mjkerner

Good anecdote, LuckyDog. In my Dad's defense, I should note that he never knowingly said anything worse than "damn" in front of us kids, and rarely even that. But when we listened through the upstairs heat register to him and his friends talking in other parts of the house when they thought the kids weren't around--different story!

P.S. Hey, MikeyD, my Dad was a Wisconsin dairy farmer! He must have learned his swearing from New York dock workers--he was in the 27th ID (originally a New York NG outfit).

I doubt it will be released today, reading back in this thread to what Steve and beta testers have said. Maybe Wednesday, but if not, then prolly next week. I sure hope I'm wrong, though!

When I was a kid in the late '50's - mid 60's, my friends and I killed countless Germans and Japanese on a daily basis in our backyards, using our fathers' bona fide war booty (web gear, my Dad's Japanese bayonet--sheathed, unfortunately) and our numerous toy guns. Swearing was done on the low down, lest adults would hear us. (Just like Ralphie in the movie "A Christmas Story", we learned all kinds of swear words from being around our fathers.) To this day, none of those friends or I have killed anyone in real life. We all still swear.

Well, this is covered in other threads, but we will have several games (Normandy, Bulge and East Front), each with 3-4 modules. As I understand it, you'll have to buy each game (and modules, of course). What I'm not clear about is if the games will be integrated; that is, if I buy Normandy and all the modules, then buy the Bulge game, will those two games be "together" when I fire up either game on my 'puter?

noob, do you see the face below, too? :-)

A related question...how well does the Tac AI have infantry cover tanks in close terrain? In one of tyrspawn's AAR's, a Tiger is off by itself trying to flank the US position. Not necessarily a good idea if tank-hunting bazooka teams are around.

user38, that's an excellent book. I loaned mine to my brother several years ago, and finally will get it back tomorrow (Mother's Day). Just in time to prep for the M-G module.

Stop teasing!

It looks like it, phil...don't imagine they'd step back from that in this title. If scenario designers take the time, and make multiple AI plans for both sides in their scenarios, even one-off battles can be played repeatedly with different results. I'm hoping that's the case with the two scenarios we're getting with the Demo--one of the testers already has said that the scenarios have plans for both sides...I just don't know if each side has multiple plans. Since I'll be playing them over and over until the game arrives, I sure hope so!

umlaut, I assume he's concerned about fighting a defensive battle to preserve the bridge against infantry and tanks, and the enemy simply smothers it with offboard artillery until it fall down--go boom.

I've been wondering about this since Steve first posted it. Our download won't take that long, right? Not that it will be much of a problem, I guess, except the frustration of a broken connection after a couple of hours and have to start again.

Here we go again!

Those are the ones in CMSF, Broadsword56. And they can be set in the editor --fit, weakened, unfit. Not "tired" etc., IIRC

Oh man, I think I'm getting wet!

Yeah, I have next week off, also very hard to come by lately, and I was hoping I'd have 5 solid days to get my CMBN fix. Well, maybe we'll get the demo early to mid-week and the game by the end of the week. I am proud of myself, though...last night, after about 6:30, I didn't once go to the computer and refresh. Not until just now (8:30 am CDT). So much for my thought that it would appear if I just laid off for a night!

Did I ever show you guys my set up? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ix0m31q4xLw&feature=player_embedded I wish.

sburke, good recommendation! I have a number of titles about German airborne units and operations, but most center on Eban Emael (sp?) Crete, and Market-Garden. Not much that covers the 6th Regt. Thanks.

Well, while we're on the reading subject, I also read Stackpole's Kurt Meyer/12 SS two volume work, and re-read Phil Nordyke's All American All the Way (82nd AB) and Max Hastings Overlord. I got the divisional histories from Battery Press. http://www.batterypress.com/ I'll be getting 2nd and 3rd AD next, I suppose. I also just got from them last week the two volume Victory in the West. Looks great.

Clark, it was when I went from Google Earth to Google Maps that I had a crash. I uninstalled GE and reinstalled it last night. It orks fine now, so I guess I'll be practising topo maps tonight. As far as doing a topo overlay, and more importantly, to import them into the CMBN map editor...I'm all ears.

Broadsword56, You talkin' to me? You gotta be joking! "I can probably work it out by painful trial-and-error" about sums it up for me so far. I used to make maps just on the fly from a hand drawing. I crashed Google earth when I tried to use their topo maps (which I thought was supposed to be an overlay), so now I just take a Google Earth screenshot, save it, find a topo map, screenshot/save, and those and just refer to them when I'm in the editor. OTOH, I'm certain there are those here who do know these mysteries. P.S. I do know how to use the ruler, and generally zooming in and out, saving places, etc., is about the extent of my GE knowledge.

Michael, a hopeful response like yours was what I was trolling for. I have been a refresh monkey of late, but really only because I have next week off work. I figure it could be later, which would be disappointing, but I'll live. I've kept busy delving back into the CMSF editor to practice map-making, after a long hiatus from it, been re-reading the Division histories of the 1st, 4th, 9th, 30th, and 82nd & 101 AB, and checking out Google Earth in preparation for THE EVENT. But it is a big deal, since it is SL/ASL/Panzerblitz Live, which I've basically been waiting for for about 35-40 years. So: Hi Everyone, my name is Mark and I'm a CMBN-coholic.

Well, I was hoping against hope, like we all were, that at least the Demo would be out this week. It still could, of course, but I just don't think it will come out until early next week at the earliest, and the game....fuggetaboutit! I was hoping "around the end of April" wouldn't be more than, say, May 15, but I don't have a good feeling anymore that it will get here before June. Damn.

Only 36 times a day? Amatuer!

usgubgub, I share your sentiment. If I were Bill Gates, I'm afraid the Red Cross and other good charities would suffer, since I'd give $millions$ to BFC and Oleg Maddox's team (IL2 Sturmovik and progeny). But I can and would give $ to BFC for the same reason and also without conditions. Let me know if Steve contacts you...seriously.