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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 2/27/2011 1:14:51 PM

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I'll say. Those heels don't go well with those jeans on one of those guys on the right. Color coordination, girls, color coordination! My stars!

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 2/27/2011 1:15:19 PM

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Good morning tithe (and UNP).

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 2/27/2011 1:19:56 PM

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Happiness is...

Several sweeps of a heavy CAP and then blowing through it with the spear...scratch one NCB.

Morning Air attack on TF, near Terapo at 96,127

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 21
G3M3 Nell x 27

Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vc Trop x 2
P-40E Warhawk x 1
P-40K Warhawk x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
APD Schley, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAKL Prusa, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
xAKL Wawa, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
SC-738

Allied ground losses:
480 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 102 destroyed, 43 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 42 (37 destroyed, 5 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x G3M3 Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo

CAP engaged:
No.54 Sqn RAF with Spitfire Vc Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes
49th FG/8th FS with P-40K Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 16000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes
18th FG/19th FS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 14000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 45 minutes

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 2/27/2011 1:34:51 PM

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Sad, but kinda true...

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 2/27/2011 1:42:04 PM

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morning guys

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 2/27/2011 2:37:38 PM

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Morning tithe. Woke up at the crack of ....9am.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 2/27/2011 3:02:27 PM

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There was absolutely nothing to watch last night.....so I ended up watching the world soccer report.

You Brit guys have a bewildering number of teams....with no less bewildering names. East Brom, East Ham, West Ham, Ham on Rye, Ham and Eggs, Blackpool, Blackburn, Slightburn, Notburnedatall, Wolves, Sheep, Wolvesinsheepsclothing, Sheepinwolvesclothing, Antsingeraffesclothing (sorry Eddie), Arsenal (gotta admit thats a very cool name), Scunthorpe (be careful how you pronounce that), Sheffield Wednesday (I think it sucks to only have your club once a week)......I could go on, but I've probably already offended every Brit within earshot.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 2/27/2011 3:58:00 PM

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There was absolutely nothing to watch last night.....so I ended up watching the world soccer report.

You Brit guys have a bewildering number of teams....with no less bewildering names. East Brom, East Ham, West Ham, Ham on Rye, Ham and Eggs, Blackpool, Blackburn, Slightburn, Notburnedatall, Wolves, Sheep, Wolvesinsheepsclothing, Sheepinwolvesclothing, Antsingeraffesclothing (sorry Eddie), Arsenal (gotta admit thats a very cool name), Scunthorpe (be careful how you pronounce that), Sheffield Wednesday (I think it sucks to only have your club once a week)......I could go on, but I've probably already offended every Brit within earshot.

And that would be wrong how?

ETA: Don't forget Heartburn, Rugburn and Twathorpe.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 2/27/2011 4:00:45 PM

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Sad, but kinda true...

I like the political insight that accompanies the comics from this site. I didn't appreciate the significance of the bridges and tunnel in the Dane psyche. Interesting insight into the minds of the Viking dudes.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 2/27/2011 4:04:29 PM

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Since I have been out for over a year I was wondering AE has changed much.

Is China still doomed in PBEM?
Are US subs any good prior to 43?
Is auto victory for Japan a real rist if the Allies play conservativly?

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 2/27/2011 4:08:36 PM

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Look who's back!

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 2/27/2011 4:11:16 PM

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Is China still doomed in PBEM?

No.

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Are US subs any good prior to 43?

Yes, they're good at getting dud hits.

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Is auto victory for Japan a real rist if the Allies play conservativly?

IMO you have to play really badly as an Allied player to risk a Japanese auto victory.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 2/27/2011 4:11:46 PM

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Sad, but kinda true...

Denmark seems to enjoy being part of "weird porn"...

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 2/27/2011 4:15:08 PM

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Since I have been out for over a year I was wondering AE has changed much.

Is China still doomed in PBEM?
Are US subs any good prior to 43?
Is auto victory for Japan a real rist if the Allies play conservativly?

Hiya Wile E. Welcome back. Brief answers:

Dunno. Maybe not as bad as it was. Issues with imbalances in artillery have been 'fixed' (or at least artillery's been nerfed), thus nullifying some of the uber-artillery effects.

Meh. They're still quite mediocre (at least the non-S boats). Efficacy of all submarines has diminished with introduction of new targetting code for subs attacking escorted TFs. The subs almost invariably target escorts first now (and miss), thus diminishing their efficacy substantially. Oh yeah, the torpedoes still blow chunks until 9/43.

The Allies would have to be VERY conservative for Japanese autovictory under scenario 1 terms and OOB. Slightly less so for a scenario 2 AV. Still almost impossible for a Japanese player to pull off against an even modestly experienced Allied player.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 2/27/2011 4:22:09 PM

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Sad, but kinda true...

Denmark seems to enjoy being part of "weird porn"...

Hey, we WERE the first country in the world to legalize pornography, after all...

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 2/27/2011 6:01:32 PM

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Hi all,

Good afternoon tithe!

Stuffed to the brim... sister in law had birthday...

Leo "Apollo11"

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 2/27/2011 6:06:53 PM

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Since I have been out for over a year I was wondering AE has changed much.

Is China still doomed in PBEM?
Are US subs any good prior to 43?
Is auto victory for Japan a real rist if the Allies play conservativly?

Not really.
No. They suck large, spherical appendages usually found on male mammals.
Depends.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 2/27/2011 6:07:05 PM

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ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

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ORIGINAL: Onime No Kyo

There was absolutely nothing to watch last night.....so I ended up watching the world soccer report.

You Brit guys have a bewildering number of teams....with no less bewildering names. East Brom, East Ham, West Ham, Ham on Rye, Ham and Eggs, Blackpool, Blackburn, Slightburn, Notburnedatall, Wolves, Sheep, Wolvesinsheepsclothing, Sheepinwolvesclothing, Antsingeraffesclothing (sorry Eddie), Arsenal (gotta admit thats a very cool name), Scunthorpe (be careful how you pronounce that), Sheffield Wednesday (I think it sucks to only have your club once a week)......I could go on, but I've probably already offended every Brit within earshot.

And that would be wrong how?

ETA: Don't forget Heartburn, Rugburn and Twathorpe.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 2/27/2011 6:08:19 PM

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Sad, but kinda true...

Denmark seems to enjoy being part of "weird porn"...

I'll give the girl who draws these her due. She's definitely not squeamish about highlighting the odd bits of her own country.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 2/27/2011 6:09:27 PM

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Hi all,

Good afternoon tithe!

Stuffed to the brim... sister in law had birthday...

Leo "Apollo11"

Did you eat her like you did your MIL?

I'm starting to understand where the Little Red Riding Hood story came from.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 2/27/2011 6:35:46 PM

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I've had some decent luck with US subs in '42 in my PBEM. In early August Triton put a torpedo into Shokaku and Silversides put a torpedo into Hiyo. In late October Albacore put another torpedo into Shokaku (third time she has swallowed a fish in our game - the first came from K XII).

As of mid-November '42 my fleet boats (not S-boats) have sunk only eleven ships so far (according to the intel report, for what that can be trusted), though they have damaged many more.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 2/27/2011 7:09:27 PM

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Hi all,

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ORIGINAL: Onime No Kyo

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ORIGINAL: Apollo11

Good afternoon tithe!

Stuffed to the brim... sister in law had birthday...

Did you eat her like you did your MIL?

I'm starting to understand where the Little Red Riding Hood story came from.

Leo "Apollo11"

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 2/27/2011 7:33:21 PM

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Bedtime... I'll leave you guys with this thought: aren't you glad you never had to cross the Atlantic in something like this?

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 2/27/2011 7:34:28 PM

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There was absolutely nothing to watch last night.....so I ended up watching the world soccer report.

You Brit guys have a bewildering number of teams....with no less bewildering names. East Brom, East Ham, West Ham, Ham on Rye, Ham and Eggs, Blackpool, Blackburn, Slightburn, Notburnedatall, Wolves, Sheep, Wolvesinsheepsclothing, Sheepinwolvesclothing, Antsingeraffesclothing (sorry Eddie), Arsenal (gotta admit thats a very cool name), Scunthorpe (be careful how you pronounce that), Sheffield Wednesday (I think it sucks to only have your club once a week)......I could go on, but I've probably already offended every Brit within earshot.

It's called tradition

Maybe one day you colonial chaps will be able to have some oy your own. 96 league teams plus several other professional (full time) teams outside the lowest professional league. Pretty much every town (and a lot of villages) has their own team, either full time or semi-pro. Lincoln has three football teams (Lincoln City, Lincoln United and Lincoln Moorlands) and it's only a small place.

The teams are named after all sorts of things from a princess to an army regiment. I'm actually quite proud to be a Lincoln City supporter, over 125 years of history with almost nothing to show for it

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 2/27/2011 7:47:31 PM

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Bedtime... I'll leave you guys with this thought: aren't you glad you never had to cross the Atlantic in something like this?

Warspite1

Yes...

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 2/27/2011 8:14:06 PM

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ORIGINAL: Onime No Kyo

There was absolutely nothing to watch last night.....so I ended up watching the world soccer report.

You Brit guys have a bewildering number of teams....with no less bewildering names. East Brom, East Ham, West Ham, Ham on Rye, Ham and Eggs, Blackpool, Blackburn, Slightburn, Notburnedatall, Wolves, Sheep, Wolvesinsheepsclothing, Sheepinwolvesclothing, Antsingeraffesclothing (sorry Eddie), Arsenal (gotta admit thats a very cool name), Scunthorpe (be careful how you pronounce that), Sheffield Wednesday (I think it sucks to only have your club once a week)......I could go on, but I've probably already offended every Brit within earshot.

Warspite1

I was only offended when you said Arsenal was a very cool name...

Okay, okay I admit if it wasn't for the fact that they are %$@?!@ Arsenal, then yes it would be a very cool name. Especially given their history. Having originally been based in Woolwich, home of the Royal Arsenal. They used to have a classic club badge with a great cannon, a latin motto etc, but they changed it to some simple dumbed down cannon design on a non-descript background (see what happens when you muck about with tradition?).

As for the clubs: e.g. Aston Villa, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Sheffield Wednesday

, Preston North End

, Plymouth Argyle

and of course the piece de resistance Tottenham Hotspur

each has their name, club colours, nick-name, badge and ground (sadly the ground names are changing as clubs move to proper stadiums rather than the shacks they played at in nineteenth century) but otherwise these things are for the most part unchanged down the years. Most of the 92 league clubs are around 100 years old - a great many, well over that figure.

Priceless...

As for Scunthorpe - there is worse. One of the TV channels took to using just two letters for each club to advertise the score in the top right hand corner of the TV. Nearly all clubs have well known short names, so using two letters was a rather stupid idea in the first place. However, they binned the idea not long into the project - no doubt because Colchester United v Northampton Town would have been a little embarrassing.....

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 2/27/2011 8:26:07 PM

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Next question:

What is the real difference between scn 1 and scn 2?

I have played scn 1 one time as the Allies. With my WiTP PBEM experience am I ready for an AE PBEM or do I need to learn more of the AE quirks first? I now have a lot of free time on my hands and miss being baffled and battered by a human opponant.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 2/27/2011 8:33:02 PM

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RUPD!!!!!!!!

How have you been?

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 2/27/2011 8:41:28 PM

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Next question:

What is the real difference between scn 1 and scn 2?

I have played scn 1 one time as the Allies. With my WiTP PBEM experience am I ready for an AE PBEM or do I need to learn more of the AE quirks first? I now have a lot of free time on my hands and miss being baffled and battered by a human opponant.

Scn2 has Japan loaded for bear with extra ground units, more a/c production (and pilots I think) and extra naval units.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 2/27/2011 8:48:17 PM

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"It's called tradition Maybe one day you colonial chaps will be able to have some oy your own."

We do have our own sports traditions. To me, the coolest (and most widespread) is college football (american football, of course). We have 116 Div I teams, and hundreds more in smaller divisions.

My own alma mater, the University of Georgia, has been playing intercollegiate football since 1892. Our oldest rivalry is with this year's national champions: Auburn University. These two schools have played 114 annual games since 1892 (no team fielded in either 1917 or 1918 and there was another year or two where we didn't play) and Auburn leads the series 54-52-8. However, in total points scored in the games, UGA leads 1809 - 1771. The truly interesting part of this rivalry is that both teams have a winning record in the opponent's stadium - something that is nearly unheard of in such a long running rivalry.

Professional sports have their own traditions here, but the teams are not as widespread as your football teams. Baseball has the largest number of professional teams, soccer the least.

I happen to prefer collegiate sports as I love the traditions that have developed over the years. The Army-Navy game, for example, has been played on a neutral field since 1899 and even the enlisted men in both services love to brag about victories (even though the cadets of both academies go on to become officers).

At Auburn University, victories are celebrated by "rolling" (throwing rolls of toilet paper) some oak trees on a downtown corner. This tradition has been severely hurt this winter because a fan of their most hated rival Alabama poisoned the trees. At my school victories are celebrated by students ringing the chapel bell all night (as well as getting totally plastered, like anywhere else).

Professional sports have rivalries, but few traditions - especially since the advent of "free agency" (except for the tradition of the Yankees having the biggest payroll in their sport).

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