Sgt Steiner Posted September 28, 2002 Share Posted September 28, 2002 Hi all Sorry to butt into discourse between all you Cmbb owning sods but........ Here is an 'interesting' snippet from (an unsolicited I might add) Newsletter email I got from CDV this very day : CDV Newsletter - English (Deutsche Version: Hier klicken) 03. International Combat Mission 2 tournament on gamershall.de Fred Wartenberg aka „Cobra" is organising a international Combat Mission 2 tournament on gamershall.de. Players all around the world are invited to join this tournament. The rules, and the possibility to register yourselves can be reached through this link: http://www.gamershall.de/wpc/cm-turnier-international/cm-turnier-international -main-englisch.htm Quite how they expect their non-German.....er.....'customers' to partake in this is puzzling to say the least since they wont release the damn game :confused: Adverts/sections on various Cdv titles included (Cossacks Sudden Strike II etc) but bar the above not a jot about Cmbb....ooops my bad.....I mean CMII They are a strange lot........ Postscript : I have replied (as politely as I can manage) to this Newsletter enquiring as to method they propose for my participation in this Tourney. Will wait up all night for answer........ [ September 27, 2002, 06:43 PM: Message edited by: Gary Barr ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gautrek Posted September 28, 2002 Share Posted September 28, 2002 I think the main reason CMBB is not being released yet might have something to do with Sudden Strike II coming out at the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt Steiner Posted September 28, 2002 Author Share Posted September 28, 2002 Hi Gautrek Originally posted by gautrek: I think the main reason CMBB is not being released yet might have something to do with Sudden Strike II coming out at the same time. Damn mate youve cracked it !! we should suggest to Cdv that they bundle Cm II with Sudden Strike II then maybe they will release it Afterall SSII is we are told by Cdv an accurate Wargame based firmly on historical data so what better to accompany that old ropey Cm title eh ? I mean how good can CM2 be if it has GIs in Ostfront !? Good to see you are taking politeness lessons [ September 27, 2002, 07:03 PM: Message edited by: Gary Barr ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt Steiner Posted September 28, 2002 Author Share Posted September 28, 2002 Hi Forgot to ask did anyone else get this Cdv Newsletter ? or is it just ME they have vendetta against !! Replying to my own posts such are the depths to which I have plummeted......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Weiss Posted September 28, 2002 Share Posted September 28, 2002 Wow, thanks Gary. Think I'll sign up for the tourney... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt Steiner Posted September 28, 2002 Author Share Posted September 28, 2002 Hi Bruno Originally posted by Bruno Weiss: Wow, thanks Gary. Think I'll sign up for the tourney... Glad to have been of service May your hump explode and your fetlocks fall of Still waiting for Cdv reply......... still waiting................ stil............... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wicky Posted September 28, 2002 Share Posted September 28, 2002 I feel for you all waiting in the UK Thankfully I'm a Mac owner (rubbing it in ) with CMBB in Essex and can sympathise with you CDV customers. I got today's CDV newsletter and noticed the lack of intel re. CMBB. When the preorders first came up (on CDV German website) I e-mailed CDV if I could preorder a Mac English version (At that time the CDV English website had been totally lacking in info on CMBB and OK I knew they weren't dealing with the Mac version) but all I got a short reply saying there was no plan to release and no indication of purchasing direct from BFC. From their point of view just a dead end. I'm sure, for your sakes, BFC are lighting a few fireworks under CDV as Matt & co are going 'above and beyond' just sorting out the dodgy disk issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt Steiner Posted September 28, 2002 Author Share Posted September 28, 2002 Hi all Still waiting Cdv reply.............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Weiss Posted September 28, 2002 Share Posted September 28, 2002 Wicky wrote: Matt & co are going 'above and beyond' just sorting out the dodgy disk issue. Yes, it has been a bit of a mixup. I ended up getting an error disk that was obviously meant for Michael Dorosh. [ September 28, 2002, 06:15 AM: Message edited by: Bruno Weiss ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ales Dvorak Posted September 28, 2002 Share Posted September 28, 2002 Originally posted by Gary Barr: Quite how they expect their non-German.....er.....'customers' to partake in this is puzzling to say the least since they wont release the damn gameMaybe you'll get your copy on international Combat Mission 2 tournament. :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoffel Posted September 28, 2002 Share Posted September 28, 2002 gary, I had the non install problem with the german version. lucky for me I can speak german and english Anyway when I finally got the customer support on the phone( you cant call the number printed in the manual outside of germany(!) the guy told me they were still busy with the english version and that release of it would be somewhere between october 4 and 18 you have to wait at least one more week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ales Dvorak Posted September 28, 2002 Share Posted September 28, 2002 double post [ September 28, 2002, 07:04 AM: Message edited by: Ales Dvorak ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prinz Eugen Posted September 28, 2002 Share Posted September 28, 2002 Yea, I had the email from cdv. I'm just wondering whether this incertainty with the UK release date affects the Finnish release date too, since our version will only differ from the UK one in that the .pdf manual is in Finnish, otherwise it's plain English all over. Our date is Sep 30, and if I'm not receiving my copy of CMBB anytime next week, I shall be thoroughly annoyed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pascal DI FOLCO Posted September 28, 2002 Share Posted September 28, 2002 Originally posted by Stoffel: gary, I had the non install problem with the german version. lucky for me I can speak german and english Anyway when I finally got the customer support on the phone( you cant call the number printed in the manual outside of germany(!) the guy told me they were still busy with the english version and that release of it would be somewhere between october 4 and 18 you have to wait at least one more weekYep, I suppose they translate back the German version in English, a time-consuming task ! :eek: :mad: :mad: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Weiss Posted September 28, 2002 Share Posted September 28, 2002 It all started with King George III... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lou2000 Posted September 28, 2002 Share Posted September 28, 2002 I emailed CDV direct asking them to post some sort of official statement about European release dates ..... So far all i have had back is an automated response .... well thats ok for now as long as they follow it up ( i wont hold my breath!). However I do feel that the signature on that automated email speaks volumes for how much importance they place on Combat Mission (BO or BB). ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Yours sincerely, CDV-Support http://www.suddenstrike.com http://www.cdv-blitzkrieg.de http://www.suddenstrike2.de http://www.breedgame.de http://www.cossacks.com http://www.igiii.de http://www.geheimnisderdruiden.de http://www.gromgame.de http://www.warcommander.de http://www.cdv-neocron.de http://www.divinedivinity.de http://www.cdv-alcatraz.de http://www.americanconquest.de http://www.project-nomads.de http://www.cdv-explomaen.de http://www.cdv-antivirus.de http://www.cdv-musicline.de ------------------------------------------------- CDV Software Entertainment AG Neureuter Str. 37b / Postfach 2749 D-76185 / 76014 Karlsruhe Germany Tel. +49-(0)721-97224-0 Fax. +49-(0)721-97224-24 Handelsregister: HR B 8929 - Amtsgericht Karlsruhe Vorstand: Wolfgang Gaebler (Vors.), Christina Oppermann, Prof. Dr. Walter Ruda Aufsichtsrat: Gerhard A. Koning (Vors.),Ruediger Burkart, Stephan Wiedorfer ------------------------------------------------- http://www.cdv.de http://www.cossacks.de - Huge Battle - Huge Fun! http://www.suddenstrike.com - The RTS-Blockbuster! ------------------------------------------------- ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Obviously we are not even worthy of a mention. Personally if I was BFC i'd be asking some serious quiestions. You will notice that sudden strike gets plenty of mentions, leading me to agree with gautrek's posts that they dont want the CMBB release date to clash. I can cope with delayed release dates ... CDV are not alone in that area ... but the lack of response and updates show their contempt for their customers, BFC the public in general ! Lou2000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bitnir Posted September 28, 2002 Share Posted September 28, 2002 Originally posted by Prinz Eugen: Our date is Sep 30, and if I'm not receiving my copy of CMBB anytime next week, I shall be thoroughly annoyed...Ouch, at least playerone.fi has changed the date in Finland to the 4th October. That sucks. I have to live with a German game with a German manual for at least a week longer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt Steiner Posted September 28, 2002 Author Share Posted September 28, 2002 Hi all Well personally I have now had enough (after exercising extreme patience IMO) with CDV and am now going the route of US intermediary (at least I hope so eh Bruno old mate old pal ). I guess I should have done this weeks ago (but the Scots blood strain runs contrary to spending of any excess pennies at all ) although if I get one of newer CDs I may avoid any install issues (Lord knows what awaits purchasers of Cdv version in this regard !!) Knowing my luck ref this game there will be a worldwide postal strike or BTS CD machine will melt or............ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt Steiner Posted September 28, 2002 Author Share Posted September 28, 2002 Hi All Originally posted by Gary Barr: Knowing my luck ref this game there will be a worldwide postal strike or BTS CD machine will melt or............ And amazingly it seems the CD macjine has melted as BTS now showing US orders as backorders to 4th Oct ! will my suffering ever end ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wicky Posted September 28, 2002 Share Posted September 28, 2002 Gary, Buy a Mac;)... I've had CMBB in Colchester, Essex for a few days now, just as the cricket season comes to an end and a new job starting on Monday Hang on in there it'll be worth it in the end Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tacitus Posted September 29, 2002 Share Posted September 29, 2002 Good of cdv to post a list of their games.Now we know what to boycott! Most of them have been panned in the gaming press so lets hope it hurts cdv hard in the wallet.They deserve it. On a positive note could Battlefront please ask for an explanation from cdv on our behalf as to what the real situation is? The advertising that cdv have put out is very sparse and IMHO rather dire,I can imagine that this whole issue is deterring new players to CMBB and that is a criminal shame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hertston Posted September 29, 2002 Share Posted September 29, 2002 To be fair to gamershall.de, it's not an official site, and CDV's idiotic European release policy is not their problem. After all, it's only non-German Euros who can't buy it in stores (and who aren't even allowed to buy it by mail order) - the rest of the world can happily compete. It's too late for CMBB now folks. We can only hope Battlefront have read and understood, and might do things a little differently next time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt Steiner Posted September 29, 2002 Author Share Posted September 29, 2002 Hi Hertston To be fair to gamershall.de, it's not an official site, and CDV's idiotic European release policy is not their problem. No issue with gamershall.de (these blokes obviously just want to play the game) but it was an offical CDV newsletter sent direct to yours truly in the UK which included this info ! Oh and still waiting for their reply Cheers Soon (hopefully) to be a US Cmbb owner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt Steiner Posted September 29, 2002 Author Share Posted September 29, 2002 Hi Wicky Buy a Mac;)... Why is rain forecast ?.....groan..... I've had CMBB in Colchester, Essex for a few days now, Now I am really miffed ! I mean its one thing the game being shipped to Germany, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, United Arab Emirates, Canada, Hong Kong and that other colony the USA etc etc etc before it comes to Ulster BUT Essex !!!! Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts