Elmar Bijlsma Posted December 19, 2003 Share Posted December 19, 2003 Maybe it's just me but I haven't come across any CMAK reviews yet at any of the big (war)games sites. IIRC reviewers got their copies straight after us preorderers (wich was great btw) While BFC can always count on their core fans and word of mouth but some extra publicity is still a necesity. What's going on? :confused: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moon Posted December 19, 2003 Share Posted December 19, 2003 Yup, reviews are important. Thing is, we've shipped review copies fairly late, after getting the major first rush of orders out of the way. And holidays might be delaying things also. But You should see some reviews appearing soon. The only one I know of at the moment is the one sombody recently posted from the finnish Mikrobitti magazine at 93%. Martin 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyD Posted December 19, 2003 Share Posted December 19, 2003 They had got a few pretty decent PREviews, of either the Beta or the Demo, but distressingly little pre-Xmas free publicity otherwise. Imagine how many CMAK CDs would be in Xmas stocking if more people only knew it existed! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmatt Posted December 19, 2003 Share Posted December 19, 2003 MikeyD, Sure Xmas is important but its a relatively short period of time. We are much more interested in getting reviews to pop AFTER the end of the year then right now. CMAK was only released a few weeks ago so right now we are riding on that initial buzz and servicing all the thousands of current CM players but after the holidays we will need a way to keep that excitement going. By having big media reviews come out staggered in time we can inject that excitement and increase our potential customer base every few months and produce nice consitent sales which will continue far beyond the life of other games. Remember, we aren't amatuers at this and while other publishers post lame reports on their future prospects or release really bug ridden uplayable games we keep on chugging along at our own pace and contineu to do what we do best, make quality games that last a LONG LONG time. Madmatt 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyD Posted December 19, 2003 Share Posted December 19, 2003 "...make quality games that last a LONG LONG time." Often lasting longer than the tunnel metacarpal ligaments in the wrists of some of the dedicated players! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave H Posted December 19, 2003 Share Posted December 19, 2003 Originally posted by Madmatt: (snip) Remember, we aren't amatuers at this and while other publishers post lame reports on their future prospects or release really bug ridden uplayable games we keep on chugging along at our own pace and contineu to do what we do best, make quality games that last a LONG LONG time. MadmattFor that reason, I plan to keep supporting BFC with my purchases for a LONG LONG time. As far as I'm concerned, you guys have built a level of customer satisfaction beyond most retailers' wildest dreams. Quality products, reasonable prices, and paying attention to your customers equal long-term product loyalty. Have you guys considered building cars? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rune Posted December 19, 2003 Share Posted December 19, 2003 Cars, no...Weasels on the other hand.... Rune 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-E Posted December 20, 2003 Share Posted December 20, 2003 Originally posted by Madmatt: games that last a LONG LONG time. You can avoid that by choosing a smaller force sizes for both sides. (*grin*) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salkin Posted December 20, 2003 Share Posted December 20, 2003 While on the subject: How are sales ? Are you starting to make some money or are all your profits going into game production ? I'm just asking because I want you guys to do well ( so you can keep churning out cool games... ) //Salkin 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WineCape Posted December 20, 2003 Share Posted December 20, 2003 Originally posted by Dave H: </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Madmatt: (snip) Remember, we aren't amatuers at this and while other publishers post lame reports on their future prospects or release really bug ridden uplayable games we keep on chugging along at our own pace and contineu to do what we do best, make quality games that last a LONG LONG time. MadmattFor that reason, I plan to keep supporting BFC with my purchases for a LONG LONG time. As far as I'm concerned, you guys have built a level of customer satisfaction beyond most retailers' wildest dreams. Quality products, reasonable prices, and paying attention to your customers equal long-term product loyalty. Have you guys considered building cars? </font> 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmatt Posted December 21, 2003 Share Posted December 21, 2003 I think Charl might be the winner of the "Longest Sig line which isn't funny" award. Geezo man, might want to abridge that baby some! Madmatt 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow 1st Hussars Posted December 21, 2003 Share Posted December 21, 2003 The signature is longer than 75% of the posts on this forum! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSpkr Posted December 21, 2003 Share Posted December 21, 2003 Originally posted by Madmatt: I think Charl might be the winner of the "Longest Sig line which isn't funny" award. Geezo man, might want to abridge that baby some! Madmatt He'd probably edit it, but since you guys put that abominable 250 character limitation . . . In any event, I hope you get some good reviews this January or February. The early part of the year generally doesn't have a lot of hot new releases, so it is possible for CMAK to shine even more amid a field of mediocre competitors. Steve 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter tilbury Posted December 21, 2003 Share Posted December 21, 2003 Any possibility then that Flight Commander 2 will be revamped or people allowed to revamp it themselves? I agree though that I will continue to support these sorts of outfits which was why I orderd direct instead of getting my copy via CDV 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parafrog Posted December 21, 2003 Share Posted December 21, 2003 This is the closest thing to a review I've seen so far. See pick number 4 http://pc.ign.com/articles/446/446901p1.html 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WineCape Posted January 2, 2004 Share Posted January 2, 2004 Originally posted by Madmatt: I think Charl might be the winner of the "Longest Sig line which isn't funny" award. Geezo man, might want to abridge that baby some! Madmatt Let's see Matt, is this better? </font>Grateful donateur to the drinking habits of Battlefront.com (“I am simultaneously embarrassed and proud to state for the record that only two bottles of your fine South African wines remain in my wine rack. The rest gave their lives honorably in the service of the construction of CMAK over the past several months.” -- Charles Moylan, 28 Nov. 2003)</font>Wine donations send to the following gentlemen for their contributions to CM: </font>Fuerte for his PBEM HELPER</font>Manx (He used to run the “sexiest CMBO modsite on the net”)</font>Boots & Tracks (RoW tournament scenarios)</font>Andrew Fox (for his CM modding work)</font>Keith Miller @ Scenario Depot</font>Gordon Molek’s CMMOS utility</font>Sponsor of the following CM tournaments: </font>The Infamous CMBO Invitational (Ari Maenpaa)</font>2 x WineCape Tourneys (Fangorn + KiwiJoe)</font>Nordic Championships (Nabla’s scoring system revolutionized CM tourney play)</font>Rumblings of War, aka RoW (Winners: Wreck = RoW I; Kanonier Reichmann + Ali + Jon_L = RoW II; Deadly 88 + Frunze + mPisi = RoW III)</font>Download and play the RoW III Tournament Scenario Pack</font> Mmm, not much shorter is it. How do I get the URL code for smaller print that is being distributed among the poolers? But then, I'm a man of relatively few words, it's the deeds that count. I want M. Dorosh to be limited to 10,000 posts on this forum, the poolers to 1,000,000,000. [ January 02, 2004, 07:32 AM: Message edited by: WineCape ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Dorosh Posted January 2, 2004 Share Posted January 2, 2004 Originally posted by WineCape: But then, I'm a man of relatively few words, it's the deeds that count. I want M. Dorosh to be limited to 10,000 posts on this forum, the poolers to 1,000,000,000. Winecape just the other day someone said that your wine wasn't good enough to be fed to pigs. I took umbrage at that, and defended your honour. I said that it is. You might prove the point by sending a few bottles to the Four Horsemen.... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted January 2, 2004 Share Posted January 2, 2004 Originally posted by Michael Dorosh: You might prove the point by sending a few bottles to the Four Horsemen.... Right. You can address them to me and I will make sure they get to the proper recipient...er, I mean recipients. Yeah, that's it. Famine BTW, has anyone given Seanachai his ritual beating yet today? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted January 2, 2004 Share Posted January 2, 2004 Originally posted by Madmatt: CMAK was only released a few weeks ago so right now we are riding on that initial buzz and servicing all the thousands of current CM players but after the holidays we will need a way to keep that excitement going. By having big media reviews come out staggered in time we can inject that excitement and increase our potential customer base every few months and produce nice consitent sales which will continue far beyond the life of other games.May I humbly suggest that you try to get such magazines as Military History and World War II to jump on the bandwagon a little faster than they did last time around. I think their reviews didn't come out until something like nine or ten months after CMBB was released. I suspect that a lot of their readers who might have an interest in the game do not necessarily purchase and read the computer gaming mags. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WineCape Posted January 2, 2004 Share Posted January 2, 2004 The 4 horsemen, isn't it the actor Valentino or somefink dude that was reported to be a pink dandy and tried to sue the Hollywood reporters off their butts before he himself pegged into oblivion? Dorosh, the Lawyer was supposed to arrange a pool tourney 1 year ago - me sponsering. It took so long to arrange anything among the poolers that I have removed said contribution to my sig - see below. Shall we try this again? How do I know the garden gnome will not claim the prize all by his lonesome selve? But your efforts in defending me is sporting. In fact, defending anyone in the cesspool smacks of chivalry! I'm impressed. Sincerely, Charl Theron ----------------------------------------------------- Wine donations send to the following for their contributions to CM: </font>Staff @ Battlefront.com</font>Fuerte for his PBEM HELPER</font>Manx (He used to run the “sexiest CMBO modsite on the net”)</font>Boots & Tracks (RoW tournament scenarios)</font>Andrew Fox (for his art)</font>Keith Miller @ Scenario Depot</font>Gordon Molek’s CMMOS utility</font>Sponsor of the following Combat Mission tournaments: </font>The infamous CMBO “Invitational” (Ari Maenpaa)</font>WineCape Tourney I and II (Fangorn + KiwiJoe)</font>Ongoing “Rumblings of War” aka RoW (Winners: Wreck = RoW I; Kanonier Reichmann + Ali + Jon_L = RoW II; Deadly 88 + Frunze + mPisi = RoW III)</font>Download and play the RoW III Tournament Scenario Pack</font> [ January 02, 2004, 12:36 PM: Message edited by: WineCape ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ligur Posted January 2, 2004 Share Posted January 2, 2004 Here is a review for you guys, feel free to distribute it all over the inter-web-cyber-highway: Combat Mission: Afrika Korps is the best tactical level wargame ever published. Thnx bye. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg Bonz Posted January 2, 2004 Share Posted January 2, 2004 "Innovation isn't the key to economic growth. Management is the key to economic growth." Forgot who wrote this but when you have got both Innovation & Management you are going to be prosperous in business. Another customer review. I purchased (Mac) CMBO, CMBB and now CMAK. I will continue to support similar BFC games because they are FUN to play, attractive in appearance, effortless to adjust level and style of combat. BFC games are great long term gaming values using the built in editors and hundreds of user submitted scenarios. As a business venture, BFC has been courteous and timely in delivery of products. With support of their CM gaming forums BFC has assisted in my meeting some very engaging, artistic and perceptive people. Best of luck in your quality game obsession / economic growth BFC. "Live long and prosper." Robert … not a "major" reviewer but a satisfied, repeat customer. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerousdave Posted January 3, 2004 Share Posted January 3, 2004 I have been wargaming off and on for a long time, probably about 25 years now. Left the board games behind 15 years ago. But have only just recently been turned on to this game system. CMAK is my first from Battlefront - though I used to play TacOps back before you guys bought it and it was Mac only. Great game. I have since moved to a PC platform.... But I just wanted to add my "me too" and say this is by far the best wargame I have ever played. My wife is very disappointed.... lol. Keep up the great work. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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