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Broken Promises =D

Tue Apr 17, 2007 6:22 am

The hope of a GREAT!!! Civil War game caused me to purchase AACW last thursday morning having broken a vow I made to myself never to buy another game on release. I must say you have not disappointed! I find AACW to be everything I thought and hoped it would be.




Thank You

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pasternakski
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Tue Apr 17, 2007 6:45 am

Yeah, you know? I, too, made up my mind never to buy another game within 30 or so days of its publication. I have had too much frustration over games that suffer from major flaws and need patch after patch to make them playable.

So, there I was, looking through the AACW screenshots ... next thing you know, my credit card is in my hand, and I am tapping it on the edge of the desk. Sure enough, a few minutes later, it's "Damn the torpedoes," and I'm downloading this sucker.

Glad I did. It's the greatest.

I am still skeptical of everybody else, but AGEOD has proven to me once again that this is a designer-developer-publisher you can believe in.

Did I mention that Pocus does a fairly good job of customer support?

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Tue Apr 17, 2007 6:48 am

He most certainly does!

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Tue Apr 17, 2007 6:55 am

pasternakski

You can bet I remain skeptical of everyone else. I call it "Healthy" skepticism.
I also have and enjoy BoA and was very surprised by the level of support and interaction with the community. Such things made the leap to buy AACW a little less frightful. :D

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Tue Apr 17, 2007 7:04 am

Yeah, but how in the heck did I get to be a "lieutenant general" with only 88 posts (now 89, of course)?

Shoot, by the time I hit 200, I'll have to have lapels as big as semi-trailer truck mudflaps just to hold all the stars...

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Tue Apr 17, 2007 8:37 am

pasternakski wrote:Yeah, but how in the heck did I get to be a "lieutenant general" with only 88 posts (now 89, of course)?

Shoot, by the time I hit 200, I'll have to have lapels as big as semi-trailer truck mudflaps just to hold all the stars...


That's my fault... When I designed the forum ranks I had no clue about how much active this forum could be. So I made a rank every 5 posts. Pretty generous... :siffle:

So be ready to be downgraded when I'll have more perspective to reajust the ranks... :turc:

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Korrigan
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pasternakski
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Tue Apr 17, 2007 8:42 am

Korrigan wrote:So be ready to be downgraded when I'll have more perspective to reajust the ranks...


Well, I guess that's okay since I was in the U.S. Air Farts for six years and only made it to captain.

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Tue Apr 17, 2007 12:11 pm

If we get to 1,000 posts do we get to be Forum Administrator?

Just kidding, Korrigan. I value my sleep - you must be working 24 hours a day full time and are, in any case, irreplaceable!

Thanks for making this Forum as great as it is - three cheers for Korrigan!

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Tue Apr 17, 2007 3:37 pm

pasternakski wrote:Well, I guess that's okay since I was in the U.S. Air Farts for six years and only made it to captain.


Wargaming gives each one of us the opportunity to be a general...

And as it was yesterday the sad birthday date ( 90 years ago ) of "Chemin des Dames" offensive initiated by the bloody General Nivelle , we could be happy to be a General who don't killed even a single man....isn't it great ?!
La mort est un mur, mourir est une brèche.

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Tue Apr 17, 2007 4:20 pm

Korrigan wrote:That's my fault... When I designed the forum ranks I had no clue about how much active this forum could be. So I made a rank every 5 posts. Pretty generous... :siffle:

Best Regards,

Korrigan
:p leure: All this time i thought i was special :grr: ...Goodbye Cruel World! :non:

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Tue Apr 17, 2007 5:01 pm

pasternakski wrote:Well, I guess that's okay since I was in the U.S. Air Farts for six years and only made it to captain.


I spent two years as a groundpounder (U.S Army) and made it to Spec 4. So I'm where I should be (Spec4 = Corporal).

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Bringing this post back towards the topic..

Wed Apr 18, 2007 6:09 am

I feel as if I've jumped at this game rather quickly too. It usually takes me a couple of weeks to get around to purchasing a game.

With this game I thought, damn, it is out today, it is likely going to be very good, and it is made by grognards and real graphic artists. I should get it right now!! I couldn't see any reason to not go for the download right away.

I'd do the same if MMG came out with another game.

I am all for supporting companies that are making my kind of game, as they seem to be few and far between and are producing for a limited niche market. Luckily, most of us grognards are cashed up enough to afford a new game, if they can sneak it past "she-who-must-be-obeyed". The price wasn't even that dear, maybe because of the rise in the Aussie dollar.

So, I think the difference is between making a decision on purchasing a game you think you may like to a game you "know" you will like.

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Thu Apr 19, 2007 2:15 am

Korrigan wrote:So be ready to be downgraded when I'll have more perspective to reajust the ranks... :turc:

Best Regards,

Korrigan


When I hit 100 posts, I went from "lieutenant general" to "major general."

DUDE! a lieutenant general outranks a major general. "Major generals" are so named because they outrank brigadiers and can command larger formations than a brigade. "Lieutenant generals" are called that because they are the immediate subordinates, or "lieutenants," to a full general (yes, I know what a gross oversimplification this is, but I'm trying to have fun at Korrigan's expense, okay?).

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Thu Apr 19, 2007 2:37 am

Major General Pastemakski,
You weren't in the Air Farts, you were in Club Med. During Viet Nam while I was sleeping in SeaHuts, and un-air conditions living, work spaces ya'll had air conditioned barracks, chow halls.....etc. I spent 21 yrs as a Navy Seabee :fleb: :niark:

Respectfully,

Gery Bastiani

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Thu Apr 19, 2007 2:58 am

pasternakski,
There was an old Armed Forces Network commercial (might still be running, knowing AFN) with a young LT, sitting in a class room asking
"if a Major outranks an LT, why does a LT General outrank a Maj General"

Answer: (per AFN) IIRC it all started with some old british Oliver Cromwell dude, who created the ranks of...
Brigadier General, Sergeant Major General, LT General, Captain General.
Later the Sergeant and Captain were dropped.

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Thu Apr 19, 2007 4:26 am

gbastiani wrote:Major General Pastemakski,
You weren't in the Air Farts, you were in Club Med. During Viet Nam while I was sleeping in SeaHuts, and un-air conditions living, work spaces ya'll had air conditioned barracks, chow halls.....etc. I spent 21 yrs as a Navy Seabee :fleb: :niark:

Respectfully,

Gery Bastiani


Gery, old pal, I did two tours in d'Nam. Hooch livin' was my livin'.

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pasternakski
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Thu Apr 19, 2007 4:28 am

tc237 wrote:pasternakski,
There was an old Armed Forces Network commercial (might still be running, knowing AFN) with a young LT, sitting in a class room asking
"if a Major outranks an LT, why does a LT General outrank a Maj General"

Answer: (per AFN) IIRC it all started with some old british Oliver Cromwell dude, who created the ranks of...
Brigadier General, Sergeant Major General, LT General, Captain General.
Later the Sergeant and Captain were dropped.


A-FARTS didn't know nothin', but this is marginally accurate, although it dates back farther than Cromwell's time.

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Thu Apr 19, 2007 6:09 am

Actually, I think I found these ranks on Wikipedia. Well, it seems I should look closer... :nuts:
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