Posts made by Panzer Leader

Nimitz is probably my first choice.
Old blood and guts has to be mentioned.
MacArthur is another candidate.

Without these three battle outcomes may have been different.

In this WW2 game I have, that is supposed to be historically accurate, it shows that the German forces at the Battle of the Bulge were made up with around 50 Tiger 2 tanks, 250 Panzer IV tanks, and around 350 (Panzer V) Panther tanks.
The Panthers are broken down into Panther D and Panther G. Some 100 other tanks were StuG III, Marders and Jagdpanzers. They also had around 200,000 men but they were mostly Civil Grenadiers and not that experienced.

Also check out a book called ““Nuts” - The Battle of the Bulge”, tons of information. “Nuts” was the one word reply from the American commander at Bastogue, direct to the German Commander’s demand for their surrender.
Link: http://www.tower.com/nuts-battle-bulge-story-photographs-donald-m-goldstein-paperback/wapi/100198280

In that game when you play as the Allies, it always comes down to the Tiger 2 tanks being difficult to destroy. You have to use bombers to soften them up and stress them out, and then you run around them trying to run them out of fuel so they are stuck. Then you use your M4A3 -76mm Shermans and some M26 tank destroyers to engage head to head, and finish them off.
Operation Europe - an older game but quite fun trying the different historical battles scenarios.

@Brain:

@Jermofoot:

What did you do in your band?

Bassist, background vocals and songwriter.

That is absolutely hilarious. You will never guess Brain. I actually love the Priest and Maiden and have a huge collection of CD’s with all kinds of heavy stuff, and, I have been in bands for over 20 years, playing clubs doing covers and I have been in a couple of original progects as well. And I am a bassist vocalist the same as you. I thought we had I few things in common but never realized. I knew you liked Maiden from your previuos Killers icon.

The original bands I was in are Sirius and Eventide which both were recording acts. Sirius did demos and videos along with live shows and Eventide actually released an album and video and we had a publist and a radio promoter and we actaully did get some airplay and some royalty checks followed. Our single went to #1 on the Halifax university station (Halifax is on the other side of Canada)
This is the old CD link:
http://www.candisc.com/eventide/

Some new bands I like (besides all the old metal bands) are:
Linkin Park
Offspring
Sum 41

Old favorites and obscure ones:
Yngwie Malmsteen
Saxon
Maiden
Priest
Accept
TNT
Mad Max
Riot
Rainbow
Purple
Dio
Sabbath (all versions)

and tons more, too many to name all. 8-)

Some good responses here - thank you everyone for your imput.

I do agree that it is a very good story and the CGI is the best I have seen yet. You do find yourself hoping the Na’Vi come out the winners. :-D

The idea of the Avatar that you become and control is also neat. Similar to that Surrogate movie concept with Bruce Willis, where all humans now use “surrogates” to live their lifes through and never go outside themselves.

I really liked the floating mountains and the idea that the gravity is different in that area of the planet because of the large gas giant that Pandora orbits. Some thought was really put into this and may actually not be that far fetched.

Just was wondering what others thought of the Avatar movie. Just watched it last weekend and was quite impressed. Some top film work in my opinion.

What are your thoughts?

@The:

I thought that since axis and allies is a strategy game, that people here might be interested in another strategy game… The classic RISK game! This is a really fun online site that has not only the original risk game to play, but also many other different maps and variations to the game as well (one of the countless many being doubles). Along with tournaments and forums, it hosts over 20000 active members in it.

http://www.conquerclub.com/index.php?ref=301009

Try it out and post your thoughts here!

Looks promising.
I will give it a try when I can.

@Jermofoot:

http://buchino.tumblr.com/post/317652066/warning-potentially-disturbing-question-sexy

Jermo this is hilarious, had me wondering until the end when the lightbulb finally went on. :-D

@Admiral:

The Battleship/Aircraft Carrier hybrid, Ise. Though, I am a fan of most IJN designs.

Was this actually built or simply a concept that they were thinking about?

Being Canadian I not sure what all the fuss is about. I do not think Canada needs to be seperate in the game.
Not sure what these roundels will be used for other then if UK is toast and Canada is now alone then you could use them, if you want these in your house rules.
In the World at War 1939 game, Canada does have an IC in Eastern Canada and most games we have played the UK player tends to build ships at that IC because it is better protected being further away. That way German planes / boats do not take out the fleet the round it is purchased. I actually like it.

That game does not split the money up and UK can buy and place wherever. In that game Australia also has an IC at the start so UK can buy as it sees fit. UK is not done until at least two of the Capitals fall: either UK / Canada or UK / Australia.
Just a thought for those who like house rule changes. :-D

@Brain:

The Bismarck:

I saw this documentary on the Bismark were they found the ship wreck and had the three remaining German sailors that are still alive explain their side of the story and what happened as well as some of the British sailors and their side of the story. That was a very interesting show.

The Bismark was at the top and was almost unsinkable. It had some of the largest guns to date on a battleship and it had an inner wall that when a torpedo hit and penetrated the outer hull, huge flow pumps would kick in and fill the “cavity” between the outer and inner walls with sea water so fast that the torpedo would be “stopped” by the water and not allowed to actually detonate on the inner wall and therefore becoming a “dud”. The only reason it was actually sunk was due to a one in a million shot from a topedo plane that actually caught the rudder and jammed it forcing the Bismark into a circle pattern as they could not unjam it. The British fleet moved in and shelled it steady for several hours and it would not sink. The Germans said they actually scuttlled (sunk) their own ship so as to not fall into enemy hands.

Recommend it.

@Brain:

How do you put the icon on the map?

First zoom in to your area getting as close to your location as possible then double click on the map where you want your icon to be and a box will open with a place icon message where you enter your info and press save and voila done deal.

@Guerrilla:

OK, now that is just plain awesome. That beats out any recent medieval recreation I’ve seen! I’d volunteer to work on it. It does look slightly out of place considering it’s environment, but maybe my cultural views of castles are too shaped by hollywood.

To top it off though they need to expand it out and make a town, just like there would be…

GG

Yeah I thought so as well. When I shaw this show I was wishing I could participate. Some of the things they were doing really intrigued me, such as did you know that the spiral stairs going up the guard towers always spiral to the right? This is because most people are right handed and the defender above would have the advantage as the person climbing the stairs would have difficulty swinging their sword. Same reason why they make the passage ways narrow and the door entrance at the top of the stairs is low so as to force the individual to duck under and be vulnerable for the defender to attack. They were also showing some of the nasty traps they have waiting for invaders such as the oil cauldron to pour on them, the tensioned “spring loaded spike belt”, to name a few.
And to build it the way it was done is great, truly amazing.

@idk_iam_swiss:

I love kitties!!

Dogs are cool but to me cats rule. I have always had kitties throughout my life so I love kitties as well!!

@Brain:

@Panzer:

Cool house, too bad about the authorities making him take it down. I guess one should be up front at the begginning and make sure they will allow it before undertaking such a large project. Well done though.
I watched this documentary on a group actually building a 13th century castle in France done as they did it back then with all materials and tools of the era and actually dressed appropriatedly as well. This was really cool on the detail and research they have done for this. This started in 1997 and is planned for 25 years to complete.
Here is the link:
http://www.guedelon.fr/

Why did they make him tear down his castle?

If you go to the link by GG on the first post of this thread it details why he has been ordered to tear it down. He still can appeal. The reason is he never got permission from the planning board and actually hid what he was doing and then lived in it for four years hoping they would let him keep it that way. The board is mad because he did it with deceipt and purposely hid his home renos.

The castle link on my thread is an actual castle being built in old way traditions and they have permission so all is good for them. That was a cool documentary that showed this castle under construction and why they did certain things the way they did.

@Brain:

They are both cute

Thanks Brain! 8-)

IL, it is actually the same cat, the white one is her as a baby, and the now grown up, she will be 3 years old soon.

When they are kittens they are always cute.

That is some cute puppies and the hedgehog too.

I figured since this is a pet thread I would include a couple of pictures of my female Siamese cat as she is cute, if thats okay.

I like the stupid pet tricks on Letterman! Hey Brain you ever watch the show “1000 ways to die”, I think it sounds like you might like it! :-D
If not you should check it out!

Cool house, too bad about the authorities making him take it down. I guess one should be up front at the begginning and make sure they will allow it before undertaking such a large project. Well done though.

I watched this documentary on a group actually building a 13th century castle in France done as they did it back then with all materials and tools of the era and actually dressed appropriatedly as well. This was really cool on the detail and research they have done for this. This started in 1997 and is planned for 25 years to complete.

Here is the link:

http://www.guedelon.fr/

@aequitas:

@Panzer:

@cyan:

A Bridge too far and Enemy at the Gates. ( I don’t know i really liked a enemy at he gates but i’m the 1st one to even bring it up) I thought saving private ryan was good but it’s not the greatest movie ever. it was just a good movie.

Enemy at the Gates is a great movie. The beginning sequences when Vasily first arrives at Stalingrad is brutal and I think pretty realistic. I like that replacement General that comes in to take over.

I mentioned this one on my list a couple of pages back. One of my favorites.

Nikita Chrustchov…the Hero of Stalingrad
:|

Nikita! I could not remember his name. He keeps telling everyone to “Stop sh***ing their pants”. Classic.

I have seen this movie half a dozen times and it still is as good as the first time.

@cyan:

A Bridge too far and Enemy at the Gates. ( I don’t know i really liked a enemy at he gates but i’m the 1st one to even bring it up) I thought saving private ryan was good but it’s not the greatest movie ever. it was just a good movie.

Enemy at the Gates is a great movie. The beginning sequences when Vasily first arrives at Stalingrad is brutal and I think pretty realistic. I like that replacement General that comes in to take over.

I mentioned this one on my list a couple of pages back. One of my favorites.