Madmatt Posted September 20, 2003 Share Posted September 20, 2003 In all the excitement leading up to CMAK its easy to overlook that today is the 1 year anniversary of the ground (and back) breaking Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin. In honor of CMBB's birthday I thought it might be fun to take a little stroll down memory lane and compare just how far the CM franchise has come. It was 39 months ago today that CMBO also started shipping out. What does the future hold? Obviously CMAK is right around the corner and very soon the Special Edition of CMBB will be arriving at your local retailer. Beyond CMAK lies the tantalizing gem that will be CMX2. So, over three years after CMBO started booting up on peoples hard drivers the future for CM is bright indeed. We thank you all for your patronage, patience and excitement which fuels our commitment to brining you the most realistic and enjoyable computer war games. CMBO CMBB And of course, now we have CMAK [ September 20, 2003, 05:39 PM: Message edited by: Madmatt ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mace Posted September 20, 2003 Share Posted September 20, 2003 39 months? Is that how long I've been afflicted with this addiction? Locked away in front of my PC, playing all this? Where did the time go? Mace 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abbott Posted September 20, 2003 Share Posted September 20, 2003 Congratulations BFC. I am looking forward to CMAK and CMX2. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wicky Posted September 20, 2003 Share Posted September 20, 2003 Cheers Matt and all the team Done the calvados, done the vodka now I dream of beer "so ruddy cold there's a sort of dew on the outside of the glass". 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oddball_E8 Posted September 21, 2003 Share Posted September 21, 2003 Not more than 39 months? before CMBO came out i could happily play games like Ground Control and Max Payne without getting the urge to mod them into more realistic games... realism comes first is something CMBO tought me... now i mod all games i play to make them more realistic (as far as i can) seeing those screens makes me appreciate CMBB (and CMAK in the future) alot more... aaah... those sweet memories of that pukish grephic of CMBO... btw. nice effect there with the size of the screens... deliberate? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paco QNS Posted September 21, 2003 Share Posted September 21, 2003 Happy birthday ! What´s the title of the first CMAK pic? "Eight Army going up" ? Congratulations to all the team, and keep the good work! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow 1st Hussars Posted September 21, 2003 Share Posted September 21, 2003 Anyone still have a pic of the CMBO alpha? Compare THAT to a CMAK picture. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Screaming Flea Posted September 21, 2003 Share Posted September 21, 2003 OOHRAH BFC... go get em . Heres to CMAK and CMBX. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Screaming Flea Posted September 21, 2003 Share Posted September 21, 2003 OOOOHRAH BFC. Great job! Gimme CMAK NOW!! OK OK , I am over it..... (shivering, drooling........ and dare I say.. gibbering). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcm1947 Posted September 21, 2003 Share Posted September 21, 2003 Yes it's been grand. Thanks guys. Looking forward to many more years and games from you guys. Top of the line. HIP, hip and all that stuff. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zukkov Posted September 21, 2003 Share Posted September 21, 2003 congrats on the anniversary and thanks for making a great couple of games! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cabron66 Posted September 21, 2003 Share Posted September 21, 2003 Wow, those shots of CMAK are grand! Can't wait to see how it all comes together. I'll probably have to buy a new computer to handle CMX2, but hey, that's what money's for. Keep up the oustanding work guys. That shot of Italy is almost as pretty as being there. Chividiamo Mama! Felicidades! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hans Posted September 21, 2003 Share Posted September 21, 2003 What 39 months! Certainly a record for me playing a game - although I have shamelessly abandoned CMBO for CMBB. Looking forward to CMx2 and its many wonders. Egads, did a count, I've made 90+ scenarios for CMBO and CMBB, where did I get the time to do that. As always a GREAT game, a good community and a bright future. I look forward to 2012 when the "UBER CM" comes out with all of WWII covered in all its glory and look forward to the recreation of the entire war at CM level - the players to pass their positions on to their heirs. Yes there will be a fight to see who gets to be German and no one will want to be Belgium..... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Hornet Posted September 21, 2003 Share Posted September 21, 2003 Happy Birthday CMBB!!! I tip my hat and raise my glass to the guys at BFC who have given me more entertainment for my money than I ever thought possible. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pvt. Ryan Posted September 21, 2003 Share Posted September 21, 2003 Curse you, BFC!!! In a good way. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
von Paulus Posted September 21, 2003 Share Posted September 21, 2003 eh today is my 16th birthday too Nice topic; madmatt, and thanks for all this work... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thin Red Line Posted September 21, 2003 Share Posted September 21, 2003 CMBO was great, CMBB is greater and i bet CMAK will follow the same path. Congratulation. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreas Posted September 21, 2003 Share Posted September 21, 2003 Bah, I hate this classy 90s subdued colour look. Looks as if Habitat has had a hand in it. Can't anyone do a mod that gives CMAK/CMBB the same garish, funky 70s Alitalia plane interior colours that CMBO had? And women with big hair and spandex clothing? What has the world come to... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eichenbaum Posted September 21, 2003 Share Posted September 21, 2003 BFC Team, Congratulations with the anniversary of your excellent product !!! I'm anxious to celebrate the birthdays of more children in the future. Great job ! Nils 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WineCape Posted September 21, 2003 Share Posted September 21, 2003 Just one word: PROST! But once toasted, words just seem to flow anyhow... I'll keep on buying and toasting BFC's products with this kind of commitment and dedication to quality and pleasure from BFC. Bless your souls for a wargaming revolution par excellence. Sincerely, Charl Theron ----------------------------------------------------- </font>Wine donation send to Fuerte for his PBEM HELPER, an excellent tool - it even lets you play 2 PBEM turns per e-mail exhange - if you play more than one PBEM at a time and have a Windows OS</font>Sponsor of the (now infamous) Invitational (Ari Maenpaa)</font>Sponsor of the 2 WineCape Tourneys (Fangorn’s Brazilian customs drank the wine prize up! + KiwiJoe)</font>Sponsor of the Nordic Championships in honor of Nabla (His scoring system revolutionized CM tourney play)</font>Rumblings of War, aka RoW I/II/III and beyond tourney sponsor (Wreck/Ali+Kanonier+Jon_L/~)</font>Grateful donateur to the drinking habits of Battlefront.com (Baldy received the Fat Bastard Chardonnay)</font>Thank You donation send to Manx (He used to run the “sexiest CMBO modsite on the net”)</font>Wine donation send to Boots & Tracks for their scenarios created specifically for RoW tournaments</font>Wine donation send to Gordon Molek for his CMMOS utility (Thereby making the installing of CM mods a breeze)</font>Wine donation send to Andrew Fox for his CM modding work</font>Wine donation send to Keith Miller @ Scenario Depot for his dedication in hosting CM scenarios</font>Sponsor-to-be of Pengville’s “Gamey Bastard” tourney (In honor of Seanachai + Lars for showing an act of kindness to an outerboarder - Well, bribery does pay.)</font> -------------------History Note------------------ On 22 December 1944 General Heinrich von Lüttwitz, commander of the German XLVII Armoured Corps, sent a message to General McAuliffe, commander of 101st Airborne Division* demanding he surrender the surrounded town of Bastogne. McAuliffe’s reply, “NUTS!” is probably unequalled in the annals of military history, both for its brevity and the amount of confusion it caused in the German camp before it was deciphered. *The 101st Airborne Division held out in Bastogne from 19-26 December 1944. The 4th American Armoured Division, under Patton’s Third Army, relieved the “Battered Bastards of Bastogne” during the German Ardennes offensive. [ September 21, 2003, 08:57 AM: Message edited by: WineCape ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryInk Posted September 21, 2003 Share Posted September 21, 2003 Congrats to BTS/BFC/etc. etc. My humble and sincere admiration on jobs very very well done. Your work brought be back to my wargaming addiction after 10 blissful years away from it. Even as I type this we are collecting the names and addresses of all your kin. I will read them out to the eager audience next time I stand up to start a speech with the words: "Hi, I'm Harry, and like you I'm a CM'aholic." 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt Steiner Posted September 21, 2003 Share Posted September 21, 2003 Hi Madmatt et al 39 months !!!! and thats not counting additional months playing CMBO demos !! CMAK looking ever more enticing Cheers 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Posted September 21, 2003 Share Posted September 21, 2003 Congratulations to Steve and Charles and the rest at Battlefront for putting together the best WWII squad level computer simulation on the market. How long ago was it that Steve and Charles started the 1st web site discussing with forum members what should or shouldn’t go into CM? (it’s been a long time since Steve has been around discussing aspects of the game.) (Steve, did you ever get that door fixed on you house?) And what year was it when CM went from a computerized version of a certain board game to a combat simulation of it’s own? What a foolish move on the new parent company of that game to drop the development team of Steve and Charles. Seems like it’s been 5 years or more. I think I had a blazing fast 28.8 modem at the time. Ah, a trip down memory lane. Now back to my PBEM. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HijackGMH Posted September 21, 2003 Share Posted September 21, 2003 I can't think of many purchases that have given me more hours of pure enjoyment than CMBO and CMBB. My thanks and congratulations to the Battlefront team for their accomplishments! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leeo Posted September 21, 2003 Share Posted September 21, 2003 <big><big>w00t!!</big></big> The CM series has literally been life changing. Gaming Nirvana, and the realization I can make friends I've never met. Thanks, BFC, you'll have your hand in my wallet for a long time. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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