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Heh, thanks Bert...I take that as a compliment. I think that map suits my playing style AND I've been VERY lucky. A couple of different results and that game would be totally different right now!! My game against Redbear is well advanced but I haven't heard from him for quite some time. However he did email me about two weeks ago to let me know he was away from his internet. Our game is at turn 31 (of 35) so I'm happy to wait. Hopefully he can get back in time. My game against McCobbler is progressing steadily in what is turning into a torrid match. And Neil...yep, interested in a game when the tourney finishes

All seems ok here. My games are progressing at a steady pace. Almost finished one map against Redbear, and about 1/3 of the way through the other two. Enjoying all 3 maps. Good to hear you might get some points. I'm still dissappointed you didn't get a chance to extract some revenge on me

The worst part is that we didn't meet in this tourney...I'm sure you would have scored some big points against me

Thanks Sly and Kingfish...looking forward to getting all 3 games underway.

Thanks for that Bert. Yes, I also received a file yesterday from Redbear and have returned the file. I think that in future when I send a file I will give it a few days before I start panicking again

Has anyone heard from Redbear recently? He sent me his initial setup file last week which I returned on Wednesday. I sent the same file again on Saturday but still haven't had a reply. :confused: :confused:

I know **Hangs head in shame** REALLY looking forward to round 2...hope everyone else is!!

I've just realised...it was found quite a few years ago!! :confused: :eek: Apologies to those who have already seen it

For those that are interested, in Estonia they have found a Russian T34 in a lake in almost perfect condition. See the below link which has photos and video footage at the bottom. :cool: http://www.englishrussia.com/?p=299 It really is quite interesting

No problems...these maps and the competition definitely make the wait worthwhile

Bring on the next round...my life is getting boring

Thanks Bert. I didn't realise a new site was up and running...but it's good to be back in contact and see the comments

Hey everyone...not much posting been happening lately. Any idea when round two will begin and the current progress of the tournament

I'm SURE that Sly will be able to arrange that

Hey everyone. All games progressing well at this stage. It's great to have the tourney going again and my wife once again hates the amount of time I'm now spending on the computer and "that stupid game" as she so lovingly refers to it. Ah, it's good to be back in familiar territory

I've been speaking with Walker and it isn't looking promising re his participation in the tourney at this stage

I'm trying to convince Walker to have come into this tourney, but as Slysniper mentioned, he isn't playing at present. I'll try and be like a good wife and nag him into playing (no offence intended to any wives out there)

No problems at all Crow I'm sure Major Tum won't mind in the slightest

Hey everyone...I'd love to have another run if there is room. I've played VERY little CM since the last tourney so Major Tum might be able to extract a little bit of revenge on me Sent Walker a copy of the email and hopefully he might be interested as well.

Has anyone worked out the optimum settings in the NVIDIA Control Panel for the slow frame rate problem? If so can you post them for me please. I have a 8800GTS and Vista 64. CMAK works fine (the background doesn't spin any more), but as previously mentioned it doesn't run smoothly. Thanks, Dinga

Sorry Crow...at this stage I can't, but if you get desperate and can't find anyone send me an email and I will see how I'm going. I am always playing against Walker, and I have a CMAK game going at the moment. Somehow I don't think my wife would appreciate me starting up a third. BUT as I said, if you get desperate, send me an email...you just never know Cheers Dinga

Ooooh, I second that thought. I'm sure it would be interesting meeting all you guys (and seeing Walker again). My favourite map by far was Bricks and Mortar Forest...that was an absolute thriller of a game and just about every turn was so exciting. Least favourite was the "Bunker" map... Well I must say I'm a bit humbled to actually win a tournament against such good competition :eek: . Thank you everyone for playing and a BIG thankyou again to Sly for organising such wonderful scenarios, and running such a well organised tourney. So, when is "Out of the Dust III" happening :cool:

Well I guess since I'm the only winner from the defensive side I should make a few comments on the Eyes and Ears map as well. Berts summation of the game is pretty accurate so I won't expand on parts of the game that he has already covered. The initial briefing said that reinforcements were delayed and I had to hold the town till they arrived. It was not stated when these reinforcements would arrive, or even if they would arrive at all (I'm going from memory here guys ). My initial concern was where the attack was going to come from so I set up two platoons in the treed area on the hill along with other key armoured units like my puma and 20mm half tracks for any forces that came along the road on the hill. I had the other platoon near the back of the map mount up and get ready to make a dash towards the town along with one of my AT guns. It quickly became apparent that the main force was going to attack across the open/scattered trees section on the right and not throught the trees/hill on the left. I rushed two platoons into the town along with some half tracks. In the town I had to work out where the best place was to defend from. I quickly decided that if Bert got a foothold in the town with the number of infantry he had then I would really struggle to stop him. Because of this I decided to defend from as far forward in the town as possible in order to catch Berts infantry in the open, or in scattered trees. The best place to do this from was by occupying the stronger buildings such as the church, heavy buildings near it and small forest areas. Also, after about 5 or 6 turns I realised that no attack was coming through the hills so I moved my remaining infantry and armour into the town. But I decided to leave my second AT gun in an overwatch position (as Bert has already mentioned). Once my forces were in the town I quickly realised that ammo was going to be an issue. Because of this I tried to hide some squads and use other squads sparingly. I knew that if I wasted ammo taking 'long shots' at Berts infantry then I would get overrun when they got closer. This proved to be a good decision because when Bert attacked I had plenty of firepower/ammo to defend with. However, by about turn 18 my men were all out of ammo and my left flank in the town was completely open (a 1 man HQ with no ammo was all that was left on that side). Around this time, and during the previous turns, only my remaining halftracks had any ammo to slow Berts attack. From memory the halftracks ran out of ammo around turn 19 or 20. Fortunately for me Bert was low on ammo and his infantry had been pretty badly mauled during his attack so he concentrated on the church. This meant that when my reinforcements arrived I was able to launch a good counter attack and take back the flag at the church with very little loss. Key points in our battle: - Taking out the last Greyhound with my Puma (as Bert mentioned). That allowed my halftracks to keep firing when most of my infantry were out of ammo. - AT gun and Puma taking out most of the Greyhounds. - Saving some of my infantry's ammunition till the main assault got closer. - Getting my forces into town and setup in good defensive positions. This allowed me to do a lot of damage as Berts infantry advanced/attacked. Overall a great map...defender just need the reinforcements a bit sooner OR give initial units a bit more ammo. Now guys (I'm assuming we are all guys here...apologies if someone isn't), I think you'll all agree that Slysniper has been fantastic in running BOTH tournaments AND getting some great scenarios for us. How about we all go to the Scenario Depot and rate his games for him...that's the least we can do as a little thankyou to him

Trust me guys, from a defenders perspective it was VERY hard. Bert, I really don't think you realise just how far gone I was at around turn 20. I was gone for all money. If you want my password so you can watch my turns just send me an email and I'll be happy to give it to you

Bert and I have two turns to go, so we should be finished in the next couple of days at the most