Other Means Posted June 26, 2005 Share Posted June 26, 2005 I think the scenarios look brilliant. I've sent a LfB turn out to Mike Dorosh and I'm nearly done answering Tiger Valley. St Naz will be done soon. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanonier Reichmann Posted June 26, 2005 Share Posted June 26, 2005 Of the two scenarios I've seen they are both very unique and no doubt challenging. I've just sent off my initial file for St. Nazaire while I'm still pondering what the hell to do with Tiger Valey but rest assured, the file will be sent soon. As for Loaded for Bear, I haven't been sent the initial file yet but from the briefing I'm expecting it to be huge and will no doubt have to defrag my hard drive and turn off any virus checker to be able to run it judging by the description! Regards Jim R. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDog944 Posted June 26, 2005 Share Posted June 26, 2005 Ted has dropped out of Section 5, so we'll need the first replacement on the list. Kingfish, who's up? I'll need someone to send my setup to. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Enigma Posted June 26, 2005 Share Posted June 26, 2005 who ever the replacement is, would i just send the latest turn to them or do we start over? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dieseltaylor Posted June 26, 2005 Share Posted June 26, 2005 Good News. Main computer up and running as it is late and I am knackered I will respond to all turns first thing tomorrow --- about 7a.m. : ) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingfish Posted June 26, 2005 Author Share Posted June 26, 2005 Section 5, Frenchy is taking over for Ted. He has the start up for 'Loaded for Bear', and will be sending KR his setup. He is the allies in the other two games, so it is up to you to send him your latest file. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malakovski Posted June 26, 2005 Share Posted June 26, 2005 Having medical problems with the dog here. Turns may be slow or delayed a day or so... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted June 26, 2005 Share Posted June 26, 2005 As part of the busy AAR evaluation team, I'd like to note for the record what I consider to be an astonishing jump in aggregate AAR quality and thoroughness over previous ROWs, making my job most difficult. Nor has humor, planned and inadvertent, been neglected. For want of a comma, one person fielded a military first--a 50-man bazooka team. Try hiding that in ambush! Another informed me that the Ju-88 (actually, Ju-52) was the transport used for airlanding units on Crete. Offsetting this was the, doubtless mortifying to the crews, morphing of British light tanks into armored cars. Even the Belgians were snubbed when the vital fortress of Eben Emael somehow became the rather churchy sounding Eben Emmanuel. Others, presumably with submittal deadlines baying at their heels, adopted a style at times so laconic as to be all but incomprehensible--loads of dropped verbs and sometimes practically whole sentences! Have found one case so far where graphics were described but were nowhere to be seen. The word processors used provided much glee, too, for time and again I'd see words like "Jerry," "paras" and such indignantly flagged in red while they blithely ignored outright word misuse, such as "there" for "their" and failed to catch other obvious errors. Loved some of the witty picture annotations, was confused by references to what I think was a British antivomiting medication, and deem someone's characterization of an unexpected, large Luftwaffe offering as "a mother big bomb" absolutely stellar! Some exhibited such creativity that it was difficult to tell what was history and what was the gamer's AAR. I have far more great AARs than I have nomination slots. Frankly, I'm dreading getting the master list back with all the nominees from the other reviewers. If the quality's even comparable, it'll make choosing the final handful a nightmare. After that, though, it's your problem! Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flenser Posted June 27, 2005 Share Posted June 27, 2005 As one of those who was nearly felled by the deadline beasty, I appologize in advance for utter lack of structure, blatant disregard for grammar, and spelling that would make a 3rd grader weep. I attempted to cover up the above via heavy use of pretty pictures, which might have worked, had the pictures actually been pretty. Note: There are only so many synonyms for "Soviet" and "German" (The other allies I simply referred to as "The Good Guys"). In order to avoid overuse, I had to get inventive. Alas, I forgot to include the key. Soviet: Ruskies, Ivan, Joe, Cannon-fodder, Bait. German: Krauts, Jerry, evil, screwed, doomed. Again, my appologies. Flenser 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted June 27, 2005 Share Posted June 27, 2005 Flenser (interesting name, that; very descriptive!), Too funny! Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flenser Posted June 27, 2005 Share Posted June 27, 2005 Originally posted by John Kettler: Flenser (interesting name, that; very descriptive!), Too funny! Regards, John Kettler I chose the name of a character in a book I was reading at the time (+2 bonus points for anyone who can guess it without using Google), not for being particularly fearsome on the battlefield (as my opponents can attest to). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchy Posted June 27, 2005 Share Posted June 27, 2005 Will get KR Loaded for Bear file later today. Tired and just got off work from my part time job. Got the files/briefings. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanonier Reichmann Posted June 27, 2005 Share Posted June 27, 2005 No worries Frenchy, I look forward to our stoush. Judging by the briefing I'm guessing the initial placement of units could take a while. Regards Jim R. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Dorosh Posted June 27, 2005 Share Posted June 27, 2005 Originally posted by Kanonier Reichmann: No worries Frenchy, I look forward to our stoush. Judging by the briefing I'm guessing the initial placement of units could take a while. Regards Jim R. How many units do you think you actually get to place for a game that has been in progress for 74 turns? Think Jim....think lonnngggg.....think harrrddd..... (It was my first reaction too, though, til reality hit me like a slap in the face.) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingfish Posted June 27, 2005 Author Share Posted June 27, 2005 He's got 2 roadblocks and a strand of barbwire. What could possibly be taking him this long? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Hornet Posted June 27, 2005 Share Posted June 27, 2005 Section 1 Update - I've sent my setups for Tiger Valley and St. Nazaire to my opponents Jon L and Londoner (repsectively). So far I've heard nothing back from either. I'm still waiting on my opponent Panzertwat to send me the setup for "Loaded for Bear". ...so, I'm in a holding pattern at the moment. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted June 28, 2005 Share Posted June 28, 2005 Kingfish and Ace Pilot, Have completed reading the entire set of AARs for which I'm responsible. Shall now turn to the unenviable task of making my rank ordered choices from over a dozen great AARs. Am semiconsidering (barring some great AAR evaluation revelation) resorting to probabilistic decision making aids (percentile dice) once I've further culled the herd. Thoughts? Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Pilot Posted June 28, 2005 Share Posted June 28, 2005 Originally posted by John Kettler: Thoughts? Regards, John Kettler Just one - all I need from you are the top 4 AARs from all of those you reviewed. No need to rank them - that comes later. I'll email you the details, in case you care to get the big picture. Ace 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanonier Reichmann Posted June 28, 2005 Share Posted June 28, 2005 Originally posted by Michael Dorosh: How many units do you think you actually get to place for a game that has been in progress for 74 turns? Think Jim....think lonnngggg.....think harrrddd..... (It was my first reaction too, though, til reality hit me like a slap in the face.) I would imagine most if not all of them. I would have expected some wiggle room on the majority of units unless everything is truly locked down. I guess I'll find out in due course. Regards Jim R. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Enigma Posted June 28, 2005 Share Posted June 28, 2005 do we need to send in aars for these 3 scenarios too? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Dorosh Posted June 28, 2005 Share Posted June 28, 2005 Originally posted by Kanonier Reichmann: I would imagine most if not all of them. I would have expected some wiggle room on the majority of units Umm...Jim, how would you do that, exactly? Seriously. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchy Posted June 29, 2005 Share Posted June 29, 2005 Looks like I have joined 1 of the 3 battles already in progress. Other 2 starting from set up. Not to bad for being a filler! Everyone should have received at least one file from me. If not let me know and I'll resend. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Dorosh Posted June 29, 2005 Share Posted June 29, 2005 Originally posted by Frenchy: Looks like I have joined 1 of the 3 battles already in progress. Okay, do you, like, live near Jim or something? You people are just not getting it.... No matter. Frenchy, will you be contributing any scenarios to the CMAK special edition? I fondly remember testing one of your creations for CMBO with you. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Pilot Posted June 29, 2005 Share Posted June 29, 2005 Originally posted by the_enigma: do we need to send in aars for these 3 scenarios too? Only if you want a chance to win a model that Richie has generously offered to build and paint for the winner of the best AAR in the finals round. And, if that won’t motivate you, I’ll point out that doing an AAR with scenario design feedback is a considerate way of saying thanks to the scenario designers for all of their hard work. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flenser Posted June 30, 2005 Share Posted June 30, 2005 Awww, sunofa... Well.. if I start now... and just make things up... Nope. They'd still be late. So when are the first round AARs going up? And is this AAR contest judged only on the AARs submitted for the finals, or both rounds? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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