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That's because there was another post after Volourn's by Blank, that is now elsewhere.

I'm guessing that this post should be somewhere else.

Yeah. The game prefers to do nighttime naval bombardments, as it lets the ships run away the next move phase, so as to distance itself from land based aircraft. There's also nighttime air attacks, but I've had such little success with them that I rarely do them. Though one time I did get a torpedo into an aircraft carrier, usually I come away with zero hits. Well, usually I come away with out any contacts whatsoever. Apparently if there is a ship on fire at night, the chances of getting attacked goes up dramatically, both from ships in the same hex, and planes flying night missions. EDIT: And it seems luck is back on my side. A Catalina spotted a Carrier near New Guinea, so my B-24 Liberator squadron loaded up with 2000 lb GP bombs, and blew it to smithereens! And I just got word that CV Akagi, which was part of the assault on my now sunk carriers, just sunk near Truk. Woo!

It's not too bad. 3 of the ships lost will be replaced. Two carriers (and better quality Essex-class carriers), and a Cleveland class Cruiser. I did get some torpedo blasts in, which may sink something before it gets back to port. Maybe not. Japanese damage control is hideous compared to the Allies though, so I may still get some ships sinking. I did kill pilots though, and the pilots would have been highly experienced. Japan doesn't get much for trained pilots, and their level of training gradually goes down as the war goes on. I'd declare it a victory for Japan, but not as significant as they may have wanted. Operationally, and strategically, I am still winning. I just captured Rangoon, and Burma is almost completely liberated. UK battleships are now operating out of Rangoon, and the close proximity to many Japanese bases lets them do bombardments by night, and return safely to port before sunrise. Limited vulnerability to Japanese aircraft! Troops are currently preparing to clean up the rest of the area, and soon I'll have land based aircraft (LBA) able to patrol the Gulf of Siam, and tips of the South China Sea. I'll also be able to attack industry, and resource centers.

Come and get me!

I've been a part of sites that have encouraged recruitement, but stated straight up in the terms of use that any instances of spamming would result in immediate account termination.

I wouldn't say he's necessarily a bot. But he's definitely advertising. There's a refid in the link he gave. I wonder if Gametrailers has a policy about spamming...maybe he can get his account removed.

He does.

Yes.

Well, I just got absolutely slaughtered in an engagement just west of Wake Island. It seems as though the Japanese have taken offense to my carriers raiding their convoy lanes, and had a Carrier task force with at least 5 carriers in it. The CV Hornet, CV Wasp, and BB South Dakota were all sunk, and the task force escorts are decimated, and likely to not survive another encounter. CV Saratoga and Enterprise are nearby, but they are retiring to Australia. CV Lexington and Yorktown, with two CVEs and 3 battleships are in the area, and will switch their operations to carrier hunting. New keels for a new CV Wasp and CV Hornet have been laid down, but I won't get them for another 500 days or so. No replacement for the South Dakota.

It wasn't counterfeit money. It was still legal tender. And I was 6.

It doesn't help that the American quarter is the same size and everything as a Canadian quarter. Maybe it's different now, but I remember a looooong time ago, many moons ago, but I could buy pop from the pop machine using canadian coins when we were in Vegas.

Sophmore slump doesn't seem to apply to all-world generational talent. I took a look at players like Orr, Gretzky, and Lemieux, and they all did better their next year as well. As a funny aside, Gretzky scored 51 and 55 goals his first two years. The third year, he scored 92, including 50 goals in 39 games. I guess that record is one he cherishes the most, because at the time, for some messed up reason, Gretzky was criticized for not being a particularly good goal scorer. 51 goals, and 55 goals, both times in the top 10 in the league in goals, but wasn't a good goal scorer. His third season he decided to be a bit more selfish to shut the critics up.

I'm assuming Darque was implying a toggle at the beginning of the adventure.

I think he's just bitter because he's not over there himself ^_^

Then you get what I'll call a Gabe Newell situation. If you design something that works as awesome as we'd like it to, you don't want people to not experience it. On the opposite end, if they developers don't feel many will find it fun, then there's no sense spending a large chunk of time refining something that only caters to a small group of people. It also assumes that it's possible to just turn off parts of the AI routines with just the flip of a switch, and if so, hope it doesn't accidentally break something else. If the decision to make it optional wasn't part of the design prior to implementation, making it an option might not be an easy thing. You'll also have balancing issues that may arise.

Perhaps Hussien was not as wild and reckless when it comes to dispensing some weapons as some may believe. OR, he felt it more prudent to save them for a different purpose.

Rubber is abstracted into the generic "resources." As a result, those places are also high in resources. Japan MUST capture those places in order to fuel the industry of Japan, Siam, Indochina, China, and to a lesser extent Malaya.

The Malaysian Peninsula does have a large amount of resources. Borneo is overflowing with Oil, as is Java and Palemburg.

The same reason why the US would probably be hesitant to start firing chemical weapons and nuclear bombs on American soil?

It's funny, because that's the first thing I thought of when you brought up places that were merely "close" to big conflicts (and therefore not actually a part of your criteria). Furthermore, you talk about how Canadians and Australians would have shared in the conflcts of the British, because at one time they were considered British. If that is the case, then you could argue that the American Civil War was not necessary, since they would have shared in these same conflicts. Except that it goes against the concept of a Nation, and how when Canada and Australia were formed, the people lost the trait of being British, and obtained the identiy of being Canadian and Australian, respectfully. Hence, the nations of Canada and Australia were born. (As an aside, some would argue that Canada isn't technically a Nation-State, since there is a distinct nation within Canada, known as Quebec. THe situation becomes muddied when people residing in the area of Quebec, still consider themselves to be Canadians). Explaining how Iraq's situation is different is nice, but the examples of Australia and Canada were posed in response to the assertion that "successful" nations required civil war, revolution, or devastating conflict. Fair enough. I was thinking that the conflict might not just entail the recent occupation, but rather the conflicts extending into perhaps the Iran-Iraq War, as well as the whole situation from The Gulf War, including the embargoes, up until current occupation. Your comments weren't completely irrelevant, they just weren't as relevant as they could be. You expanded the discussion into something greater than the question I posed to Hades. In essence, you didn't just answer my question. My question pertained specifically to civil wars. Your answer expanded on it. For clarity, here's my original post: I'm sorry if you weren't following the discussion from Hades' side as well, but there's little I can do about that.

I was confused because his first sentence made it sound like his dislike of the Wii was a thing of the past. It set the tone for the rest of the message, which ended up being rather confusing.

It seems more HOI2ish, but set in more modern times (I wouldn't say futuristic necessarily). Though the level of detail is a bit more in depth when it comes to unit movements compared to HOI2. When you move your units across the border, you see them expand the border and whatnot. I mention it because some guys at the WitP forum suggested it when I asked about coop MP strategy games. http://www.battlegoat.com/supreme.php

And Llyranor, are you familiar with a game called Supreme Ruler 2010?

It was just an observation. It's not necessarily irrelevant either, because if people that don't own it, but enjoyed playing it, it wouldn't rule out them buying the system in the future.