Guest PondScum Posted November 19, 2002 Share Posted November 19, 2002 Joe, you doddering old fool, your tale of woe TOUCHED me in that bad-touch sort of way. If you do indeed have an AGP slot in that pathetic heap, drop me your mail address, and a not-quite-as-hideously-obsolete-as-your-Voodoo3 32MB GeForce 2 MX card made by those nice people at Elsa will be winging its way to you as fast as the US Post Office can get it to you, i.e. not very. God knows, it's good for nothing else these days. Which is why I immediately thought of you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer Leader Posted November 19, 2002 Share Posted November 19, 2002 That's really righteous. I propose we promote Pondscum up to Touch-of-Pond-algae-that's-all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noba Posted November 19, 2002 Share Posted November 19, 2002 Originally posted by Panzer Leader: That's really righteous. I propose we promote Pondscum up to Touch-of-Pond-algae-that's-all.Why not make it Scum-Sucking-Bottom-Dweller instead. A REAL "elevation", for sure....... Noba. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malakovski Posted November 19, 2002 Share Posted November 19, 2002 Originally posted by Noba: Gentlemen. You may be right about the Video card being a good first start, given an AGP slot...BUT: The card you are suggesting will be 'drumming it's fingers' so to speak waiting for the processor to cough up the goods. Maybe a more 'mid-range' card would be appropriate. Say a GeForce3 ? Would save some cash as well. Noba.This is very true. Unfortunately that processor is so slow, even a new video card will not help much, and it is certainly not worth going above a GF3 of some sort. More RAM may be of use, but if you are running 98, you can turn off swap file useage (well, turning it off actually tends to farg things up nicely, but you can almost turn it off with the conservative swap file setting {the fascist swap file settings are even better}), and you will still likely never use more than 256 MB under normal circumstances. If you want to be sure, just install a little memory monitor and see what it says when BB is running. Odd are memory is not the problem. Really, you would be best served buying a $60 case/PSU, a $50 Athlon CPU, a $50 motherboard (ECS K7S5A recommended, supports both SDRAM AND DDR), keep your old memory (well...if it's 133mhz anyway), hard drive, even gfx card (well..if it's AGP), and watch the game run, roughly, 10,000% faster. Put the hampsters out to pasture and enjoy the 21st century... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
**YK2** Posted November 19, 2002 Share Posted November 19, 2002 Originally posted by Persephone: Introducing... Treeburst and Roxy! *Persephone is not responsible for any illnesses or therapy needed after seeing this piccy.Now I know why I gave that dress to Roxy!!! Reminds me of my first outing in the MBT when I had this thing about CM and bananas. To those of you who were lucky enough not to have been around in those days, the CM was for Carmen Miranda. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yeknodathon Posted November 19, 2002 Share Posted November 19, 2002 Originally posted by Joe Shaw: {ahem} ... uh ... that is ... well you see ... it's like this ... I have a P3 450 (please hold your laughter until the end or we'll be here all night) with 192 Meg RAM and a 16 Meg VooDoo 3 card ... GO ahead, get it all out of your system, I'll wait ... Now then ... sorry ... no please continue, enjoy yourselves. Done now? Good, so here's the question, If I ... oh for the love of GAWD people ... Look, IF I had to improve only ONE of those (and granted the RAM is cheap and not really an issue), which would you recommend and what alternatives would you recommend? Thank you, thank you, buying a Mac is not an option but I appreciate the input from you Mac owners. Are there any suggestions from the PC crowd that might actually be HELPFUL? Let's just assume that I'll be playing CMBB almost exclusively since I've seen nothing on the horizon that trips my trigger. JoeDonkey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mace Posted November 19, 2002 Share Posted November 19, 2002 Originally posted by YK2: Reminds me of my first outing in the MBT when I had this thing about CM and bananas.You like Bananas?!! Well fair lady, I spared no expense and brought you this: Now If only I can talk Persephone to have hers mashed in a sandwich. Mace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yeknodathon Posted November 19, 2002 Share Posted November 19, 2002 Originally posted by Persephone: Introducing... Treeburst and Roxy! *sniff* errrrrrrrrr.... errrrrrrrr... Me Lady.... the vulture... [thinks a bit] Tranquilised? Or was it willing? Yeknod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yeknodathon Posted November 19, 2002 Share Posted November 19, 2002 [thinks some more while chewing a very dry stick] ... petroleum jelly... one can't have enough petroleum jelly in these situations. Yeknod [ November 19, 2002, 05:32 AM: Message edited by: Yeknodathon ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mace Posted November 19, 2002 Share Posted November 19, 2002 Originally posted by Yeknodathon: ... petroleum jelly... one can't have enough petroleum jelly in these situations...or banana sandwiches! Mace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yeknodathon Posted November 19, 2002 Share Posted November 19, 2002 Originally posted by Mace: </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Yeknodathon: ... petroleum jelly... one can't have enough petroleum jelly in these situations...or banana sandwiches! Mace</font> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boo Radley Posted November 19, 2002 Share Posted November 19, 2002 Originally posted by Noba: </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Panzer Leader: That's really righteous. I propose we promote Pondscum up to Touch-of-Pond-algae-that's-all.Why not make it Scum-Sucking-Bottom-Dweller instead. A REAL "elevation", for sure....... Noba.</font> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSpkr Posted November 19, 2002 Share Posted November 19, 2002 Gamey Updates! Joe is almost finished slogging his way through to a draw in the bocage. I can't wait to roast his pig-like body in the fires of the Rodina! Marlow sneakily hacked the game engine to attain a Major Victory in our match I like to refer to as 'I'll take the side with no cover and run across it while You hide behind those hills, take the Victory Flags, and sit, you bastiche!' We are now engaged in a rematch, in which I forced him to take the Italians on the offensive! I can't wait to roast his pig-like body in the fires of the Rodina! Wildman lost against my ubertanks in France. Now he's losing against my ubertanks in Russia. I am enjoying roasting his pig-like body in the fires of the Rodina! Grog Dorosh has gamily selected elite Guards troops, then (in a very Canuckish fashion) assigned cheap armored cars to escort them. Now, he has a bunch of burning armored cars and dead Guards troops. I am enjoying roasting his Canuckian bacon-filled body in the fires of the Rodina! Lars is still attacking my Soviet Paratroops and wondering where the heck all that artillery came from. I have also introduced his halftracks to my patented 'Uber-Flamethrowers-O'-Doom.' I am enjoying roasting his pig-like body in the fires of the Rodina! Leeo is assaulting Pavlov's House. Unfortunately, he seems to have forgotten a simple concept I call Sewer Movement. Meanwhile, I think his crater-hopping strategy is successful in that when his men die, they are already in a grave. I am enjoying roasting his pig-like body in the fires of the Rodina! Seanachai's uber-Finns aren't. I am moving along a frozen, wood-lined road, killing Scandinavians left and right. I would enjoy roasting his gnome-like body in the fires of the Rodina, but I can't even get a decent fire started in this frozen hell. Hakko Ichui just tried a little flank attack on my solid positions around the main battle flag. Again, he is proving that the so-called uber-Finns aren't. Pass the bar-b-que: I roasted his pig-like body in the fires of the Rodina, but strangely enough, my men were hungry again an hour later. Iskander and I are starting to fight over an insignificant, ugly little village -- someplace in Ohio, I'd reckon -- and he is already whining about how one of his Stug's bogged down. Too bad it doesn't have a turret. I look forward to roasting his whiskey-soaked body in the fires of the Rodina! Despite his newly-discovered motivation for winning (i.e., the LOSER has to take Nidan1 as squire), Boo_Radley has utterly failed to complete his mission in Kursk You Red Baron!. He is now complaining about balance in the scenario (though each side has roughly the same number of points). Even more than the thought of roasting his pig-like body in the fires of the Rodina, I am enjoying the thought of making him take that pillock Nidan1 to squire! Now sod off. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patchy Posted November 19, 2002 Share Posted November 19, 2002 Originally posted by Mace: </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by YK2: Reminds me of my first outing in the MBT when I had this thing about CM and bananas.You like Bananas?!! Well fair lady, I spared no expense and brought you this: Now If only I can talk Persephone to have hers mashed in a sandwich. Mace</font> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patchy Posted November 19, 2002 Share Posted November 19, 2002 Originally posted by Yeknodathon: </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Mace: </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Yeknodathon: ... petroleum jelly... one can't have enough petroleum jelly in these situations...or banana sandwiches! Mace</font> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFCElvis Posted November 19, 2002 Share Posted November 19, 2002 Wankers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yeknodathon Posted November 19, 2002 Share Posted November 19, 2002 Originally posted by Elvis: Wankers.Exactly. And probable lack of petroleum jelly. Its yer Darwin, see, lack of adaption to yer environment and not enough genes to remove yer screw-top jelly petroleum jar and ..... phhhhht. Extinction. *sniff* I wouldn't want THAT sort of headgear. Yeknod [ November 19, 2002, 09:18 AM: Message edited by: Yeknodathon ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marlow Posted November 19, 2002 Share Posted November 19, 2002 Hiram? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herr Oberst Posted November 19, 2002 Share Posted November 19, 2002 Originally posted by YK2: Reminds me of my first outing in the MBT when I had this thing about CM and bananas. <weak_moment> Sometimes a banana is just a banana... </weak_moment> Apologies, Fair Emma. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Shaw Posted November 19, 2002 Share Posted November 19, 2002 My esteemed collegue MrSpkr has stated: Joe is almost finished slogging his way through to a draw in the bocage. I can't wait to roast his pig-like body in the fires of the Rodina!Draw? A bloody DRAW? Are you looking at the same game I'm looking at? Now granted the game (even CMBO) does lie at times about flag ownership, but I think you're overstating your case by a factor of 4 or so. In short, you are a LIAR and I shall properly chastise you at the conclusion of our game as well as upon a CMBB field of your choosing. Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer Leader Posted November 19, 2002 Share Posted November 19, 2002 Hmmm.... Okay. Did I mention that I recently lost a horribly one-sided, gamey, big-gun totin' suicide game to Andreas and that I think that whole Der Kessel lot are conspiring to make me lose? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boo Radley Posted November 19, 2002 Share Posted November 19, 2002 Originally posted by MrSpkr: Despite his newly-discovered motivation for winning (i.e., the LOSER has to take Nidan1 as squire), Boo_Radley has utterly failed to complete his mission in Kursk You Red Baron!.I'm sorry, is it over?!?! I thought i still had some moves left. Well, that's a load off my mind. I'm almost ready to play an Aussie Jeff scenario, just so I can rinse the stench of Ker Dessel off me. He is now complaining about balance in the scenario (though each side has roughly the same number of points).Oh, don't even talk to me about balanced! Regardless of the points, Enron's checkbook was better balanced than your game, pillock! Even more than the thought of roasting his pig-like body in the fires of the Rodina, I am enjoying the thought of making him take that pillock Nidan1 to squire! SteveIt's OK, Sunshine. You'll pay. And pay and pay and pay. And did I mention, you'll pay? You will, you know. Pay, I mean. A lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaylord Focker Posted November 19, 2002 Share Posted November 19, 2002 Originally posted by Panzer Leader: Hmmm.... Okay. Did I mention that I recently lostI'd just assume as much anyway the way our game is going. I think i'll use your shot up KV-2 as a bird feeder after the last of your army is killed or captured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurkur Posted November 19, 2002 Share Posted November 19, 2002 Greetings oh Darkest Knights of the Soul, It's been a while since I have posted, but be assured that the bitter taste of this fellowship has never left my mouth. I have been and remain buried under a pile of "too flippin' much to do" to even read the MBT regularly. Add to that the arrival of an 18-year old boy on my 15-year old daughter's radar, ("Yes sweet pea, I know he has dreamy eyes, but he still has to DIE DIE DIE!") and there has not been a lot of time or energy left at the end of the day. I suppose I should apologize (not that I will) to my liege Boo for having left him to ably carry the weighty banner of the Nefarious Legions alone. I should also apologize (not that I will) to the rest of you for leaving Boo unattended for so long. I'll drop some of my belongings off in the loft above the stables at the Crodaschanze before heading off to the front. Mr Spkr, I note with scorn and/or derision that I have been removed from your list. Place my name back onto it, you oily cog in that thricely oxymoronic organ known as the "Texas Legal System." You have agreed to battle and shall not avoid the flogging you so richly deserve. Gamey updates: In my last battle with him, I fought Simon to a draw. He agreed to another game, actually playing as the French, and then vanished. Just getting him to agree to play as the French counts as a victory in my book. Simon, dust-bunny covered ball of frayed string that you are, let's take it up again in the East. You can always play the Rumanians, if you'd like. I am in the middle of a match with Harv. You remember him, he went through the Shavianahaircut's "Earn your Knighthood or become an ordained minister in five easy combats" correspondence school, and then disappeared into the brown void that is Saskatchewan. Anyhow, we are dying lots, in the snow. Ladies of the Pool, it is only your light that keeps this black hole from imploding the whole board in on itself. Not that that would a bad thing in and of itself, but whole wants to be compacted into singularity with a bunch of grogs and outerboarders? A hearty "sod-off" to the rest of you! Lurk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marlow Posted November 19, 2002 Share Posted November 19, 2002 Originally posted by MrSpkr: Marlow sneakily hacked the game engine to attain a Major Victory in our match I like to refer to as 'I'll take the side with no cover and run across it while You hide behind those hills, take the Victory Flags, and sit, you bastiche!' We are now engaged in a rematch, in which I forced him to take the Italians on the offensive! I can't wait to roast his pig-like body in the fires of the Rodina! Nice try MrSprky, but need I remind you that III). You created the battle. 3(a)(2)©. You had access to two of the four flags with covered approaches, and in fact got to both of them before I did. It just so happens I managed to evict you unceremoniously from one of them. Alpha). I had green, worn our troops, you had fresh regular robust Soviet collective farm workers. Fini). You lost – You suck. What is your excuse going to be after I kick your spotty arse with the “French of the Ostfront”? Other notables: Wildman is losing on two fronts. In the West, he is busy recreating Custer’s last stand with his Second Armor Division boys with Kampgrouppe Pieper in the role of the Injuns. In the East he seems to be cowering in the woods, as I’ve not seen hide nor hair of him. Geek Fental is going to snatch defeat from the arms of victory. How many armored cars can you lose to rifle grenades? I think you are going for a record. Panzer Leader is having me assault across a river against troops dug into heavy buildings on a map of his creation. This would make my soon to be victory so much sweeter, but it is only Pe El. Just started with Jo Xia and Sir Alphabet. The Earless One remains on the hitlist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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