Slapdragon Posted September 24, 2000 Share Posted September 24, 2000 OK gang: I have been slowly building a website. I have four academic articles and am teaching an overload this semester, so I had been just inching it along. It is highly incomplete, but I have endless server space and patience, so I thought by next year I would unviel it. I also did not want to compete with MadMatt's commercial work. As it is, this will be a different type of site. Instead I am making this offer: If you would like to work on a small piece, either HTML or a text file (which I will turn into HTML) then I will open it up: The sections will be: (1) OOB: Order of battle for units at different times. This will be moveable through time, so the 2nd Armoured Division can have an OOB for 1942 or 1944 right next to each other. 2) Close-Up: This section is a close up look at how some unit is used in the game. Make sure you get screen shots. 3) Play by Play: A screen shot demonstration of some unit or type of manuever. 4) HWG: Historically Researched Scenarios 5) How To: How to do interesting things. 6) FAQ: Summary of discussion topics. My e-mail for this is combatmission@goathead.org . The URL will be http://www.slapdragon.org/midnight/ If anyone would like to go on record as working in some niche, let me know and I will start keeping track of who is doing what. My only rules for posting is: No glorification of Nazis. You can glorify the Heer blowing up US Units all day long, but no Nazi fan stuff. Cite your work, at least as far as including a bibliography. Any language is welcome for posts, but if you can translate it into English it will help a lot. I can read French, Spanish, Portuguese, and I can peice together German and Italian from text books, but I am an incredibly slow translator and make lots of mistakes, like my "lifting machine" in German for Bren Carrier. Multi-language posts are encouraged. All work's copyright remains with the creator, except I get unlimited posting rights on the Slapdragon site. Please do not send copywritten photographs, use only historical or ones done by yourself. What does everyone think, and do I have volunteers to take on some stuff? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slapdragon Posted September 24, 2000 Author Share Posted September 24, 2000 I have to add that I am not affiliated with the makers of BigTime Games AND I an not that Steve Jackson, unless you mean the one who used to do Cubic Zirconia commericials and history cable specials in Florida, in which case I am! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slapdragon Posted September 24, 2000 Author Share Posted September 24, 2000 (sorry for three posts) I have thrown one of the articles I am working on up. It is: http://www.slapdragon.org/midnight/hellcat/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pillar Posted September 24, 2000 Share Posted September 24, 2000 This looks like a great idea. I'll see if I can contribute something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abbott Posted September 24, 2000 Share Posted September 24, 2000 Sounds like the makings of a good idea and a helpful site. Maybe a FAQ of some sort could be added. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanaka Posted September 24, 2000 Share Posted September 24, 2000 Olá, Gostei bastante do artigo sobre o M18, ( o meu TD dos EUA preferido ), principlamente eu que não tenho nenhum livro tecnico de tanques da segund guerra mundial. Definitivamente irei passar por lá de vez em quando. João Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slapdragon Posted September 24, 2000 Author Share Posted September 24, 2000 João Dos Agradecimentos. Se você gostar de traduzir o local no português que ajudaria também. Meu português não é muito bom. Eu estou contente você gostei da página no M18. Outra vez agradecimentos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slapdragon Posted September 24, 2000 Author Share Posted September 24, 2000 I worked a couple of hours to finish the format. The idea is to give Wargamers and people who want to be a place to read about OOB - history, and how it relates to the game. If you cannot write HTML but would still like to add something, just send it in text form with jpgs of the screen shots, I iwll do the coding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mannheim Tanker Posted September 24, 2000 Share Posted September 24, 2000 Great job, SD! This is exactly what I was thinking (and then some) when I mentioned a Dummies handbook on the other thread. The only suggestion is an aesthetic/organizational one: you might want to use frames, or make the navigation box bigger on the index page. There's quite a lot on the first page, and my first impression when I got there was "Holy Crap, where do I start?" I realize it's a work in progress, though, and I think what you've started can be a wonderful complement to CMHQ. I'll think about it and see if and where I can help out... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slapdragon Posted September 24, 2000 Author Share Posted September 24, 2000 I have code for a top bar navigator, let me try it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PershingII Posted September 24, 2000 Share Posted September 24, 2000 HI Slapdragon. Sorry for my poor English im a collaborator and Historical advisor in a Spanish web of Combatmission. http://usuarios.tripod.es/platooncm/ (Linea de Fuego) only historical files If you need information and i can help you....I´ll hope. Only askme. good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Weiss Posted September 24, 2000 Share Posted September 24, 2000 Hey Mannheim, that's not a bad title. "Authenticity for Dummies" or sumptin like that. I like it. Yep, SD has come up with something here. We need someone to help with the place settings. Sort of a Combat Mission Mr. Manners or something. I felt the same way he did, but didn't have all the words to put it into context like he has. Good job guys. I'll be making that site a regular visit, and probably contributing. ------------------ "Wer zuerst schiesst hat mehr von Leben" Moto-(3./JG11 "Graf") Bruno "Stachel" Weiss [This message has been edited by Bruno Weiss (edited 09-24-2000).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mannheim Tanker Posted September 24, 2000 Share Posted September 24, 2000 How about simply "CM for Dummies"? Whatever you call it, I agree with an earlier post by SD that none of this should be set in stone. Rather it should be seen as a set of guidelines to follow in any effort to simulate real-world OOB's, tactics, and doctrine. There should always be room for slight deviations from historical settings to try out what-if scenarios. "Slight" is a gray area that should best be left to the opponents in a PBEM or ladder to determine prior to the game. Just my $.02 adjusted for inflation and rising fuel costs... ------------------ "The real groundbreaker of CM isn't the 3D modeling, it's the 'holy crap! what the heck was THAT' factor." - Dalem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slapdragon Posted September 24, 2000 Author Share Posted September 24, 2000 I have a submission already.. more are promised. I think a "CM History for Dummies" or some section like that is needed, just to give flavor. If someone would like to write it, or several people post their own CMiquette, I will host it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slapdragon Posted September 24, 2000 Author Share Posted September 24, 2000 Very nice site in Spanish, I may just link my site to yours rather than try to remember orden de batalla is Spanish for order of battle! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slapdragon Posted September 24, 2000 Author Share Posted September 24, 2000 My first contribution from Abbott: The Creation of the German Panzer Force ------------------ ----------------------------------------- Submit your article to: www.slapdragon.org/midnight ---------------------------------------- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abbott Posted September 25, 2000 Share Posted September 25, 2000 http://www.gamesofwar.de/ http://cmhq.tzo.com/ http://cm4mac.tripod.com/ http://www.combatmissions.co.uk/ http://cmhq.tzo.com/ http://wbr.thegamers.net/ A few links for your site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slapdragon Posted September 25, 2000 Author Share Posted September 25, 2000 Thank you Abbott -- they will be added. ------------------ ----------------------------------------- Submit your article to: www.slapdragon.org/midnight ---------------------------------------- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slapdragon Posted September 25, 2000 Author Share Posted September 25, 2000 I have two other articles just come in. Any new gamers want an article on a particular type of unit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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