beginner's luck

Wow , Galciv1 is very detailed isnt it. Thanks, Retributar for the link. I must have been hiding my head in hole,,never seen this game before,lol. I downloaded the demo but it really seems complicated to play.Is the full version a blast to play? Does it take too long to get a hang of all the different planet management items that you need to setup?Thanks in advance for any insight.

But the "buck" has to stop some where. I agree that Monty was totally responsible for that mission. He was the one really pushing it. If it had gone great you can bet he would have taken full credit for it.It works both ways ,right.

LOL I would really just like to see the game! Feature or not! lol But your right would be kinda cool to see what you were up against.

Edwin , Is this a quote about SC2 or about another game.

I think the real reason they didnt build alot is that by the time they were coming off poduction the Allies fighters had taken care of the German AF. So no need for more AA tanks. Funny how even though only 1(yes only one) was ever used in battle-its reputation grew! Talk about a one hit wonder!! Btw did you know Canadains were the only ones to reach all their targets on D-day. Thats why I dont under estimate their "sneakiness". J/k their actually fought well above anyones real expectations.They started so small but quicky proved that "size doesn't matter".

The only Skink tank I know of is an 20 mm AA tank but it saw little action. It did get used some against infantry,though its main reason for being built was the Luftwaffe. .Is there another tank than I dont know of? BTW I assume you know that its name came from a lizard in Cananda. Also Retributar , you have to look at an earlier thread between JJ and myself to get the John Candy reference. But now I see the conspiracy goes all the way to the TOP with Hubert himself being involved! SKINK tank

Its ok Breezeri , spit it out. Don't worry what these guys will say.

Thanks Retributar .I said I was keeping an eye on those Canadians! Happen to run across that info in my search for other "secret" things going on up there. John Candy has nothing on me?!

Didnt realize it was hard to do the pictures. I do thank you for giving any info so just do what you can. I know its hard to answer KUNI's questions so your probably tired. BTW KUNI what retreat plan are you talking about. Looked back but didnt see any posts about that before.

Here are some links for you guys to look at if interested. Habbakkuk Material-ice-sawdust Watch the movie- kinda cool- How to BTW the displacement was going to be 1,800,000 dead weight tons.And 2000 ft long. [ January 14, 2006, 05:08 PM: Message edited by: beginner's luck ]

Thanks for posting this. Anyway we can have a "few" pictures!!!??? Is it just me or does it seem like USA and USSR are going to be very strong(maybe overly strong) by the time they enter war. With all those tech advances the will have elite troop at very start of their turn. Or atleast that sounds that way to me.

I really dont see that they were "defeated" by England. Did England own the sky above UK? Pretty much so. Did they occupy any other part of Europe.NO. Kinda hard to say you defeated a nation when you are just holding your own on your own little island. I would say they got defeated by the true real opponent they battled,USA. If it werent for the USA ,the tide of war definatly would have gone different.No USA- no D day,no mass bombers of germany's industrail,no pressure off of USSR,no win in NOrth Africa. You can say Germans overated but it took 4 of 6 world powers at time to defeat them.

LOL That explains the lack of info. But I'm still keeping my eye on those "Frenchy" people up there!! But hey JJ ,good job on "planting" mis info or intel. Man if you had worked for germany during war, I know I for one would have attacked Canada. Maybe this kind of stuff could be added to SC2 to spice up game. News flashing come across screen. You dont know which ones are true or not. The "truth" would be determined by how much research was done on INTEL from either side. But I still wish/hope that we can Declare war on any nation just to see possiblities.Does any one or not?

Hey JJ , I actually tried to find on my own any site that talked about those stations in Canada but couldnt find one!! YES people I googled it this time but still found nothing. Does anyone have a link or a book I can read about those sneaky Canooks!!

Wow, you sure you arent EDWIN's twin. Now thats an idea that is thinking out side the box. Nice. It would be true also cause if a leader keep losing, they didnt remain leaders for long. Would probably need to ensure nations like UK & USA had more leader though. Probably go thru a couple of HQ's during the invasions.But would mean players would have to really watch who the HQ is in a threater.Again nice topic.

Sounds like good idea. Might come in handy for Finland and Sweden ,also.

germany had stations in Canadian regions?!!! I knew we should have invade them before we went after germany!!!I never did trust those half french/half english guys up north. I hope in SC2 that you can declare war on anyone unlike SC1. I would like to be able to attack USSR or USA ,as ALLies ,just to see the out come every once in while.

Is this still true for SC2?

Well if you could spot them while they are moving than yes. But unless I'm mistaken , most the time the intel during WW2 was a little different. I would say that most the time they found out who was where after they arrived,not in transit. Obviously, knowing an invasion was coming would have be awesome but a little "too much" info vice what was reality. I'm sure the Germans knew that say Bradley was in England and that the allies were going to invade "some where". But they didnt know where while he was in transit only after the beach landings. I think it would take some of the playablity out of SC2 if you could figure out all the moves of your opponent even during FOW. What about this idea though, what about if the Hq's were able to increase or decrease ratings based on how good the battle went. As their exp. rose so would their rating.

BUt the question I have for you, EDWIN ,would this be something useful or a waste of time putting in game. While I like idea about "something" more being recieved for higher INTEL research,I dont really see benefit from this one. Maybe I'm missing something but I never didnt attack someone cause of his HQ in area. Just had to deal with what I was up against. Again not saying I'm a expert but unless SC2 HQ's effect play WAY more than I thinking this would be a waste feature in game. I guess if you wanted to say " I beat Rommel " in such and such week than maybe. But since I have to kill units and take capitals to win I really dont care what HQ the other side has ,just mine.

He's not MIA. He's busy having the time of his life playing SC2. Why come on here and spend time on forum when he could be playing the real thing. Let me ask you. If you could be playing right or "calming down" on this forum which would you do? :confused:

Dont really disagree with the ranking at all. But wondering why UK needs more than 5 HQ's? Definately not 13 total. Maybe Derest Dave can say if UK has that big of army at any time in game. KUNIWORTH ,I know you love the Allies but wow 13 HQ's for UK is going over edge. But I am impressed how the guys like you have this knowledge of WW2 in general and the leader/generals specificly.Its actually making me research aspects of the war I really didnt know in detail. So thanks.

Comrade Trapp didnt know you wanted a response, The real reason I wrote this topic is to get KUNI to "just calm down" with all his one liners. I probably should have just said KUNI please add better comments but I was writing quickly. I actually was just messing with Kuni a little and it spiraled into this long thread. I definately see what you and JJ are saying about every post not needing to be profound.Thats why I thought it was no big deal if I joke with him a bit. I even started a separate thread as to not jump on someones back(ie change the topic).But oh well, the forum "spies" decided to come out of hiding and bust my balls. . Atleast KUNI stopped writing" be calm." Now it just EVERYONE else!!!! [ January 09, 2006, 06:26 PM: Message edited by: beginner's luck ]

Funny Rambo !!,being a smart-ss again I see. But hey , you were right I could have looked there.Didnt even think about that.Guess I got "lazy".There is always such great/interesting info here,I started to take it for granted. Thanks alot for all those links, Edwin. Now I have my job worked out reading them all.lol

Do you happen to have another link handy. I wanted to read up on that topic but it won't let me go to that page. Thanks in advance.