ACTOR Posted July 7, 2002 Share Posted July 7, 2002 Hi all you fellow Southern California CMers. BTS has agreed to provide a "Sneak Preview" opportunity here at my house! I live in Corona, CA, and will be available on Saturday July 20th from 11:00 am to 6:00 pm to preview CMBB. I have two computers that are networked so we can play on-line or we can get a couple of head-to-head games going at once. For those of you who are interested please email me at wvalencia@attbi.com. The same rules as Rune's get together will apply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACTOR Posted July 8, 2002 Author Share Posted July 8, 2002 Bump... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gyrene Posted July 8, 2002 Share Posted July 8, 2002 Cool, I'll be there so I can whine some more about how much BFC is teasing us! Gyrene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer_Meyer Posted July 8, 2002 Share Posted July 8, 2002 Bah, that some 6 hours away from my house, AHH!!! I so want to go. But 6 hours, 450miles, that is way to far for me. Just to make sure, this is Corona, close to Los Angeles?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACTOR Posted July 8, 2002 Author Share Posted July 8, 2002 Sorry to say, but yes it is the Corona close to Los Angeles. I hear ya it is a long drive, but we're talking CMBB man! :eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer_Meyer Posted July 8, 2002 Share Posted July 8, 2002 Yea I know, believe me I want to go. But **** 6 hours! If I left at 6 in the morning I would get there at 12 noon, in perfect driving conditions. If I stayed for 3-4 hours till 4pm. I would get home at 10pm. Not really worht it. To much of a long drive, but thank you for the offer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
86smopuim Posted July 8, 2002 Share Posted July 8, 2002 How is the old car market in california? Seriously.. I want to sell an 67 olds 442, and I hear you can get more in cali then here. Cash + roadtrip + CMBB sounds like a good deal to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mace Posted July 8, 2002 Share Posted July 8, 2002 Actor, I'll be there (providing you pay for my airfare and accomodation - best get moving mate and get things organised) Mace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pvt. Ryan Posted July 8, 2002 Share Posted July 8, 2002 Corona doesn't seem to be too far, so I suppose I can attend. But July 20th? CMBB will surely be released before that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACTOR Posted July 8, 2002 Author Share Posted July 8, 2002 Mace - I am working on getting your airline ticket, but I suspect it will be several years before I make enough money in my male stripper job to afford your ticket. Might I suggest you sell some of your sheep photos on the net to assist me in obtaining the money? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkEzra Posted July 9, 2002 Share Posted July 9, 2002 I've sent you a private email. I live just down the road from you and would love to be there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike_the_wino Posted July 9, 2002 Share Posted July 9, 2002 CORONA?!?!? Are they no beta-testers in NoCal? I really do miss the the oppresive heat, oh but its a "dry" heat, and the choking smog but I will have to decline on the grounds that I moved out of SoCal for a reason. And not even CMBB is worth the 8 hour drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Norton Posted July 9, 2002 Share Posted July 9, 2002 Thanks Actor for the invite. I am going to have to join Rommel22 and Halfdane and complain that the drive is too far (damn we live in a long state). None the less, thank you for the offer and taking time out of your strip job to allow us the opportunity to see the future. Combat Mission is still one of the most played games on my computer. It will only start to share time when CMBB comes out. Now that is value for your money. Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaSCa Posted July 9, 2002 Share Posted July 9, 2002 Originally posted by Halfdane: CORONA?!?!? Are they no beta-testers in NoCal? I really do miss the the oppresive heat, oh but its a "dry" heat, and the choking smog but I will have to decline on the grounds that I moved out of SoCal for a reason. And not even CMBB is worth the 8 hour drive.Tsk! Tsk! My friend. I am in Sacramento as well and if there are indeed no Northern California beta testers who are willing to invite the unwashed into their homes for a once in a lifetime experience I envision the following: A road trip in a rented van departing the Sacramento area at about 3 am on Saturday for Corona, about a 400 mile journey. Folks would sleep, fool around, and play hotseat CM:BO on my or their laptops. We would arrive, smelly and (as above) unwashed, at ACTOR's abode at about eleven. We would then be witness to great wonders. At the appropriate time we would depart Corona. On the way back people would fool around, sleep, and play CM:BO on my or their laptops. They would also discuss the wonders they had seen and talk bad about the SoCal CM'ers. We would arrive back in Sacto about 7 hours after departure, which would be early Sunday morning. Expenses could be split and with enough participants would be reasonable. Driving duties could be split amongst the willing and responsible. So does anybody want to give this a go? Provided Actor is willing to withstand an invasion from the Northlands, that is, as I haven't communicated with him yet. 400 miles is not really a long drive by California standards, especially when you have no life, and this destination has to be more interesting than that trip to see Aunt May in Turlock was last Thanksgiving. If interested post here and we can discuss the next steps. There are two weeks to plan this operation. Let me know. And ACTOR? Would you mind terribly? [ July 09, 2002, 01:06 AM: Message edited by: CaSCa ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted July 9, 2002 Share Posted July 9, 2002 ACTOR, Not only am I most interested (live in Carson, junction 110 & 405), but I may have several friends as well. Thanks for the invitation! Please E-mail me (kettler@relaypoint.net) your address and any needed particulars. Regards, John Kettler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACTOR Posted July 9, 2002 Author Share Posted July 9, 2002 CaSCa, If you guys want to make the road trip, feel free. I should have some good food there waiting for you. If you guys decide NOT to make it, I would also understand. I will not however talk bad about folks from Northern California, at least not until I am sure if you are coming or not John, I will get an e-mail out to when I get home tonight. Thanks, Bill "Actor" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claymore Posted July 9, 2002 Share Posted July 9, 2002 Let's see...I'm in Pasadena CA but... On one hand I have 17 days booked in Kawai starting on July 12th... On the other a July 20th preview of the program likely to be very shortly an obsession. It's quite easy actually. The tough bit is explaining change in travel plans to the "trouble and strife" Cheers MRD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaSCa Posted July 9, 2002 Share Posted July 9, 2002 Thanks ACTOR! If anyone is interested in such a pilgrimage as previously described, email me at tomn916@yahoo.com You do not have to live in Sacto only, we could make stops along the HWY 99 corridor as well. And by the way Bill, some of my best friends are from Southern California! Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyD Posted July 9, 2002 Share Posted July 9, 2002 Hmmmm Let's see, Las Vegas to Corona... :cool: I'd be heading in the opposite direction of traffic... Four hours, give or take an hour... Must... abandon... wife and daughters.... Good luck guys, as close as I am, we have family plans that weekend. Have fun... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACTOR Posted July 10, 2002 Author Share Posted July 10, 2002 Bump - Just in case you haven't seen this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gredeker Posted July 10, 2002 Share Posted July 10, 2002 Tempting, but no. Eight or nine hours from Chico is just too much. If anyone can arrange for a preview in the Bay Area (3 hours travel time), then it falls into the realm of possibility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike_the_wino Posted July 10, 2002 Share Posted July 10, 2002 ACTOR , no insult intended for our SoCal CMer's, unless you live/ are from LA then insult intended and doubled . Hope you guys have a helluva a time. CaSCa , you sound like a nice enough bloke but I was recently in SoCal, LA to be precise, and I remembered why I left. Oh, in case you do go, don't mention the brown sky or funny smell...it's called smog and no one notices it anymore. :eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACTOR Posted July 10, 2002 Author Share Posted July 10, 2002 See if I invite you to anything in the future Halfdane!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer_Meyer Posted July 10, 2002 Share Posted July 10, 2002 Looks like we got a lot of No Cal people here. They need to make a North California sneak peak. Or more like a Bay area sneak peak. Even people from scramento can make that trips. It's only 2-3 hours max from Sacremento to SF. So please, any North Cali beta testers out there?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaSCa Posted July 10, 2002 Share Posted July 10, 2002 For everyone's info, it was 109F in Sacramento today, and a "spare the air" day. We are as smutched with smog as anywhere down south or anywhere else, and perhaps more so. It's why we have Smog Check II, lucky us. But I can understand, Halfdane, if you are traumatized and don't want to return to SoCal. It is not my destination of choice, either, though I have been down there for business a few times in the last year and found it to be not as bad I had been lead to believe. I would think it was the 16 hours of travel that would be objectionable, and not the 8 hours actually spent in the Southland. Inside. Playing CM:BB. Eating the promised good food. Playing CM:BB. I've received two emails so far expressing interest in the pilgrimage, though neither is confirmed. For that matter none of this is confirmed. But if anyone else is willing to undertake this trip let me know and I will further research the costs, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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