Posts made by AgentOrange

@Jermofoot:

@newpaintbrush:

@stuka:

Who ever wants to spend 250 bucks on a new console?

Nintendo Wii, PS3… when they first come out, yes, they are awesome. That’s if you have the money to spare…

Me… I just bought a NES 64 on Ebay with five games for 35 bucks. I can get my moneys worth in the first month of playing. Am I the only one who does this? I just wanted to see if others wait before going nuts on spending on a gaming system.

whar u gettin a new PS3 for 250 bux?

Step 1:  Buy a gun and find someone with a new PS3 or a store that sells them.
Step 2: ???
Step 3: Profit!!!

Not trying to jump to any conclusions about ya Jermo, but isn’t that what actually happened when PS3 premiered?

I’m pretty sure everyone here has a PC. (otherwise, how do you type stuff to put on the site?)

Anyway, that being said, I easily find 8-bit and 16-bit salvation in the form of emulators.  I agree that it is crucial to stay true to your roots, but not so much that you have to BUY an ancient console to do it…

The largest one we’ve ever used was 4x3 tiles.  The 3-tile side was the long sides of each tile, since we were trying to create a near-square map.  It worked pretty well, and we used the 600-point armies that my buddy and I built.  It was pretty cool; each army was divided up into 300 points of armor, give or take, and 300 points of soldiers.  That way, we had 4 people playing, and it was pretty bada$$.  :wink:

…at least that’s how I would’ve looked at it a year or two ago.  I’m talking about re-enlisting.  Funny how back in the day it seemed like a horrible idea, and now, it seems like the best decision in my recent life.  So at this rate, I’m set to be in the Navy at least 10 years, half of what it takes to retire.  Who knows?  I may even go the whole distance… maybe.

@balungaloaf:

“dug in like an alabama tick”  8-)

Dude, that is forgin’ awesome!  :lol:

I was thinking it was gonna be “Which makes a cooler movie?”  In that light, I chose Alien.

However, which one would I choose to be?  Predator.

Which one would I rather be killed by?  Alien - by a double-jaw punch in the face!

I’m just a fan of the A&A games in general.  An old roommate of mine and a mutual buddy of ours were really into comics and Magic cards and whatnot.  They knew I was really into A&A, and had heard of the (then) new minis game coming out.  I decided I HAD to get it, and so I did.

As far as your progress goes, good for you!  I know there are some people here who might not consider that progress, but I’m pretty sure you do.  Anyway, it seems like you’ve got a good enough approach, in that you are trying (and succeeding, from the looks of it) to get the girl back to being YOUR girl.  I would heed some of the advice as far as “maybe you’re just setting yourself up for failure”, but even if that is the case, just stay strong and stick to your guns about not letting her shit on you again.

Good luck whatever happens.  :wink:

@Commander:

@ncscswitch:

How about this option…

Germany has no forces on the board, but we’ll give you $200 to spend on G1.

How fair is that?  How much fun would that be?

A German sack of UK on G1 would be about as fun as a USSR sack of Germany on R1.

I’ve done this game!

It was classic, but it’d probably go just as bad for the Axis in revised.  Everyone get’s their unit’s worth in IPCs and can spend and place them however they want. (Inclides AA Guns and Industrial Complexes.)

We also did it with mobile capitals. (-6 from original capital territory + 6 to new capital territory.)

Want to see the mayhem of an American capital in Sinkiang; British capital in India; Russian Capital in Yakut?

That is an awesome idea!  I’m gonna have to try that!

Well Jen, you DO have a point, but it just came to my attention that sometimes a thread will have a pretty good run, then after awhile it will get buried by more fresh topics.  But with new people showing up, the “old” may seem just like the “new” to them, so it can be started anew.

So, in my recent thread about the Russo/German Alliance, I mentioned that I had already posted it before, but since there was so much fresh blood around here, I wanted to dig it up again.

Anyone else have any threads they’d like to revive?

I honestly have not yet smitten anyone to date.  Nor have I applauded anyone either.  You’re right though; I have wondered who’s been giving me kudos and who’s been giving me sh*t.  I think it would be nicer if people declared when/why they were giving either.

@dezrtfish:

Adam was walking around the garden of Eden, moping. God asked him, “What is wrong with you?” Adam replied that he was lonely and didn’t have anyone to talk to.

God said that He was going to make Adam a companion and that it would be a woman. He said, "This person will gather food for you, cook for you, and when you discover clothing, she will wash it for you. She will always agree with every decision you make. She will bear your children and never ask you to get up in the middle of the night to take care of them. She will not nag you and will always be the first to admit she was wrong when you’ve had a disagreement. She will never have a headache and will freely give you love and passion whenever you need it.

Adam asked God, “What will this woman cost?”

God replied, “An arm and a leg.”

Adam thought a moment and asked, “What can I get for a rib?”

:lol: LMAO!  Funny, and somewhat appropriate!  :lol:

@ncscswitch:

Actually, you give NO thought to getting back together.  Otherwise you DON’T heal… you just sit around nursing an open festering wound.  You have to honestly LET GO, and then you heal :-).

Also, for future contact, you do NOT treat them as a queen.  You treat her civilly, with respect and courtesy, like you would any other human being.  If you treat her like a queen, that simply reinforces your open festering wound, and give her all the benefits of your previous relationship that she might want, with no commitment and no obligation.

From the sounds of it, you REALLY need to come to grips with it being over, and that it is almost certainly over permanently…

Actually, I didn’t want to say this, and I’m definitely no expert in the ways of love, but I have felt at times like this is exactly what applies to me as well.  Thanks switch, it sounds like very good advice, for Jermo and for me.  All I’ll say, and this is to add to switch’s advice, is that my ex has come to me several times since the breakup, basically seeking to be involved in my life in some way or another.  The other day, she approached me and offered to buy me and my roommate a few drinks, to say “Thank you for helping me get my car to the shop to get fixed.”  When I told my roommate about it, his answer was about the same as mine - Simply saying “Thank You” was enough, and he also said that if he were to accept such an invitation, it wouldn’t be from her.  My point is, I have no intention of letting this girl back in my life, and the more she pushes it, the more disconnected I’m gonna become.  If she asks me why, or what the problem is, then I’d let her know that I DID treat her like a queen, but since that apparently meant nothing to her, then she deserves to get cut off.  I already have, and it seems she doesn’t get it.  Maybe I should be a bit more of an a$$hole…  :-P

I don’t know if that’s exactly what the man wants to hear right now, but what do I know…  :-P

That’s why the military is great!  When I’m on leave, I can expect NO calls about work, unless there’s some paperwork that needs some information that only I can give.  Other than that, I’m kinda tired of it…  :roll:

@stuka:

I’m prejudice against the elderly. :evil:

As drivers?  You’re damn right.  8-)

Well I don’t really want to dig into your private life, so I’ll just say this…

I know what I did in my case.  I also know what the girl did, at least as far as having enough information to know that I was neglected and treated like sh*t.  I also SUSPECT that she was cheating, but can’t prove it beyond a shadow of a doubt.  What I do know is that she DID lie to me about something that I had brought to her attention, claiming that it was all rumors and heresay.  I found out from the other party involved that it was indeed true.  Between the break-up and this revelation, she told me that she would still like to be friends, and also said that she had dealt straight with me the whole time, never lying.  Then I find out about this, and, well…

Anyway, you and the girl are the only ones who know the whole story.  What I did in my case is add up everything that I had done to hurt her, and give her the benefit of the doubt about what she had done.  Only when I could PROVE something, did I treat it as actual fact.  And now that I can prove this, I don’t think she deserved me to begin with, and certainly wouldn’t make a good friend either.

So I told mine that I wish I would rather have met her in about 10-15 years, when she was done with scandalous hijinx like this.  The same thing might generally apply to your case; maybe after enough time, she’ll realize that she sh*t on you, and come to terms with the fact that SHE screwed up.  Sorry to imprint my story onto yours, but they just seem remarkably similar.

I understand where you’re coming from dude.  This sounds like my most recent episode, with some differences.  In my “adventure”, I went for option #2, because that’s actually how I felt.  After talking about things for awhile, I realize now that she didn’t feel the same way in return.  Maybe she did at first, but for whatever reason, that simply went away.  I don’t want to go into details, but after this realization, I switched over to option #1, because talking about things just seemed to be a waste of time, and ultimately hurt more than it helped.  Sounds like what a lot of people are saying here…

Anyway, that’s just where my story is similar to yours.  Everyone else is right when they talk about financial stability, especially regarding the kid.  I don’t have any kids, but I agree that yours should be priority #1.  And to what switch said about keeping a “log” of baby-momma’s activities, I agree there too.  Kids are a responsibility, and if one of the parents is not living up to their end of the bargain, then they should be held accountable.  It sounds cold, but that’s the way I would handle it.  Best of luck to you man.

@Audacity:

I only use what is on the cards I have.  We don’t even bother with “official” WoTC updates to Panzer Grenediers or whomever.

It remains a decent playable game.  I’ve watched too many other games get so detailed that you can never play through a decent battle.  I have one friend who would take 16 hours to recreate 16 seconds of a guys life if he could do it perfectly.

Word.  :mrgreen: