Turk Posted October 8, 2000 Share Posted October 8, 2000 comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.war-historical Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chupacabra Posted October 8, 2000 Share Posted October 8, 2000 Review at gamespot.com. Too lazy to find the link. ------------------ Soy super bien, soy super super bien, soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GonzoAttacker Posted October 8, 2000 Share Posted October 8, 2000 I was told of the game while playing Panzer General 2. I have not gone back to playing on-line at Mplayer.com since. I ahve been hook since downloading Gold Demo that night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Michael emrys Posted October 8, 2000 Share Posted October 8, 2000 I first heard about CM (we were calling it CSL at the time) when BTS announced that Avalon Hill had contracted with them to do a computerized version of Squad Leader after they had rejected Close Combat. This was on BTS' original board, before this one got organized. I had been hanging out on that board for a while as a result of Over the Reich and Achtung Spitfire. Believe me, the message traffic was a lot less in those days! I could read everything posted during the day in about 15 minutes. Now it takes me at least 3 hours, and I skip at least half the new posts. Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil the Dill Posted October 8, 2000 Share Posted October 8, 2000 My Dad intorduced it to me, we're both hooked. Suffice to say my life has been on a downward spiral ever since PHIL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pathfinder Posted October 8, 2000 Share Posted October 8, 2000 pcgameworld.com demo area. found the gold demo there. hehe, after having the Germans hand me my butt in CE, I got intrigued and took a much closer look and the AI amazed me. Needless to say I quit using RTS mode "tactics" and started using what I know of real-world tactics! ------------------ unca pathy will show ya the path, if only he could find it himself! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jagdwyrm Posted October 8, 2000 Share Posted October 8, 2000 Close Combat Forums ...thanks to whoever went over there and stirred that place up because it got my attention Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberfox Posted October 8, 2000 Share Posted October 8, 2000 Mouth by mouth While playing other games by email my opponents told me Cyberfox Rugged Defense PBEM wargame club now more than 400 PBEM players are registered http://home.wanadoo.nl/edwin.vos/cm/cm.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pereciu Posted October 8, 2000 Share Posted October 8, 2000 http://www.cdmag.com/Home/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turret Ring Posted October 8, 2000 Share Posted October 8, 2000 A very small paragraph and pic in PC Gamer. ------------------ "Then we shall fight in the shade." (Greek general's comment upon being told that the Persian archers could blot-out the sun with their arrows.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Dog Posted October 8, 2000 Share Posted October 8, 2000 Glowing reviews of CM on-line (I encountered several), while looking for a new strat game to buy. DL'ed the demo nad couldn't believe what I was seeing! My Gawd, they've put Panzer/88/Armor on the computer!! Immediately ordered the full game and e-mailed several old wargame/strat game buddies, one of whom ordered and is a frequent PBEM opponent. Two others are planning to order when they aren't so broke - I gotta get some better class of friends - Old Dog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
virtualfreak Posted October 8, 2000 Share Posted October 8, 2000 Well I had been looking for a good wargame and while I was reading the reveiw of CM in Computer Gameing World I thought I would go to the website and download the demo. I loved the demo and the next day bought the game with my hard earned allowance of mowing lawns and cleaning up dog s..t Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
virtualfreak Posted October 8, 2000 Share Posted October 8, 2000 Well I had been looking for a good wargame and while I was reading the reveiw of CM in Computer Gameing World I thought I would go to the website and download the demo. I loved the demo and the next day bought the game with my hard earned allowance of mowing lawns and cleaning up dog s..t Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanderer Posted October 8, 2000 Share Posted October 8, 2000 I stumbled across Battlefront.com while I was surfing the web. Best stumble I ever made! ------------- "I love it, God help me I do love it so" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mace Posted October 8, 2000 Share Posted October 8, 2000 In Strategy Plus. But wat really sold me was discussions over Lunch with a good friend of mine (hi Brian) who managed to get on the beta testing team! Mace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasd Posted October 9, 2000 Share Posted October 9, 2000 CoolColJ ( http://www.geocities.com/coolcolj ) told me about it in a chatroom somwhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reckall Posted October 9, 2000 Share Posted October 9, 2000 First time was when Avalon Hill announced that BTS was developing Advanced Squad Leader for them. I was disappointed when BTS announced that ASL would become CM, go figure... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krono Posted October 9, 2000 Share Posted October 9, 2000 I actually heard about if from Wargamer.com when it was in beta form. Then I dled the demo a few months later and decided I must have it! nce you realize hopw great this game if you cant ever go back to anything else Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drkuw Posted October 9, 2000 Share Posted October 9, 2000 First heard about it on Inside Mac Games online. I'm a hard-core flight sim fanatic and was doing my usual perusal, but made the mistake of downloading the Beta. Two weeks later the Gold demo came out and I haven't looked back. I haven't touched my joystick, throttle, pedals, or wife since. Come to think of it... Honey? Are you there? Honey?....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drkuw Posted October 9, 2000 Share Posted October 9, 2000 BTW, I have yet to be assimilated. Guess I just haven't posted enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epée Posted October 9, 2000 Share Posted October 9, 2000 One day I got back from work, and saw my Chinchilla playing the beta demo on my pc - he had downloaded it. I had to bribe him with raisins to get his paws of the keyboard an mouse, and decided to try the game for myself. I was hooked. Much better than playing ASL, there are no cardboard pieces for the chinchilla to chew. Epée Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilhammer Posted October 9, 2000 Share Posted October 9, 2000 The guy who I turned onto Steel Panthers and later got him a summer job in the States, Ciril Rozic of Split, Croatia, sent me an email about it last November. We played lots of Steel Panthers, which was the closest thing to my all time favorite wargames, Squad Leader and Tobruk. I d/led the beta, and ever since then I have regressed in mental age some 18 years. It really is THE GAME I always wanted. Now, if someone would go through all this effort to do a computer WW2 strategic game ala World In Flames, I'd be content and never buy another wargame type. Thanks, BTS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Breakthrough Posted October 9, 2000 Share Posted October 9, 2000 <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by barrold713: I first heard of CM in Computer Gaming World magazine and checked out the demo after reading their 5-star review. Their comment that it was the ultimate wargame that we've been waiting for had me drooling with an anticipation that was partially satisfied by the demo and completely slaked by the full version purchased immediately after playing VOT one time. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Dejavu! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
109 Gustav Posted October 9, 2000 Share Posted October 9, 2000 Originally posted by Maximus: Geez, 109 Gustov, you're not hard to convince are you? Been around since the Beta Demo and you just now ordered? I hardly believe that. With characteristics like that, it makes me question one's decision making ability. Oh, I made the decision. Ordered three days ago, and my keyboard is all sticky from the drool I couldn't order it until beginning of september, because I was commercial fishing through the summer, and I was never anywhere near a computer. I left about 2 weeks before it was released, and I was sooo jealous of all you people who would be able to get it right then. ------------------ 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...
Tnkrz_Aze Posted October 9, 2000 Share Posted October 9, 2000 Frined from school told me about it since we plays Close combat. SAid it was cool. Grabbed the demo seems cool but i have not enugh money for the real thing. 1 qusteion. wh y dont the little dead guys bleed? that would be cool! Tnkrz_Aze "If your not a Tnkrz your not nothing" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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