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quote: Hitler wasn't afraid at all. In fact, he virtually dared the Americans to intervene when he declared war on them.I'll research that further, but I do believe that Hitler didn't want the US in the war too soon. I'll look into it. quote: Not quite. The entire northern part of Canada is freezing cold all year round, and Canada's population is one tenth the size of America's.Fine. But its land area isn't much smaller. And Russia had a cold north. The US hasn't always had a huge population, either. quote: True, but Roosevelt didn't have the popular support for entry into the war until Pearl Harbour. Without that support, deployment may not have occurred.Doesn't matter. The point is that they were prepared. Besides, I think that, even without Pearl Harbor, the support would have been great enough. That was a different era. quote: That was not going to happen. The Russians even went to the extent of evacuating Lenin's coffin as the Nazis approached! They weren't going to give up for a second.Well, if the Germans would have gotten that far, it would have been conceivable that the Russians would simply have been destroyed, and would cease to exist as a dangerous fighting force. If the Germans would have prepared for the unique challenges of the Russian winter ... make no mistake ... they would have won. quote: There was also the factor of entire tank units breaking down from the freezing cold. The Nazis lost a lot of equipment without a single shot being fired.An old American war general once said, "You can lose a lot if you've got a lot."

quote: Umm...I'm sorry. But you have absolutely no evidence to back up saying that they do not provide better case. Whereas the quote from Menchise DOES have evidence supporting his claims. His evidence may be biased towards Cuba. But it's better than no evidence.No. EVIDENCE is impartial. OPINIONS are not.

quote: Originally posted by Eclipse: it means finalized, ready to be shipped off for production I know what it means, just curious as to where it came from. quote: heh, you must be thinking of the music industry. In the gaming industry, Gone Gold just means that the final game is now on a CD-ROM (usually a high-quality Gold disk) and off to manufacturing.A gold disk ... ah. Thanks. Now, the next time I read that a game has gone platinum, I'm going off on a tirade.

Can someone please tell me where this phrase came to pass in regards to gaming? I always thought something going "gold" meant selling 100,000 copies. Now you see "gone gold" in EVERY publication, EVERYWHERE. It's irritating - especially when you hear about a game that goes platinum. [ 06-06-2001: Message edited by: aramike ]

I remember seeing a similar request to CAT. Don't recall who it is from. I sent a reply with the proper address to send to ([email protected]) and received the same reqest at a later time. I ignored it.

quote: Another thing: why won't you let unprofessionnal fans try to make a story? Or help you for anything else? It's free, and since it is, it's not made for the money, it's made for fun an for the interest of the game. It's adding stuff without adding production-costs.I agree. THAT, is the definition of "fan driven" anyway.

quote: That's the Spectre logo? I thought it was the old Insurgent logo, as in the one that was used before the SC introduced the sword and coffin. Actually, it was Spectre's logo before it was the Insurgent logo. We didn't have multiple fleets for very long. I just figured that, since the Insurgents already had a logo (forced upon us by GALCOM - someone mind explaining that to me? ), Spectre would use the old Spectre logo. Note the Spectre in the middle of it.

I dunno, I prefer to draw my own conclusions. Besides, it'll be pretty easy to know if it tanks within a week or two - no one will be playing it if it does.

quote: Originally posted by Mano Faber: Something like Operation Flashpoint but the in WW2. Looks good. No AI could be a drawback though. I mean what is the minimum players needed to have a fun game? Yeah, that's my only concern. But hey - if it works, it'll be a blast.

The GCO of the past: Click here Comments?

Eclipse: Good post. About time you said something. Shingen: I can't believe I missed that one either. Glad you picked it up!

Menchise, click here for the Spectre logo. Also, visit http://www.firstworld.net/~andergum when you've got a chance.

quote: Originally posted by Starfighter08: Might I ask what the point of that rating system is and by which criteria are you rated? It varies from person to person I'm sure.

Pretty cool, although I think we already have a Spectre logo. Grrr, with all these changes, who the heck knows WHAT we have?

quote: Originally posted by Charles Lindsey: Mike, I apologis for any disruptions in communication tonight. The stupid phone rang and knocked me off. Yes I had the call waiting block on but I think companies pay extra to get around that or AOL is just the POC it usually is. Then when they wouldn't answer I hung up angrily. Well I didn't seat the phone right and it fell off onto the floor losings its cover. I put the cordless back together and then tried to sign on. It wouldn't I thought it was the incoming thunderstorm which always plays havoc with the phone lines. Well it wasn't. The cordless had knocked the corded off the hook and I couldn't get a dial tone. Sigh. Only me. Will finish conversation later. No problem, good sir.

quote: This is controversial check historical papers on this. The first bomb , maybe , but what about the second bomb?There was a 3 day differential between the dropping of each bomb. The Japanese had PLENTY of time to unconditionally surrender before the second bomb was dropped. The fact is, they wanted to fight. That was their culture. Further, the US had little idea about the actual effects of the first bomb, so a second was dropped to ensure effectiveness. Also, the second bomb was made of different materials. quote: True for the infantry in combat but can a leadership use a similar argument?Yes. They must. A combat commander cannot let the effect to the enemy cause possible detriment to his plans and to his soldiers. That is the risk that all nations take when they go to war, or provoke war. They should realize that people will indeed die, and that the other side doesn't care about them. Why should they? Each side is simply trying to kill one another. quote: Last thing i read that it would take many American lives to force Japan to surrender. That's why they used the A-bomb.Correct. quote: Check yalta conference. Roosevelt mentioned that they had a very powerful weapon to Stalin i think. Stalin already knew this from his intelligence dept. Don't know about showing off part though.Uhm, no he didn't. Truman did. He also mentioned it to many others before it was dropped. Russia wasn't an enemy at the time.

quote: Originally posted by Soback: He probably was talking about me. The reason I am putting people over 60 into a group is because it's a fact that as you get older your reaction and thinking porocess slows down, there's no avoiding it, so it's a good idea to take a driving test once a year from that age on because you yourself might be thinking that your driving is perfect but the examiner will tell you if it's still ok or not. That guy I saw was thinking that he was doing nothing wrong, but he could have killed someone when driving on the OPPOSITE side of the road at 35 mph. So you gotta realize that NOT ALL of us will be bad drivers after 60 but at some point or another ALL OF US will have reaction problems and so on after 60. It's just what life is. I'm for it. Heck, feel free to test me.

quote: The Americans were doing enough damage with their incendiary bombs.No they weren't. quote: A nuclear attack was unnecessary.Yes it was. quote: In time, Japan would have surrendered.And in time, more Americans would have died. Sorry, but in war you worry about your countrymen - not the lives of your enemies. quote: Since you obviously don't believe that, I don't have to disprove it. If you do believe that, I suggest you see a psychiatrist about your Barney fetish.Heh, but you get my point.