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o4r -> Re: Hmmmm.... (3/14/2003 11:58:09 PM)
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Orzel Bialy
[B]my worst blunder I ever made....Hmmmmm, that would have to be my very first Pbem against Hellcat.
[B]A Rookie goes to War:[/B]
Now I had been on the sidelines watching some of these fights for about two weeks as a quest...and I wanted to learn something before I jumped in.
Good Strategy, right?...never rush in and learn from others and then try my hand at it. Anyway, so far so good.
After awhile I register and introduce myself...I think Goblin told me to "shut up" even back then...lol :D Nahh, actually everyone was really cool and I felt really comfortable...maybe too comfortable.
I kept on getting called out to fight from time to time....especially by some guy named Jess M4, who kept insisting that I fight right away. I can remember hearing something about "fresh meat" quite a bit even back then....so some things never change guess. lol.
Then, after a lot of prodding and some practice against a jacked up AI...I figure I'm ready. Now the question was who? There were not a lot of "newbies" around to fight...so I was going to have to take on one of the vets.
Goblin?...no way, that dude seemed to trounce everyone too bloody awful.
Jess?...no, he was too bloodthirsty and liked M4's
Hellcat?....Hmmm, seemed to be a very talented fighter....not calling for my head on a platter...so yes, I'll accept his challenge.
[B]The Fatal Mistake[/B]
My first Pbem...against a vet...and what do I do? I decide to show off my abilities by changing history! I choose the French in 1940!
Oh the laughter that must have ensued after that post! Every member of the forum must haved chuckled and shook their heads when they read that decision. Hellcat himself even tried to get me to reconsider....but noooooo, I stuck to my guns.
So here I was...setting up my French command...thinking that the French units weren't bad, it was the commanders. If I handle them differently....I may be able to win. Ah, so much for dreams!
[B]@sswhoopin' Follows[/B]
It didn't take the battle more than six turns to get out of hand. While the French armor showed some staying and hitting power in some cases...the rest of my units were useless.
The infantry units became surpressed to the point of not being able to return fire to even defend themselves...and that was after taking their first hail of enemy fire!
After two or three bursts of fire (or two rounds of arty shelling) they were in full retreat! I mean they ran at the sound of a panzer engine it seems. From there it just got plain ole ugly...and I found myself in command of nothing...since by the end 3/4 of my units were not even under my control due to their 40+ suppression factors!
Anwyay...by the time the smoke cleared it looked like this:
[B]Germany - 5379[/B]
[B]Frogs - 1144[/B]
Talk about being humbled! Talk about having your @ss handed to you! That was the worst drumming I ever had...and I learned a lot from it!
Not to mention, from that point on I swore I'd never play the French side again (though a morbid side of me still wants to prove I could do better knowing what I know now...even though I tell that voice in my head to Shut Up!) ;) :D
Anyway...that was my worst blunder! [/B][/QUOTE]
Well I have played SP 1 to 3 for sometime and gave it to my friend 'cause he love war game. Sometime later he introduced me SPWAW and later we tried our first game. We decided to try something new rather than the common unit of German vs russian American.
I used Italy and he used French.
Somehow, French is urinated their pant when seen German but when Italy sees French they drop their pant and urinated.
Try it yourself. I tried it on the computer again and again and after some training try it again with my friend.... I am convience..... Italy is worst than French....
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