old guard guys ?

Matrix Games Forums

Forums Register Login Photo Gallery Member List Search Calendars FAQ

My Profile Inbox Address Book My Subscription My Forums Log Out

old guard guys ?

View related threads: (in this forum | in all forums)

Logged in as: Guest

Users viewing this topic: none

Printable Version

All Forums >> [Current Games From Matrix.] >> [World War II] >> Norm Koger's The Operational Art Of War III >> old guard guys ?

Page: [1]

Message

<< Older Topic Newer Topic >>

old guard guys ? - 6/24/2014 4:35:50 PM

mike1984

Posts: 476
Joined: 4/6/2009
Status: offline

What ever happened to some of the older guys that used to be staples of this board? Trust me, I totally understand the whole "life" thing. I disappeared for about 2.5 years before my recent return. But I wasn't nearly as much a part of this place as guys like Veers or Silvanski or desert.

Post #: 1

RE: old guard guys ? - 6/24/2014 6:33:20 PM

shunwick

Posts: 2426
Joined: 10/15/2006
Status: offline

L'zard ... JAMIAM.... White Rabbit.... the list goes on and on....

Best wishes,
Steve

_____________________________

I love the smell of TOAW in the morning...

(in reply to mike1984)

Post #: 2

RE: old guard guys ? - 6/25/2014 12:46:21 AM

Silvanski

Posts: 2506
Joined: 1/23/2005
From: Belgium, residing in TX-USA
Status: offline

Still playing, but due to other activities not much time to mod or test. Waiting for 3.5 3.6 or whatever new incarnation there will come

_____________________________

The TOAW Redux Dude

(in reply to shunwick)

Post #: 3

RE: old guard guys ? - 6/25/2014 9:07:12 AM

Catch21

Posts: 511
Joined: 4/13/2006
From: Dublin
Status: offline

I don't know whether I'd fall into this category (I've considerable time invested in TOAW on a number of fronts (hehe)), but I'd happily eat the label 'grognard'.

I look in from time to time, even help out occasionally, but I haven't held out much hope for TOAW since 3.4 for a variety of reasons- commercial, legal, product direction, perceived conflicts of interest among them. Add to that a number of brilliant project managers (IMO) have come and gone for their own reasons (perhaps related to the above), which doesn't bode well for any software development project, commercial or otherwise.

So I just moved on- World of Tanks piqued my interest, Scourge of War too if I ever get time to look at it closely.

_____________________________

Tactics are based on Weapons... Strategy on Movement... and Movement on Supply.
(J. F. C. Fuller 1878-1966)

(in reply to Silvanski)

Post #: 4

RE: old guard guys ? - 6/25/2014 1:54:18 PM

Oberst_Klink

Posts: 4778
Joined: 2/10/2008
From: Germany
Status: offline

I am also still alive and more than just kicking; while in the US I always try to organise a TOAW meeting, still improving my Kharkov '43 and once 3.X beta is out I am starting to take on the 4 battles of Kharkov project with 2.5km/hex and 12hrs/turn. I am also Beta-testing Ardennes '44 with TomC for the master, Rob 'Doc' Kunz himself. OK, now the football world cup and I had to cut down on TOAW a bit ;)

Klink, Oberst

_____________________________

My Blog & on Twitter.
Visit CS Legion on Twitter & Facebook for updates.

(in reply to Catch21)

Post #: 5

RE: old guard guys ? - 6/25/2014 2:20:27 PM

mike1984

Posts: 476
Joined: 4/6/2009
Status: offline

quote:

ORIGINAL: General Staff

...

So I just moved on- World of Tanks piqued my interest, Scourge of War too if I ever get time to look at it closely.

Scourge of War was one of the contributors to my absence here. I have Gettysburg, Antietam, Chancellorsville, and the Pipe Creek expansion, along with a bunch of extra scenarios created by users. The mods are fantastic. The Civil War has always been my true historical focus, so it was nice to finally get back into a game of that era. The last I did of that was the old Talonsoft Battleground series.

Let me know if you ever want to chat about SOW. Maybe one day we can have a fight. They take about 45 min for a division vs division sized battle. Get yourself set up here: http://www.sowmp.com/gcm

(in reply to Catch21)

Post #: 6

RE: old guard guys ? - 6/25/2014 10:58:52 PM

Jeff Norton

Posts: 2054
Joined: 8/8/2000
From: MD, USA (You're not cleared for specifics...)
Status: offline

Still here - not part of this testing, but playing still, and hoping the release is soon.

_____________________________

-Jeff
Veritas Vos Liberabit
"Hate America - love their movies" -Foos Babaganoosh - Anchor - Jihad Tonite

(in reply to mike1984)

Post #: 7

RE: old guard guys ? - 6/25/2014 11:46:04 PM

BigDuke66

Posts: 2013
Joined: 2/1/2001
From: Terra
Status: offline

Me too, but I'm waiting for the new patch to get going again.

_____________________________

JOIN The Blitz Wargaming Club
JOIN Napoleonic Wargame Club
JOIN American Civil War Game Club

(in reply to Jeff Norton)

Post #: 8

RE: old guard guys ? - 6/27/2014 8:40:16 PM

Catch21

Posts: 511
Joined: 4/13/2006
From: Dublin
Status: offline

quote:

ORIGINAL: mike1984

Scourge of War was one of the contributors to my absence here. I have Gettysburg, Antietam, Chancellorsville, and the Pipe Creek expansion, along with a bunch of extra scenarios created by users. The mods are fantastic. The Civil War has always been my true historical focus, so it was nice to finally get back into a game of that era. The last I did of that was the old Talonsoft Battleground series.

Let me know if you ever want to chat about SOW. Maybe one day we can have a fight. They take about 45 min for a division vs division sized battle. Get yourself set up here: http://www.sowmp.com/gcm

Hey Mike, thanks. Will do.

I bought the whole caboodle on special (150th Anniversary). I've Talonsoft BG (all) also. And Sid Meier's (all) which I thought (think) just brilliant. Between ACW & WWII (& I and Napoleonics and...)...

_____________________________

Tactics are based on Weapons... Strategy on Movement... and Movement on Supply.
(J. F. C. Fuller 1878-1966)

(in reply to mike1984)

Post #: 9

RE: old guard guys ? - 6/29/2014 6:24:13 PM

golden delicious

Posts: 5575
Joined: 9/5/2000
From: London, Surrey, United Kingdom
Status: offline

quote:

ORIGINAL: shunwick

L'zard ... JAMIAM.... White Rabbit.... the list goes on and on....

Best wishes,
Steve

I'll take a couple of these;

Last time I heard from White Rabbit (aka Richard Bradley) he had terminal cancer. That was 2009.

My last recollection of Veers was first he was trying to quit the internet, not just TOAW, and shortly after that he got caught cheating in a TOAW match. I imagine that turned him off things a bit.

The names I'd mention- Mike Vargas, Vincent Prochelo, Yves Le Rhun, Pelle Holmen- are probably not ones that many people here will recognise. It's a minority of people who remain interested in a community or a game for multiple years, and this one has some survivors from last century (check my registration date- that's from the original Matrix TOAW forum after we got kicked off Talonsoft's site). We're not doing too bad.

< Message edited by golden delicious -- 6/29/2014 7:24:49 PM >

_____________________________

"What did you read at university?"
"War Studies"
"War? Huh. What is it good for?"
"Absolutely nothing."

(in reply to shunwick)

Post #: 10

RE: old guard guys ? - 6/30/2014 1:45:50 AM

Raindem

Posts: 696
Joined: 7/15/2000
From: Arizona
Status: offline

Still playing and still designing.

_____________________________

Grab them by the balls. Their hearts and minds will follow.

(in reply to golden delicious)

Post #: 11

RE: old guard guys ? - 6/30/2014 2:47:22 AM

newtigersqn

Posts: 19
Joined: 1/19/2012
Status: offline

Been lurking here the last little while.
Don't really play PBEM anymore, but might be willing if a new/improved version comes out.

(in reply to Raindem)

Post #: 12

RE: old guard guys ? - 6/30/2014 4:41:26 AM

sPzAbt653

Posts: 9511
Joined: 5/3/2007
From: east coast, usa
Status: offline

Sorry to hear that about White Rabbit, he made interesting posts.

(in reply to golden delicious)

Post #: 13

RE: old guard guys ? - 7/5/2014 10:52:37 AM

Raver508

Posts: 208
Joined: 3/26/2006
Status: offline

Great thread, and its wonderful to see so many old names popping up. As for me, I'm still playing TOAW, but there are some pretty good alternatives around too.

(in reply to mike1984)

Post #: 14

RE: old guard guys ? - 7/5/2014 7:18:03 PM

tcarusil

Posts: 210
Joined: 5/1/2011
From: Indianapolis, IN
Status: offline

Any suggestions? Thanks

TomC

quote:

ORIGINAL: Raver508

Great thread, and its wonderful to see so many old names popping up. As for me, I'm still playing TOAW, but there are some pretty good alternatives around too.

(in reply to Raver508)

Post #: 15

RE: old guard guys ? - 7/6/2014 12:13:30 AM

Raver508

Posts: 208
Joined: 3/26/2006
Status: offline

Well I don't want to hijack the thread, but have a look at Gary Grigsby's recent stuff for good operational level fare. And advanced tactics for scenario creation. Nothing quite as flexible as TOAW though.

(in reply to tcarusil)

Post #: 16

RE: old guard guys ? - 7/6/2014 10:26:31 AM

Erik2

Posts: 786
Joined: 11/2/2000
From: Oslo, Norway
Status: offline

quote:

ORIGINAL: Raver508

Well I don't want to hijack the thread, but have a look at Gary Grigsby's recent stuff for good operational level fare. And advanced tactics for scenario creation. Nothing quite as flexible as TOAW though.

Beside Vic' s Advanced Tactics check out his two Decisive Campaigns which further refine this concept.
I have all my TOAW scenarios updated to 3.5, but waiting for a playable 4.5 version.
So I have started converting these scenarios to DC. Operation Weserubung is just about finished and it actually plays better than the TOAW version....

Erik

(in reply to Raver508)

Post #: 17

RE: old guard guys ? - 7/6/2014 4:57:08 PM

BigDuke66

Posts: 2013
Joined: 2/1/2001
From: Terra
Status: offline