Phaser on Tickle Posted August 18, 2003 Share Posted August 18, 2003 KICKING IN THE DOOR by Poor Old Spike,retired Rugged Defense cmbb Ladder Leader 2003 (pooroldspike@aol.com) I'm an old English grog and am the Commandant of Headshots Battle Academy. Nowadays I play for fun against anybody,and also enjoy training newbies how to kill. (These notes apply mostly to small exciting fast-moving Cmbb Meetings but will also generally hold good for some other battle types) STUDY THE PARAMETERS FIRST!-- Don't play a game you don't want to play. Tell the guy "sorry mate I wouldn't enjoy playing that setup". Then if you both can't agree on parameters DON'T PLAY IT. You'd just be bored. Gaming should be FUN above all else:) THINK BIG PICTURE! -- Before the start,and also at points during the game as the situation changes, NEVER LOSE SIGHT OF WHAT YOU MUST DO TO WIN.You MUST therefore play simultaneously with a large-scale Strategic AND small-scale Tactical mindset.There are great Strategic players around,and there are great Tactical players around,but there are relatively few players who are great Strategically AND Tactically,like myself:) ARROGANCE IS GOOD! -- The slaughterhouse of the Russian Front is no place for the timid,so make sure you know your units capabilities INSIDE OUT before you set foot on the steppe,to give you that extra smugness,boastfulness and confidence in your ability.Let the other guy be a modest wimp if he wants,not you. ("In peace there's nothing so becomes a man as modest stillness and humility,but when the blast of war blows in our ears, then imitate the action of the tiger!" - Henry V) I've been playing East Front wargames for a quarter-century and nobody better mess with me,I've been around:) DO IT YOUR WAY! -- Buy whatever you like,and play however you like. If your opponent tries to bellyache halfway through the game,or after you've beaten him,just say,"Sorry mate, too late,you should have spoken up before the start about what units and tactics we can or cannot use." Same goes for the sourbelly "reality nuts" on the sidelines who say your style is unrealistic. Ignore them,all they do is talk instead of fighting! THIS IS WAR,NOT A DANCE! -- Forget all the longwinded tac articles and AARs about fancy maneuvers, and just play by INSTINCT and COMMONSENSE. We all have the hunting instinct within us, inherited from our caveman ancestors, so ACCESS IT, as we're all NATURAL-BORN HUNTERS. Does a cat have to read tactical articles about how to stalk birds and mice? Of course not, it comes natural! FIGHT TIGHT! -- Keep your armour close together in one or two big packs most of the time, or in separate smaller tight groups as the situation changes, rather than spread all over the map in dribs and drabs. And when you move your armour groups,do it as if you're controlling a precision aerobatic team,all moving and fighting tight together,and often use the 6 key top-down view if you need to set absolute movement accuracy. CHECKMATE YOUR OPPONENT!--Visualise the map as a simple chessboard. Regard your armour groups as "queens", and try to position them statically so their lines of fire criss-cross the map to hold the enemy in check, by placing them on hills if your tanks are better than his,or in unseen ambush positions peeking around hills or woods. LET THE CUSTOMER COME TO THE SHOP! -- Once you're nicely positioned,try to do as little moving as possible,or you might walk into his lines of fire. Far better to let HIM walk into yours. KEEP IT SIMPLE! -- I NEVER use the "Seek Hull-down"command because its unreliable. I simply lay down my "Hunt" move order lines to near the top of the crest,then get my eyeball down in the grass with view 1 and 2,and fine-tune the lines by eye. I "shoot-and-scoot" sometimes but its nothing to write home about. I also very rarely use the Move to Contact, Human Wave, Advance, Assault orders either because I'm too lazy to try properly figuring out what they do. And I never split my inf squads into two. DON'T OVER-MICROMANAGE!--I usually simply tell my boys to "go here, go there" and leave them alone to pick their own targets most of the time, as I don't want to confuse them too much. My file turnaround time averages only about 5 minutes because of my CRISP UNCLUTTERED style, which is why I completed 70 pbem games in only 12 weeks,averaging over 20 on the go at once. Make war as you make love, by being FAST BRUTAL AND DECISIVE,WITH HIGH AMMO EXPENDITURE. DON'T GO A FLAG TOO FAR! -- Right from the start, add up their total victory points (300 large,100 small) and decide which ones you want to have. I just usually aim for taking most flag points, not all,as I don't want to spread my boys too thin. Its far easier to take and hold a high-scoring flag group in just one area of the map. But I do make a token effort by trying to walk a single squad or LMG etc up to minor flags. One more thing, NEVER place too much trust in the flag ownership icons and the score readout, or you could get a nasty surprise when the final result screen comes up! IF YOU'VE GOT THE SHOT TAKE IT!--I hardly ever bother checking the hit and kill percentages during play. If the line is blue, I usually take the shot. If its not, I don't. Never fear to use inhumane violence and overkill, LET THE FEAR BE YOUR ENEMIES! -- Don't worry what he might do to you, just think about what YOU'RE going to do to HIM. Imagine him as being a door,and don't waste your time leaning on it, just KICK IT IN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandelion Posted August 18, 2003 Share Posted August 18, 2003 Yup. With the stroke of a key, one can turn a great simulation into a 3D version of Close Combat IV. But actually we're natural born omnivore scavengers, with no evidence to suggest we were ever adapted to hunting live prey. In fact, we have had access to tools capable of felling big game for the last microsecond of our history only. Try attacking a bull with a flintrock. Indeed, check your eyesight, teeth, hearing, smell, speed - anything you like really, and ask yourself; am in any respect at all even remotely comparable with, or vaguely resembling, any given predator on earth, including insects, living on land, in the air or at sea? Face it, we're walking pigs with guns. So don't excuse ignorance with instincts, Cats would read manuals had they been able to grasp the basic concept of reflection. It would enable them to open their own cans of catfood now wouldn't it. Chop chop Dandelion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beta1 Posted August 18, 2003 Share Posted August 18, 2003 I'm feeling slightly overwelhmed by the testosterone coming off that post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Hornet Posted August 18, 2003 Share Posted August 18, 2003 Folks, My advice is to ignore this poster and his post. Looks to be a repeat post of a person who has been banned from this forum many, many times. My apologies to "Phaser on Tickle" if I'm incorrect. However, if I'm not... "Hi Mom!!!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gen. Longstreet Posted August 18, 2003 Share Posted August 18, 2003 Phaser actually posted that everywhere on the BF forum. I agree with a couple of points, but I'm more of an prudent player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrocles Posted August 18, 2003 Share Posted August 18, 2003 Out of extreme curiousity...what is the problem with the poster? His advice doesn't seem any better or worse than most general tactic postings please tell us! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandelion Posted August 18, 2003 Share Posted August 18, 2003 Indeed Pat, I agree. The text has many virtues. It is the very manifesto of the old Viking wisdom, that even the imbecille can appear to be wise, if only he stays absolutely silent. Perhaps I should have written that using capital lettering. After all, this is not a dance, this is war. If the revolting language does not bother you, I wouldn't feel inhibited by any extreme curiosity. Simply enjoy the classy literature above and the many, many gold nuggets of maturest wisdom and CM secrets woven into it, quite beyond the reach of bellyaching sourbelly impotents like myself. Cheerio Dandelion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoffel Posted August 18, 2003 Share Posted August 18, 2003 Hi Mom(hell did I really say that,how nasty ) Nothing to see hear,exceptif you believe in gamey stuff,playing to win only and pissing off people In other words move on with your life as you did not read this topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moon Posted August 19, 2003 Share Posted August 19, 2003 Locking this one. Phase on Tickle is actually Poor Old Spike in yet another try to dodge the ban from this forum. Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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