Dr. Zoidberg

To be frank, you're the first developer I've seen that seems to have an issue with Steam - infact you seem to be going so far as to ignore the Elefant in the room (console gaming) in your rationale for dismissing it as a negative influence on PC gaming. Count me among those that are disappointed by BFC's absence on Steam. This is already starting to sound like there is an echo in the room but I am another customer that would love the opportunity to buy your older titles on Steam if they were available at a reasonable price. Yes, buy them. Again. That is in part because of your fine work, but also because of how useful and simple I find it is to have my games catalogue on Steam. I recognise that people shelling out $25-30 for your back catalogue may not be as appealing as 25 bucks a pop for an older game - but what if it's 5 people doing that instead of 1? What if it becomes 15 people when the price of the pack goes down? How many more people would hear about the newer games like Normandy if they were featured on Steam? With a demo and word of mouth (aided by the community functions but also the general popularity of the service), Normandy could potentially reach a much greater audience. I don't mean to suggest you haven't considered this and I realise I obviously have no idea what a Steam publishing deal entails as far as cost on your end. It seems to me like there are merits to the Steam model, considering the significant industry and consumer support for it.

My comment was more in response to the rather distasteful and dehumanising tone I find your posts to contain, up to and including your latest. This is a trend I've noticed, going back as far in my memory as the old military pictures thread - which left quite a poor impression on me as well as another member who I believe called you out for it at the time. Perhaps it is wishful thinking that the tone of discussion always be kept to a more.. well the term escapes me at the moment, so let's just say cultured level, given the content of this forum. I do generally find it is kept to a higher standard however, which is why I felt the issue needed to be raised again in this particular instance.

MikeyD's reasoning for the lack of canister rounds is probably fairly accurate, though I look forward to the powers that be shedding some light on the subject! And take out the whole family with 'em.. hoo-ah! Oh. Did that just make it kind of awkward?

Steiner, the problem there is after the 2 free games... what else is left to play? M1A1, your list looks about the same as mine. I think Assassin's Creed is a rental first, K&L as well.

Is that in Iraq or Arrakis? Wow.

While I never really considered RT to be the spawn of the devil as many seem(ed) to, I was surprised how fast it supplanted WEGO for me.

I think we can handle that

Received mine today, on beautiful Prince Edward Island. (Sorry, residents get a government stipend for the number of tourists they lure in. ) The envelope was pretty shoddy looking, I assume it was handled by Angry Postal Worker #13,064 through #13,320. Or maybe just my mail person. But the game case itself was in perfect condition! That's your brain telling you to put it down or air it out. I hope you're not a recovering glue/gasoline addict!

I'm glad (well, a little!) to hear that I'm not the only one that has obliterated his own troops with a misplaced F-15 strike. Imagine my surprise when I give it a cease fire order and begin moving down the road shortly after, only to hear a very loud bang and notice my squads were totalled! Kind of gave up after that, I was surprised by how many troops were left when I looked at the map after ending it. But still I think I would've been able to assault fairly well had I not lost my full strength squads to my own incompetence. Part of the reason I screwed up so badly with the F-15 was that it was the first time I had even been able to use fixed wing air support and was not quite adjusted to the times and such. Loved the .50 cal as well, though I only managed to use it for plinking at the BTR's. Knocked out one and I must've disabled the other as it was dormant for the rest of the game. Definitely one of my favourite scenarios so far, great map, force selection for both sides and design in general! I will be giving it another go as soon as possible.

Errr, what? :confused:

Sergei, It would help with opponent finding but also - as in my case - it helps with actually being able to host. Fiddling with my router hasn't yielded many positive results from CMSF, so currently the only way I can host games is through Hamachi. As for latency, some people have said it actually improves the connection quality (not specific to CMSF, mind you), while I'm not sure of this I am quite sure it does not hinder it in any way. GDog, I had actually set up another network when I had a few games with some people from the Proving Grounds chat. Do you happen to have a premium account? I seem to recall there being a user limit for non-premium hosted networks, so hopefully we don't fill the network up too fast and end up fragmented on a bunch of different ones.

So don't issue orders when you're paused. I am sure you are capable of some self-restraint.

So don't issue orders when you're paused. I am sure you are capable of some self-restraint.

So don't issue orders when you're paused. I am sure you are capable of some self-restraint.

Frans, The movement is to show the path his infantry took when they dismounted (you see them in the building now, having taken the longer and quite a bit more deadly route) Pretty frustrating to have that happen, definitely something that needs to be looked at. Personally I've had Strykers decide to turn around and scream back down the road they just came from, instead of driving 10m through a clear intersection.