JessRobinson Posted January 4, 2001 Share Posted January 4, 2001 I’ve been a diehard computer gamer for about five years now but I’ve never had it this bad before. I can’t stop thinking about CM, from the time I wake up in the morning until the time I wake up the next morning! On my way to work in the carpool, I read CM-related articles, tables, and forum posts printed from the web. I’ve even re-read the CM manual twice during my commute. I structure my workday around sneaking peeks at this forum. I keep checking CMHQ for the all-too-infrequent updates (sorry Mad Matt). I spend my lunch hour parked in front of my computer surfing for CM-related pearls of wisdom. I’ve gotten damn good at minimizing my browser. I hope to hell that my employer isn’t monitoring my web usage. I get home at night and strategize about how I can get the kids to sleep a few minutes earlier tonight so I can get back to CM sooner. I even find myself hoping that my beloved (truly) wife ISN’T frisky tonight, as not to interrupt my sacred CM time. Sex or CM? Sex or CM? The answer is usually the same. So much for the propagation of the CM-obsessed species. Pathetic, isn’t it? Then I plug into CM and immediately the endorphins start pumping. I am high. I am in command. I am self-actualized. Time has no meaning (except in a TCP/IP game of course) and before I know it, it’s already past my bedtime. But wait, on some nights I show great restraint and actually go to bed by midnight (or 3:00 AM on weekends) and guess what? I lay in bed for an hour and think about the couple previous turns, and how I’m going to deal with that counterattack of German armor around my left flank. Little squads with green bases are running around inside my eyelids. My pillow shakes with blast concussions. Might as well just stay up and play until I drop to the floor unconscious. It’s bad, folks. And it’s getting worse with time. CM changed my life forever just six weeks ago. I’ll never be the same again. I think I need treatment. I may be diagnosed as having a new syndrome. I’m the first Obsessive-CMpulsive. Send prozac. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiram Sedai Posted January 4, 2001 Share Posted January 4, 2001 <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by JessRobinson: I’m the first Obsessive-CMpulsive. Send prozac.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Jess, you're not the first and won't be the last. Welcome to the fold. ------------------ Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction. - Blaise Pascal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Patrik Posted January 4, 2001 Share Posted January 4, 2001 <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by JessRobinson: I may be diagnosed as having a new syndrome. I’m the first Obsessive-CMpulsive.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> You're definitely not the first and you'll certainly not be the last. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceebee Posted January 4, 2001 Share Posted January 4, 2001 On the way to work I see a clump of trees and think now there is a great place for an ambush, or coming over a rise and think this is a great hull down position! Once CM has you she dont let go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Patrik Posted January 4, 2001 Share Posted January 4, 2001 Did I spend all dose minutes wrhting those few words probably yes thats what happens when you read several threads at once. ------------------ Ooops! You had troops there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treeburst155 Posted January 4, 2001 Share Posted January 4, 2001 Yup, sounds like he's been assimilated. Don't worry, the newness will wear off in a couple months. You'll put the game down for a few days. Unfortunately, when you pick it up again you'll be worse off than before. It's a hopeless condition so don't fight it, just enjoy. Treeburst155 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Aitken Posted January 4, 2001 Share Posted January 4, 2001 CM newbies should read up on the following threads to prepare themselves for the inevitable. (Some classic posts, by the way.) =) Dear Steve No System + No CM = No life David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The CM Borg Posted January 4, 2001 Share Posted January 4, 2001 aCMilation is great. Welcome to the collective; we are happy to count you as one of us. ------------------ Resistance is Futile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mikey D Posted January 4, 2001 Share Posted January 4, 2001 Driving in the country I find myself comparing how the line of trees between fields looks compared to the 'real thing' in CM. Two nights ago I DREAMED an entire mission! Creepy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jd Posted January 4, 2001 Share Posted January 4, 2001 <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by JessRobinson: I even find myself hoping that my beloved (truly) wife ISN’T frisky tonight, as not to interrupt my sacred CM time. Sex or CM? Sex or CM? The answer is usually the same. So much for the propagation of the CM-obsessed species. Pathetic, isn’t it? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Oh My gawd man, get your priorities straight! Yes it is pathetic, Never, NEVER, miss sex if the missus is frisky. After all, ya never know if it'll ever happen again, besides, she'll sleep much better and you can crank up the woofer and tweeter on the Computer to enjoy CM better and longer without interruption Hoo Hah! [This message has been edited by jd (edited 01-04-2001).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
109 Gustav Posted January 5, 2001 Share Posted January 5, 2001 Does anyone else plot fields of fire when walking down the street? I've got the defense of my house all planned out. Two 57mm at guns, 5 zooks, and 2 platoons of inf, and I could hold off a batallion sized attack. Oh, and when I was driving today, I noticed that I was moving along a blue line. It turned lighter when I slowed down to hunt around some potholes. ------------------ 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...
Capt Canuck Posted January 5, 2001 Share Posted January 5, 2001 Well, in the past month, I've figured out how to defend my town against an attack from every side, then thought about how to break-out of the seige, have a rear guard and such, fighting off ambushes, digging trenches in my neighbours backyards, taking out panzers with zooks, flanking maneuvers, I'm crazy, and I don't even have the full game yet. Help..........I love this game ! David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt Canuck Posted January 5, 2001 Share Posted January 5, 2001 Oh yeah, and setting up ambushes for recon in force ops that the enemy might mount against my flanks and rear...(while evacuating) I've even gone as far a getting topographic maps and aerial maps of my cities various neighborhoods and plotting out lines of resistance, fields of fire, where I'd leave 'guerrilla' units behind to disrupt the advance of the enemy into the town. All done with less then an INF-regiment(+) with a semi-motorized battalion, a recon battalion, and two engineer companies, with AT support too, and Arty from a few miles away in friendly territory. I have a life, I'm just wondering if any body saw, please tell it to go home to David,...Please,...Thanks BTS! David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Crow Posted January 5, 2001 Share Posted January 5, 2001 My obsession with CM doesn't stop when I sleep. I have dreams about it! If I'm involved in a particularly fierce battle before taps it will carry over when I'm horizontal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Andrew Hedges Posted January 5, 2001 Share Posted January 5, 2001 You know, CM obsession is bad, but I think it's going to be nothing compared to CM 2 obsession. CMBO is just priming the pump. Stock up on canned goods now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiny Posted January 5, 2001 Share Posted January 5, 2001 What scares me is how one of my few nights out at friends (watching films drinking beer talking to girls !!!!) becomes a CM tactics discusion. Suddenly one of my friends mentions a cunning tactic or someother CM related event then movies and women (not beer) get forgotten and we spend hours discusing CM much to the disgust of of the non-initiated.(read girls) ------------------ 'Sticking Feathers in your butt don't make you a chicken' Tyler Durden [This message has been edited by Tiny (edited 01-04-2001).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JessRobinson Posted January 5, 2001 Author Share Posted January 5, 2001 Okay, so maybe a frisky wife isn't such a bad thing. Now on to battle!!!! "Make love, then war." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark IV Posted January 5, 2001 Share Posted January 5, 2001 <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by JessRobinson: I lay in bed for an hour and think about the couple previous turns, and how I’m going to deal with that counterattack of German armor around my left flank. Little squads with green bases are running around inside my eyelids. My pillow shakes with blast concussions... I’m the first Obsessive-CMpulsive.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Don't think so. Two pointers: 1) You are not Obsessive-CMpulsive, you are Allied-Retentive. 2) Your wife is a Gamey Abstraction. Listen to the Sound Contacts in your head; she is probably a Tiger Ie. You know what to do.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enfors Posted January 5, 2001 Share Posted January 5, 2001 You know it's bad when you see your cat and think "man, my cat looks big, I must have accidentally set unit scale to +2!" True story, I swear. Scary, isn't it? -Enfors- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidS Posted January 5, 2001 Share Posted January 5, 2001 Yes, Combat mission has also had a HUGE influence on how I manage my time...but even worse, although I love it, are the dreams...the sounds of the MG-42 opening up, the thumping of the grenades, the howling incoming artillery. My God, the other night in the pub after a few beers, I found myself tracing targeting lines out of my slitty eyes... Great stuff BTS, you have made my childhood dreams of wargames come true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceebee Posted January 5, 2001 Share Posted January 5, 2001 <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Mark IV: Listen to the Sound Contacts in your head; she is probably a Tiger Ie. You know what to do.... <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Nail it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hakko Ichiu Posted January 5, 2001 Share Posted January 5, 2001 You can't get better until you've hit rock bottom. A few suggestions: 1) Quit your job. It takes up valuable neurons. Several studies, however, have shown that there is no overlap between those areas of the brain utilized by CM and those areas required for saying, "Do you want fries with that." 2) Children take care of themselves these days, and may be safely ignored. TV + Ritalin = an excellent baby-sitter. 3) Your wife is clearly a distraction. If you focus on what's important, she will vanish from your mind. If she's frisky on a regular basis, contact me via e-mail (send me a .jpeg for reference) and I will see if I can help. Now, back to your keyboard, soldier. ------------------ 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...
Bozza Posted January 5, 2001 Share Posted January 5, 2001 <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>"Make love, then war."<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> LOL I like that - BTW there were some damn funny posts in those links up top - thanx! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilhammer Posted January 5, 2001 Share Posted January 5, 2001 I am seriously considering buying a low end 3D card for my PC at work, and coming in weekends, telling my family "I have to go to the office this weekend to take care of a few things" so I can get more CM time in. I am weird, no? Where is the local chapter of the CMAA (Combat Mission Addicted Anonymous)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooleen Posted January 5, 2001 Share Posted January 5, 2001 I called out sick yesterday, which for the most part I was. But I still got in a six hour CMBO session (2 campaigns). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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