MickH Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 Greetings, I used to play Combat Mission a lot, like really a lot but due to a series of unfortunate events my mind is not what it was and I have many blank areas where I know stuff went on but nothing adds up. I cannot remember my user name or names, neither can I remember much about who I played with but if I put down what I can recall perhaps someone reading this can recognise a fact or two that will help jog my memory. I know I played CMAK and CMBB by PBEM and had many games going. I'm from England but never played with ,many English, mostly Dutch, some North Americans, Australians, Finns, French and a guy who lived on a boat somewhere ? One guys wife had a daughter while we were playing named Hope. One opponent worked in a solar power station. Definately was playing a pbem called "Blut Und Ehre". Was making a series of scenarios based on Barbarossa with someone. Perhaps a little about myself, My names Mick, I was living in London, have three kids, work as a domestic appliance engineer which I still do. Sorry to be so vague but thats about it, hopefully someone may remember me ! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 MickH, Welcome back! Don't know what you went through to wind up with such broken memories, but I do have some sense of what it's like, having had a bunch of things screw mine up. Do you have any old game files, E-mails or anything else we could use to help you reconstruct your gaming identity among us? It may not take much to sort this out if we can get the right tidbit into the right hands or back into your head. Do you know, for example, which CM game you started with, and was it the Demo or the actual game? This would help us begin to establish a timeline. Mac or PC? Any idea as to mods used? Can you remember anyone who registered on you either positively or negatively. This and more will help trigger associative recall, from which can come a cascade of memories. Often, the littlest thing will get that ball rolling. (goes away and checks something) Progress! That scenario was for CMx1's CMAK, as detailed here http://webandofbrothers.yuku.com/topic/13319/CMAK-elsheetan-vs-Greyhills-in-Blut-Und-Ehre-Operation?page=-1#.UBeBkI59lHg And so it begins! Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 MickH, You can also leave a message there, which just might solve your problem--if you are/were a member. Moon, I hope helping somebody recover his identity is okay with you. Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Childress Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 Hi, Mick! You wouldn't be that dude from the CM1 days who used to to bombard my setup zones with Nebelwefers, advance your armor in amorphous blobs and insist (unbendingly) on Meeting Engagements on mirrored maps with Heavy Rain & Fog? The guy with the 'pwned again!!!' messages? Hell, yeah, I remember. Of course I could be thinking of an another Mick. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickH Posted July 31, 2012 Author Share Posted July 31, 2012 Hi John, thanks for responding, I had a car accident in 2005 in which I had concussion then I had a minor stroke in Nov 2007 that triggered a series of "brain storms". This pc has had the operating system reinstalled many times since then and I've changed ISP so all email and notepad files are long gone. I began with CMBO but quite late and as I was easing into it CMBB hit the shops, whenever that was and I began email games shortly after. Looking through the link I'm certain (?) that I was never a member but lots of little things seem familiar but I'm not sure. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickH Posted July 31, 2012 Author Share Posted July 31, 2012 Hi, Mick! You wouldn't be that dude from the CM1 days who used to to bombard my setup zones with Nebelwefers, advance your armor in amorphous blobs and insist (unbendingly) on Meeting Engagements on mirrored maps with Heavy Rain & Fog? The guy with the 'pwned again!!!' messages? Hell, yeah, I remember. Of course I could be thinking of an another Mick. The early days of CMAK ? I recall endless desert meeting engagements but what you mention there is not how I would of played ......... I think :confused: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Childress Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 Nope wrong guy, Mick. Not you, rest easy. Now that I think about it was that player from New Zealand. The dude with the sheep. Cheers. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanir Ausf B Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 You have a message imbedded in your hip containing the number of a Swiss bank account. This account is under your original user name. Once you have retrieved the funds therein check back here for further instructions. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Childress Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 You have a message imbedded in your hip containing the number of a Swiss bank account. This account is under your original user name. Once you have retrieved the funds therein check back here for further instructions. I just extracted it with a cigar clipper. (ouch!) Turned out it was Rocky Marciano's dormant account. The interest had compounded impressively since 1969! Thanks anyway! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 Hi John, thanks for responding, I had a car accident in 2005 in which I had concussion then I had a minor stroke in Nov 2007 that triggered a series of "brain storms". That sounds vaguely familiar, but so far I'm not turning up anything useful for your problem. Are you British? Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickH Posted August 2, 2012 Author Share Posted August 2, 2012 That sounds vaguely familiar, but so far I'm not turning up anything useful for your problem. Are you British? Michael Yes I am a Brit. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 What I am recalling is that you were a long time player and poster and that after mentioning the stroke disappeared off the forum. I recall that you were sadly missed. You might try examining the archives for 2007 and look for someone who ceased posting at that time. A lot of work perhaps; up to you whether it is worth it. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickH Posted August 3, 2012 Author Share Posted August 3, 2012 Already done that and I have to say that lots of user names appear familiar but nothing more. Is CMX1 still popular or has the community migrated onto CMX2 now ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 There are folks still playing x1 and apparently enjoying it. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 MickH, I'd hoped that by now someone would've turned up something and that you'd be getting to know your former self again. Sorry it hasn't happened yet! Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanir Ausf B Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 I did a search on the word "stroke". Looked at every post containing that word in a CMx1 related forum for the year 2007. I only found one thread that related to a medical condition but it was definitely not about a man living in England. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 I did a search on the word "stroke". I suppose the GF record for that year was wiped out in the big software upgrade a few years back? Because that's where I think I would have seen the post. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickH Posted August 15, 2012 Author Share Posted August 15, 2012 Hi folks and thanks for your concerns and efforts. The odd thing about my condition is that I can remember most things but not people. When I got back on the pc it was like I'd never been away, no real problem playing CM except the feeling that something was missing. I keep looking at threads where some names seem familiar but nothing clicks. What I have got are strong memories of battles in CM x1, fought "Royal Opponent" three times against one chap as well as many others, we had great banter but I can recall nothing about him what so ever. Played many battles from the Proving Grounds with another guy, we reviewed them but when I look there all I get are blanks. I got bad sectors on my hard drive 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanir Ausf B Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 Time to reformat. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 Hi folks and thanks for your concerns and efforts. The odd thing about my condition is that I can remember most things but not people. When I got back on the pc it was like I'd never been away, no real problem playing CM except the feeling that something was missing. I keep looking at threads where some names seem familiar but nothing clicks. What I have got are strong memories of battles in CM x1, fought "Royal Opponent" three times against one chap as well as many others, we had great banter but I can recall nothing about him what so ever. Played many battles from the Proving Grounds with another guy, we reviewed them but when I look there all I get are blanks. I got bad sectors on my hard drive Sounds a bit like selective blindness, doesn't it? I'd guess that a certain area of your brain got zapped in the stroke and that's where those particular memories are stored. What might be interesting to discover is if they were also stored somewhere else, but your "librarian" isn't searching those locations yet. I've had something like that happen from time to time (no stroke, just getting old). Try as I might, I can't think of a name. Then hours or even days later, it suddenly pops unbidden into consciousness. I just had to wait until the "librarian" came across it. My brain is sort of like my apartment that way—or is it the other way around? Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanir Ausf B Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 I've had something like that happen from time to time (no stroke, just getting old). Try as I might, I can't think of a name. Then hours or even days later, it suddenly pops unbidden into consciousness. I just had to wait until the "librarian" came across it. My brain is sort of like my apartment that way—or is it the other way around? Are you saying that you employ a librarian who works in your apartment, or that your apartment is ancient? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 Are you saying that you employ a librarian who works in your apartment, or that your apartment is ancient? I'm saying that you should go sit in the corner until your house burns down. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickH Posted August 17, 2012 Author Share Posted August 17, 2012 I understand that perfectly Michael, for I've suffered from what I call "random selective memory" for many years, can't tell you how many times I've gone to say something but as I open my mouth to speak whatever it is just melts away .......... When I was under the doctors, some specialist or other explained memories as electrical circuits with a charge (the memory) endlessly flowing around a circuit until it is required, then a switch is thrown adding a route from the circuit to a screen and the memory can be accessed, or remembered. As we age the switches seize or jam and these memories don't get routed to the screen quite as readily. When a stroke occurs some of these routes get broken permanently, some temporarily. Sometimes the brain reroutes circuits and sometimes it does'nt. My trouble is that the part where people memories are stored is "partially burnt out", some were rescued but others appear to have been moved elsewhere to save them or lost altogether. When it first happened, I never forgot my wife or my sons but things were very hazy around my mother and my daughter. Same with CMBB and CMAK, no problems playing but I know I played pbems but who with ?????? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 When I was under the doctors, some specialist or other explained memories as electrical circuits with a charge (the memory) endlessly flowing around a circuit until it is required, then a switch is thrown adding a route from the circuit to a screen and the memory can be accessed, or remembered. As we age the switches seize or jam and these memories don't get routed to the screen quite as readily. That's about as good a description of the phenomenon as I have come across. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickH Posted September 6, 2012 Author Share Posted September 6, 2012 Well, I feel like I'm on the verge of remembering stuff if only something triggered. Been downloading scenarios from SD2 and a surprising number were very familiar, also I been searching through some back up discs I made sometime and came across some pix that may remind somebody of a battle we fought, I'm certain these came from pbem games ........ I had serious BMP issues for ages, reinstalled game several times, even formatted HD but it always returned. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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