Random Generic

Absolutely. You can't irrefutably prove by logic alone just WHAT it was that caused those men to eschew those flamethrowers. Even the men we speak of remember different things...as an example, from Lt John Spalding's DDay Narrative in the National Archives: "About this time Pfc. Vincent DiGaetano, who was carrying a 72 pound flamethrower, yelled and said, “I’m drowning, what do you want me to do with this flamethrower”. Streczyk told him to drop it, so he did. In addition to the flamethrowers and many personal weapons, we lost our mortar, most of the mortar ammunition, one of our bazookas, much of the bazooka ammunition." However, the interviewer (who attempted to corraborate the details of the story) added a footnote here: "According to Vincent DiGaetano, he did carry a flamethrower on D-Day but this incident didn't happen. DiGaetano remembers that the flamethrower had an inflatable life vest and he was able to get it ashore. Exhausted at the water's edge, he staggered to the seawall without the weapon. Streczyk sent him back to get it (which sounds like the sergeant)." He further added: "Some details can not corroborated and this may be due to paraphrasing by the historical personnel. It's doubtful, for instance, that any soldier in the history of war ever called out, “I’m drowning! What do you want me to do with [my weapon]?" 72 pounds is a heck of a lot of weight to pick up over personal gear and dive into the surf with. On the other hand, my experience as a firefighter for the Forest Service has shown me that men will bear tremendous burdens through adversity if they believe it has to be done. Of note is the recollection of the attached safety vest. No doubt the distinctive silhouette of the flamethrower made the wearer feel like he was carrying a large "shoot me 1st" sign. They didn't need to see it actually happen in action to know that specialist teams were going to be targeted. And no doubt the fear of immolation to some was simply too much to bear, as irrational and unlikely to occur as it was ...in the "real" world. Random Generic

Thanx Boss!

I've never been able to enter the Sea Cliffs scenario! And when it was includude in the upgrade on the FTP sever it always said that one of the Sea Cliff sections was corrupted, even though I downloaded it several times. Random Generic

I did say please didn't I? Random Generic

Can we have 1.20 and 1.21 on the FTP server please? Random Generic

Not just the bayou scenario, hub. BTW that file is there. Thanx, Random Generic

Folks having trouble with controls: It took me awhile to realize that the patch for some reason changed my control options from defaultmouse to defaultjoystick. I just went into the contols options and returned my settings to defaultkeyboard, everything (like the right mouse button) was working again. I can't figure out WHY they would want to change your default controls, but there it is, eh?

Just wanted to report that with 1.16 I've had to turn the graphics WAY down. Places where I had all graphics turned on in 1.15 and getting 30-40 FPS are getting an unplayable 8-12 slideshow in 1.16. And some LONG loading pauses in the beginning of the game that have me thinking that the computer is frozen. Random Generic

It's been an unprecedented full week since the last patch of Drop Team. I didn't realize how hooked I'd become on the "new patch thrill" every weekend! The joys of finding out what's changed, what's been broken, what the bots are gonna choose for weapons after the latest weapons tweak...even the joy of just sitting and watching the update process slowly progressing... You guys got us hooked on this phenomena. Now here we are, clamoring for the latest and greatest tweaks! Yeah, I know...the first few were free...now no doubt we'll get a subscription charge. I don't care...I can put off the car payment and mortgage...just give us that patch! Maybe you could develop the "placebo" patch which won't change anything but will make us go through an update process. This might help the patch addicted masses like me! Random Generic

LOL! I wish that MORE posters would include their credentials like you did! Random Generic

Too cool! I've thought about those more than once. Thanks for the heads up. Random Generic

That's kinda what I do. Sneak up the drainage ditch to as close as you can get, let loose with the rockets and GO! I leave the SUs in the ditch to come up and duel with the 88s. Played that way several times and won each time. Random Generic

Thank You! Now you can go to the barbeque! LOL Random Generic

No matter how much you give us, we always clamor for more! Can you out the 1.15 patch up on the FTP server please? Thanx! Random Generic

There is no doubt, the customer service is without equal in the history of computer gaming. Random Generic PS. Thanks, Clay! That 1.14 patch ended the stuttering I was experiencing in the game!