crepitis Posted September 28, 2000 Share Posted September 28, 2000 I finally got my hands on my very own copy of CMBO about10 days ago a mere 12 days after ordering.Trouble is I cant stay away from it AT ALL!I have become obsessed with this game,with the mods,the gameplay,the sheer unadulterated beauty of the graphics,the haunting sound effects,the atmospheric weather effects,the sheer terror of battle(im a little bit sad,i know)and above all,the Battlefront.com chat.My wife is seriously pissed off,my children regard me as a stranger,and ihavent phoned my parents in over a week.Is there any chance of a cure,does the effect wear off after a while?Surely one of the short timers out there can give me some words of hope!PLEASE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juha Ahoniemi Posted September 28, 2000 Share Posted September 28, 2000 I'm afraid You'r stuck with it...at least till You can get Your hands on CM2! Juha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiram Sedai Posted September 28, 2000 Share Posted September 28, 2000 being assimilated helped me lots. no really ------------------ "If you want battle, come to me!" - Lieutenant Worf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SS Peiper Posted September 28, 2000 Share Posted September 28, 2000 Wife? Wife?? OH yea What ever happen to her? I think I had one about 3 months ago, and kids I think I had some of them too!! SS Peiper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pham911 Posted September 28, 2000 Share Posted September 28, 2000 Same boat, and the best solution is to A)move the computer to a high traffic area in your house where the wife and kids hang out so they can see you at least, B)ask her when she complains why she doesn't want you to have a hobby, and C)call it a "squad level tactical simulator", and not a "game" when talking to her. Tell her it's educational(and prove it by asking her the ground pressure and sillouette of a PzIV and then telling her the correct answer). Discuss things like overwatch and perimeter defenses in depth whenever she brings up the subject and(if she's anything like my wife) after 5 or 6 times she'll no longer want to mention the game in any context, which includes arguing about it. Also, show your kids the cool explosions and they'll take an interest in it to some degree, and move a phone next to the computer and practice saying "Mmmm hmmm, really? You don't say." over the din of battle before calling your parents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParasiteX9 Posted September 28, 2000 Share Posted September 28, 2000 hah i didnt think you old guys could have a sense of humor =] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Commissar Posted September 28, 2000 Share Posted September 28, 2000 Creptis, With great regret I inform you that as of today there is no known cure. Be assured however, that scientists are working on it 24-7. As I type this letter, test subjects collected from "The Cesspool" are being put under a variety of painful, grotesque, and embrrasing experiments. With one tested antidote, the patient did lose the will to play CM for a whole 2 minutes and 23 seconds. However, this came to an abrupt end when the patient was accidently exposed to the lab's test hamster. Upon seeing the creature, he collapsed to the floor into a fetal position and urinated on himself, all the while rambling "CM MUST HAVE CM MUST HAVE..." Not to worry, tests will continue. Since the people who habbit the Cesspool are awful scum of humanity, nobody will mind when their gone either. ------------------ "...Every position, every meter of Soviet soil must be defended to the last drop of blood..." - Segment from Order 227 "Not a step back" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giftig Posted September 28, 2000 Share Posted September 28, 2000 I did the high-traffic stuff and all that, but went for a more devious solution. When I upgraded from my P2-450 to an 800, my wife got the old one - and a copy of Asheron's Call. (She used to play D&D a lot, back in the day). She now puts more time in on that than I do on all my games. Moral: Identify her game weakness and set her up with her new hobby... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R-Man Posted September 28, 2000 Share Posted September 28, 2000 You poor fool. Deep down, didn’t you know this was going to happen? Aren’t you just kidding yourself when thinking that you can escape the web that is Combat Mission? Forget it. The more you struggle, the harder it will be to get free. Soon you’ll be trying new strategies and force mixes, reading AARs, making Amazon.com profitable with your wild purchases of 40 year-old book titles... It’s not too late to reformat your hard drive! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The CM Borg Posted September 28, 2000 Share Posted September 28, 2000 <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by crepitis: Trouble is I cant stay away from it AT ALL!I have become obsessed with this game,with the mods,the gameplay,the sheer unadulterated beauty of the graphics,the haunting sound effects,the atmospheric weather effects,the sheer terror of battle(im a little bit sad,i know)and above all,the Battlefront.com chat.My wife is seriously pissed off,my children regard me as a stranger,and ihavent phoned my parents in over a week.Is there any chance of a cure,does the effect wear off after a while?Surely one of the short timers out there can give me some words of hope!PLEASE!<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> There is no escape. You have been assimilated ------------------ Resistance is Futile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oompa-Loompa Posted September 28, 2000 Share Posted September 28, 2000 <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>and move a phone next to the computer and practice saying "Mmmm hmmm, really? You don't say." over the din of battle before calling your parents.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> I agree with Pham's suggestions, they may be your only hope. But I prefer to hook-up and EARPIECE to the computer, thus when the phone rings the callers don't even hear the battle sounds. It heightens the the notion that you really care about them. Works when my wife calls me from another room too! ------------------ "Do not needlessly endanger your lives until I give you the signal" Dwight D. Eisenhower Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splinty Posted September 28, 2000 Share Posted September 28, 2000 Accept it there is NO ESCAPE!!!(suitable dramatic music plays in background)You are doomed!!! ------------------ Nicht Schiessen!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elementalwarre Posted September 28, 2000 Share Posted September 28, 2000 jeez people, give him some hope of course there's an escape crepitis, you'll just barely manage to break away...when CM2 ships Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaffertape Posted September 28, 2000 Share Posted September 28, 2000 Well, getting blind drunk to the point where your eyes no longer function properly is an option. However, this has some of the same negative side effects (ie: making the wife mad, ostracizing the kids) plus the bonus of risking unemployment, liver damage and serious carpet stains. GAFF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Croda Posted September 28, 2000 Share Posted September 28, 2000 Do you really want to break away? I'm not looking for an escape. CM is keeping me from playing EverQuest. and anything that does that is golden in my book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banshee Posted September 28, 2000 Share Posted September 28, 2000 <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Croda: Do you really want to break away? I'm not looking for an escape. CM is keeping me from playing EverQuest. and anything that does that is golden in my book.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Yeah CM is my Anti-EQ medicine as well. (Actually I stopped playing quite awhile before I found CM). ------------------ Veni, vidi, panzerschrecki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Croda Posted September 28, 2000 Share Posted September 28, 2000 EQ is the great Satan. Thank you CM for saving me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberfox Posted September 28, 2000 Share Posted September 28, 2000 Hey, I haven't even the time to hang around on this forum longer than 15 seconds then I have to go back to the game. Cyberfox "Rugged Defense!" http://home.wanadoo.nl/edwin.vos/cm/cm.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T34Rules Posted September 29, 2000 Share Posted September 29, 2000 The cure is CM2!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrk_dog Posted September 29, 2000 Share Posted September 29, 2000 I gave my copy of CM to my nephew. As a result the poor kid will probably flunk 8th grade. Now I wander this board and aimlessly read the posting and try to fight the urge to by another copy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waxx_IK Posted September 29, 2000 Share Posted September 29, 2000 I am in eigth grade, and I know what CM can do to you. I've already forgotten my teacher's name, and the class looks at me as I ramble on at lunch time about how ground pressure affects speed, and how Command and Control affects reaction time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorak Posted September 29, 2000 Share Posted September 29, 2000 <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR> by the Commissar Not to worry, tests will continue. Since the people who habbit the Cesspool are awful scum of humanity, nobody will mind when their gone either.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Thats a good start.... If you could have found some way to belittle my tactics and insult my herritage, you would be closer. I think with a little work you would fit right into the pool. Lorak ------------------ "Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking."--William Butler Yeats Cesspool [This message has been edited by Lorak (edited 09-28-2000).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
109 Gustav Posted September 29, 2000 Share Posted September 29, 2000 There are 5 steps all recovering CM addicts go through before becoming cured. First comes denial. "Me? I don't have a problem. I just play it once in a while, all for the graphics." Once they are past that, anger is the next step. "I'll kill that wife/girlfriend/parent of mine, taking CM away from me!" If they and their relatives survive the anger stage, bargaining follows. "Please, let me have the game back, just for today. I'll do the dishes, take out the trash, sell my soul..." Next, addicts feel guilt. "What have I done to lose CM? I went to church every day I wasn't playing or reading this forum." Finally, addicts move into acceptance. "I'll never play CM again. Oh well, all I ever did was cry when my tanks were KOd. I'll never play CM again. (sniff)" Strangley enough, these are the same steps termainally ill people go through before dying, if I remember last year's psych course right. Perhaps someone could investigate the relationship between the loss of CM and death? ------------------ Well my skiff's a twenty dollar boat, And I hope to God she stays afloat. But if somehow my skiff goes down, I'll freeze to death before I drown. And pray my body will be found, Alaska salmon fishing, boys, Alaska salmon fishing. -Commercial fishing in Kodiak, Alaska Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne Posted September 29, 2000 Share Posted September 29, 2000 Why do you want to be cured? ------------------ Blessed be the Lord my strength who teaches my hands to war and my fingers to fight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schugger Posted September 29, 2000 Share Posted September 29, 2000 <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by gaffertape: Well, getting blind drunk to the point where your eyes no longer function properly is an option. GAFF<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Dunno. Even if I'm mindlessly drunk I somehow managed to hit the magic "GO" button. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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