "full enchida" ?

For a great fun take along these lines, could I suggest you try Cranky's "The Rifles Stand Fast" CMAK scenario - available at the Scenario Depot. Sort of a Rorke's Drift affair.

Well gents, it all sounds extremely interesting - I was one of those absolutely gutted when CMC was forced to throw in the towel. If a group is getting something along these lines together when CM:BN is up and running, I would like to be borne in mind ( I would even volunteer to assist in some way as I'm a micro-manager at heart - but so long as that wouldn't preclude me from actually playing )

To quote River in Firefly - "I'm hearing a lot of talk there genius - show me what you got !" Dibs on Panthers eh ? So much for you liking being the Russian underdog in CMBB. Alright, bring your Panther - I'm gonna have ... Tube Guy(s) !! :)

Awesome, thanks for posting all those. I've always liked the Colt Army for that amazing fluting. My father is also heavily into guns - he started out making rifle stocks as he was good with wood and ended up qualifying as a gunsmith. Unfortunately he only had one replica black powder revolver ( Colt Navy copy ) as well as a flintlock pistol he bought on holiday in Spain. I miss plinking with them, but now I live in the UK, it aint possible