engy Posted November 3, 2000 Share Posted November 3, 2000 Having had the pleasure of lurking here for several months, I was just struck by the fact that many of the newer folks might have missed some of the glorious posts of days gone by. (Hmmm, I guess I'm included in that group.) Some of these posts have lived on in signatures, while others have faded into the dank mustiness of a unused basement. So, old-timers, resurrect some of the greatest posts (and don't just say, "See the Cesspool"...it's hard to call all of those posts *great*...some maybe, but not all ) of all-time here for us to see, please. And, just to show my helpful willingness, here's mine.... <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Bullethead: You've discovered a little-known WW2 tank-grog thing here that BTS, in its search for the ultimate in realism, has modeled in CM. I've been waiting to see if anybody else noticed this. Most people assume that the M in US vehicle designations means "Model". Thus, the Medium Tank M4 Sherman would be the "Model #4" Medium tank. This is incorrect. The M actually stands for "Mortality" and the number represents the life expectancy of the vehicle in minutes. Thus, Shermans were rated officially at 4 minutes of survival in a combat situation, which is reflected accurately in CM by having them die on turn 4. After the Sherman had been in production for some time and combat experience had been gained, it was noticed in many cases, particularly for the earlier production runs of Shermans, that the official Mortality rating was a bit optimistic. Thus, the designation was changed to reflect the new data. This involved appending the letter A and another number to the M4 designation, the A standing for "Actually" and the new number being the revised Mortality rating. For example, the M4A2 had a combat-proven life expectancy of "Actually 2" minutes. Later on, the designation system got even more accurate by appending a number in parentheses and the letter W. Despite the widely held conviction that the parenthetical number was the caliber of the gun, what these symbols really meant was that the tank had a 75% or 76% chance of going WHOOSH in a big fireball when penetrated. However, some models of Sherman were so inflammable that calcualtions showed they had a 105% chance of brewing up, so they just left it at that and didn't bother with the W, because they were going to WHOOSH regardless. Towards the end of the war, some Shermans gained an E and another number in their designations. The E meant "Extra Cost" and the number was a designator for the manufacturer, to ensure that company got extra money for making the tank. CM accurately reflects this by making these types of Shermans cost more to buy in DYO. Thus, the M4A3E8(76)W designation meant a tank with an official Mortality of 4 minutes, Actually 3 minutes, cost Extra, and had a 76% chance of going WHOOSH. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Edited to add smiley [This message has been edited by engy (edited 11-03-2000).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maximus Posted November 3, 2000 Share Posted November 3, 2000 That was a pretty good one. But my pick is the one where Rob/1 spelled "countries" incorrectly and some replies came back as like "What kind of trees Rob?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaffertape Posted November 3, 2000 Share Posted November 3, 2000 Thanks ENGY Been a member for a long while, yet I never saw that piece of genius from BULLETHEAD. That's my new favorite. My old favorite, which was pretty recent actually, came from KINGFISH, regarding a geographic locale: "I was about to say it's where Ted Kennedy got too drunk and crashed his car, but realized that could be anywhere." GAFF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berlichtingen Posted November 4, 2000 Share Posted November 4, 2000 My all time favorite from the master himself... Peng <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>OH YEAH! AND CRYBABIES TOO!!!! I got about half way through the autosurrender thread when my head just exploded. I SWEAR TO GOD. MY HEAD EXPLODED! I couldn't read another goddam word from anyone. OK, I know I haven't been around lately. No posts and maybe a bit of lurking. and my poor PBEM opponents are all cursing me for sitting on turns forever. So be it. this is for reasons of my own. I didn't even get to the thread in question until this afternoon. read a few posts and promised myself I'd be back to comment later today. Well, i didn't get through the seven goddam pages of swill so there are bits I know nothing about. WHO CARES? from the tone and quality of the first 4 pages i have everything i think i need. SS, You are a CABBAGE! you are green and leafy and you smell bad when you are cooked too long. Salting and marinating in oak barrels is too good for you, and no one will ever top you off with some nice white wine. I think massive amounts of alcohol might help to mellow you somewhat and perhaps give you a more pleasant taste. But essentially you are sour and spoiled and not fit for human consumption, except in the most dire of circumstances. Even when concilliation is rubbed generously on your broad green leaves and into your stems like a savory paste, you reject it on grounds that it is actually a lump of cold poisonous evil, as the use of smilies obfuscates bad intent. In My Humble Opinion, you are a nit-picking, bad-tempered, grudge-harboring, humorless, thin-skinned, hyphenated, girly-man. I for one will avoid you and your posts. Since this post is supposed to be aboout cabbages and kings, and the vegetable has been served. on to the kings.... to hell with them too. Peng Official Notice: No smilies were used in this post. However, during the composition of this post several smilies were tortured to death, by me, with great huge pointy sticks and jolts of electricity and hot pepper extracts rubbed into their naughty bits. ------------------ Peng sez "die a lot now."<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackson Posted November 4, 2000 Share Posted November 4, 2000 <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Turret: The probability of a strong point hit is a great idea! I did some model testing using 4 1/35th scale Tigers made of scale steel (3,200 lbs each!). For test rounds, I melted depleted plutonium from the core of a decaying star into a mold made from the round of plastic 1/35th scale US 75mm gun. I put the round into a Crossman 766 BB gun and gave it 50 pumps. I wanted to simulate the kind of shots that would occur in battle. So I installed R/C units in the tanks and gave the controls to my wife and instructed her to drive each test tank in a "combatish" way. I drank a pot of Starbucks coffee to simulate the heat of battle and then a case of beer to simulate the fog of war. I then went "hunting" in the yard. The results of my test: Typically the Tiger was shot in the front as it was hard to get a flanking shot with my wife's quickly learned simulation of German tank tactics. 3 out of the the 4 tests it was a mantle hit. Tank one was taken out in the first shot at the mantle. Tank two and three survived their mantle hits. With tank 4 it was a rear trap shot that hit a fuel line. Empirically the data suggest that the strong point hit probability is more like 33%. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamstersss Posted November 4, 2000 Share Posted November 4, 2000 Another Penger and a hell of a post. This post made me build my Shrine to Peng. <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by MrPeng: There was a time when the written word didn't require pictures to convey meaning. Those of you who may have picked up a book in which the only picture was perhaps a dust jacket photo of the author might remember this time. It existed somewhere between children's story books and your first email or BBS smilie. If you recall correctly this time included entire words, spelled correctly, and typically some sort of punctuation which would separate the sentences into what many teachers used to call "complete thoughts." Sometimes the author would use a rhetorical device ( some early rhetorical devices ran at only 33MHz!) with funny old Latin names like "praeter itio," which I won't mention. Sometimes authors used nice techniques called Irony, Satire and Sarcasm (an ascending tri-colon). What seems odd to us about these techniques today is that the words that the author used conveyed the meaning. Certainly there were thickies that didn't quite "get it" when Irony would smack them accross the noggin, but that's precisely because they were thick. One despairs that even the cunning and naughty MrWinky, the Cheeky Monkey, could not raise the intellect of the thick to a level of ironic awareness. And so it is with our little friend Sarcasm. It is often proclaimed quite loudly that sarcasm is difficult to parse from the written word, and so we should make our intent plain by adding MrWinky, or perhaps even a MrRazz to make double-extra super sure that the target of the sarcastic remark is "in the know." WARNING: the following statement is inregard to American English, which in my Ignorance is the only language I am able to speak and write. It is not in any way, shape or form meant to impugne any other language spoken here. END OF WARNING. The English Language is rich: it has evolved over centuries, borrowing from, stealing from and swallowing wholesale entire other languages. It is a Monster of a language. We have at least two ways of naming absolutely everything, dependent upon from which root language you care to select the name. We have so many ways of saying the same thing that it seems we cannot help but stumble accross a way to convey what we mean with only the words. And yet... OFFICIAL NOTE: the following does not fall under the above WARNING. That bit is over. And yet, we have become so careless, so self absorbed and in such a hurry to get our two cents in; such a blasted, egomaniacal rush, that we ignore the meaning of what others write. We do not take the time to digest the written word. We do not allow ourselves the opportunity to read what the other guy has written, so busy are we in our sweat to "respond" to our nemesis, that we now require a little helper to convey the meaning for us. It seems the symbols we all agreed upon to convey our meanings are too difficult to decipher. The ugly truth is that the helpers do not help. They diminish our capacity to communicate effectively with one another. They are frauds. The writer tosses off a smilie because he is worried the reader won't understand the written word. The reader tosses away the smilie because the writer didn't really mean it. The writer should take the time to write what he means. The reader should take the time to understand. Smilies do nothing to enhance our discourse. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> ------------------ I've got far more annoying things than that up my sleeve. -Meeks You must wear awfully loose shirts to fit an oompah band up your sleeve. -Chrisl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Mekanik Posted November 4, 2000 Share Posted November 4, 2000 Jackson, I concur!! I don't even know Turrent but I can imagine : 1) wife driving tank in "combatish" way 2)pot of coffeee=heat of war 3)case of beer=fog of war Dang, I'm still laughing....can't stop the tears Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Croda Posted November 4, 2000 Share Posted November 4, 2000 An all-time favorite: Mr. Meeks, you are a blessing to us all. <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Elijah Meeks: That's right, now I'm not going to hold any punches in our little battle plebiane. Your men will be gouged, stabbed, beaten, battered, dacapitated, masticated, cut up, patched back together, cut up a second time, ground into little pieces, loaded into a cannon, shot into Belgium, collected, loaded onto a primative rocket, shot into the sun, which will proceed to nova, recollect itself into another sun, supernova, collapse into a black hole and develop such a spatial mass that it will, quite literally, tear itself out of our universe, where the constituent parts of your men will still curse the day you ever tried to kick me out of the Cesspool. Howdaya like that! <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> ------------------ "Nuts!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEF BUNGIS Posted November 4, 2000 Share Posted November 4, 2000 Sorry guy's, nobody beats the great CPT STRANSKY..................... -------------------------------------------- I read the ai is so amazing and rah rah in posts well i havent seen ****!!! Attacking the computer he can be amusing but generally he does the same tactics and is dull. All the attacks come via the same stupid areas.. whheres the ai outflank script.. does it even exist. Im not asking too much here.. the ai should be able to attack ok. I dont see why i should sit there playing 70 turn games to find the computer attacks in the last turn. And dont comment to me dont play it then!! Like some of u do.. i paid for this and i expect a basic attacking thing to be happenning. Bridges may be a big problem wiht this but in mnay games ive played its not always the case. Please fix!!! or do somefink. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
109 Gustav Posted November 4, 2000 Share Posted November 4, 2000 If everyone likes Engy's favorite post, here's the full topic. http://www.battlefront.com/discuss/Forum1/HTML/011379.html It just keeps getting better and better, and is a must read for all the people out there who have watched their Shermans get knocked out helplessly. Read it! I cannot say this loudly enough. ------------------ No one but the enemy will tell you what the enemy is going to do. No one but the enemy will ever teach you where you are weak. Only the enemy tells you where he is strong. And the rules of the game are what you can do to him and what you can stop him from doing to you. -Ender's Game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Germanboy Posted November 4, 2000 Share Posted November 4, 2000 So many, where to start... 1. Grog Porn by Ethan (Hakko Ichiu), closely followed by 2. Seanachai's new words to ABBA's Fernando. Both from the Peng threads, in which you find the occasional silk purse among sows' ears. ------------------ Andreas <a href="http://www.geocities.com/greg_mudry/sturm.html">Der Kessel</a > Home of „Die Sturmgruppe“; Scenario Design Group for Combat Mission. [This message has been edited by Germanboy (edited 11-03-2000).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterk Posted November 4, 2000 Share Posted November 4, 2000 I've found a few... The famous "skipping round" business MAdmatt gets the credit for this one ========================================== Ahh yes (cue dream sequence) it seemed like only yesterday...yesterday yesterday... Steve: Ok, lets call this Beta Team meeting to order...Do we have any old business to discuss? Rune: Yeah, where is the T-28? Steve: umm, any OTHER old business? Anyone? Yes, go ahead Dan. Kwazydog: Well we still haven't gotten that running MG team with the skipable HE rounds quiet hashed out. Charles: Skkkipping? Skkipping?!!! ALL: Oh no! Charles: YOU WANT TO SEE SOME SKIPPING? I' LL SHOW YOU ALL SOME DAMN SKIPPING ROUNDS! Madmatt: AGhh, let me go...Please! Fionn: You know Charles if you use a loosen your grip around his throat slightly but press down your thumb at a 38 degree angle into his adams apple you will more than likely... Madmatt: SHUT UP, HE ISgsssh Choking meeeee...help.. Steve: Get the Tranqs! Quick! Oh damn, who lit off the smoke round? Wild Bill: I can't see him through this smoke! Rune: Shoot Bill, SHOOT! Wild Bill: But I can't!!! Madmatt: aghhh glurbp...mother... Charles: Skip this you piece of... Steve: Crap! Charles, put Madmatt down! SNAP OUT IF IT!!! Fionn: Perhaps if I analyze the implications that this behavior has as seen from a world perspective but with data drawn from various uber-sources that... ALL: SHUT UP! Wild Bill: The smoke is clearing, I got a shot! Madmatt: aghhh glurblle GLUTE! Rune: He's Hit! Steve: Right on target! Bil: Chew on this pineapple Fritz! All: ??? Bil: Err never mind.. Steve: Damn, that's the fourth time this week we had to tranq Charles! Ok, meeting adjourned, somebody get the harness for Charles... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterk Posted November 4, 2000 Share Posted November 4, 2000 Another classic by Bil Hardenberger in response to someone complaininhg about the bird chirping ============================================ As chairman of the Beta Testers Wildlife Sound Committee for Combat Mission(hereafter known as BeTWiSCoCoM) I take offense to the above listed charge that the bird sounds were in fact from an "American Robin" and not from the European variety. BeTWisCoCom searched far and wide for just the right bird sounds. In fact the bird sound you hear in CM is not the familier "chirp" sound that is often attributed to the American variety of Robin, but rather it is the "schirp" more common to the French and English variety Wobin, more commonly known in England as the English Robin. This particular bird's ancestry can be traced back to the 10th Century when a famous Knight of English tradition took the name of this most fierce of small bug eaters. Sir Robin was known far and wide as a bird lover, and he had a traveling troupe that would sing his tales of conquest wherever he went... but I digress. As you can see, there was not one segment of Combat Mission that was not researched to the highest degree and carefully double checked by every member of the Beta Team. In particular I think we can take immense pride in the successful inclusion of the European variety of the Wobin. I am deeply offended. I just hope Steve doesn't hear about this, as the bird sounds were his little pet project and held the games release for 6 months until this particular sound could be nailed to the perch... so to speak. [This message has been edited by Peterk (edited 11-03-2000).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterk Posted November 4, 2000 Share Posted November 4, 2000 Who can forget Madmatt's Church of New Scenarios - This post heralded the coming of a brand new scenario! ========================================= Yea on the early morn of the twentieth day, the Great One did bring forth a new bounty. The Great One looked at his creation and was pleased, for it was GOOD! And he delivered upon the faithfull this offering and the people did celebrate and joy spread across the land. When we asked, did you not answer? When we weakened, did you not strenghten us? When we felt alone in the dark, did you not join us? For many years the people searched the wilderness lost and afraid. You took us in and nutured us and gave us this most Holy of gifts. And now, here at the dawning of two new millineum we stand. United in faith and will we come together. Enlightened, Rewarded, Strong....The darkness has passed...The emptiness has been filled. We stand in the presense of the Great One and it is GOOD. A Revelation from the book of CM... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chupacabra Posted November 4, 2000 Share Posted November 4, 2000 Do a search on 'dead bodies.' Basically, any of those get my vote. ------------------ Grand Poobah of the fresh fire of Heh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russellmz Posted November 4, 2000 Share Posted November 4, 2000 <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by David Aitken: Stunning new splash screen from professional illustrator Completely free of charge! David <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> and the response: <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Big Time Software: HEY! David, where did you get the Alpha version of CMBO's splash screen? That was not supposed to have been seen outside of our small gamer focus group. OK, so now the cat is out of the bag, a little backround: We footed the bill for a $5,000 focus group about the game's overall presentation. A dozen gamers, from Grogs to the casual gamer, participated in various questions about different aspects of the then Alpha CM. This splash screen was shown as part of that study and comments were requested. A surprsingly large percentage of the gamers participating found this shot to be "totally stupid". There was some space to explain the reaction to the splash screen, and here are some of the comments as to why it "sucked ass": 1. "The star on the side of the tank is ALL wrong. It is supposed to be a solid filled white star." 2. "The color of the German uniform is not gray enough." 3. "What's up with the that tank!?! The velocity of any tank round is far too great to have five in flight at the same time!" 4. "It is impossible to safely fire the MP40 using the left hand only. He should be firing using the right hand and the left hand should be gripping the magazine. Also, it looks more like a M3 Grease gun than an MP40." 5. "I liked the blood and the severed head. Why can't this be in the game?" So after much debate we decided to put this one on the shelf and got another artist to do up the splash screen. My little 10 year old cousin, who did this masterpiece, was crushed. But hey, if he can't handle criticism... srew 'em Steve P.S. Thanks David [This message has been edited by Big Time Software (edited 09-12-2000).]<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> http://www.battlefront.com/discuss/Forum1/HTML/010422.html ------------------ "They had their chance- they have not lead!" - GW Bush "They had mechanical pencils- they have not...lead?" - Jon Stewart on The Daily Show [This message has been edited by russellmz (edited 11-03-2000).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanonier Reichmann Posted November 4, 2000 Share Posted November 4, 2000 My favourite simply has to be Berlightingens posting paying out just about anybody he was playing against at the time including Peng, naturally. Here's the link... well worth reading http://www.battlefront.com/discuss/Forum1/HTML/006970.html Enjoy! Jim R. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supertanker Posted November 4, 2000 Share Posted November 4, 2000 Reichmann beat me to it, but Berlightingens' post does stand out as one of the best smack-talk posts so far. There are a few in the Peng thread that made me laugh, as well. My favorite personal post is this one: http://www.battlefront.com/discuss/Forum1/HTML/001583.html Two reasons: I have a giant ego and this thread massages it by showing my tiny contribution to CM, and (best of all) Madmatt whines about having suggested it first. And while I'm going on about myself, I still think this was pretty funny: http://www.battlefront.com/discuss/Forum1/HTML/001352.html And, of course, there is my .sig: ------------------ We eat like kings, drink like czars, and game like fat drunken king-czars. - CaSCa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hakko Ichiu Posted November 4, 2000 Share Posted November 4, 2000 Since Andreas brought it up, and I never did re-post it on the main board, Ladies and Gentlemen and Hamsters, I present, for your delectation and delight, Grog Porn™: ---- <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by jshandorf: Come my brethren let us sweat, fart, pass bowel, and generally do nasty things that only MEN do, least we mutate into something woefully resembling a gentlemen's club where Ricky Martin music bellows out as we pass civilities between us. I say NEVER! NEVER I tell you! UNITE!<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> There's only one way to fight this, and that's Grog-Porn™. Herewith an excerpt from Rear-Area Action (Amsterdam: Leather Tiger Press, 1999): Swinging his manly bulk over the shot-trap, SS-Oberspankführer Großeier mounted his Pzkw V Ausf. D with tight-fitting Zimmerit coating and anti-rocket corsets. Lovingly he stroked the long, hardened steel barrel of the 75L48 cannon. His piercing gaze fell upon the naked torso of his driver, Gefreiter Schaffevögeln, rhythmically swabbing out the barrel. Although he could feel in the core of his being that his commander was giving him the eye, Schaffevögeln suddenly started to slack. "Ram harder, damn you!" screamed Großeier as he saw his driver's long tool begin to droop. "Give that barrel a damn good reaming out!" Schaffevögeln redoubled his efforts; sweat began to drip down his chest onto his shiny leather boots. The force of it made the Panzer's barrel quiver. "That's more like it!" screamed Großeier, "Harder, harder, harder! Yes, that's it!" Completely satisfied with his driver's reaming, Großeier turned his attention to the ammo cart that was being pulled by a team of strapping, sweaty horses... Well, I hope that's cleared the air a bit. Sure made me feel manly. ------ ------------------ Ethan ----------- "We forbid any course that says we restrict free speech." -- Dr. Kathleen Dixon, Director of Women's Studies, Bowling Green State University Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Formerly Babra Posted November 4, 2000 Share Posted November 4, 2000 Originally posted by Mk IV: <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR> It CAN Happen Here: Why the AI Cheats in Combat Mission (Scene: A Weasel, hull-down in the azaleas outside a suburban home. A 1m dish is telescoped up on a mast, pointed directly toward the house. Cut to interior of Weasel: Steve and Charles, 3-day stubble of beard growth, beer cans and fast-food wrappers everywhere, wearing headphones, focused intently on Mac screens. An MP44 hangs on the wall.) Steve: Wait, I think I've got something. Charles: Yeah, he's booting it up now… Steve: Lookit! Chance Encounter versus the AI! This is gonna be great. Charles: It is SO gonna kick his butt! (Charles types furiously) Charles: OK, I got all his unit locations and I put an extra 250mm of frontal on the Shermans. Steve (evil grin): What about that 90 off the Pershing? (Charles types furiously) (Muffled, overheard from headphones): Boom-CLANG! (Muffled Voice): S**t! Charles (thumbs up): Yes! (Muffled, overheard from headphones): Boom-CLANG! (Muffled Voice): Awwww, CRAP!!! No way! Steve (thumbs up): JA! (Muffled, overheard from headphones): Boom-CLANG! (Muffled Voice): G*****M IT!!! No WAY am I gonna buy this piece of crap! There is NO WAY those units were spotted! I'm gonna tell all my friends not to buy it, either! Steve and Charles, in unison: Ex-cell-ENT! BWA-HA-HA-HA-HA!!! (They high-five, crack fresh beers, and toast one another. Sound of Weasel engine starting. Cut to external shot of Weasel with retracting antenna dish, trailing azaleas, turning onto suburban street). Steve (voice over): Hey, a guy in Missouri just downloaded the Gold Demo! (Weasel rolls up to Stop sign with turn signal on). (Fade). <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPeng Posted November 4, 2000 Share Posted November 4, 2000 OK This one, in which Germanboy shows his true Grog colors, has to be my favorite as it is both solidly silly and blatently on topic - states which, in my crepitatiousness, I am unable to muster. Hope I did the link right. If not, find the "Plea for the Kitchen Sink" thread. www.battlefront.com/discuss/Forum1/HTML/004188.html Peng ------------------ "I hope a bucket of nails falls on your head..." Hamsters/Meeks(!) [This message has been edited by MrPeng (edited 11-04-2000).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jadayne Posted November 6, 2000 Share Posted November 6, 2000 *punt* (sorry, I think it's a cool thread) ------------------ "I'm the Quarterback. I make the plays. You back the plays I make." -Harvey Keitel to his adopted son in the movie "Dusk til Dawn" (about 3 hours before they're both ripped apart and eaten alive by vampires) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark IV Posted November 6, 2000 Share Posted November 6, 2000 Babs, nice to see you back. I've reserved a slot on the dance-card for you, which you have surely earned... fire at will. In reply to a Confession I once wrote, which ended thus: "Once in a great while, I am reminded that the artillery deserves their RVs and lawn chairs, and can truly be a magic wand of fireballs (love that phrase)"... ... the usually-shy Bullethead contributed: This is called an "epiphany". In this type of situation, the usual manifestation seems to be a vision of St. Barbara seen hovering above the shellbursts. She is usually described as in the throes of a massive wargasm, caused by straddling a red-hot 155mm gun tube, and uttering the following between pants and gasps of ecstacy: "Grovel, pitiful cannonfodder. Suck the tit of Mother Earth and pray I find you too insignificant to utterly destroy." So, did you see this vision? If so, then you are truly blessed. Cool points for both dialogue and character development... come to think of it, the "Cool Points" thread itself might be another classic of CM lore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark IV Posted November 6, 2000 Share Posted November 6, 2000 ...which would be here http://www.battlefront.com/discuss/Forum1/HTML/002893.html ... ...which reminded me about the infamous "sycophant" outbreak, long predating hamsters as the token CM mammal. For a priceless slice of pre-Gold pyromania featuring all your favorite stars, may I recommend http://www.battlefront.com/discuss/Forum1/HTML/002282.html ... ... I love sustained ellipses... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Formerly Babra Posted November 6, 2000 Share Posted November 6, 2000 Oh, Mark, Mark, Markie-Mark.... Must I punish you again? Oh wait, that was me who got punished. Payback then. Yessss, precioussss... Isn't payback pretty, preciousssss... Send me your best set-up big-boy. Note the new address. ------------------ Sounds like 100% weapons-grade Balonium to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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