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@BFCElvis fyi there is/was something strange with the scoring, I noticed both me and my oppo had 700 points but both games are still ongoing. After I done my turns, there's only one game with 700 points so maybe the issue repairs itself.

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Guderian's 'klotzen nicht kleckern' might be appropriate as well

It all depends though, at closer ranges (0-600m orso) I have had T-62(1975) outperforming M60 TTS. Also Abrams in CMCW are far from invincible, I managed to actually destroy all of the Abramses fielded against me in the CMCW tournament (using T-80s). But overall I agree that 1979 is more balanced and fun for both sides when playing CMCW PBEM compared to 1982.

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Or use recon/infantry and make sure they share the through c2. If no link exists you can move units next to each other and they will share info.

The comparison with ww2 is interesting. I had some similar experience in that T-62 have issues hitting targets at 1000-1500m (and preferring HEAT over APFSDS) while German ww2 tanks performing better at such ranges. Even got a kill with the Jagdtiger at 2200m.

Well you just signed up for a 3 battle mirror tournament. Not that mirrored games are my favorite.

Agreed. Without passwords there might be a 'dirty' way to automate a ceasefire for games not finished by the cut off time? I mean in theory the 'only thing' needed is a couple of ceasefire and end turn clicks. @Butschi managed to automate 'some' UI clicking in the editor, maybe something similar could be achieved in the backend for a tournament? Maybe just wishful thinking but I'd be willing to help with that if there would be a lead there

Git gud Abrams, Bradley, M60 TTS all have thermal optic. Try a game without those (although TOW and Dragon also have thermals) and feel the difference. I don't have issues with my USSR forces. The vehicles are usually worse on spotting/optics, but not short on firepower. Sharing C2 contacts helps, that's another thing which is easier as US forces. And yes sometimes I also wonder if the exact spotting values modeled are 'correct'. All I know is that thermals do make all the difference because it makes stuff standout from the scenery.

Thanks for the info! I think it's an improvement over the previous scoring system, might not be perfect for reasons you mention but let's see how it turns out :).

@BFCElvis Is there more information about the running score? Not to complain as I seem to be #1 atm ;-), but I wondered how much a tank/IFV/soldier weighs in if there is a difference.

no password needed/better not to put one afaik. But it sounds like all is well, everyone starts with the RED/Syrian side which only asks for a password (which should be left blank ideally) to send the file.

GL & HF all!

One thing you could try is reversing the changes in windows firewall and see if it gives you a popup when hosting a LAN game (it did for me). Windows can work in mysterious ways, who knows you opening the ports in windows firewall previously has bound them to something not CM. Also you can always try to see if your friend can join after you opening the ports; the indication on portchecker.co might not be definitive. Like Redwolf says, a VPN can be used to bypass these issues. Back in the day when I still played CM realtime (have moved over to WEGO almost exclusively for PBEM) I used logmein Hamachi because people always had trouble opening their ports . It still seems to be available: https://www.vpn.net/

I'd open a helpdesk ticket to see what they can do.

Alive and kicking quite active on the forum and coproduced CMCW

While we all have our flaws I too have good memories about your contributions on here. Among other things you once recommended Crashed by Adam Tooze, which is a great source of info (both the book and him) although often very deeeeeppp econometrics. I mostly liked his geopolitical analysis combining economic, military/defense and political aspects into a single view. Times of crisis brings forth more heated and or emotional debates and discussions (and ego management plays it's part, which is also not a constant among people), we all react differently to those times and the emotions brought forth in discussions. I don't think Sublime is the only one here respecting you as a person and a contributor to various topics and CMx2 content.

It's a good video, as are the other on his youtube channel!

PS 2: You might have correctly opened the port but if there is nothing actively listening on it, the portchecker might say it is closed. So try it while you are hosting a LAN game.

Ah I read it on my phone just now and all I saw was you configured it in Windows Firewall. Looks good to me. Anyway I did a quick test: * Forwarded port 7023 TCP&UDP (it's a 'both' setting in my router) to my PC * Started up the game * Started a battle selecting Realtime/LAN * Windows Firewall asked me to allow. Then I used https://portchecker.co/ and it said: Port 7023 is open. Edit: sometimes a router/firewall has some special button to commit changed rules into active. Can always try restarting it.

you need to open the port in your router and forward it to your PC. Your ISP should have given you login details for your router. The router is usually accessible by it's internal IP address on your network which is usually the same as the 'gateway' IP. To check the address of your gateway you can select the properties of your ethernet adapter or open a command prompt and type the 'ipconfig' command. Make sure you know what your doing because opening too many ports isn't good for security.

Indeed Putin/Russia is responsible. The war has various side effects but I think most rational people with enough food on table will agree that supporting the right side is the right thing to do; nothing comes for free. Some don't really have a clue/interest in what's going on outside of their frame of reference. -- US sends more ammo good. I don't want to anticipate on outcomes too much but it's looking like Ukraine has been stocking up good for an offensive op.

We also have a farmer problem , and now they've just won the vote for our senate and provincial government offices.

I know . Let's see what the election brings in Turkey, I guess after that the pressure will be upped on Turkey to settle. On another news I just read some concrete plans (or rather it has been decided) of Dutch defense 'firepower increase' due to the Ukraine war: * Tomahawks for submarines and frigates * Puls (Israeli MLRS), together with Denmark and maybe Germany. * JASSM-ER for the F-35s https://www.defensie.nl/actueel/nieuws/2023/04/03/defensie-versterkt-vuurkracht-met-raketartillerie-en-langeafstandswapens No groundbreaking stuff but seems to me like a pragmatic move: effective long range precision capability on air / land / sea. Plus it's buying of the shelf from what I read.