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    Fizou reacted to mediocreman in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    It's that obvious is it? Well, our pm Kristofferson was just quoted saying "it is a new epoch for Sweden" so I am not gone deny any rumors of an aspiring empire of "klöka"-sofas and meatballs 
    On topic, one of the CV90:s operating in Ukraine right now I was a crew member on when we tried them for desert conditions at fort Irwin back in 07. Happy to see that they perform well in Ukraine and save lives of their current crews. Wish we send more cv:s and hopefully our Jas 39 Gripen aswell. I think there is strong political will actually for sending fighters.
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    Fizou reacted to sburke in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    Putin bans petrol exports as Russia runs on fumes (yahoo.com)
     
    The Kremlin has announced a six-month ban on petrol exports after Ukrainian attacks on Russian refineries left Vladimir Putin’s regime scrambling to meet domestic demand.
    The ban, which comes into force on March 1, was confirmed by a spokesman for deputy prime minister Alexander Novak who said it would allow for “planned maintenance” of refineries.
    It follows attacks on Russian facilities by Ukrainian drones in recent months, which have harmed the country’s ability to refine crude oil into usable products such as petrol and diesel.
    Russia previously imposed a similar ban between September and November last year in order to tackle high domestic prices and shortages.
    Then, only four ex-Soviet states – Belarus, Kazakhstan, Armenia and Kyrgyzstan – were exempt. This time, more Russian neighbours will be exempt, including Mongolia, Uzbekistan and two Russian-backed breakaway regions of Georgia: South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
    Oil, oil products and gas are by far Russia’s biggest export and provide a major source of income for the Kremlin’s war economy.
    Putin has been working with Saudi Arabia, the world’s biggest oil exporter, to keep prices high as part of the broader Opec+ group, which includes the Opec cartel of oil producing nations and its key allies.
     
     
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    Fizou reacted to Kinophile in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    Macron for the rhetorical win. I had regained some hope in Scholz, but man, fool me once... 
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    Fizou reacted to M.Herm in PBEM ++ Guide?   
    That is not correct, when there is a glitch and the file is defect, does not load anymore and so on, you can write an email to support@slitherine.co.uk  ,with the name of the map/scenario and the opponent and the support, Paolo or whoever is on duty, never on the weekends, sets the game one turn before the glitch.
    I have not years of experience to form my opinion on, but I never had the problem that the servers where down for more then an hour.
    Sending files via email/dropbox is not complicated, but just go into the game and load the match is much more comfortable.
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    Fizou reacted to Paper Tiger in Dinas Rework in progress   
    I'll post my progress on this campaign in this thread from now on. For those who don't know anything about this campaign, it was my second Red v Red campaign made for CMSF way, way back in the days of the release of the USMC module and its setting is a Syrian civil war scenario where some Syrian generals attempt a coup. The premise is that the coup is launched with thunderclap surprise and so rebel forces are put into action as soon as they mobilise. While a good number of divisions will 'wait and see', the regime has a number of divisions that are 100% loyal so the rebels are on the clock as the more time they take to accomplish missions, the more time the regime has to assemble its own forces to oppose them.
    This means that time limits will be reasonably strict to reflect that pressure and so casualties are to be expected to accomplish your goals. However, the campaign gives you quite a large core force of which one company and support (usually tanks) is drawn to perform the mission.
    One point is that some of these maps are very large and so it would seem like it's a bit of a stretch just to have a single company when a battalion would be better. For example,

    A single company? To take THAT?! Are you HIGH?" And this...


    In both these situations, the friendly forces arrive in small packages and so the action unfolds over time. My plan is not to change the nature of the campaign too much and keep the player's forces small and have lots of artillery support as well as as many 'cool' toys as I can find in the Syrian OB to play around with.
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    Fizou reacted to Probus in Combat Mission Shock Force 2 - Invitational Grand Tournament   
    Good luck guys!
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    Fizou reacted to The_Capt in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    Dammit Steve, I just posted another pithy rebuttal..and it was a good one, if I say so myself.  Well I can only hope he reads it in the outer darkness.
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    Fizou reacted to The_Capt in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    See my other post.  So Ukraine has lost?  We have definitely been around that tree a few times.  Is it right?  Well ok by what metrics has Ukraine lost?  You contradict your own position by stating that we have doomed Ukraine by not giving them enough weapons.  Ok, so if they had enough weapons they could win this war?  So winning the war is possible, except for the part where support to Ukraine has been hijacked to create a self-fulfilling prophesy - “you are going to lose this war, while I ensure you don’t get the support you need to win it.”
    As to the war itself:
    - Russia has failed to achieve any of its political or strategic objectives, with the lone exception of that land bridge, but until there is a ceasefire, I am not willing to call that one.
    - The Russian military is a broken shell of its former self.  The damage done to its Tier 1 military is going to take a decade to rebuild under normal conditions, let alone long term sanctions.  I read a source that notes the Black Sea Fleet is not only denied but down 20%.
    - Russian foreign influence has completely backfired - see Finland and Sweden in NATO.  NATO funding will be secure for a decade at least…and frankly we were half way to letting it die before this.
    - Ukraine remains and independent sovereign nation.  It has distance to go but it will very likely be western facing for the next century.
    - The Ukrainian military is about as battle hardened as it gets.  To the point they could make bank training us.
    - Russia chances for serious operational gains remain low.  For all the reasons laid out in the last couple thousand pages.
    - Russian internal stability remains highly suspect.  Hell they almost had an accidental coup last year.
    You are correct, China is dining out on this and will continue to a point.  The war could end right now, Korean Peninsula style and Ukraine will have won this thing.  Of course Ukraine needs more support, as much as they can get.  I highly suggest you use your democratic rights this year to vote for the party and candidates that are trying to sustain that support, not shut it down.
    Is it hard.  Damn straight.  Is Ukraine suffering, absolutely. Are they having force generation problems, very likely.  So what?  What is your answer?  Sue for peace?  Surrender?  Seriously, how on earth did the children and grandchildren of the generation that went through the Depression and WW2 come to this?  “Aw it’s too hard so we should just look away.  Stick to the easy ones so we can score political points.”  This was is not about politics are power.  It is about right and wrong.  What I find so shocking is how the USA, leader and symbol of “right”, is floundering now that history is watching.  How sentiments like yours can be so widespread.  Frankly, if this is the trajectory of your nation, China will be running the planet by 2050.
    You want to Make America Great Again - start here and support a nation of people who just want to be free and democratic.  A nation that has been invaded by a brutal authoritarian regime.  Stop hand-wringing and doom saying “Ukraine has no avenues to win this war”…and do something about it!
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    Fizou reacted to PIATpunk in PBEM ++ Guide?   
    "My Panther!  My beautiful Panther!"
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    Fizou reacted to Vacillator in PBEM ++ Guide?   
    And call me old fashioned but 'talking' to opponents is part of the fun/enjoyment of it for me.
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    Fizou reacted to A Canadian Cat - was IanL in PBEM ++ Guide?   
    Alas I am still working on the 2.0 release. Or more accurately I am not currently working on it. I will get back to it soon, I hope.
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    Fizou reacted to poesel in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    If airplanes are the Russian resources that run out first, then the F-16 (or rather its possible stock of western missiles) will make a difference.
    It would be interesting to know which missiles they get. But obviously they won't tell for good reason.
    I predict a short flurry of downed Russian planes and then an end to the (mass) use of glide bombs from the Russian side.
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    Fizou got a reaction from Suchy in First fanmade CampaignPack "Summer of Destruction" is released (no charge)   
    Thanks Frank! What an amazing achievement. You are a treasure to this community. 
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    Fizou got a reaction from Vergeltungswaffe in First fanmade CampaignPack "Summer of Destruction" is released (no charge)   
    Thanks Frank! What an amazing achievement. You are a treasure to this community. 
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    Fizou got a reaction from laurent 22 in First fanmade CampaignPack "Summer of Destruction" is released (no charge)   
    Thanks Frank! What an amazing achievement. You are a treasure to this community. 
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    Fizou got a reaction from Vacillator in First fanmade CampaignPack "Summer of Destruction" is released (no charge)   
    Thanks Frank! What an amazing achievement. You are a treasure to this community. 
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    Fizou reacted to Mr.X in Preview: First FanMade BattlePack for CM Red Thunder   
    Tonight, I have finished the complete (as it is now called) CampaignPack „Summer of Destruction“.
    During the next hours, I will complete the short intro file and then start to send the content to all the guys who have ordered it. Within the next 2-3 days, everybody should get it 👍🏻
     
    There is a small limitation:
    The announced 20 master maps are not included yet. I simply don‘t have the patience to wait any longer with the release. I will send these maps with a second mail within the next 2-4 weeks.
    Regards 
    Mr.X
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    Fizou reacted to Vacillator in First fanmade CampaignPack "Summer of Destruction" is released (no charge)   
    Yes, many thanks Frank. Excellent work and please don't cut off communication here my friend ❤️. 
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    Fizou reacted to Mr.X in First fanmade CampaignPack "Summer of Destruction" is released (no charge)   
    Exactly one year after the first announcement, the project is now finished. In order to avoid
    misunderstandings on the part of the company Battlefront.com, I chose the name CampaignPack 😎.
    The pack (as described in former threads) consists of 5 campaigns in which the player is thrown
    into the events of the summer of 1944 in the sector of the German Army Group Center.
    In total you will play minium 52 single missions, maximum 55 single missions (depending on one
    branch). To avoid technical problems, I didn't add any mods to the campaigns. But I can, for example,
    highly recommend the excellent work of @JM Stuff, especially his extraordinary mod collection of vehicles
    and wrecks 👍
    I recently visited the forum regularly to stay in touch with people who wanted to register. However, I have
    asked the people at Battlefront.com several times to delete my profile.  This request has not yet been
    granted to me, so as a quasi "undead" I will always stop by - but I will no longer take part in any discussions
    or answer any questions in the forum. To get in touch with me, please write to me at:
    E-Mail: f-s-zbg@web.de.😎
    Of course, I can still send the campaign pack to anyone interested.
     
    So all I can say is:
    It was a great pleasure for me to finish this project and share it with many people.
    I hope you have as much fun playing as I did creating it 🙏
     
    Best regards
    Mr.X 
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    Fizou reacted to Harmon Rabb in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    Honestly, I don't know if I would call it "anxiety" but I have had nights where for hours I have been awake thinking about this war.
    I understand how important this war is for the direction this world can go, and I will keep following it until it is finished and will keep supporting the good guys in this war no matter how long it takes.
    Personally I do recommend once in a while disconnecting from the internet and spending some time with family, go on a hike in the woods or something.
    But ultimately compared to Ukrainian soldiers on the front lines, I really have nothing to be anxious about.
     
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    Fizou reacted to sburke in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    not so much anxiety as frustration.  I am so pissed at my own gov't right now for being so fk'in lame.
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    Fizou reacted to The Steppenwulf in Is CMBS dead?   
    Would it be different if Russian paramilitaries had in reality run riot through an airport lounge killing hundreds of citizens and security guards? An event of such unimaginable violence that it would be on the scale of Oct 7th attacks, or 9/11. 

    Regardless it needs to be considered that this is not only the reputational risk of a single company at stake, Slitherine and Steam share the risk of potential reputational damage and this in turn can affect future agreements re collaboration. In fact reps from those companies may have even expressed their own views on promoting and selling the planned module. A number of factors could have influenced the decision to pull it, these included.

    P.S. This thread should have been titled "How cold is CMBS gonna' get?" 😀
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    Fizou reacted to rogue189 in Is CMBS dead?   
    I think we are missing the point of wargaming.  What would happen if Battlefront modeled the Israeli army in a fictional battle against Syria?  Does that now make the game a referendum on Israel?  Does it imply a stance by the game company?  I say no.  Playing Combat Mission is akin to playing a miniatures game in real life.  You have your armies and you fight it out.  It doesn't matter what happens in real life.  We play video games because we want to play war without the dangers of war.  Battling it out in a virtual Ukraine has nothing to do with what is happening in real life.  Has anyone looked at Command Modern Operations?  Some of the scenarios for that game are almost real time.  I just don't see a connection for developing a game and support for Ukraine or Russia.
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    Fizou reacted to Blazing 88's in Is CMBS dead?   
    It's because russia is losing and the war may not be over before the end of 2024. It won't look good to release a game about the war in Ukraine as the war will still be going on.... 
    I  am pro-Ukrainian just calling it like I see it.
     
    I hope I am wrong and this is all over soon and in a positive way for the Ukrainian people
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    Fizou reacted to sttp in The year to come - 2024 (Part 2)   
    I think it's extremely likely that Steve is referring to CMx3. There is nothing else BFC could be doing -- no new module, no engine upgrade, not even a whole new title in the CMx2 series -- that would warrant that type of language.
    Steve had talked about Charle's insane programming workload over the last xx months. Nothing in CMx2 would likely be taking that much programming time. Plus there is now defense contract money coming into BFC. The engine is showing its age, despite still providing most of use with many hours of fun, so it's reasonable to surmise that the wargamers on this forum are not the only ones pushing for advancements. Plus... a few things said only a week or two ago in the "Is CMBS Dead?" thread might've revealed more than some people desired or noticed?
    It's fun to speculate about what the potential first CMx3 title would be.
    To me, yes, Normandy (or at least France '44), makes the most sense. CMBN is the company's most popular and highest selling CMx2 title for a reason.
    I am so, so ready to give BFC even more of my money!
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