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    chuckdyke got a reaction from arpella72 in Is CMBS dead?   
    BS is just not worth playing it is a hypothetical game and biased US No 1 Russia No 2 Ukraine No3 and no expansion pack is planned to rectify this. Kudos for the WW2 games it is where BF shines and we really enjoy playing it. FI is the next game I will buy. 
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    chuckdyke reacted to The_Capt in Is CMBS dead?   
    You also are accepting zero actual risk in all this.  This entire issue comes down to risk/opportunity for BFC.  While for you it is entertainment and convenience.  Those are entirely different frameworks.
    The opportunity for BFC is modest - DLCs do not make as much money as main title releases so ROI is limited.  They also have multiple lines of product, so they can offset any losses by shifting focus to offset lost investment in development.  The risk for BFC, in this environment, is significant.  Beyond the fact that releasing a wargame set in an active war zone (there are actual game maps that overlap RL) while people are dying, is going to be considered “bad taste” by most and “a social crime” by some - companies have been cancelled for less.  The risk of significant loss due to perceived exploitation of human suffering is high.
    This is existential for BFC.  It is their livelihood.  Are you willing to personally pay for the financial damage this move could do to the company?  Are you willing to put your job on the line for a CMBS DLC?  Because that is what you would be asking BFC to do.  BFCs job is not to make you happy.  Their job is to sustain the business that makes you happy.  Right now risking everything on a single DLC does not make business sense. 
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    chuckdyke reacted to Ultradave in Is CMBS dead?   
    Get the whole FI package when you do. There's a LOT of variety in forces and equipment in, especially in the DLCs, and some great scenarios all around. It's a very different experience from the hedgerows and the steppes!
    Dave
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    chuckdyke got a reaction from Ghost of Charlemagne in Is CMBS dead?   
    BS is just not worth playing it is a hypothetical game and biased US No 1 Russia No 2 Ukraine No3 and no expansion pack is planned to rectify this. Kudos for the WW2 games it is where BF shines and we really enjoy playing it. FI is the next game I will buy. 
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    chuckdyke reacted to Bil Hardenberger in Open or Closed Hatch, That Is The Question   
    Rule of thumb that I use..
    Tank has thermal sights: STAY BUTTONED - do NOT expose the tank commander (TC) NO thermal sights: UNBUTTON - expose the TC
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    chuckdyke got a reaction from Anthony P. in The year to come - 2024 (Part 1)   
    After Black Sea I have enough of anything hypothetical. The truth is always stranger as fiction. 
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    chuckdyke got a reaction from Carolus in How Hot is Israel Gonna Get?   
    Islam is not a race but a religion. You can convert into and apostate out of it. Religions outside Europe are very much political ideologies. Looking after refugees is humane but to have politics without integration has proven to be a disaster. Soon I am moving away from a European culture. First one must do is to learn the language. Three weeks to go and I am off. Australia was great to work not so great to be retired.  So I won't comment often for the next few months till I am settled properly. Wish you all the best for the new year. I support Israel but I don't agree with the present leadership.
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    chuckdyke got a reaction from Commanderski in Annual look at the year to come - 2023   
    The customer is king they used to say in the old country. Sad to say BF is stagnating and pointless to say computer games are a very competitive industry. Without doubt you are completely aware of it. I see less and less comments of the game designers here. The last game I bought I have not touched it in the last six months, it screams for up-to-date battle packs, but the never-ending talkfest about it is more important. 
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    chuckdyke got a reaction from quakerparrot67 in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    Voyage to the bottom of the sea. Old TV series. 
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    chuckdyke reacted to Zeleban in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
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    chuckdyke reacted to Phantom Captain in Combat photography: Photos from the front..   
    The struggle at Ogledow continues in the fog.


    The steel beast



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    chuckdyke got a reaction from RMM in Engine 5 Wishlist   
    In Edge of Darkness the sniper gets a full contact with the bunker but the Tactical Air FO even after five turns in the same spot as the sniper doesn't get a full contact only has a tentative contact. Things like this start to annoy me.
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    chuckdyke reacted to Phantom Captain in Combat photography: Photos from the front..   
    What new sorcery is this?
    @FlammenwerferX and I have engaged at Ogledow.



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    chuckdyke reacted to Phantom Captain in Combat photography: Photos from the front..   
    Suffered a weird time jump again...
    A US Marine and Ma Deuce.

    Out for a stroll in the country.

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    chuckdyke got a reaction from danfrodo in Combat photography: Photos from the front..   
    All of the platoon inside hand grenade range. 
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    chuckdyke got a reaction from Phantom Captain in Combat photography: Photos from the front..   
    All of the platoon inside hand grenade range. 
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    chuckdyke got a reaction from Phantom Captain in Combat photography: Photos from the front..   
    Ambushed! 

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    chuckdyke got a reaction from danfrodo in Combat photography: Photos from the front..   
    Ambushed! 

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    chuckdyke got a reaction from FlammenwerferX in Combat photography: Photos from the front..   
    Ambushed! 

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    chuckdyke reacted to FlammenwerferX in Combat photography: Photos from the front..   
    Current battle with @Phantom Captain... Cat and Mouse
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    chuckdyke reacted to Brille in Combat photography: Photos from the front..   
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    chuckdyke reacted to Phantom Captain in Combat photography: Photos from the front..   
    A glimpse of @Mr.X's upcoming Tiger Trail campaign.
    Here, close to the Nieman River, the glow of burning enemy vehicles illuminate my men as they pass in the falling darkness.


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    chuckdyke reacted to Phantom Captain in Combat photography: Photos from the front..   
    Awesome!  It looked like that Panther was in a perfect hull down ambush spot!  Very cool video.
    In one of my battles with @FlammenwerferX he had a JS-2 in a hull down spot just like that but further back on a ridge and I stupidly moved a Tiger and a Panther directly across his line of fire with my sides utterly exposed, one after the other, and both ended up burning wrecks at the end of the turn. 
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    chuckdyke got a reaction from danfrodo in Combat photography: Photos from the front..   
    Brits in Syria. 
    The target.

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