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  1. Me! I bought Wizardry 1 for My Apple II (I didn't even have a IIe) at a computer software convention in San Francisco. Back then, software conventions were 75% games. That was the best game ever, for its time.

    Age of Empires? Silent Service? So, what, you guys are like 40? You think that's old?

    Pfah! What about SSI's 50 Mission Crush? Or Baltic 1985? Those were the earliest wargames around.

    Who remembers playing games on their Commodore PET? Warlords anyone?

    Will CMRT ever get released? The March deadline has come and gone. I'm so sad.

    Ah Wizardry! I still fire it up on an Apple II emulator from time to time---Tiltowait, better than a small tactical nuke! BTW 40 is a very distant memory, but 71 is the new 40.

  2. Well, apparently Apple has a macro issue with conflict. Period. On this basis, to resolve a burning one, I propose that Apple be forced to have two virtual calculators in not only the Mac OS/iOS, but in all apps employing such calculating functions. Clearly, it's discriminatory, ethnically insensitive and possibly racist of Apple to exclude RPN (Reverse Polish Notation), right?

    Regards,

    John Kettler

    Are you trying to say Poles are backward?

  3. "Splitting was, by technical definition, a tricky thing for the Soviets to pull off in real life. They centered their doctrine on concentration and simplicity, which in a way was the opposite of Western doctrine."

    Would one of the knowledgable forum members comment on the fractal nature of military doctrine? Do most nations tend to use the same overall approach at every level, or there no general pattern?

  4. Does that make Charles Cliff?

    My all-time favorite Clavinism is

    Well, you see, Norm, it’s like this. A herd of buffalo can only move as fast as the slowest buffalo. And when the herd is hunted, it’s the slowest and weakest ones at the back that are killed first. This natural selection is good for the herd as a whole, because the general speed and health of the whole group keeps improving by the regular killing of the weakest members.In much the same way, the human brain can only operate as fast as the slowest brain cells. Now, as we know, excessive intake of alcohol kills brain cells. But naturally, it attacks the slowest and weakest brain cells first. In this way, regular consumption of beer eliminates the weaker brain cells, making the brain a faster and more efficient machine.

    And that, Norm, is why you always feel smarter after a few beers.

  5. This has been requested of CM since 1999. It will never, ever, ever be a feature in the game. Ever. Players have too much precise information at their fingertips without working hard for it. If one wants absolutely ridiculously precise and exact information then we want them to work so hard at it that they get annoyed and stop. CM never has been, and never will be, a game tailored to those who feel that level of detail is required to play.

    Steve

    P.S. Never, ever. Just in case you missed the first part :D

    So, soon then?

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