Boru Posted February 22, 2001 Share Posted February 22, 2001 I have no idea if this is the right place for this kind of message, but someone will surely tell me. After three weeks - I love this game. For more than the obvious reasons. Two weeks and five days ago I was embarrassed to say I owned it. Two of my ilk (numb nut newbies) were trying to learn the game and tcp/ip at the same time, both had tried the tutorial earlier that day and were still in the foothills of the learning curve. Squads and vehicles were running everywhere. It looked like a violent rendition of Riverdance by the local residents of the epilepsy half way house. In the midst of a steel toed pirouette, an Allied tank came over a ridge backwards, turret blazing, HE shells disintegrating a close knit group of his OWN troops. Numb Nut Newbie #1 had given an AREA FIRE command by mistake while experimenting with the "targeting command." The tank ran butt first up to the tree line of a woods loaded with enemy Axis warriors. Numb Nut Newbie #2 sent off a "radio chat" message calling NNN#1 names that would have made his every forebear question the validity of evolutionary progress. #2 grabs two panzerschrecks and a couple of squads with panzerfausts and anything else that even resembles an anti-tank weapon and rushes them all to the woods edge. A couple of artillery shells land nearby but the stolid group is undaunted. The allied tank relentlessly blazes away at his own shaken troops, bare butt exposed for all Germany to see. The Allied commander "chats" away begging for help over the radio on how to tell his tank to knock it off, come home and promises if he stops shooting now the court martial will be swift and painless. NNN#2 offers no help. He's geeked. He knows only that he is about to make his virgin tank kill in CM. An experience we all remember in cordite soaked dreams. Just as the Axis heroes ready their weapons, total hell rains down upon the poor wretches. Noah had fewer raindrops with which to contend. Artillery shells sent them all into a face-planted, mud sucking posture that would have made ground moles green with envy. Numb Nut Newbie #2 had thought he was checking line of sight with his big gun spotters a couple of minutes previously and had yet to learn the exact meaning of orange line/blue line, countdown clock. He had just thrown the full weight of ALL off map arty onto his OWN tank hunters. It was a priceless moment. There these two novice generals sat, on two phone lines, in the same house, just one floor apart. Two dumbfounded numb nuts blowing hell out of their own pixelated armies, staring at the screen in disbelief. Out came the manual. Onto the web went the plebians. This is no normal game. Two twitch crowd egophiles did something previously unimagined - research. A book on WWII tanks now graces the downstairs coffee table. Calls were even made to old family members who were vets of the real thing. Commands were learned, tactics studied, experiments tried, brain cells exercised. In time, they now say, they may even join a ladder somewhere. My thanks to the authors. My family bought a game, now owns a passion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcm1947 Posted February 22, 2001 Share Posted February 22, 2001 Yea, the game is cool. I've been looking for something like this all my life. Man, how neat! Can you even wait for CM2 to come out? Enjoyed your thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Madmatt Posted February 22, 2001 Share Posted February 22, 2001 It's a cold and sobering night here at Combat Mission Park...The count is full and here is the windup and the pitch...Boru stiffens up and swings...It's hit hard and deep deep into center field...It could be..I think it...it is...IT'S GONE!!!! Boru scores big with a Grand Salami! Great post...My compliments! Madmatt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OGSF Posted February 22, 2001 Share Posted February 22, 2001 Welcome aboard Boru. Nice post! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoop Posted February 22, 2001 Share Posted February 22, 2001 lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Five Posted February 22, 2001 Share Posted February 22, 2001 Keep that sense of humor and even in defeat you will enjoy yourself. Of course the winner will enjoy it more but.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest KwazyDog Posted February 22, 2001 Share Posted February 22, 2001 Hehe, glad you are enjoying CM now Boru I like to think of it as being as much a history lesson as a wargame. I know I for one never know the difference between the early and late model of a Panther G before playing CM, and in fact I cant really remember a computer based wargame up until now where it really mattered Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goanna Posted February 22, 2001 Share Posted February 22, 2001 Classic piece of work, Boru. It reminds me of my first game with the beta demo against Doug Beman. I don't drive StuGs to the crest of hills and then have them do a backward pirohette around the top anymore until they get made into so much Swiss cheese, but I still make moves that make me say "D'oh" at the top of my lungs. Now, where's that CM borg? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pvt. Ryan Posted February 22, 2001 Share Posted February 22, 2001 Boru, great post. But which were you - NNN#1 or NNN#2? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GriffinCheng+ Posted February 22, 2001 Share Posted February 22, 2001 CMBorg? ------------------ "When you find your PBEM opportents too hard to beat, there is always the AI." "Can't get enough Tank?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pascal DI FOLCO Posted February 22, 2001 Share Posted February 22, 2001 Haaa, great ! reminds me of my fondest memories when discovering the game...In this same Tutorial, the first time I "got to the ground" behind my silicon men and experienced 105 shells raining, with ground shaking, cries of men and explosions everywhere... Woooh, Holy Sh*t, what a game, said I !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GriffinCheng+ Posted February 22, 2001 Share Posted February 22, 2001 You know, Boru, I made silly and may be even stupid mistakes even after over a year of CMBO (including Beta Deamo) pbeming. Ask Scott Adams and just CDIC. Play more and ask more, there are many good people out there who are willing to teach you the tactics. Reading war history books help too. Good luck and enjoy the game. Griffin. ------------------ "When you find your PBEM opportents too hard to beat, there is always the AI." "Can't get enough Tank?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hans Posted February 22, 2001 Share Posted February 22, 2001 Hey I did something even stupidier in my first games. I tried to use an Archer (when it still had the hunt command)in a meeting engagement. I had a BIG convoy advancing up a road without any ADA-not realizing that there was something called a Fighter-bomber! Boy did I dig the manual out fast for that one. (where were those bombs coming from) Yep great game CM, did I ever tell ya about me, a platoon of infantry and an unclimbable slope? With a really nasty MG gunner higher up on the hill? Or advancing a 81mm HT that had actually fired off all its mortar rounds without getting wasted THINKING it had an MG....oops I often wonder how non military experienced, non WWII history buffs react to CM! Hans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GonzoAttacker Posted February 22, 2001 Share Posted February 22, 2001 I nominate BORU, Newbie of the Year! Great Post! I remember playing the demo, and doing the same thing with the ARTY! I too read everything I get my hands on. I just bought a second bookshelf 6' x 4' and it is 80% full with my WWII books, Now I will probably need a third by Christmas as I collect Eastern Front titles. I also ordered my second Magazine subscription, Military Heritage, and I have been a subscriber of World War Two Magazine since I bought CM last year. Welcome to the Club and looking forward to your posts in the future. Have fun! ------------------ "Victory smiles upon those who anticipate the changes in the character of war, not upon those who wait to adapt themselves after they occur." General Guilio Douhet 1920 [This message has been edited by GonzoAttacker (edited 02-22-2001).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boogie Posted February 22, 2001 Share Posted February 22, 2001 LOL!!! Great post, Partner! You sure made my day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sten Posted February 22, 2001 Share Posted February 22, 2001 Great post, Boru! What do you guys think, will Boru be the next newbie to join vile and stinking ranks of the Cesspool? Sten Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spook Posted February 22, 2001 Share Posted February 22, 2001 Grand Rapids, OH? Hey, another Buckeye. Well met, Boru. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barticus Posted February 22, 2001 Share Posted February 22, 2001 Awesome sense of humour there, Boru. If you polish it with a bit of acid and hone it with a fine piece of sarcasm, you can take it out for a spin in the cesspool-that-is-Peng, and survive the experience! Great post Bart ------------------ "I have slipped the surly bonds of earth...." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelU Posted February 22, 2001 Share Posted February 22, 2001 Playing Last Defense as the Germans against my friend and watching my Tiger shrug off hit after hit while calmy knocking out those Allied TDs got me hooked. Funny, my buddy never really got into the game after that. Loved the post Boru. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spanish Bombs Posted February 22, 2001 Share Posted February 22, 2001 LOL Boru. Literally, LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The CM Borg Posted February 22, 2001 Share Posted February 22, 2001 Boru assimilated himself... Resistance is futile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Weiss Posted February 22, 2001 Share Posted February 22, 2001 LMAO Boru, great story. ------------------ "Gentlemen, you may be sure that of the three courses open to the enemy, he will always choose the fourth." -Field Marshal Count Helmuth von Moltke, (1848-1916) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasper Posted February 22, 2001 Share Posted February 22, 2001 Originally posted by GonzoAttacker: I nominate BORU, Newbie of the Year! One person can't do something that screwed up - it takes a committee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunnergoz Posted February 22, 2001 Share Posted February 22, 2001 Was that You Guys reaising hell next door? Too bad it wasn't taped for America's funniest homve vidieos (not that most schmoos would understand but I'd love to see it!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedbump Posted February 22, 2001 Share Posted February 22, 2001 This requires a *BUMP*!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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